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Peace is the antonym of war, right? The word ‘peace’ and the word ‘anti-war’ mean the same right? Because obviously, if you’re anti-war, then you’re pro-peace, right?

WRONG.

Mother Teresa once said “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.” My hero Greg Mortenson said “If you fight terrorism, that’s based in fear. But if you promote peace, that’s based in hope”.

If you’re trying to stop wars, then all your doing is focusing on those wars and conflicts, and the more you focus on something, the more it perpetuates. If your focus is peace, however, then your mind and your heart is thinking, feeling, visualizing peace.

That’s all folks. No lengthy drawn-out conclusion, let the giants speak. Have a good weekend!

I recently mentioned that a lot of my posts, from now on, would be of the introspective nature. So why is introspection so huge for me right now? Because this is MY year, the year where everything falls into place:

• In terms of actual years alive, I’m … years old, and it’s a nice “milestone-like” number, the prime of age
• In numerology, where we go through 9-year cycles, I’ve recently started a new cycle, I’m in year 1: the beginning, the creation, unlimited potential
• It’s the year of the tiger in the chinese zodiac and I’m a tiger!

I didn’t hunt these numbers down, over the past 2 months, they got revealed to me (no, not in a freaky “twilight zone” way, just naturally, through reading and sharing with others). As per my “Time is of the essence” post, this is all about living in the now, making every day count, creating everyday, and living life to the fullest. It’s like being at the top of a ski slope filled with trepidation and excitement at the prospect of enjoying an amazing ride. THIS IS MY RIDE, here i go!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Time… strange lil’ bugger that one! Have you recently asked yourself:

• OMG, it’s 2010, where did 2009 go?
• has it really been 10 years since the millennium?
• It’s already February and I haven’t even begun to put my new years resolutions in place

If any of this sounds familiar, then Read the rest of this entry »

In an ideal world, I would have a blog post for every person who’s influenced my life. Ever since I’ve started on the path to self-actualization, so many have helped me, by adding something to my life, because I asked for it, and just when I needed it. But the bottom line in self-development is that you’re the only one who can change your own life.

So I’m not here to tell you that Deepak changed my life. But he sure gave me some tools and he definitely came at the right time. I feel like I’m back at school about to write a book report, but here’s what I remember from the book I bought in December 2009:

• Remembering how we’re all connected, how all positivity we bring gets put into the “pot” and therefore comes right back to us, but the same goes for negativity. I liked the connectivity theme in Avatar too.
• How meditating helps to reach that higher plane of consciousness
• How to identify with archetypes that guide you
• How to bring meaning and focus to every single day
• How signs are all around (and not in some fluffy way) and the answers to your questions are right there, you just have to ask

Finally, the book gives you daily mediation exercises for every day of the week, so it’s handy to keep around.

Speaking of answers…. here I was at the airport on the way to Spain, and I realized I had nothing to read. At that point, I walked past a airport newsstand. Usually, I would have picked up a couple gossip magazines, but this time, i walked towards the book section. At the same time, my mind wandered to how quickly time flies and that it was already the end of 2009, and how i wished I would be more focused in 2010. I ended up choosing Deepak’s book that day. My answer was in that book.

PS. I’m hoping to go see him when he visits Montreal this March.

So I saw Avatar last night. First, I highly recommend 3D. There is so much thought given and work put into the visuals, that you’re doing yourself a favor by seeing it in IMAX, it’s what it was designed for. You will be in awe.

Story / Character Development

The story was fine, better than what I had heard. OK, there was nothing “new”, but then, as I talk about below, it’s rather descriptive of our own history, isn’t it? We’re constantly making the same mistakes Read the rest of this entry »