by jonas | Oct 28, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Model: Jonas Faremo & Mimi Khimich Photo: Laura Khimich Text: Jonas Faremo
DISSATISFACTION!
Where does it live? Get to the root cause of dissatisfaction is only possible if you find where it exists. If it lives within you – that is also where the cause is found. Now, this doesn´t mean that you cant change things. But if we only change environment when we feel dissatisfaction, that is the pattern we will strengthen. Something will always need to change in order for us to feel satisfied. That means that we give all our power to outer circumstances. We become victims to what other people do. Thats just not a smart strategy in the long run.
I used to live mostly like a reaction to outer circumstances. The will to find truth and to end my dissatisfaction and other modes of suffering led me to make constant self awareness the most important thing in life. With that came in-sights. Important in-sights that made me more and more free of the whims of the outer environment. Hence less and less a victim to other people and the events of universe. This regardless of if I was managing a project, trying to love my dissatisfied lover or dealing with a tax audit. Thats why I kept self awareness as the most important thing in life. It gradually makes life more of what I want it to be and me a more powerful force of what I want me to be. …Whoever this “I” am.
Artist: Mimi and Laura are the kids of a good friend of mine and are truly artists. Not just spontanious life artists but also trained in various crafts of art.
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.
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by jonas | Oct 20, 2016 | Inspiration, Okategoriserade
Model: Jonas Faremo Photo: Mama Faremo Text: Jonas Faremo
WHO THE F*CK ARE YOU TO JUDGE?
“Most people I know are not as they supposed to be. They are behaving improperly and weird and should really take a look at themselves! Some are better then me though, but most are worse.”
Well, if I would listen to my mind this would be my reality. Its cultivated to evaluate, compare and judge. But really, who the f*ck am I to judge in universe? Before that cultivation, when I was a baby like on the picture, my mind was free from the habit of judging and comparing. The mind just perceived reality as it was; life happening in universe. The mind reacted to its instincts to attract food and love, but there was no thinking going on, it wasn’t “trying” to get love. There were no stories regarding that “dirty” guy with the tattoos or the “fat” girl in the cafe or the “un-cool kid” in the class or the “notsolovingassheshouldbe partner” in front of the tv.
Living a conscious life in mindfulness is to cultivate a beginners mind. A mind that is pure and can see things without the filter of judgments. Like the baby, but with consciousness. Every moment is fresh, new and interesting. People love to be around those people that have no judgments. People have a possibility to grow and evolve around a person that has no judgments. We see ourselves more clearly in the mirror of people that has no judgements. We are less scared to see ourselves in the mirror of people that has no judgments. Isn’t it so? Think about people that “take energy” to be around, and people that “gives energy” to be around.
In practicality, cultivating a beginners mind without judgement is mostly a un-cultivation of the mind. To see where judgments arise in the mind by automatic and just BE AWARE of them (without judging them) instead of BEING them; “he is dirty, she is fat, my partner isnotaslovingassheshouldbe etc”. By time the automation to judge and compare dissolve by itself and becomes weaker and weaker – the mind gets purified.
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: The model “Little Jonas” completely is innocent. He has no idea that he is a model and will exposed and used by the “Big Jonas” year 2016 in a blog post. He doesn’t even know “blog” or “2016” or “years” or “time” for that instance. Mama Faremo however has a broad artist vein running in her body and when younger painted paintings that decorated the walls of our house. Hopefully she picks up the brush again.
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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 21, 2016 | Inspiration
Photo: Dina Shakirova Text: Jonas Faremo
Love everything, and you will see that love is everywhere
Well, its true isnt it?
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: Dina Shakirova makes photoart on Instagram with her smartphone and Henna tattoos that blows your mind. If you ever have the chance to try here extremely healing and painful massages please do! Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fren4boy/
Whats up?
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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 29, 2016 | Inspiration
Model: Olle Faremo Photo: Malin Faremo Text: Jonas Faremo
EVER FRESH
Only in memory does the thing we call history exist. Only in fantasy does the thing we call future exist.
Stop everything for a moment and imagine yourself without memory. And imagine yourself having nothing to take care of other then what is in the body right now. Who would you be?
Life is a happening in the now. Its an event that sometimes goes by the name universe, existence, God or consciousness. Like a river running through you also universe happens through “you”. Ever fresh.
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: Olle is a performance artist turning the simple thing of being himself into an art. Unspoilt and unfiltered he performs in front of the camera without performing…
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by jonas | Jun 28, 2016 | Inspiration
Photo: Canva.com Text: Jonas Faremo
Research shows that when many people meditate on earth it coincides with the decrease of violence and acts of war. This is totally natural and nothing that surprises anyone who followed up their studies with some dives into Quantum Physics.
It can’t be denied. We are all connected. Quantum physics is not a new science anymore and tells us that there is no separation in universe. A single separated event doesn’t exist. It’s all a continuous joint happening.
So the state in which you are will be your contribution to the collective weather you like it or not and the state in which other people are will contribute to your reality weather you like it or not. We are in this together.
If you meditate – thank you! You make life so much better for me. I will be sure to do my part and meditation and cultivate a peaceful mind as much as I can. I promise. For my sake and for your.
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: In this case the artist is me combing image with word to create communication to softly question the way we work.
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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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