Get Real

Life isn’t a box of fluffy rainbows all the time. I know that.

I know sometimes life sucks.

So you may not be able to charge ALL the time.

So you may not be able to have a positive mental attitude ALL the time.

You may not like the way life is right now,

But you can allow.

You can accept.

You can stop fighting the fact that you’re not feeling so great right now.

Because the fight and the resistance to how you’re feeling is causing you MOST of the stress.

This statement causes so much grief:

“This shouldn’t be happening to me!”

But it is.

Can you move beyond it?

Great, put your head down and do what you need to do.

Just the minimum - and then put your feet up.

The world will keep turning even if you stop.

If not?

Can you accept the fact that you’re feeling the way you’re feeling?

Can you be okay with the fact you’re not feeling okay?

And not seek to change it?

Not put any more pressure on yourself to be any particular way?

Of course you can … if you wanted.

So WHAT if you can’t be arsed to get out of bed?

Can you allow yourself a day to do nothing?

A mental health day is what we used to call it -

When it started raining meaning it was time to skivvy off work and head away kayaking.

A mental health day it is too when you look after yourself -

Just for a day (or two) -

To get your juice back.

Sometimes life is tough. You feel flat. You feel like the black dog is chewing on your heel and you don’t have the energy to struggle any more.

Give in.

Give up the fight -

Fully accept that this is the way it is (at the moment)

Take the pressure off, give up your to do list and your plans, and just look after yourself.

It won’t last forever.

But your self-judgement and self-induced pressure to be different will make it seem so much heavier.

I know that.

Alright?

Go well - take it easy.

Arjuna

- PS.

Sometimes you can’t change what is happening,

But -

You can change your relationship with what is happening -

And that makes the world of difference.

It is a simple thing, a simple practice.

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Anyone Want To Be Alone In A Haunted Hotel Room?

I’m in Stratford Upon Avon in a hotel to do a meditation and yoga course for the next 4 days. England’s most haunted hotel, apparently.

Though I’ve never seen anything yet, it could well be that this new room is the one.

I’ll let you know.

Now, as glamorous as I thought hotel stays were, I’ve become desensitised.

I love teaching, but really don’t like the staying away from home.

I’d rather curl up with Sumati at the end of a day, rather than go it alone in some impersonal, and maybe haunted, hotel.

What a sob story!

What a wiener!

The thing with this trip is that Sumati is in the last 4 weeks of her pregnancy -

Which means things could get serious any day now.

I didn’t realise that ^^^ when I booked this (and next) week’s course.

Not a good look to cancel a course -

But there is no way I’m missing the birth of our child either.

So cross your fingers for me, please?

I’d really like to do both, if at all possible.

What does this have to do with you, meditation and having an amazing life?

Priorities.

There are some crucially important things in your life.

And then there are the top tier - THE absolute essentials.

My relationship has become one of these.

I must admit it never used to be.

I was a little “take me or leave me” in my outlook.

Quite unconcerned, actually.

Funny how a commitment in the form of marriage, and then on top of that a pregnancy, has completely turned that around.

I now really want to make the most of this -

And my Ascension meditation practice makes bringing the best version of me to the relationship super simple.

It’s made it super clear it’s what I give (not what I take) that nurtures it.

The more I give the better it gets.

Do I still get grumpy, annoyed?

Of course.

Do I notice it sooner and take action that is good for both of us?

Absolutely.

Sometimes that’s saying something before annoyance reaches anger, many times it’s just letting it go.

And because I’m doing my best to give my best -

Our relationship is better than ever.

It’s alive, and fun, and feels like it’s constantly growing.

Which is very new for me - and I like it.

You know - I keep practicing Ascension meditation because it gives me peace, and meaning, and clarity, and a quiet non-reactive head.

But -

Time with my eyes closed also means I can be a better husband.

When our daughter comes I just know it will help make me a better dad.

Meditation doesn’t take away from your life - it adds to it in a million different ways.

It really does uncover the very best version of you, simply.

It shows you what is important and what is crucial.

It allows you to sort out your priorities - and give to them,

It makes tough times easier, it enables you to keep a sense of humour even when it all hits the fan.

You want that?

It is so simple.

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PS.

Everyone says they’d like to be the very best version of themselves -

Everyone says they’d like a really exciting, close relationship -

But how many do you think actually take the big steps to make sure they have that?

It is so simple to do.

Don’t be the guy that thinks “that’d be nice” and do nothing about it.

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. -

Bites, Scratches and Will Mess You Up

Expect all the bad things to happen, that’s my motto. Pessimism is a virtue.

(Actually it’s not - quite).

Though if you buy not one, but 2 lion cubs, as FAMILY pets - expect them to cause trouble.

And pee everywhere.

The family who are trying to sell these cubs were surprised to find out they weren’t so tame.

Why do people do it?

Obviously there wasn’t any kind of dawning that perhaps it’s not a good idea.

If you’re an experienced lion tamer?

Maybe. Maybe.

It’s not quite up there with the guy who went ice fishing and instead of taking the time to carve a hole, decided to throw a stick of dynamite to create one.

His dog raced off and fetched it for him.

… but it’s in the same ball park.

Explosives, wild (and even semi-trained) animals - they all require careful handling.

Here’s something you need to know too -

Your mind, untrained, can be your worst enemy.

Some psychologists have talked about how negativity and worry is the mind’s “default” position.

Your mind actually tries to help you by looking for all the things that could go wrong.

It’s an old caveman style protective mechanism to point out all the things that could put you in “danger”.

You know this if you’ve ever tried to go to sleep at night and your mind takes the quiet time to let you know exactly what you need to look out for…

… (again and again and again) …

Or if you’re caught MIA thinking about that work problem at the dinner table …

Or!

If you’ve ever embarked on an ambitious project - say in business or training for a big event - and all the doubt and the limitations and the reasons why you’ll never succeed come FLOODING in.

(That one is particularly vexing).

You know your mind, like a dog fetching dynamite, can be very, very “helpful” …

As in, not at all.

Here’s my tip -

Treat your own head like a wild lion cub or a stick of dynamite.

Expect the worst -

Handle it with great consideration -

Know that it will go mad sometimes -

Take the thoughts with a huge pinch of salt -

And train it.

Train the thing!!

Because trained it can be legendary.

It can be the greatest tool you possess.

Wouldn’t having a well trained lion be awesome??

(I actually don’t know if it’s even possible)

Take that for a walk in your local park and watch everyone fall over.

Anyhoo -

Two things in training your mind:

Be present to this moment in time, and get a bulletproof Positive Mental Attitude.

It’s the two things your mind is useless at.

They are your biggest weaknesses, that when mastered, will become your biggest strengths.

They mellow and counter all the “Watch Out” and “Danger” default tendencies of your head -

All the judgements, the anxieties and worries, the "What Is The Point?"s -

Giving you a rock solid foundation for calm, clarity, and great happiness -

So you get stress free, great productivity, awesomely loving relationships, and so much fun and fulfilment.

And freedom from thinking too much.

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PS.

Don’t wait till your head bites you really hard.

You can’t sell it on eBay.

And anyway, no one else wants it.

-

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.

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PS.

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

Hmmmm …

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Happiness Is Like Push Ups, But With Less Sweat And Pain

Did you know...? Thinking too much, anxiety, worry, anger, fear, stress, actually negativity in general …

All of these things are just habits.

They are something you’ve learned to do in response to things that you don’t like. The more you react in a certain way, the stronger that “way” gets and so the easier it is to respond like that.

It becomes a habit, a reaction.

It’s a bit of a bottomless cycle, a slippery slope.

But the good news is that it is just a habit.

You can create another habit.

The even better news is that you don’t need to work out why you get stressed, or anxious, or not respond to life in the way that you want -

Just make a different choice.

A habit is simply a strong pathway in the brain.

Want a new habit?

Make another pathway. Do something else that takes you in another direction.

A little known key to life is what you put your attention on, grows.

The more you do it, the more the new habit becomes stronger and more “slippery” for your attention, the old one less so. You become incapable of behaving like you used to, simply because all your attention is on the new way of being.

Happiness and calm is way more attractive to the mind than stress.

If you give it a chance it will become your default.

Good news indeed. I believe it was Aristotle who said:

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”

In this way, happiness and peace is a lot like going to the gym -

You don’t need to believe push ups will make you stronger and healthier, you just need to do them - with good form and regularly - and the results are obvious.

Regular practice, then, is everything to being "happy calm".

What kind of practice?

Meditation - all the way.

Because it retrains and rewires your brain to stop giving so much attention to what causes you stress and unhappiness.

It makes you present, it makes you more positive, it makes you "anti-fragile".

You need to give it enough time to create a new habit, for it to become stronger ...

But the more you do it, the more your life changes and so the more you keep wanting to do it.

It becomes self-propelling and motivating.

But you need to start. And you need the commitment to follow through.

Grab a buddy and make a pact, set aside a time each day. Just close your eyes and do it. Remind yourself to see everything as being half-full. Be as present in this moment as much as you can.

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- Arjuna

PS.

Happiness is indeed much easier than exercise.

No sweat, no aches and pains, no weird diets.

You can wear your lycra to meditate in, if you want, if it makes you feel like you’re doing something.

But really you need nothing.

You can meditate in the bath if you like (though a rubber ducky helps).

Or even at work …

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Always Be Yourself, Unless …

Unless what? You ever seen the Lego Movie?

I saw it at the end of a 24 hour flight back from New Zealand and I thought it was hilarious.

I may have been suffering from exhaustion and subsequently my judgement may be off, but I did laugh my head off.

Hearing my laughter, Sumati was thinking she was missing out.

She must have watched 3 minutes before she switched it off, eyes rolling in that “you’re a doofus” way she has.

Lovingly of course.

So I'm excited - I’ve just seen there is a new Lego film, with the best catchphrase ever:

“Always be yourself … unless you can be Batman, then always be Batman”

Haha - Love it.

Who wouldn’t want to be Batman (minus the grumpiness of course)?

Anyway:

There's so much stuff out there about finding yourself, and being true, it’s all become a bit of a cliche, and commodified out of sight.

You can buy this thing and express your individuality, you know?

It’s all warped a bit.

But, like all these things, there’s a kernel of truth there.

So many people hide behind a mask, they try to live up to their idea of what other people want.

I used to do the same.

Exhausting, right? Trying to be liked, trying to be cool, trying to say the right things.

Oh man.

The greatest gift Ascension meditation has given me is the ability to be authentic.

It’s a case now of “Here I am, and I’m perfectly content with that sense of me, this is what I like, this is what I say, this is what I do.”

So much stress, so tiring trying to live up to an idea.

So much ease and calm from just being okay with who and what you are.

So much honesty too. So much more direct communication with people.

If you find you’re trying a bit hard (and you’ll know it) - what’s the solution?

Be absolutely present.

It's the solution to everything.

You have to think to hold up a mask; to be you is effortless.

Keep detaching from thinking about how you “should” be, that habit will crumble, and life will get much easier, and fun.

It takes effort to hold such a habit in place. It takes nothing to let go.

Alright?

Meditate.

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Everything comes from being okay in your own skin.

Acceptance is the best foundation for any transformation too.

Awesome.

Keep it easy, ok?

Arjuna

PS.

Batman takes himself a little seriously but I’m sure if he hangs out with the new Wonder Woman a bit, he’ll loosen up - don’t you think?

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Quick Meditation Tips To Lose Mind Flab

Mind flab?

It’s a scientific truth. A certainty.

How do you rid yourself of unsightly mind cellulite?

Buddha there doesn't have it, because he meditates.

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Because you want quick and simple, and actually - that is ALL you need.

Don't over complicate something that is so simple (meditation).

Many people just do this all their lives. This is as advanced as it gets in many meditation traditions.

It is the culmination of thousands of years of monks tinkering with it.

I may even be making them mad by letting you in on the secret. Mad monks are quite the sight I can tell you.

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You have the means, now get cracking and practice.

Practice shows you so much.

Mastery of the small, whiny, scared, frustrated, confused part of your brain -

(deny it as much as you like, we all have this part - see mind flab, above)

Comes from putting the time in.

I wish I could do it for you, but I can’t.

And actually, IF you practice every day you will find it is rather enjoyable.

Just the amount of rest and recovery on a simple physical level you get is quite significant. Lovely even.

You’ll gather some momentum on your practice just from that.

But you have to get started.

So!

Given what you know right now -

How do you meditate better?

Better! Faster! Stronger!

1. read the FAQs (Quick Tips) that are in that Quick Start Guide.  They will help you so much. In fact, much of below is a re-hash of those, complete that they are.

2. Just friggin do it. Everyday. If you didn’t do it yesterday, definitely do it today.

3. Don’t strain, try, control - it’s not necessary

4. You have thoughts - but if you can witness thoughts it means you are not them. Hmmm … what are you?

5. You will get distracted. Don’t make it a problem. No deal. Honestly.

6. Get comfy. No need to physically strain either.

7. If you feel agitated, chill out.

8. if you really feel agitated, try taking it up a step. Do some deep breathing for example. Head back in when you’re ready.

9. You can’t get this wrong. Really you can’t. See those thoughts that say you’re getting it wrong, and ignore them.

10. Don’t change thoughts - ignore them. Focus on the technique.

11. Do it with your eyes open throughout your day.

Oh - and take nothing seriously.

You’ll end all your problems right there with that one.

Questions?

Fire them at me!

Go well, keep the peace, and make every day a little more awesome. Arjuna

PS.

Don’t you love tips?

I do.

But you can have tips coming out your ears and still do nothing.

The truth is you need no more tips.

If you want to be the best version of yourself, the key is to do it.

No one will do it for you.

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Why You Get Stressed And How To Avoid It

I’m so stressed … Actually no, I’m not.

I’m a meditation teacher - and this one is walking his talk.

I have a reputation to uphold (haha - but more importantly my own peace to protect)

But the potential is there - it would have thrown me not too long ago.

Why?

I have a to do list the size of my arm, and as it all seems to be needing to be doing at the same time.

We’re moving into a new house and having a baby at the same time.

The house project manager is my father in law and he is the DIY king (which I am not).

So practical, organised, knows what to do when …

And he’s away in Norway.

Of course, everything is going wrong at the same time.

I got this and I got that, and then the phone rings and something else needs my attention, now.

Busy!

So the potential to be stressed is huge.

Because I know myself, I know my head - I know what I need to do to avoid it.

What is the cause of stress - so YOU can avoid it?

The key thing is that you have left this moment in time.

You are no longer present.

The solution will always be to become present again.

Get out of your head. It’s not as useful as you think it is.

Now, that begs the question:

Why do you leave the present moment, think and feel too much and then get stressed and get a sick feeling in your belly and get ulcers?

Here’s a few reasons. I’m sure there are more, but this’ll do for a start:

1. You are thinking about all the many things you need to do.

You are trying to carry all of it in your head. There is so much that your head is overflowing.

Busy! Frantic!

Solution?

No matter how busy you are, you can only do one thing at a time.

Do that one thing, be focussed on it and it alone.

Don’t try and speed things along by multi-tasking, you will slow and get stressed.

One thing at a time means you can give your whole attention to what needs be done.

That thing, then the next most important (yet not urgent) thing, then the next.

Don’t carry anything in your head. Write that down if you need to.

If you’re walking, walk. If you’re listening, listen. If you need to prioritise, sit down and work it out. If you’re driving, drive. And maybe sing along to the radio. That's ok.

Do what you are doing. Don't think and do. You'll get overwhelmed with a constant feeling of busy-ness.

2. You are thinking about all the things that might happen

You’re stuck into all the “what if’s?” … future surfing in other words.

If you need to plan for a future - sit down with someone and work through the possibilities.

Do what you can, let go of the rest.

Deal with the possibilities IF, and WHEN, they arise.

Don’t go over and over it in your head. Stay with what you know. Stay with what is right in front of you.

3. You are resisting what is happening

You get stressed when you try and resist an undeniable reality.

It is happening and you don’t like it.

If you can’t do anything? You must work with it.

Stuck in traffic? What can you do?

Exactly.

“Why is this happening to me??” is a huge cause of stress.

It is happening to you - what will you do?

Don’t avoid - sometimes you just have to do it (whatever it is). Sooner you do it, sooner it’s done and you can stop thinking about it.

OK -

If you’d like to overcome stress and struggle the best foundation I know is meditation.

Meditation gives you that awareness and clarity to see and act in a non-stressful way.

It means you can be present and focussed no matter what is going on around you.

Meditation won’t get rid of your problems, but it will put them in perspective so they’re easier to deal with.

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Why do people shift house and have a baby at the same time?

What sort of clear thinking went into that decision?

haha - exactly! -

Like Lemmings On Skis

A slippery slope indeed ...

You can distill the cause of ALL of humanities problems (outside of chemical imbalances) down to a few things.

One of these things is not being present.

People are so much in the past and the future that they spend virtually no time in this present moment.

We think too much.

Thinking is useful - but you might recognise that an excellent tool sometimes (perhaps often) takes over and becomes a tyrant.

If you’ve ever had trouble sleeping at night you’ll know this.

If you’ve ever tried to banish a worrying, anxious or fearful thought pattern you’ll know this too.

If you’ve ever had your kid tugging on your sleeve and telling you that you’re always distracted you’ll know this.

We're never present, here, in the one place where life is. Where, since there is one thing at a time, life is manageable.

As children we were taught to start thinking but never taught to switch the damn thing off.

Like lemmings on skis, we were pushed down a slippery slope and never showed how to turn, how to halt.

The result is your head gets faster and faster, more and more preoccupied with things that you can’t control.

You get tunnel vision - you lose touch with your senses, your awareness.

You start to become trapped in patterns and habits of thinking,

You become more and more stuck in the past and the future,

With little ability to absorb yourself in this present moment when you want and need to.

The exception to this is when you’re doing something you love.

The reason I got into meditation and this mind training was I realised that my head got quieter when I was in the outdoors.

The worries and doubts and to do list all were put aside -

All for the experience of being immersed in what was in front of me.

For me that was kayaking or snowboarding or climbing up a steep hill somewhere.

My head got quiet and I realised I was never happier than when my head was quiet.

I needed so little to be satisfied and content.

For you? That may be tiddlywinks …

But you love it (at least partially) because it brings you to a state of focus and presence.

It brings you out of your mind tunnel.

You can let the head go.

Now -

It’s good to recognise it’s not so much what you do but how you do it.

If you can do one thing with utter immersion and enjoyment you can do everything the same way. ^^^

It all begins with watching your own head, the thoughts and feelings within, and where they want to take you.

Enter a meditation practice.

Meditation is never about stopping your mind -

That is such an important point, because that ^^^ is hard work indeed; impossible for long periods.

Meditation is about becoming aware of what your head is telling you, and making another choice.

Just to watch, to not follow, to come back to that awareness.

To see what is there beyond thought and emotion.

To rest in the field of your own aware presence.

All the do-ing in your life becomes balanced with some time not doing.

Just resting and watching, and learning to halt, and breathe, and wait, and simply be - aware, mindful, present.

Boom.

Then you can go again. Because you’re recharged not drained. You have clear perspective not foggy, limited vision. You have more aware choice - not reaction.

Keep it simple.

Close your eyes, but do the same with your eyes open.

See the difference between what you can control and what you must let go.

Be the difference between day-dreaming all day long -

- and having the crisp, sensory, intuitive way of living when you’re present and focussed on what is in front of you.

It is a habit, just a habit.

But one that when mastered means you master the causes of all your problems.

You can sail through tough times.

It’s well worth doing.

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Go well! Keep the peace. Arjuna

PS.

If you ski without knowing how to stop, better wear a helmet.

And one of those back braces.

Why A “Pretty Good” Life Can Be A Curse

It may be an odd thing to say -

But bear with me.

I get to meet a fair few people.

And the one thing that motivates like nothing else …

... is suffering.

Everyone I’ve met who is determined to live the very best life possible - 

The basis of that being a solid foundation in being calm, clear, focussed and able to take nothing too seriously …

Has usually experienced some degree of difficulty in their lives.

Which means they haven’t wanted to go back there.

They’ve wanted to find a way out of suffering, for good.

And fair enough too.

It’s a wake up call.

When you realise life sucks, you don’t want to hang around.

It motivates you to do something different.

It’s the same reason I’m here.

Sometimes a pretty good life means you have just that - it’s pretty good.

Nothing comes and shakes your tree enough that you’ll decide to make it really really good.

And that there is a shame.

Average is pretty good.

But why not go for amazing?

It’s actually pretty simple to have a bullet proof mindset,

To have true stability and calm and happiness - no matter what is happening in your life.

And therefore enjoy each and every moment,

Bringing the best version of you to your relationship, your family, your work, your sport, to all of life.

It just takes a touch of dedication and persistence.

To keep going until you master your own mind, your reactions, your choices.

And sometimes that commitment only comes from such a wake up call.

(An alarm is never nice - but it certainly gets me out of bed)

So if life is tough at the moment -

If it’s not going your way,

If it seems like everything is going wrong, falling down around your ears,

Or maybe it’s just a bit hollow. It doesn’t make sense.

Maybe you have everything but there’s a nagging doubt at the back of your mind of “Is this it? Is this all there is to life?”

Then you may actually be in a great place.

A place of awareness.

The dawning of awareness sometimes hurts.

But ultimately it’s a wonderful thing.

Because there is no choice without awareness.

Even if you become aware of yourself and what you’ve been doing or how you’re living -

And it seems like you come up short,

Then wonderful.

I mean that.

Because now you can do something about it.

The lights have been switched on and you’re no longer stumbling around in the dark.

Now you can get to a place where you don’t let life define you or your actions or your feelings any more.

Now you can make better and better choices. Choices you can increasingly be proud of, not ones you regret.

Choices that mean you define life - and not the other way around.

Does that make sense?

I hope so because you CAN get to a place where that one day you’ll look back on your past,

And be GRATEFUL you were in a bit of a hole -

(I’m serious)

Because it made you live the best life you could,

Rather than sleep walk through life.

So go well - chin up, keep going. Head on up.

Small steps, you’ll get there.

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Take it easy

Arjuna

PS.

Of course suffering isn’t necessary.

So if you’re not hurting don’t panic.

Sometimes it seems it’s useful.

(or maybe it’s just my glass half full approach)

But only so you never go back there again.

In reality you can use anything for motivation.

To be a better parent and/or partner, to make sure you get to the end of your day and regret nothing, to make sure you can be super productive yet stress free and still laugh your way through your day …

There’s a million reasons why you might want to do the work to make sure you have an amazing life.

What are yours? And what are you going to do about it? -

An Amazing Thing Happened The Other Day

I was sitting in my other office reading the news of the day, and I almost fell over. In El Salvador something amazing happened.

A few days ago they had the first day for over 2 years where there was no one murdered.

One day - no killings.

That is cause for celebration in a country (population 6 million) where the record for the number of murders in a 24 hour period is something like 122.

Puts things in perspective on life here doesn’t it?

Things are pretty good I reckon.

Really - you’re not in a war zone, chances are you have everything you need, you have a body that works remarkably well, a roof over your head, internet access …

And yet … do you really know how good life is, as it is, right now?

Perspective is a powerful thing.

Where I come from - New Zealand (pop. 4 million) - the biggest news is when someone is caught with more fish than their quota.

And yet it has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

How could a small corner of hobbity paradise have that much misery?

All the strain in life? Comes from upstairs.

Mindset, thinking, attitude - it changes everything.

The TV series Breaking Bad:

Saw a line from the main character who has lung cancer:

_______________

I have spent my whole life scared, frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen, 50-years I spent like that. Finding myself awake at three in the morning. But you know what? Ever since my [lung cancer] diagnosis, I sleep just fine.

_______________

Perspective and mindset and thinking - the most powerful agents that affect your life.

Where ever you go, whatever you do - you take your head with you.

Where ever you look - you look through your own head -

Your vision is filtered by your beliefs, patterns, programmes, thoughts, feelings.

You never see the world as it is, but actually as you are.

Your perspective and mindset is the foundation for all of your life.

Want to do things differently?

You’re in luck - nothing is fixed.

You can change those filters, you can change your perspective and your mindset.

You can learn to become in touch with this precise moment in time, never taking it for granted again,

Choosing to appreciate rather than condemn, to know the simple beauty of being alive.

You don’t have time NOT to get involved in this stuff.

It’s not frivolous, unnecessary, something for when you get around to it, just for the hippies …

It’s the core cause of everything you do.

No one can make you see this, but if you’re unsatisfied with the results in ANY part of your life,

Look at the thoughts and feelings you’re paying attention to.

If you’re interested in fast change there?

I know an easy and simple practice of meditation and mindset that brings quick transformation.

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Go well! Arjuna

PS.

Take nothing for granted.

Who knows?

Soon the Trump might come out speaking Russian.

Then things will really get interesting.

Feeling Masochistic? You're Doing It Wrong

One of the things that seems to happen in this self-improvement lark, A lark that begins when you realise you want to bring the best version of yourself to life more often (perhaps even ALL the time) -

Is harshness and being so serious.

There is this idea that growing involves hardship and at least a degree of torture.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for adventures (in the outdoors especially) where you come up against your comfort zone.

That sense of challenge and uncertainty of “can I do this?”, of hearing your mind squeak and carrying on anyway.

But there is always a sense of JOY in that (for me).

When it stops being fun, I stop.

What’s the point if it’s not?

I wasn't always like that though. I used to believe that harshness was necessary to conquer my messy, chaotic mind.

I thought I SHOULD do x, y, z to get what I wanted -

(Turns out I was wrong. Luckily I found out sooner rather than later, huh?)

Yet if you look around at some of the programmes and practices out there there’s the same idea:

It all started back in the day with walking on hot coals or snapping an arrow with the point held against your throat,

And now has gotten really quite extreme -

Where it ranges from sleep deprivation all the way through to some quite full on SAS torture training experience weekends.

There’s a significant section of the meditation and yoga community that have a similar mindset.

The bed of nails may no longer be around but there's still the idea that unless it’s really hard work, “you’re messing around”.

Some of these guys become so serious, so rigid in themselves, even harming themselves becoming hardline vegans when it doesn't suit their bodies, becoming all grey skinned and wrinkly.

Here’s the thing:

I know there's something in everything for someone, but please trust me when I say harshness will not bring you closer to a better version of you.

You don't need to do half the stuff people say you NEED to, to get the results you want.

Whatever you choose to do, don’t lose your sense of joy, your sense of humour.

Your meditation and mindset practice for example.

If you are straining and efforting, if you’re sitting on the floor in some yoga position and it’s uncomfortable …

If you’re forcing yourself to stop your mind, being aggressive to yourself, getting impatient and frustrated …

If it’s as fun as a trip to the dentist …

You won’t do it for very long.

You’re not going to practice it day in day out - because it’s not easy nor joyful nor rewarding.

The momentum won’t develop.

And you’ll just add more stress into your nervous system.

^^^ That is one of the whole reasons for meditation ^^^

To release all the stress and strain that you’ve built up over the years.

NOT to torture yourself all over again.

Harshness of any kind is not necessary.

You don’t need to dominate your lesser tendencies, I promise.

That kind of attitude is so counter productive.

Just having the courage and boldness to candidly look at yourself and make different choices is heroic enough.

One of the true motors for change AND an indication that you’re doing things right?

Maximum enjoyment of each and every moment.

Honestly.

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PS.

Commitment is crucial, harshness not.

Gentle persistence is the key, always.

If you’re not having fun then find out why not.

Makes sense, huh? -

The Stink That You Can’t Wash Off

Had the meter reader guy come in yesterday and, sheesh … The bloke had a bad case of body odour.

Like serious.

It lingered long after he had left.

Left an oily coating on the walls.

So aggressive it stained my teeth.

I don’t want to make fun, really I don’t. 

I know for sure that my breath can be volatile at times.

Due to me doing some intermittent fasting -

(Basically skipping breakfast, no eating until early afternoon, as part of my health and fitness regime.)

And that can cause my good lady Sumati to turn away.

At least she lets me know - so I can get a banana or something in me to fix fasting breath before I go and be with people.

But - and here is my point:

There is a kind of “stink” that no one really talks about.

And that is the stink of stress.

You see, it doesn’t just affect you -

Like a personal hygiene problem you might have grown so accustomed to a certain level of stress and struggle that you don’t notice it at all.

But the people around you certainly do.

Your kids, your partner - they know.

They may not be able to put it into words, but they know.

How does that work?

You ever walk into a room and it’s obvious that’s there’s been an argument?

You can almost feel the tension, the sparks left over.

And vice versa - you know it when you walk in somewhere or are with someone and you instantly relax, you’re comfortable.

It’s more than nice - it’s a relief.

I remember this one more senior guy I used to work with.

I was new, and loved being around him because he was unflappable.

We had a pretty dynamic job as outdoor instructors, busy, long, physical days -

And he was so awesome because his level of calm meant even when things went unexpected  -

(which they did, often) -

He didn’t freak out which meant … I didn’t freak out.

I could deal with the challenge, and all with a smile on my face, simply because he had carried this “no problem” attitude right there beside me.

Talk about a mentor - I wanted to be like him.

It was never what he did that impressed, just how he did it.

How he carried himself probably made more of an impression on me that anything he said -

And made me look for a way of becoming like that too - which led me to learning Ascension meditation a few years later.

Now, here's the thing:

You CAN be like that guy too, no matter at what point you’re starting from, and for the sake of your loved ones you SHOULD.

You'll be like a breath of fresh air in their lives.

Taking care of business, dealing with the demands of your day, and yet coming home and fully there with everyone, big smile on your face -

Everyone wins.

Part of it is attitude, part of it is meditation, part of it is learning - or having the courage - to make different choices (or make the same choices differently).

That’s why I set up a programme that’s not just meditation.

It’s using the awareness and clarity that comes from meditation in all parts of your life.

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PS.

Why would you go without breakfast?

You see, I LOVE food - But if I just ate and did nothing else?

Yikes.

So, enter fasting and exercise - a necessary tradeoff -

All so I can eat pretty much what I want to eat, just in a concentrated period.

Seems to work well (for me) to help keep the dad bod at bay.

Also clears the body (and the senses),

And it isn’t harsh at all.

Harsh is a waste of time. And a waste of life.

I’ll tell you more about that next time …

Efficient, Focussed, Ruthless - Like A Laser?

Some of you guys have pointed out that since my emails go out incredibly early in the morning, I must be some kind of machine. Efficient, focussed, ruthless like a laser.

I like that, but actually -

I write the email the day or two before and then schedule it to go out so you have something to start your day with, if you wish.

I hate to ruin your image of me,

But the truth is mornings aren’t my best time. I’m actually a bit groggy.

I can do them,

However I’ve learnt that other things than writing are best for first thing.

I do things that don’t require me to be too switched on.

It’s exercise and meditation and admin.

That routine helps me wake up and get going and have a good base for the day.

I have tried to force myself into a kind of pattern that I was told was best by someone else -

But experience told me different.

So I changed to what works for me.

What works for you?

When I teach people Ascension meditation I’m very aware that the techniques are one thing,

The getting into the habit of using them is another.

And that ^^^ is quite a personal thing.

I used to be “you MUST practice meditation for these many minutes at these times every day to get the benefits in the shortest amount of time".

But I have realised that is just not realistic.

And that’s one of the reasons why I like working one on one with people - we can work out what works best for them.

I now always get people to do what they can do easily - and build from there.

20 minutes is a good goal to get to.

(if you’re in a hurry to see benefits, 20 minutes twice, or even three times, daily will really mean things start shifting for you)

Things seem start to happen quick when you’re able to sit for 20 minutes.

(if you’re just starting - don’t worry, it doesn’t take much to get to)

But if that seems impossible, start at say 10 minutes and work up, as slow as you like.

Meditating, like any habit, becomes more enjoyable the more you do it.

It develops a momentum.

You see the rewards of being calmer and clearer, reacting and losing it less, you’re more productive and more fun to be around -

And so you want to do it more.

But if forcing yourself to sit for 20 minutes is really hard work for you, you’re not going to get to that point of momentum and enjoyment are you?

Dial it back.

So much better to have a good balance between persistence and realising what and when works for you.

The great thing is making people realise what they can do on their worst day.

So if everything falls down around your ears you know you have at least one “backup” session.

Often that works as last thing at night - perhaps even in bed.

Everyone has to close their eyes sometime to go to sleep, right?

Why not head off slightly earlier and meditate off to sleep?

Even if that’s 2 minutes of conscious meditating and a lot more drifting - awesome. Not bad for a worst day scenario.

I love meditating in the mornings because it sets me up so well.

But sometimes I realise you’re not going to get that.

If you’re not a morning person (like me) do try and work up to it because it will make your whole day more enjoyable and effective.

But also make a plan and realise what you can do on your worst day.

Does that make sense?

There’s no point in trying to be a machine about this.

Get that balance between being focussed and committed and persistent and realising that you will also slip.

No deal.

It doesn’t really matter if you stop, just pick it back up again.

OK? Go well!

So - If you’d like some help through the initial habit forming phase,

Perhaps you’ve already learnt but stuck in a stop/start cycle - you know what to do but you don’t know why you’re not doing it,

Or perhaps you want to learn to meditate “properly” and no longer rely on apps and people talking in your ear,

Or perhaps you’d like someone on hand can clear all the obstacles out of your way, answer all your questions and make meditation supremely simple, enjoyable and perhaps even more profound,

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Knickers All In A Knot?

You ever thrown a tantrum? Spat the dummy?

Sulked a bit?

I don’t think you have - not really.

Not properly.

There’s this guy in Japan -

And he hasn’t talked to his wife for 20 years.

They’re still married and live together, they have kids …

A whole life, and yet he’s been giving her the silent treatment for all that time.

Why?

20 years ago he got jealous about the attention his wife gave his kids when they were born.

She, obviously, was busy and involved with babies and so what does he do?

Sulks. For 20 whole years.

Long past the time when the kids are grown up, he keeps on sulking.

Why she put up with him for that long I don’t know -

But it serves a point.

How childish are we?

Really - how often to we lose it because things don’t go our way?

Instead of opening up and communicating and/or seeing how we could do things differently?

Shut down, or lash out.

Or shut down and lash out.

Or lash out and sit down.

(Something like that)

There are certain programmes that you have in your head that stop you from having an easy, super rewarding life.

You may not hold a grudge for two decades,

(actually, maybe you do … ?)

But there are certain (often unconscious) ways and habits and patterns you fall back into that don’t help your life.

They don’t help your relationship be strong and super loving and exciting, for example.

They mean you do things and say things you regret.

They mean you don't put the attention into the relationship it deserves - so they wander off,

Or -

You start to look around and see who else is out there … and you wander.

Now -

There’s no reason why you can’t have an incredible relationship with the person you are with right now.

But you have to work on yourself.

^^^

It’s a bit of cliche, but maybe its a cliche because it’s true?

The only person you can change is you.

In relationships we’re constantly waiting for the other person to change.

Like our 20 year sulker, he was waiting for her to approach him. To apologise for “ignoring” him.

But when you learn to stop blinding reacting and make aware choices,

When you take responsibility for the results of your life,

When you start doing some small things to make yourself better -

In all your roles (husband / partner / father / friend / team mate / worker / boss / gimp (?) …)

Things really start to happen,

Because you’re not waiting for the world to change.

And you can do this - just because it’s all just a habit.

Whatever programme just has a bit of momentum that’s all.

It’ll take boldness to step into some new territory -

But you can do that.

You’re here reading this because you want to, and it’s important to you.

Expect needing to be a bit bold and do it.

Don’t wait 20 years.

As you may well know I love the Ishayas’ Ascension meditation because it has given me, and continues to give me -

The foundation of greater awareness, of choice, of calm, of clarity, of focus -

So I can create new habits and mental programmes that serve my life, not hinder it,

All simply and easily and fast.

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Go well!

Arjuna

PS.

The man in our story?

His kids set up a meeting with his wife in the park where they first met.

He opened his mouth and apologised to her.

That must have taken something after 20 years huh?

Good on him.

Actually, good on her for being so patient.

I like a happy ending to a story.

What's your happy ending going to be like? -

Why Your New Years Resolution Has Already Failed

OK, so I’ll get to the point because it is Sunday, and you have fun things to do - Right after you read this excellent email from me, that is …

Factoid for the day:

90.8% of all New Year Resolutions will fail.

Chances are your resolution has already failed:

Almost a THIRD of all resolutions won’t make a seven days.

Why?

You see, people have great intentions -

But they don’t set up the systems to make sure they succeed.

Everyone has started something and then quit.

Am I right?

How do you start something and make sure you keep doing it?

Here’s a few things I have discovered in teaching the Ishayas' Ascension meditation over the years:

All resolutions, whether made in the New Year or not, take regular doing.

If you don’t do them, they don’t happen.

So that’s the first reason trying to change yourself fails.

Sometimes it’s too big. It’s too much change at once.

The change is way too “chunky” and not bite sized enough.

You need easy and simple.

So make a change plan where you make small, achievable goals,

That relate to easy things you can do, even on your worst day,

But then build on that success so what is achievable to you gets bigger.

Also:

Measure your improvement, not your distance to your main goal.

Make sense?

If you’re always looking forward you’ll never realise how far you come.

Look back and be successful, look forward and you’re always got further to go -

Which CAN be demoralising (but indeed, not necessarily so).

And:

Get a reason for changing that you are invested in.

Why do you want to change? What happens if you don’t?

Remind yourself of your why, otherwise you may just lose motivation when the dip comes.

The dip always comes - the initial buzz stops, the motivation drops, it becomes too hard - so you stop.

Expect the dip.

Lastly, which may well be the biggest thing …

It’s also why Weight Watchers ads say you may lose up to seven times more weight with them than doing it alone …

Accountability.

i.e. get someone on your side to make sure you do what you said you would.

You can create audacious change if you have accountability.

Get a buddy, a coach, join a group, tell your partner and get them to remind you why.

Public announcements and updates are excellent for this.

You’ll get support - but you’ll also make some people guilty too.

Which may mean you get some funny comments.

No deal - it’s not about you, you’re triggering them.

Keep going!

Alright?

Because excellence is just a habit.

It’s making sure you do something enough so it becomes a ritual, a non-negotiable part of your day.

And that’s when you ENJOY doing it for it’s own sake, not just for the change you want from it.

It’s the same with learning to control your own mind,

To switch off from work (or doubt or worry) when you want and need to,

To have an incredible relationship,

To get a handle on stress and struggle,

To really be there as your kids grow up,

To have more balance and way more fun - no matter what.

A simple meditation and mindset practice is everything to having that.

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PS. Have fun out there, alright? -

The French Are Getting Some, Are You?

It’s a fine, sunny morning here in Richmond, Breakfast with Sumati, exercise and Ascension meditation are all done, coffee is in hand.

A good start to the day I’d say.

Found out recently that French workers have started getting legal protection from too much work time due to mobile phones.

Very useful things them phones.

I love mine.

The problem, as you will know if you have a work phone, is being switched on all the time.

So even if you’re at home or on holiday, you feel like you should be checking those emails.

Which means even if you’re with your family, you’re not really.

You’re still at work.

Because you’re thinking about it, you’re not present with them.

This is a huge thing for me because I realise now how much I used to be absorbed by work, and it DIDN'T make my life better, at all.

It made it worse.

“I wish I spent more time at work” -

Said no one ever.

Yet there is a pressure to feel like you should.

If you’re self-employed?

The pressure is probably greater.

Cos the buck stops with you.

But here’s what I’ve noticed.

Unless you have one of those very rare species for a boss -

The enlightened kind who realises they can’t squeeze you all day and all night and still get excellent work from you -

And therefore tells you to go home and switch off, completely -

You have to be the one that makes sure you do - for yourself.

Rest and switching off is not a reward for hard work.

It’s a necessity.

Take the time to do it. No checking just to “make sure”.

You’ll tell yourself it’s only a little bit -

But it’s the thinking about it that counts, that adds to the pile of constantly being "on duty",

That wears you down,

That means you have no energy or time to exercise,

That makes you grumpy and reactive,

That means you’re not present and miss out on seeing your kids grow up,

That means your relationship goes stale underneath your nose, because you’re not there.

You need to find a way to get balance in all aspects of your life.

You actually CAN sit on a chair with one leg -

But it’s exhausting.

Solely focussing on work means you’re going to fall on your arse sooner or later.

Balance.

Give to your work, but also give to your family, your health and fitness, your sense of fun and adventure, to the sense of connection to your purpose for being here.

Give to all of it.

Then you’ll have a life that nurtures you, that is enjoyable, that is wholly and completely satisfying.

Not just a mad race on the hamster wheel of work and sleep and eat.

You don’t want to be a fanatic about just one part of it.

Good stuff!

Go well - you CAN do this. Arjuna

PS.

I know you’re busy, so you need something that fits into your busy life.

A programme to get balance and learn to switch off, especially from your own head, has to fit into your life, not the other way around.

My goal is to keep this supremely simple, something you can do even on your low days.

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What They Don't Want You To Know

I found out something huge today - Something not of great importance in terms of world peace but of great “hmmmmm…” none the less.

Did you know you can replace your iPhone battery?

Isn’t that awesome?

I thought you had to throw those things away when the battery stopped working so well.

Granted, being Apple it’ll cost, but not as much as a replacement. And it’s a little bit greener.

Why didn’t anyone tell me sooner?

Perhaps because they want me to buy a new phone. Well, I'm onto them.

But the first question I asked was -

What else don’t I know?

That’s a can of worms isn’t it?

Some things I don’t know are merely on a interest level.

For example, it was only recently that I discovered that giraffes fight by throwing their necks at each other.

It looks brutal - huge giraffe necks whipping against each other. Youtube it!

Other things that I don’t know can make a real difference.

This game of life - for me - is about self-discovery.

Gaining greater awareness of yourself.

You see, in awareness you have choice.

If you don’t know, you can’t do anything about it.

If you do know, you can start to consciously shape the way you think, the way you feel, what you do, what you say -

And all of that changes what you get -

In your career or business, with your partner, your kids, your health, your sport.

When I first got into this kind of thing it was a bit shocking.

Because the more I looked, the more I saw stuff I was a bit ashamed of.

All those habits and patterns and stuff meant sometimes I behaved in ways I didn’t like, at all.

I saw I had two choices:

I could turn back, and forget that I could actually be quite ignorant.

Or, I could keep going and make some real change in me so I could actually be the person I wanted to be.

So I could have the life I wanted to have, with the impact I wanted to make.

Meditation will give you that awareness so you can have step into that potential ^^^

Meditation techniques like the Ishayas’ Ascension will actually rewire your brain so it’s harder to slip unconsciously into reaction and stress and limitation.

But no matter what you do, you still have the power of choice.

You still have to make the choice to perceive something different, to be more patient, more compassionate -

You still have to realise when you’re focussing on the negative, when you’re letting yourself get wound up, when you let your mind run away from you.

Awareness is a wonderful first step, but then what?

Choice.

Choice is key.

If you want to do this, you can.

Just keep making the choice.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. And then another one …

Go well!

Arjuna

PS.

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It’ll be fun, straight forward so you can do it on your less best day, and totally rewarding.

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Heroic Slacker?? - (Don’t Do Something, Just Sit There)

Those people who want more from their life are rare. Rarer still are those who are looking to do something about it.

Infinitely rarer than that are those who ACTUALLY follow through and take steps.

It’s so easy to point the finger and blame everything else why our lives are the way they are.

It’s the economy, or it’s my upbringing, or it’s my partner, or it’s my children, or it’s my …

It is rare, and actually heroic, to find someone who takes responsibility for not only what they say and do -

But also the way they think and feel.

The trouble is this, this last small group are usually warriors - 

They’ll bash their heads through brick walls if they thought it would bring them what they wanted.

I’ve found that’s also why the middle group -

The ones who want to do something about having a better life shy away from jumping in and actually doing something, because -

It seems like monstrously hard work sometimes.

You might have to become a fanatic.

You might have to be perfectly dedicated, with hard as nails focus, never slacking, never having off days …

And who is like that, really?

Take meditation for example.

I thought it meant changing my life, as in becoming a vegetarian and fasting regularly.

I thought it meant sitting on the floor with my legs crossed and enduring hours of discomfort and boredom.

I thought it meant stopping my mind.

I thought it meant discipline and focus and hard friggin work to get a leash on the small grey parts of my mind.

All of which I was prepared to do because I wanted freedom from said parts of my head.

I wanted calm, I wanted perspective, I wanted more fun.

I wanted an end to the depression, the worry, the foul moods I would find myself in.

I wanted to stop sabotaging my relationships and make them so solid and nurturing and fun.

And so I did what I thought it took.

I can’t say how grateful I am that I found specific meditation technique that I now practice, every day - The Ishayas’ Ascension -

Because hard work is not necessary to get what you want in terms of meditation and mindset.

As I think Bill Gates noted, give a hard problem to a lazy person and they’ll always find the easiest, the quickest and most efficient solution -

Simply because them slackers want the easy life, they don’t want hard work.

^^^ I think Ascension meditation was invented by these guys ^^^

Don’t get me wrong - you have to be a touch heroic, simply to want to change yourself.

But a heroic slacker attitude is perfect.

Why drag yourself over hot coals when you can sit in a deck chair, sipping a drink with a small umbrella in it?

Character?

Oof.

Just turning up and being consistent takes character enough.

Life is busy, and tough sometimes.

Make it easy on yourself.

Choose the easy, fast, fun path.

You want less anxiety, depression, mood swings?

You want more fun, more peace, more focus?

You want to be the great parent, not the grumpy, distracted, snappy one?

You want to stop sabotaging your relationship, even just through taking it for granted?

You want to a way to be able to sail through tough situations?

If I can be brutally honest:

(and I know it’s not so politically correct to say this, but …)

Not all meditation techniques are the same.

They aren’t.

If you are a heroic slacker - like myself - and want the easy (and yet quick) path to results,

Learn Ascension meditation.

Find a Bright Path Ishaya - I can vouch for our teachers - and learn.

They’ll teach you right.

I can’t recommend this enough -

And I’m not doing this just because I want to make money off you,

I’m saying this because I want you to have an easy, fun, awesome life -

And this is the easiest, fastest, most transformative way of jettisoning all the mental and emotional rubbish you’ve picked up over the years that I know.

Are there other ways? Maybe. But this is what I know for sure.

It’s the one thing I’ve been doing every single day for the last 14 years.

There is a link in the PS if you want to know more about what I have to say, but really, I honestly just want you to be outrageously happy.

Whatever you do, make it easy, OK? -Arjuna

PS.

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2017 End Of World Panic! (Pull Yourself Together Man)

Is the world going to hell in a hand basket? I don’t even know what a hand basket is, but I did hear the phrase on the Simpsons a long time ago.

You can trust the Simpsons.

But it would seem at the moment there’s very little you can trust for sure.

It would seem the world is falling apart in a rapid way.

Just this morning I opened my newspaper as I like to do when I sit on the loo -

And there was mayhem.

(In the news, that is).

Wars and diplomatic tension and politics and embezzlement and voting controversy and hate and trolling -

All on a scale seemingly like never before.

Just like the morning before and the morning before.

Yikes!

So much to a happy new year, a fresh beginning and a chance to start anew, huh?

It might all end before I get a chance to renege on my first new year resolution.

What to do?

I don’t know.

Well, I do know one thing.

Get a grip on yourself.

No, really - I’m trying to be funny, but NOT in an old school “pull yourself together”, "take a cold shower and man up” kind of way,

But do get a grip on the part of you that panics, that worries, that thinks the worst, that falls apart when the going gets tough.

Don't let that mindset sabotage your life.

Do make the most of each and every moment.

Do get a grip on real stability and security.

The only place you can find that is within yourself.

When the airplane is headed for a crash landing you put your own oxygen mask on first, then you can help others.

Then you can see clearly, with perspective and with a degree of calm, what to do, if anything.

You need to do this because it's always been this way.

The world has always done crazy.

I think I mentioned this before, but I remember my Dad being made redundant so many times in the 80s.

The first time was such a huge shock to him - he thought he had a job for life.

Now we’re kinda used to zero hours contracts.

Things change, sometimes they change fast.

What are you going to do about it?

Going on precedent, 2017 WILL have some tough moments.

That you can guarantee.

How YOU deal with those moments?

That is the uncertain bit.

Practice calm, focus and clarity now while the going is good.

Practice taking nothing seriously now while it’s easy to laugh.

Get going on your meditation practice and get control of your crazy mind.

Learn the Ishayas’ Ascension - you won’t regret it.

Something so relaxing and enjoyable and that is still good for you, transformative even …

That’s what you want, isn't it?

Go well! Arjuna

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PS.

Let me know how I can help you.

I do appreciate the fact that you take the time to read through to the PS, so how can I help?

Let me know. Just email me and quickly tell me what you think your challenges will be in 2017.

PPS.

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