Thursday, February 27, 2014

7 types of men in the universe!



How many types of men do you think exist in this world? Have you read ”The little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry? Do not suffice to the cartoon you watched, this book is a ”must read”!
I think there are 7 types of men.

The little Prince is traveling through the universe, he leaves his own planet where he had a Red Rose that he cared for and watered everyday. Day by day he grew feelings for the flower without realizing and when he left, he couldn’t stop thinking about her.

On his journey he goes to 6 different Asteroid and on each one he meets a man!

1. A king , to whom all men are subjects, he reigns the stars and he orders!
2. A conceited man to whom all men are admirer and, he only hears praise! He wants to be applauded for.
3. A tippler who drinks to forget! And the little Prince asks to forget what? He says that he is ashamed.
4. A businessman who is always working and calculating, concerned  with” matters of consequence” as he says it. He believes he owns the stars. He doesn’t want to waste his time.
5. A lamplighter who is ordered to do so, he lights the lamp at night and turns it off in the morning. He is so tired of his work and all he wants is to sleep!
6. A geographer  who is a scholar. He knows the location of all the rivers and mountains but he is not an explorer!

Can you identify some of these types with the men you have met? I am thinking actually that might be it!
 Unless the guy develops spiritual qualities in himself, if his Being doesn’t develop more than his Human side, he is one of the boring guys of the story, regardless of him being a king, a scholar or a well achieved businessman.

The little Prince asks the geographer which place do you advice me to go? He says ” The planet Earth, it has a good reputation ”! 

The little Prince leaves thinking about his red flower.

If you have read the story who do you associate yourself with? Have you met the Prince? Are you hanging out with a King? A proud/spoiled man? An addict? A workaholic? A man with a simple job but a good friend? Or a scholar? 

And in your story are you the Red Rose? The fox  who begged the little Prince to tame him?
 Have you ever been tamed? Did he know after he tamed you he is responsible for you? Or he wasn’t a Prince to know this?


Friday, February 21, 2014

Do you have a mother language?

Do you speak your mother language? What does the phrase mother language resonate in you? If you have never met your mother or for example you are adopted? How is that?

 If you have been forced to immigrate from your original country, brought up in a different place than your mother land and don't even speak your mother language well, how do you feel?

 Does it bother you that even with your own mother or father you can not communicate properly?

I have met so many people who have been brought up elsewhere, speak the language of that country as their first language -and usually many other languages-yet don't really have a common language with their parents.

Lets put it this way. Communication with parents could be challenging for many of us, regardless of the common language and I am talking out of my own experience.

The new language though, the Virtual language, has some amazing elements. When you chat on facebook you send a pink heart and your girlfriend responds with the same one. I must admit I like the heart on Skype because it beats, pretty amazing hah!
When you chat on Skype you receive a hug and you send a hug back. Sometimes we get so emotional and we send a bunch of kisses back.

My point is when it comes to communication, mirroring, or repeating exact same thing we have heard, clothed with love and kindness may work pretty well. The other party feels heard and understood, two rare phenomenon in the arena of conflicting communication :)

For those of us who may not speak our mother language well, repeating what she/he says helps us learn the language. In case you say it wrong she/he may repeat it and say " I didn't say this, I said that!"

It seems love, as usual, when comes to picture, resolves, heals and flows.

21st of February is The International Day of Mother language. Make sure you speak you mother tongue today at least for 10 minutes and do not forget to cloth it with love .) Because then and only then the words will become meaningful and they attract the hearts.


Thursday, February 20, 2014

Writing out of love about what is abnormal.

 Have you ever tried to be abnormal? LOL! Have you seen an abnormal person? Hopefully at some point we all have.

One of the capacities of our brain is judgment, and we do, right and left judge whatever we see. This is big, that is small, colorful, fragrant, dull, exciting, handsome, religious, fanatical, spiritual, gay, beautiful, humble, unreachable, red, green, interesting, hmmm, whao,auch,ooogh and you name it.

These are all the judgments we do, we like to locate and identify objects and matters therefore we put a sticker on them. Many philosophers, leaders of thoughts and before them Prophets and Messengers have tried to teach us to look at things without judging them. Why would they ask us to do that? Why did they want us to go against a faculty of our brain?

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
said Maya Angelou. 

I read this quote today on facebook and it hit something in me.
What is normal? Who is normal? What is abnormal? 

If you think you are a normal person, and I really hope from the depth of my heart, that at least you think that about yourself ( LOL) see what door or window does this quote open in you.

I think, and I might be wrong, it is only when we do something that we think is out of line and a bit abnormal according to our own norms or maybe daring, that we see another side of ourselves. We do not need to always call that other side with a name. In another word we do not need to judge ourselves. Specially when in that judgement we are the accused one :)

I feel the quality or virtue that we need for this might be, might be, might be " Humility".
"With humility we accept the lessons life brings, knowing that mistakes are often our best teachers. We do not shame ourselves or others with the illusion that we are meant to be perfect."

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

I better go and wash the mask I have put on my face, I look quite funny with that:) And no I am posting a photo of myself with that....not that humble :)


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Friday, February 14, 2014

What's the deal with today? Am I getting Red roses? :)

What's the deal with Valentine? The red roses, red hearts, parties, or maybe candle light dinners?
Do you have this thing in your gut who is going to be your Valentine?
 I mean come on if you don't have him/her today then probably the Valentine is going to suck! :) But why should it really?

I appreciate the fact that there is a day nominated to " Love" I really do. In US and A ( if you don't know what I mean please don't judge me just watch the movie "Borat") it seems Valentine is about love to all.
 What about In Europe and Middle East? Is it about guys buying gifts for ladies? Certainly there are some people who really live this day by it's all mean.

Last night I went for a quick walk, it was cold and rainy so I did part of  my walk in the shopping centre. I saw some guys desperate in the jewelry shops trying to buy something nice for their loved one. I hope I was wrong but I have seen documented reports of guys being really fed up because there is yet another day in addition to the birthday,  anniversary of marriage, of engagement, of their first date, Christmas gift, Naw Ruz , Ayyam-i Ha, Purim, Easter and you name it!

It is nice when you receive a red rose specially when the guy says I brought you a mirror :) But Love is not about that.

"Love is at the center of our being.It is the vital force that gives us energy and direction. It connects one heart to another.

Love is irresistible attraction an affection for a person, a place, an idea, or even for life itself.

Love is cherishing others treating them with tenderness.

Love thrives on acceptance and appreciation.

Love has the power to heal. It calls us to continually hone ourselves, while releasing the need to control or make someone in our image.

Nurtured by commitment and seasoned by kindness, love is our greatest gift."






Thursday, February 13, 2014

Writing out of love about understanding



Do you think you have understanding towards others?Have you ever had difficulties understanding another person’s view point? Someone else’s lifestyle?

 Their traditions, habits, behavior,the way they work, talk, walk, eat,feel,get stuck, hurry,their home interior, colors they wear, their own skin color, gender identity, religion, type of friends they have, the things they get depressed about and the things that makes them high and......please add to this list.

„Understanding is having clear insight into ideas and feelings. We thoughtfully seek to comprehend the full truth. We are mindful of what is the most important. We are deeply present to others with compassion and accuracy, helping them to discern their own clarity....”

These are the words I copied from the card I picked. Yes I pick cards J even angel cards except I don’t have them I have virtues card! check it out on www.virtuesproject.com and you can pick one on line, make sure you wish what virtue do you need for the certain issue you have in mind.  I actually have the cards at home and I asked my soul what virtue do I need for my meeting today and I picked understanding!
 
What I liked mostly about what it said was that we are deeply present to others with compassion and accuracy helping them to discern their own clarity. Why is this sometimes so difficult? Is it because we think we know a lot and we want to tell the other one what to do? And if she/he doesn’t listen to us then we get frustrated?

Whatever the reason, it is possible that we need each other sometimes just to Be there! If you are a man reading me, please note that women want you to be there to listen and above that we always appreciate a warm loving hug, you can keep your advice for after that, believe me it will sit in because you guys are very clever and we really really know that you have the answer, it is just that you may at that time need a hug too because lets be honest you may panic when you see a desperate woman.
 
If you are a woman and your girlfriend is talking to you, please please keep quiet and let her talk. I know I interrupt my girlfriends a lot myself. I am just realizing and sharing.

 Silence and presence is healing, after that hugs and physical expression of love is always welcomed in the world of human beings.

Pick your card for today you will know why it inspired me to write.


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Out of pure love to Superman!



Have you ever been in a country where you didn’t speak the language? How did you feel? Did they speak one of the main languages of the world such as English, German or French? 

Years ago I moved to Hungary without speaking Hungarian and the majority of people at that time didn’t speak any other language. My studies were in English in the university. I rented a room in an elderly lady’s home and I learned Hungarian mainly from her. I was forced to learn it and I am very happy I did.

Now I live in beautiful Norway. Almost everybody speaks English in Oslo but this doesn't mean  when you are with a group of Norwegians all of them would want to speak English and it makes sense . I need to master this language to be able to understand people and make myself understood. 

I have one of those moods when I wish the superman would come and save me. Have you ever had this feeling? When you wish something would happen and either you would master the situation or you would be placed into another world another dimension where you didn’t need to learn a whole new language :( ?
I have wished for superman many times, I have prayed, cried, look at the sky , checked my Skype,  Hotmail, Coldmail, Gmail, my Facebook , LinkedIn and believe it or not every time, every single time, I found the Superman in myself.  Because as it has been said:" Man is the Supreme Talisman."


Friday, February 7, 2014

16 reason for depression and feeling blue !



Have you ever felt blue? I mean have you ever felt down? Have you asked yourself what would make you happy in that state? If you are in deep depression would you say nothing makes you happy? But even then you might be lying to yourself.

Reasons for depression could be:

1.Loosing a loved one
2. A chronic disease such as cancer, hepatitis, etc
3.Heartbreak
4.Post operation
5. Hormonal changes after giving birth (check this page).http://www.natural-and-homeopathic-remedies.com/natural-remedies-for-depression.html
 6. Hormonal changes during menopause
 7. Low function of thyroid
 8.After a heart infarct
 9. After an accident ( or any other shock)
 10. Lack of spirituality in life
 11.Hormonal changes in the brain
 12.After sudden fame ( e.g.celebrities)
 13.Long dark winters
 14.Extreme lack of B vitamins
 15. Extreme work that leads to exhaustion
 16. Being chronically self critical

I recall when I was a junior youth in Iran, in that atmosphere of after revolution, the country in the war with Iraq, and an extreme suffocating political atmosphere, it happened that several time I felt life was so useless.
At those times I used to tell myself nothing nothing could ever make me happy. Not that anyone asked :) 

Nowadays when I have a patient who is feeling down, I ask the same question I asked myself then: What would make you happy now? They look around and murmur „ I don’t know” ! But then I tell them imagine an angel is here waiting for you to mention your wish and she would grant it, so just dare and say it! And then they say whatever is there.

The thing is we deserve to be happy, we deserve to be loved, we deserve to have everything we want. But more than that and maybe prior to that we should be able to put words on what we want.

Fear is not a good motivation, a friend of mine kept saying, when I actually didn’t want to hear it :)
But it is true. Fear is not a good motivation. We need to be brave and at least tell ourselves what is it we want and then dare to say it to others, they might be able to help us.

The logic of it is that if we do not say what is it we really want we keep getting things from people and the world, that we don’t really want. 

Isn’t it better to be honest with oneself? Is it really that scary to tell ourselves what is it we really really want?
 If I can’t hear the truth of myself who can? 
 If I can hear the truth of myself everybody can.