by jonas | Aug 16, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Photo: Stina Faremo Text: Jonas Faremo
Give love gives love.
– Do you think love and happiness comes and goes together?
– Then what you call love is only an expectation of pleasure.
– If you feel love even if someone brings you pain?
– Then what you call love is love.
The mind tends to forget that what gives love is giving love. Instead it wants to GET love. When we feel that we want to get love – thats usually our que to GIVE!
A love exercise
I might as always be wrong but here is a practical love- and kindness exercise for you test this for yourself. Do you see the “chat-list” where all the people online is listed on your Facebook? Go through them all, yes everyone, and sincerely say; “Peace and happiness to you dear; (name), I love you”. If you don’t sit with a silly smile on you lips and radiating love at the end of the list, please let me know and I will admit it was a meaningless thing to do and personally apologize to you and whish you peace and happiness… I love you.
What is this?
This playful combination of word and image is an artistic project inspired by stillness. The text came out of meditation and is combined with artwork or photo from an artist. Our hope is that it will inspire to a small halt of reflection in the otherwise entertainment-heavy stream of pictures at the internet.
Artist: This time it was my sister who cought me in a moment of joy in the storm by a lake. I hope she keeps nurturing her artist talents.
Whats up next?
– If you are Swedish there is a free webinar on sunday 21st at 10.00. Topic; Intro to “Turn Work into Yoga”. Check it out and apply on FB here. Limitied amount of space.
– If you are Swedish and around Stockholm area, there will be a half day workshop at Tullinge Yogacenter; “Turn Work into Yoga”. Check it out and apply here. Limitied amount of space.
– If you are Swedish and want some support in getting on with your own meditation practice you can sign up on this E-course. Now 20% summer discount.
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by jonas | Aug 6, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Photo: Vitorio de Janeiro Photo editing: Jonas Faremo Text: Jonas Faremo
Need to defend = need for love!
Here is a perspective for you.
Maybe not true,
but a point of view;
When we don’t accept ourselves the need to defend can arise when someone else have another opinion then ours. If we are in love (acceptance) with all aspects of ourselves, and are ok with the uncomfortable feelings – the need to defend don’t arise. Instead we automatically see that It’s just another opinion; everyone have their own.
Now to clarify this perspective; the feeling of “need do defend” is not the same as defending. If a flock of hyenas attacks a lion, the lion doesn’t get offended and have the feeling; “I need to defend myself”. It just defends itself with all its powers. It’s the same with humans. If we find ourselves in a swarm of bees we instinctively start to wave our arms to defend ourselves. We don’t get offended and feel that they are wrong and I am right. (Maybe afterwards we can create that feeling when we have time to think. When we think, we can be offended by absolutely everything, like a bus getting late etc…)
Why I love going deep below the surface of consciousness into the unconscious with myself and my clients is because here lays the things we think we need to defend. These are the things that run the show and create mayham without we knowing it. These are the things that makes us feel offended, afraid, irritated or angry on reality. These are the things that turn us from a loving generous fellow human being into a (passively) aggressive asshole/bitch. If we can see these mental and emotional patterns, traumas and believes for what they are we are free! That’s what the light of awareness can do. It’s beautiful to see someone becoming free – every time it feels like the room gets lighter. We don’t need defensiveness if we are ok with our shadow sides. And boy do we save a lot of energy when we don’t get offended and have the need to defend our point of view!!!
“As you drop the burden of defensiveness and resentment, you become light-hearted, joyous and free. In this joyful simple freedom, you will know that what you want is available to you whenever you want it, because your want is coming from a state of happiness, not from a state of anxiety and fear” – Deepak Chopra, the seven spiritual laws of success.
Imagine politicians that feel loved. How great and productive the discussions would be when each point of view can enrich the totality of a topic. Imagine couples where both feel loved. How nurturing and supporting can they be towards each other? How high can that relating take them, with no one getting offended, just being enriched by the others point of view? I would love to experience that for sure, so I guess I will have to start loving my shadows!
What is this?
This playful combination of word and image is an artistic project inspired by stillness. The text came out of meditation and is combined with artwork or photo from an artist. Our hope is that it will inspire to a small halt of reflection in the otherwise entertainment-heavy stream of pictures at the internet.
Artist: Vitorio De Janeiro is an Astrologer, who travels the world in exploration of Astrology, Shamanism, Art and Music. In his “previous life” Vitorio was an enterpreneur who ran businesses between United States, Brazil and Europe. www.AstroShamanic.com
Whats up next?
– If you are Swedish and want some support in getting on with your own meditation practice you can sign up on this E-course. Now 20% summer discount.
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by jonas | Jul 9, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Photo: Fenixx Kali Lovestar Text: Jonas Faremo
Emptiness – it´s not what you think!
There’s is a possibility you have a weird view on emptiness. I did, and it hugely limited the power of thought and the power to lessen suffering. Finding back to experience emptiness in a more real way can contribute to things we long for – inner peace, harmony, stillness, clarity. And take you back towards a more real self.
“-Bullshit!” maybe someone says. Great! Take that as an example. Those words appeared in emptiness. Listen to it and see the thought. Actually it can only exist if there is emptiness. Without emptiness “bullshit” cant appear. (Nor dog shit…) Look and listen to that word again. Above it – space, under it – space, right, left behind and in front of it – space! That space that you are is emptiness. Thoughts, which we usually identify with and think as “me” is a very small part of you. So bullshit and emptiness goes together just as anything we interpret as an object only exists together with space. They go together. A room is mostly space and the sofa, the table and the dog shit under it can only exist if there is room. They go together; space needs “something” be be a space.
Take the sense of hearing as another example. Emptiness or silence is the very circumstance in which sounds and words can exist. What is there most of right now, silence or sound? Silence of course, the space in which my words echo is far greater the petty words. But automatically the mind gives attention to the objects, in this case the sound of the words. For the mind that’s the only real thing. So it identifies with thoughts and fantasies when it is very obvious that what you are is not thought and inner movies. Who is it then who experience them? Yes you are much more of emptiness then thoughts but through the years we automatically identified with thoughts and now the thoughts is the boss, we think that’s “me” talking.
Hearing is a good example also on how we create stress and burn energy instead of being efficient and economic with energy. Someone whispers to you; -Listen! And you immediately start to do something. Tension around the ear, lean the head forward etc. None of which helps the hearing in any way. You hear already. This tension we create all the time as a reaction to outer stimuli without knowing. If we cultivate the identity with the emptiness we will slowly stop doing this. We are present and a vast space, things happen and they are nothing we need to react on. Thought, emotions, outer events like persons and situations. There is plenty of room.
How to cultivate inner peace?
Looking for inner peace? There are luckily many ways to cultivate inner peace. Here is one: Look for the space in between the thoughts some meditation teachers say. I say there is much more to look for. Look around the thoughts. The stream of thoughts and movies doesn’t appear on a horizontal line like this text. They appear in a 3d environment we can call awareness. Some say this is infinite, the very stuff that all consists off. It’s in the same space wherein the event of your body appears.
So look for the space around the thoughts. Try it now for example; Close your eyes and take deep soft breath and listen to the next thought. When it appears, look for the space around it by pin pointing the exact location of the thought in your awareness. WHERE does it appear? This is a great meditation practice if done with equanimity, that is a non-judging attitude. Give no value to what appears, instead notice; “where” and then lean back into the space of awareness and curiously see where next thought or movie appears. Is there space in between the perceived thought and the perceiver? Behind the thought? To the right? Left? Right? In front of? See how much peace there is inside you!!! Maybe that peace doesn’t even have boundaries?
Why cultivate inner peace?
Peace, stillness, emptiness, void, space – this is where the power of thoughts lies; the power of creation and the power to lessen suffering. Imagine throwing a pebble into a still pond. You can see the ripples going to all of the shores of that pond. You can easily observe the ripples and not identify with them if they wouldn’t serve you. On stormy water you can throw the Empire state building and it wouldn’t make a difference. You struggle to fight the waves and the chance of being the observer of the waves is very small when you feel you are drowning.
What is this?
This playful combination of word and image is an artistic project inspired by stillness. The text came out of meditation and is combined with artwork or photo from an artist. Our hope is that it will inspire to a small halt of reflection in the otherwise entertainment-heavy stream of pictures at the internet.
Artist: Fenixx Kali Lovestar is a belly dancing apsara performance artist with an eye for “the image”.
Whats up?
– If you are Swedish and want some support in getting on with your own meditation practice you can sign up on this E-course. Now 20% summer discount.
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by jonas | Jul 2, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Photo: Jonas Faremo Text: Jonas Faremo
What do you do for a living?
Are you living your dream life? If not, it can be closer then you think. Whatever excuses you created for not living it now; “I need that, I need this”, is a detour to experience the magic of life – more then you ever dreamt of.
Let go of your wants and desires for a while and appreciate what you are. Next moment comes out of this moment. If we are free and satisfied we can easily create more of that around us. If we are unsatisfied and not enough what you create in the next moment will come from that space of lack, hence easy to create more lack.
Who are you without a memory and without desires in this moment? Isn’t it just magic being alive in universe right now? If not, you experience your thoughts (story) about reality and not reality itself. This happens easily and I do it all the time. I give value to things, good/bad and create desires and expectations – all which create suffering and takes me further from experiencing the magic of life in universe – reality.
You can practice to experience reality instead of your thoughts of reality. This practice I call meditation. It brings your closer to experience the magic of life because it takes you further from identifying with the limited thoughts.
– When and where is your dream life?
What is this?
This playful combination of word and image is an artistic project inspired by stillness. The text came out of meditation and is combined with artwork or photo from an artist. Our hope is that it will inspire to a small halt of reflection in the otherwise entertainment-heavy stream of pictures at the internet.
Artist: Me and my ego.
Next steps?
– If you are Swedish and want some support in getting on with your own meditation practice you can sign up on this E-course. Now 20% summer discount.
– If you don’t understand a word Swedish I give private meditations sessions in English. Send an e-mail to inquire more.
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by jonas | Jun 21, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Photo: Fenixx Kali Lovestar Text: Jonas Faremo
You create your world …and then worry about it.
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are safe, there are friends and family around and you have money on the bank account but you still worry about not having enough in the future to be secure? Have that worry ever done anything good for you or your potential to be safe and secure?
When we strive for goals and objects we ruin the journey and the goal itself is turned into mind dust.
When we gain something we desired it is quickly turned into fear; fear of loosing it, fear of not getting that kick of acquiring again. So we turn to a new goal and strive. …and repeat.
We think possession makes us secure but it is the opposite since we desire them. They make us vulnerable.
The whipped cream on top of the mashed potato
There is usually another dimension added to this; we become addicts desiring desire itself. We desire desire because it provides a pleasant rush, a temporary kick. And as all addictions we get used to one level and need stronger desire – bigger challenges, higher goals, more pressure, bigger toys to feel the rush of desire. That restless strive never stops unless we stop it.
What to do?
What to do to make goals something helpful and not something that creates worry, lack, stress and pressure? How to allow abundance and happiness to become the predominate state of mind?
- See things as they are; things are things and goals are fantasies. And with that insight all is enjoyable in the now not causing lack, or suffering like stress and pressure.
- Have goals and things but don’t create desire for it. Have goals but create no expectations for it. Just do your best in this moment supporting the direction the goal points at. By the way, there will be no other moment for you to do that then now. Or another approach is to dream the goal and then forget about it. Instead trust that your intuition will guide you to receive what you desire.
- Become aware of the sublime inner process when you create desire for desire and stop it with love. Is it possible to feel a pleasurable sensation without creating desire for it? That’s the kind of questions that helps us become free of worry.
- Be present. And in this presence remind yourself of how you have what you need in this moment. See how you are supported in this moment. See things through the glasses of gratitude for while. These perspectives bring us back to truth. You are supported and have what you need in this moment in universe – because you exist.
What is this?
This playful combination of word and image is a purely artistic project inspired by stillness. The text came out of meditation and is combined with artwork or photo from an artist. Our hope is that it will inspire to a small halt of reflection in the otherwise entertainment-heavy stream of pictures at the internet.
Artist: Fenixx Kali Lovestar is a belly dancing apsara performance artist with an eye for “the image”.
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by jonas | Jun 7, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Photo: Mimi and Laura Text: Jonas Faremo
EMOTIONS is not a baggage!
You can have all the emotions that you want in life! …and you will have the ones you don’t want also wether you like it or not.
Emotions is not a heavy baggage that you need to get rid of. It is just emotions – neither bad or good. Life through you don’t make a mistake when emotions arise. They are like the wind, the clouds and the rain – in symbiosis with all. But we can be aware of the reaction to them. Awareness of emotions is what takes you from being a victim to being a master of emotions.
Without awareness we are in reaction to emotion without knowing it. And when we are in reaction without knowing it; we are a victim to outer circumstances. This is why humanity seem to be creating the same unsustainable results again and again even though we know better – we are victims to the conditioned mind which creates emotions. We are run by emotions.
Emotions is created in you as a reaction to outer stimuli or to our thoughts. They are old conditioning and perfect for what they are. Sometimes they can help us and guide us, sometime they are not helpful at all. If aware, we can hold a loving space for those emotions and act according to our better knowing. I don’t always know what the “better knowing” is but then I can always ask; “What would love do?” and see what comes up. Regardless of what I do I can allow the emotions to be there just like I don’t try to get rid of clouds on the sky while eating.
Outer events and people trigger emotions, if aware of the emotion we can act, if not aware of the emotion we react. Maybe we find ourselves annoyed, angry, irritated sad or offended? If unaware we try to find the reason of that discomfort on the outside and in other people. And if the reason is outside we blame or try to solve the outside. This is a reaction. It may take away the dis-comfortable emotion temporary because it is overrun by the kick of the ego who feels its in charge and in control, but that is a very short-term state and the emotion will come back and the ego will find itself out of control and not in charge, because it isn’t. And the mind-pattern of that emotion is also strengthened by us opposing it and avoid it with all kinds of elaborate strategies like “thinking of something else”, “do something fun”, or finding the cause on the outside and blame or try to change the outer world.
If you find yourself in reaction to emotions or have very strong emotions there is helpful perspectives/methods. Here is one of them;
Perspective: Emotions as a child.
See the emotions as a small child. Sometimes the child reacts to something and gets upset. What do you do when the child comes running to you crying and upset? You pick it up and hold it lovingly and say that all is ok and confirm the emotion; “-its ok to be sad dear child.” And after a while the child will be done and see something else and run away playing with that like if nothing happened. No trauma/conditioning is caused that the child will carry along in life. Conditioning like having the perspective that the event that upset or the person is “bad” or that the feeling of sadness is “bad”. They still learned what is beneficial for them or not by the event. No reason to cause trauma.
Now, what would be the opposite? The child comes running crying again. But this time we see it as a heavy bad baggage and we appose it, we don’t want that crying child. So we slap that child over the cheek and say “stop crying, don’t be a sissy.” (This is how most people deal with emotions.) And maybe ask the child what happened and try to solve the “cause” for the sadness. Maybe another kid played with his/her favourite toy. We go there and try to force the toy out of the other kids hands. Traumas/conditioning is created or strengthened in everyone involved in that situation and will grow over time.
Healing emotional patterns?
Yes they heal by themselves with a loving non-judgmental attitude towards them. The conditioning withers away. Its like the child. All it longs for is to be loved. And when it gets loved it doesn’t have to be upset anymore, it feels secure. Over time approaching emotions in a loving way, they will heal, that is they don’t need to get upset to to get love. They are loved/love.
Below is a list of uncomfortable emotions that may help you if you want to confirm the child and what it is feeling exactly. Its from Byron Katies website thework.com. And if you want to get help relating to your strong emotions more mindfully shoot me an e-mail and order a coaching session and I will be happy to support you on your journey.
What is this?
This playful combination of word and image is a purely artistic project inspired by stillness. The text came out of meditation and is combined with artwork or photo from an artist. Our hope is that it will inspire to a small halt of reflection in the otherwise entertainment-heavy stream of pictures at the internet.
Artist: Mimi and Laura is the kids of a friend of mine and are truly artists. Not just spontanious life artists but also trained in various crafts of art. Here they made me pose with a very fasshionable “baggage” and took a picture.
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List of emotions:
rritated
enraged
hostile
insulting
annoyed
upset
hateful
unpleasant
offensive
aggressive
bitter
frustrated
controlling
resentful
hotheaded
malicious
infuriated
critical
meanspirited
violent
vindictive
sadistic
mean
spiteful
furious
agitated
antagonistic
repulsed
mad
cross
incensed
loud
reactive
swearing
abrupt
quarrelsome
venomous
irate
shorttempered
stubborn
rebellious
exasperated
impatient
contrary
condemning
seething
scornful
sarcastic
overbearing
sharp
poisonous
insulting
disrespectful
jealous
ticked off
hitting
yelling
screaming
revengeful
retaliating
reprimanding
envious
disappointed
discouraged
ashamed
powerless
diminished
guilty
dissatisfied
miserable
despicable
selfdenigrating
self-hating
sulky
low
terrible
lousy
desperate
alienated
bad
pessimistic
dejected
bummed out
self-critical
selfdeprecating
gloomy
glum
disheartened
down
despondent
cheerless
rotten
masochistic
stuck
contracted
tight
blocked
despairing
hopeless
grouchy
off
moody
crabby
faultfinding
resistant
punishing
morose
cranky
grumpy
burdened
negative
closed
out of sorts
no energy
in hell
touchy
haggard
drawn
slumped
slouching
achy
doubtful
uncertain
indecisive
perplexed
embarrassed
hesitant
shy
disillusioned
distrustful
misgiving
lost
unsure
uneasy
tense
stressed
uncomfortable
comparing
dishonest
superior
disdainful
manipulative
judgmental
argumentative
authoritative
condescending
demanding
confounded
distracted
disoriented
off-kilter
frenzied
blushing
awkward
incapable
alone
paralyzed
fatigued
useless
inferior
vulnerable
empty
distressed
pathetic
distraught
doomed
overwhelmed
incompetent
inept
incapacitated
shut down
cut off
trapped
weak
sick
nauseated
fidgety
trembling
craving
hungry
squirming
jittery
woozy
twitching
compulsive
insensitive
dull
reserved
weary
bored
preoccupied
cold
lifeless
uncaring
uninterested
unresponsive
tired
robotic
slow
sluggish
fearful
terrified
suspicious
anxious
alarmed
panicked
nervous
scared
worried
frightened
timid
shaky
restless
threatened
cowardly
insecure
wary
menaced
uptight
apprehensive
attacking
defensive
dreadful
guarded
troubled
selfabsorbed
rigid
phobic
intolerant
disturbed
disrupted
intimidated
avoiding
unwelcoming
petrified
unbending
paranoid
inhibited
immobile
attached
prejudiced
agoraphobic
selfconscious
crushed
tormented
deprived
pained
tortured
rejected
injured
offended
afflicted
aching
victimized
heartbroken
agonized
appalled
wronged
humiliated
insulted
withdrawn
miffed
indignant
suffering
distant
invaded
bulldozed
bullied
secretive
slighted
smothered
belittled
tearful
sorrowful
anguished
desolate
unhappy
lonely
grieved
mournful
dismayed
downhearted
oversensitive
dirty
remorseful
sullen
sour
selfcastigating
unworthy
fragile
disconnected
devastated
blindsided
discontented
crying
groaning
moaning
stony
serious
stern
frowning
recoiling
glaring
disgusted
unfair
attacked
tactless
hurtful
bossy
stilted
stiff
brutal
combative
pushy
neglectful
stonewalling
rude
ranting
scolding
shrill
hard
fake
phony
shallow
taut
territorial
complaining
obsessive
blunt
