Find,Happiness,Why,You,Should, DIY Find Happiness 15: Why You Should Sit in a Park
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If you are intent on finding happiness, I would suggest that every now andthen you go and sit in a park or a farm (or a similar place) where it isreasonably quiet save for the occasional call of birds or animals (as a matterof fact it is Sunday as I write this, and Im in my backyard; it is very quietexcept for the occasional parrot screeching from the tall trees forming a huge,protective umbrella over me).Why I make this recommendation is because I would like you to notice theprocess you undergo when you are listening to, say, a bird call.If you have been following along with my general advice for finding thepeace within you, you will understand why I am asking you to perform thissimple exercise. In case it is not obvious, the reason is that it is practicefor watching your thoughts.And why should you become skilled at watching your thoughts? Because onceyou have located the silent witness to your thoughts and have started residingin that motionless, peaceful place, watching a thought is like listening to abird call. You are there, the thought arises, it stays there for a while andthen goes away. A thought is a sort of "brain-generated bird call".Lets get back to the park scenario. You are sitting there and things arefairly quiet. Then the bird call arises; it continues for a while, then itstops. And you have been listening to it all the while. You were listening, itcame, and it died down. And you were there after it was over. See how itspractice for watching your thoughts?To tie this into what I have said before, what you have to do is:Locate the peace beyond your mind by sitting in a quiet place and finding out who is aware of your thoughts. That is the basic, peaceful witness, the real you. During the rest of the day identify with that peaceful witness and let your thoughts come and go, translating them into action whenever you feel the necessity and not out of any compulsion. Let me again assure you that I am saying all this from first-handexperience. If I can do it, so can you.Good luck, get to it!
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