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gratitude

I think gratitude is a feeling of being grateful for and not necessarily to someone or thing. Having an attitude of gratitude simply means to me that I

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September Happiness Hub Newsletter Has Been Mailed

Subscribers have already received their copy of the September issue. If you're not yet a subscriber, you can click on the link below to access the details of free gifts included with your free subscription. Happiness Hub is e-mailed more or less once a month.

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What Causes Suffering

In her question that essentially relates to what causes suffering, PruJoy exposes the dilemma that many people are faced with. My response took on a life

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Different States Of Consciousness | Page 3 | Fourth State Of Consciousness

At least four different states of consciousness have been verified by science. This page focuses more on the practical and experiential aspects of the fourth state of consciousness, aka transcendental

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Happy Family

As a happy father, I thought I'd share with you this spontaneous exchange of Facebook messages that took place this week. It started with a post by my

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Conscious Mental Rest Practitioners' Forum

The Conscious Mental Rest Practitioners' Forum can now be accessed from the Site Map as well as from the CMR section's Table of Contents at the bottom of the introductory page about Conscious Mental Rest. The Permalink below will take you directly to the forum.

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What Causes Happiness?

What causes happiness is far more profound than things like success, relationships, money, a good night's sleep, and so on. These things help to trigger the experience of happiness.

At one level, money, success, relationships, a sunny day and such like can be said to be what causes happiness for many people. However, I see those kinds of things as only a part of what makes us happy.

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Finding Bliss Unexpectedly

For many people, finding quiet inner bliss unexpectedly is an experience that most likely happens during childhood more than in adulthood. Young children's minds are usually more innocent than ours, with attention focused mostly on what is happening in the present moment than on thinking about the past or the future.

We're all different
Everyone comes into this world with their own unique nervous system and set of life circumstances. So, experiences will naturally differ from person to person.

Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that if...

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Different States Of Consciousness | Page 2

There are said to be seven different states of consciousness. We are generally familiar with only three of them - waking, dreaming and deep sleep. Learn more in this series.

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Gratitude - A Means Or A Result?

Gratitude is said to be essential for creating a better life of health, wealth and happiness. But is this true? Is the daily journal, like the one Oprah and many others keep, and is the Abraham-Hicks exercise of a 'rampage of appreciation', an effective means for experiencing true happiness and abundance? Or is this human quality an automatic and spontaneous by-product of being happy and at peace with oneself?

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Different States Of Consciousness | Page 1

We are all familiar with the first three different states of consciousness: deep sleep, dream sleep and being awake. And when we think about it, we also realise that when we are in one state of consci

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Book: The Sound of Silence - Submitted by Pru Joy, Australia

"As you calm down you can experience the sound of silence in the mind. You hear it as a kind of high frequency sound, a ringing sound that's always there. It is just normally never noticed. Now when you begin to hear that sound of silence, it's a sign of emptiness - of silence of the mind. It's something you can always turn to.

"As you concentrate on it and turn to it, it can make you quite peaceful, blissful. Meditating on that, you have a way of letting the conditions of the mind cease without just suppressing them with another condition. Otherwise you just end up putting one condition over another.

"This process is ...

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Free Online Meditation Course And Happiness Courses

Take the free online meditation coure in Conscious Mental Rest and administer courses for others as a CMR Course Facilitator in your home town

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The Best Nutritional Supplement - But How Can One Tell?

Finding the best nutritional supplement is not really a viable pursuit, because it all depends on your body's needs. Also, one's needs are different at different times. Moreover, everyone is different, and different supplements can have different effects on different individuals.

Do we actually need to supplement our diet anyway?

There is enough researched evidence available today to conclusively show that the nutritional value of food in the 21st century is significantly lower than it was a century ago, in several areas disturbingly lower. And this is in respect of real, grown food, as it comes from the farms and fresh food markets.

In addition to this, the modern diet now...

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Fulvic Acid: An Important Organic Food Supplement

Fulvic Acid, a significant part of humic acid, has been called 'the giver of life'. As one of the best electrolytes known, it can restore electrical potential to our body cells. This page provides some of the researched benefits of taking this natural organic acid as a food supplement.

The role of Fulvic Acid in nature

Ancient organic deposits of humic acid were formed in the earth millions of years ago. A significant part of this substance is made up of what is known as Fulvic Acid.

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What Causes Happiness - Choosing How I Wish To Perceive

I'd like to pass on this tip for happiness that seems to work for me. I have the choice to ask myself: "How do I want to perceive 'this' (situation, feeling, person, etc.)?" I like to start with...

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New Site Seach Navbar Button Added

You can now search this website by simply clicking on the new Search This Site button near the top of the navbar. This opens a new window with a Google Site Search window. Try it now. Personally, I think it's great, 'cos it certainly saves me a lot of time hunting for stuff I've added to the site ealier. :-)

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Meet David Townsend - Amorganic Life Support

Meet David Townsend, found of Amorganic Life Support, a range of herbal formulations including glyconutrients. David is a personal friend of mine, and I will be expanding the Health and Happiness section of the site with useful information about nutritional supplements that I will be obtaining directly from David. Get to know David by clicking on the Permalink below.

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Comments On The Bhagavad Gita Vistior's page

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing that Pru Joy.

Interestingly, in the seventies (I think it was) Maharishi declared the 'Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment'. And in these times we can see the acceleration in the awakening of human consciousness.

So many authors are saying the same thing in so many different different ways. Maharishi's is one of the more eloquent versions I have read. It also offers a glimpse into what this website is all about - helping to clear the stresses and impedances that inhibit the nervous system from being pure.

The notion of 'Self-Alignment' mentioned on other pages of this website means just that: dissolving the impedance in the nervous system so that the "inner individuality of the spirit" is consciously aligned with the "level of unlimited eternal Being", the true nature of the Self.

Again, thank you for writing a page for others to read.

~ Gavin

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Bhagavad Gita (a site visitor's page)

I have just started reading thru the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's translation & commentary of The Bhagavad-Gita. I have read quite a few different translations over the past 34 years but in light of what I have only in the past year learnt with regard to Conscious Mental Rest, I now find that the Maharishi's commentary rings the bell most clearly & sweetly as far as getting my whole attention!

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Finding Bliss

Finding bliss has two aspects: doing things that enliven bliss, and not doing things that create the opposite of bliss. I was with someone today (I'll

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Gross Domestic Happiness And The FIFA 2010 World Cup

During the FIFA World Cup, the Gross Domestic Happiness of South Africa has undoubtedly sky-rocketed up to a whole new level. The challenge now is for all South Africans - especially the media - to maintain the momentum and create a snowball effect throughout the nation, so that everyone can enjoy the fruits of the re-enlivened national vibe.

So, here are my hopes for the post-World Cup era in my homeland, beautiful South Africa, bearing in mind that what we put our attention on, we enliven in our lives.

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Indigo Child's Views on How to Save the World

It's a pleasure to hear the youth speaking out about how we can lead a better life to have a better world.

If you listen carefully to what this youngster says right near the beginning of his talk, you'll hear him say that the first thing to do is to be happy. :-)

I hope you enjoy the video.

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New CMR Practitioners' Forum

The CMR Forum has now been moved from Proboards.com to the main website. This forum is where practitioners of Conscious Mental Rest can ask questions about their CMR experience and related topics, or submit testimonials. The pages are not password-protected and are accessible to everyone. However, only registered CMR practitioners may submit items.

Posts from the old forum have not been moved across to here. The old forum is still accessible for reading items posted, but not for accepting new posts. The link may be found on other pages of the website.

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Happiness Is Reading Articles Later

Here's a cool, free service that I plan to make use of in several ways, mostly for reading stuff offline on my Kindle when I have time.

Bookmarking Web pages to Favorites to read later is just so 'last century'. Check out this convenient alternative method and you'll see what I mean.

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Deep-seated Stress Relief Allows Happiness To Flow

Stress relief is an absolutely essential requirement in the experience of lasting health and happiness. This site points the way.

The video talk by Dr Vincent Bellonzi has now been added to this page.

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Is Meditation Essential for Happiness?

Question from Tammy: Is there any other way of being happy other than meditation?

Answer: There are many ways to be happy. You seem to have a reluctance to spending some time each day sitting quietly? :-)

That's quite understandable. It is a time commitment, after all ... like jogging or going to the gym.

On my website, I suggest two basic approaches: (1) tapping into the reservoir of happiness within (in my case, using Conscious Mental Rest); and (2) enlivening our inner happiness by following the inner prompts from within -- i.e. doing what our inner 'voice' tells is right and appropriate.

On my website, I suggest two basic approaches: (1) tapping into the reservoir of happiness within (in my case, using Conscious Mental Rest); and (2) enlivening our inner happiness by following the inner prompts from within -- i.e. doing what our inner 'voice' tells is right and appropriate.

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Vuvuzela Concerto in B Flat

Aha! Someone has finally written down the sheet music for the Vuvuzela Concerto in B Flat. This is wonderful! I can't wait to attend the performance by the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Apparently all the musicians will be swapping their instruments on that night and playing vuvuzelas instead.

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Conscious Mental Rest Audio Introduction

I've added an 18-minute audio introduction to Conscious Mental Rest (aka CMR-Transcending Meditation). This talk explains what is meant by Conscious Mental Rest and how we can benefit from it. It also explains why it is effortless and natural. The audio player is lower down on the page. Click on the permalink below to listen to it.

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Soccer World Cup Blogger Comments

Opinions vary about the 2010 Soccer World Cup extravaganza being held in South Africa, and whether it is generating enough happiness to make it all worthwhile.

Some people love the noisy vuvuzelas, others hate them. Some think it's a money-machine lining the pockets of the organizers and those on the inside.

Others feel it is a wonderful event that is lifting the spirits of millions of South Africans. Here's what one content contributor to this site has to say. Do you agree? Disagree?

Feel free to add a comment, or write your own page on this topic.

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