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The 11 Stages Of Spiritual Awakening We All Go Through

By
Elizabeth Williams

Spiritual awakening comes in its own perfect timing and with the purpose to help us advance to the next level of consciousness that will allow us to face new challenges and grow even bigger.

The truth is, everyone wakes up at their own given time, in the right moment, and under the right circumstances. This means that you can’t force someone out of the ‘sleep’ of this dimension unless they are ready to move on to the next level of understanding.

In fact, we never sleep – we are just facing the appropriate reality which vibrates with our consciousness in such a way that we will come across the challenges we need to face. Spiritual awakening just opens up a door to new possibilities and a complete change of the perception we have been used to so far.

So, what are the stages of awakening that we all go through once it starts its course?

1. Realization

The first stage of spiritual awakening comes with our sudden realization that our life is not complete. Although you may not be able to put your finger on what’s missing, you will just know that there is so much more to life than what you’re experiencing. It’s like a door being opened just enough to see the light shining through the opening, and you know that this light promises something bigger than anything you’ve experienced so far.

2. Questioning

When you get to the point of realization, you will definitely start questioning everything about your existence. Your mind will start challenging your beliefs, your perceptions, your ideas, and your experiences. It’s completely natural for this to happen and it will bring insights that will lead you to the next stages.

3. Change

Only the purest of things can pass through the sift of the awakened mind, and this information will become the basis of your new and improved Self. You will experience changes in your attitude, your beliefs, and your perception of things.

4. Growth

In the ever-improving version of yourself, you will see yourself growing in a way that you haven’t been growing so far. You will start seeing the connection between everything and you will become bigger with every passing day. Perhaps your greatest understanding in this stage will be the fact that everything IS growing constantly.

5. Purpose

And in the connection of things, you will eventually start finding yourself and your role in the Web of existence. You will start rediscovering your purpose and your true potentials that were meant for you to express and share with this world. Simply said, you will rediscover yourself.

6. Cleansing

Once your mind has been freed from the illusions you perceived to be very important and real, you will experience a period of cleansing of the old and the things that don’t align with your purpose. You might change your whole surroundings, or you might simply let go of everything that has been holding you back. The lessons you are going to realize are going to help you start a self-healing process that will be very intense.

7. Self-healing

In the process of self-healing, you will experience things with such intensity that it may even feel overwhelming. Your emotions will skyrocket, your sensitivity will triple, and your awareness of things can even seem alarmingly high. This is your healing process. Enjoy the ride (although nobody said it’s going to be a smooth one).

8. Acceptance

Perhaps the greatest reason why the self-healing process is so intense is because your growth comes with the challenges of self-acceptance. You will learn that the roller coaster you’ve been riding has been so rough because some aspects of yourself aren’t easy to accept for you. Whatever the case, you will definitely learn to accept your whole being as it is, and you will embrace growth for what it really means.

9. Self-care

Once you accept every positive and negative aspect of yourself, you will become able to direct a more sincere and pure care toward yourself. Accepting and embracing yourself means that you have finally come to terms with the meaning of what it truly means to be a soul incarnated in this dimension. You are your greatest challenge, and you will start facing it with great care.

10. Insight

Your journey will start making sense to you, and you will finally start feeling awakened. You might reconnect with nature, choose to meditate, become more spiritual, or simply a better person. Whatever the case, the insight you will receive from your growth is one that will allow you to grow even further. You are latching onto the channel of the Universal Wisdom and it’s a beautiful experience.

11. A piece of the Unconditional and the Infinite

Many things are Unconditional and Infinite – love, wisdom, happiness… You will finally feel a portion of what they really mean. While this definitely is only the first step to a thousand-mile journey, it is one that promises growth to heights you could have never imagined before. Enjoy your growth!

5 Little Things That You’ll Only Understand If You Are A Communicative Introvert

By
Stephanie Reeds

Oh, the grand paradox of existing and living life as a talkative introvert. It might come to you as quite a shocker, but believe it or not humans are confusing species. No matter how hard we try to categorize and rationalize things, we are all full of mysteries.

So, speaking in the name of thousands of introverts who sometimes act the opposite and tend to socialize the hell out of themselves, we know you’re confused, but you’ll get used to it.

To spare you the further confusion, here are some behaviors that may come to you a bit puzzling and only a talkative introvert would understand.

1. Small talk is the death of you

No matter where you lie in the spectrum of extrovert-introvert, socializing takes a lot of energy.

I’ve said a thousand times and I’ll say it again. When it comes to different forms of socializing, small talk is the worst of the worst.

We’re very good at keeping the conversation up about the things we’re the most passionate about, but more often people get insulted or thrown off by our inability or let’s just say unwillingness to engage in a small talk.

The thing is people don’t realize that you don’t need a special “social skill” to engage in a meaningful conversation about the things that spark you up. It only takes honesty and an open mind.

Small talk is superficial and calculated. You either end up in a meaningless conversation about yesterday’s heavy rain, or you end up knee deep in questions about your current love life.

It’s about shamelessly asking the question out of plain curiosity and fake laughing even if there isn’t something funny.

2. You can go on forever on a topic about something or someone you’re passionate about

Yes, I know, introverts are labeled as not much of talkers. We’re considered as those shy people in the corner observing the scene and making sure we avoid eye contact.

However, when we hear you mention a song that touched our soul deeply, an artist that’s one of our favorites, or a book that recently left us in awe, you can be more than sure that our chatty and communicative personality will wash over our introverted side and you’ll be delighted to meet a whole other person.

We’ll go on and on talking about the things we’re passionate about with a spark in our eyes.

3. One on one interactions are essential for our existence, and far more interesting

We’re those kinds of people who might seem a bit complicated to you but will get out of our shell with only the right kind of people. We like social interaction, but not every communication lifts us up.

That’s why we need deep conversations. I, myself, am in need of a meaningful talk that comes deep down from your soul and interacts with mine in a unique, profound way.

Talk to me about your feelings, tell me about your fears and what makes your hair on the back of the neck stand up. I want to talk about your first heartbreak and how did it make you feel. Tell me about your deepest secrets and you hidden desires.  I want to learn everything about you.

However, this kind of talk can happen only with the special types of people. Just you and me. No distractions, no small talk.  And that might be perhaps one of the many greatest traits a talkative introvert can possess.

4.You are social for a particular period of time, and then it’s most likely you’ll shut down

Still, regardless of the fact that we’re considered the exception to the rule and like to chit-chat whenever we’re on fire, intense socializing can easily exhaust us to the point of total SHUT DOWN.

Social interaction is really draining up everyone’s energy, so you can only imagine what it does to us. Having that in mind, it’s not rare for one to suddenly retreat into their own shell out of nowhere.

Whenever this happens, try to not take it the wrong way. We’re not mad, nor insulted. We just sometimes feel mentally and physically tired. And withdrawing is the only way of recharging our batteries.

5. Sometimes there is so much to say, but you physically can’t

Real scenario: You are sitting in class and the lecturer holds a discussion on a topic that interests you a lot. Your mind is storming with infinite ideas, everybody is raising their hand to speak, and you know exactly what to say, but there’s something that holds you tied up to the chair.

You are afraid you’ll say something that will blow off their minds, and you’ll end up trapped in the center of attention. The thought of public speaking and everyone watching you is just too much for you to handle.

This is something we struggle with on a daily basis. We want our voice to be heard but at the same time, we’re afraid of being under the daunting spotlight.

 

Do you agree with any of this? Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Or maybe both?

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You Taught Her How To Be Alone, So Don’t Be Surprised When She No Longer Needs You

By
Mary Wright

Don’t be surprised to find that you are no longer the first person she calls whenever something good or bad happens. You taught her that she can’t count on you when she needs you the most. You taught her that every time that you didn’t show up for her.

Don’t be surprised to find that she now spends her time with her friends instead of you. You taught her that every time you weren’t present for her, and didn’t have time to just listen to her.

And, you couldn’t even remember the little things that she has told you. You never asked about her feelings. You taught her that you will never be there for her like her friends are.

Don’t be surprised to find that she is no longer including you in her plans. You taught her to plan her future without you. You taught her that every single time you said ‘no’ to her.

Don’t be surprised to find that she doesn’t miss you when you are gone. You taught her to not miss you every time that you made her feel like you never missed her; like her presence doesn’t make any difference in your life.

You never told her you missed her. You never told her you loved her. In turn, she never felt that she enriches your life in a meaningful way.

Don’t be surprised to find her ignoring your calls and text messages. Because she was the only one that compromised in the relationship. She was the one whose schedule was always changing to meet your needs. You, in turn, have never met hers.

She was the one that always fought for you and the relationship. She was always investing herself until she finally realized that she was investing in a person who didn’t seem to care.

Don’t be surprised to see her drifting away from you. She is only finding herself again. She is finally realizing that she deserves more than someone who is only taking her for granted. She knows she deserves someone who will never make her feel like she is invisible.

Don’t be surprised to find that her previously burning passion for you turned cold. Don’t be surprised to find her once sweet words and attentive nature are now turning bitter. Don’t be surprised to see her looking at you and not feeling a thing.

Because, remember: You taught her how to stop loving you.  

And finally, don’t be surprised when she walks away from you because you have never given her a reason to stay.

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I Want To Be Your Priority, Not Your Second Choice

By
Mary Wright

I want to be with someone who is willing to really put himself out there and make an effort. I don’t want to be with someone who neglects me, who treats me as an option or a backup plan. I don’t want to be with someone who will string me along.

I want to be with someone who can’t wait to spend time with me, and not with someone who finds excuses and is always too busy or too tired to see me.

I want to be with someone who would proudly introduce me as his girlfriend. I don’t want to be someone’s ‘friend’ only because he doesn’t want to be tied down yet and still wants to explore his options.

I want to be with someone who texts me ‘good morning’ and ‘goodnight’, someone who responds immediately to my texts, and not someone who keeps me waiting for hours or even for days.

I want to be with someone who will bring me home to meet his parents. I don’t want to be with someone who will intentionally keep me at a distance because he doesn’t want to become too close to me and he is concerned with our relationship getting too serious.

I want to be with someone who is my best friend. Someone who runs to me first whenever they have good or bad news. I don’t want to be with someone who closes himself off and never talks about himself, his problems, and his emotions.

I want to be someone’s first thought in the morning, and not someone’s booty call after midnight when he is lonely and wasted.

I want to be with someone who counts down the minutes until he gets to see me, and not someone who can easily cancel plans in the last moment without giving a second thought because something more interesting came up.

I want to be with someone who plans our dates weeks in advance, and not with someone who texts me at the last minute, asking me to go out and grab a drink or go at his place and watch Netflix.

I want to with someone who is comfortable talking about the future, and not with someone who is not even sure about next month or next year because he doesn’t know if I would be in his life for that long.

I want to be with a person who will kiss me on the forehead, and not only on the neck. I want someone who is not afraid to look me in the eyes because he wants to be truly intimate with me.

I want to be with someone who changes his relationship status for me. With someone who immediately deletes all his dating apps because he found me, and he is not looking to find someone else because he already has everything he needs. 

I want to be with someone who when he looks at me, he sees me as someone that he wants to spend his life with. Someone who makes me look forward to moving in together, getting married, and having children.

I want to be with someone that loves and cares about me deeply, and not with someone who can easily give up on us.

I want to be someone’s only one – not just one of his many.

I want to be someone’s first priority, not someone’s second choice.

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Get Ready For January’s Full Wolf Moon – A Time Of TRANSFORMATION And FORGIVENESS Is Ahead Of Us

By
Mary Wright

We will have the first Full Moon for 2018 on the first night of the new year. The first of January will not only signalize the beginning of the new year, but it will also be the night of the Wolf Moon. Get ready for a tremendous amount of energetic shift! Happy New Year!

This full moon is also a Supermoon or a Wolf Moon, and it will be an incredible sight that will mark the beginning of the new year. This full moon is known as the Wolf Moon because it symbolizes the howling of the immense amounts of energies that will happen inside all of us.

During this Wolf Moon we will be transformed and reborn into a new person, someone unfamiliar that even we can’t recognize ourselves at times. Get ready to embrace the change. Try to stay fully grounded, calm, and aware of this energy that will happen in no time.

Before this Supermoon happens, you need to take time to decompress and recharge. You must make sure that your energy is in an undisturbed place and that you are functioning as your highest self. Only in this way, you will get the most out of this full moon’s energetic shift that will make a difference in your life.

If you are not prepared for this Wolf Moon, you will be more prone to make mistakes and do something stupid. Many mistakes can occur when we are in the middle of a transformative period, so the best way to avoid making mistakes is to meditate properly.

This Full Moon will happen at 11 degrees Cancer. This means that your heart will pull you away from different people and things. It is like two halves of your being are fighting against each other.

This energy is very serious. It would bring forgiveness and love, and also transformation and regain control.

The Full Moon would be opposite Venus, thus increasing your primal needs for affection and love. You might even lower your standards to feel some kind of an emotional connection and avoid feelings of loneliness.

Also, different needs and expectations might cause problems in existing relationships, so be careful. Any hidden tension will be revealed, but you can work through the problems if you stay focused and calm.

So, don’t fear this Wolf Moon because it would bring only good things even if you are not able to see them at first as many of them would be disguised and full of drama.

Have trust and everything will work out just fine as long as you stay true to yourself.

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9th-Graders Gain The Attention Of The Scientific Community After Their Experiment Reveals A Dark Truth About WiFi

By
Elizabeth Williams

A team of 9th-graders reveals the negative effects WiFi radiation has on living cells in an experiment that manages to gain the attention of the scientific community and raise awareness of what we’re doing to ourselves by sleeping with our cell phones next to our heads.

More people than not tend to sleep with their cell phones next to them, and this is especially true with children who have become obsessed with the glowing screens and visually stimulating activities they can engage into on their smartphones.

And while this habit may seem harmless, perhaps because not much attention has been forwarded in that direction, it turns out that we may be literally damaging our cells and DNA by being overly exposed to the radiation that comes out from our phones and WiFi routers.

Bearing the question of whether or not we are affected by WiFi radiation, a team of 9th-grade girls from Jutland decided to test it out by conducting an experiment that would gain the attention of the scientific community and provide ground for further research in this field.

For the experiment, they used cress 400 seeds which they divided into 12 different trays and placed them in two different rooms, six trays in each. Both rooms would provide the seeds with the same conditions, such as water, light, and temperature, with the exception that one of the rooms would also house two WiFi routers.

After only 12 days of being exposed under these conditions, the results showed a shocking difference between the two sets of trays. Namely, the cress seeds from the room which was unaffected by the WiFi radiation sprouted and appeared to flourish in the environment which was provided to them.

However, the second set of seeds which were exposed to the WiFi signal showed no signs of growth at all, with some seeds showing signs of mutation, while the rest dying off completely.

Here are what the results look like: 

So, the question is, if the WiFi radiation could do this to the seeds which had all the necessary conditions for healthy growth, what is it doing to all of us who are continually exposed to it?

To assess the effect it has on us, Olle Johansson, a professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, decided to not only replicate the experiment with his research colleague Professor Marie-Claire Cammaert at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, but to also further the research in this field and see how WiFi radiation affects us in the long run.

Johansson was impressed by the accuracy and skill involved in the girls’ experiment: “The girls stayed within the scope of their knowledge, skillfully implemented and developed a very elegant experiment. The wealth of detail and accuracy is exemplary, choosing cress was very intelligent and I could go on.”

He hopes that the girls will spend their future professional life in researching, and he says that he would love to see them on his team.

When it comes to the effects of WiFi radiation on us, Prof. Johansson explains that findings show a potential DNA damage that may even cause sterility. Watch the short video below to find out more about it.

The Scientific Community Proves Time And Time Again That Our Minds Can Literally Heal Our Bodies

By
Elizabeth Williams

We as human beings are much more powerful than we like to think. Our bodies are such perfect systems that have the ability to achieve so much, but we tend to underestimate their potentials and leave things in ‘Fate’s hands.’

Many are literally unaware of how much self-healing potential our body holds, and we usually give in to the negative thoughts when illness comes knocking at the door, thinking that if medicine can’t help, we are absolutely done for.

However, there have been miraculous cases where people have managed to cure themselves out of ‘incurable’ diseases, such as Stage IV cancers, HIV, and other conditions that many die from on a daily basis.

These people, as scientists have observed, managed to conquer the seemingly impossible where treatment was unavailable, and where the scientific community didn’t know what to do. So, how did they succeed? And how can we succeed in healing our bodies in that manner?

Our mind holds the greatest power over our body. The often-underestimated power of placebo holds the key to healing. People tend to laugh at the notion of ‘placebo,’ underestimating the effects it has had on over thousands of people.

Some would even say that the ‘placebo’ doesn’t really mean that the person is actually cured, which would be simply ridiculous when you see that the person is actually as healthy as one can be thanks to it.

However, when it comes to the ‘nocebo’, which is the opposite of placebo, not many are aware how damaging it can be to us. When you start thinking that you’re getting better, you actually get better. However, when you convince yourself that you are getting worse, the outcome is inevitable – you do get worse.

We often give in to the thought that the medical community is the only cure for our illnesses and that if there’s no cure available, then we are done for. However, as Lissa Rankin, MD, explains in a TED Talk, the doctors can very often be only catalysts in our self-healing process, especially when no cure is available.

There is an old Latin proverb that says “The doctor cares, nature heals” (Medicus curat, natura sanat), and we are inevitably Nature itself – our bodies are a manifestation of Nature’s potentials and mechanisms which allow us to heal ourselves, or destroy ourselves.

So, how does our mind affect our body? What makes our thoughts so powerful in our self-healing process? As Rankin explains, our brain communicates with every cell of our body via hormones and neurotransmitters.

Our thoughts are responsible for the production of these substances which, depending on our thoughts, can either heal or harm our body. It all comes down to the optimistic and positive outlook on life which provides us with the ability to unlock the self-healing potential of our bodies.

The actual thought that you can overcome your illness is more powerful than any drug you will ever come across.

In fact, Rankin explains that over 3500 studies have observed the phenomenon of placebo and how people grew hair by taking a placebo for hair growth, or lost it and vomited by thinking that they were taking chemotherapy, when, in fact, they were taking nothing else but placebo.

So, how can you unlock this innate power? As Rankin argues, in many cases, the doctors can serve as the placebo, their nurturing care gives us the courage to think that we are getting better and makes us feel more positive about our condition – thus overcoming it.

However, we are also able to boost our body’s potentials by introducing more positivity and optimism in our minds. By improving our outlook on life, we improve our health, we boost our longevity and our overall state of being.

Rankin has done research on this topic to see how we can harness this innate self-healing mechanism and has found that the way we treat our lives is the way our mind will treat our body.

She has compiled her discoveries in her book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself and points out some of the most important aspects that contribute to a healthy life.

Listen to her Rankin’s brilliant TED Talk to learn more about how powerful our self-healing process can be and how you can trigger it by starting to treat yourself the way you should.

3 Surprising Ways To Cope With Anxiety And Gain Mental Strength, According To Science

By
Elizabeth Williams

Anxiety is a terrible burden on those who are suffering from it. And while some anxiety is natural for every person, as it is a mechanism that helps us to survive and get out of unfavorable situations, Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a condition that is utterly debilitating and destructive to the people it has its grip on.

So there’s this simple question: how can you cope with and overcome anxiety in situations when you don’t really need its influence? Surprisingly enough, Olivia Remes explains that there are mechanisms for coping with anxiety which everybody can use and which come as very natural and easily done.

In her TedxUHasselt Talk, Olivia says that even though therapy is an option everybody should go for, not being able to afford it is a major setback for many people, and medications don’t work in the long run.

So, in order to understand what the top coping skills are, scientists from the University of Cambridge have conducted a study that focused on people who have developed coping mechanisms that are proven to work for everybody.

As Olivia explains, “you can take charge of your anxiety and lower it, which I think is so empowering.”

For this purpose, Olivia has laid out three coping resources that every person with anxiety should be aware of.

1. Do it badly

Anxiety often means that the person feels as if they have lost control over their life. And rumination and worry often lead us to indecisiveness and thus a complete loss of control over the things we actually can do.

The truth is, whatever you want to do never has to be perfect, as nothing is. So why not try to do it anyway, without giving too much thought about when and how you should dive in?

“Anything worth doing is worth doing badly the first time,” she quotes writer and poet GK Chesterton.

So, instead of spending hours deciding how you should do something and what you should do, with the constant fear that you might not reach the perfection you have set as a standard in your head, just do it, no matter how it will turn out to be.

“When you look back, you’ll realize, more often than not, that actually it’s not that bad.”

This coping strategy takes out anxiety out of the way and replaces it with excitement. It gives you greater freedom and control over the situation. Simply replace thought with action and

2. Forgive yourself

“Imagine if you had a friend who constantly pointed out everything you’re doing wrong and everything that was wrong with your life. You’d probably want to get rid of this person right away, wouldn’t you? Well people with anxiety do this to themselves all day long,” explains Olivia.

So, how can you be kinder to yourself and give more support to what you’re doing instead of criticizing yourself over every tiny detail in your life? Simply forgive yourself and show greater understanding toward yourself.

Mistakes are natural, and they serve a much greater purpose than the idea that we should beat ourselves up over every one of them. They are here to show us that we have tried and that we are on the way to becoming bigger, so you should forgive yourself and accept them as a natural part of your life.

Simply let go of the situations that you couldn’t control and accept that nobody is perfect, so neither should you be. By forgiving yourself, you start being more compassionate toward yourself and this starts your healing process.

3. Give purpose to your actions

Doing things with someone else in mind and knowing that you are doing something for a good that is greater than yourself is what gives us the greatest purpose in life.

Whether it’s out of love, helping those in need, or doing something for the greater good of all of us as a species, giving a purpose to your actions will empower you to truly find meaning in life.

As Olivia quotes famous neurologist Dr. Victor Frankel, “For people who think there’s nothing to live for and nothing more to expect from life, the question is getting these people to realize that life is still expecting something from them.”

And really, doing something for someone else can carry you through the toughest of times and make you endure any challenge that seems to be looming.

Watch her entire TED Talk below and let us know in the comments if you are using any of these techniques yourself!

Find A Lover Who Will Love You Exactly Like This

By
Mary Wright

Find a lover who will love every single part of your body. Someone who will see you as the most incredible and sexy woman in the whole wide world, no matter how many grey strands are there in your hair, or how much weight you have gained or lost.

Find a lover who will honor you, who will celebrate and cherish you, and will say the nicest things about you when you are not around. Someone whose day can’t pass without thinking of you. Someone who has eyes and love only for you.

Find a lover who is not afraid of committing fully to you. Someone who treats you like a number one priority in his life, and not an option. Someone who doesn’t walk away leaving you wondering in a painful distress. Someone with whom you will always know where you stand and makes you feel calm and peaceful.

Find a lover who embraces growth, who embraces change, and falls in love with you in many different ways.

Find a lover who never wonders if the grass is greener somewhere else. Someone who is so sure and content of your relationship that doesn’t even think about what his life would be like with other women.

Find a lover who covers you with a blanket whenever you fall asleep on the sofa, and kisses you goodnight softly wishing you sweet dreams. Someone who will make your favorite breakfast and coffee in your favorite mug on an ordinary Monday morning.

Find a lover who speaks “WE”, and not “I” – because he understands that you are a team.

Find a lover who won’t buy you fancy expensive gifts, but they will choose a present that will be meaningful to you, something that shows he knows you and really put an effort.

Find a lover who gives true meaning to forever – someone who shows you every day that you are his chosen person and they are not planning on leaving you.

Find a lover who reaches for your hand when you are walking down the street. Someone who pushes you closer to him and holds you tight to show you how much loves being around you.

Find a lover who is a good person. Someone who appreciates other people, and stands for those in need. Someone who wants to make the world a better place.

Find a lover with whom you will feel secure and that everything will be okay in the end.

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5 Crucial Factors For Living A Happy Life, According To Carl Jung 

By
Stephanie Reeds

If you’ve ever heard of Carl Jung, I’m sure you’re familiar with the history of his work. Yung is a well-known Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded many theories about identity, personality, and analytical psychology.

His work has been studied in the whole wide world and today many of his theories and suggestions for improving one’s life are still considered true.

One of his theories includes finding happiness in life by adopting these 5 key elements according to Jung. It’s known for a fact that finding happiness can be quite a challenge and many psychologists are still trying to answer the most difficult questions about life.

However, happiness can’t be same for every person. And it’s up for everyone to look a little deeper in order to achieve happiness.

These are Jung’s 5 basic factors for living a happier, more fulfilled life.

1.Take Care Of Your Physical And Mental Health

The first rule is taking care of our physical being as well as mental health. It shouldn’t come to you as a surprise when someone is taking care of their body and soul. Instead, let them inspire you to start doing the same. And the sooner, the better!

Exercise, treat your body right by eating healthier, get the rest you need, sleep properly. The moment you improve your life by practicing these habits, you’ll feel the sudden change in your mental health as well.

The physical benefits of exercise alone are enough to make you happier. Our bodies tend to release the hormone endorphin when we’re physically active which is known to reduce our perception of pain. Endorphins also trigger that positive, happy feeling in our body.

Take the time to improve your well-being. Your body and brain will thank you.

2.Work To Improve Your Relationships

As human beings, we crave for love and undivided attention and we’re able to satisfy those cravings, by socializing and nurturing our relationships with our family, friends, marriages, coworkers and so on.

That’s exactly what the second rule for happiness stands for, according to Sir Carl Jung. Maintaining and cultivating every valuable relationship in our life.

The general consensus is that someone who is loved and who works hard to put his relationship first experiences more happiness than people who do the opposite.

We should work hard to take care of the people who make our life beautiful. The ones we hold dear. We should hold on to those rare birds who would give their best to be there for us when we need it the most.

Because when you think about it, people who live a closeted life and spend it on their own, don’t tend to be very happy. Happiness increases only by sharing it. Share your life and joy with the ones you appreciate!

3.Take The Time To Notice The Beauty Around You

It seems like this world is often driving us crazy. We live rushing without taking the time off to enjoy this world. Life is beautiful. Stop for a second and breathe in.

If we ever want to achieve more serene, calm state of mind and at the same time reach true happiness, we need to slow down and take look at everything around us.

Go for a walk in the park, smell those fresh roses, go for a hike on the highest of peaks, sleep under the stars, call a friend you’ve missed for quite some time, share some change with the man on the street, just LIVE.

Take the time to soak up in the world around you and appreciate the beauty in every little form there is.

4.Appreciate Your Life And Work

One of the essential rules for finding happiness in life is appreciating your life and loving the thing you do for a living.

There is a great difference between people who live to work and those who work to make a living. I, myself, always strived to work something that would make me feel like fulfilled.

When we feel productive and needed, our levels of happiness go up. While most of the people don’t put that much effort and love in their jobs, those who do, experience more satisfaction and take pride in their work.

5.Have Something You Believe In

Regardless of the fact that religion doesn’t necessarily lead to a happier life, there are many people out there who claim that believing in something divine and holy could eventually help them find the path of happiness.

The idea of an afterlife and the fact that life doesn’t stop when we pass away is of great comfort and it can bring solace to many people out there.

What do you think of Jung’s list? Would you add anything else?

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