We don’t land on Earth with a guide on how to be a Human Being, do we?

No one says to us: ”Hey! Happy landing, darling. Here is a clear instruction on how to get the best out of this weird experience called Life. Read carefully before you proceed.”

We have no idea how to become happy without suffering too much, how to survive without selling our time, energy and knowledge, how to raise our kids without messing them up too much, how to love one another without getting tired, or how to live without regret.

We are basically clueless.

We learn as we go and by the time we get a little understanding. it is time to go/fly some other place where we are just as clueless.

We are real fun, my human fellows!

The following guide has been ‘recorded’ for you by a person who owns nothing and has everything. By ‘everything’ I mean those silly things like:

Freedom

Passions

Happiness

Healthy Fit Body

Strong Flexible Mind

Inner Joy

Loyal Friends in almost every corner of this Planet

Love

Fulfillment

If you are looking for any of the above, grab a pen and paper and write down a few things. Why waste time reading some article and get nothing out of it?

Here it is! The list of choices to consider making for those who want to live. Live and mean it.

Move Your Ass!

Yes.

That is exactly what I mean.

Our body is our point of reference to this realm. Without a clear understanding of how this phenomenal machine called ‘body’ works, we are living in a dark. It is our home, our temple, our magical vehicle that takes us places and gives us pleasure and pain—bringing us into the moment, into something that is called now.

Just like you, your body likes to live.

It likes to move, to jump, to run, to stretch!

Go to the gym

Run/walk/jump/dance

Do yoga or chi gong

Do a little shake in the morning in front of a mirror while brushing your teeth

If you get a great car, let’s say a Ferrari and you never take it for any kind of service or a nice drive, what will happen to it?

I am sure you got my point.

Meditate!

I know. The word “me-di-ta-tion” has been as beaten up as many other highly meaningful words in this world. Allow me to re-word it for you.

Sit down to rewire-yourself.

We don’t meditate to meditate. We take a few moments to rewire and reprogram ourselves, that is what we do. That silly act of sitting down quietly and doing nothing.

It has the power to rock our world!

Just to make a point here… Imagine this expensive looking, beautiful and grand mansion. Your mansion. It has many floors and sexy spiral stair cases. It has bedrooms, a play room and a swimming pool—even a movie room. It is filled with so much great stuff. You name it, it has it.

The problem is, there are no lights on in this house.

It is dark, kind of scary and has all those dark little corners that no one wants to see, let alone visit. To make it livable, to make it fun, to make it interesting—in short, to invite life in, we’d better turn on the lights.

Sitting down sweetly and quietly to just be and feel what we are is the best thing we can do for ourselves.

Switch on the lights, beloved. There is no life in an empty and dark house and no one wants to go there. You stuck all alone in your dark scary mansion is not a way to live a life.

Turn on some lights!

Meditation is an act of Soul, we make our Soul shine.

We turn all the lights on, leaving no space for darkness. After a few times of our own ass-kicking with discipline and effort, it becomes the most enjoyable experience that no one can give us or explain to us.

It has to be earned!

I heard so much about this magical tool and I didn’t get it for a long time, but I am curious and determined to have great experiences, so I kept doing it. I wanted to see if it was really as great and magical as all my teachers told me it was. Now, over a decade later, I know it is the best thing any of us can do for ourselves, each other and for the world.

Rewire Yourself, beloved.

Meditation is such a gift. It is giving us a chance to create a different experience of who we thought ourselves to be. We don’t make changes to our life in that hectic state of mind we are so familiar with.

Meditation builds our inner strength making us capable of anything. It allows us to be connected to the Higher Source and align with a bigger picture of Life.

Travel.

Changing geographical places is not just fun, it is actually very educating and expanding experience on many levels. When we move through different realities, we shift energetically and we start seeing much further than the tip of our nose.

We begin to question what is really real.

Was that glorious breakfast buffet that you had in a London five star resort real, or was that stinking polluted area by the river of city of Kathmandu real? Are those ruins of sacred places and magnificent mountains real? Or are the sky scrapers of big noisy cities real?

If they are all real, which ones are more real?

While travelling we train our Mind and feed our Spirit; we begin to recognize that what is real for some is just a dream for others. We become more intelligent, deep, and wise; we become open minded and more Real.

Pack your bags, darling. Free your Spirit.

Detox.

Oh, this one! Most of us have no idea how awesome we are actually designed to feel. You know that feeling, when you look around you, and you see all the shades of green and blue. You feel the breeze stroking your skin. You hear everything around and you feel the World breath.

Do you know that feeling?

If not, perhaps you are ready to experience yourself in a new way, a clear way, a fun way.

If you have not done a single detox in your life and feel heavy and grumpy and see the world as a gloomy kind of place, then definitely, it is time.

I know one thing. I cannot describe the taste of a Himalayan berry or real raw chocolate to those who have not tried it.

I am saying, try it and you might not ever want to live without it.

Detox cleans out not just our body, it gets rid of the fog in our mind and allows our entire being to repair itself. One of the best books I ever gotten my hands on about detox is called Detoxify or Die.

I guess the author made a point, I don’t have to.

Create.

Think about this.

This world is a beautiful and fun place only because those who create stuff filled this chaotic and unjust world with their passions, with what they loved.

We have art, movies to watch, paintings and sculptures to admire, we have books and poems to read and beautiful temples to visit. We have cars to drive, bridges to cross, toys and games to play, and the Internet to explore!

All this stuff was created by someone like you, who lived and meant it.

Creativity is like breath. If you are one of those who think that you have no talent, may I say this to you?

Just because you did not find something, does not mean it does not exist.

Look! Look and you will find. Look for the way to express what lives through you.

There is a purpose to your being here. Carl Jung, the guy who really knows what he is taking about, said, ”But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create Yourself.”

Get Creative, Love!

Take Responsibility!

I hear this voice.

It lives in the head.

It says: “I wish I could move more, but I am so busy with work. I wish I could meditate, but I have no time for doing nothing, really. I wish I could travel, but I have no money. I wish I could create, but I have no talent. I am too fat, too old, too tired, too busy, too sick. Too smart-ass-and- good-at-making-excuses. Blah- blah-blah.”

I know all of those. I am human, just like you.

Get over yourself, darling.

Make a decision now. What do you want to spend your time on: living your awesome life like you own it or watching life pass you by, envying others who live it and damn mean it?

You are the one who drives here. Take responsibility!

It is Your Life, beloved.

Breathe!

Each breath is a miracle, a new chance to experience Joy of Life, Love, Truth.

Take a deep breath now and feel its sacred presence, listen to its hidden wisdom. Follow it now. Let it guide you, let it teach you, let it take you to that place within when you know all of this, just forgot for a while.

Close your eyes now. Feel the Breath! One at a time.

Move it! Create it! Live it! Mean it!

Thank you for listening to my own reminding to myself.

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