Luminita Saviuc, Purpose Fairy Waking Times “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” ~ Peace Pilgrim Oh my, oh my. How many of us can’t silence that chatterbox of ours, that goes on and on, and on about all kind of problems that we had, have or …
Peter O’Donoghue, Contributor Waking Times In my experience, when you ask someone what they want in the future, the reply is usually a list of activities they would like to do or things they would like to acquire. When you ask someone, Who are you? The person will typically respond by giving you occupation. Which one do …
Luminita Saviuc, Purpose Fairy Waking Times What are the differences between happy people and unhappy people? Of course, it should be very obvious:happy people are happy while unhappy people are unhappy, right? Well, that is correct. But, we want to know what happy people do differently, so I have put together a list of things that happy people do differently than unhappy people. 1. Love vs. Fear Well, I can tell you …
Carolanne Wright, Guest Waking Times Eastern philosophies have advocated it for more than a millennia. Ram Dass wrote a book about it. And now, an iPhone app has collected data on it. The subject is presence and its relation to happiness. Over the last few years, happiness has been a hot topic of research. Scientists …
Paul Lenda, Guest Waking Times Most of us know that the environment has a tremendous effect on our physical and mental well-being but did you know that our thoughts directly affect the way we physically feel? Remember always that we live and exist as part of a vast, elaborate, and intricate matrix of consciousness where …
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times Without question, these modern times are becoming more and more challenging to ordinary people as concerning news and events overwhelm us. An honest assessment of the human condition reveals perils of every type. The economy sucks thanks to the greedy criminals who have death-grip on our monetary system. People seem …
Michael Forrester, Prevent Disease Waking Times It may be suggested that the representation of happiness in online media is collective in nature because it is a picture of happiness communicated by relatively few individuals to the masses. But what means most to our collective happiness? According to a study from Lund University, collective picture of …
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times What makes you happy? Happiness is rather elusive for many people, if not for most people in our society. This is a remarkable statement about the world we’ve created, which offers unprecedented access to food, shelter, health, entertainment, convenience, mobility, wealth, safety, security, and so on. With all this going for …
Tera Laserna, Prevent Disease Waking Times Regardless of industry, profession, town, city or nation, highly effective and happy people share many of the same perspectives and beliefs and they act on those beliefs. 1. Time doesn’t fill me. I fill time. The average person who is given two weeks to complete a task will instinctively …
Julie Umpleby, Contributor Waking Times “Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.” Samuel Levenson “Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.” Lao-Tzu If you ask people want they want most in life, you will find the answer in the majority of cases to be that they ‘just want …
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three things are your greatest treasures. ~ Lao Tzu Is your life worth more than a fancy car, the latest smart phone, a big house, and a fat paycheck every month? Consider that people in 80% of the …
Lina Ryann, Contributor Waking Times Happiness is the dream and desire of every individual. It’s a feeling when you’ve some goal in life. It is all about doing something useful that gives you satisfaction. Below are some tips on how to lead a happy life. 1. Do not let hatred ruin your heart Hatred is …
Kelly Niven, Guest Waking Times Finding happiness is an endless search – a different career, relationship, holidays, material possessions, lifestyle, etc. It left me feeling quite the opposite. The result was more unhappiness, more dissatisfaction and less fulfillment. So many people are currently embroiled in this search of finding happiness. Sadly, most people are searching …
OSHO Waking Times Happiness is a natural phenomenon. Happiness is man’s nature. You need not worry about happiness at all, it is already there. It is in your heart — you just have to stop being unhappy, you have to stop the mechanism functioning that creates unhappiness. But nobody seems to be ready for that. …
Frank Huguenard, Staff Writer Waking Times At the center of our bodies resides a long, sinewy nerve that extends all the way from our medullas down through our chests to beyond our stomachs. This nerve, known as the Vagus Nerve, happens to be at a most fascinating intersection, not only between our two physical nervous systems …
Uwe Blesching Ph.D., Contributor Waking Times The clinical cannabis experience and consciousness research have independently demonstrated 9 mechanisms to deepen our healing process. Each of these mechanisms are subject to conscious intervention, and the more we know and understand about them the easier we can achieve the kind of healing that goes beyond the mere …
Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. MPH, Yang-Sheng Waking Times Have you ever wished that, instead of learning about history or the speed of light in school, we were also taught something more practical, like how to be happy? Well, your wish has come true. Recently, a new subject has appeared in education, not in high school …
Konstantin Eriksen, Guest Writer Waking Times What is happiness? What is success? The way you define these words can actually determine how successful you are in achieving your dreams. Often, people create an image of a specific set of external circumstances in their minds and think that by organizing their lives in such a way …
Josh Richardson, Prevent Disease Waking Times We live in denial of our inherent negativity for the most part, and often wonder why the world around is so mean and reckless. Unlike dogs we may not be born eternal optimists, but positivity is something that can be imbibed even if a tad forcibly; such as by …
Laura Grace Weldon, Guest Writer Waking Times We tend to think of nature as separate. We imagine spending time “out there” hiking in some remote wilderness, drinking from mountain streams and observing creatures that have never faced highway traffic. There, in a place far from our busy lives, we might find peace, tranquility and some …
