Category: Spirituality

Stop Caring What People Think

It is a tremendous waste of time to figure out why someone resents you, hurts you or even loves you. One of the reasons we over care about what people think about us, is because we seek validation.

Perhaps play a little game, just pretend to care what people think. Deep down inside though, don’t really care – it matters little what the general people think about you. Pretending to care will at least keep the societal game going, if you want to keep it going. It is a tremendous waste of time to figure out why someone resents you, hurts you or even loves you. One of the reasons we over care about what people think about us, is because we seek validation. The best validation comes from inside ourselves, through true contemplation and a life led on deep universal principles, light heartedly. Nevertheless, we seek it from others – something we have no control over, and this can only lead to pain.

Stop caring what people think

Of course please don’t apply this in your intimate relationships with people you live with -:)) Those relationships are playing out a deep part of yourself, for you. Those need to be approached with care. This video tries to give logical arguments, why one needs to stop caring what other people think; but you know it intuitively already.

Video Length: 5 min 33 sec

You are the eternal universe

Underneath our “outer“ self, is another deeper Self, infinitely connected to the universe. All our practices are to become aware of this deeper self.

Video Length: 4 min 33 seconds

Don’t wait for the perfect time to see these videos. All moments are perfect. In waiting for the perfect time, the present moment will slip away. Get a good headphone on and set yourself away.

Underneath our “outer“ self, is another deeper Self, infinitely connected to the universe. All our practices are to become aware of this deeper self. Over time, through our daily activities and spiritual practices, we make one part of our attention, aware of this Self, this inner observer so to speak. As we progress, naturally we realise it is connected to everything (all galaxies too); and as we live, an interiorization of this awareness takes place in our being. Then daily life becomes blissful, even if it looks and seems hard on the outside.

Alan Watts ends this video by saying “And what you are basically, deep deep down and far far in, is simply; the fabric and structure of existence itself. And when you find that out, you laugh yourself silly”. Make this your experience.

Video length: 4 min 33 sec

The Daily Habits of Marcus Aurelius

“Marcus Aurelius was a man of habit (as all stoics are). Like Aristotle, he knew, that we are what we repeatedly do and excellence is a habit”

These were the habits of Marcus Aurelius

“Meditations” was a journal written in Greek (without any intention of publication) by the only Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius who was also a philosopher. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. 

The video for today says, “Marcus Aurelius was a man of habit (as all stoics are). Like Aristotle, he knew, that we are what we repeatedly do and excellence is a habit”.  How do we apply this? What are our daily habits? Do we concentrate on what is in front of us or do distractions take over? Marcus wrote “Do what is in front of you, like it is the last and most important thing in your life”. This video outlines the daily habits of Marcus Aurelius and makes for a delightful listen. Please have a lovely Thursday.

Video Length: 6 min 13 sec

No Experience Can Bring Us Happiness

To find that there is absolutely nothing missing in this moment, means living a life whose reference point comes from deep inside and not from the objects and experiences outside.

No experience can bring us happiness

“The ease of being” does not come from experiences or objects. To find that there is absolutely nothing missing in this moment, means living a life whose reference point comes from deep inside and not from the objects and experiences outside. To be deeply fulfilled, and then live from an expression of that fulfilment, is real happiness. In this video a woman asks Rupert Spira, that after all these years of coming to a retreat, she feels she still wants more. Rupert proceeds to explain the nature of true happiness. Start the day with this lovely video and establish this practice in your life.

Video length: 8 min 16 sec