The society we live in today is very fast-paced and stressful. More people are putting in longer work hours as global economy recession has shrunk the job market and people got to prove themselves worthy employees even more so now. That's why it is important that people who are competing to make a grade in workplace got to find that extra ounces of energy to propel them going.
Maria Duval suggests three ways to improve your energy level.
1. Breathe and breath
One of the best steps you can take to immediately boost your energy is to simply breathe. It is interesting to note that in Chinese medicine, qi, is considered to be the “life-force” and is closely tied to the concept of breath. One of the ways that qi is generated in the body is by breathing deeply.
2. Sleep well and enough
Busy people like to let people know that they are so busy that they sleep just 3 to 5 hours per day. While they are young, that should not be a problem. But over a long period, it taxes in their long term health. Sleep is always the first thing people choose to sacrifice. Yes, I understand perfectly. Sometimes I sleep just 3 to 4 hours per day too. I try not to do that often. The next day, the energy level will be low and concentration is bad too.
Another aspect of sleep that is often overlooked is the time of night that you fall asleep. It is far better for your body to go to sleep around 11 to 12 midnight than it is to sleep from 2am to 10am, for instance. This is due to the fact that your body functions in hormonal cycles that follow the natural pattern of light and darkness throughout the day. If you are too out of sync with this natural pattern, you will feel out of sync when you wake up in the morning.
3. Energy food
Avoid sugary food. Yes it can give you short term energy boost, but it sags you down faster after that. Focus on protein instead. Insufficient protein is a common cause of fatigue.
Of course keep yourself well watered with 7 to 8 glasses per day. Low energy levels are very often attributed to not drinking enough water.
If you think you are not getting enough nutrients from meaks, try multivitamins. I wouldn't encourage that on long term too. Go natural as much as you can.
9.7.09
Energy boosters
7.7.09
Flowers by the path
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house,the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house." The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
Have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
6.7.09
Mindless Thoughts
A friend of mine is very into stock market. He likes it enough to even think of being a full day trader.
Education system that we all went through emphasises in study hard and do well for exams for that when we grow up, we can secure a good and respectable blue collar job. So we will spend the rest of our lives working for money by trading our times. We buy houses, cars and set up families and we spend years clearing the debts we incur.
That is why my friend wants to get out of this devious cycle - the rat race- through an escape route available, which a man could build his own business or spend some money in investments. He chooses trading. The potentials are surely there.
The thing is, every few years, the stock markets would crash and cause economy downturns, and people will get devastated. There will come to a point where they would warn their children to get a secure job instead of being entrepreneurs and investing because risks. A wrong move could set you back years.
I am not sure why I write this today. It's just things that come into my mind and I just put it in.
Oh yeah, I receive Maria Duval's latest letters. I like what she writes there.
3.7.09
How Do I Figure Out My Past Life?
Reincarnation has always been a term that people often times ponder about, many may ask, "how do I figure out my past life?" Well, in order to figure out your past life you need to have the belief that you were here once before.
The past life references are strongly connected to the Hindu and Buddhism faith, however many Christians have also shown a bit of interest in past lives. The feeling of almost feeling like you have been here before or seen something that you can't make out, is often times what sparks people's imaginations and gets their minds going about a past life.
There is an adage that many people use which refers to people being here before. It's almost as if everyone is recycled on the earth. A lot more people believe in a form of reincarnation today then ever before. People have turned to use a plethora of aides to help them figure out things about their past lives.
One of the first things that people often times turn to, is help from the spirits. A wiji board, is something most people turn to as a means to get answers about a past life existence. According to the myth behind the board, you can talk to any source of spirits and they will tell you things.
Often times people become so freaked out by what the board has to say, that they throw it away in fears that the things being said may come true. However, there are other ways to figure out your past life.
You can do a history search of your family. Often times finding out where your family was from, will help you depict things that you could have gone through in another life. Genealogy sites can even show you pictures, you would be surprised if you were to run across someone that looked like you, but this fact could prove reincarnation to be true.
Get more help to figure out your past life with this easy to use past life regression hypnosis
1.7.09
Mentality difference
Maria Duval has stressed many times the importance of being positive in life. When one becomes positive in life it attracts the universe to unfold your heart desires. When you find your potentials and stay positive in life, your success keeps on increasing, we're not living in harmony with what the universe wants to provide and it's keeping us from making our lives more meaningful and beautiful.
Friends and colleagues told me that they are very tired mentally of having to earn for a living, from salary to next salary. The question is, what's next for you? You must think out of the box to harness the powerful forces of the universe. Life maybe be a success if you really possess the inner desire to want to be successful through your "fast car".
There is no difference between a rich man and a poor man physically. The real difference is rich man harnesses his creative mind. To manifest something new simply hold an image of what you seek in your mind and express gratitude to the universe for having granted this to you.
To achieve wealth apply this same principle and hold a clear vision of wealth you hope to attain then expressing gratitude that the wealth is coming to you. You must have unwavering faith and devout gratitude.
All you include in your mental image will come to you through the physical realm through the process of natural ways such as trade and commerce. Its is gesture that renders us more porous to the offering of the divine, more receptive to the prompting of the infinite, we have to launch our self's to a journey that will lead us to the fulfillment of our dreams in life.
30.6.09
Changing for the better
When I was young and growing up, dad always told me I had been born unlucky into his family and as his son. He was a poor dad that always struggled and life seemed to be always bad after each corner.
That carried a lot of weight in my psyche and kept me "in my place" so to speak. I came to believe that nice things were just not for me, but for Jones' who lived a couple of yards down. I would "wow" whenever dad's rickety car bypassed their grand house... So there are other statements many of us grew up with that formed our belief system concerning money.
Sayings like "Filthy papers", "Money doesn't grow on trees", "Money is the root of all evil" or "If you have your health and love, you don't need money".
You get the idea, and I am sure you can recall statements that you grew up with. Those statements formed our beliefs and led to the thoughts we have about money. Once you identify your own thoughts about money, you need to consider whether or not the belief system you have followed is true or not. For example, just because you have your health and love does not mean you don't also need money. Try going to your bank and depositing some love.
With no disrespect to my dad, I realise that his criticism is one of the fastest ways to destroy his own potential success and prosperity that might be coming after all as he did work hard for our family.
Now, for whatever it takes, I do my best to stay in a positive mental state. You can't change your family, but you may need to have a conversation with those closest to you to let them know you are making some changes. Be sure to do this gently and in a non-confrontational manner. They may not be supportive at first; however, if you keep pressing on, they may realize life is much better in a positive, peaceful atmosphere.
29.6.09
Subconscious is a recording and playback device
So do you think you are struggling to keep a float so as to reach objectives you have set for yourself? You wishlist items are not being fulfilled? Do you feel calm and patient while on the way to realise your objectives? Do you honestly feel frustrated and disappointed at your own failures in life? Maria Duval says if you are not living the life you wish to live then the solution lies in your mind!
Everything that has ever ocurred in your life is stored somewhere in the subconscious part of your mind. Yes, that is a huge database. Bigger than any storage space in the world.
Subconscious mind also stores essential emotions. For example it stores the emotion of pain and fear connected to certain activities such as placing your hand too close to fire. When you find yourself getting too close to fire and feel the heat on your skin your subconscious mind will immediately alert you with a feeling of fear.
We are unique in that there is this mechanism in us that can helps us to be safer and be more creative. It allows us to invoke fond positive memories of something nice we encountered in the past by rewinding and re-playing the past instances.
Conversely, Maria Duval states that if your subconscious mind has been "programmed" with negative emotions or a negative self-image then these are the things it will play back to you when you try something new or reach out past your comfort zone.
So that's why it is very important that you steer clear of undesirably negative thoughts as they will come back to hinder your success one day in the future.
