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		<title>It was all worth it&#8230; Disciplined Mind!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darsana Roldan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite quotes and the inspiration for this blog is by Buddha&#8230; “There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.” After spending the last two years with my precious family deeply immersed in reevaluating, reminding and reconnecting myself with Life Itself, I [...]]]></description>
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One of my favorite quotes and the inspiration for this blog is by Buddha&#8230; “There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.” After spending the last two years with my precious family deeply immersed in reevaluating, reminding and reconnecting myself with Life Itself, I am walking away with what I believe is my greatest contribution to Consciousness&#8230; a disciplined mind. If you want to help the world, you must help yourself first!</p>
<p>At times this journey became so fulfilling that I contemplated the idea of moving  with my family to Costa Rica and spend the rest of my life meditating and being as close as possible to nature. On the other hand while writing this blog I debated if I should share with you that at times it also felt like I was dying. I decided that the only thing I have to share is that in order to have an extraordinary life, you must dissolve the illusion of fear.<span id="more-1082"></span></p>
<p>So if you are wondering why I am writing about this journey, if I don’t want to share all the details? It is because it is NOT important. Drama is humanities’ biggest challenge and in order to dissolve it, we must realize that it is nothing wanting to be something. In order to lift humanity, animals and the planet to its original pattern, we must abandon talking about the drama, contemplating it and believing that it is through contrast that we regain our appreciation for the gift of Life.</p>
<p>As Wallace D. Wattles said, &#8220;The moment you permit your mind to dwell with dissatisfaction upon things as they are, you begin to lose ground. You fix attention upon the common, the ordinary, the poor, and the squalid and mean; and your mind takes the the form of these things.&#8221;</p>
<p>What’s important to me at this moment is that I have been appointed through my work, <a href="http://www.lifestyleoftherichandconscious.com/webshow.html">&#8220;Progressing Change through Beauty, Wisdom and Success”</a> and through our Foundation <a href="http://celebrandovida.org/">Living Consciously </a>By doing so I get to continue the evolution of my individual Soul in the most harmonious path, while living an extraordinary life. When Einstein said, “What the mind can conceive, It can achieve.” It is obvious to me that he meant a disciplined mind. Happiness, Prosperity, Fulfillment, it is all possible and equally available to everyone once you discipline your mind. Although this is YOUR journey of Self Discovery, you DON&#8217;T have to do it alone!</p>
<p>Experience Your Freedom,<br />
Darsana</p>
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		<title>&#8220;You Must Be The Change You Wish To See in The World&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You Must Be The Change You Wish To See in The World&#8221; I often contemplate this quote by Gandhi whenever my mind wants to go into judgement. As I meditate, expand my mind and embrace all the love and abundance that is around me regularly, I am present it with the realization that in order [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="font-size: 1.5em;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong> &#8220;You Must Be The Change You Wish To See in The World&#8221;<br />
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<p><strong><em><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">I often contemplate this quote by Gandhi whenever my mind wants to go into judgement. As I meditate, expand my mind and embrace all the love and abundance that is around me regularly, I am present it with the realization that in order to receive greater level of awareness, I have to bring truth to the things that I don&#8217;t like in me and immerse in an environment that represents only the good in everything.</span></em></strong></p>
<p>I understand that I have mental faculties that allow me to choose what I think, feel, and the actions I take about any given experience and therefore I have to take responsibility first for the results that are going on with me. I also have learned to accept that there is a Universal process in which changes require an inner transformation, and I enthusiastically open my self to become the new me that can handle such demands. Even though I have made many mistakes while playing this game I call life, I am always humble because no matter how much I have grown, I am just scratching the surface of my human potential; you can&#8217;t miss, what you have never experience.<span id="more-538"></span></p>
<p>I appreciate the opportunity to utilize this services and your interest on receiving my sincere gift. If anything, it&#8217;s my intention to share with you that changes begin within our self first. If you find yourself judging, just forgive yourself, understand that is an ego trick to keep you trap in this illusion, and quickly get connected with Truth.<strong> </strong></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Until next time, “Underneath The Illusions, Is The Desire to Be Happy”</span></em></span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Darsana</span></p>
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		<title>The Game of Life!</title>
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<h1 style="font-size: 1.5em;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong> The Game of Life!<br />
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<p><strong><em><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Imagine yourself playing a video game in which you have to experience certain things in order to reveal greater awareness to get to the next level. As you go on in the game, you learn that when you have certain experiences, you gain more energy and there are other experiences that make you weaker, therefore you remain at the same level, sometimes you may even fall into lower levels. You choose to be enthusiastic about the game because you are always learning, even the things you don’t want to experience teach you that you are moving away from where you want to be. As you play the game, you take some time in between to calm the mind.<span id="more-530"></span><br />
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<p>Consequently you develop an understanding of what are the experiences that make you stronger and receive greater awareness, and you move away from the ones that take away your energy and with it the ability to see things clearly. Since you understand that it’s only a game, you place all your attention into having fun. Once you get to a certain level, you realize that by assisting others to experience greater levels, you gain double the energy and the awareness that comes with it. So you find yourself creating a balance between experiencing greater levels and assisting others as well. Finally you reach a level in which you understand that the experiences you are having, you are the one creating them and that by assisting others to increase their awareness, is the only way to create greater ones for yourself.</p>
<p>Although this game has Infinite levels, there is ONE thing that was, is and will forever remain the same. Since everything is energy, You, Others, the EXPERIENCES and everything included in the game, are ONE with WHAT created the game. Maybe the purpose of life is to play and have fun, no matter what you are experiencing. Maybe that is the key that opens the door to discovering your purpose in life. If you knew without a doubt that you are part of THAT which is INFINITE CREATION and therefore, by definition, you inherit within yourself everything you need to create your life to be exactly they way you want it to be&#8230; would you be playing and having fun right now?</p>
<p>If you have any other answer than YES, quickly get connected with whatever you believe is your higher power or reach out to people that are having fun living consciously, before you forget how to play completely. Please don’t talk yourself out of reaching out, remember, we are having fun, because we KNOW that in order to continue playing the game, we are here to assist YOU.<strong> </strong></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Until next time, “Underneath The Illusions, Is The Desire to Be Happy”</span></em></span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Darsana</span></p>
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