WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:06.980 Well, hey there, my friend. I'm so glad you're back. I hope you enjoyed the first lesson. 2 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:12.099 And in this lesson, we're gonna focus really on gratitude 3 00:00:12.559 --> 00:00:13.620 and positivity. 4 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:16.485 Because gratitude and positivity 5 00:00:16.865 --> 00:00:20.885 are arguably some of the most important things that you can have 6 00:00:21.425 --> 00:00:22.805 in any kind 7 00:00:23.664 --> 00:00:24.404 of spiritual 8 00:00:25.425 --> 00:00:25.925 expansion. 9 00:00:26.384 --> 00:00:27.840 So let's really focus on 10 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:29.460 what we're doing, 11 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:33.140 in lesson two about, gratitude and positivity. 12 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:37.620 So with gratitude and positivity, 13 00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:40.500 one of the things that we want to look at, 14 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:41.620 are 15 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:42.980 why 16 00:00:43.945 --> 00:00:45.405 positivity is so important. 17 00:00:46.025 --> 00:00:47.005 What is it? 18 00:00:47.545 --> 00:00:48.665 We're gonna look at, 19 00:00:49.625 --> 00:00:52.684 joy. We're gonna look at what joy is, 20 00:00:53.065 --> 00:00:56.925 why we are focused on joy, and why joy is so important. 21 00:00:57.530 --> 00:00:59.390 We're also gonna look at gratitude, 22 00:01:00.250 --> 00:01:01.390 and how gratitude 23 00:01:01.690 --> 00:01:02.190 supports 24 00:01:02.650 --> 00:01:05.150 happiness. We touched on this a little bit 25 00:01:05.610 --> 00:01:06.830 in the master class, 26 00:01:07.850 --> 00:01:10.430 but we're really gonna delve into it pretty deeply 27 00:01:10.925 --> 00:01:14.625 in this lesson because it's all about gratitude 28 00:01:15.005 --> 00:01:19.185 as something that's really important for your spiritual growth. 29 00:01:20.365 --> 00:01:21.905 We're also going to explore 30 00:01:22.445 --> 00:01:23.425 how to practice 31 00:01:24.020 --> 00:01:24.520 gratitude 32 00:01:25.460 --> 00:01:26.680 and how gratitude 33 00:01:27.460 --> 00:01:30.040 expands your positivity and thus your spirituality. 34 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:36.759 Because the more positive you are, the more spiritual you are, thus the greater your gratitude, 35 00:01:37.215 --> 00:01:39.075 the greater positivity and spirituality, 36 00:01:39.854 --> 00:01:40.594 if you follow. 37 00:01:41.375 --> 00:01:44.115 Another thing we're gonna look at is that 38 00:01:44.655 --> 00:01:47.795 it's so important to try to be positive, because positivity 39 00:01:48.174 --> 00:01:52.350 is going to outweigh any other thoughts that you might have. 40 00:01:53.130 --> 00:01:55.070 If for example, you're weighing 41 00:01:55.450 --> 00:01:59.390 a positive thought and a negative thought, a positive thought is multiply, 42 00:02:00.890 --> 00:02:05.229 multiple times higher than a negative thought. So you could have multiple 43 00:02:05.610 --> 00:02:09.364 negative thoughts. Just one positive thought is gonna wipe everything out. 44 00:02:09.905 --> 00:02:11.525 So that's why it's arguably, 45 00:02:12.625 --> 00:02:17.765 one of the most important things is to have positive thoughts on a regular basis. 46 00:02:18.785 --> 00:02:20.405 And as I've written before, 47 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:23.580 you really want to try to keep on thinking about, 48 00:02:23.980 --> 00:02:28.160 positive thoughts. Try to do it for thirty days. I've called it the thirty day challenge. 49 00:02:29.420 --> 00:02:35.760 If you're able to think positive thoughts for thirty days and every time that you 50 00:02:36.885 --> 00:02:38.345 feel yourself or recognize 51 00:02:38.725 --> 00:02:40.505 that you are in fact 52 00:02:41.445 --> 00:02:44.185 coming up with a negative thought, you gotta start all over again. 53 00:02:44.885 --> 00:02:48.485 It's it's it's quite a challenge. So let's just jump right in, 54 00:02:48.965 --> 00:02:51.225 to this lesson and talk more about it. 55 00:02:52.310 --> 00:02:58.730 One of the biggest ways that you can improve your own personal joy and expand your spirituality 56 00:02:59.190 --> 00:03:00.250 is really focusing 57 00:03:01.110 --> 00:03:04.810 on gratitude. So what does gratitude really mean? And 58 00:03:05.190 --> 00:03:06.650 why is that so important? 59 00:03:07.165 --> 00:03:09.265 Because if you are thinking about 60 00:03:09.645 --> 00:03:13.665 focusing only on those things that you like, things that you enjoy, 61 00:03:13.965 --> 00:03:15.745 things that make you feel good, 62 00:03:16.285 --> 00:03:20.305 all of a sudden the day just seems to go that much better. 63 00:03:20.989 --> 00:03:23.569 It seems like the sun is shining all day long 64 00:03:24.430 --> 00:03:26.290 because you're just full of joy. 65 00:03:26.829 --> 00:03:27.969 You're just full of 66 00:03:28.670 --> 00:03:29.170 spontaneity. 67 00:03:29.549 --> 00:03:31.890 You're full of positive feelings. 68 00:03:33.155 --> 00:03:37.175 So if you focus on the things that you like rather than the things that you don't like, 69 00:03:37.795 --> 00:03:42.215 you're going to feel that much better. You're going to feel in a state of joy. 70 00:03:42.435 --> 00:03:48.215 You're going to feel in a state of positivity and gratitude. So maintain the positive thoughts 71 00:03:48.590 --> 00:03:49.090 through 72 00:03:49.630 --> 00:03:51.650 thinking joyful positive thoughts. 73 00:03:52.030 --> 00:03:54.050 Things that you like. 74 00:03:54.590 --> 00:03:56.370 It doesn't even have to be anything 75 00:03:56.750 --> 00:03:57.250 dramatic. 76 00:03:57.710 --> 00:04:02.465 Just focus on the things that you enjoy. Just focus on the things that you like. 77 00:04:02.845 --> 00:04:04.705 And doesn't even have to be very big. 78 00:04:05.245 --> 00:04:06.365 And what I'm always, 79 00:04:06.845 --> 00:04:09.745 emphasizing with people is you gotta practice 80 00:04:10.525 --> 00:04:11.025 gratitude 81 00:04:11.485 --> 00:04:12.705 and practice gratitude 82 00:04:13.405 --> 00:04:13.905 daily. 83 00:04:15.170 --> 00:04:16.310 What this does 84 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:19.570 is it creates these feelings of and, 85 00:04:20.370 --> 00:04:21.910 emotions of positivity. 86 00:04:23.010 --> 00:04:28.150 And the reason that happens, we'll get into it a bit, but the more grateful you are 87 00:04:28.595 --> 00:04:30.455 the happier you're gonna feel. 88 00:04:31.155 --> 00:04:32.294 Some of the most 89 00:04:32.675 --> 00:04:34.854 happy people on the planet 90 00:04:36.035 --> 00:04:39.655 are just grateful for the smallest things that they have. 91 00:04:41.074 --> 00:04:42.120 If you look at 92 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.060 some of the poorest people 93 00:04:44.440 --> 00:04:44.940 in 94 00:04:45.880 --> 00:04:46.699 poor nations, 95 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:47.660 or 96 00:04:48.280 --> 00:04:49.900 perhaps in South America, 97 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:56.780 or they really don't have much money, and they barely have a roof over their head, some of them are incredibly 98 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:57.660 happy. 99 00:04:58.664 --> 00:05:02.125 And we in the West would think how could they possibly be happy? 100 00:05:03.064 --> 00:05:06.044 The reason they're happy is they're grateful 101 00:05:06.985 --> 00:05:10.685 for what they have. They're grateful for the food they're able to eat. 102 00:05:10.824 --> 00:05:13.324 They're grateful for the roof over their head. 103 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:16.200 They're grateful for the shoes on their feet. 104 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:19.880 They're grateful for their family and friends around them. 105 00:05:20.660 --> 00:05:22.360 They're grateful for the opportunity 106 00:05:22.820 --> 00:05:25.720 perhaps to, you know, do any kind of work. 107 00:05:26.340 --> 00:05:28.360 So it's this sense of gratitude. 108 00:05:29.755 --> 00:05:32.895 And their being grateful for everything around them, 109 00:05:33.355 --> 00:05:36.735 gives them the feeling of joy, gives them the feeling of positivity 110 00:05:37.435 --> 00:05:38.175 and happiness. 111 00:05:38.555 --> 00:05:40.335 So as they focus on gratitude, 112 00:05:40.635 --> 00:05:41.455 they focus 113 00:05:41.900 --> 00:05:42.560 on happiness 114 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:46.879 as the result. They may not even be aware they're doing it. 115 00:05:47.819 --> 00:05:50.080 And study after study after study 116 00:05:50.939 --> 00:05:52.479 and many many books 117 00:05:53.340 --> 00:05:55.199 have all come to the same conclusion. 118 00:05:55.955 --> 00:05:57.574 Eminent Harvard psychiatrists 119 00:05:58.115 --> 00:05:59.175 and psychologists 120 00:05:59.555 --> 00:06:01.375 and all kinds of, 121 00:06:01.875 --> 00:06:04.615 studies that have focused on positivity 122 00:06:05.555 --> 00:06:08.534 and happiness have said the correlation between positivity 123 00:06:08.900 --> 00:06:12.040 and happiness gratitude and and happiness 124 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:13.000 is, 125 00:06:13.780 --> 00:06:15.080 almost one to one. 126 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:17.240 So by focusing on gratitude 127 00:06:17.700 --> 00:06:22.360 you're also not only working on the mind but you're also working on the body. 128 00:06:22.395 --> 00:06:25.215 It's got tremendous health benefits because what, 129 00:06:25.754 --> 00:06:27.294 gratitude, thus positivity 130 00:06:27.835 --> 00:06:31.215 is enabling you to do is to lower stress. 131 00:06:32.155 --> 00:06:37.210 Because if you're all angry or negative or you know, stressed out, 132 00:06:38.390 --> 00:06:41.450 what's gonna happen? Your stress hormones are gonna explode. 133 00:06:42.230 --> 00:06:44.730 The levels of stress is just really gonna 134 00:06:45.110 --> 00:06:47.770 start bubbling up. But if you're feeling happy 135 00:06:48.164 --> 00:06:51.384 and and full of joy and you're grateful for everything, 136 00:06:52.164 --> 00:06:53.705 your stress hormones 137 00:06:54.085 --> 00:06:54.585 decline. 138 00:06:55.365 --> 00:06:58.245 It's gonna calm your nerves, and you're gonna start, 139 00:06:58.965 --> 00:07:00.264 smiling more often. 140 00:07:00.900 --> 00:07:02.760 And that's always a benefit. And 141 00:07:03.460 --> 00:07:05.880 ultimately, it's going to keep those 142 00:07:06.340 --> 00:07:07.720 feel good hormones 143 00:07:08.580 --> 00:07:09.080 flowing. 144 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:15.960 And you want those specific hormones flowing throughout your body because they carry chemical 145 00:07:18.615 --> 00:07:20.395 attributes that really benefit 146 00:07:21.014 --> 00:07:21.835 your body. 147 00:07:22.375 --> 00:07:22.875 So 148 00:07:23.815 --> 00:07:25.195 then the question becomes, 149 00:07:25.655 --> 00:07:29.195 okay, well this gratitude thing sounds really great, 150 00:07:29.620 --> 00:07:30.759 but how do I do 151 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:34.039 it? And I touched on this in the master class. 152 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:38.919 And if you were in the master class, you probably remember me talking about having a 153 00:07:39.539 --> 00:07:40.759 practice of gratitude, 154 00:07:41.220 --> 00:07:42.520 really focusing on 155 00:07:43.075 --> 00:07:45.895 a journal. Keep a gratitude journal, right? 156 00:07:46.275 --> 00:07:53.495 It's really gonna make your joy and your sense of joy and happiness a tangible one. So focus on 157 00:07:54.035 --> 00:07:57.895 the gratitude that you write down. It's gonna make it much more concrete. 158 00:07:59.450 --> 00:08:01.710 Get a journal. Start writing it down. 159 00:08:03.690 --> 00:08:09.710 So each day in this journal, I want you to think of three small things. 160 00:08:10.010 --> 00:08:11.385 Every day it'll be different. 161 00:08:12.185 --> 00:08:15.485 But those three things that put a smile on your face, 162 00:08:15.865 --> 00:08:18.205 and rate the top three of them 163 00:08:18.585 --> 00:08:19.485 in your journal. 164 00:08:20.265 --> 00:08:22.605 And like I said, make each day different. 165 00:08:23.305 --> 00:08:25.805 They don't have to be big. They could be 166 00:08:26.210 --> 00:08:28.310 just reading a book. It could be 167 00:08:28.770 --> 00:08:29.270 just 168 00:08:29.650 --> 00:08:31.830 sitting in a bath. It could 169 00:08:32.610 --> 00:08:34.470 be curling up by the fire. 170 00:08:35.330 --> 00:08:37.030 It could be a nice 171 00:08:38.130 --> 00:08:39.110 cup of coffee. 172 00:08:39.764 --> 00:08:41.304 What are the tiny examples, 173 00:08:41.845 --> 00:08:47.144 tiny gratitude examples that, you can come up with? Here's an entire list. 174 00:08:47.605 --> 00:08:49.605 This is just scratching the surface, right? 175 00:08:49.605 --> 00:08:54.620 And maybe you can come up with that warm cup cup of coffee. Just envision it. 176 00:08:54.760 --> 00:09:01.660 You've got that warm cup of coffee in the morning and you're just like sipping it like, oh, I can't I love this cup of coffee. 177 00:09:01.800 --> 00:09:05.660 How do you feel when you don't have that cup of coffee in the morning? 178 00:09:06.575 --> 00:09:08.035 Most people get pretty grouchy. 179 00:09:09.535 --> 00:09:14.595 It's it's something about that that warm cup that you just feel, I feel I love it. 180 00:09:14.655 --> 00:09:18.735 Or if you can't drink coffee, maybe it's chocolate milk or some tea. 181 00:09:18.735 --> 00:09:20.755 Perhaps you're just like, Oh, I love it. 182 00:09:21.140 --> 00:09:24.040 Maybe it's that hot bath that I was talking about before. 183 00:09:24.900 --> 00:09:28.200 Perhaps it's a spring day or the warmth of the sunshine 184 00:09:28.820 --> 00:09:29.720 when you're outside. 185 00:09:30.180 --> 00:09:31.800 Doesn't that make you feel great? 186 00:09:32.420 --> 00:09:36.955 Perhaps it's a gorgeous sunset. Just imagine a sunset. It's absolutely fantastic. 187 00:09:37.655 --> 00:09:40.635 Like I said, curling up with a, you know, a nice book 188 00:09:41.095 --> 00:09:44.555 or a group of friends hanging out with friends. Isn't that wonderful? 189 00:09:44.935 --> 00:09:46.875 Love of family. That's always great. 190 00:09:47.655 --> 00:09:51.250 The clothes on your back. Aren't we lucky to have clothes? 191 00:09:51.630 --> 00:09:52.209 You know, 192 00:09:52.589 --> 00:09:53.329 some people 193 00:09:54.029 --> 00:09:55.250 really have to stretch 194 00:09:55.790 --> 00:09:58.290 and and they're worried about clothes. So you know 195 00:09:58.750 --> 00:10:04.245 that's something. And like I mentioned it's it's the roof over your head. Just be grateful for that. 196 00:10:04.325 --> 00:10:05.945 We don't even think about these things. 197 00:10:06.404 --> 00:10:08.185 And the warmth of your home. 198 00:10:08.645 --> 00:10:09.545 Can you imagine 199 00:10:10.565 --> 00:10:14.425 what it feels like when the heat in your home goes off? 200 00:10:14.964 --> 00:10:19.145 I can remember what I felt like during hurricane Sandy 201 00:10:19.550 --> 00:10:20.610 here in New Jersey, 202 00:10:21.230 --> 00:10:21.730 when 203 00:10:22.110 --> 00:10:25.250 we were without power for twelve days. 204 00:10:25.949 --> 00:10:31.410 It was in the middle of October, I think and or late October, early November, and it was cold. 205 00:10:32.285 --> 00:10:37.505 Felt like it was 40 degrees. There was, we were breathing. You could see our breath at one point. 206 00:10:37.805 --> 00:10:40.445 There was, you know, how did we survive? 207 00:10:40.445 --> 00:10:43.325 We were just like, Oh my gosh, we're, we don't have any power. We don't have any heat. 208 00:10:43.325 --> 00:10:44.465 We don't have any light. 209 00:10:45.420 --> 00:10:48.800 Suddenly it makes you realize you're taking everything for granted. 210 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:54.400 And home cooked meals. How about that? Think of all the wonderful home cooked meals you have. 211 00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:56.160 What if you didn't have them anymore? 212 00:10:56.540 --> 00:10:58.640 What if you didn't have any access to food? 213 00:10:59.585 --> 00:11:02.645 So these are just like some of the gratitudes that you can think about. 214 00:11:03.585 --> 00:11:09.365 And the point of talking about this is like you want to feel grateful for all these little things because 215 00:11:11.185 --> 00:11:14.165 more often than not we take things for granted. 216 00:11:14.709 --> 00:11:17.370 And here's an example. How would you feel 217 00:11:18.310 --> 00:11:21.850 that you didn't have a home anymore? 218 00:11:22.630 --> 00:11:25.450 Suddenly you lost your home. What would you feel like? 219 00:11:27.430 --> 00:11:29.415 Arguably you'd feel pretty bad. 220 00:11:29.894 --> 00:11:32.795 What would it feel like if you didn't have any hot water again? 221 00:11:34.774 --> 00:11:36.154 I know what it feels like 222 00:11:36.774 --> 00:11:38.855 when Sandy came through, we didn't have any water. 223 00:11:38.855 --> 00:11:42.074 That was pretty tough for about a week and a half, two weeks. 224 00:11:42.810 --> 00:11:45.150 What would it feel like if the Sun never 225 00:11:46.010 --> 00:11:47.070 shown again? 226 00:11:47.610 --> 00:11:49.870 It was it's constantly gray clouds 227 00:11:50.570 --> 00:11:51.470 all the time. 228 00:11:52.970 --> 00:11:55.005 That'd be pretty depressing. Right? 229 00:11:56.205 --> 00:11:58.785 What would it be like and imagine for a second 230 00:11:59.245 --> 00:12:02.385 if nature didn't exist anymore? It was just concrete 231 00:12:03.085 --> 00:12:03.585 everywhere. 232 00:12:05.405 --> 00:12:09.350 Cities, maybe you maybe you live in a city and you don't really see any trees. 233 00:12:09.350 --> 00:12:11.610 But maybe there are not even any trees in the city. 234 00:12:12.870 --> 00:12:15.450 There are no parks. It's all concrete everywhere. 235 00:12:16.390 --> 00:12:19.610 Pretty sad. What would it feel like if you didn't have any food? 236 00:12:21.590 --> 00:12:22.730 What would you do? 237 00:12:23.394 --> 00:12:25.415 How would you scrounge around to get food? 238 00:12:25.795 --> 00:12:28.375 Supply chains are all, you know, 239 00:12:29.714 --> 00:12:35.175 messed up. Truckers aren't bringing the food into your stores. You can't find food anywhere. 240 00:12:36.355 --> 00:12:37.654 What would it feel like? 241 00:12:38.090 --> 00:12:39.230 What would it feel like 242 00:12:39.690 --> 00:12:42.510 if you didn't have any family or friends and you were completely 243 00:12:43.290 --> 00:12:43.790 isolated? 244 00:12:44.490 --> 00:12:46.430 There are a lot of people that feel like that. 245 00:12:47.370 --> 00:12:49.070 They don't have family, friends, 246 00:12:50.665 --> 00:12:53.245 colleagues of any kind. They're all by themselves. 247 00:12:54.745 --> 00:13:00.365 You start to you're starting to see a pattern here. We take things in our life for granted. 248 00:13:01.065 --> 00:13:01.565 Don't 249 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:04.220 feel grateful for these things. 250 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:07.660 Because the positive thoughts that we have, 251 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:10.300 even for the little things, 252 00:13:11.079 --> 00:13:12.779 if it's a positive a thought, 253 00:13:13.160 --> 00:13:15.500 that positive thought is going to outweigh 254 00:13:16.035 --> 00:13:21.095 any negative thought in your mind or any series of negative thoughts. 255 00:13:21.475 --> 00:13:23.815 So you can have a whole series of negative thoughts. 256 00:13:23.875 --> 00:13:27.334 And if you have one positive thought it's gonna outweigh everything. 257 00:13:27.555 --> 00:13:32.430 Because the brain can only handle one thought at a time. It can't juggle 258 00:13:32.810 --> 00:13:35.790 multiple thoughts or feelings at the same time. 259 00:13:36.730 --> 00:13:38.670 So you're constantly gonna be 260 00:13:39.610 --> 00:13:42.030 cycling different thoughts. And if you can 261 00:13:42.505 --> 00:13:44.045 focus on one thought, 262 00:13:44.745 --> 00:13:47.324 one positive thought, one positive emotion, 263 00:13:47.625 --> 00:13:49.005 that's gonna outweigh everything. 264 00:13:49.945 --> 00:13:55.805 So that one positive thought is gonna outweigh any negative perceptions or feelings that you might happen to have. 265 00:13:56.350 --> 00:14:04.210 And positive thoughts as a result are so powerful that if you only focus on positive thoughts, you probably forget all of your negative experiences 266 00:14:04.990 --> 00:14:07.010 that you might have had in the past. 267 00:14:09.435 --> 00:14:10.495 So here's an 268 00:14:11.514 --> 00:14:15.535 idea. One positive idea can shift the direction of your entire 269 00:14:15.915 --> 00:14:16.415 day. 270 00:14:17.995 --> 00:14:20.175 Just one positive thought. 271 00:14:21.649 --> 00:14:25.570 And it doesn't even have to be that big. It doesn't have to be that important. 272 00:14:25.570 --> 00:14:26.950 It doesn't have to be, 273 00:14:27.410 --> 00:14:30.470 you know, something that's going to be other earth shattering. 274 00:14:30.529 --> 00:14:35.829 It can be one of those gratitudes can be one of those things. Gosh, you know, I really like my 275 00:14:36.384 --> 00:14:36.884 coffee. 276 00:14:37.985 --> 00:14:40.485 Gosh, I really enjoy that book. 277 00:14:41.264 --> 00:14:47.764 Whatever it is, and you start to string these things together like a string of pearls and oh my gosh it looks phenomenal. 278 00:14:48.065 --> 00:14:48.565 Right? 279 00:14:48.870 --> 00:14:50.090 So focus on that. 280 00:14:50.470 --> 00:14:51.210 And really 281 00:14:51.670 --> 00:14:55.450 what we're doing here is we're creating the antidote distress. 282 00:14:56.390 --> 00:15:02.490 Because if you're focusing on what's positive in your life, again regardless of how small it might happen to be, 283 00:15:03.315 --> 00:15:09.175 these positive thoughts are gonna outweigh any other negative thoughts or feelings or experiences that you have. 284 00:15:10.275 --> 00:15:13.415 So, here's my thirty day challenge for you. 285 00:15:13.875 --> 00:15:16.695 If you were to focus on positive thoughts 286 00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.139 for a full 287 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:19.339 thirty days, 288 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.779 every 289 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:22.139 day 30, 290 00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:26.139 not allow any negative thoughts in whatsoever, 291 00:15:26.839 --> 00:15:28.379 your life would be indeligibly, 292 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.259 indelibly 293 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.139 changed. 294 00:15:31.175 --> 00:15:36.315 Now, the trick is that you're not allowed to allow any negative thoughts in. 295 00:15:36.774 --> 00:15:42.795 As soon as you realize you've allowed a negative thought in or negative comment 296 00:15:43.110 --> 00:15:45.529 in or any kind of negative 297 00:15:47.110 --> 00:15:47.610 perception 298 00:15:48.470 --> 00:15:48.970 in, 299 00:15:49.350 --> 00:15:52.730 you've got to start the clock all over again. 300 00:15:53.990 --> 00:15:55.930 It's a rolling thirty day challenge. 301 00:15:58.015 --> 00:16:01.555 It has to be a consecutive thirty days with absolutely 302 00:16:02.095 --> 00:16:02.595 zero 303 00:16:03.455 --> 00:16:04.435 negative thoughts. 304 00:16:05.375 --> 00:16:10.755 It's tough. I've tried it so many times and I keep on stumbling. Because we're human. 305 00:16:12.069 --> 00:16:13.290 We wanna somehow 306 00:16:13.670 --> 00:16:14.889 focus on the negative. 307 00:16:15.670 --> 00:16:20.810 But if you are able to be disciplined and focus only on what you're positive 308 00:16:21.190 --> 00:16:24.490 and what you're grateful for, your life will really change. 309 00:16:25.535 --> 00:16:29.875 And again, the little bits of joy that you accumulate every day 310 00:16:31.695 --> 00:16:35.795 doesn't matter what the size is. It's what you're focusing on. 311 00:16:36.415 --> 00:16:37.710 And the more you do that, 312 00:16:38.590 --> 00:16:40.210 the more that your entire life 313 00:16:40.750 --> 00:16:42.770 is going to feel so positive. 314 00:16:44.510 --> 00:16:46.850 Just little bit by bit by bit. 315 00:16:48.030 --> 00:16:50.850 Focus on the positivity. Focus on the joy 316 00:16:51.735 --> 00:16:52.875 that's in your life. 317 00:16:53.895 --> 00:16:55.755 Maybe it's the joy of a baby. 318 00:16:56.855 --> 00:16:59.195 Maybe it's the joy of looking at a puppy. 319 00:17:00.375 --> 00:17:03.275 Maybe it's the joy of curling up with your kitten. 320 00:17:03.654 --> 00:17:04.714 Whatever it is, 321 00:17:05.175 --> 00:17:06.395 focus on the joy. 322 00:17:07.910 --> 00:17:09.930 Because mindset is critical 323 00:17:10.630 --> 00:17:12.089 here. Mindset determines 324 00:17:13.030 --> 00:17:14.329 how you're feeling. 325 00:17:14.869 --> 00:17:16.329 If you're thinking about, 326 00:17:17.750 --> 00:17:23.185 something that's positive, it's going to determine what your happiness level is. What you put in 327 00:17:23.885 --> 00:17:27.905 is what comes out. And this image right here is absolutely perfect. 328 00:17:29.245 --> 00:17:32.065 You've heard the saying garbage in garbage out. 329 00:17:32.765 --> 00:17:35.425 Well, your brain is nothing but a computer. 330 00:17:36.100 --> 00:17:39.879 You allow garbage to come into it. It's going to spit out garbage 331 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:41.000 for you. 332 00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:44.980 If you put in beautiful thoughts, it's going to spit out beautiful thoughts. 333 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:46.919 It's nothing but a computer processor 334 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:49.159 depends on how you 335 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:51.000 are going to program it. 336 00:17:52.715 --> 00:17:54.575 You can determine what the software 337 00:17:55.115 --> 00:17:56.895 is it's in your computer. 338 00:17:57.275 --> 00:18:01.355 What program do you want to put into it? Do you want to put in a positive program? 339 00:18:01.355 --> 00:18:03.215 Or do you want to put in a negative program? 340 00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.740 A computer 341 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.779 is 342 00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:08.340 something that relies on the software. 343 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.740 It's just a thing. It's a machine. 344 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:14.580 Depends on how you program it. So focus on 345 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:19.894 the software that goes into it. And the software is your mindset. So focus on your happiness. 346 00:18:20.914 --> 00:18:21.414 So, 347 00:18:21.794 --> 00:18:26.934 you've all heard the saying, Is your glass half empty or is your glass half full? 348 00:18:27.315 --> 00:18:29.495 This is where the computer programming 349 00:18:29.875 --> 00:18:31.894 starts coming in. This is your mindset. 350 00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:34.940 Are you looking at the world and your life 351 00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:36.460 where your 352 00:18:36.760 --> 00:18:37.260 experiences 353 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.380 are 354 00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:44.380 positive? Oh, I'm I'm almost there. I'm I'm I'm, you know, halfway to my goal. 355 00:18:45.345 --> 00:18:46.485 Or are you negative? 356 00:18:47.345 --> 00:18:51.985 Oh, gosh. You know, I've only just started. I really can't get there from here. 357 00:18:52.705 --> 00:18:54.565 It's been taking me so long. 358 00:18:56.304 --> 00:18:58.429 You can take the same facts 359 00:18:59.210 --> 00:19:01.230 and depending on your mindset, 360 00:19:02.009 --> 00:19:02.509 your 361 00:19:03.529 --> 00:19:05.309 brain's computer software, 362 00:19:06.009 --> 00:19:07.470 depending on your attitude, 363 00:19:08.409 --> 00:19:11.309 your outlook in the world can be radically different. 364 00:19:11.935 --> 00:19:14.835 Half empty or half full? When you look at this glass, 365 00:19:16.015 --> 00:19:17.955 is it half empty or half full? 366 00:19:19.375 --> 00:19:20.355 Forget the shape. 367 00:19:21.615 --> 00:19:25.315 Are you halfway up to the top or halfway from the bottom? 368 00:19:25.580 --> 00:19:28.320 Has somebody been drinking it or are they only fill? 369 00:19:29.020 --> 00:19:31.440 You see my point? So in this 370 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:36.720 lesson, what we've really looked at is we really looked at joy and positivity 371 00:19:37.995 --> 00:19:41.455 because that's something that's going to be underlying your spirituality. 372 00:19:42.155 --> 00:19:43.935 And what we looked at fundamentally 373 00:19:44.395 --> 00:19:46.415 was how to practice gratitude. 374 00:19:47.195 --> 00:19:48.655 What is it that's fundamentally 375 00:19:49.115 --> 00:19:50.895 at the core aspect 376 00:19:51.435 --> 00:19:52.335 of your gratitude? 377 00:19:53.170 --> 00:19:54.710 How do you work with gratitude? 378 00:19:55.650 --> 00:19:59.890 We also looked at how positive thoughts outweigh negative thoughts. 379 00:19:59.890 --> 00:20:02.390 And that's really the core aspect behind 380 00:20:03.010 --> 00:20:04.390 the thirty day practice. 381 00:20:05.570 --> 00:20:08.310 Really the challenge because it's very challenging. 382 00:20:09.305 --> 00:20:15.965 So one of the actions I want you to do now is to get a gratitude journal that's separate from the 383 00:20:16.425 --> 00:20:21.165 spiritual experience journal that I was talking about before where you write down all your experiences, 384 00:20:21.545 --> 00:20:24.889 you write down notes. That's also where you write your, 385 00:20:25.429 --> 00:20:27.769 letter to your soul. This is specifically 386 00:20:28.070 --> 00:20:29.370 for your gratitude 387 00:20:29.750 --> 00:20:32.970 and the things that you realize you're grateful for. 388 00:20:33.269 --> 00:20:42.225 And every morning, what I want you to do, ideally every morning, you can do it every evening, But it's best to start the day thinking great things that you're grateful for. 389 00:20:42.225 --> 00:20:45.185 Everyday I want you to write down three things that you're grateful for. 390 00:20:45.185 --> 00:20:46.565 And they can be really small. 391 00:20:47.585 --> 00:20:50.865 Grateful for my cup of coffee. I'm grateful for the breakfast that I ate. 392 00:20:50.865 --> 00:20:52.725 I'm grateful for the sunshine. 393 00:20:53.450 --> 00:20:56.750 Really small things. But they make you feel wonderful, right? 394 00:20:57.130 --> 00:20:58.830 And every day make them different. 395 00:20:59.290 --> 00:21:02.590 But every day make sure you write down three things you're grateful for. 396 00:21:02.890 --> 00:21:06.570 And as you do that you're gonna get into this practice of working with, 397 00:21:07.050 --> 00:21:07.550 gratitude. 398 00:21:08.135 --> 00:21:10.615 And that gratitude is gonna put a smile on your face. 399 00:21:10.615 --> 00:21:15.195 And as you have a smile on your face you're gonna feel positive. You're gonna feel wonderful. 400 00:21:15.415 --> 00:21:19.975 And you keep on doing this again thirty, sixty, ninety days it's gonna become a habit. 401 00:21:19.975 --> 00:21:21.355 You're gonna feel absolutely 402 00:21:21.735 --> 00:21:22.235 wonderful. 403 00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:28.080 Focus on positive thoughts for thirty days. Do that thirty day challenge where you're thinking 404 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:30.240 only positive thoughts. 405 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:34.400 And if you have one negative thought come in you got to start all over again. 406 00:21:34.780 --> 00:21:36.135 These are two great exercises 407 00:21:37.335 --> 00:21:39.079 to work on with your accountability partner. 408 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:47.515 Every week, make sure that your accountability, partner is saying, hey, did you write down every single day in your gratitude journal 409 00:21:47.895 --> 00:21:52.650 three separate things that you were grateful for? And, hey, did you 410 00:21:53.030 --> 00:21:55.050 work on thinking positively 411 00:21:55.350 --> 00:21:56.490 every single day? 412 00:21:57.350 --> 00:22:02.330 These are great exercises to work with with your accountability partners. So work on that. 413 00:22:02.965 --> 00:22:07.145 And just notice that the feelings you've got before you start this practice 414 00:22:07.525 --> 00:22:10.905 and after you start to practice, you're gonna really feel a 415 00:22:11.525 --> 00:22:12.565 really big difference. 416 00:22:12.565 --> 00:22:16.425 So that's really one thing I want to focus on is the difference in your feelings. 417 00:22:17.285 --> 00:22:18.105 So again, 418 00:22:19.110 --> 00:22:20.090 primary action, 419 00:22:20.550 --> 00:22:21.930 get a gratitude journal. 420 00:22:22.790 --> 00:22:23.850 Primary action, 421 00:22:24.390 --> 00:22:28.650 write three things down every single day, ideally in the mornings. 422 00:22:28.710 --> 00:22:32.255 That way you can start your day in a positive thought process. 423 00:22:33.515 --> 00:22:37.915 These are the things that you're grateful for. Small things. Put a smile on your face. Right? 424 00:22:37.915 --> 00:22:41.835 How do you feel that day? How do you feel the next day? And the next and the next? 425 00:22:41.835 --> 00:22:44.815 You start to realize that there's more and more there. Right? 426 00:22:45.450 --> 00:22:52.909 So now in this next lesson, which will be next, lesson number three, you're really gonna be focusing on the different experiences 427 00:22:53.450 --> 00:22:54.809 that you're living in your life. 428 00:22:54.809 --> 00:22:59.549 Are you really trying to live your life to the fullest or are you just sort of allowing 429 00:22:59.945 --> 00:23:03.465 your life to flow by, skate by? You're not really doing much. 430 00:23:03.465 --> 00:23:08.125 You're just sort of allowing yourself to sit there. Because Spirit always comes through and says, 431 00:23:08.825 --> 00:23:13.725 I wish I had lived my life to the fullest. Life is meant to be filled with joy. 432 00:23:13.785 --> 00:23:16.309 Life is meant to be allowing yourself 433 00:23:16.929 --> 00:23:18.070 to be joyful. 434 00:23:18.850 --> 00:23:22.950 This is not something where you have to say, I'm not allowing myself to be joyful. 435 00:23:23.890 --> 00:23:25.110 You're allowed 436 00:23:25.730 --> 00:23:30.309 to feel joyful no matter what anybody else tells you, no matter what you've learned. 437 00:23:30.515 --> 00:23:36.275 You're supposed to feel full of joy and allow yourself to feel full of joy no matter what's going on in your life. 438 00:23:36.275 --> 00:23:36.775 Okay? 439 00:23:37.075 --> 00:23:40.675 You're also supposed to be living your life to the fullest every single day. 440 00:23:40.675 --> 00:23:43.575 Live your life like it was the last day. You're like, okay. 441 00:23:43.909 --> 00:23:46.250 I'm just gonna go wild and crazy. 442 00:23:46.870 --> 00:23:48.470 Have these extraordinary experiences. 443 00:23:48.470 --> 00:23:52.470 You know, you don't have to go spend like millions of dollars and go traveling all around the world. 444 00:23:52.470 --> 00:23:54.649 Although I admit that would be kind of fun. 445 00:23:55.190 --> 00:23:58.835 It is just really about living beautiful life. A beautiful, 446 00:23:59.215 --> 00:24:02.095 joyful life. Okay? So that's what we're gonna look at. 447 00:24:02.095 --> 00:24:07.715 We're really gonna go into all these and about how you can work with your joy, work with your 448 00:24:08.095 --> 00:24:13.260 bliss. How is it that you can really create heaven on earth? So that's what we're gonna look at. 449 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:17.040 So I will see you in lesson three coming up next. Bye bye for now.