meaning of true happiness
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True Happiness – 3 Truths You May Have Forgotten

We all want to be happy and are constantly looking for things to make us happy. But what is true happiness? What if happiness wasn’t tied to the things you get and the circumstances you find yourself in? Let’s take a new perspective and try to figure out the meaning of true happiness. For years…

important question
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The Most Important Question To Ask Yourself

Regarding your life, what’s the most important question to ask yourself? For personal growth purposes and for achieving your goals in life, the most important question to ask yourself is: “Is this working?” Ok, I’m not going to argue whether this really is the most important, but I’d say it’s definitely in the top 3…

perception
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You See What You Believe – Perception Is Everything

Your perception of things is everything. How you look at your life determines the way your life will be like. Your perception, point of view, determines how you think and how you think about things determines what you will come to believe. As you know, your beliefs control your life (mostly subconsciously), therefore changing your…

beginning anew
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A New Beginning: Change Your Life by Changing Your Mind

Spring is upon us here in the northern hemisphere of planet earth. To me it is always one of those “new beginning”-type of moments. Something new and exciting is coming! It’s always been my absolute favourite time of the year. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I was born in late…

Limiting beliefs
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How To Identify And Fix Your Limiting Beliefs?

One of the things that was somewhat annoying to me when I started my journey with spiritual practices, was the fact that many teachers in books or videos talked about working on your issues without discussing how to identify those issues. They offered powerful methods on working on your deeper issues, or limiting beliefs, in…

spiritual needs
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What Does a Human Need to Be Happy 3/3: Spiritual Needs

This is the third part of our series of understanding and fulfilling human needs. As our guide, we have used Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, drawn in the shape of a pyramid (below). Well, my drawing is more like half a pyramid, but it gets the job done. The first part was about basic human needs,…

Physiological Needs
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What Does a Human Need to Be Happy 1/3: Physiological Needs

How do we provide for human physiological needs? Not to mention our emotional needs. And I’m not talking just about taking care of our children. I’m talking about human beings in general.  There’s more to this question than meets the eye. To gain a deeper understanding, let’s start with an example. If you’ve ever owned a…

Not Needing
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The #1 Reason Why You Shouldn’t Want Or Need Anything

Our mind is an incredibly powerful tool. Did you know that there’s for example no such thing as a good memory or a bad memory?* There’s only a trained memory or an untrained memory. The best thinkers among us through the centuries have given us incredible inventions, some even unlocking the mysteries of the universe…

How To Feel Happy
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How To Let Go Of Fear And Feel Happy (During Hard Times)

Author’s note Dec 17th, 2022: This blog post was originally written during the pandemic in late 2020. Hopefully, we have rid ourselves of the pandemic now, but the message here is timeless and applies to any challenging times in life. This blog will start out way differently than I thought, would be an understatement at…