Meditation

• Choose a Convenient Time

• Meditation is essentially relaxation time, so it should be done entirely at your convenience. So, after the meditation you do right now, for the subsiquent meditations, choose a time when you know you are not likely to be disturbed and are free to relax and enjoy.

  The hours of sunrise and sunset, while nature transitions between day and night, are also ideal for the practice..

• Choose a Quiet Place

• Just like a convenient hour, choose a place where you not likely to be disturbed.
    Quiet and peaceful surroundings can make the meditation experience more   enjoyable and relaxing.

• Sit in a Comfortable Posture

• Your posture makes a difference too. Make sure you are relaxed, comfortable and steady.
  Sit straight with your spine erect; keep your shoulders and neck relaxed, and eyes closed throughout the process.
  That you have to sit in Padmasana (the lotus position) to meditate is a very common myth of meditation.

• Keep a Relatively Empty Stomach

• A good time to meditate is before having a meal.
    After food, you might doze off while meditating. However, do not force yourself to   meditate when you are very hungry.
    You will find it difficult because of hunger cramps or you may even keep thinking   about food the whole time! In this case, you can meditate after two hours after having food.

• Start With a Few Warm-ups

• A few warm-up or sukshma yoga exercises before sitting to meditate helps improve circulation, removes inertia and restlessness and makes the body feel lighter.
  You will be able to sit steadily for a longer time.

• Take a Few Deep Breaths

• This is again preparation for easy meditation. Deep breathing in and out as well as   doing some nadi shodhan pranayama before meditating is always a good idea. 
    This helps to steady the rhythm of the breath and leads the mind in to a peaceful   meditative state.

• Keep a Gentle Smile on Your Face

• You will see the difference.
  A gentle smile throughout keeps you relaxed, peaceful and enhances your meditation experience.

• Open Your Eyes Slowly and Gently

• As you come close to the end of the meditation, don't be in a hurry to open your eyes and start moving about.
    Open your eyes slowly and gradually and take time to become aware of yourself and your surroundings.

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Quotes !!

“You have  gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” | William W. Purkey

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” | Mahatma Gandhi

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” | Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” | Shel Silverstein

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” | Audrey Hepburn

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” |  Marianne Williamson, Return to Love

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” | Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” | Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” | Emily Dickinson

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” | Ralph Waldo Emerson

5 little decisions every day that improve their well-being

1. Happy people think about the past fondly.
   Perhaps unique among all animals, humans have the capacity to travel backward and forward in time—to use the “specious present” both to relive past life events and to think about the future. Our data shows that happy people appear to relive the ecstasy, but ignoring the agony, of days gone by. When happy people think about their past they focus on their good memories instead of dwelling on the negatives.
   
2. Happy people “catch” the emotions of others.
   Some sensitive people are vulnerable to experiencing others’ emotions—they can “catch” them during joyful (and sorrowful) experiences. Our data shows that when someone smiles warmly at happy people, they smile back and feel warm inside. Therefore, if you pay more attention to the positive emotions of other people, you should be happier.
   
3. Happy people live in a great community.
   A person is happiest when three basic psychological needs are satisfied: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Literally thousands of studies demonstrate the positive effect of psychological need satisfaction on happiness. Our data shows that these psychological needs can be met by one’s community. Happy people say that they feel belongingness where they live and that they look forward to coming home when they have been away.
   
4. Happy people manage their money well.
   Something that any of us can do every day is to make a budget and track our financial transactions so we don’t make impulsivepurchases. Research suggests that individuals will manage their money better when they have a clear goal—for example, paying off a credit card, saving for a comfortable retirement, or starting an emergency fund. Our data shows that if you manage your money better today, you will be happier tomorrow.
   
5. Happy people spend their money on life experiences instead of material items.
   Almost 10 years of research has investigated the effects of investing money in life experiences, as opposed to material items. There is now robust evidence that when people spend their money on life experiences they are happier than when they spend on material goods. However, our data further shows that people who habituallyspend their money on life experiences are happier than people who tend to buy material items.

Source : http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cant-buy-happiness/201301/5-things-happy-people-do-every-day-and-you-can-too

Think About It n Make A Change.

"I slept on benches everyday & borrowed 20 Rs/- from friend to travel to film city"
- Sharukh khan

"I failed in 8th standard"
-SACHIN TENDULKAR

"During my secondary school, I was dropped from school basketball
team"
-MICHAEL JORDAN

"I was rejected for the job in ALL INDIA RADIO bcoz of my heavy voice"
- AMITABH BACCHAN

"I used to work in petrol pump"
- DHIRUBHAI AMBANI

"I was rejected in d interview of PILOT"
- ABDUL KALAM

"I didn't even complete my university education"
- Bill Gates !!

"I was a dyslexic kid"
- TOM CRUIZE

"I was raped at the age of 9 "
- Oprah Winfrey

"I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training"
- Lionel Messi

"I used to sleep on the floor in friends'rooms,returning Coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple"
-Steve Jobs !!

"My teachers used to call me a failure"
- Tony Blair

"I was in prison for 27 years"
- Late President Nelson Mandela

and here comes d "THALIVA"

"At d age of 30, I was a bus conductor"
-RAJNI KANT

"Friends, there are many such people who struggled..

Life is not about what you couldn't do so far,
it's about what you can still do.
Wait and don't ever give up..
Miracles happen every day....!!
Latest miracle will be : A tea vendor becoming prime minister of India.

Rs.20 Seems Too Much To Give A Beggar But It Seems Okay When Its Given As Tip At A Fancy Restaurant.

After A Whole Day Of Work, Hours At The Gym Seem Alright But Helping Your Mother Out At Home Seems Like A Burden.

Praying To God For 3 Min Takes Too Much Time But Watching A Movie For 3 Hours Doesn't.

We Wait A Whole Year For Valentine's Day But We Always Forget Mother's Day.

Two Poor Starving Kids Sitting On The Pavement Weren't Given Even A Slice Of Bread But A Painting Of Them Sold For Lakhs Of Rupees.

We Don't Think Twice About Forwarding Jokes But We Will Rethink About Sending This Message On.

Think About It n Make A Change.

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS

Years pass by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments and how are we going to overcome this?

It is very easy, first take a bunch of parsley or Cilantro ( Coriander Leaves ) and wash it clean
Then cut it in small pieces and put it in a pot and pour clean water and boil it for ten minutes and let it cool down and then filter it and pour in a clean bottle and keep it inside refrigerator to cool.

Drink one glass daily and you will notice all salt and other accumulated poison coming out of your kidney by urination also you will be able to notice the difference which you never felt before.

Parsley (Cilantro) is known as best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is natural!

Source : Health Digest