VIDEO 2: Happiness is the name of the game

This is the second video of my new YouTube Channel: 

MyAppreciation

www.youtube.com/user/MyAppreciation

2 Happiness is the name of the game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViKUYj-Znks&feature=youtu.be

Note 1:  If you like, turn off the lovely gong music “Spherical Improvisations” by Marianne Green (right column below)

Note 2:  This is a response following the request by Lilou Macé’ to her call: “What is YOUR message to Humanity?” (See her video below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_TcVOxheb4&feature=related

Synopsis:

Again, Lilou, I am so very grateful for your unique, juicy way of enriching my life! ;-)

My second message is:

"Happiness is the name of the game"

1) Guru Dev had said:

Happiness

Is the Purpose of Creation,

And we are all here

To enjoy

And Radiate

Happiness

Everywhere.

2) And the Abraham Beings have said:

The Basis of Life is Freedom,

The Result of Life is Growth,

The Purpose of Life is Joy.

3) My wisdom:

Happiness is the goal, the path, and the mode of transportation! ;-)

4) Now I believe that happiness is at the heart of creation itself. Happiness is the essence of life. It is the elixir of life without which nothing would be. It is life and light and love itself.

5) The reason for the lack of happiness, for struggle, strive, pain, misery, and suffering is the resistance we are holding to source energy, to the creative intelligence of nature, to the wellbeing of the universe.

6) The best way for us to develop happiness is appreciation. When we appreciate, we always feel good. And when we're joyful, we automatically release resistance and the wellbeing of the universe can make its way into our life experience, fulfilling our desires for ever more happiness.

7) I believe that all we need to do is cultivate appreciation. I developed workshops which I call: CultivatingAppreciation for Wellbeing.

8) Now some of us may think: But isn't it selfish to seek one's own happiness when there are so many people who are suffering tremendously.

I believe that when we are fulfilled, we are full of love and empathy and we are like a sun that radiates its light and warmth for the benefit of other people and our surroundings. An empty cup cannot overflow. Only those who have can give. So let us seek to become strong, joyful, juicy givers.

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I am responding to Lilou’s call for messages:

What is YOUR message to Humanity? (video response request)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_TcVOxheb4&feature=related

I am responding to Lilou’s call for messages:

What is YOUR message to Humanity? (video response request)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_TcVOxheb4&feature=related

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Lilou's websites:

http://www.JuicyLivingTour.com

http://www.LilouMace.com

Facebook posts and updates:

http://www.facebook.com/liloumacewebTV

“Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami” by Yuka Saionji

Alan Zulch posted a comment on the entry “Deciding to stay in Sendai” by Anne Thomas http://www.odemagazine.com/blogs/readers_blog/24828/deciding_to_stay_in_sendai

mentioning yet another post published on March 15 by a young friend of his, a native of Tokyo:  “Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami” http://www.charityfocus.org/blog/view.php?id=2311.

Like Anne, through her tremendous inner strength Yuka is capable of putting her attention on the acts of kindness, helpfulness, and consideration she has been witnessing among her fellow-citizens following the days of the tragedy.  Yuka added a second entry on the 16^th and I was particularly touched by her last paragraph: 

“If we are able to stop and step back from fear, even just a little bit, we can see so much more.  I hope we don’t forget love, gratitude, acceptance, harmony and oneness.  I hope we can keep reminding that to each other, cause, you know ... I may forget too.”

I want to reach out to Yuka and convey to her that I’d love to remind her although I get the sense that she may only need the most gentle of boosts every once in a while.  I also want to let her know about the international initiative I just started which I have rephrased "CultivatingAppreciation for WellBeing - Proposing a New Way of Life". 

I so admire humans like Anne and Yuka who have the mental power to direct their thoughts to the pleasing circumstances and events in the faceoff destruction, continuous aftershocks, and the threatening nuclear situation.  Wouldn’t it be so beneficial and uplifting if we had an international organization whose members would come together regularly to share with one another the appreciation and gratefulness they feel in their lives on a daily basis?  Not when times are particularly bad or especially good – no, regularly as a way of life at all times and under all circumstances.  An ongoing celebration of life.

The lifestyle of many of us includes the a habit of turning within a little every day to meditate;  eating healthy, organic food if we can;  exercising quite regularly;  drinking lots of water;  embracing sustainability;  and/or reaching out to connect with the members of the large communities – both in the virtual and real worlds – whose passion it is to make contributions to the improvement of societal or environmental circumstances and events.

My proposed practice "CultivatingAppreciation for WellBeing” adds a nice addition to such a lifestyle.  It also complements the valuable work of many people and organizations whose mission is peace, charity, mindfulness of thought and action, benevolence, or social and environmental entrepreneurship - all aspiring to make this awe-inspiring world an even better place for us in which to live.

I plan to establish groups in all geographies and at all levels of society – among friends, at work, and in schools, basically anywhere where people interact whose intent is to appreciate their lives and the world in which they live.

CultivatingAppreciation for WellBeing’s mission is to share with other interested souls our “enjoyable moments” taken from memories of the past, what’s pleasant right here and now in our lives, to what we are looking forward in the future, what we glean from public figures or other role models, from playing “what-if” scenarios or games, or from lightheartedly writing fiction or theater plays to set the mental juices in motion.

The fourteen topics I came up with (and counting) range from celebrating our own being to what we love about “contributing to the world becoming a better place” and I’d be happy to send you my list.

To implement my vision I have conceived a number of possibilities and already implemented option 1 and 3 in Germany and the US:

1. People get together regularly in groups once or twice a month
2. People participate in Skype conference calls (you can link up to 150 persons now I have read!)
3. A mix of 1 and 2:  some people meet in person and a computer with Skype is available for others to join in online
4. Subscribers post their beautiful experiences on a monitored discussion list, blog, or WIKI (to be created)
5. The establishment of an international nonprofit organization.

Please help me get these groups established in your community and online:

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Please write to me: 

Nela

CultivatingEnjoyment_at_gmail_dot_com

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