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 It's New Years, and I hope you have a good new fresh start and begin a new you. Tell your mind what to do, and then your mind will order the cells in your body what to do because this is just like you have been doing since your birth. You tell yourself to brush your teeth, then the cells in the hand will move, and the muscles of the arm will move the way the mind has ordered.
Similarly, now you begin to order your body and mind to do what you want, but according to the highest standard, then it will listen. The body is yours, the mind is yours, the brain is yours, it's up to you to give it information and orders.
The reason why we couldn't do anything before, or we are failures is because we didn't give enough orders to the brain as to what to do, and the brain cannot tell the cells what to do. So it continues to order in the old way. Sleep, drink, eat, produce children, work, and die.
Now we can do all that, not that we eliminate any of that; but we can do more useful things than just sleeping all the time or eating, and then finish our life. You can eat more simply - cook a quick meal.
Like this dinner, I just put some vegetarian protein in the pan, fried it with olive oil; and I put some tomatoes and chopped some of the green peppers, chopped some celery or fragrant herbs; then I put some salt, a little sugar, little Maggi; and poured it on top of the hot rice in dishes. That's it. Then I told my brain to tell my hand to put it in my mouth. All together it takes about ten or fifteen minutes.
Sometimes people elaborate a dinner for three hours. That can be done sometimes, but not all the time. Otherwise, we spend all our time in nonsense activities which can be used for some better things - more satisfactory for us, more useful for the society, and more fun.
Above all, wherever you go try to have fun; and don't repeat the same mistakes all the time. It's very boring. People can forgive us, but not every time. They can forgive us, but they cannot be interested in us when we make the same mistakes all the time. So we try not to make the same mistakes all the time. If people told you already they don't like that, don't do it twice; that should be more than enough. You should always remember that. If you don't remember, write it down: "Don't do this again!" Or you write the opposite.
For example, instead of saying "Don't walk north", you say "Walk south." Be more positive if you can. Instead of saying "Don't talk too loud," you say "Talk quietly, talk gently, or talk in a lower voice." Then repeat it yourself a few times. See if you can do it. If not, you repeat it again, and try not to always bore people with the same mistakes.
Mistakes we all can make, but not again and again and again. People might forgive us, but they'll want also to forget us. You know what I mean? No one likes to stay with the person who doesn't want to change their habit and improve their own quality. If the fault is ours, if that mistake is no good for us and for that person, you must admit it and try to eliminate it immediately. No excuse, no losing-face business.
And no saying that, "I am bigger and greater." No, no, no. If you are wrong, you apologize. Whatever you did last year that you didn't like, make a list of it in the opposite. For example, "Eat too much candy," and now you write out, "Drink a lot of water."
Don't dwell on the word "candy" inside. When you see the word "candy" you remember, "Oh, candy!" And you forget the word "don't". The mind is like that. When you see the word "don't," you see also the word "candy". You know what I mean? So maybe "don't candy" at the same time. So better you put it in the opposite terminology, it will help you.
Whatever you like to do, when you think it benefits yourself and others, try to do it this year. Make a list of what you want to do and do it. Admit your mistakes and apologize if you do wrong. If you don't do wrong, you don't have to apologize; just forget it. No need to argue too much, it wastes your and other people's time. If you can, explain it; if they don't believe, forget it. There's no big deal.
Try to meditate more of course. Every time -- walking, sitting, sleeping, working, break hours and everywhere try to always concentrate on your wisdom center, recite the protecting names, and this will help you a lot.
No need to always sit and see visions. If you improve, you will see everywhere that you have improved. Your love, your intelligence, your creative ability, your integration with people, your understanding of all other things - that is when you progress. No need to sit there and wait for the light all the time. Maybe the light comes, but then you don't see it; you are busy snoring. Or the sound comes when you're snoring, but it's so loud that you cannot compare with it.
The world will continue to exist if we meditate more. Try to generate positive energy without even thinking to do that. We do without doing, that's the best way.
Supreme Master Ching Hai is embodiment of wisdom,Truth,beauty and virtue.
Her every expression or actuon is a perfect example of natural goodness.
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