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2010 -

The "No Worries" Year

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2010 -

The Year

To Make It Happen

A NEW PATHWAY OF HAPPINESS FOR THE NEW YEAR

Is It Your Time?

Want to Change the course that your life is taking? Want to better understand the patterns and situations that you repeatedly fall into? Want to enjoy a better future. There is a pathway of happiness and inner-peace that is made just for you. You need only to discover it, and then follow it. It’s a new year, a time for new beginnings. Would you like cause different things to happen in your life? Want to create a Transformational Pathway for yourself?

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Self-Growth is at hand. Within everyone is the means for Self-Improvement through Self-Transformation. Through the appropriate guidance all of us can discover the way to reconnect with our Real Self.

Within everyone is an empowering source of energy that, when accessed, can alter the course of an individuals life. A life that seems to be off the mark can be reset, rebooted, and re-aimed to be put on-target.

A life that is searching for goals or a means to happiness can be enriched and reassured to know that there is a appropriate pathway of happiness for each individual.

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For the children, give a good example

For the aimless, give good intentions

For the old, give gratitude

For the selfish, give patience

For the lonely, give companionship

For the sick, make yourself present

For your lover, give unconditional love, and

To yourself, give Total Acceptance

- Don Brun

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Transforming Moments Into Love

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Transforming The Moments Of Your Life

A child and his father were walking along a sparsely traveled country road, and out of curiosity the boy reached down to pick up a small piece of metal from the pavement. He then asked his father “What do you think this is, dad?” His father’s reply was: “It can be anything that you want it to be, son.” The father continued by telling the boy that because the strip of steel was twisted and bent, that the exact prior use of the object was difficult to determine. Then, he further explained to the boy that the otherwise useless piece of metal could be melted down and formed into any number of individual uses. Essentially it could be heated, turned to liquid, and the new purpose would be determined in the mind of the craftsman who would shape it into a new form. He went on to explain that once melted the steel could be formed into a fishing lure, a door-handle or even a child’s toy.

The story about the father and the little boy depicts a similarity to how each moment of our lives can be perceived. It shows that nothing is perceived to be what it is until it is given a meaning by the individual who perceives it. The piece of bent and twisted metal had the potential to be anything that it could possibly be shaped into. The new purpose of the metal would be determined by the person that would have it melted and re-shaped. Likewise the purpose of each moment will serve whatever purpose is assigned to it.

It can be a moment used for the purpose of extending love, or it could be used to project one of many forms of fear.

We use countless moments of our physical lifetime to access the characteristics of people, things and conditions. We train our minds to size up our surroundings, and an inordinate amount of mental effort is devoted to making our perceptions and judgments conform to special, individual beliefs. If we harbor a certain belief about a person, then each incident that involves that person is used to affirm our pre-determined beliefs. If a person at work is perceived as being sweet and compassionate then our moment-by-moment thoughts will support that belief. If the checkout clerk at the market were determined to be grumpy and anti-social, then each new thought that we would have about that person would support this belief. So each moment of thought is used to support pre-set beliefs about what ever it is we are thinking about. We can use each moment to either support some ego-founded belief, or we choose otherwise.

Each moment may be used for whatever purpose is given it. It is an instant in which we may choose to remember only who we really are. No matter how often we have disappointed ourselves, or condemned others, we can use the present moment as a new opportunity to reclaim our place in the Universe. Each moment stands alone, and represents another opportunity to be at-one with True Self. No matter how you may have faulted or judged yourself, each moment represents the occasion to stand apart from all judgments of self an others.

This is an excellent time of the year to remember that any moment can be what you want it to be. Give yourself the gift of that remembrance. Remember that the moments of your day turn out as you intend them to be.

They can be left unaltered like the otherwise useless piece of twisted scrap metal found by the boy, or transformed into loving thoughts, honed and shaped by pure loving intentions. This remembrance is a beautiful gift to give to yourself. - Don

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"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

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Keeping Life Simple

Keeping Life Simple

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Love - Is It Like A Screw In Light?

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Love – Is it like a screw-in light?

Ever been really mad at someone you love? If so, then you know something about the screw in love light. The screw in love light is akin to the function of any other screw in light. Simply screw it in and light burst forth. Be a faithful friend or lover and the light glows with a long cast of radiance. Mess up and that faux pas sets in motion a totally different storyline. Which, of course is the threshold to another completely different matter. An unscrewing takes place. There is no longer a radiant glow. And I‘m sure by now; you have figured this metaphor out. The love light is no longer making the proper connection because the bulb was loosened in the light socket. It was given an abrupt counterclockwise twist by the uninterested, betrayed or offended one.

The love light can get quite a workout. Screw it in. There it stays in place, happy and cozy in its fixture; that is, until just after an offensive comment or gesture; or one person just losses interest in the other. Then with a quick twist, again it is out. “Hello darkness my old friend.” The bulb finds itself to be in a sort of wobbly uncertain, and precarious position. With just one more slight twist it just might fall to its fate. In which case love lays as shattered fragments. Bright love is transformed to dead love!

Can the love light remain lit. It can, and with willingness, does. The perceived concept of love has a lot to do with weather or not it must suffer through so many twists – both in and out. If love is based on cravings then when the urge is satisfied the desire for love diminishes. Sometimes love is defined in terms of judgment and evaluation. When the judgment is favorable or when the evaluation is satisfactory then the light remains securely nestled within the socket. When either is not, then the bulb is loosed. The light sputters. And, too often love becomes hate.

Can the bulb remain securely twisted, and can the light glow even though the friendship of relationship takes a turn into dark times. Again it totally depends on how love is defined by the involved parties. Put conditions on one’s perception of love, and when the terms are not upheld, the light becomes loose and it radiates with an intermittent glow until the bulb is just so loose it no longer makes the connection. Then, no light equals no love. Eventually the loosely fit dark bulb falls from the socket and “baam” love is not only done but it is dead.

What do we do in the case of the “dead love” syndrome. Screw in another light of course, maybe a higher wattage bulb. The brighter light just might be the answer to keeping the bulb secure in the socket, so it cannot loosen and one day fall and shatter. Of course we all know that the “maybe” in that scenario is nothing but bull. Although based on the way love is often understood, keeping the love light in the socket must mysteriously have something to do with its wattage. In the name of love don’t we so often allow the bulb to loosen and fall, then in pursuit of “love” go for the brighter light as the replacement. Why else would it happen that love shines and in the interest of pursuing a “new love,” the hand of disinterest or intolerance or dissatisfaction unceremoniously twists the bulb in the counterclockwise direction? Bulb is out – love is dead. Shattered bulb is traded in for a new one.

Here are some simple thoughts of mine about love. The socket is always energized with Love. Love is always present. And, it glows without interruption as long as contact is made. Willingness is the contact. Selflessness keeps it secure. Want love? Don’t mess with the light even when you are really mad, or someone messes up, or when the relationship becomes precariously shaken, or the urge to judge becomes overwhelming, or when you can’t get what you want. Don’t ever mess with the light. Don’t grab for it. Don’t turn it. Reaching for that light will only make you selfish, “wishie-washie,” and consumed with inner-turmoil. Put your hands in your pockets. Love to all. Don

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Love, Love, Love. "I Am Love"

STARTING THE

DAY WITH A

LOVING ATTITUDE

(TO YOURSELF - SAY)

Good morning

Love is

what you are.

And I’d like to

get a fantastic

loving echo in

my ears

and heart

from the all world,

You place yourself at a window,

a mirror, call a friend,

speak to your cat, dog or bird…

And with a nice smile, say it loud:

I Am Love

Feel free to say it again

until you feel yourself vibrating,

jumping, dancing, laughing,

smiling, loving, kissing,

embracing, flying, shining, radiating…

You are Love in this world.

I love you, enjoy your day.

Love always.

The Power Within

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Karma, Paying it forward, Kind Actions

A time comes in the lives of many

where one cannot be of help to himself

What is done to one

Is done to all

By the consideration

and actions of others

his suffering may be minimized

My actions are my only true belongings.

I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.

My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

~Thich Nhat Hanh


According to the karma of past actions,

one's destiny unfolds,

even though everyone wants to be so lucky.

~Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Regard your neighbor’s gain

as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss

as your own loss.

-Taoism

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

-Christianity

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Today's Happy Thought

A Simple Formula For Love

The more love that you offer to others

The more love that will be offered you.

Learn to see love in others, and

Love will be seen in you. - Metta Don

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We Are Part Of Something Big, And It Is All Love

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Through both loving thoughts and expressions of love,

we allow the presence of love to be received in our hearts, and transmitted through our beings.

Super Consciousness is supreme to conventional consciousness and it is present everywhere and in all things. Super Consciousness presents itself as the unseen and intangible. It is of divine nature and manifests graciousness, in an unrestricted fashion throughout all of creation. It is the true reality in which all of creation rests in balance. It cannot be disturbed or jilted by the concocted and conflicted conventional reality.

It is present as the mother of life. It is present in a puppy, a beaver, a fold and a fly. It is present in everything we see on this planet and in the night sky. It is present in that last breath of air that just entered your body, as well as being present in everything you see out your kitchen window. It is the ultimate form of consciousness that allows loving thought to be called forth and manifested as expressions of the same.

The divine nature of Super Consciousness is made manifest through 100% pure unconditional love. It is present both as a he and she. Super Consciousness is also present in every speck and iota of creation. It is present in you just as it is present everywhere. It is the All Inclusive Intelligence that is present not only as creation itself, but also present in every particle of creation. It allows for the continuation and extension of unrestricted love. It is the Genius that, through love, unifies everything as far as we can see and beyond what we may imagine. And each of us, along with all of creation are unified, together as One in Super Consciousness. Through both loving thoughts and expressions of love, we allow the presence of love to be received in our hearts, and transmitted through our beings. Super Consciousness is our True state of being who we are intended to be. It is our Truth made manifest without any form of self-myth or illusion. It is our Truth made manifest without self-judgment or condemnation. It is our truth made manifest without any form of ego-distraction. In Super Consciousness we are One with the Source of divine, creative cosmic energy. We are One with the presence of God.

Let me show you one illustrative way to depict the concept of Super Consciousness. Draw a big circle, and then fill the circle with oodles of tiny dots. Next, connect all the dots. What does this circle filled with dots and criss-cross lines represent? The dots represent all beings as well as everything within creation, the circle. The lines that interconnect the dots represent unrestricted, unconditional love. The circle, the life and matter within (the dots), along with our interconnectedness through the extension of love (the connecting lines), represent the unified presence of Super Consciousness. It is the Source of our inherent goodness, and kindness. Love is the free flowing and unrestricted energy force that keeps everyone and everything unified as the Whole. Love unites the goodness and kindness that is present in everyone and everything. Love is the pure divine energy that constantly resonates throughout Super Consciousness. Love To All Don

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Productivity, Burnout and Happiness

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Productive: Is it cracked up to be what we are told?

Easily we get bogged down. We feel burdened by an encumbering workload and an endless to do list.

Do you know what I’m talking about?

We have so many things in process and yet too many yet to get started. In our minds, one idea about what should be done is colliding with the other. We live in a world were getting things done is equivocal with being productive, and we have all learned from a wee age that we must not shun our individual responsibility in being productive. We learned that productivity adjoins us with our acceptability. And, certainly we have learned to seek acceptability.

But productivity as many of us have learned to perceive it, is not always what it is cracked up to be. Productivity can often run against the grain of wellness. By climbing on the productivity treadmill we easily forego a calming and fulfilling activity like actually walking in a park. We give up the joyful sensations of observing, feeling and being one with a total experience. We relinquish our enjoyment of the present moment for some gamble on a future payoff. Yet we are suckled on productivity and thusly use a lifetime to nurture ourselves on it.

Productivity is often mistaken for effectiveness. Productivity is usually likened to getting to a goal by virtue of the shortest distance. It inherently holds little tolerance for mistakes, and accepts no excuses for falling short of a deadline. Thusly productivity is linked to satisfaction vis-a-vie perfection (ie…perfection equals productivity). Productivity as we have come to know it does not include waste, ineffectiveness or inefficiency. Those who are most productive receive the golden star. They went from “A” to “B” with minimal or zero glitches. Staying on task, they got in done in a specified timeframe.

One frequent problem arises with those who are consumed with being productive. That problem is commonly known as burnout. Many of us, who have traveled miles along the endless productivity road, have done so with the following question lingering within: “Why am I spending my life this way?” Or, “Is this what I am really meant to do?” If one of these questions or similar questions begins to arise, then you know that burnout is on the horizon. These kind of shooting-star-like questions are first-line symptoms of something that is more intense and mentally de-habilitating.

If you experience burnout or would like to put it in check before it shows up, then you may realize some relief by pondering the following questions. Is this what I want to be doing 10 or even 20 years from now? Is this the way I want to spend my life? Or better yet: “If I keep on going as I am, what does my life look like down the road? Am I excited about what my future presents? Do I have a purpose for my life? What is the meaning of my life?

If you are experiencing some degree of burnout you may find that you are glazing over the answers to these questions, or if the questions are not registering as palatable, then it may be time to take a self-audit.

Ask these questions and ponder your answers. What would have to change about my life for me to be happy? What would have to change about my work- life for the dissatisfaction to be removed. How is my dissatisfaction tied into productivity expectations? Am I an approval chaser?

The final question to help put things in perspective is: Am I doing what really and truly matters to me? If you are affected by this article or stymied or provoked while reading it, then that is a favorable sign. In any case you can benefit by knowing that you are either living out your purpose, or that purpose is still awaiting. I’m not “diss-ing” productivity. Rather I’m pointing out that when we indulge ourselves in the mindless pursuit of being productive, then our wish for finding happiness is linked to something outside our calling. When that happens we must chase the expectations of productivity in order to be who we are expected to be.

But is that who we really want to be?

Here is a suggestion: Read the article again, one paragraph at a time, but backwards. It may take you on a slightly different pathway and instill a profound linage on self-observation. Don

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Remembering Our Reality

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“Even before being born we were being called forth by Divine Intention”

In spite of the movement of many toward a happier and peaceful way of life, many, many others continue to be enormously troubled. They feel that on a fundamental level something is still missing or lacking, and therefore are unable to grasp a way to permanently fill the emptiness within.

In the pursuit of a happier life and a more acceptable self, we often become increasingly troubled. We can “walk” through some very dark emotional valleys in our lives, where our love of self seems to have been eroded away, and the raw surface of painful feelings remain both over-exposed and unprotected.

Some of us are burdened with persistent moods of restlessness and discontentment. We feel as if we have been cheated or passed-by, and are therefore dismayed because life isn’t what we thought it would be, or didn’t turn out the way that it was supposed to.

Others must tolerate an existence that presents an endless series of frustrations and disappointments, causing them to feel as if they are trapped into fighting one battle after the next, making their struggle with ongoing conflicts and contradictions seem perpetually inescapable. These unfortunate folks suffer because of gnarling stress brought on by the collision of repetitive, rehashed thoughts.

And still, many others possess heavy hearts that are stuck in the grips of a dark and lingering gloom. They are left to feel lonely and sad because they can’t find a way to fit-in, suffer from feelings of abandonment, loss of a loved-one, or because they can’t seem to make a relationship work.

Why does this happen to so many of us?

The simple answer is: it happens because we have forgotten who we really are. In the perpetual pursuit of ways and measures that will prove our acceptability, we have distanced ourselves from the truth. The truth that we have forgotten is that we are one with a realm of consciousness that does not require us to meet a pre-determined level of acceptability. We forgot that we were born with pureness of heart and mind, and that pureness continues to be who we really are.

Even before being born, we were being called forth by Divine Intention.

As the gap grew between who we really are and who we are trying to be, we forgot about our reality. We forgot that we are totally acceptable and naturally happy. We became distracted. From a young age we are taught that the myth that was created about our self is the truth. This myth continues, being perpetuated by a reality that speaks to us about our lack of acceptability. This myth relentlessly communicates to us that who we are is not yet acceptable and we must do something other than what we are doing in order to come up to the compliance standards of a conventional reality. Don

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What Is Meditation?

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What is meditation? What does it do? Why can’t I do it? Why is it such a struggle?

These are common question that arise when the topic of meditation comes up. So I thought I would use the Love Letter as the way for you to access an answer to these common and frequently asked questions. These are the simple answers.

Meditation is the practice of shifting one’s attention. During meditation we shift our attention from the continual series of random thoughts that arise, and instead focus awareness on a specific involuntary activity that occurs each moment; that activity is our breathing. In doing so we train our minds not to follow the random and often meaningless thoughts that keep popping up, and rather focus on one innocuous, neutral and natural activity - breathing. During a routine day the mind is drawn to thoughts about both the past and future, so the mind is afforded little dedication to just being in the moment. During meditation, as the mind jumps from one thought to another, we disrupt the continuum. In doing so, we make ourselves aware of how the mind continually operates in an unchecked fashion, continually doing what it has done, what it has been trained to do. During meditation we consciously shift the mind’s attention away from raising one thought after the next. We do so by redirecting our attention and instead of following the thoughts we notice the breath.

Meditation causes the meditating person to release his or her consciousness from the uneasiness that often invades and takes over the mind. The active ego-centered mind has been equated to a wild monkey that leaps from one tree branch to another. The monkey-like mind is caught up in much the same activity; leaping from one topic to the next.

Often these thoughts bring with them a myriad of distressful and unwanted feelings. Meditation is the practice of quelling arising thoughts and releasing undesirable emotions and feelings.

During meditation we allow any thought to come forth, then simply shift our attention by noticing our breathing. We do this over again, never grappling, nor being determined to trade one thought for the other. We avoid any tendency to struggle or wrestle with arising thoughts. Any and all thoughts are welcome. The thoughts are simply observed then released. If the thought returns, again it is set free.

Many people struggle with meditation because they believe it to be a time engaged in silent war, where the focus is on ridding one’s self of all thought. So, naturally in

such a case, the time used for meditating seems long and enduring. It is like being in the midst of a losing battle. The meditation becomes a long drawn out boring exercise in which expectations are never realized, nor is the desired outcome achieved. So what do these people do? They quit. In doing so they lose out on the peacefulness and true self-awareness that meditation offers. People experience self-defeating feelings because they do not know what meditation is intended to do for them. Nor do they really know how to meditate.

To enhance the calmness of our minds, in Happy Beings meditation sessions we involve ourselves in the interchange of both silent meditation and guided meditation. During the guided meditation, the meditation guide speaks and the group focuses on the message that is being communicated. Specific messages are rooted in visualization exercises; which assist in helping the meditating group to relax and be rid of the continual stream of thoughts that would otherwise run ramped.

Over time the practice of meditation brings clear thinking to the mind. By continually shifting our attention during the mediation sitting, we teach ourselves to intervene on the “monkey” thinking process, and begin to see our lives from a more objective and practical perspective. We learn to elevate our level of self-love and to discover the Real Self, the One that previously has been dimmed by an overindulgence in “monkey” thinking. Love to all of you. Don

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