Overcoming Our Obsession with Productivity

Our world is obsessed with productivity.

We likely developed our obsession with productivity as a result of the industrial revolution. At least, that’s probably where the seed first sprouted.

As a result of this our focus shifted from producing quality to producing more in a shorter and shorter period of time. But this didn’t just affect the way we work. Over time it’s leached into other areas of life. Now many of us believe that’s “just how life is”.

But is this even a bad thing? Unfortunately, it has been the cause of some major downturns in our overall well-being. Most notably, I believe, is the decline of both our health and relationships.

A productivity mindset is dangerous because there’s no end to it...

A little peace and quiet is good. Desire peace, and have it. Peace belongs in life. Anxiety is no substitute for peace. Peace doesn’t have baggage, you understand. Peace is the absence of baggage.

Peace is its own self. Be in peace. Peace asks nothing of you but that you let go of all that is not peace. I am speaking of peace within where there is no jarring, no terror, no untoward thoughts that do not serve you. In peace, there is no upsetting the apple cart. Peace is the river that flows. It is the Ocean at low tide. In peace, there is no fomenting.

What else there is in peace is freedom. Peace doesn’t tie you up in knots. Peace is like the bed you lie on. Peace is just there, and it supports you well. Peace would never get a stranglehold on you. Peace insists on nothing but to be itself untrammeled.

Peace asks nothing of you. Peace is well-content. It needs nothing but your welcoming it. Peace belongs to you as the air you breathe belongs to you. Peace is free. It costs nothing. In fact, peace is letting go of cost and payment altogether.

Peace is with you. You may have to uncover it, however. You have to remove the slag that clings to peace. The slag consists of all the unnecessaries that would hide peace from your view.

Bernie Suarez, Guest
Waking Times

Yet another new year is upon us, and those of us fully awakened can see that the globalist plan to control humanity is rolling forward at superhighway speed as our battle for humanity rages on. So let’s ask the question, what can we do as truth seekers to improve our odds of success against this global cabal of control and oppression? Is there anything worth throwing on the table with the advent of the new year for truth seekers to consider that could actually act as a game-changer in this battle for truth, freedom, and consciousness? Actually there is.

I deeply pondered on this issue as we begin a new year and I want to share seven points that could make a big difference in our battle for humanity by bringing truth seekers together on the same page so that we can act more effectively, more efficiently and have a greater impact on the world around us in the new year. Here are seven things I believe all truth seekers should stop doing (if they are doing these), so that we can gel as a movement and strengthen our presence and impact on the consciousness of the current world. These points, I believe, will help us leave our mark on history as we push forward with the current information war of today.

When you move from a place of wanting to ‘push’ things to a state of wanting to ‘be’, the quiet will be all-enveloping. This is not something to fear. Enjoy the ability to be completely and utterly immersed in The Universe, it is where true peace exists. ~ Creator

HJ: Everyday is a new chance to improve your life.  To learn something new.  To move in the direction of your dreams.  Or simply to bask in the beauty of how wonderful your life is right now.  Whether you want more out of life or you love what you’ve got and want to move into even deeper levels of joy and appreciation, today’s article is for you.  It’s about creating the best year of your life yet and it’s filled with practical wisdom to make that your reality.  To a great 2015!

- Truth

15 Ways to Live a Year with No Regrets

By Marc Chernoff | Marc and Angel

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It’s a choice.  To be positive and free, or to be imprisoned by your own negativity...

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info
Waking Times

A new study finds vitamin D — the ‘sunlight vitamin’ — strikes to the very heart of breast cancer malignancy.

Breast cancer is not what most people think. Beneath the intimidating statistics that make it seem like a juggernaut of inevitability or a time bomb of genetic determinism ready to go off in the asymptomatic breasts of millions of women, a far more complex conversation is occurring among clinicians and researchers concerning the true nature and causes of cancer, and why conventional therapies fail to turn the tide against the second highest cause of death in the Western world.  To fully appreciate this, one must go to the first hand research itself.

In playing the role of a parent, a caregiver, a supportive friend, a healer, a mentor and the like, one of the most delicate balances to achieve is that between ‘being’ and ‘doing’.  The meaning of these oft used spiritual phrases are likely best understood through personal experience.

Theory cannot restrain the empathy or impulse to reach out actively to the ones we care for.  Nor can we be blind or deaf to the sometimes stated and at other times silent cries for help.  The teachings do not draw clear boundaries demarcating, “Here, it is best you step in.  Here, it is best you wait it out.”

Byron Katie’s sound advice to “Mind your own business” will make complete sense at times. And at other times, the Dalai Lama’s words, “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.” will make one wonder if not ‘doing’ anything is misguided, or erroneous in some way.

Pain, confusion and depression are all attempts by the mind and ego to hold us a prisoner against the truth.

The ego uses unconscious pain to distract us from the simplicity of our awareness, drawing the mind into endless self-judgment and criticism of our choices and beliefs. It ties the hands of our mind, emotions and thoughts into a ball of despair, until it is coated it with self-pity.

Eventually, the mind strangles itself with its own deceptions. This can either set us free, or slowly drive us to madness, too proud to surrender to awareness.

Namaste.
CJ and Robert

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David James Lees, Guest
Waking Times

As we usher in the New Year I’d like to share with you a powerful spiritual coaching method and mindfulness meditation that will rebalance, harmonise and empower you for the year ahead.

A New Year Pause, Reflect and Review

This is the time of year when you traditionally pause, spend a few quiet moments reviewing the past twelve months and contemplate the year ahead by making your New Year resolutions.

This process can be very helpful and, if undertaken mindfully, mirrors a simple Taoist meditation technique that I use every day. A pause and review can be an invaluable way of connecting to your ‘Yin‘ spirit centre of authentic inner wisdom and insight, and the harmonious ‘Wu Wei’ balance of your Yin and Yang energy – this is the Way of the Tao.