Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest…

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that’s all that’s happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction. On the other hand, wretchedness–life’s painful aspect–softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person. When you are feeling a lot of grief, you can look right into somebody’s eyes because you feel you haven’t got anything to lose–you’re just there. The wretchedness humbles us and softens us, but if we were only wretched, we would all just go down the tubes. We’d be so depressed, discouraged, and hopeless that we wouldn’t have enough energy to eat an apple. Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us. They go together.” ~Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön

Well’s Vegetarian Thanksgiving 2011

Saffron Ravioli With Wild Mushrooms and Cashew Cheese

Artichoke Soup With Crispy Sage Leaves

Beet, Fennel and Fig Salad With Cranberry-Sage Dressing

Cranberry-Brie Arepa

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The Power of the Subconscious Mind

Subconscious Mind

How do the world’s most prolific artists, business people, thinkers and inventors get the inspiration for their ideas, creations and achievements? Was it their upbringing? Are they just really lucky? Were they blessed with a gift most of us can only dream of? Or is there something else at work?

Back in 1937, personal development pioneer Napoleon Hill published ‘Think And Grow Rich’ a book that would soon go on to become one of the most influential publications of ALL time. The book was packed with techniques and instructions on how to develop a wealth mindset, and achieve success beyond your wildest dreams. Its contents were so powerful that to this day, ‘Think And Grow Rich’ is widely regarded as a benchmark of all other books of its kind. You’ve probably read it yourself.

But there was one particular technique in the book that shocked readers. It was so controversial, in fact, that Hill himself was initially hesitant to even reveal it at all.

That technique was called…

The Invisible Counselors Visualization Exercise

In the book Hill claimed this was his ultimate technique for sourcing skills, ideas and inspiration.

This is how you do it…

Step 1:

Just before going to sleep at night, close your eyes, and see, in your imagination, a group of people seated with you around a Council Table. Remember, you can invite anyone you like to sit at the Council Table.

And when I say anyone, I mean anyone. They could be in another part of the world. They could be celebrities or famous politicians. They could even be alive or dead. Now, not only do you have the opportunity to sit among those you consider to be great, but you can actually dominate the group, by serving as the Chairman. This is what Hill did.

Read the Rest of the Article:

The Power of the Subconscious Mind

Healing the Heart

Most people are well aware of the major risk factors for coronary heart disease, but the strong influence of emotional well-being on heart disease is generally less well known.

Read Dr. David’s Simon’s article on the intimate link between the emotional and physical heart ― and learn how releasing emotional stress can protect your heart and total well-being.

HEALING THE HEART

Alan Watts

“The secret always lies in the place your never looking for.” Alan Watts