Monthly Archives: May 2009

How Can You Build Meaningful Relationships?

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While strolling along the river this morning, and reflecting on turbulence in relationships, these thoughts came to mind.img_0122_3

PREAMBLE TO BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS
  • Desires foster hope as well as expectations. Buddha attributes pain and suffering to desires (of taking).
  • Expectations create excitement through anticipation, anxiety and stress through uncertainty, fear and anger through insecurity, and disappointment and sorrow when unmet.
  • Humans are bundles (or victims) of (their own) desires.
  • We expect others to behave (act) in a manner that will satisfy our desires.
  • No individual behaves (acts) in a manner to satisfy all of our desires.
  • You cannot change the behavior (or actions) of others to meet your expectations.
  • Only a true teacher can guide seekers to change themselves, if they have the ears.
 
SO, HOW CAN YOU BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS?
  • Do not expect others to act in ways to satisfy your desires at the expense of their own, rather accept that they might pursue their own desires, even at the expense of yours.
  • Do not expect others to change to meet your expectations, rather change your attitude in a way to accept what you respect in their behavior (actions).
  • Do sublimate desires that lead to expectations of others, by acquiring wisdom – through meditation and guidance from a true teacher.

We would appreciate your views, based upon your wisdom and experiences …

Meditation: What’s the Point?

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lotus_croppedEvery soul has an innate desire to be united with the source of all being and, through this desire, to set itself free from all bonds and lower levels of desires that prevent it from achieving its highest potential. This also is referred to as a state of resonance, when the subject and object vibrate in unison. This is why chanting is used in some forms of meditation.

Here are some ways in which meditation can change your life:

  • become more at home with yourself and in the universe
  • be able to concentrate and work more effectively at your tasks
  • see where you are and determine where you wish to go more clearly
  • become less insecure, and less anxious and hostile
  • build better relationships

Read how Ann discovers the beauty of meditation in The Voice, the Mind and the Traveler: Revealing the 7 Secrets for Happiness and learn how you can start meditating immediately by devoting just three minutes a day for this life-changing experience.

Share your thoughts and experiences on meditation with your fellow-travelers in the brook of life – through your comments on this purposeful action blog!