Live longer and Happier. There are many things you can do to live longer but not always healthier or happier. Living longer should not be our primary goal but instead we should try to achieve, sustain and aspire to a better life, where we cultivate better habits and lifestyles which bring us longevity and not just excitement, pleasure or entertainment.
Health should be in mind and body, and our habits will reflect the state of mind we are in and the kind of company we keep. So what are 10 fundamental changes or habits we should keep, to live a longer happier life?
1. Think of others before yourself. Give thought to how your actions will affect others.
2. Make sure you are always breathing deeply and long.
3. Watch your speech. Do not gossip or talk ill of others or yourself.
4. Watch and control what kind of thoughts you are having. Positive, ambitious, self loathing, angry, selfish, inclusive etc.
5. Control your actions and make sure most of them are positive, selfless, inclusive and aware.
6. Be free of religious, political, sexual, race, nationalistic, patriotic, biases leading to limited separatist thoughts or actions.
7. Cultivate habits which bring about health in mind and body. Sleep early, eat early, don’t over talk, fast time to time and sit in silence for some time each day.
8. Be aware of what you put importance or effort into as this will bring you much pain or joy in the near and far future. Our karmic energy and destiny will be affected by this.
9. Control your senses by avoiding any excess, so they don’t end up controlling you. This will help control your nervous system and your entire health.
10. Cultivate a healthy practice of yoga, meditation, reading and other spiritual endeavors to bring about a higher consciousness towards all living beings. This will help each person to know their purpose in this life time.
Before doing anything you will need to know what your intentions are and why you are motivated to do something. Knowing this together with the actions you decide to take will either bring you a long life or not. Life is a choice.
Yogi Cameron
on Nov 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Yogi Cameron
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Energy flows where attention goes.What’s your attention focused on?
when one knows one is on the right track one can’t be derailed.
on Nov 16th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Dearest enlightened Cameron and Ray, :p
I’m glad that we are walking and holding one another hands here :p
In this life of mine on this planet, i have never come across someone like Cameron who is the best leader… not only perfect looking from carrying precepts well with pure heart, thoughts, speech and action.
Cameron is living to give and share of what he learns which is generousity to all…
Cameron reminds me of what the last Buddha, Prince Siddhartha said ” Do what i did.” who did not just went into Nirvana but spent all his life teaching gods, angels and human who can be taught.
Even who want to harm him in any ways, still Buddha share compassion to all.
More than words Cameron, I worship yr devotion in both your body and mind of your noble beings and Thank u very much for writing, it means and can be biggest than it is right now and you knew that :p…thanks for your magical bright vision! :p
Congratulations for your spiritual knowledge journey in India, do u have dates and schedule set? If there is anything i can do to help, please let me know. So i can be the part of your merit too :p
May all Buddha in Nirvana bless u and your well being in every steps and every single gently and deeply breaths of yours. :p I rejoice in your merit :p
Would you mind writing articles about A Manual of Peace: 38 Steps towards Enlightened Living? In your own fasinating way and topic? :p
Especially on ” Not Associating with the Fools but Associating with the Wise. ” How to recoginize the fool and WISE and how to stay away, why do we need to do that? How can we AVOIDING THE INFLUENCE OF FOOLS? and why do u think it is primary neccessary to all?
With love, best wishes and compassion from the bright light clear pure crystal diamond Buddha at the center of my being (2″ inches above my belly)
Thanks for your blog, what a wonderful thoughtful hands of yours… :p
http://www.meditationforpeace.info/DMC_live.asp
:p Summa Arahung, Bon
on Nov 17th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Yogi Cameron i kiss your hands and feet.I’m not a foot fetish.But you know in what way.I feel excited reading your practical down to earth guidance and i am encouraged.There is just this one point you talk of excitement and you say : ( i think it’s best i copy and paste yur lines here for exactness).
quoting you :
” where we cultivate better habits and lifestyles which bring us longevity and not just excitement, pleasure or entertainment. ”
I find excitement essential to my being.I also love to have pleasure.Entertainement depends on the purpose and quality of the entertainement.I find that life is dull and void without excitement and pleasure.We become lustless and empty.And no human being attracts happiness or further learning when they are lustless and empty.Infact then we become frustrated and bitter and all those negative emotions start welling up in one.Why are we living beings?We are meant to live life and not let life surpass us where we are only onlookers or viewers of life.That is being passive.Passive energy.We need to be active and alert.So we live life actively.Excitement is a basic necessity of life.There are rituals like calling one’s soul back home to oneself.After doing so it fills one with such contentment and happiness.And i feel a natural sense of excitement well up in me again.Yogi Cameron I kiss your hands and feet.
on Nov 17th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
You are amazing Ray, one out of millions, :p thanks for being here :p and you have the wisest best friend, Cameron who lift u and me up. We all lift each other up. :p
I like your word, longevity, what the smartest word!!:p, keep them coming? …:p
Cameron, I rejoice in your merit and your starting over spiritual rebirth, to be reborn in fresh in India. :p Congratulations million times :p
Cameron, you are like the bird that flies from its nest NY. :p
to fight for peace, the greatest gift that money cant buy and no one can give you but yourself. :p :p i’m happy for you..
I rejoice in your merit and bow at your feet on the ground with all the angels that protect and provide me with all the respect energy of my crystal Buddha body, mind, heart and soul. :p
Cameron, you will travel to be the source of merit, to learn natural medicine and help lots of people. :p They are awaiting for u, including me and my family. :p You have more merit than i do but i will do my best to meditate for you and Ray too. :p
You are unlike anyone i have ever known. You make me a better peron. :p You are indescribable. :p I’m feeling joyful just being here to worship you. :p
I m grateful for your meditation and your practice, your staying centered, focused, giving and sharing. :p
I honor your soul with crytal Buddha inside me to your calmness, smoothness, you are the calm and cool emotion best quality. :p
I have humbling experience learning from you each day. My life changes and not only you are one of the best person in my life but because you also love yourself like others. :p You are my real friend who teach me to value my time. :p
“ This afternoon I felt very calm. I began with relaxing my body and spreading loving kindness as usual. My mind went down to the center of my body easily. I felt like some light was shining out of my body in every direction. My body was expanded. Then, I saw a crystal ball at the center of my body but it’s colorful like a rainbow. I was very happy.”
— Chua Choo Thing Jacky, Singapore, IT Manager
“I stop seaching outside, it is at the center of you and me, the kingdom of heaven is within you and me. Many understand already that the special place is not what are we are looking for, not up in the sky, But the kingdom of happiness is within you and me. :p At the center of you and me… :p
Thank you Cameron and Ray, you are truly wonderful and incomparable best friend of my life… :p :p
Bon…:P
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