Self-Care With Shaki

Most of us think that happiness lies in accumulating the positive. We try to set out for a voyage to find a better life while carrying a bag of unwanted sorrows with us. No matter how far we go in search of happiness, we will never find it until and unless we let go of our bag of sorrow. "Letting go" is more easy said than done. It is a very simple way to have a happy mind yet a very powerful one. Letting go is not forgetting a painful memory, it is not just erasing something from your mind. Letting go does not work like that. Trying to forget or erase a memory will not work most often. Because, you will actually not forget the memory but you will suppress it. Suppressing a negative thought might be a relief for the short term. But, in the long run it is obviously a problem. So, most effective and efficient way to live a happy life is not in avoiding the negative but in letting go of it. Letting go is nothing but not giving your power to that f...

As human beings, brought up in this world of differences we tend to easily and unconsciously judge others. I have also been judgmental, I have judged people based on their looks, the way they dress, the way they behave and all. Actually, we all tend to judge others in one way or the other. Someone might have worn dirty clothes, we might say "Eww. He looks so untidy, he must be a lazy fellow", When we see a girl a little chubby we say "She is so fat, she must eat so much of chips", When someone loses their temper, we judge them by saying "He is so rude, he should be a psychopath". Have you also said some statements like this? I bet some of you should have! In reality, that girl you called might have some problem with her health, that guy you called a psychopath might be depressed. We really know right? And, you know what judging not only hurts the one being judged but also the one who is judging. Every thought has an energy and as y...