There’s relaxing and RELAXING.
The first...
... is a step into distraction and unconsciousness with its corresponding loss of awareness, in the desperate hope that your problems and challenges won’t weigh on you as heavily, and they won’t, except that tomorrow you’ll need to deal with the consequences of the unconscious and unskilful decisions you made today.
The second...
... is a very intentional relaxation of the self-contraction with a corresponding heightening of alertness and awareness and with the deliberate application of developed skilful means.
You make more aligned, integrated, creative and intelligent decisions and your quality of life improves when you’re relaxed, alert and wholeheartedly participating, and you’ll only be able to do this after you’ve learned to intentionally relax into the often demanding and unwanted, moment to moment circumstances of your life.
This doesn't mean that you’ll miraculously start making only the ‘right' choices or start implementing them ‘perfectly’, it simply means that you start making your best decisions, and roll them out in the most skilful way possible, given your degree of understanding (wisdom) and proficiency in that moment.
And although there is certainly value in going to yoga classes and spa’s to unwind, the real trick lies in finding a way to relax into the very moments you’re making those decisions, because not only are they the moments that count, in that they influence the results you’re going to experience in your future, they also account for the bulk of the moments that make up your quality of life.
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The first...
... is a step into distraction and unconsciousness with its corresponding loss of awareness, in the desperate hope that your problems and challenges won’t weigh on you as heavily, and they won’t, except that tomorrow you’ll need to deal with the consequences of the unconscious and unskilful decisions you made today.
The second...
... is a very intentional relaxation of the self-contraction with a corresponding heightening of alertness and awareness and with the deliberate application of developed skilful means.
You make more aligned, integrated, creative and intelligent decisions and your quality of life improves when you’re relaxed, alert and wholeheartedly participating, and you’ll only be able to do this after you’ve learned to intentionally relax into the often demanding and unwanted, moment to moment circumstances of your life.
This doesn't mean that you’ll miraculously start making only the ‘right' choices or start implementing them ‘perfectly’, it simply means that you start making your best decisions, and roll them out in the most skilful way possible, given your degree of understanding (wisdom) and proficiency in that moment.
And although there is certainly value in going to yoga classes and spa’s to unwind, the real trick lies in finding a way to relax into the very moments you’re making those decisions, because not only are they the moments that count, in that they influence the results you’re going to experience in your future, they also account for the bulk of the moments that make up your quality of life.
RELAX
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