Tuesday, June 02, 2009

How to Be Happy

Today to learn how to be happy, we're turning to Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, educationist, social reformer, nationalist, business-manager and composer who tells us:
You can't cross the sea merely by
standing and staring at the water.
Now, that's a good one, isn't it?

You know, in life, you won't find happiness or peace of mind by standing around feeling sorry for yourself or by not meditating because you're just too busy.

If you want to cross the sea to happiness and peace of mind, stop standing and staring.

Stop making excuses about how you're too busy or too tired or too distracted or too whatever.

Instead, right now, take a deep breath, hold for a second, and then exhale slowly. Feel the peace coming on as you slow down.

This is your true nature.

Repeat the above breathing technique at least two more times.

Now you're crossing the sea.

Ah! There's the happiness!

Chet "How to Be Happy" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com/blog

2 comments:

  1. Hi Chet. I was reading a page on your site about the dangers of the raw vegan diet and attempted to follow a link that didn't work.

    It was found in the paragraph below. I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know how to access the information. I have read Stanley Bass' site but maybe this is something new that I have not yet seen?

    Gian-Cursio attributed the problems to deficiencies in Vitamin B12. Cursio's student, Dr. Stanley S. Bass, later discovered that a vegan diet was also often deficient in Vitamin D. Apparently sunshine is not enough. Cursio's patients and their children only regained their health when they added egg yolks and raw milk cheese to their diet, as well as blended salads -- the Natural Hygiene equivalent of daily juicing. You must read this important information in its entirety and you can do so by clicking here. (This is a pdf file, so be patient while it loads into your browser.)

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  2. I fixed the broken link on the page you referenced:

    http://chetday.com/vegandietdangers.htm

    Chet

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