forward email: mind peace

Peace of Mind Tips and Advice

By Remez Sasson
Most people would be glad to have some peace of mind in their life. They would be happy to forget their troubles, problems and worries, and enjoy a few moments of inner calmness and freedom from obsessing thoughts.
What is peace of mind? It is a state of inner calmness and tranquility, together with a sense of freedom, when thoughts and worries cease, and there is no stress, strain or fear. Such moments are not so rare. They may be experienced while being engaged in some kind of an absorbing or interesting activity, such as while watching an entertaining movie or TV program, while being with someone you love, while reading a book or while lying on the sand at the beach.
When you are on vacation, do you experience some sort of mental numbness? At this time, the mind becomes calmer, with fewer thoughts and fewer worries. Even while you are deeply asleep, not aware of your thoughts, you are in a state of inner peace.
Such activities, and similar ones, take away the mind from its usual thoughts and worries, and bring about temporary inner peace.
The question is, how to bring more peace of mind into our life, and more importantly, how to experience it in times of trouble. You might also ask whether it is possible to make it a habit, and enjoy it always and under all circumstances. First, you need to learn to bring more moments of inner peace into your daily life. Later, you will be able to experience these moments in times of trouble or difficulties too, when you really need inner calmness and tranquility.
You can turn peace of mind into a natural habit, but to do so, special training is required, through concentration exercises, meditation and other means. Browse this website, and you will find articles, advice and techniques for attaining peace of mind, as well as a special book dedicated to this subject.
Here are a few simple things that can help you:

• Reduce the amount of time you read the newspapers or watch the news on TV.
  
• Stay away from negative conversations and from negative people.
  
• Don't hold grudges. Learn to forget and forgive. Nurturing ill feelings and grievances hurts you and causes lack of sleep.
  
• Don't be jealous of others. Being jealous means that you have low self-esteem and consider yourself inferior to others. Jealousy and low self esteem, often lead to lack of inner peace.
  
• Accept what cannot be changed. This saves a lot of time, energy and worries.
  
• Every day we face numerous inconveniences, irritations and situations that are beyond our control. If we can change them, that's fine, but this is not always possible. We must learn to put up with such things and accept them cheerfully.
  
• Learn to be more patient and tolerant with people and events.
  
• Don't take everything too personally. Some emotional and mental detachment is desirable. Try to view your life and other people with a little detachment and less involvement. Detachment is not indifference, lack of interest or coldness. It is the ability to think and judge impartially and logically. Don't worry if again and again you fail to manifest detachment. Just keep trying.
  
• Let bygones be gone. Forget the past and concentrate on the present moment. There is no need to evoke unpleasant memories and immerse yourself in them.
  
• Practice some concentration exercises. This will help you to reject unpleasant thoughts and worries that steal away your peace of mind.
  
• Learn to practice meditation. Even a few minutes a day will make a change in your life.

Inner peace ultimately leads to external peace. By creating peace in our inner world, we bring it into the external world, affecting other people too.

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An American, Japanese, and a Sardar (indian Sikh) were sitting in the
sauna naked. Suddenly there was a beeping sound. The American pressed
his forearm and the beeping stopped. The others looked at him
questioningly. "That's my pager," he said, "I have a microchip under the
skin of my arm.
A few minutes later a phone rang. The Japanese lifted his palm to his
ear. When he finished he explained, "That's my mobile phone. I have a
microchip
in my hand.
The Sardar felt low-tech and inferior. He didn't know what to do to be
as impressive as the American & the Japanese. He decided to take a break
in the toilet. When he returned, he didn't realize that there was a
piece of toilet paper got stuck and hanging from his backside. The
others raised their eyebrows and said, "Wow! What's that?" Instead of
being embarrassed, inspiration struck his mind. The Sardar explained,
"I'm getting a FAX. The other two fainted.

confession booth

Confession booth
After having far too many drinks in the bar, a man staggered into a
church and went into a confession booth.  After a few minutes of
listening to the drunkard’s moaning, a priest stepped into the
adjacent booth and spoke to the drunkard through the screen.

“ Son, may I help you ? ” asked the priest.
“ God, I hope so,” the drunkard replied, “ Do you have any tissue
paper in this toilet ?

funny email : porch

Handyman’s  job
A woman wanting to earn some money decided to hire herself out as a
handyman and started convassing in a wealthy neighborhood.  She went
to the house of a wealthy man and asked the owner if he had any jobs
for her to do.  “ Well, you can paint my porch.  How much will you
charge ?” 
The woman said, “ How about fifty dollars ?”  The wealthy
man agreed and told her that the paint and ladder that she might need
were in the garage.  A short time later, the woman came to the door to
collect her money.

“ You’re finished already ? ” he asked.
“ Yes,” she answered, “ and since I had some paint left over, I gave
it two coats.”  Impressed, the man reached into his wallet for the
fifty dollars.

“ And by the way,” she added, “ that’s not a Porch, it’s a Mercedes !”

forwarded email: 12 billion

US  invention
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered
that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the
problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a
pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost
any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below
freezing to 300 C. 

The Russians used a pencil.

joke email: curse

Pig and bitch curse
A man is driving up a steep, narrow mountain road. A woman is driving
down the same road. As they pass each other, the woman leans out of
the window and yells "PIG!!!"

The man immediately leans out of his window and replies, "BITCH!!!"
They each then continue on their way, and ..... as the man rounds the
next corner, he crashes into a pig in the middle of the road ..... and
dies immediately.
If only men would listen.

forward email: ice cream

Old man on a stool ordered banana split ice cream in ice cream parlor

               A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream
parlor and pulled himself slowly and  painfully up onto a stool. After
catching his breath he ordered a banana split ice cream. The waitress
asked kindly, "Crushed nuts?"
" No," he replied, "arthritis.”

forwarded email: dumb blonde

Dumb blonde flying  in first class
A beautiful blonde flopped down in first class on a flight from Los
Angeles bound for New York.  A flight attendant approached her to say
that her ticket was only good for economy class.

“ But I am beautiful and I am blonde and I am heading for New York
city,” she replied, “ I deserve first class.”
Frustrated, the flight attendant summoned her boss who also asked the
blonde to move over to the economy class seat.  “ Don’t you see how
beautiful I am ?” replied the blonde, “ I am a blonde and blondes fly
first class.”

Finally, the pilot came over to speak to her.  After a few moments,
the blonde got up and went to the economy class to take a seat there.
“ What did you tell her ? ” asked the flight attendant.
“ I told her that first class wasn’t going to New York,  only the
economy class goes to New York.”

joke email: Jim’s birthday outing

Jim’s  birthday  outing
                                                
Since Jim works hard
at the factory and spends most evenings bowling or playing basketball
at the gym, his wife thinks that he is pushing himself too hard.  So
for his birthday, she takes him to a local beer pub.  The doorman at
the club greets them and says, “ Hey, Jim ! How ya doing ? ”  His wife
is puzzled  and asks if he has been to this pub before.  “ Oh no,” Jim
says, “ He’s on my bowling team.”  When they are seated, a waitress
asks Jim if he would like his usual Budweiser.  Jim’s wife is becoming
uncomfortable and says, “ You must have come here many times for that
woman to know you drink Budweiser.”

“ No honey, she’s in the Ladies Bowling League.  We share lanes with them.”
A lady dancer comes over to their table and throws her arms around Jim
and says, “ Hi Jimmy, you want your usual table dance ? ”  By now,
Jim’s wife is furious and she grabs her purse and storms out of the
club.  Jim follows and spots her getting into a cab.  Before she can
slam the door, he jumps in beside her and she starts screaming at him.
 The cab driver turns his head and says, “ Hi Jim,  looks like you
have picked up a real doozy this time !!! ”

funny email: Insistent lady cashier

another funny email

An old man walked into a shop and got some dog food and  went to pay
for it at the cashier counter.   The lady at the cashier told him that
he couldn’t buy the dog food because she needed evidence that he had a
dog.  The old man protested and told the cashier that her request was
ridiculously absurd, but the cashier insisted that he showed her his
dog.  So the old man brought in his dog and showed it to the cashier
and he got to buy the dog food.

The next day the same old man went to
get some cat food and the cashier told him that he couldn’t buy the
cat food  until she got  evidence that he had a cat.  The old man
again protested and told the cashier that her request was absurd, but
the cashier insisted that he first prove to her that he has a cat.
So the old man went home and brought along his cat and he got to buy
the cat food. 

Next day the same old man went in again and he brought
along a box.  He told the cashier to put her hand
 into the box and  feel its contents and so she did. She said it felt
moist, warm, sticky and soft.   The old man then said to the cashier,
“ Now that you’re satisfied with the evidence,  can I have some toilet
paper please ? ”

forwarded email parachute club

  Yesterday your daughter asked why u didn't do something useful with your time.   She suggested to go down to the senior center and hang out with the guys my own age.  

U did this, and when u got home last night u told her that u had joined a parachute club .   She said "Are you nuts? You're almost 60 years old and you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
 I proudly showed her that I even got a membership card. 

She said to you, "You idiot, where are your glasses! This is a membership to a
Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club!" 

U R in trouble again and don't know what to do! You signed up for five jumps a week!   Life as a senior citizen is not getting any easier.

Forward Email: 8 Marriage-B​usters to Give Up Today

8 Marriage Busters to give up today

By Sarì Harrar and Rita DeMaria, Ph.D. 

1. Nagging, nagging, nagging.

We know about the squeaky wheel, but complaining loud and long gets you only short-term gains and builds up powerful discontent on your spouse's side.

2. Blaming, criticizing, and name-calling.

These tactics belittle the person you promised to love, honor, and cherish; let you play angel to his or her devil; and don't address the responsibility you both share for your marital happiness.


3. Bullying, rudeness, and selfishness.

These ugly power plays tell your partner that he or she doesn't count at all in your eyes.


4. Peacekeeping and passive placating.

A 'whatever you say, Dear' attitude may keep your home quieter but leaves you in the martyr's role. You'll end up angry, defensive, and a drudge. What fun is that?


5. Deploying logic all the time.

Life isn't the starship Enterprise; playing the dispassionate Mr. Spock not only cuts you off from your feelings but also subtly tells your spouse that his or her feelings don't count either.


6. Throwing up distractions.

You're just having fun, right? Think again. Being hyperactive, fooling around all the time, and refusing to focus -- in conversation or in life -- often is an attempt to avoid intimacy or difficult issues, which can be horribly frustrating for your mate.


7. Stonewalling.

Another stall maneuver, stonewalling stops arguments and constructive discussions cold. Not much can happen when one spouse just won't talk about it.

8. Making unilateral decisions about the big things.

Sometimes you have to pick the bathroom paint color on your own. But if you're making major decisions about your money, your time, your kids, and your family life, you're acting without accountability and cutting off the possibility of joint decision-making and deeper intimacy.