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Between fulfilling my normal duties of home andwork I have been thinking again about my centralgoal for my life which is expressing my inner self100% of the time to the outside world. With this goal in mindI ponder over inspired reading materials and thinkdeeply as much as possible. One of the best ideas out there andwhich has helped me the most is awareness. What am I feelingmoment by moment and then choosing how to react instead ofthe knee jerk reactions that do me in time and time again. Through doing this I notice the intense longing to always do andbe the best to and for everyone and the equally intense desire torelive suffering my own as well as the rest of the world.But with age and experience I am working on accepting my ownimprefection and humaness and everyone else's while I am at it.I am learning to live life in the present moment and through awareness choose calmness, empathy, peace and love more andmore.
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That sounds like a wonderful way to live. I read a book called \'The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga\', and it says that your attention / energy is a commodity which you can choose how to spend. So when I find myself dwelling on negative things, I remember that, and choose to switch my attention and energy on to more pleasant things. I guess that\'s in line with your way of choosing how to react rather than reacting spontaneously to things.
*hugs* x