In our attempt to manage daily life, we sometimes get overwhelmed by our own thinking. Although good at first (to fill in our tax forms and get a wide range of other practical things done) it’s sometimes hard to stop thinking. Like we’re in a roller coaster that we can’t get out of. And this makes us feel restless. Like we’re out of control. So here you’ll find 10 sayings that remind you of the Wisdom of the Heart. I didn’t make that up. The Dalai Lama did. And reading them slowly, made me feel really peaceful. At least for a moment. I hope it has the same effect on you too.
focusNjoy #121: Laugh!
Laughing is fun, free and healthy. It lowers your stress levels and strengthens your immune system. And did you know six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day and adults only 15 to 100 times? Makes you think right? No wonder grown-ups risk getting all stressed out! Lets all laugh more!
focusNjoy #120: You learn more having a truly open mind
Education is a means to ‘survive’ in modern society. It gives us a frame of reference to which we all can relate. When we look closer into this frame of reference, it turns out to be a collection of rules and patterns, and modes of thinking – more or less presented like certainties on which we can build our realities. Paradoxically, in order to learn we need do let go of certainties. To make new discoveries and to gain revolutionary insights we need “think out of the box” and leave the certainties our education gave us. And is exactly that – forgetting what we know – what makes it hard to learn.
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