Original Cesar

Facing Death With A Positive Actitud.

> Fear of death is something that we can hardly escape. It's like jumping off a plane with a chute. It is extremely hard to remove or ignore your feelings at such a moment. There are people that have conquered their fear of death or at least have reduced the fear to unbelievable levels.

> I get lots of emails in regards to positive thinking, be a better person, love life and friends, famous phrases, and more, and I almost never pass them on to others. Well, this time I got a video link that I believe you should see. It's about a person that is facing death, he seems on the outside to be in good shape, and he shows a wonderful actitud to what is going to happen. We should not be afraid of death and this man puts an increidible example to all (the healthy and the sick).

http://www.clarin.com/shared/v8.1/swf/fullscreen_video.html?%20archivo=http://videosfla.uigc.net/2008/07/29/rp.flv

How Far Can A Light Shine On You?

> This is not a scientific question. You have already been a participant of sharing your light with those near you. You are more inclined to share your light with your friends and relatives. But, have you thought about sharing your light beyond that circle you are comfortable with? To test this capability in you, how far did your light go?

> I want you to think of yourselves as an expanding being. I often hear about how thin or extensive people’s auras are. Some people would think that an aura could vary from one millimeter to several meters (yards) for enlighten people. There are several ways to grow your aura. You can grow your aura with very simple acts and thoughts.

> When you share a positive thought, give a smile, lend a helping hand, comfort with an honest hug and/or any other action/thought that promotes well being, you are actually feeding your aura. You are not doing it to grow your aura, as this is not your goal. You are doing it because it helps you grow as a person. And yet, you are probably not doing it for your growth consciously. Maybe, you are doing these positive things because you are a great person and you loving participating in other people’s journeys.

> Ask yourself how far an act of yours has gone. This is a simple test. Did you something you do help a local person. That means that the distance can be assumed that it went for a few kilometers (miles). If you helped a tourist, than your enlightment would travel just as far as that tourist travelled. In this case, your light can travel thousands of kilometers (miles).

> Do you see the power of expanding your light from just a few meters (yards) to several thousand kilometers (miles)? I challenge you to practice this expanding of yourself. Practice a lot in your local environment and take an opportunity to expand beyond what you can dimension.

> I recently met a very distant person via Internet in my work environment. This person’s first name is Rosemary. I love to share my light to who ever appreciates it and I found that opportunity with her recently. What most people don’t know is that when you share your light to others, you also get light shared back to you. We shared small acts of shining light with each other at a time of need for both. Our lights traveled literally around the world.

> If you feel you have already reached the limit of expanding your light great distances on Earth, you might want to try sharing your light beyond space and time that are known to you.

They are the bad guys.

> Everyday that passes we realize that we have very distinct patterns. There are certain elements that are easy to see and that help predict your future. I’ll give you a simple example, assume you are a smoker. I can predict you will have a troublesome old age with your lungs. Was that too easy? I’ll give you another example; let’s assume that you are easily angered. I see that in your old age you will have high blood pressure. Was that too easy also? Well, it’s that easy to identify thousands of patterns that we have as individual and as a collective individual (society) in order to make a prediction.

> A friend gave a lecture a few months ago making evident a pattern that we all have. This pattern involves the concept of “we” and “they”. Humans use this distinction a lot. Some phrases used in this sense are “we are right, they are wrong”. Another phrase “we have the only true religion, while they are wrong and are condemned”.

> The moment we start using the “we and they”, we are establishing a distinction against “them”. This distinction has the taste of making war. A war that can be physical, verbal or mental. You can see that people with a mind set of “they” are in conflict with many people. On the other hand people with mind set “we” are in better conditions to achieve their goals. Therefore a change is made by looking for the “we” in a situation where you see the “they”. This isn’t easy at first.

> I can help with a real current situation. Let’s assume that you are in a company in the “x” industry. Your local competition would be a “they”. You suddenly are aware that the whole industry in your city is working to improve working conditions and to bring in more investments for the good of all. At that moment, the “they’s” are now “we”. “We” the people in the “x” industry of our city. To this, I give it a twist by telling you that your country is competing to keep the “x” industry from going to another country. A leading representative would say “we want to avoid losing investments to the Chinese”. Now the “we” extends from your city to the country level and China becomes “they”.

> Let give yet another twist. The CEO of the biggest company in “x” industry makes an announcement that he will develop technology to give health care to the needy in the world. With this announcement all the companies in the “x” industry become “we” (did you notice that now the “they” are the sickness?). Did you see that we can twist several “they’s” into an all inclusive “we”. If we were only capable of doing this simple mind set change we could end wars, hunger and sickness. All this at our reach without any needs of building a factory, without the need to do a radical scientific discovery, without anybody having to change religion, without a change in physical habits, without a special tax.

> What are you waiting for? I already started with this new mind set. Turn the whole world into a “we” in your mind to impulse this change. Look at the following video and take note that one of the messages that Sai Baba mentions is “make of the world your teammates”, in other words, “turn humanity into a we” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlH915HI-Y8).

The battle to save ONE tree.

> I love trees. Have you ever seen the giant trees called “Sequoia”? They are trees that can live thousands of years. They are beautiful trees that transmit peace when one is close to them, inclusive when one is in contact with them in a hug.

> I have seen various times some people within a city organizing protests to save a tree or a group of trees with the argument that the trees give oxygen to the city. I doubt very much that one tree, maybe even one thousand trees in the city could be of great impact to the quality of the oxygen that we breathe.

> What is my basis to make this statement? If you have traveled in a plane and you have seen the great amount of territory in our country, you can become aware that it has become a great matrix of inefficient agriculture land with little or lacking natural areas.

> While there are people in the city organizing a struggle to save one hundred trees, there aren’t any people outside the city trying to save millions of trees. Would you be willing to start a battle against farming families and be classified as an insensible person to the fact that you are promoting to abolish that families only income with agriculture products? If you could increase the farming productivity to double, then you would only need half of the current fields, which means that the other half can be used for planting trees. Can you imagine that? That would be some incredible feat. How can this be done? Easy, with hydroponics technology.

> This technology doesn’t involve molecular genetics, it really is about a better handling of the nutrients and better use of space. This technology already exists and is being used in a lesser degree. But this will take us to the initial problem. And what happens to the farmers that are generations behind? Do we still have to support them with our purchases and compassion to avoid creating the conflict of rich versus poor, of prepared people versus people who cannot read, of working visionary people versus traditional people with strong rituals and habits? I would think the answer would be “yes”.

> So, what can we do to participate in improving our environment? Instead of wasting time and energy in protesting for a few trees within the city, you can apply that energy to creating life in other areas. You can plant trees outside the city or in a park. You can increase the amount of plants in your house. You can adopt a tree and take care of it. You can spread the news that trees outside the city are of greater impact. You can reduce the usage of water in your everyday life. You can give a plant as gift to relatives and friends on special dates. You can purchase a piece of land for the soul purpose of planting a tree or group of trees (This option sound really tough, doesn’t it?).

> In summary, you can participate in a better way in improving your environment by better focusing your efforts. Start with something simple and involve your friends in an open, trusting and inviting voluntary way. A significant tree could take one hundred years to grow. A majestic and breath taking tree can take thousand of years to grow. Plant a tree in a successful manner during your lifetime and let the descendents of today’s world enjoy that special gift.

I Don’t Know What I Want

> Are you sure you really know what you want? Our minds are in constant movement. Today we wish one thing and five minutes after we are wishing another thing that in some cases could be contradictory. For example, today you se a cool sports car in the morning and your mind starts to wish for that car consciously or unconsciously. In the afternoon you see a big all terrain vehicle that can easily go across a slightly flooded road, and your mind changes (without you even being aware) that what you now want is a tough working vehicle.

> I’ll give you another example, today you saw a romantic movie in the morning and your mind goes to wish for a romantic and sensible man in your life. In the afternoon you see an action film and now your mind is now wishing for an adventurous and unpredictable man. I could give you a great list of many more examples.

> Where am I trying to go with the above? Thought is powerful. Our thoughts are capable of creating a frequency that attracts that what we are thinking. Let’s assume that there is a genie waiting to fulfill your wishes. Only this time instead of only making three wishes you will get unlimited amount of wishes. The only condition is that your genie needs time to align our environment and surrounding energy to be able to make your wish come to life. Remember the old phrase “the stars have to be aligned” and that takes time and effort.

> Now, imagine you can get into your genie’s shoes and you are now reading your mind. Just imagine him reading your mind and trying to follow your dynamic wishes and in some occasions even contradictory. At the end of the day, your genie would be exhausted by just trying to catch up and follow your mind’s path.

> Where am I going with all this? You have the capability to ask for many wishes and your genie has the capability to make most of these come to life. If you feel your wishes are not having the desired output you intended, it could be because you are asking for your wishes incorrectly. The first step in asking is to be very selective with the words (thoughts) being used. You shouldn’t say “I don’t want to be poor”. You are using the word “poor” and your genie will use that word. Remember, thoughts attract similar thoughts. So if you are thinking in poverty, you will attract poverty. I will help you to change the phrase (thought). It would be better to use “I would like to have an abundance of wealth”. This phrase will give you a better chance of getting your genie to align with your wishes. Just keep in mind that the word “wealth” is not just economic wealth. If you are only wishing economic wealth you will have to be more specific.

> Isn’t this easy? It really is! The tough thing to do is to create the list of wishes and not contradict any of them. For some reason I’ve seen people that don’t know what they want or don’t know how to express their wishes. It’s much easier to say what we don’t want. If you are a person like that, I will give you a tip.

> Start creating a list of twenty things you do not want. You read right, a list of things that you do NOT want. The next step is to get that list and create the opposite list. In other words, the list of things you DO want, and it will be expressed in a positive tone of wishes. Now, to avoid those negative thinking from the original list, go and destroy the original list (the list of things you don’t want). Keep your list of things you DO want. Your genie will be happy to serve you immediately.

> One last detail, do your genie a favor and do deeds that will help you reach your wishes, it will make it easier for your genie.

Now that I can read, it's time to write

> We have seen and we have meditated an infinite number of things in our lives. We have done this with an infinite number of readings and observations. We have a great path already traveled. We have a knowledge that we were destined to acquire. It could be said that we are a box full of wisdom. We are a box waiting to be open in order to share that wisdom with others that are also tracing their own path. Unfortunately we have been listening for so long that it is difficult for us to become a lecturer, to be a teacher, to set an example by writing our own fate.

> With this article’s title I am not asking you to become a writer, I am asking you to live by setting an example with that that you have learned and lived. And if you were lucky enough to guide others, then it could be said that you are already writing in the pages of time itself.

> What is my point? You have read a great deal of my articles. You have had plenty of experiences and learning unique to your situation and environment. You have meditated and in countless times you have been illuminated consciously or unconsciously. Now it is time for you to participate in this world. It’s your turn to put your grain of sand in the beaches of the universe.

> How can you do this? It can be done in an infinite number of ways. I will give you a few examples to make evident what is already before your eyes.

> We talked about being thankful. Go and be thankful as if it was your first day on Earth.

> We talked about creating and maintaining value in a relation. It’s your turn to augment your value before the eyes of others and more important, before your own eyes.

> We talked about forgiveness. Go and practice this difficult quality that can be reached after being persistent and constant. At first you will do it consciously, afterwards it will happen without having to think it.

> We have talked about many things and sure enough you have had your internal conversations with deep thoughts. To what conclusion you have reached in those thoughts, put it to practice. Make others aware of that value. Obviously I am thinking of those values that are pleasant to your neighbors and loved ones.

> In a sentence you have a passive part called the noun. You are passed that stage. Now it’s your turn to be the verb.

> Go and enjoy this world! For this world is eager and waiting to enjoy you.

Welcome to Earth

> We are very fortunate for sharing this space and time together. It really is a circumstance that we should appreciate infinitely. I’m almost sure that most people believe in something beyond the earthly realm and that you have an energy portion called “soul”.

> I wish to open your eyes to a new concept, so let’s talk first about the soul. The soul is an energy that lives in our body. The body is just a temporary capsule and your soul is infinite in time. According to our traditional thinking, your soul will continue in time during infinity into heaven or hell. I will discuss no more about this in this article, given that this needs to be treated in another article.

> I will also assume that our souls were created before we were conceived on Earth. Let’s say we were in heaven waiting our turn to inhabit the Earth. This concept really isn’t that new. How many times have we heard the expression that we choose our parents before we were born?

> If we can understand the above, than we can imagine that there are an infinite amount of beings (souls) waiting to inhabit the Earth. It really is an infinite number of beings. Between the beings that wish to come to Earth for the first time, and those that wish to reincarnate, it really is a divine and celestial struggle to be able to get a space on Earth. On this Earth, today we have a total of 4 billion people. Out of these people, only a minimal fraction has an access to a decent life. So let’s think about this, just so you can imagine it, that small fraction could be represented by the number of people who have access to reading books and/or usage of a computer. And so that you can see the fortunate that we are, don’t’ forget about that great number of people that live in extreme poverty in Africa, Latin America, India and China just to mention a few.

> Therefore, if you are a soul that is waiting to inhabit the Earth among a universe of souls and there is only enough space to inhabit 4 billion bodies (soul capsules) and from these 4 billions only a small fraction are considered “bodies under fortunate circumstances”, you will really see that there is an exclusiveness to the ability of being to inhabit the Earth under the circumstances that we live today among ourselves.

> The fact that we have found ourselves on this Earth, in this space and time really is an incredible act. If you can appreciate a mathematical view of this, we are here together under the probability of one divided by infinite.

> With that said, and with the hope that you have become aware of the magnitude of this fact, I have only but to say “welcome to Earth”.

> Enjoy this world and learn what you must learn. We are part of a universal group called “Humanity”.

Stop living your life as if it was your last day!

> One common saying that we use without thinking about it much is “Live your life as if it was your last day”. This phrase definitely tries to create a consciousness of thankfulness because we don’t know when death will arrive. Being thankful is an important attitude and we should practice at all times. Without having to contemplate on the phrase yet, I invite you to give thanks for all that happens. Be thankful even to those things that could seem to appear to be bad to our insignificant eyes. I mention “insignificant”, because even the biggest mistake for us, to God it is very easy to forgive. So let’s be thankful for:

Waking up in the morning.

That we can remember friends and good moments.

That we can eat some kind of food.

That you can read this message.

That you live in a world full of conflicts and that we have the capacity to solve them.

And let’s be thankful that we are different compared to others, we can also be thankful for being part of someone’s gossip, that we are feed up with so much work, that our bodies don’t respond as it did in the past. There is so much to be thankful. If we use this attitude and open our eyes, we can see it is not necessary to say “Live your life as if it was your last day”.

> So, let’s go back to the analysis of the phrase. If I think of the phrase, it makes me think of someone who is on death row and is given his last supper.  Do you really think that person will enjoy his last supper? I would surely not be able to swallow a bite when I have an overwhelming task before me. Let’s assume that I’m different and that you the reader would have the courage to eat a complete buffet. Hence, the phrase would become “Eat all you can. Take into your interior all that you can!” After seeing this text, I could think that the text justifies that you eat without measuring the consequences because tomorrow your body will be a mass of cold tissues. Let me change the phrase in order to see if I can awaken your desire to live and to enjoy beyond what you have already enjoyed up to date.

> I introduced you to one end of the view, the end of “Eat a lot because you will no longer be able to eat!” Now, I present you to the other extreme, the phrase should be “Live your life as if it was your FIRST day on Earth!” If you see it with these eyes, you will be aware that the attitude of how you live the TODAY changes dramatically. Imagine that it’s the first time in your life that you taste cereal with cold milk, a sweet apple, a quesadilla with salsa, a salmon in peach sauce, a four cheese pizza. Imagine it! You would not look to fill yourself up for fear of not eating tomorrow, but instead you would look to fill yourself with tasteful experiences. Of feeling the food’s texture in your mouth using your tongue. To let the flavors mix in an unpredictable way. Surely, you the reader haven’t been aware that if your food is mixed in a different order you will have a different taste experience. Try it, just once. Eat as if it was your first day on Earth and you will discover extraordinary flavors even in those foods that you would eat in a boring constant way everyday.

> You will definitely, with the experience that I am sharing, sure enough and without thinking, you will be grateful. An automatic expressed pleasure that doesn’t require a person to remind you to be grateful. The gratitude is given in automatic mode when you enjoy and you show the universe that you are completely in ecstasy for such a gift. And don’t forget, I used an example with foods, but you could really apply this first experience of infinite gratitude in all that we do and in all that happens to us. And even if it sounds hard and requires a lot of mature thinking, we can also be thankful for reaching 40 years of age and having cancer. That’s right! It’s something you can be thankful for. I met people who died at 20 or younger. I’m sure they would have been extremely grateful to live another 20 years.

> To conclude, I leave you meditating with both phrases and I invite you every day to use the new phrase. Live today as if it was your first day on Earth.