You have my heart, ‘don’t break it’, i keep saying to myself.
On the other side of gratitude
02 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Books, Gratitude Tags: benefits of being grateful, book, Gratitude, The Gratitude Guide, Zylka-Zebracki
No râpé today, but still, some insights.
Finding gratitude in the ‘face of adversity’ may be the hardest thing right after self-acceptance, so-called “self-love”.
I have come to believe that it is our mission, in our best interest, in the best interest of life, of the universe’s thriving forces, in the best interest of joy & happiness, that we find gratitude, somehow, in the hard times. It implies ‘trusting the process’, trusting the Universe, trusting ‘God’. By the way, if the word ‘God’ bothers you, as i know it does some people, especially Atheists, then simply give it a meaning you can live with, something that doesn’t frustrate you or annoy you. It really is up to you what meaning you put in there. Have you pondered that maybe it bothers you because you don’t know what meaning to put into it? That you are disconnected from this Power, this Source of Everything, All of Consciousness combined? I don’t know, quite frankly, that’s your problem & for you to figure out. For your own sake, try to, though. Because we DO all come from the same Source, whether you want it or not, whether you believe it or not, and all Consciousness therefore comes from the same source too. And everything is connected to everything. There is nothing ‘separate’ in the Universe.
Back to our theme, though: gratitude when it’s not easy.
When we fail to find this gratitude, and i say this without judging those of us (including me) who do, we render ourselves victims of the circumstances. It means that a) we feel sorry for ourselves, b) we probably deny or don’t realize the part we played in attracting those said circumstances, and c) we are failing to trust the process, to trust God. Now i’m not a religious person, i’m neither Catholic nor Buddhist nor Jewish nor any of those things. I think that they are quite incompatible with spirituality. They are an easy trap to fall into, yes, but a trap nevertheless. Just my opinion, however, so don’t get too upset with me should you view things differently. Remember? Gratitude for our hardships! Oh, it is sooo hard to accept that people disagree with me on the obvious! SOOO hard! 😉
I have found, especially in the last few days, that by seeking gratitude, even for things that are, IMO, creating frustration for me, pretty f***ing strong frustration too (and i use those words deliberately…), that i create a learning and growth. I am only better off for it. What lies on the other side of gratitude is growth, and something a whole lot better than what i thought i was missing or lacking, or wanting. Ok, i still want to do those things, that hasn’t disappeared, but had i not gone through this frustration/problem and sought out the gratitude, i would have missed out on something a whole lot deeper & more beneficial to my Being & existence!
I’m not certain i can explain this further right now, so maybe try it. You can find meditations & advice on how to feel grateful quite easily should you want it. Search & you shall find. Try it & let me know how it went, why not? You can comment below, or email me from the contact section. 🙂
Be well, shine on, and let the world see & feel how friggin brilliant & lovely you are! 🙂
P.S. The book in the picture is a good place to start, and you can order it here (US) or here (UK/Europe). These are not affiliate links, the author is however a good friend and i hope to have him interviewed for this blog or for a podcast sometime this year.
I put this book in the ‘MUST READ in a lifetime’ category. Something that would be compulsory at school, were school about teaching & growing. Something every child & every adult should refer to on rough days or nights. Something we should all practice, for our own good, and that of all.
Effort
27 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
Calm is on the other side of effort.
A few weeks ago, i started working with râpé (more on that in a separate post at some point – stay tuned). Every day has brought new insights. I will be posting one liners, such as today’s. Just remember that, like everything i write, it’s about my experience and isn’t a rule, because there are none with these things. It is up to you, and only you, to feel them resonate with you…or not, and to put them to good use…or not. 😉
My wish is that the things i share on this diary of mine may serve you, and serve you well. We all have a light to shine on the world, shamelessly. Intention is key.
May you be well, stay amazing. Shine.
Oh, and if you’d like to receive a few more of these insights, to see what they may bring you, then click the follow button, it’s there somewhere, and subscribe to the YouTube channel, where i post other things that may also be of interest to you.
Thanks for your support! 😁
‘What can i do when people are wrong and i’m right?’ 😉
28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
Question:
‘So what do you do, what do you do, when a whole bunch of people are wrong, objectively wrong about concrete, demonstrable facts, and they want to stay that way?’
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Well, the first step here would be to look into victim mentality and understand how that may relate to you. Do you have a victim mindset?What do you think?
The answer to your question is…acceptance.
You find acceptance.
Understand that your frustration is called that for a reason. It is YOURS.
YOU create it. Not them. Not the world. Not people being ‘wrong’. YOU. YOU create it.
The frustration you feel is you resisting acceptance.
So find it.
And move on to your problems. Deal with those instead. Accept that people fuck themselves because accepting this is what will allow you to NOT fuck yourself.
Wish them well. Project love if you can. Send it to them.
They are afraid of truth. Afraid. Not ready. But that, as said above, is NOT the problem.
THEIR problem…doesn’t exist. Only YOURS does. And now you have a pretty good clue as to what it is.
All the best to you. And them. 😉
Yann Ayahuasca
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Note : the above question was taken from a public post on Facebook. The guy obviously has a very strong victim mindset. His friends too, it seems.
He did not appreciate my reply, and proceeded to insult me and try to shame me for all sorts of things unrelated to the post or my reply. He claims i am judgemental.
We all are, sometimes. However, i fail to see how this was. Name-calling and insults, on the other hand… 😉
Luckily some people get this.
What i take from this? Two things :
– i understand my own frustration better.
– don’t try to help people asking questions publicly. Help people who ask YOU. 🤷🏼♂️
New scientific study says 5-MeO-DMT enhances well-being
18 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Bufo Alvarius (5-meo-DMT), depression, External content, Uncategorized Tags: 5-meo-DMT, anxiety, bufo, Bufo Alvarius, cure, depression, dmt, entheogen, Malin, study, toad medicine, wellbeing
A big thank you to all of you who kindly accepted to participate in this scientific study! 🙏🏻💚🐸
And 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 to M. for this massive piece of work. 🙏🏻😌💚

This study was done partly with data collected at our sessions, with our clients, both prior to their experience and after it. 😎👍🏻
Awesome!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30982127/?i=1&from=ramaekers%20jg
And here is an update, in the form of a statement by the author of the study, due to articles such as this one being a bit too simplistic and misleading, it seems :
https://psychedelicstoday.com/2019/05/15/statement-regarding-misinterpretation-misrepresentation-study-5-meo-dmt/
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