Carnival of Healing #225: Answers to 10 Tough Questions in Life
Solve the puzzles of life and find the missing pieces with the help of ten enlightened bloggers
After many months of hiatus, the Carnival of Healing is back on the Conscious Life!
This time around, ten brilliant bloggers shared their insights on some of life’s most pressing questions. And you’re likely to find one or more of your burning questions on happiness, love, money, weight and more answered below.
So without further delay, let the carnival begin!
Q: How Can I Find Inner Peace?
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A: Are you constantly waging a war against fear, anger or anxiety? Do you drown yourself in work, food, alcohol or drugs so that you won’t feel a thing? Why not embrace your feelings, including the not so pleasant ones, like cradling a baby in your arms?
“Our fear, our anger are not our enemies; they are us. We have to treat our fear, our anger in a most non-violent way, the most non-dualistic way, like we are treating our own baby.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh, renowned Buddhist Monk, teacher, peace activist and author.Learn how to befriend your feelings with mindfulness through excerpts of Thich Nhat Hanh’s talk on Dr. Kathleen Young’s website.
Q: How to Manage Change?
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A: Many of us, myself included, resist changes, even if they may mean better future. But all of us know that change is the only thing that never change. Having gone through life-altering experience, Catherine VanWetter offers some useful tips on how you can overcome fears that often follow changes in Change – Whether we like it or not – is Here!.
Q: How to Find My Soul Mate?
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A: The moment you become who you really are. Many of us fall into the trap of pretending to be someone we are not to appear more likable to others. Be it adopting the demeanor of a celebrity or the accent of a powerful person, how long can you go on pretending? “True relationships are those between souls” (note: the website is no longer around), as Adriana will tell you, find out why personas stand in the way to soul relationships.
Q: How to Be Happy?
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A: Learn to let go. Of what? Let go of your achievements, your problems, your past, your future, and even of yourself. Read Kaushik’s enlightening post on Releasing gets easier and easier and easier… as he described the process of letting go so clearly.
Q: How Can I Be Wiser?
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A: You don’t have to be burnt by fire to know that fire is untouchable. Likewise, it’s not necessary for you to go through every single experience to become wiser. A good way to gain wisdom, according to Jason Cooper is through philosophy and self-knowledge. By contemplating on big questions such as those listed in this article, Jason thinks that you’ll become more aware of “your own ignorance” and “the life you presently live”. Find out more on how to become wiser, and not necessarily older, in Will your journey of life take you down the road to wisdom or perdition?
Q: How to Attract Abundance?
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A: Start by cultivating a deep sense of gratitude and an attitude of service. Without appreciating what you already have, and a habit of unconditional giving, it will be difficult to see abundance, let alone attract abundance. Kathleen Gage has a good suggestion on how you can become more selfless in Are you guided by ego or spirit?, and it doesn’t take a lot, seriously!
Q: How to Be More Relaxed?
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A: For a start, learn to breathe the right way. This may sound too easy, but your breathing — something which is so elementary and effortless — determines whether you’re relaxed or uptight. An anxious person doesn’t breathe slowly and deeply. Likewise, a relaxed person will find it hard to breathe the way a chronic worrier does. Learn to breathe like a yogi with Yogic Breathing Technique by Anmol Mehta.
Q: How to Break Negative Thinking Pattern?
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A: Do you often find one negative thought that you’ve triggering a chain of more despairing thoughts like an infected computer that sends out spam emails automatically? Then take some advice from Axinja and start squashing your negative thinking pattern in 7 simple steps.
Q: How to Get in Shape?
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A: You know you need to get moving more, but you can’t seem to keep to any fitness regime. Instead of fretting over your poor physical state, pick up the advice in 8 Ways to Get in Shape by Jarrod Clark and put them to work, starting now!
Q: How to Find My Spirit Guides?
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A: If your personal guardian angels or spirit guides are still elusive after years of soul searching, have it occurred to you that they might be lurking in other forms? Like a zebra or an owl? Read Monkjoe’s guide on how to find your your totem animal the Monk’d style and meet the destined animals in your life.
This concludes the Carnival of Healing for this month. I hope you’ve gained something from the wisdom of the bloggers featured in this issue. Last month, we had Rose De Dan of Wild Reiki and Shamanic Haling as our host. Next month, June 5, the Carnival of Healing will be hosted by Clara Myers at Mind-Mart.com.
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