[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In these turbulent times support of inner stability is paramount, hence the ability to set clear guidance and direction, focus attention on inner personal resources and activate them gain crucial importance. Putting aside the futility of the world and pursuit of passing pleasures, many of us discover the world of consciousness and basic values.
Certainly, during any kind of outbreak it is important to take care of health and immune system. There has been a lot reported about these issues. But it is also important that our immune system and overall physical condition are influenced much by our thoughts and emotions.
Misguided thinking causes misguided emotions.
Lasting stress triggers a range of changes in the organism, which negatively affect the immune system – the respond to the stress might be more destructive, than the stress itself. The sequencies of this global lesson and our health depend not only on the pandemia but also on our reaction to it.
This is why, in the present situation, along with paramedical and sanitation procedures, it is paramount to stay calm, not to panic and to focus on positive thinking.
We will give simple recommendations, which can help you to control correctly your emotions and to stay on a more positive note.
Recommendation One.
Find an anchor point. What can help relieve stress and anxiety?[/vc_column_text][us_single_image image=»3115″][vc_column_text]In the dynamic world we always have something that remains constant: we can appreciate the sunlight, respect each other, value our loved ones, take care of our health … This and many more, which does not depend on the outer circumstances.
So, to relieve our anxiety you need to rely in the basic things that give you the feeling of support and confidence in the futire: your family, health of your children, your favourite coffee in the morning. It is important to identify in your mind the things that remained constant.
Recommended practice
Take a blank piece of paper, orient it horizontally and divide it into 4 columns.
In the first column put down all that you have in the zone of stability. For example, your family, parents, friends, home, communication, inner values.
In the second column put down all that currently is changing or being addressed. For example, the time we are living in, the work, the incomes and the expenditures.
In the third column specify your basic needs (the so called basic egoism) – which means the amount of attention you need, positive emotions from your loved ones addressed to you, your personal time.
In the fourth column put down the things that the world is expecting from you (which you can give). For instance, respect to your parents, attention to your children, a support to your loved ones, your wisdom, ability to create beauty and atmosphere, artistic skills, care and empathy.
The practice is not complicated, but it is effective – it will help you to see your life the right light, to determine your basic support and to know yourself better.
Recommendation two.
Interest to yourself and to own life.[/vc_column_text][us_single_image image=»3118″][vc_column_text]We got used to evaluate ourselves from the point of the surrounding world and people: if we have been praised, we are good; if we have a prestigious job, we are successful…
But is this the meaning of our life? Does it really make us happy?
Stop and evaluate your life from the point of your feelings and emotions, instead of the point of outer factors. Do you like what do you do, does it bring you satisfaction, do you feel yourself really well after you do this? Give yourself a mark based on your emotional state, accompanying you during these actions, not based on the evaluation from others.
Recall about the wishes, which you have wanted to fulfil since ancient times, but you suffered the lack of time: to read a book, to learn drawing, to learn baking pies, and, finally, to spare the time for yourself.
Also, try to recall the activities that you enjoyed in the childhood. Indeed, it is well known, that all the keys to our happiness are hidden exactly there. You have yet to find them and to open the your door called “Paradise”.
Recommended practice – the practice of undoing.
This practice allows us to adapt faster to new conditions of life. For instance, we can try sweeping the floor with the left hand, not right one, walking backwards, concentrating on smelling – instead of seeing and hearing the world, we are smelling it.
Smile at yourself before getting up. Do this consciously, before you open your eyes. Before telling a person about yourself, ask him how he is doing, what he is feeling, if he needs help.
Intellectual undoing is watching a TV program you have never seen before, as you thought that it would not be interesting for you by some reason. Still be careful. The boundary signal that you are enough is your emotion of irritation.
A good practice can be the following – if a person have never baked and though that he could not do it, you can find a simple recipe and bake something. And it does not matter what you will get as a result. The key point of this practice is to release your inner strength.
Recommendation three.
Fear to act or initiative.
During the period of changes it is very important not to be afraid of doing something in a new way. This is why, to activate your initiative, you need to switch from fear to interest.
Here, a wonderful assistant can become your curiosity, which actually refers to the child’s part of your personality. In the childhood we were so much interested in learning and studying. We did not give marks and did not issue verdicts against ourselves. We were gaining experience and knowledge.
We offer to try the practice that will help to recall the taste of reckless childhood, widen habitual horizons and look at the world as an opportunity. This practice is a very good family activity for all the members. It will open a new view at your loved ones, widen the zone of “us”, and help to find the tools to build up interpersonal relations. Besides, it is a good way to spend your time with the family and loved ones and fill it with positive emotions.
The practice also helps to develop creative thinking, flexibility, an unconventional solution of any life’s biggest questions.
Recommended practices: Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What.
Find an unconventional application for any item of your choice.
For example:
Having got out of the house, choose an untraditional for you route. Or, if you usually take decisions on your own, let someone of your family choose the route for you. Pick up any item on your way: a stone, a leaf, or a twig. Try to invent as many unconventional applications of the item as possible. For example, a stick, or a twig can be used as a bookmark, it can be used for stirring, as a fixator, as a drawing tool, etc. Attempt to think of at least 30 nonstandard ways of application.
Recommendation four.
The swing of things. Widening the boundaries of our communication.[/vc_column_text][us_single_image image=»3121″][vc_column_text]We have a habitual social circle of communication, habitual topics of conversation. At least once a month try to call to your old acquaintance, classmate, or a person you have wanted to phone to for a long time, but you didn’t have the time.
The world is the ocean of opportunities, but if we got stuck in a narrow creek, where you are feeling roomless, boring and uninspiring, we should paddle towards the ocean, to widen the borders of global perception, to open new horizons and to see new prospects.
Recommendation five.
Learning to give thanks.[/vc_column_text][us_single_image image=»3124″][vc_column_text]Positive attitude to life is given by a simple gratitude and understanding that our life is unique and inimitable. And indeed, it is us, who decide who we shall live this day – it does not depend on external conditions, it depends on our wish to be happy and balanced.
Be able to appreciate what you have, do not look at your life with the feeling that something is missing. Be able to give thanks. Value your life and the life of your loved ones.[/vc_column_text][us_single_image image=»3127″][vc_column_text]There is one more amazing practice. It is very simple, does not take much time, but also helps us to take a fresh look at our life, and has a balancing effect.
During the bedtime look through your day in the mind and recall the events of the day in the reverse order, evaluate it — what was good today, what was not satisfactory for you (you or the world) and think of what you would like to change. In case you have done something that made you dissatisfied, do not issue a verdict against yourself and do not assign punishment, just tell yourself that tomorrow you will try to do this in a different way.
Nevertheless, please be careful about making promises. It is better and more correctly to say that you will try to do something, than to give yourself owes to become a different person. Unfulfilled promises bond our life energy and become an invisible load for the soul.
In the following publications we will describe the influence of our emotions on our life. Also, we will give recommendations on control of emotions. We will be looking at the existing situation from the point: «What has everything started from? Or, why we are where we are?»
Keep up with our publications.
With love,
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