How to live a life with awareness
To live life with awareness, we need to know a bit about
In What Kind Of Universe Do We Live?
Important is: only if we are grateful can we be happy too.
What is the difference between happiness and satisfaction?
We all want to be happy – but nobody wants to be satisfied.
What exactly is the difference?
Satisfaction means accepting the present condition as it is now. You can be satisfied without being grateful by merely accepting what is now, even if you want something else.
To be happy, however, involves a particular inner state of mind. An attitude of gratitude for what we are and what we already have. To be happy is a very positive mental energy.
Nevertheless, some people are quite happy – but unhappy.
We know this:
“This job kills my nerves. But these days, and at my age, it is the best I can get.
I only need to go for a couple of years.”
This kind of satisfaction kills the desire to continue to grow, develop, experience more, and be more.
To be satisfied like this means we have resigned and see no opportunities for further growth,
There is nothing to strive for.
But in a state in which we are happy and unhappy.
We are grateful for what we are and have now and happy about what much better awaits us.
In this case, the person in the example with the job would say:
“I am not satisfied with this job because I can be more.
However, I am now happy and grateful that I have it.
Because it allows me to earn my livelihood while I continue to work on myself so that I can learn what I need for my future. ”
Be Grateful and Happy in the Now
Happy and grateful for what is. And in the knowledge that it will be much better and more at the same time.
Growth, progress, and development will come from a positive state of mind.
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How would you define Happiness?
Being happy is the ability to see the current as-is, to know there is much more and better to come and be genuinely grateful for this. We have more reason for gratitude than ever before: The evolution of human knowledge has never been as advanced as today.
More than half of the discoveries in natural sciences were made in the last century. The world produced more goods than ever in the last two centuries. Internet and e-books were something unimaginable 50 years ago.
Discoveries and inventions do not come to a standstill; quite the contrary. Each discovery solves new puzzles. The more we learn, the more we realize how little we have known in the past and how much there is still to learn.
We live in a vast, friendly, tuned universe,
We should not lose time thinking about what is wrong, but we should look for the good side of everything and be happy and grateful. The next point may not be easy for some. But without it, there can be no real gratitude. It is forgiveness.
Live Life With Awareness – Forgive without exception!
Yes, sometimes not easy.
How do we know if we really have forgiven? Forgive, but not forgetting does not count! We need to do it for ourselves as well,
In order for the life energy to flow freely through us into the world again,
Forgive, let go and be thankful.
Forgiveness is the key to Happiness.
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Mahatma Gandhi
There is always something good about a situation, and it includes a gift for us.
Think again of the law of polarity.
Primarily we need to forgive ourselves. We can only give love or acceptance if we can first love and accept ourselves. In our life, we are the main actors.
It is also the best and most significant gift we can give ourselves.
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If we can be thankful for what we have, we can also give from it. Be it time, knowledge, kindness, love, help, and support.
There is another and most prestigious law that we need to address,
Live Life With Awareness – Giving, Generosity
No matter what.
In all holy books is written about tithing.
Among the Hindus, several communities practice the art of tithing; one well-known is the “Marwari” community. Many believe that the prosperity attached to this community is the result of the practice of tithing.
Christians believe in tithing, and this is mentioned in the Old Testament.
“Giving is to be done cheerfully, rather than as an obligation (2 Corinthians 9:6-7),
and not for the purpose of public recognition (Matthew 6:1-4).”
“Generous giving is an acknowledgment that everything we have is a gift from God,
and is to be used in His service” (Luke 12:33)
In Sikhism, tithing is called “Dasvand”.
The Muslims call it “Zakat.”
The Jews are known to tithe 10% of their income to charity.
Right receiving is only possible through giving. Give, and you shall receive; we are “in the flow” with the universal laws if we give.
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. Awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.”
Rabindranath Tagore
We live in a beautiful and abundant Universe, and everything is possible; we only have to see it and live life with awareness.
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Affirmations and insights to think about and learn to change our thoughts and perceptions can change our lives.
Do to live with awareness?
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Thank you
Hi Erika,
Love part 2 in this series. Living with gratefulness does bring happiness to our lives. I know…I live it all day long all the time. I am so grateful for those little things I notice during the day as well as my family and friends.
Living in this time of technology where we can make friends across the globe is amazing to me. I am grateful I’m here to experience it. I have made friends and close connections to people from all walks of life it amazes me.
I also live by the quote “Do unto others as they will have done unto you” With that in my heart and soul, I can have the ability to give because that is what I believe were are here on this planet for.
As we live by these things, we become more aware and awareness grows.
Thanks for such a beautiful post.
-Donna
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Hi Donna,
I see you are grateful and know to live life,
and I am happy to see this .You are right, we live in an amazing time
and to be able to have connections all over the globe brings the human
family closer together and we gain understanding.
You are a great giver, Donna, may you get back tenfold 🙂
Thank you for your beautiful comment:)
Erika
Hi Erika,
Donna is right. You have written such a beautiful post. It’s sometimes hard to learn to forgive but we need to because in the grand scheme of things, it only hurts us if we don’t forgive and forget.
Thank you so much for the great thoughts and inspiration.
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Hi Monna,
Thank you,I am happy and grateful you like it.Do I get better ? 🙂
You are right, it can be hard to forgive and many people carry
things the whole life with them,forgiving is like releasing a burden.
It sets us free to go forward in life.
Thank you
Erika
Great information on life. Thank you for sharing so true. We only live once. Make the best of it.
“Live Life With Awareness – Giving ,Generosity”
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Hi Christine,
I am happy you liked my post.
Let’s be giving and generous.
Thank you 🙂
Erika
Your message comes across Loud and Clear Erika!
Gratitude, giving, love and happiness are the values I live by…. I am becoming more aware too and interested to explore forgiveness.
What a lovely post about living with awareness… we must do that to be fully alive and happy 🙂
Jacs
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Hi Jacs,
forgiveness is an important part,
it blocks our life energy and
we need not only to forgive others.
We need to forgive ourselves to be able to
love and accept ourselves.
Explore it :)here is a link to a post about forgiveness http://erikamohssen-beyk.com/better-mind/forgiveness-the-key-to-happiness/
Thank you
Erika
Hi Erika,
What we *think* is really the essence of change. Many people don’t believe they can change how they think or what they think about. I do a lot of teaching on this and people just don’t buy it initially. But when they experience how they can interrupt random thought using the “breath” they see… I am so grateful that I have this knowledge… what we think can really change , but it takes a willingness to believe differently about yourself…
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Hi Lesly,
you are right, I think this is a difficult part of
teaching, to make people aware of this and deep breathing
helps to make calm and go inside. I am grateful too, to know
this and I have a desire to help others to see this.
It can change our world.
Let’s put the seeds in 🙂
Thank you, Lesly
Hi Erika,
Lovely article, to forgive is really hard sometimes but it is so important.
If you can’t forgive you simply can’t move forward and that means you are stuck
to the past. As soon as you forgive you feel the power, you see yourself as a strong
person and you can freely get going to your greatness.
Thank you for sharing,
Have a fantastic day!
Emi
Hi Emi ,
yes, you are right, to be able to forgive is strength,
and it freeing.
To your greatness.
Thank you
Erika
Hi Erika, This is an essential part to living well and whole in life by being grateful, forgiving and giving.
Keeping affimining thoughts on all of these points you talk about is necessary for peace and happiness.
Great post.
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Hi Brenda,
It is an essential part ,you are right ,often people forget about in our stressful time.
But this things can help to live a better life .I am glad you liked the post.
Thank you
Erika