Friday, February 18, 2011

Daily Insights: Happiness is About Attitude and Heart

To be happy is a basic desire of our human nature. There are no wonder mixes, cures, totems, books or gurus that can make us happy. Happiness comes from within. To generate happiness in your life, you need to look at your attitude.

On a daily basis how is your attitude towards yourself and other? Are you compassionate and kind, or do you walk around with a sledge hammer thrown over your shoulder?

If we wake each day with a postive attitude and a willingness to live our lives with patience and compassion we can truly find that what our heart desires: happiness.

"It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come." ~ Dalai Lama

Happiness.

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Namasté

Friday, February 11, 2011

Daily Insights:Invite Venus to Rule Your Friday

Friday's are ruled by the planet Venus - which means it's time to let romance, love and compassion flow into your life today.

In Greek mythology Venus is Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Venus is feminine and rules our world of love and all desires - allowing the Venus energy to run free in your life with bring you great joy and love.

How can we introduce more of this Venus energy into our lives? Since it's Friday there is no time like the present. One of my favorite things to do on Friday's is to create a little altar for Venus - my intention is to allow love and compassion to flow freely into my life.

What you need for your altar:

1-2 Candles (preferably white, red or pink)

2 tumbled stones (1 large and 1 smaller) - if you have rose quartz that would be the best

Red, White or Pink flowers (you can sprinkle some of the petals around the candles and stones)

Anything that represents love to you such as hearts, photographs, and so on.

Light your candles with the intention to invite love, joy, beauty and compassion into your life.

If you single and seeking a partner - ask that you be guided towards the right partner or that the right partner become present in your life. If you are already in a relationship you can ask for love and compassion to embrace your relationship.

There are a few mantra's you can also say to yourself during the lighting of your candles and throughout the day.

"Om Klim Shum Shukraya Namah" - this mantra invokes the planetary deity and energizes the higher powers of Venus (the power of love, delight, contentment and fulfillment).

One last thing you can do to evoke the energy of Venus is to wear the colors of love on Friday's - red, pink and white.

Enjoy the energy of Venus. May we all be blessed with everlasting joyful love!

"The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed." ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti


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Namasté