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be for real  

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being nice and feeling sweet is a fake happiness.

a healthy diet is not based on honey or sugar.
when i act this way it is to avoid reality, to avoid real life.
it is distraction and not authentic.
it's a way of holding on and hoarding all the stuff i don't want to feel.
it is a way of controlling myself and the people around me. it pushes down and denies life.
my anger builds and is stored in this way. hidden anger that is revealed in violent outbursts.
my criticism of others is evidence of this denied anger.

being real is being present to my feelings and others feelings without judgment.
it seems brave and daring to me, but that's because i believe that i fear feelings and judgments.

Yogi Bhajan - "be direct, innocent, and graceful."

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chakra clearing yoga  

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root - anger - cultivate kindness
sex - neediness (hoarding) - cultivate generosity
navel - ignorance - cultivate wisdom
heart - jealousy - cultivate compassion
throat - excessive pride -
3rd eye -
crown - laziness/sloth - cultivate action, on point

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unconditional love is a healthy mind  

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taking things personally is the opposite of unconditional love.


i want to be loved unconditionally.


acceptance is non-attachment.


letting go means letting go of all attachment - not just letting go of hurt and anger and negatives, but also positives like hope and desire and passion and love itself.


unconditional love is exactly how i would like to be treated.


taking responsibility means anytime that i judge, every time! that i judge, i take responsibility for it.


don't ask others to clean up their act or be better friends. and if i do, then take responsibility. watch for this when feeling hurt or angry or judgmental.


i can ask for time to express my feelings or i can even ask to express my judgments. but expecting it as a right, demanding it, is blame (guilt turned outward against the people that i love).


all expectation is a form of attachment.


all taking things personally, all getting hurt is a form of attachment.


all right and wrong (judgment) is a form of attachment.


there is no love in attachment.


non-violence is complete surrender and total acceptance.


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when i feel hurt or angry  

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when I feel absolutely right and justified in my anger or hurt.
when I feel driven to be heard.
when I don't see choices anymore.
that's the time when I need to have compassion.
that's when I need to listen.
that's when I need to put myself in the other person's place.
because that's when I hurt someone's feelings or hear their feelings.
that's when I try to force someone to listen or listen to them.
that's when I demand that someone change or accept them and get to know them better.
that's when I try to take away someone's freedom or support their happiness.
when I feel hurt or angry.

that's when I can choose to show the love in my heart.
that's when I can choose to be compassionate.

the struggle for power and control has dominated my heart and betrayed love for the last time.

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