14 Mar 2008 01:18:25 | Joseph Ghabi
Principles of Human Misery / Happiness:
Sometimes we are so occupied with our daily routine in life that
we forget that “we” are the most important element of our
existence. We need to be nourished in order to grow.
When we look at the people around us, we most likely find that
most people’s favorite pastime is to complain. And just why do
we complain anyway? Is it because we need something? Is it that
we lack something? Is it that we need or want sympathy? Is it
because we need attention? Is it just that we just like to
complain; or is it that we just like to hear ourselves talk? Is
it becoming a pattern with you? These are some of the most
common elements that describe our problem.
I generated a list that can either make us happy, or it can make
us miserable. Sometimes we need to draw the line for ourselves,
and we are the only ones who can do that!
Be Happy!
1-Just simply be happy and content with yourself, and who you
are. 2-Love yourself. 3-Accept yourself for who you are, and as
you are. 4-Life is simple, stop trying to complicate it. 5-Life
is about understanding. The lessons and experiences you have are
only for your own growth and for better soul awareness.
6-Discover who you are, and your soul, and get acquainted with
that. 7-Make some time for yourself every day. 8-Learn to
listen. 9-Pay attention to your child(ren), help your elders,
and you will feel fulfilled. 10-Be good to yourself. 11-Accept
humiliation as part of your growth. 12-Always have peace of
mind. It’s not easy, but try to create it.
Life isn’t what challenges us, “we” challenge “ourselves”.
Be Miserable!
1-Do live for other people and feel miserable. 2-Do look to
others for support, become dependent on others. 3-Do live up to
a fake image that is not you. 4-Do take care of everyone before
yourself. 5-Do always negate yourself. 6-Do love others before
loving yourself. 7-Do live according to traditions just to
please others or do things that do not fit in with your own
philosophy in life. 8-Do live other people’s life karma who they
are. That including your family. Live your own life karma.
9-Become greedy, jealous, stubborn, or too sensitive to accept
criticism. 10-Do allow your ego and pride to take over your life.
Life is simple so let’s stop complicating it.
Choices are out there. It is up to you to choose your own
direction in life. It is very important to realize that we hold
our own destiny in life, and no one else’s. It is also very
important to understand your own rights, because you do have
FREE WILL. Even the GOD, which I refer to as a “Great Energy
Force”, that you believe in respects your Free Will because you
are part of this GOD and that energy is in us always. If your
GOD does not respect that, then it becomes a contradiction and
goes against all that’s out there in all religions. This “great
energy force” is all about love, forgiveness and compassion, and
not anything else.
When our GOD will respect our Free Will, why aren’t we humans
respecting each other’s Free Will? In many instances we have
been raped of our Free Will by the many limitations which are
inflicted upon us every day. Such limitations can manipulate the
direction we will take in our lives, thus affecting our karma.
We do this as individuals and as a society.
When a human Soul says NO to someone, it does NOT mean YES or
that they can try to manipulate the other person in order to
change their decision, by tapping into their weaker side. No
means No and that has to be respected at all times otherwise we
are creating karma for our soul.
As a society, we witness this being manifested throughout
history by every empire, civilization, or source of power that
had surfaced over time. They all came, and disappeared quickly.
Why is that? Very simple! When these civilizations were taking
control over other civilizations, against their Free Will and
their way of life, it helped to create a deep anger, and
frustration and all kind of energies that accumulated and became
a universal force which was ready to explode at the right time.
At the same time these civilizations became greedier, and wanted
to control everything until things started to crack and fall
apart. We have seen this throughout history and, as we know,
history has a way of repeating itself because we never learn.
While the pattern remains misunderstood, we will keep repeating
it until we learn the intended lesson. I will go over, at a
future date, the concept of a nine-year cycle for us as
individuals, and how we can apply it to our society.
Money is power - power is control. In our universe there is an
abundance of this. Once we learn to share this money, or power,
we’ll manage not to be afraid that someone will be taking
something away from us. Then we will have peace. This kind of
inner peace, and the cycle of life, will move us to higher
ground. Until then there will be no peace in ourselves. Example:
Take rich ‘powerful’ men. Forget what they can buy, the majority
of them are NOT happy and they will always feel like there is
something missing, or that cannot be bought with money. Why is
this? Very simple, until that rich man learns and understands
his wealth and is sharing it with his fellow man and not just
giving it away for the sake of giving it (perhaps as a tax write
off) that peace will never be found. It is all about sharing the
knowledge on how to make it, and to never be afraid that by
sharing it they would have anything taken away from them,
because there is always an abundance of wealth in the universe.
The minute they learn this, they will start to find fulfillment
in their life. Consider this for a moment!
So what is Free Will in the first place?
Free Will is very simple. As human beings, it is the one thing
that we hold as our ticket in life and that allows us to change
the direction of our life when we choose to actually use it.
Free Will, in my view, is the way we perceive our life as well
as the way we portray ourselves. When we always see ourselves as
victims then there is no place for Free Will in our
subconscious. When we see ourselves progress, we see that we
have a choice to make a difference, and then we are using our
Free Will. We might think that we have no opinion or have no
choice in the matter because this is what our society has
dictated to us. Many of these influences came upon us only in
order to help control our views, and direct us to what they
think might suit them, and not necessarily us.
Some of us do not believe in Free Will. That is alright with me
because that is their choice and they have the Free Will to do
so. I respect this. Believing in Free Will or not, you are still
exercising it in your daily life whether you know it or not.
Just simply by saying YES or No! How come? Your circumstances
and direction in life are dependent on that YES or NO choice
that you take and you will live according to that decision. It
was your choice wasn’t it?
In human terms as an example, it is like the Veto that they have
in the United Nations, when countries vote on a resolution.
Certain countries have the veto power to turn down a resolution.
Now Free Will is given to us to use anytime we need to take a
decision in life. Why? In life we are held responsible for all
of our decisions, and should not feel guilty any time we use it.
It is given to us from that “Great Energy Force” that created
our universe, and space, and that allowed us to come here and
experiment our growth and evolution in order to be enlightened
and progress.
In the end, you can live happily or you can live miserably. Take
your life in your own hands and make your own choices! Simplify
instead of complicating life.
Joseph Ghabi The Free Spirit Centre
http://www.freespiritcentre.info
About Author :
Joseph Ghabi’s early career began rather ‘technically’ with a
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of
Science in Computer Science. Always intrigued by spiritual
phenomena, Joseph’s spiritual life began rather early in life.