Guatemala y yo

La situacion por la que atraviesa nuestro pais actualmente requiere mas que simplemente REPETIR LAS QUEJAS DE LOS DEMAS. Requiere toda nuestra atencion y compromiso.

No podemos seguir dividiendonos entre ricos y pobres, entre indigenas y ladinos, entre los de derecha e izquierda... La division no nos llevara a ningun lado. Guatemala nos pertenece a todos y TODOS SOMOS RESPONSABLES LOS UNOS DE LOS OTROS: no podemos seguir ignorand...o los sufrimientos ajenos.

Esto significa que no podemos encerrarnos en nuestra burbuja y preocuparnos solo por nuestro bienestar: BUSQUEMOS EL BIENESTAR DE TODA LA NACION. Al fin y al cabo, la prosperidad de uno depende del otro.

Esta es una invitacion a que se involucren con toda su fuerza y con todo su intelecto en los procesos que hoy ocurren en nuestra nacion. ESTA ES UNA INVITACION PARA QUE ACTUEMOS DE UNA MANERA INFORMADA. De nada sirve criticar a los politicos si no creamos alternativas basadas en entendimiento claro de la situacion.

Especificamente que hacer, la verdad no se, pero mientras sigamos ignorando nuestra responsabilidad no vamos a lograr responder esta pregunta. Y en cierta forma cada uno tiene un papel distinto, dependiendo de donde te encuentras y quien eres.

En lo personal creo que INFORMARNOS DE LOS DISTINTOS ACONTECIMIENTOS Y PUNTOS DE VISTA es un buen punto de partida. Pero no se conformen solo con lo que dicen los medios, hay muchas mas voces que necesitan ser escuchadas.

Usemos los medios sociales para comenzar discusiones, para compartir informacion, para conocernos, para escucharnos, para unirnos encontra de nuestro verdadero enemigo: LA DIVISION Y LA CORRUPCION. No somos enemigos unos de otros si tenemos la misma meta: una mejor Guatemala para todos.

(Y no se quejen por la falta de tildes, pero es que este teclado me la pone dificil... ademas, ese no es el punto!)

Being one with life

I feel pressure within myself to become what I am not yet. I have a constant feeling of failure as I don't seem to achieve the status of who I should be. I feel guilt for not being all that I could be. I fear wasted potential in the use of my time and in the amount of energy invested. I dream of how much I could accomplish if, only if, I would do more and be more.

But the truth is that right now I am who I am, and that's all that I can be now. There's nothing wrong with that. Accepting such truth seems to be the first step to being one with life.

I don't need to be anyone else--I couldn't be anyone else! If I see the need of changing my deeds and beliefs then I should do so without fear of lagging behind. Who sets the standard anyway?

Today, I'll be one with myself; I'll be one with life.

(yep, that's a dialog with myself but you're welcome to comment on it ;)

This week's trend: Breath Awareness

I've been thinking too much lately: what things do I have due tomorrow? what should I be doing now? or should I be doing something else? how do I achieve my goals? what if I cant? what should I do next? and what about time for my friends? blah blah...

I've been thinking too much to the point of getting overwhelmed by my thoughts and even defeated by them at times. So how to stop this constant thinking that is taking me nowhere good?

--> One way of doing this is to take a few minutes to be aware of my breathing and in that way I create gaps in the stream of thinking and bring myself back to the present moment...

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"Being aware of your breathing takes attention away from thinking and creates space...

Be aware of your breathing. Notice the sensation of the breath. Feel the air moving in and out of you body. Notice how the chest and abdomen expand and contract slightly with the in-and outbreath. One conscious breath is enough to make some space where before there was the uninterrupted succession of one thought after another... 

Being aware of you breath forces you into the present moment--the key to all inner transformation. Whenever you are conscious of the breath, you are absolutely present. You may also notice that you cannot think and be aware of your breathing. Conscious breathing stops your mind. But far from being in a trance or half asleep, you are fully awake and highly alert..."

(A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle)

Abundance

"If the thought of lack--whether it be money, recognition, or love--has become part of who you think you are, you will always experience lack. Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in your life, all you see is lack. Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. The fact is: Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world."

"Try this for a couple of weeks and see how it changes your reality: Whatever you think people are withholding from you--praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on--give it to them. You don't have it? Just act as if you had it, and it will come. Then, soon after you start giving, you will start receiving. You cannot receive what you don't give."

(These are excerpts from the book A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle)
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I find it necessary to constantly remind myself of these basic principles. Sometimes I feel like my "default" state is to complain and to see the negative. Maybe is this consumerist society that teaches us to pay attention to the things we lack, the things we wish we had, and the things others should give us... and all of the sudden we forget and fail to see all the abundance that surrounds us.

I want to change my  my default state to give thanks for all the people and things that are part of my life. In that way I'll be recognizing such abundance, which in turn will lead me to be at peace with the present moment.