Protect What Is Most Valuable To You

What is the most crucial and valuable thing you possess?

Is it your car? Your house? Your TV?

Perhaps if you’re thinking deeper you might go for your financial security? Your family? Your partner?

How about your health? Your reputation?

Have a ponder - because when you get to the end of your life you want to make sure you made it a priority.

And if you don’t know,

You won’t have kept it important,

And you won’t have filled your life with it.

Here’s what I say is THE most important thing to you,

The most precious and crucial and valuable thing that you possess:

Your peace.

Your levels of calm, of focus, of clarity, of perspective, of happiness and fulfilment.

Why?

Because that is your core, your foundation, your stability, your anchor.

When life gets busy, when you’re faced with challenges, when you’re chasing goals and dreams -

The one thing that will keep you on an even keel -

That will stop you losing your mind -

Blowing up with stress and overwhelm and “I can’t do this” negativity -

Maintaining a clear perspective and a positive attitude -

Being filled with calm and contentment, no matter how things appear to be unfolding,

Able to act freely and not react wildly and blindly -

Is your peace.

Thing is you don’t know how crucial it is. You don’t really appreciate how valuable it is.

You always delay it.

Putting it last.

Seeking it after the current situation has blown over.

And so you never get off the rollercoaster of life.

Swinging wildly, like, as they say down under - a dunny door in a storm

(outside toilet for those not understanding the parlance).

Get peace first, prioritise it.

Protect it -

It is the most valuable thing you possess.

Everything good and creative comes from it.

All of life gets easier and more effective and definitely more enjoyable when you do.

I actually got so excited about this, I made a little Facebook live video you might like:

https://business.facebook.com/MrArjunaIshaya/videos/1442261985816910/

Simple as, so simple it’s not funny.

Go well!

Arjuna

PS.

To prioritise your peace and protect it, even in those seriously challenging moments, head this way:

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PPS.

If you’ve sat the course before, remember it’s absolutely free to repeat it as many times as you like.

Hit reply and I’ll send you the details -

Be great to see you again!

Not So Humble Now, Huh?

You want to live a good life, perhaps even a great one? A life, as it is said, that is worth living.

So that when you get to the end of it -

(and who really knows when that might be?)

You have zero regrets.

You wasted not a single moment.

You were courageous and good and compassionate and adventurous and did your best to live as fully as possible.

Seeking even more enjoyment of each and every moment.

In this, you’ve realised a thing or two -

One of those is that you choose your response to life.

You can’t always change the events, but you can choose your responses.

Those responses mean you can freely choose your actions and your words - and therefore get the results you want.

It’s not anyone else who holds you back, but rather your own fears, worries, doubts, beliefs and limitations.

Learning to engage life fully thus involves engaging a different relationship with your thoughts and feelings.

Now-

In all of this the greatest thing you can do for yourself is develop a modicum of humility.

Because you don’t know all the answers, and you will mess stuff up.

If you’re like me, you’ll start off believing that you do know, and you won’t mess up.

But you will.

Ha - in fact this path involves getting comfortable with making mistakes.

If anything this universe will show you where you can be more humble -

And yet not retreat into inaction, not hide from doing things …

But taking the attitude of “how can I do better next time?”

Humility is an awesome trait to possess.

Because it means you are open to constantly learn.

You’re not seeking perfection.

Perfection is a waste of time compared with being better - it’s a glass ceiling.

It’s right and it’s wrong, there’s no growth.

What could be better than constant expansion of your internal and external universe?

Nothing that I can think of.

Just being willing to look at yourself and see where you can do better takes humility.

That’s why not many people do it.

It’s easier on the ego to look and blame everyone else.

So if you’re willing to look and do something about what you see?

Good on you. Good on you.

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/ Go well!

Arjuna

PS.

Go gentle on yourself when you’re looking at yourself.

It’s so easy to be pretty harsh and self-critical.

Don’t be harsh:

Just be willing to do your best to do things better next time.

How Exactly Do YOU Want To Live?

There are so many ideas and theories about how to live a good life. Am I right?

Just a casual flick through the interweb will give you a plethora of lifestyle tweaks and tips about what you need to do to be stronger, faster, smoother, slicker, smarter with better sleep and hair that everyone wants.

Diet alone is a minefield:

If you eat this thing you will lose fat and gain brain cells.

Carbs are the enemy. Animal fats are worse. Gluten is Satan.

Coffee will kill you, but if you add coconut oil it becomes nectar.

You know?

When did life get so complicated? I used to be looking for someone to hand me a document that told me how to live a great, stress free, peaceful life - I read all the stuff in search of it.

In order to be the master of my mind and experience unwavering calm in the face of adversity I tried many many things.

I was a vegan, I ditched coffee and alcohol. I stopped eating onion and garlic (inflames mental and emotional activity - apparently).

I got up at stupid o’clock to do yoga and breathing - because that was the time before dawn which was “best” for evolution, according to someone who sounded convinced.

I sat on the floor with folded legs and a ramrod straight back, being “equanimous” - which is Buddhist speak for sitting on a sharp spike and pretending not to care.

What for?

All so I could lose stress and get calm and content and focussed - and happy?

I squeezed myself in such a box - someone else’s box of what was right.

Even though it was hard work I was prepared to do it too - I felt the rewards were such that I could keep it up.

What a joke.

Just because some guru says it’s a good idea, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for you.

The fact is so many of these gurus are spouting whatever “wisdom” they hear from every other guru.

It all goes round in circles and has little truth in what actually works.

Social media has just accelerated this to an absurd degree.

Experimenting is good, but see the results, for real.

All I got from was increasingly serious and withdrawn, less and less happy.

When I learnt the Ishayas’ Ascension meditation they threw the rule book out the window.

And I was never happier.

Because it finally allowed me to set myself free from expert advice.

They taught me the essentials -

Just the tools that I needed to master my mind and nothing else.

I asked them: “What do I do next? How do I live my life is the best way?”

They laughed:

“How do YOU want to live?”

Set free indeed.

Free to really see what really works for me, to see what is rubbish, and what is sensible advice.

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/ Go well, Arjuna

PS.

The meditation I tried before I learnt the Ishayas’ Ascension was a bit boring, quite painful, and really hard work.

I felt more grateful for stopping than anything I did during.

No wonder so many people run a mile.

It has to be simple, and easy, and yet powerful to do exactly what you want it to:

Which is allow you to live as the best version of yourself, and not grumpy, exhausted and frazzled.

Let me tell you more about meditation and mindset though:

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Peace Isn’t A Dirty Word

I keep forgetting people gets all confused about peace.I shouldn't, but I do.

They get it all twisted -

So I’m here to add a little clarity for you.

It’s commonly confused that peace means giving up, surrendering, checking out, renouncing the world, giving up your life goals.

Peace is seen as the opposite to productivity and doing and achieving.

It is slacking and under-achieving. Living in a dream world. Tree hugging and a waste of space.

And such and so forth.

Therefore many right thinking people will spit at the word as if it was dirty.

Put like that? Rightly so.

Who would give up all the joys of the world for something as seemingly intangible and un-useful as peace?

Well, them “monks in a cave” are ALL to blame.

There's this idea you have to retire from the world to find lasting peace -

You have to choose ONE:

Do you want peace OR getting what you want from the world?

Which is madness to me, it’s totally wrong.

But it explains everything when you watch people getting so wound up trying to get what they want from life.

The truth is - you NEED peace to achieve your goals.

No matter how many people think and do otherwise:

Stress is not useful to you getting stuff done.

It’s not even a necessary side effect.

^^^

A certain level of excitement yes; stress and overwhelm no.

You need give up nothing!

Nothing I tell you. Except for limitation.

Peace isn't giving up your goals.

It’s having the calm, the presence of mind and the focus to get them quickly.

And not giving in to stress and fear and struggle.

It’s the only sane way to live:

A foot in both camps, as it were.

Rock solid calm and contentment with great clarity, motivation and energy.

Anything less is a life half lived.

Interested? Head this way:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/

Go well,

Arjuna -

PS.

What if?

What if you could have it all?

And simply too?

Wouldn’t that be nice?

Wouldn't that be a life worth living?

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How To Rule Your World

How much time do you think really productive and creative people spend wasting time, just re-thinking and re-planning and re-analysing? When you want to rule your world you don’t have a lot of time to do that, do you?

It’s a kind of ruthlessness that I really admire, and I’ve been talking a little about of late.

Get a plan, get in, get it done, get out.

Don’t worry too much about what might or might not happen,

Don’t worry about what other people think,

Just give it a whirl and see how it goes.

Adjust, go again, and again.

The greatest failure in life in many ways is just not trying.

Or giving up after doing it once.

The mind has a million ways of slowing and even stopping you -

Of over-complicating EVERYTHING.

The greatest thing you can do is learn not to let it.

How would your life be if you were able to do just ONE of those things you've been meaning to do?

How much easier would it be to do the next thing?

(Answer - much easier!)

Being more ruthless is a skill I definitely am looking at having more of in my life.

Now, I’m not really interesting in ruling THE world, just helping a few more people.

It’s just that if I’m left to my habits of being and doing, I’m very capable of sitting around and letting time just go by.

I'm doing way better than I was - but it's still on my list of things to keep doing.

Now - When I talk about ruthlessness is not about squashing anyone or becoming a megalomaniac,

Or losing your sense of calm and fun in the process.

It’s simply knowing I want to do something, and not letting my bad habits get in the way.

It’s being gently ruthless with myself to get more, but not losing myself in the busy-ness.

So I’m not talking about doing anything you don’t want to do -

I’m talking about making sure YOU do exactly the things YOU do indeed want to do.

And not let time slip by.

Which is one of the elderly’s greatest regrets.

>>> That they didn’t do those things they really wanted to do.

If this is something you’re REALLY interested in?

I can’t tell you how much better, faster, easier, funner a tool like the Ishayas’ Ascension makes being more “ruthless” while having more enjoyment.

(How is that even possible? I don't know - but it is)

It is a simple, simple way to release the internal handbrake, the procrastinator, the "waiting for the perfect moment"-er.

So anyway, do what you want with this information.

If you're interested in knowing more about meditation and mindfulness and all this stuff, then head this way and I'll help you out:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/

Go well - keep the peace!

Arjuna

PS.

So many people think meditation means hiding away from the world.

It's not -

It gives you the ability to be more in every part of your life.

Every single part.

Good stuff it is.

Midlife Crisis? Me?

I’m exhausted. Poor me.

Seems like every part of my body aches.

The local river has been going nuts you see,

And I’ve been on it, surfing my head off.

In my new, very sporty kayak.

My old one is like a bus compared to this model.

So I’m well chuffed.

Sumati calls it a midlife crisis,

She is a card, isn’t she?

But we both know it’s really for our daughter -

For when she grows up.

I’m just breaking it in.

I’ve realised being out in nature, specifically on a river, is such an essential part of me.

I can be so content and fulfilled anywhere, anytime -

But kayaking, being out in the hills, it gives me that added sparkle,

That added “YES!” that means carving out some time is worth everything.

It’s a kind of ruthlessness that I really admire in certain people.

That ability to keep balanced, stay alive - “Super Sane” you might call it,

No matter the demands of your life.

To do everything you NEED to do, but also to make time for the things you WANT to do.

How is that done with a family and a job and everything else?

As I was saying - I'm seeing it's done by being ruthless with your time and attention.

Spending it wisely.

Not wasting it.

Being organised, now that is a shock for me.

Also -

Taking the time to rest and recover and gain more …

More recovery, more clarity, more perspective, more good humour.

You need to make sure you have enough energy, enough charge in the battery to do everything.

Because exhaustion and muddled thinking leads to stress and reactions and negativity -

And sitting around on the couch.

On Facebook. Or on the xbox.

(which is fine - IF you’re conscious that is exactly how you want to spend your time)

Now - Ascension is perfect for rest and recovery because even if you can’t sleep -

You can rest, physically and mentally.

It honestly is a life saver with balancing a new baby and all the stuff I want to do too.

I don’t know how people do without it.

Head here and I'll tell you more:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/

Go well! Arjuna

PS.

Now - what I’m talking about is about doing stuff that you love, for sure…

But it’s clearer than ever for me with baby and all she needs -

It’s not about WHAT I do, it really is ALL about HOW I do it.

HOW is where everyone has choice.

You want to get that choice, to know it so well.

Makes all the difference in the world.

All the difference.

Interested? Go here and we'll get started: https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/

He Gave Me A Kick In The Ar$e

Have you ever met someone who shocked you with what they said? Actually - yes, constantly.

Let me put it another way -

Has anyone ever shocked AND inspired you all at the same time?

Can I tell you a little story?

When I met my meditation teacher he did that.

He gave me a right royal boot up the bum - 

In the best possible sense.

Just an ordinary dude,

An ex-soldier and business man, now teaching the Ishayas’ Ascension.

No mystical guru behaviour,

No making things far too complicated than they need be (unfortunately a common theme in meditation circles)

Just a guy who was incredibly ordinary in all ways except for HOW he did things.

There was something about him - his sense of humour and peace and presence -

I don’t really know how to describe it beyond that I knew he had something I wanted.

He said to me -

“Arjuna - permanent peace, constant and unwavering, no matter what is happening in your life is possible for you”.

I almost fell off my chair.

No one had actually said that to me before.

I wanted that, but didn’t believe it could be possible.

After all, life involved being unhappy, didn’t it?

By it’s very nature life meant struggle and stress and suffering.

Sometimes things are good, sometimes they suck.

And that’s the facts of life, right?

But what if?

What if life could be more than what I was living?

What if stress and self-doubt and struggle could become a memory of how I used to be?

And so I decided to follow the possibility that peace could be an ongoing experience in each and every moment.

Fast forward to today, and I know he was right.

Permanent peace is possible.

For you.

Without giving anything up in your life (except limitation) you can end all stress and struggle.

If that’s what you want.

Now, if I could give you one thing it would be this:

Find out what you want from life.

Make it your priority, make it first in everything you do.

It’s not about hiding from the world - it’s about the full embracing of every part of it.

You also don’t have to give up anything to experience being the best version of yourself.

After all - it’s already there - you just have to remember how to choose for it, how to be it.

Don’t limit yourself in any way.

You find that clear, content, calm core of yourself - every part of your life comes alive.

So many people sell themselves short in terms of their experience of life.

Are you one of them?

If you’d like to know how - get on this course ASAP: https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/

Go well, alright?

Arjuna

PS.

Any questions about any of this stuff?

Just hit me up!

Selfish Guy Wants It All For Himself

I was talking with a guy recently about how he might do his sport better. Let’s call him “Steve” so as not to shame him.

He’s a runner and loving the park run scene and the improvements he’s seeing.

Steve wanted to know how he might get even more of an advantage over his personal bests and his rivals,

And so we started talking about the whole mental aspect of sport.

I can tell you for sure, being around a labour ward for the last few days -

Sport isn’t the only thing that benefits from a solid mental foundation.

You will find challenge and intensity of life every where you look.

I know recently I’ve been talking about how to combat stress and struggle -

But the Ishayas’ Ascension meditation is incredibly powerful if you’re looking at the other end of the spectrum:

How to be better.

How to handle intensity with style - rather than cracking under pressure.

Resilience, you might say.

Resilience that leads to your personal form of success, whatever that may be for you.

What I mean by this or having a solid mental foundation is the ability to:

- Focus on certain thoughts while ignoring others - Keep a level of clarity and awareness, not only of thoughts and emotions but of your senses and your body - Stay positive in that you focus on what is good and what you can do and what you do have rather than the opposite - Remain anchored in presence and awareness in this moment in time - even while you might be planning for the future or learning from the past

Overall -

To control your mind and not let it control you.

When you develop the ability to do the above things -

(And they are just skills that can be taught and practiced)

Every single part of your life benefits.

Like when you pull one leg of a chair, the whole thing shifts.

Even if you want to run faster, you find a side effect of having better relationships.

If you want to focus more and ignore fear and doubt (say in the outdoors),

And your work life gets easier and more productive because you combat stress and overwhelm so much simpler.

Even if you want to turn down the volume on your busy head to get a better nights sleep,

You find you’re a much more enjoyable person to be around - you’re laughing a lot more, shrugging things off.

So I taught this fellow Ascension meditation and he LOVES it.

He calls it his “secret weapon” because no one else in his running club has something like it.

I keep encouraging “Steve” to let me come and do a talk to his club,

But he’s not interested in sharing.

He wants it all for himself.

Which is a bit selfish isn’t it?

I think so.

I’ll keep working on him, but until then, head this way to find out what the fuss is about:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/ Go well! Arjuna

PS.

The fuss is all about the mind and you getting mastery over it.

Not being like a monkey on a chain, pulled this way and that by events and circumstances.

It’s about finding freedom and true independence -

Not to mention such enjoyable levels of rest, calm, focus, contentment and clarity I really don’t have words for.

Life is short, indeed.

Make the most of your one.

The Greatest Gift

Sometimes there is an event that wakes you up to what is really most important to you. You see clearly -

In an instant -

That the stuff you have been worrying about, mulling over and otherwise giving far too much attention to,

In fact, really isn’t all that big of a deal.

I think its the single greatest thing you can be given -

The gift of clarity.

I’ve heard people say they were given it when they had an accident or getting sick - perhaps they lost a limb or were in a coma for a while -

For some its having children.

For others its having adventures out in nature, experiencing all of this physical life up close.

Where ever it comes from, they realise life is just too short for all the small stuff they were focussing on.

Do you know what I mean?

But its the biggest trap humanity falls into.

Forgetting.

Now remembering need not be something you have to wait to be given, it can be something you give yourself.

The key is simply to do whatever you can to remind yourself of what really is important -

And stay reminded. Stay inspired.

Because if you don’t forget that you won’t get stressed or overwhelmed any more, in any way.

Never again will you take something so seriously you forget to laugh, you forget to smile.

You see, prioritising your peace means you will never get stressed or overwhelmed.

Peace?

Is never about giving up, but is that intangible sense of that no matter what is going on around you, all is manageable, all is ok -

When you take it step by step, moment by moment.

Truly.

So remember.

Just remember when you remember and celebrate the fact that you’re back on track.

Don’t worry about forgetting. No deal.

Return and remember.

The best tool and practice to make sure you keep perspective?

That means you keep calm and a sense of humour?

That keeps despair and worry and those “struggling to stay afloat” feelings at bay?

That even when you forget and lose it you can just “reset” and get teflon like so the events slide off you, easy like?

Go here and you get everything you need: https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/

Take it easy out there, Arjuna

PS.

Baby arrived - finally!

She popped out with grace and style. A little squark and then nothing but calm.

Talk about being a gift of perspective about what is really important.

And how a sense of humour makes everything easier.

Even the third nappy in as many minutes.

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Hell Is Other People?

People are a joy. They can also make your life a misery.

You may work with them - one term I heard recently: “moral hoovers”

You may have them as bosses. You may have them as clients. You may have them in your family.

You may not even know them - but you read about them in the newspaper.

Donald Trump for one is causing a lot of excitement of various sorts at the moment.

Other people.

It’s one of the biggest things that trigger you.

I know because I asked.

You know too that on your good days you hardly notice.

You just let it wash over you.

“Pain in the arse, but I’m not caring” …

They get under your skin on those days when the pressure is on or you’re tired, or both.

And often come with “what I should have done” thinking

I know this one particularly well:

When you’re so blown away by their behaviour you’re left flummoxed, you are speechless -

That is until later when you come up with the perfect words -

What you should have said, what you wanted to say … only you didn’t.

Thinking and re-thinking about the conversation I SHOULD have had …

It’s kind of fun (the imagining) the first time around,

A fantasy conversation where you triumph, riding off into the sunset with that rush of being awesome.

But is pretty self-destructive the 100th time around as your blood pressure is through the roof and you can’t see anything else clearly,

Least of all what is right in front of you because you’re stuck in your head. Thinking.

How do you stop getting triggered, letting people annoy you and occupy time and space in your own mind?

That there is one of the reasons I started meditating -

To get rid of other people.

Ha!

More accurately: to be happier with my response to others.

To not let fools wind me up so much.

To say and do my best in interactions, but then let them go, not keep them in my head.

To not be so judgemental of people - even before I’d really talked to them.

To keep my cool, and be more happy.

And that is the bottom line.

A smart man once said to me;

“Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?”

(Both would be nice actually …)

But most of the times it's right to be happy.

Sometimes, and only a few times, happiness dictates that I need to pipe up and be right.

Then people will do whatever they will do anyway -

BUT at least I've spoken and that makes all the difference to my peace.

If you want to remove the power - the hooks - other people have over you -

As well as torturing yourself on what you should have said and done?

Meditation is a very simple way of removing those hooks.

Powerful too, it happens quick.

Go here and we'll keep talking:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/ Keep the peace!

Arjuna

About Fear And How To Handle It

All fear is based on a thought about the future. See when you are racing off into an imagined future - see the source of fear.

Stop racing into these thoughts and this future and therefore:

Stop being afraid.

Stay calm and centred, even in the middle of the most powerful uncertainty.

Now - people say some rubbish.

They say stuff that sounds good.

They say stuff that other people have said and they themselves haven’t really experienced.

But this bit about fear?

It is true.

Because right now, within me, there is the definite possibility of fear, of rising anxiety.

Sumati needs to go into hospital to be induced simply because this baby just is far too comfortable.

The baby just doesn’t want to come out.

I don’t like hospitals at the best of times, but the midwives are slightly concerned about the position of the baby.

This scrap of information?

When dwelled upon leads to all kinds of possible future fearful scenarios.

C-sections, pain, stillbirth … the works.

Is it happening right now?

No.

Will it happen?

Who really knows?

And it’s moments like this when I value my Ascension meditation practice.

Because I have a means of pulling my mind back from this chaos and fear and keeping it in what I know for certain:

This exact moment in time.

My mind doesn’t pull me any more -

There is the possibility of fear for sure, but I’ve gotten used to its games.

Which is nice, because fear just clouds everything. It’s a horrible, cramping feeling, isn’t it?

And may never come true.

So if you’re interested in coming to grips with fear - and anxiety and panic and worry and all of that - see where your mind wants to take you.

Get good at resisting that urge.

Get good at returning to presence and awareness.

In doing so you will find freedom from fear.

And how would your life be like then?

Pretty darn good I imagine.

Want to know how?

Here's a great place to start:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/sane-fb/ Any questions?

Fire away, but chances are I will be a little slow replying!

Take care Arjuna

PS.

I’ll tell you how it goes ASAP.

How exciting huh?

When The Inmates Are Running The Madhouse

I got a nice little email yesterday that made me (once again) realise something important, I don't think the writer will mind if I share a bit of it: ________

Thank you for the value you bring to people's lives. Your emails continue to convince me that I AM indeed quite not alone in my life philosophy Archie, And the way I choose to treat people is not foolish. I do hope that I don't start hero worshipping you though. And start to mirror your style in any way. __________

Was that last line a dig at my sartorial manner?

Probably.

When I said be like an adult gorilla I didn’t mean be like a cheeky monkey.

But here’s the thing:

Just because you do things differently -

Or WANT to do things differently -

Does NOT make you foolish.

Living life on YOUR own terms is excellent,

It is the ONLY thing -

Especially when you note that the inmates seem to be running the madhouse,

And unsustainable stress and struggle,

Dysfunctional relationships,

Being stuck in your head, obsessing about the past and the future,

Being missing in action,

Chasing dreams but having no presence or contentment in this moment, like a hamster on a wheel,

Judging more than you appreciate,

When perspective is all out of whack -

When people are taking far too much offence too quickly and being triggered and reacting with a huge loss to their sense of humour …

When this is all seen to be “normal”,

You know if you’re on the right path if you're doing different.

The way humanity is living is not only ruining lives, but it's ruining the planet.

There is a real need for doing things differently -

And just because so few have woken up to that fact?

Does not make you foolish or mad or sentimental even.

It makes you SMART.

The very definition of insanity is doing the same things and expecting different results.

Of struggling and fighting against what is,

Being like a monkey on a chain, being pulled this way and that by an out of control mind,

Instead of stepping sideways and learning to get REAL freedom of choice,

Mastering your mind and mindset to overcome.

And being able to make REAL connection with this moment in time,

And therefore being able to be truly Alive.

Of learning to love this moment because THIS is your whole life - right now, right here, right in front of you.

Of having goals and dreams - for sure!

But basing it all in a solid foundation of now.

It’s EASY to doubt yourself when everyone else seems to be doing something different -

Yet it’s the ONLY game in town.

Independent, resilient, anti-fragile.

More fun, more loving your life, more of Life itself.

Be Truly Sane:

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Just email me.

Til then, love yas!

Arjuna -

PS.

Do not delay.

If not you, then who?

If not now, then when? -

PPS.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about in terms of being like an adult gorilla?

Have a look here:

https://youtu.be/YSxQgu9zXVs

Gorillas Do Life Better Than You Do

Quality of life - Such a BORING term.

It's been thrown around so much it means nothing.

What I’m REALLY on about is making sure you live your life -

... Whatever that entails …

With whatever dreams and goals you have …

Superbly. With Style. And Satisfaction.

Making the use of your time on this planet in the best manner possible.

Being the best version of yourself,

Adventurous, Resilient, Living Life On Your Own Terms,

And constantly discovering room for more.

Adult gorillas have this nailed. They are all over your average human.

It’s a tale that my Ascension meditation teacher told me, and I stole it from him because it is great.

You see gorillas (in the wild we’re talking about) -

They grow up much like humans.

We both mature rapidly, gaining skills and physical attributes and knowledge.

A solid platform for discovering more about the world, and ourselves.

Then gorillas and humans divert.

Gorillas maintain this level of Life, perhaps even gaining over time.

They come to the end of their lives and have a rapid decline - where upon they die ...

Pumping their fists, having lived a full life, regretting nothing. Yeah!

Humans on the other hand?

We reach maturity, then begin a long, slow decline to death.

Why?

Why is that?

What do gorillas have that we don’t?

It’s not like gorillas don’t have challenges - they have plenty.

They don’t have the supermarkets and restaurants. They have to gather their own water and food, they have to provide their own housing.

What if they get sick or break a limb? They don’t have the medical system we do.

We have all these labour saving devices and technology which makes our lives so easy, they don’t.

Why do gorillas in the wild thrive across their lifetimes where as most humans live in a slow decline?

It lies in mindset:

The way humans think and the way humans cope (or don’t cope):

Stress. Over-thinking. Limitation based thinking. Self-sabotage. Struggle.

You want to live like an adult gorilla?

You want an end to struggling and not quite living life like you know you is possible -

Like you have before - perhaps when you were younger?

You NEED to work on your mindset, your attitude, your negativity, your mental patterns, your level of mindfulness.

It’s the only difference between gorillas and humans.

Humans are mentally obese. Fragile. Not resilient to challenges at all. Far too serious.

Gorillas aren’t.

And no matter how much it may hurt your ego to see that -

It’s important to recognise there is room for more.

Because then you can do something about it.

Here’s the way to get some serious adult gorilla mojo:

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PS.

I made a little video explaining Adult Gorilla-ness for you:

https://youtu.be/YSxQgu9zXVs

Enjoy. (Each and every moment)

The White Hair

A first - I discovered a white hair on my chest this morning.

Fascinating I know,

But there’s some serious change going on in my life,

There’s some growing up going on -

New house, baby, buying a family wagon, settling down.

My 20 something year old self was very against settling down.

“White picket fencing” we called it,

We sneered, oh we sneered as we took off where ever on adventures, did whatever we wanted, stayed out well late catching just one last wave.

I was so proud of the fact that I could fit all my possessions in a suitcase and a pack -

(I didn’t count the van load of kayaks, bikes, snowboards, ropes and ice axes)

And now?

Whatever …

I love what’s happening.

It can be so tempting to think “life was better when …”

But the fact is I’ve embarked on some serious “adult gorilla-ing”

(That is a story for tomorrow - one that I stole from my meditation teacher and he has some great stories)

To summarise - it’s the process of not letting your youth be the pinnacle of your life.

It’s making sure as you grow older, you get wiser -

And fitter and stronger and more resilient and more alive.

The fact is I was lost as a kid.

I was anxious, full of self-doubt, prone to depression and worry …

I was a shocker around money (terrified of it), I was emotionally fragile - fearful of the future, dismissive of girls who wanted to “white picket fence” me, and yet torn apart when they broke up with me …

The works.

I thought I had it all sorted, but looking back I didn’t really have a clue.

I still don’t have much of a clue, but I do have a solid internal foundation for finding out -

For growth.

For squeezing more and more out of life.

Such a worth while goal -

The biggest thing I’ve discovered is that “white picket fencing” is a mental state of being:

A comfort zone.

It’s not WHAT you do, but HOW you do it.

And you can do things with more style and more enjoyment -

With less fear and less stress,

With more inspiration and more presence for ever more.

There’s no lid on this sucker!

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Go well, Arjuna

PS.

Live well too.

Your Foundation And Why It Matters More Than Anything

You. Yes - you!

This is important you understand this.

That is ONLY if you want to:

Live a great life as an awesome parent, partner, friend and team mate, achieve your goals, have huge adventures, and indulge in a lot of fun while getting total fulfilment from all of it … that is.

If you don't care for ANY of that?

Well ... <shrugs> ... too bad for you.

You - your life - what you do, how you think about it and how much you enjoy it:

Your levels of calm, clarity and happiness,

AND

Your levels of stress, confusion and struggle …

The resulting effectiveness in, and enjoyment of, your life -

All depend on your inner foundation.

If you have shaky foundations, everything you do will be shaky and less then fulfilling.

If you have solid foundations, everything you do will be quality and have an element of fun to it.

This foundation is hard to describe in words -

But I’ll bet you good money you know exactly when you’re far away from it.

For me being away was like being in a pit.

A pit of such magnitude that it still gives me motivation not to return there.

Perhaps you know what I’m talking about?

Now:

Given the habits of your mind you need a practice to return to solid foundations.

That is where Ishayas’ Ascension mediation comes in.

Fast, enjoyable, powerful tools that enable you to be the best version of yourself.

All good so far.

You get back on track - and what do soooo many people do just because they don’t understand?

“Well, I’m out of the hole - let’s get going!”

They get busier and busier chasing their goals and their to do lists -

They stop practicing -

Their foundation starts to crumble,

Busy-ness turns to flapping and less effectiveness and more and more stress and overwhelm.

What happened?

They didn’t make the nurturing of their foundation a priority.

It was important when you were suffering, now life is pretty good?

You forget.

You forget what gave you that sense of calm, of clarity, of capability, of “I can handle ALL of this”.

You forget and so it starts to slip away …

Hence the curse of the pretty good life.

Sometimes you have to REALLY suffer to wake up and see what causes what.

Now: You don’t NEED to suffer - especially since I’m telling you now.

But you need to do something about it.

To clarify:

Meditation

- and the life you live from what it gives you -

Is not an either/or thing.

So many people think “meditation? I’ll have to give up my goals and dreams”

Nope!

Actually: ONLY living for your goals and dreams?

That is an either/or.

Because you give up a foundation in effectiveness and enjoyment.

Because you neglect your core, your centre, your foundation.

You get stressed and overwhelmed and things start to crack and fall apart …

Your work, your relationship, your health, your sense of humour.

OK?

Now you know - get cracking. Don't waste another moment.

Go well!

Arjuna

PS.

Ooh, I was so busy being Mr Motivator that I forgot.

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Full Enjoyment Of Each And Every Moment

It’s the purpose of life - Isn't it?

To enjoy the sucker.

All the things humans do, we do so we can enjoy it.

Sure - sometimes that enjoyment comes from creating something, from the sense of achievement and pride that follows.

The trouble is that’s where it all goes wrong.

People forget that not only enjoyment is the END result of setting a goal and going and getting it …

And in the well earned rest that comes from a hard days work …

But it can - and needs to - be part of the process as well.

Otherwise you get in a rat race of only enjoying when you get or finish something.

Then you start to believe that ONLY getting and finishing things brings enjoyment.

Which brings stress when things don’t go according to plan,

And distraction and loss of this moment when you are focussed on future enjoyment.

(or avoiding future lack of enjoyment - i.e. suffering)

i.e. Thinking far too much about stuff that is not in front of you.

Do you see that?

So the answer to all of this is:

Enjoy. Each. And. Every. Moment.

Fully.

You only get one life - one shot - so don’t flitter it away by thinking about stuff.

Ask yourself:

How can I get the most enjoyment out of this moment?

When you realise you're not enjoying, or at least content?

A good sign indeed that you've gone astray.

It’s not about throwing away your responsibilities or your goals and plans -

No, no, no.

It’s about having a different attitude to all of them.

Maximum enjoyment of each and every moment is your way forward.

It is essential to freeing yourself of the wheel of achieving and getting and stressing about it all.

Alright?

Go well!

Arjuna

PS.

Just so you know:

Fun isn’t the absence of hard work, but the full enjoyment of it.

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We Need To Talk (About Us)

I know it’s Valentine’s Day, and I’m sorry about this. I really, really am.

This is probably the most difficult email I’ve ever had to write.

But there’s something I need to tell you.

And it’s probably going to upset you.

I think …

Sigh …

I think we should take a break.

Things between us?

They just don’t feel right at the moment.

I mean, I really try to make things work …

Really I do.

I send you an email, and tell you my feelings just about every day.

I try and be entertaining and amusing, and show you things that educate and inform you.

But in return?

I get nothing.

Silence …

You just seem really … distant.

And if you’re “just not that into me”?

I’d rather you come straight out and say it.

I understand if that's too difficult -

There is an easier way.

Just go to the bottom of this email …

And click on the unsubscribe link.

If you do that?

You’ll never hear from me again.

Goodbye.

And thanks for the memories.

I don't regret a moment, really I don't.

Arjuna -

PS.

Wait!

Don’t go just yet -

There’s more …

When we first got together …

We had so much potential.

You were supposed to get my free Quick Start Guide To Meditation,

I was supposed to make your every moment filled with calm, focus and aliveness,

Making your mindset bullet proof,

Making you feel better than any man has ever made you feel.

Together?

We could have been so happy.

I guess what I’m trying to say is …

It’s not too late.

If there’s any chance that we can still make this work?

I want you to tell me.

I want you to tell me now …

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Before someone else comes along to take your place.

And The Results Are In!

From your emails telling me about your biggest challenges, the results are in. And thank you for those - they really help me help you -

So:

Self-sabotage.

Procrastination.

Bad habits you can't seem to shift.

Triggers, knowing what triggers you but still reacting nonetheless.

Feeling like you don't make enough quality time for your family, for doing the stuff you love to do.

Not getting work/life balance.

Stress, worry and anxiety.

That whiny voice inside giving you all the reasons why you can’t and so you shouldn’t and "what’s the point anyway?"

That harsh inner critic that is constantly on the whip telling you how wrong you are.

All in all ^^^ an excellent place to start.

From what you are saying it's obvious to you that your greatest opponent lies within.

Which is a wonderful state to be in because it makes dealing with your challenges so much easier.

If you said it your biggest challenges came from outside of you then that's tough.

Changing others is HARD work.

Changing yourself - if you know the right ways - is so much simpler.

It's the inner game that dictates how you live.

How much calm, focus, happiness and fulfilment you experience.

Or how much stress, anxiety, distraction, confusion and “Is this all life has to offer me??” you have.

And it is a game -

Or at least you can come to see it as a game.

Because that makes it all a bit easier.

If you’re willing to face up and really examine your opponent (and that is the hard part) -

It’ll make this game all the more simpler.

Because when you honestly look you’ll realise there is very little you don’t know about them.

They’re in your head all day long - and they haven’t changed significantly all these years you’ve been on the planet.

Knowing the opponent is an awesome idea -

Because then you can EXPECT the voice, you can EXPECT the obstacles that they’ll throw up.

Expecting what the opponent will say and do is half the battle - ignoring that voice then becomes extremely simple.

Instead of doing battle - you shift your attention to other things, the right things.

And that is where the inner game is won.

From that you get peace, a sense of purpose, the ability to focus on whatever you want and ignore all distractions and worries, life gets easier and so much more fun.

Just so you know - it's not about killing your opponent.

You don't need them to shut up or even go away.

You just need to learn to shift your attention and they dry up through lack of nourishment.

They're only alive because you - unconsciously - feed them.

How about that?!

You want to do something about it?

You want to master this inner game - and therefore have the best foundation for everything else you do?

If I were you, I would sign up here without delay:

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And a game best played with a smile in your heart and a tune on your lips.

Keep it simple, okay?

Taking Out The Trash!

Trash?! How American of me. But it was the only way I could get a little alliteration in there. I love alliteration.

OK - so I’m moving house in the weekend -

Boxes are everywhere.

“Precious” items coming out of cupboards and being discarded as we actually haven’t been in that cupboard for years.

It’s all a bit ruthless - getting rid of the crud, the junk, the stuff that we just don’t use.

But I love it.

I love having a clear out because the less junk you have the more (obviously) external clarity you have.

It gives you a sense of lightness and possibility and freedom, just in your living space - but also in your mind.

Somehow you also get more inner clarity too.

I love that.

It’s the same when I had a PC computer.

Degragging that beast gave me great pleasure.

Clearing up, putting all the mess away in appropriate places,

It made my machine work so much better.

Loved that also.

It feels so good.

Clearing up is the same with you and your head -

The Ishayas’ Ascension meditation does what you need in terms of a spring clean - but every day!

And it's enjoyable too.

Done every day it gives you clarity and focus and a greater sense of purpose than ever before.

It sorts out your thoughts and gives you that head space -

So you can calmly go about your day and do the things you want to do.

With perspective, and not the mad rush of fighting fires everywhere, getting stressed, getting anxious.

Not reacting, not getting triggered, grumpy and absent minded, but clear!

Clear and happy so you can make the choices you'd like to make instead of jumping to the ones you don't want to make.

All for a much more productive and enjoyable life.

Interested?

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Take it easy! Arjuna

PS.

What do you find hard work in life?

What are your greatest challenges?

If you would, hit reply and let me know -

Then I can help you so much more.

Keep them coming - and thank you!

Who Wants A £500 Gold Pizza

Did you know …

For £500 you can order, and eat, a pizza covered in gold -

(If you really want to).

I can’t imagine you’d do it for the taste, simply to say you’ve done it.

I was in a whisky bar in Glasgow once and enquired as to the bottle they had centre stage on the bar.

£1000 for a single 30ml measure.

Whooo boy.

Would it really taste that much different from a merely expensive single malt?

I’d kind of like to find out …

Would you?

Experience.

That’s what makes life come alive.

You can spend your life thinking about stuff -

Or you can get amongst it and feel it, do it, taste it.

That why meditation is so valuable.

It gets you out of your head and into the experience of life, of this moment in time - the one moment you can actually live in.

Our world is so rich.

Chances are you reading this have everything you need and many of the things you want.

And yet we are so poor.

There is so much experience, but it’s hollow.

There isn’t a foundation in gratitude or appreciation for the simple things.

And that makes ALL the difference.

I had everything I wanted in life and yet it never fulfilled.

I had this annoying doubt, this voice in my head that just said:

“Is This It?”

All this stuff, all these wonderful experiences, and yet NONE of them satisfied, for long.

Your inner foundation in presence and attitude is critical to this.

It is the answer to the “Is This It?” question.

It makes it disappear, completely.

It makes every experience full and rich -

So whether it’s a gold pizza you’re scoffing or throwing yourself off a waterfall in your kayak or a walk in the park with your family -

It makes sense, it means there’s nothing missing any more.

You do things not from internal need, but because you want to - a hugely different way to live.

Sound good?

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Go well! Arjuna

PS.

How do you think the remains of a gold pizza comes out the other end?

Hmmmm …

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