There is a book that I continually read throughout the years. It is a book of sage wisdom that is over 1800 years old. Though the focus in the book is Religious/Spiritual, I have always found that a “Truth” is a “Truth”. It does not only apply in one specific area of life. It applies across the full spectrum of life and activities.

My hope is to share these insights daily. I hope you enjoy.

Transmitting, Receiving And Setting The Foundations For Success

The Wisdom Is Out There. It Being Transmitted Continually

King Solomon said “There is nothing new under the sun”

When we discover something in the tangible world, it may be new to us, but is was always there. Even when we have a new awareness in the world of thought, again it was already there, its just that we are discovering it for the first time.

Our world and existence is such a great gift. If we are willing to open up our mind and our senses we can learn so much from all that happens around us.

For example. I was thinking about the Butterfly Effect the other day. If it weren’t for the butterfly effect we would be able to predict the whether perfectly. But alas we never know when one of these random variable will pop up to change everything.

What can we learn from this? We are often told by others “I have the perfect system. Do it exactly as I tell you and you will succeed” or we see people having a beautiful relationship and we try to mimic it but don’t get the same results. In our lives there is no such thing as carbon copy, because we are the Butterfly in the equation. In anything that we learn and plan, we have to remember that we are the unique variable that always pops up and have to plan for accordingly.

So if the wisdom is out there how do we receive it?

Take two radios. One from the 50’s and one from the present day. Put them both to the same station. You will notice a massive difference in the quality. But why? They are both receiving the same transmission.

The better the receiver the more clear the transmission.

Lets switch to a water analogy.

What would define a quality container for water?

The container should:

• Be empty. So it can fully receive the water.
• Be clean so it doesn’t impart impurities to the water.
• Be free of cracks or holes, so no water leaks out.
• Have a wide opening, so it catches all the water.

Now how can this analogy be applied to us?

Be Empty- If we are to full of our own ideas and fallacies. we wont have any room to learn anything new, to discover the truths of life.

Be Clean- Garbage in garbage out. When we fill our mind and bodies with garbage in the form of unhealthy foods and thoughts, it is almost impossible to find truth. That is a reason why we see so many failed relationships. People watch TV and try to learn how to have a health relationship from the fantasies that Hollywood creates. And even worse there are now reality shows on relationships that revolve around synthetic, shallow people and their relationships.
If you wouldn’t take the contents of a garbage can, blend it and pour it down your throat, why would you do it with your mind?

Free of Cracks an Holes-This is about overall character. Actions speak louder than words. You want to act in a way that speaks your desire for a more refined and elevated life. Your speech and actions should be of a refined nature, ie. don’t be a boor. When every other sentence has a four letter word, you are announcing to the world that you are not capable of refined thinking, you are seen as a fool. When you treat others in a degrading way, you lower yourself in that eyes of others.

Wide Open – You have to have an open mind to what is happening around you. If you are narrow minded in your thinking you will miss all that the universe has to offer.
“Caution”. Being open minded does not mean trying and thinking about unhealthy things. It means creating an open state of mind that desires to seek the truths of life.

So I’ve searched for wisdom and I have tried to make myself a fitting reciever, what now?

As you gain wisdom and success in life. The greatest gift you can give, is to share it with others.

Truth is often compared to a flame. When you take a candle and light another candle with it, you do not diminish the first flame in any way. The first candle keeps its light and the second candle now has its own light. You could use one candle to light an infinite number of candle and its light would never diminish, and together all those lights would shine as bright as day.

To Recap:

Search For Wisdom

Make Yourself a Fitting Receptacle For Wisdom

Share The Gifts That You Receive

The rest is commentary…..

Many Canadians did not give their overall health a very high mark either.

“I call it the great unwell. There’s this large group of people who are not fantastic, not terrible, they’re just not feeling all that great,” said Celia Milne, senior writer at Rogers’ Medical Post magazine, who wrote about the survey’s findings.

She said only 57 per cent of Canadians rate their overall health as “very good” or “excellent.” “The doctors at first were surprised by the answer,” Milne said.

She added many doctors feel stress and fatigue, which are affecting people of all ages, are the main reasons for the low health rating.

“They’ve got stress, they’ve got fatigue, they’ve got maybe depression or almost on their way to depression,” she said.

Ben Franklin wisely stated -”Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy, and wise”

Unfortunately over time I think this has been interpreted to mean ‘I go to bed early in the morning, 1-2am, and get up early in the morning, 6-7am, so I don’t understand why I’m sick, poor, and unable to think effectively’

For all the good that modern civilization has brought us, it has also brought some negatives. 24-7 entertainment, zero quiet time, 40-80 hour work weeks, low nutrient fast food, etc.

Though we could go on about the negatives, lets become action oriented and work on a good night sleep.

I read a great post on Steve Pavlina’s site “How to Become an Early Riser”

Steve talks about two schools of thought on sleep.

1. Go to bed at a set time, get up at a set time.

2. Go to bet when you are tired, get up when you naturally wake up.

Steve discusses the downsides of both these approaches, but I’m sure you can see that these approaches will only work in a bubble. Life is busy and it is often very difficult to get to bed at a set time on a consistent basis, and we don’t have the luxury of getting up whenever we wake up naturally, especially those with kids, school or a job.

Steve recommends a combo approach. Go to sleep when you are tired and get up at a set time. This makes sense because what is the point of going to bed before you are tired and lying awake for an hour, better to be productive for that hour and then sleep when you are ready, and then get right up at a set time because that is what “we have to do”.

And what does getting up at a set time mean? Pick your wake up time, when your alarm goes off, stretch, count to five and get up. Don’t hit the snooze, don’t find a valid reason for an extra 60 seconds of sleep. Just get up.

Here are some other good night rest suggestions.

• Cut out the caffeine 6-7 hours before you usually go to sleep. – Caffeine blocks the production of a chemical that causes us to get drowsy. Cutting out caffeinated drinks 6-7 hours before you go to sleep will allow the chemical reaction to take place.
• Make a ‘Tomorrow List’ – Don’t go to bed with a cluttered mind. Thinking about everything that you have to do the next day will make it hard to wind down. Set a time every evening to plan tomorrow. Write your thoughts, appointments and to do’s.
• Consider Meditation – Meditating before you go to sleep is a great way to settle your mind and body. Check out this link for instructions on developing a meditation practice.
• Exercise – I find it interesting that exercise and meditation are great ways to begin and end your day. They will wake you up and put you to sleep. The reality is, that the healthier your body and mind are, the better you will function on a day to day basis.
• Cut out the evening News – It is far easier to go to bed with a calm and peaceful mental state, than to fill your mind with the stress, sadness and violence of the evening news. In general it is best to not watch highly emotional TV right before you go to bed.
• Sex – The more intense, the better you’ll sleep (This is for married couples. I don’t promote premarital sex)
• Black Tea – Black tea is known to be very calming. Replace your caffeine drinks with a cup or two of black tea in the evening.
• Stop eating after 8:00pm – Not only will this help with your sleep but you will find that you might start loosing weight also.
• Cut out Dairy and Wheat products in the evening – Studies suggest that mild dairy and wheat allergies can effect sleep making it difficult to get up in the morning.

If you have some other suggestions please put them in the comment section and I will add them to the post with your name.

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