GRATITUDE & JOY Discussions - Saviors Of Earth2024-03-29T05:50:21Zhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/group/gratitude/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noAppreciation vs Gratitudetag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-08-27:2492330:Topic:2802572010-08-27T19:42:50.394ZMariellhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1q5eeae8v2yue
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<p>It was useful for me to realise there is indeed a difference between these two...</p>
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<p>It was useful for me to realise there is indeed a difference between these two...</p>
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<p>love :)</p> Benefits of laughtertag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-19:2492330:Topic:565082008-12-19T23:14:55.509ZMariellhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1q5eeae8v2yue
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<b>Stress Management Benefits of Laughter:</b><br />
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<b>Hormones</b>: Laughter reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine (adrenaline), dopamine and growth hormone. It also increases the level of health-enhancing hormones like endorphins, and neurotransmitters. Laughter increases the number of antibody-producing cells and enhances the effectiveness of T cells. All this means a stronger immune system, as well as fewer physical…
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<b>Stress Management Benefits of Laughter:</b><br />
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<b>Hormones</b>: Laughter reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine (adrenaline), dopamine and growth hormone. It also increases the level of health-enhancing hormones like endorphins, and neurotransmitters. Laughter increases the number of antibody-producing cells and enhances the effectiveness of T cells. All this means a stronger immune system, as well as fewer physical effects of stress.<br />
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<b>Physical Release</b>: Have you ever felt like you "have to laugh or I'll cry"? Have you experienced the cleansed feeling after a good laugh? Laughter provides a physical and emotional release.<br />
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<b>Internal Workout</b>: A good belly laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders, leaving muscles more relaxed afterward. It even provides a good workout for the heart.<br />
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<b>Distraction</b>: Laughter brings the focus away from anger, guilt, stress and negative emotions in a more beneficial way than other mere distractions.<br />
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<b>Perspective</b>: Studies show that our response to stressful events can be altered by whether we view something as a 'threat' or a 'challenge'. Humor can give us a more lighthearted perspective and help us view events as 'challenges', thereby making them less threatening and more positive.<br />
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<b>Social Benefits of Laughter</b>: Laughter connects us with others. Also, laughter is contagious, so if you bring more laughter into your life, you can most likely help others around you to laugh more, and realize these benefits as well. By elevating the mood of those around you, you can reduce their stress levels, and perhaps improve the quality of social interaction you experience with them, reducing your stress level even more!<br />
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<b>How To Use Laughter:</b><br />
Laughter is one of all-time favorite stress management strategies because it's free, convenient, and beneficial in so many ways. You can get more laughter in your life with the following strategies:<br />
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<b>T.V. and Movies</b>: There's no shortage of laughter opportunities from the entertainment, both at the theater and in the aisles of the video stores, as well as at home with T.V. comedies. While wasting your time watching something marginally funny may actually frustrate you, watching truly hilarious movies and shows is an easy way to get laughter into your life whenever you need it.<br />
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<b>Laugh With Friends</b>: Going to a movie or comedy club with friends is a great way to get more laughter in your life. The contagious effects of laughter may mean you'll laugh more than you otherwise would have during the show, plus you'll have jokes to reference at later times. Having friends over for a party or game night is also a great setup for laughter and other good feelings.<br />
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<b>Find Humor In Your Life</b>: <u><b>Instead of complaining about life's frustrations, try to laugh about them. If something is so frustrating or depressing it's ridiculous, realize that you could 'look back on it and laugh.'</b></u> Think of how it will sound as a story you could tell to your friends, and then see if you can laugh about it now. With this attitude, you may also find yourself being more lighthearted and silly, giving yourself and those around you more to laugh about. Approach life in a more mirthful way and you'll find you're less stressed about negative events, and you'll achieve the health benefits of laughter. (See this article on maintaining a sense of humor.<br />
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<b>'Fake It Until You Make It'</b>: Just as studies show the positive effects of smiling occur whether the smile is fake or real, faked laughter also provides the benefits mentioned above. So smile more, and fake laughter; you'll still achieve positive effects, and the fake merriment may lead to real smiles and laughter. LAUGHTER powerful and healing!! hahahahatag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-19:2492330:Topic:564912008-12-19T23:01:56.371ZMariellhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1q5eeae8v2yue
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COME ON! COME ON!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ;) Deepak Chopra, John Demartini teachings on gratitudetag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-18:2492330:Topic:528862008-12-18T01:15:28.132ZMariellhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1q5eeae8v2yue
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The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death.<br />
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In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, it is associated with the…
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The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death.<br />
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In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, it is associated with the sun god.<br />
According to the Greeks, the bird lives in Arabia, near a cool well. Every morning at dawn, the sun god would stop his chariot to listen to the bird sing a beautiful song while it bathed in the well.<br />
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Only one phoenix exists at a time. When the bird felt its death was near, every 500 to 1,461 years, it would build a nest of aromatic wood and set it on fire. The bird then was consumed by the flames.<br />
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<b>A new phoenix sprang forth from the pyre</b>. It embalmed the ashes of its predecessor in an egg of myrrh and flew with it to Heliopolis, "city of the sun," where the egg was deposited on the altar of the sun god. In Egypt, it was usually depicted as a heron, but in the classic literature as a peacock or an eagle.<br />
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I use to see myself like a Phoenix spreading its wings towards the Sun. I want to be a Phoenix, to escape the death and darkness in me and be embraced by My Self, by God. I believe in that wonderful Future when I will fully remember these times...when I used to learn to fly with wings of Love...<br />
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Why is ever this Myth on Earth?<br />
...is it me and you and us depicted in the most beloved colours of Hope, Hope for Freedom!?<br />
...the inner self uses these times the moments of joy, happiness, consciousness, positive will, thankfulness to built large and powerful wings for the final flight to the blessed realm of Love.<br />
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Ultimatively, it is a bird of Fire.<br />
Purified Ego and Self and Ascended Body<br />
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<</body> The Lotus - learning from this flower the victory of puritytag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-17:2492330:Topic:526172008-12-17T23:25:22.527ZMariellhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1q5eeae8v2yue
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Vishnu holding the lotus, also sitting on it and wearing a lotus-bud crown<br />
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Sacred Lotus<br />
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Vishnu holding the lotus, also sitting on it and wearing a lotus-bud crown<br />
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Sacred Lotus<br />
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Hindu goddess Lakshmi holding & standing on lotusHindus associate the lotus (Padma) blossom with creation mythology, and with the gods Vishnu, Brahma, and the goddesses Lakshmi and Sarasvati. From ancient times the lotus has been a divine symbol in Hindu tradition. It is often used as an example of divine beauty, for example Vishnu is often described as the 'Lotus-Eyed One'. Its unfolding petals suggest the expansion of the soul. The growth of its pure beauty from the mud of its origin holds a benign spiritual promise. Particularly Brahma and Lakshmi, the divinities of potency and wealth, have the lotus symbol associated with them. In Hindu iconography, deities often are depicted with lotus flowers as their seats. In Hindi it is called कमल (Kamal) which is used as a popular name for men, with the female version Kamala.<br />
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The lotus plant is cited extensively within Puranic and Vedic literature, for example:<br />
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<b><i>One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water</i></b>. Bhagavad Gita 5.10<br />
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Borrowing from Hinduism, in Buddhist symbolism the lotus represents purity of body, speech, and mind, as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire. The Buddha is often depicted sitting on a giant lotus leaf or blossom. According to legend, he was born with the ability to walk and everywhere he stepped, lotus flowers bloomed.<br />
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Drawing in turn on these Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, the international Bahá'í community adopted this symbolism in the design of the Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India.<br />
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Lotus is native to Greater India, and was selected as the national flower of India and also Vietnam. BJP, a nationalist political party of India which claims to be the champion of India's cultural nationalism, uses the lotus as its election symbol. Lotus is widely depicted in various art forms of this region.<br />
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The Chinese revere the sacred lotus as a <b>symbol of purity and elegance</b>, and it is a common motif in ancient Chinese poetry. A famous statement about the lotus' symbolism in Chinese culture is made by Confucian scholar Zhou Dunyi: <b>"I love the lotus because, while growing from mud, it is unstained".</b><br />
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<b>Purity is one beloved child of mother Gratitude</b> 101 Ways of Transforming Your Lifetag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-16:2492330:Topic:497502008-12-16T13:29:56.085ZUm Nohttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/umno
This two mp3 set is by Dr. Wayne Dyer, a spiritualist, teacher, author, and philosopher from the United States. In these mp3's Dr. Wayne Dyer takes you through 101 quotes and sayings, thoughts and philosophies that will improve your life and lead you on the path of gratitude.<br />
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This two mp3 set is by Dr. Wayne Dyer, a spiritualist, teacher, author, and philosopher from the United States. In these mp3's Dr. Wayne Dyer takes you through 101 quotes and sayings, thoughts and philosophies that will improve your life and lead you on the path of gratitude.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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