The Keys to Constant Happiness
You must want to know how to access your natural ability to let
go of any unwanted thought or feeling on the spot, even when you
are right in the middle of life's greatest challenges. It is
natural that you want to quickly and easily have all that you
choose, including the following:
- less stress -
improved self-esteem and confidence - greater financial
abundance - more loving relationships - more radiant health
and well being - an expanded sense of peace, love and joy in
life . . . and much more!
The following points can be used as daily reminders to live and
enjoy the happiness that is your birthright.
1. Look for Happiness in the Right Place.
We spend most of our time looking for happiness in all the wrong
places. If you simply look within, you can discover the source
of unlimited happiness now. Also, if you examine those things
that you think make you happy, I think you will find this
pattern inside. When you satisfy a particular desire, even
temporarily, your mind gets quieter and the happiness that is
your natural state is able to shine through a little more. If
you allow yourself to catch this process as it unfolds inside of
you, you will learn to take happiness directly from it's source
within you and you will enjoy everything that you have or do
more fully.
2. Stop Rushing Past Life.
Have the attitude of, "I have all the time in the world," even
when working on a deadline. You will not only feel happier but
you will get things done more easily and quickly. If you catch
yourself rushing, simply let go of pushing yourself as best you
can and allow yourself to take one step or one action at a time.
3. Let Go!
This is the core of the releasing! Most of us spend way too much
time holding onto what was. If you let go of what was, and stop
dragging it into the present or projecting it into the future,
you can enjoy what is now.
4. Accept What Is.
When we want to change what is, we suffer. If you just let go of
wanting to change what is as best you can, even for a moment,
you are immediately happier. Plus, you no longer have to hold
onto your problems in order to change them, and they often
change or clear up all by themselves.
5. Give From Your Heart.
The giver is truly blessed. Whenever you give without wanting
anything in return, even if it is just an understanding ear, you
are instantly happier. The key is in not expecting to get
anything from giving. If you want to get something back, you are
not truly giving and you miss the blessing of happiness that
true giving brings.
6. Give Love Instead of Trying to Get It.
If you look for others to give you love, you will often be
unhappy. However, if you allow yourself to be as loving as you
can for no reason at all, you will instantly feel happier. As Lester Levenson used to
say, "Love, love, love and you will always be happy."
7. Be Present With What Is.
If you are simply present with whatever you are experiencing
now, as opposed to what was or what might be, you will find
there is no end to your happiness. As best you can, take breaks
from trying to assign meaning and a history to the sounds,
sensations and pictures that arise in your awareness. Another
way to say this is to welcome whatever arises in your
consciousness as best you can.
8. Live Life Wide Open.
Even if there are supposed threats around you, when you close
off from your environment, you are only locking in suffering and
holding away happiness. The more you simply open inside you let
the pain you already have out and you become transparent to the
pain that appears to be coming from outside of you. When you are
truly open the pain can't stick to you.
9. Pick Agreements.
If you look for things to agree with just as they are, you can
find them, even at your darkest hour. Every time you pick an
agreement with what is in your experience, you experience more
happiness.
10. Expand Your Awareness.
As you expand your awareness, you expand your ability to feel
happy. You can do this quite simply by allowing your awareness
to be as contracted as it is and as expanded as it is. The more
you embrace both sides, the more you can recognize the vastness
that is your basic nature.
11. Accept the Possibility of Happiness Now.
Most of us are waiting for something to change in order to give
us an excuse to be happy. If we decide it is possible to be
happy, whether or not that something ever changes, we can become
happy now.