Awomanaware

I've been writing a gratitude journal every day for few months now, and it has really helped me to be more present in everything I am experiencing. Also, it has helped me to keep my mind on the positive things I want to manifest, instead of getting lost in my monkey mind I invite you all to write here one (or more) thing(s) you are grateful for, if you feel like doing it. It will be great if you could do it as often as you can. If you don't feel like sharing, you can do it personally in your notebook, and see how does it feel. Or, you can just let me know what you think about this concept. Thank you! Today I am grateful for: All the people I've stumbled upon in my life, that are brave enough to follow their intuition - sharing their knowledge with the world for free and making a tremendous positive impact on others by motivating them to follow their own intuition and get closer to live their life purpose.

I am grateful for the moments of fully accepting and embracing the constant changes in life without any judgement. Feeling light. One with the nature, one with the people. Feeling all of the sadness and happines. Loving everything. Loving my confusion.

@Whywolf hey I just ate an orange too! It didn't taste like vanilla. But I am thankful for the orange and Childish Gambino synchronicity!

@Whywolf It's hard for me to choose only one cause the whole album is outstanding but I love listening The night me and your mama met, Redbone and Me and your mama. Uh and Terrified also! You? Or should I say, what are the songs you are the most grateful for, so we don't go too much off topic haha

@Gabriel Antonio I understand. This reminds me of my experience with meditation, I stopped meditating because I've completely detached from my body. If we're talking chakras, I was waaaay up (I feel blessed - Drake voice, lol), so I'm working on my grounding more and getting in tune with my body. For me, it's about balance now. I want my life to be a meditation. That's why I've started doing this little things that I feel are helping me to be more aware, like writing gratitude journal. I don't take it very seriously, I write few minutes in my journal if I feel like it and that's it. I am grateful without writing also, but I've found that when I write about things I am grateful for, my "gratitude brain" is working a bit more and my oxytocin levels are going up and it feels good! But, since life is ever-changing, maybe in a few days I'll think this it bullshit and stop doing it, who knows. And I am grateful for that, because I know I'll get another insight about life. @Whywolf love your picture, I can't stop listening to this album! So grateful for Childish Gambino. And the album title is convenient for this forum, "Awaken, My Love"!

@Loreena, @SLICKHAWK, @Inglorious I am glad you like the concept! Today, I am grateful for accepting my emotions and thoughts fully, not being too harsh on my ego, having patience in general and making peace with not knowing. I am grateful for getting in tune with my body more, not living only inside my head, and for realizing that my thoughts affect my body on the long run. Therefore, I am grateful to know that while being aware, I can choose to focus on thoughts that are beneficial for my being and for others.

@eskwire I see..yeah, finding balance. There is a quote I like, extremes are easy, but balance takes practice. Go for it!

@phrae Maybe you are doing something you don't like doing? If that's not the case, try Ameer Rosic youtube videos, maybe you'll like him.

@eskwire Putting all of your attention on the problem and being too much analitic about the food you are eating can make the whole food-thing even worse. I see you know a lot about nutrition and you are aware of foods that are good and bad for you, that's great. Now try re-focusing on other things you enjoy doing in your life, eat with your friends and family, let others cook for you, relax into eating, don't take it too seriously...what you focus on grows. Remember the time you were a kid, eating was something natural for you. If you are researching a lot about food, and if you are surrounded with food all of the time for example on social media - try unfollowing that kind of content. Listen to your own body. Maybe you are detached from your body, living in your mind too much. In my experience, yoga has helped me to get in touch with my body. Hope this helps.

@Flower While meditating, welcome all of your emotions and thoughts and just let them be. Be aware of all of the emotions and love them without any judgement. When you are done with meditation, try intuitive writing on a real piece of paper. Without too much thinking, just let it all out. Whatever comes, maybe it will turn out to be a letter to yourself, or a letter to the other person, doesn't matter... After you've done writing, burn the paper. Do this as many times you feel like it. Get yourself the most beautiful notebook you can find and use it to write the visions of all the things that could make you happy in the future. Write as it has already happened. It can be something personal, or including other people. Hope this helps

@nick96 Firstly, congrats of being aware all this, that's a big step! In my experience, the best way is through meditation - welcoming all of your emotions. No matter what kind of emotion is arising through meditation, don't ignore it. Let it stay. Just be aware of it, and love it. It is just seeking your attention. Anger is there because you have been ignoring it for a long time. When you give it the attention that it needs, it will dissolve. Takes time. My view on anger is that - we may think we are angry on someone, but actually we are angry on ourselves, or we live in regret, and cannot deal with that negative emotions so we project the anger on others. Meditation, love and patience and not taking life too seriously

@Gladius maybe you've already tried this, but in case you haven't, my advice would be: - no dairy - LOW GI food - no alcohol and caffeine - no processed food - no gluten Try it for at least 3 months, and try refocusing your thoughts on anything else, like living your life doing this you enjoy and stop defining yourself as a person that has this type of problem..

@Evilwave Heddy If you want your yoga practice to be more intense on physical and mental level, maybe you can try some different types of yoga, or switching your yoga teacher. Let's take ashtanga yoga for example. The asanas are mostly always the same, but the intensity of the class depends of the teacher's style. Also, in ashtanga, every asana has various versions, for example, if one version is too easy for you, you can always deepen your posture and go a little beyond your body limits by controling your breath. Meditating after a good yoga class - the moment when you feel in every part of your body that you've gone beyond your limits, is so amazing to me, because that's the moment you realize what are you capable of doing to yourself with your own breath. You can control your body and your mind. That's why in every ashtanga practice, the most important part is the breath. You are paying attention to the breath all of the time which itself has some meditative properties, but the moment you end your practice and you let go of the control of the breath while getting ready for meditation, you feel like your whole body is defragmenting (and you thoughts also) and it feels so liberating... That's my experience

@kyle barnett If you feel the urge for it, let it be. In my experience, the quote - "What you resist persists" is true. The key is to be completely aware while you are doing it. By being aware, you'll probably soon realise it doesn't make any sense. When you give this urge your attention, it will soon go away. Also, try to find a way to meet people who like doing the same things as you, or invite your loved ones to share these things you enjoy.

@MHarris I know this is hard for you, but believe me, there are so much more fulfilling things in life than just relationships. Like, there are relationships and EVERYTHING ELSE! But, of course, it is normal for you to feel that way... In my opinion, deleting this current image of yourself "never having a girlfriend" that has been imprinted in your brain - could help. Think about this - Are you really at peace with your body? I've found that the desire to be in a relationship could just be a sign of not giving yourself enough love. The ego tends to look for validation outside. When you fully accept your body, you will realise - it's just a tool that helps you to expand even more. Not only your body, you have to accept your ego too. Love and accept every little desire that arises, but be aware those desires are not yours. Those are just thoughts arising because your ego is comparing your body with everyone elses, and keeps thinking you won't have a girlfriend because of that. Realise the acceptance of your body is much more important than having a girlfriend. Maybe this would seem impossible to you, but try to think of your "condition" as a blessing. This is a tool that has been given to you to realise deeper truth, something that a "normal guy" would maybe never realise, because he's having unsignificant relationships with pretty girls that he likes just because their appearance, not having time to self reflect. This has led you to the path of self actualization. What can be more important than that? If you are not at peace with who you are, you cannot have a normal relationship. You're young, you have plenty of time for everything. Now you can work on yourself, give yourself so much love, do the things you love, learn, expand. Why would you want to be with a girl that is into physical appearance anyway? Master your masculine and feminine energy, feel good in your body, LOVE your body no matter what, and the right woman/women will then know you LOVE no matter what, and that's hot!

@electroBeam I know it's hard, but try to not take everything so seriously and trust that you will learn something about yourself from every decision, because you will, and that's the point. With these experiences, you will realise what you don't want, and that will bring you closer to the things you actually want. You will make "wrong decisions" but they are actually not wrong, because they are the part of the process. Trust the process. Also, I've found that writing can help. You can try writing notes about the best version of yourself that you can imagine, as it has already happened. Without judgement, it could be something insignificant that makes you happy or some big goals you have that you've always found impossible to achive. Or you can just write: I know what I want in life. The key is to refocus from the image of yourself as this person that doesn't know, and welcome all the possibilities.

@General 2 It's not about looking and searching. That might be the sign your ego is lacking something. When you feel like you don't need anything, and you have everything, because you are doing the things you love, the feeling of wanting to share that love with someone arises. It comes very naturally in my experience - you meet who you love by doing what you love.

@Afonso Try this: When this happens, bring your attention to this area, really feel it and stay there until it dissolves. Do it every time you feel the pain.

@habibi87 In my experience, the first step is self-love. Love everything about yourself. And by everything I literally mean - everthing, the good and the bad, unconditionally. Take it seriously. I know it's sounds like a cliché, but in my experience, this is SO IMPORTANT. In that way, you will cumulate so much love inside youself that you will start naturally sharing it, which is the second step. Sharing is caring, sharing is love. Everything else is fear/ego. When you share love (in could be something small, a nice gesture to a stranger) you are making the other person feel good, and that's is what people will always remember, how you made them feel. If you need a reminder, you can try writing a gratitude journal every day, fuels you up with love I promise Or simply express love in your own way, by sharing something that has inspired you to be your better self, for example on social media, in conversation with others, etc.

@Monkey Mind Ask her questions about the things you know she loves. Listen to her talking very carefully and really grasp everything that she is saying, so that she feels your presence and your interest. Her talking about the things that she loves, and you being interested in the answers will get her into her true self. She will feel good in her "skin" when she is near you, and that's the first step in creating sexual tension in my experience. The rest is all about the possibility of "the thing" that the mind is creating. - After I've written this comment I realised this was in April, but maybe you will find it helpful, if not you then somebody else

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." "When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life." "Stop battling with your problems and start befriending them instead. It’s easier to negotiate with a friend than an enemy." "We’re all just walking each other home." "I used to believe in nothing; now I believe in everything." "Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay." "When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people." "Conquer yourself, and you can conquer anything."

@Travis Oh, why are we all being so harsh on our ego, haha I think you are actualy doing great because you are not ignoring the fact that your ego is being neurotic. Self love a.k.a ego love in this case works wonders, in my experience The one thing that has helped me when these sort of feelings come up, is acknowledging them, appreciating them, not judging them, but being aware these are not my emotions. They just seek some attention. They need to be felt, that's the point, experience, in my opinion. They want to be experienced, but we are ignoring them because we think that's bad. Maybe some of them are, but I've found, when we let go the need of control, we will experience them, and they are gone. If there wasn't for ego, we wouldn't be able to feel, get over it and then expand. Also, try re-focusing your thoughts from the current state to the concept of future - having some positive visions of your ego, instead of focusing on the image of your ego as this 4 ever neurotic ego. Maybe try writing it down in a notebook, everyday, so that it becomes a habit, and starts to make little shifts in your ego image. Ah our little egos, they feel so abandoned with all of this enlightenment and stuff, let's show our egos some love and be grateful for the experience Hope this helps.

@BeginnerActualizerI practice ashtanga yoga to get in the present moment. For me, it's a meditation technique. I use my body (asanas) and breath (in asanas and pranayama) as tools that get me in meditative state of the mind. Also, few years ago when I was just starting my practise, I had huge emotional breakthroughs after doing my asanas... Yoga is a therapy.

@Kevster I've gone through something similar. My view on this: Firstly, be aware that you are not your emotions. Your emotions are a part of your ego (not "you"), and they are seeking for your attention. "You" are ignoring them, and what "you" feel is actually your ego crying. Your ego has been programed to think that your life should look like this: have a job, have a girlfirend, get married, have kids. That's imprinted in your brain. Some people do that and they are happy, great for them. But your higher self has realised there is something more than that, so your ego is scared because its vision about the perfect life that the culture has set upon all of us is now ruined. The bad feelings = the ego shelf is breaking...And that's a good thing! I think the most important thing is to not fight you ego and your emotions, yet welcoming them with love and attention. Don't be so harsh on your ego Deeply feel your emotions, let them be, don't fight them. It's a process, I know it seems neverending, but it will pass, if you let go of the need to control. But make sure, in every moment, that "you" know "you" are not these emotions. Get in touch with your body. When you meditate, breathe deeply all of the time and try focusing on the breath. When the bad feelings come, let them stay for a little while, and then, let them go. Focus on the breath again. Moreover, try to change your routine, from the basic things. Drink from another glass of water, go watch a movie you would never watch, buy yourself something you would never buy, eat something new, try to feel the little changes. There is more to life, you just need to re-focus your brain on NEW, positive things you want to experience. Ask yourself, what's the best version of me? Try writing it down every single day in few words. Have a vision, do little steps towards it, and be patient. Also know, that you are here to fulfill your vision, not hers. Hope this helps.

In my experience, chakras are very individualistic, they can hardly be measured exactly just with a tool on the internet ... the concept goes so much deeper, because we all have different backgrounds, and chakras are developing all the way from our childhood, so we have to do a lot of digging before we make any conclusions. There is an amazing book about charkas by dr. Anodea Judith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/576362.Eastern_Body_Western_Mind?ac=1&from_search=true