Jared Gregory

I ask myself everyday am i present now? to keep myself present in the moment and observe my surroundings, and once I've done this the feeling is very liberating.

Hello you wonderful people I am a recent graduate from university and now I am a professional Actor, which is pretty cool for me. I understand many of you all have different types of jobs some that you may like or some that you really don't like. Me and my cousin were talking about this topic. Recently i told a friend about me graduating etc doing acting not because it's a dog eat dog world and that " you got to fight in this world for work' just a common thing some people say to me, but because i enjoy it and treat it as a game. Since I have had this mindset towards acting I've had quite a lot of auditions which has surprised me because several years ago I would be very competitive, selfish, and very much unconscious towards the thing i enjoy doing. Just having this approach towards work has made me feel happier and now i don't really call it work anymore more as i treat it like a game. I just wanted to see if anybody else has a positive outlook in there line of work.

@Naviy I put a post very similar to your situation a week ago. I was also in a relationship until recently when we broke up. It still feels painful for me as i can relate to how you must be feeling too. But my advice would be this surrender! what i mean is you can't change what's happened that's a fact, what you can do though is allow to feel these emotions now in this moment. just as @alea said ' you are not a robot" so the way you feel is completely natural. I could not sleep well for a while neither, but through meditation and other positive things you do you will find inner peace. and remember that you are enough!

Hello guys, I can admit i was one bad for TV. But now i do my positive routine, which includes getting up around 8.30 am do 15-20 minutes of meditation. Then after washed and dressed I go for a 20 minute walk around the woods which is a nice way to start my day. @Feeble Dave replace your addiction of TV with something that makes you happy like go for a few walks, it is vital that we send positive messages to the mind. Remember also that you are enough! Hope this helps.

Hello guys. I was listening to andy shaw's bug free mind audio book and in chapter 5 he talks about 15 seconds of positive thinking or ( no mind). I have been able to do this with no problem. i was talking to @Lawrence and he was saying ' light a candle, and stare at it and keep focused on the light for 15-20 minutes' this does interest me. I was just wondering if anybody cares to share any experiences or advice to share on focus meditation to create no mind.

@alea I was very much similar to your situation i use to have lots of free time and would watch TV, play console games. But since i've started my positive routine it has helped me transform my mindset and perception on life. I rarely watch television especially not the news as it is very important what we feed our minds. Meditation helps calm my mind but if you choose not to do that then try to find something else that keeps you happy. as long your happy that's the main thing.

Hello guys When reading Eckhart tolle's book power of the now. I was reading chapter 8 Enlightened relationships, and it made me realize something. I recently broke up with my girlfriend who i had been for nearly 3 years and i considered to be eternally blessed with love and happiness. But after we broke up I still had this bad feeling inside my stomach that would keep me up, at first it was anger which i know the go thrives on conflict, anger,resentment. But this was still bothering me. So about a week ago i came to the realization that this feeling wasn't helping whatsoever so i asked myself " how is this helping me at this moment?" the truth was that it wasn't. so i spoke to my ex and i could tell she was very sad and kept blaming herself for everything. So i said the simple words of " I forgive you' because deep down there was nothing to forgive as we are all connected. The feeling i got after that conversation was beautiful as i know longer feel anything bad or negative towards her i just feel happy and at peace. Just wanted to share this with you guys. If anyone cares to share please do peace and love

I also have found out that a little voice in my head says ' come on the day is running out, need to do more stuff" then i realised that was the ego talking to me. So now i stick to what i enjoy doing on my positive routine list no matter how much time it takes. Because it's the choice i have made

@Lawrence you clearly have more than i do on my list my friend. I would say i have about 8-10. exactly there is no right or wrong answer a few of my routine list as followed. 1. Listen to self help audiobook for 20 minutes. 2. meditate 15-20 mins. 3. go for walk in nature. 4. cardio ( fitness) 5. read 10 pages of spiritual book. Just a few of mine. these are my main positive routines. People may have different main ones, but those are mine. Aslong your happy doing your routine that is the main thing.

Hello guys meditation for me is very relaxing and calm's my mind each time I do it. But I do have thoughts flying around whenever i am trying to meditate so i just allow the thought's to be there and just observe them. I just wanted to see if anybody else has similar experiences when they are meditating and any advice they would like to share.

@kurt @Lawrence I will let the dog run hahaha when i next meditate.

Hello Light lover. Lawrence has summed it up perfectly. I use to feed my mind garbage on TV the internet, but now I feed it only positive stuff. It's good you are meditating following your passion. My advice would be go for walks in nature read some spiritual books or self motivation books if you think they will help. you are enough my friend. Hope this helps.

Since the beginning of June this year I was grateful to my cousin ( best friend) for introducing me to spirtuality and meditation. So after reading books like the power of now by Eckhart tolle and understanding more about spirituality. I decided to discuss this wonderful feeling of presence to my mother. I was not shocked at all when observing her reaction as she dismissed the topic so quickly, at the time I had only started reading spiritual books and was getting to grips with the ego. So in the weeks to come I continued to read Eckhart tolle's books to understand the difference between unconsciousness and consciousness, and then it hit me my mother's ego was looking for conflict against the topic her conditioned mind was still very much in charge. Before I started my spiritual journey I would of reacted badly to this, I would of got angry, annoyed etc but I used this as spiritual lesson. Other members of my family just like my mother are very much run by their ego, but i found this to be a useful lesson in the following weeks to come. It has helped me to understand that you cannot force people to change as i have found that is not helpful in anyway. My mother has become like my teacher in a way i observe how she reacts to certain situations and it has helped me to keep present and aware. So my advice summarized up is this. You may have family members too that do not share or care to know about spirituality as it's ' to deep" for them or think it will not help them one bit. I love my mother to bits and forgive her. I know one day she will either compel or surrender to this, I thought i would share this experience with you all. I hope it helps. Peace and love