Month: November 2015

Look up and look down. Look at the big and the small. See Magic, Mystery and Miracles everywhere. See all the beauty that surrounds you.

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to reflect on what you can do to solve conflicts and bring about reconciliation and harmony.

Instead of looking for solutions out there, somewhere, let us look for them within our own selves. Instead of looking at others as the source of problems, let us first focus our attention on our own selves, and ask, “What am I doing? Do the things I do contribute to the solution, or do they exacerbate the problem? Am I reaching out, or am I keeping myself at a distance? What efforts am I making to get closer to other people? What efforts am I making to understand them? Do I engage in respectful conversations, or am I addicted to criticism and blame? Can I step inside their shoes? Can I see through their eyes and see how they see? Can I feel what they feel?”

When we point one finger at someone else, remember that there are three fingers pointing right back at us, while the thumb is usually pointing up, reminding us that we should move to a higher ground, where we are less emotionally charged, aggressive and violent, and where we are more sensitive, respectful and emphatic. This higher ground is a place where nonviolent communication exists, and where conflict resolution and reconciliation takes place.

Instead of initiating your phrases with “You” — and filling your speech with blame and accusations – strive to commence you phrases with “I,” sharing your feelings. People will listen to you, and you will be giving them a chance to understand. You will be educating them. But whenever you start with “You,” people immediately become defensive; they will not listen to what you have to say.

Instead of talking about “those people,” focus on your own self, and what you can do to bring more of Heaven to Earth. When you refer to “those people,” you are imagining a stereotype, a fantasy of your imagination. Strive to individualize. Focus on a real person in front of you. That person is the one you must try to understand, and the one you can help see as you see.

Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

November 14

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?

Look with the eyes of the body and see with the eyes of the soul. See Magic, Mystery and Miracles everywhere.

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to grow personally and heal the wounds of the world.

Have you resigned yourself to live with your prejudices, and therefore live a confined, limited life, or, knowing that prejudices are learned, have you decided to unlearn them in order to expand your understanding and appreciation of life?

Are you isolating yourself in the safe and comfortable territory of your own tribe? Are you looking for and finding instances that reinforce your prejudices? Are you joining your fellow tribesmen in criticizing and condemning the members of the other tribes? Or are you venturing out to get to know those strangers personally?

Are you willing to be the one who initiates conversations that can create bonds and put an end to misunderstanding, separation, violence and aggression?

You must ask yourself, “What am I going to do? Am I going to spend my life by the sidelines, finding fault and complaining, or am I going to take the risk, and enter the court in order to give my contribution?”

So, today is a good day to engage in a committed practice of silence and solitude. Today, and every day, is a good day to meditate. Today, I invite you to go to your place of peace, listen to the voice of the Universe, and get to experience a sense of oneness. Get to know, with every fiber of your being, that we are all one. Get to know that we are, at the same time, human and divine, mortal and immortal, independent and interdependent, separated and connected, many and one. Realize that when we wound someone else, we are wounding our own selves, our loved ones, and the entire humanity, even the ones still to be born. Realize that violence is not the answer, and will never be. Violence only begets more violence, and that we know.

So, do not allow yourself to be seduced by the “us and them” ideologies of a world divided in tribes. We are more than the tribes we identify ourselves with. We, all of us, are human beings, and the similarities that unite us are much greater than the differences that separate us.

Find peace within yourself, and help others find peace within their own selves. Do the inner-work necessary to achieve a higher consciousness and experience oneness. Free yourself from the illusion of separateness and from the shackles of prejudice and hatred. Nurture what unites, not what divides. Practice gratitude. Practice mindfulness. Practice nonviolence in all you do: nonviolent communication and nonviolent conflict resolution. Extend yourself, reach out, get to know members of other tribes, learn about their tribes, teach about yours, make friends, expand your understanding, and enhance peace. Promote social justice in order to put an end to the structural violence – the oppression and exploitation of the powerless by the powerful — which causes the majority of the direct violence in the world. Do to others what you would like them to do to you, and don’t do to others what you wouldn’t want them to do to you. Practice optimism, and believe in a brighter future. Be kind and generous with everyone you meet. Be of service to others. Do what you like, and like what you do. Follow your bliss, and persevere in order to give your unique contributions to the world. Accomplish great things without ever forgetting to do all the small things along the way with great love. Strive to be the best that you can be, and never forget to help and support others so they too can be the best that they can be. Strive to feel good at all times, and make it a habit, at every moment, to try to feel better than you felt before. See all the beauty that surrounds you, and be amazed, grateful and happy. Enjoy the beauty of the Garden, and have fun in the Playground. Share your toys. And if you feel like doing it, give your contribution to make the Garden more beautiful, and the Playground more enjoyable. Bring Heaven to Earth, and reveal it to others. Teach them to see beyond what they see.

The truth is that only a widespread awareness of our divine nature and oneness can develop the solidarity capable of bringing forth universal and lasting justice, peace and unity. This is essential. This is the way, the only way.

Do so, enhance the quality of your life, and make the world a better place.

Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” ~ George Bernard Shaw, in “Man and Superman.”

“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I’ve got to hold up for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

November 15

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?

Look around and see Magic, Mystery and Miracles everywhere.

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to realize, or remember, that we are not separated from one another.

There’s a lot of division and violence in the world, and we all live in a state of fear: fear that something bad may happen to us, fear that someone may harm us, fear that we may die. Most of the time, this fear is just hovering in the background, silently, but every now and then, depending on the situation, it emerges, and when it does, it becomes very noticeable.

The root of this ever-present fear is caused by our incapacity to see beyond what we see. We see ourselves as beings separated from one another, but we are incapable of seeing that we also are an unified whole. This strong feeling of separateness makes us feel very vulnerable, and develops in us an urge to protect ourselves from potential threats. We, then, gather together with other fearful human beings, those whom we feel affinity with, to organize and defend ourselves.

The fact that we are brought up in an environment where everyone sees the world in terms of us and them, allies and enemies, good guys and bad ones, surely doesn’t help. But since that’s what we are taught and learn from an early age, we simply accept that this is the way things are, and it doesn’t even cross our minds to question the veracity of this paradigm. We, except for a few, don’t take the time to examine and take a deeper look at all this, and we don’t even see a reason why we should: we are convinced that this is so. We believe that our physical existence, and what we are able to perceive and apprehend with our (limited) physical senses, is all that there is. We are immersed in this prevailing paradigm, and we can’t see how it affects what and how we see. We are like fish immersed in water, completely unaware of the liquid that surrounds us.

This view of life is the one that keeps creating pain and suffering in the world, and maybe the only way to overcome all the insanity, all the violence, all the anguish, is to adopt a new paradigm, a new understanding, a new view. And in order to get there, there is a lot of inner-work to be done. While we continue to do our best to curb the violence and solve the problems we face in this physical dimension with minimum damage, we must, at the same time, as humanity, do what is necessary to climb to a higher plane of consciousness where we can expand our vision, and come up with inspired and lasting solutions for our problems.

So, today is a good day to engage in a committed practice of silence and solitude. Today, and every day, is a good day to meditate. Today, I invite you to go to your place of peace in the center of your being. Listen to the voice of the Universe, and get to experience a sense of oneness. Get to know, with every fiber of your being, that we are all one. Get to know that we are, at the same time, human and divine, mortal and immortal, independent and interdependent, separated and connected, many and one. Realize that when we wound someone else, we are wounding our own selves, our loved ones, and the entire humanity, even the ones still to be born. Realize that violence is not the answer, and will never be. Violence only begets more violence, and that we know well.

So, do not allow yourself to be seduced by the “us and them” ideologies of a world divided in tribes. We are more than the tribes we identify ourselves with. We, all of us, are human beings, and the similarities that unite us are much greater than the differences that separate us.

Find peace within yourself, and help others find peace within their own selves. Do the inner-work necessary to achieve a higher consciousness and experience oneness. Free yourself from the illusion of separateness and from the shackles of prejudice and hatred. Nurture what unites, not what divides. Practice mindfulness. Practice nonviolence in all you do: nonviolent communication and nonviolent conflict resolution. Extend yourself, reach out, get to know members of other tribes, learn about their tribes, teach about yours, make friends, expand your understanding, and enhance peace. Stay away from those in your tribe who propagate radical messages, who are constantly blaming other tribes, those who advocate the use of violence to solve conflicts. Promote social justice in order to put an end to the structural violence – the oppression and exploitation of the powerless by the powerful — which causes the majority of the direct violence in the world. Do to others what you would like them to do to you, and don’t do to others what you wouldn’t want them to do to you. Practice optimism, and believe in a brighter future. Be kind and generous with everyone you meet. Be of service to others. Do what you like, and like what you do. Follow your bliss, and persevere in order to give your unique contributions to the world. Accomplish great things without ever forgetting to do all the small things along the way with great love. Strive to be the best that you can be, and never forget to help and support others so they too can be the best that they can be. Strive to feel good at all times, and make it a habit, at every moment, to try to feel better than you felt before. See all the beauty that surrounds you, and be amazed, grateful and happy. Enjoy the beauty of the Garden, and have fun in the Playground. Share your toys. And if you feel like doing it, give your contribution to make the Garden more beautiful, and the Playground more enjoyable. Bring Heaven to Earth, and reveal it to others; teach them to see beyond what they see.

The truth is that only a widespread awareness of our divine nature and oneness can develop the solidarity capable of bringing forth universal and lasting justice, peace and unity. This is essential. This is the way, the only way.

Are you part of the solution, or part of the problem? You know what you have to do, don’t you? What are you waiting for? Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ~ Albert Einstein

November 16

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?

Look around and be amazed by the beauty that surrounds you. Be grateful for all the gifts that were given to you. Be happy.

Today is a good day to live mindfully in order to create a good life.

Nothing has more impact in the quality of your life than your states of mind. That’s why it is so important to be vigilant and aware of your emotions and thoughts. A good life is a collection of good moments, and in order to create many good moments, practice the art of mindful living. Pause and ask yourself often, “How am I feeling right now? Why am I feeling this way? How can I improve the way I feel? What should I do to feel better?” Your thoughts create your reality. Your experience, right now, may not be exactly what you imagined, but right thoughts can reformat your understanding and allow you to see the positive in it. The more positive aspects you see, the better you feel. The better you feel, the better your life is. Say to yourself, “I am on the road to live an even better life than the great life that I am living right now.” See the positive in everything, and be grateful. Appreciate every moment, and consciously keep making every new moment better than the previous one. Expect good things.

Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

Look around. Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to heal the world by focusing your attention on the people around you.

Pay attention to the people in your life, to those close to you. Pay attention to your loved ones, to your family members, to your friends. Pay attention to people who happen to be in front of you, beside you, and behind you, those with whom you are sharing this present moment, this space and time. Pay attention to whoever may be with you at any given moment. Realize that the Forces of the Universe brought you together, and that there is a reason for that.

Today, I invite you to make a commitment of giving of yourself to all of them.

Give your love, time, and attention to all of them.

Be generous, charitable, benevolent, altruistic, and selfless with all of them.

Be caring, thoughtful, considerate, attentive, and conscientious with all of them.

Be courteous, civil, polite, respectful, and understanding with all of them.

Be accepting, appreciative, grateful, gracious, and gentle with all of them.

Be calm, peaceful, serene, forgiving, and patient with all of them.

Be compassionate, supportive, and helpful with all of them.

Be kind with them all.

Just do it, and make the world a better place.

Namaste. ~ Piero

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ~ Dalai Lama

November 8

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?

Look around and see beauty everywhere.

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to think about living a life that you love.

If you are unsure of what to do with your life, or what your true passion is, here are some questions that can help you. Ask yourself, “What do I like to do? What attracts my attention? What am I curious about? What do I like talking, watching, reading and writing about? What excites me? What do I like to do in my free time? What are the things I enjoy doing?” And if you are unsure of what you like, try different things. Experiment. Maybe you will find out that what you thought was going to bring you joy, proved not to be so.

Do the things you love, without thinking too much, and stop doing the things you don’t love, also without thinking too much. If you like something, just do it, and simply stop doing what doesn’t bring you joy, without recriminating yourself for quitting.

The truth is that we don’t need to find our passion because our passion always finds us. We know what we are passionate about, but we keep avoiding to acknowledge it. We refuse to accept our calling. We try to ignore it. We don’t follow our bliss because there are risks involved, and we are afraid of them. Since we don’t know if we will be successful, we choose to play it safe.

But what if we gave it a fair try and found out that we can live a good life doing what we love? Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Isn’t that what we want?

So, do more of what you like and less of what you dislike. Go have fun doing the things you enjoy, and know that there is exactly where you will find the answers.

Namaste. ~ Piero

Look deeply and see what you were not able to see before. Look with the eyes of the heart and see all the Magic, Mystery, and Miracles that surround you. Today, decide that you will pay greater attention, look for the beauty in the Universe intentionally, appreciate it, and allow it to touch your soul.

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to forgive yourself for your mistakes.

Don’t chastise yourself for the poor choices you have made. Do not consume yourself with remorse, constantly reliving the errs of the past and condemning yourself for them. Protect your own self from those thought-attacks. Whenever they come up, do not push them away brusquely, but, instead, calmly choose to apply the CARR technique: Catch, Acknowledge, Release, and Return. Catch the disturbing thoughts and images. Acknowledge them, and take a good look at them as an external, non-emotionally involved observer. Gently, and consciously, choose to release these thoughts and emotions, and return to your life in the present moment, and to better-feeling thoughts. Be appreciative of your life in the here-now, and be grateful for the lessons learned through your mistakes. A time will come when you will be ready to forgive yourself, and the mistakes of the past will be seen as lessons that you had to learn. Then, you will say to yourself, ” I’ve learned the lesson. I am grateful for it. I forgive myself. I am moving on.”

No one is perfect. We all have done things we are not proud of. Life is an adventure full of risks. We are here to live and to learn. Do not let your failures, and the fear of failing again, discourage you, and stop you from trying. Learn, be grateful, forgive, and move on.

Learn to be your own best friend.

Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

Here we are, living this amazing journey we call life. Let us remember to laugh, love, enjoy the beauty of this garden and have fun in this amazing playground that was given to us. Take in all the Magic, Mystery, and Miracles that surround you. Life is good!

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to think about our urge to do a lot of things. Why do we want to do so much? Why do we worry so much about being efficient and productive? Maybe our greatest contribution to the world is to be happy, content and satisfied. Maybe we should focus on finding contentment in our lives.

So, today, I invite you to be mindful of your moods, and choose better-feeling thoughts, every moment, moment after moment. Focus on being happy, content and satisfied.

Focus on being happier now than you were a moment ago, and to be even happier in the moment that is coming.

Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

November 3, 2015

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?

Look around. The Universe is a boundless field of possibilities, and the beauty of it is that if you aren’t loving the life you’re living, you can choose a new life — a new way of living — at any moment. Isn’t that awesome?

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

How are you going to live this day? How can you make of this day the best day ever? What do you need to do to populate your mind today with thoughts that produce good feelings?

Today is a good day to get good at choosing thoughts that make you feel better.

Begin by practicing the art of living mindfully. Practice to pay attention and to be aware of your thoughts and emotions. Be mindful of your feelings. How are you feeling right now? Would you like to feel better? If so, pause, acknowledge what you are feeling, identify the thought behind this disturbing feeling, release it, and consciously choose another thought to replace it, one that makes you feel better. Now, focus on this new thought for some time. Use your imagination, and see yourself feeling better. Give it some time and you will actually feel better. Do this regularly, and you will surely enhance the quality of your life.

Just do it!

Namaste. ~ Piero

“Reach for the best-feeling thought that you have access to right now, and as you that again and again, in a short period of time you will find yourself in a very good-feeling place.” ~ Abraham – Hicks

October 24

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?

Today is a good day to make a commitment: “From this day on, I will take the necessary steps to simplify my life. I will get rid of time-wasters, and I will increase the time I dedicate to the things I love to do.”

The night went away, and the sun came out again. The celestial spheres continue to dance through the cosmos. Magic, Mystery and Miracles are here. We are here. Can you hear the silence?

Be amazed! Be grateful! Be happy!

Today is a good day to feel firmly established, safe, and sure of yourself.

Go to the center of your being, connect with the Divine Source, and find a sense of peace and stability. Feel that you are complete, that nothing is missing, and that you already know what you need to know. Feel that you already have all you need to have. Feel that you already are all you need to be. Rest in the comfort and confidence of knowing that you don’t need to know more, do more, have more, or be more. Feel that you are perfect and complete already. Feel good about yourself.

In the quietness of this morning, take time to plan. How are you going to use your time today? Be selective, and choose wisely. As you go through the day, stay in connection with the Sacred Energy. Go back to your plan often, and act on what you have planned. Focus, and move decisively, confidently, smoothly, and gracefully. This will dissipate all confusion, anxiety, or despair. Make of this day, a great day, focusing on the here-now, and enjoying every moment. And make it your goal to bring happiness to others.

Just do it! And know that by doing this, you will be enhancing the quality of your life, and making the world a better place for all.

Namaste. ~ Piero

October 17

Good morning!

Today is another beautiful day in Paradise, isn’t it?