Wisdom from the Deep Living Blog - Susanne Meyer-Fitzsimmons

Wisdom from the Deep Living Blog (eBook)

A Deep Living Companion Book

Susanne Meyer-Fitzsimmons (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
168 Seiten
Bookbaby (Verlag)
978-1-946989-06-2 (ISBN)

A selection of nearly six years of wide-ranging blog entries, this title is intended to the author's acclaimed 'Deep Living: Healing Yourself To Heal The Planet'

Savoring life, musings on food and how to grow it sustainably, reflections on the present cultural transformation, deep and meaningful living, spiritual meanderings, thoughts on health and wellness, answers on how we can heal our planet-Wisdom from the Deep Living Blog is an uplifting collection of the best inspirational blog posts from almost six years of blogging on holistic living, and a companion book to "e;Deep Living: Healing Yourself To Heal The Planet"e;

Anti-war or pro-peace?, April 30, 2013

Perhaps surprisingly it’s not the same! It is not the same to be anti big-ag or anti-pesticides or pro-organic. It’s not the same to be anti-abortion or pro-life. Energetically being anti anything perpetuates that which we protest, since that is what we keep thinking about (the energy doesn’t get the “not” part). If you keep protesting against war, war is the energy that gets perpetuated, whereas if you lobby for peace, peace is the energy that is being strengthened. Being pro something turns our mind to that which we favor, that which we wish to manifest. That’s why it is so important to formulate what you do want in life, not what you don’t want, although defining first what you don’t want helps you to define better what it is you actually do want.

So next time you are angry with something out there—perhaps the politicians, the terrible meat industry, your co-worker, your child for something s/he did—turn your thinking around and emphasize what you’d like to see instead: Vote for something, buy meat that has been raised the way you prefer, talk to your co-worker about the feelings her behavior elicits in you and what can be done about it, encourage and reward your child for the behavior you’d like to reinforce.

Life is here to make you better, October 1, 2013

“Life is her to make you better, not bitter,” said my yoga teacher the other day. It’s important to realize that people don’t do or say things to annoy you. People do whatever they do, and say whatever they say, from the perspective of their own emotional needs.

We all have common universal emotional needs, such as the needs for love, shelter, safety, nourishment, sleep; and we have more individualistic emotional needs for say beauty, peace, creativity, order, quiet, connection, community, and so on.

We usually operate in an egocentric world and thus live from the perspective of our individual needs. When those needs are not recognized or met we tend to get irritated, annoyed, impatient, angry, or even furious. These emotions signal our own, not the other person’s, unmet needs.

When my daughter does her math homework slowly, methodically, not too neatly, I tend to become impatient and raise the tone of my voice. That signals my unmet need for neatness and organization, and my self-imposed desire to get on with it, and on to other activities. I need to remind myself that I irritate myself, my daughter doesn’t irritate me.

So, instead of becoming bitter at others for supposedly annoying me all day long, hassling me, wanting to irritate and frustrate me, bitter at what life throws in my way, let me dig a bit deeper into those emotions. Let them make me better, more compassionate and understanding.

Right or wrong?, April 24, 2014

We easily tend to judge something as right or wrong—after all we live in a dualistic world and can’t avoid seeing our existence through juxtapositions. Good and bad, black and white, cold and warm. It seems only natural to take sides, argue, condemn, judge, and feel bad when someone doesn’t share my opinion. But it helps to see the other person’s perspective to understand how silly some arguments are, and how what we thought was “wrong” ends up being “right” from a different viewpoint. Let me put that into perspective.

A few years ago my sister and I had a discussion over towel drying logistics—this was before I stopped using my clothes dryer. I argued that dryer-dried towels felt so good because they were soft, which conveyed to me the feeling of “freshly washed.” “On the contrary,” my sister, who doesn’t have a dryer, said (most Europeans actually don’t). Her scratchy and stiff line-dried towels give her that feeling of “freshly laundered,” she explained, because soft towels leave the impression that they have been used and need to be washed. Okay, point well taken.

A few years later, when energy costs went through the roof, I woke up and stopped using my drier in favor of drying racks (air and sunshine are for free, electricity is not)——and lo and behold, my attitude changed 180° and I found myself adopting her position.

Wars are fought over such “rights” and “wrongs.” We know the familiar arguments over toothpaste tube rolling up, or not, and how to insert the toilet paper roll into the holder, with the paper down the front or the back. Try putting yourself in the other shoes next time you are ready to judge a person for their nose ring, their opinion, their hair color (blue anyone?), or their religion.

My favorite word is “sure”, May 16, 2014

That’s what my friend said a few days ago. And she is right. Can you imagine how easy your life became if every one of your requests was answered with “sure?”

Imagine you asked your son to clean up his room and put away his clothes, and he replied, “Sure.”

Imagine you asked your co-worker to help you figure out some computer problem that has been bugging you for days, and she answered, “Sure.”

Imagine you called the plumber to fix your leaky faucet and asked him whether he could come tonight after five, and he said, “Sure.”

Imagine you asked your boss for a reasonable and well-earned raise, and she simply said, “Sure.”

Imagine you asked a friend to help you move a heavy item over the weekend, and he said, “Sure.”

Yesterday afternoon I was relaxing with the newspaper. I had about fifteen minutes before I needed to get dinner going, in time to leave for an evening meeting. Just then my daughter asked for help pulling her spring clothes down, and putting her winter clothes up and away, something we had been wanting to do for a few days. I grumbled something, I didn’t want to be bothered, I stuck my head back into the paper, and then I remembered that little magical word “sure”. . .and got up to help her. She was so happy and surprised and said, “I thought you weren’t gonna help me.”

By saying “sure,” you say “yes” to life.

The war against evil?, July 8, 2014

Have you ever wondered why there is so much warfare, strife, and conflict out there? Mother Teresa supposedly replied to an invitation to participate in an anti-war demonstration with, “You can invite me when you are planning a pro-peace event.” The perspective is fundamentally different.

Ask yourself how you think. We tend to be against certain politics, hate so-and-so, dislike fish, mind the rain, despise the humidity, or have a dust allergy. In summary, we very much know everything we don’t like. The problem with that perspective is that it creates adversity and conflict, inside ourselves, and outside in the world around us. It reinforces the negative. When you can’t get along with your neighbor because he mows his lawn at odd hours, and you dislike him for it and stop talking to him, you create conflict. When I can’t have a spirited but civil dinner table conversation with a person of the other political party, I create conflict. When you spray pesticides on the little critters in the garden, you create conflict. When I forbid my children certain activities or certain behavior, it creates conflict.

How about looking at it the other way round, in the affirmative? This refocuses our outlook on what we like, on what we want, and want more of. How about rewarding your children (even just with kind words) for the type of behavior you would like to see more of? How about marching for peace? How about modeling the behavior you would like to see in others? How about making a list of all the things and people you do appreciate? How about remembering everything that went right today?

The war within and without keeps going if we keep feeding the fire. How about starving that fire, instead?

Lousy emotional reactions, September 5, 2014

“How other people react is their karma, how you react is yours,” my yoga teacher said a while ago. When the supermarket cashier is grumpy, or the boutique salesperson is curt, I find it unpleasant and it makes me uncomfortable. When someone is angry I tend to take it personally and think the anger is directed at me. Most of us react that way. But it helps to put emotional reactions into perspective.

Imagine your boss just reprimanded you for submitting your report late. When you step out of that office you feel pretty lousy and might snap at the first person that comes along. Remember, though, the one who feels lousy is you, not your co-worker who happens to walk down the hallway. If you snap at your co-worker she probably thinks that she did something wrong, when instead something happened to you. See how intertwined we are?

It helps so much to be aware of our emotional reactions in order to diffuse them before they cause damage. How about taking a few deep breaths, going to the bathroom or the coffee station for a brief break, or being honest with your co-worker and saying, “My boss just chewed me out and I kind of feel lousy right now, do you want to have a cup of coffee with me?”

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.11.2017
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
ISBN-10	1-946989-06-1 / 1946989061
ISBN-13	978-1-946989-06-2 / 9781946989062

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