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take this injunction further to mean that you should love whoever you find yourself with at |
any moment Love thy neighbor Love thine enemy Use agape which is the GrecoChristian |
term for selfless unbiased nonpossessive universal love Or experiment with using the |
unconditional positive regard that many psychotherapists use with their clients When your |
primary aim is to broadcast goodwill you act much less defensive and your composure quotient |
will soar Thus a pure lighthearted mentality not only gives you access to the moral high |
ground but will also affect many minutiae of your body language and microexpressions |
improving your overall aura This is the bravery of the innocent |
The key to being popular is to like more people Research has shown that likable people |
like others On average the mostliked people like larger numbers of people and they like those |
people more So forgive those you feel have wronged you Forgive your parents siblings |
all your family and friends Then forgive everyone else from your past and present and even |
your future Forgive people from every walk of life Forgive the rich the poor all sides of the |
political spectrum Forgive humanity then fate and then the entire universe Have no fear of |
rejection from others have no need to be accepted Be able to say love you with no regret |
Cherish yourself and your body the way it is and know that you along with everyone else |
are absolutely worthy of being loved |
Human kindness is the surest step toward deep healing from any kind of trauma |
Expect only good from others and project this expectation in the form of positive overtures |
People wont be able to help but respond to you in positive ways and their responses will |
reinforce your view of the world as a pleasant place further entrenching your expectations |
If you work hard at becoming pure of heart you will earn your way to peace Combined |
with altruistic acts youll find pleasure And combined with assertiveness and composure |
you will find power |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
used to have a stinging pain in my chest that would surface during stress It was healed |
after made a deliberate effort to be pure of heart The notion that had pure intentions |
reassured some last bastion of muscles in my thorax that they could stop their defensive |
bracing could feel these muscles release And because they could finally relax was able to |
bring them to a full contraction using exercises such as the coughing laughing panthoot |
and diaphragmatic stretching exercises Being pure of heart is the most foolproof way to ensure |
that you are breathing easily and consider it the eighth and final tenet of optimal breathing |
Conclusion |
Most people have a secret fear of being bad or having done things for which they can never |
atone But it is never too late to start being pure of heart You can do it at any point in time |
Start now As you take on the Program Peace system recommend that you imagine yourself |
turning over a new leaf Decide to let go of the regret shame and guilt you have carried with |
you from past misdeeds and mistakes Turn any ounce of selfhatred that you may harbor into |
selfforgiveness Guilt keeps us from becoming good people so use your participation here as |
an excuse to get rid of it Purify your heart by allowing yourself to make it a clean slate |
Trauma has made it difficult to be cool playful humorous and pure of heart By removing |
the trauma you will make these things much easier See yourself as going from afflicted to |
blessed See yourself as principled incorruptible and salt of the earth When you think pure of |
heart think dominant but nondominating Think nonsubordinate but nonaggressive Think |
assertive but lighthearted Having faith in your goodness is the key to making optimism and |
relaxation possible Know that what youre doing comes from a good place with other peoples |
best interests in mind As long as you know that you mean right by others you dont have to |
worry about offending them with your composure Expect yourself to be pure of heart in |
everything you do and conceive of your life from here on to be a heros journey |
Chapter Finding Happiness Through Playfulness Composed Kindness |
Chapter Bullet Points |
e Treat everyone as if they are the least awkward person you have ever met |
e There are so many ways to be endearing Theres no need to forfeit your composure or |
health to do so |
e Creating a pure of heart mindset will make many of your troubles disappear |
When mammals are playful they are truly wonderful creatures |
e You can directly reduce stress by stimulating the play and nurturance areas of your |
brain To do this you must be playful with and nurture others |
e The feel good neurochemicals like endorphins serotonin oxytocin and vasopressin |
derive from kind behavior Nature endorses morality |
e Remember that real virtue does not complement itself and is not even aware of itself as |
a virtue |
e Laughing exercises will give you a bold laugh and fortify your innards |
e Every laugh should almost sound antagonistic as if you were laughing at someone |
but only because it is assertive and unaffected by submissive tendencies |
e Anight full of fake laughing and smiling will increase the tension you feel the next |
morning And yet one minute of genuine unadulterated laughing can relieve all |
that strain |
e Selfstimulating happiness is key to perpetuating your upward developmental spiral |
e Selfamusement is very healthy and a trait of dominant people |
e Feel free to be silly |
e Act like every day is your birthday and every night is Saturday night |
When you are mistreated think of it as an opportunity for personal growth Consciously |
deciding to underreact to negativity is regarded by many to be the most powerful way |
to achieve spiritual growth |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
Chapter Endnotes |
Hermann H R Dominance and aggression in humans and other animals The great |
game of life Academic Press |
Snyder C R Lopez S J Oxford handbook of positive psychology nd ed |
Oxford University Press |
Taylor S E Armor D A Positive illusions and coping with adversity Journal of |
Personality Carver C S Scheier M E Segerstrom S C Optimism |
Clinical Psychology Review |
Scheier M E Weintraub J K Carver C S Coping with stress Divergent |
strategies of optimism and pessimists Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
Frederickson B L Levenson R Positive emotions speed recovery from the |
cardiovascular sequelae of negative emotions Cognition Emotion |
Wohr M Schwarting R K W Ultrasonic communication in rats Can playback of |
kHz calls induce approach behavior PLoS ONE e |
Simonet P Versteeg D Storie D July August Doglaughter Recorded |
playback reduces stress related behavior in shelter dogs Paper presentation Proceedings of |
the th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment |
Panksepp J December The riddle of laughter neural and psychoevolutionary |
underpinnings of joy Current Directions in Psychological Science |
Provine R R Laughter A scientific exploration Viking |
Folkman S Nathan P E The Oxford handbook of stress health and coping |
Oxford University Press |
Godfrey J R Toward optimal health The experts discuss therapeutic humor |
Journal of Womens Health |
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