Revolution Mind - Your Life Manual

2007-10-30T16:45:00.000-06:00

VIDEO ... "SN-sez (Essences)" with David Ambrose

If you enjoy this video, please go to YouTube to leave a comment and rate it. I would love to do Part 2 if enough people find it interesting and useful, so you must let me know!. Click Here

2007-10-30T15:57:00.000-06:00

NEW: REAL HAPPINESS SECRETS SYSTEM

All of us want to be happy, but most of us have a lot of difficulty finding and holding onto happiness...

If you are one of these people, my new Real Happiness Secrets System was designed with you in mind. The main problem we have in finding and keeping happiness, is this: It is difficult to develop the Habit of Happiness in our modern world. There are too many external messages that influence and tantalize, but all they really do is keep real happiness at bay.

I have taken all that I have learned in a lifetime of studying happiness and how the human mind functions, and wrapped it all together for you to use in the same way your mind helped develop all those bad habits that you wish you could get rid of - but this time using the technique to make you happier!

The components of this system are impressive, but the real "bang for the buck" is in the unique way these parts have been put together to make the most of them without you ever feeling swamped or overwhelmed with too much information.

Interested? Take a look...Go to the Real Happiness Secrets website for a reduced price (if it is still available).

2007-04-28T09:29:00.000-06:00

HAPPINESS TRAINING

It is hard to believe that it is over a month since my last post! I am in the midst of finalizing preparations for running my first College course on happiness, which is very exciting. If you are interested in more info, go here for more info.

What is possibly even more exciting, is that I will soon also be teaching the same stuff using the power of telephone seminars. This means that anyone can attend - anywhere in the world! Let me know if you are interested in learning more about these.

In my desire to promote happiness, I am also developing an all-inclusive offering that will provide all the tools I currently have available to help anyone reach a new, higher level of happiness - and maintain it for life. More on that in another post. As before, let me know if you would like more info "hot off the press"...

2007-04-06T09:41:00.000-06:00

HAPPINESS e-CLUB

For those wishing to connect with other people interested in happiness, there is a new Yahoo newsgroup dedicated to just this. Founded by Iolanda (a wonderful, happy person) who lives in Australia, the list of members is growing daily, with lively posts from people all over the planet on all aspects of happiness.

Members include those who work with happiness on a daily basis, as well as folks who just like to get a lift every so often. I was very pleased when I was asked to join as a moderator of this group.

I urge you to pay a visit and sign up - you lose nothing, and potentially gain a lot.

Here is the link to join: Happiness e-Club

2007-02-05T15:31:00.000-07:00

GIVE ME JUST 60 SECONDS A WEEK...
PLUG INTO THE POWER OF HAPPINESS

I am excited to tell you about a new project I have been working on for the past month or so! I hope you will like it as much as I think you will.

If you don't have time to read this all now, please print it out and take a few minutes to go through it soon. This is revolutionary stuff that could change your life! This has such powerful potential, I hope you will forward this message to any friends or colleagues you feel may be interested!

We have just put the finishing touches to the Happiness Minute, a website where you can sign up to listen to an "audio postcard" from me each week talking about some aspect of happiness. Each of these messages is about 60 seconds long and includes a link to a transcript for printing and later reference if you wish.

"Why should I bother?" you may well ask. The idea behind the Happiness Minute is to get around a problem we all seem to have nowadays: time. At the same time we utilize a positive natural process we all possess, but often use unconsciously with negative consequences: habit.

If you are anything like me, you probably find it difficult to get everything you have to get done in just the twenty-four hours we have each day. This means you don't have enough time to think of yourself and whether you are really and truly happy or not. Spending just 60 seconds a week with me talking to you about happiness will help to bring your needs and your happiness to the forefront of your mind at least once a week.

This regular once-a-week "meeting" serves another purpose too - it will help you develop what I call the "Happiness Habit." Let me explain.

In my counselling and hypnotherapy practice, I have assisted many people overcome obsessive and addictive behavior. One of the methods used to do this is to replace a bad habit, with a good one. Some of the messages I bring you in my audio postcards will have familiar themes, others will be new. This is intentional. For habits to form, they require reminders and repetition, and the happiness habit is no exception.

Even if you are already happy, these audio postcards will provide interesting food for thought and, I hope, enhance your life even further.

So do yourself a favor. Go to www.HappinessMinute.com
and sign up to try it out. You have nothing to lose, because you can unsubscribe at any time - however I strongly suggest that you persevere. The effect of this kind of program tends to sneak up on you after a month or more , so it may take a while to realize that you really are happier!

Check out the website, and listen to the message I posted there about the Happiness Minute. While there, take the next step and signing up.

I Wish You happiness!

2006-11-08T10:58:00.000-07:00

Save The Cheerleader, Save The World!
How To Be A Superhero
The tagline from the hit TV series “Heroes” is both intriguing and catchy. It would be great if we were all superheroes able to save the world from the brink of disaster, however in reality this is not to be.

In real life we do have opportunities to “save the world” though. Most of us cannot save the entire population, but for a few of the less fortunate among us we could be a superhero.

One third of the world population lives in extreme poverty. A poor child dies every three seconds. Giving a goat, or a cow to a family who would otherwise starve truly would save their world!

Whatever small or large things we do to help others need not be dramatic, or qualify for their own tagline, but we can save the world – one person at a time. It does not require a grand gesture. Sometimes, just a kind word is enough.

As you save the world in your own way, one act at a time…you also save yourself. If you have given before, you know what I mean.

You may have heard the story of the man walking along the beach littered with thousands of washed up starfish, drying out and dying. He sees a little girl ahead of him. Every few feet she bends over, picks one up, and throws it back into the sea.

As he draws closer he says, "Why are you doing that? There are so many starfish; you’ll never save them all.” She looked at him with the simple wisdom of childhood as she tossed another one in and said, "No, but I can save this one!"

Save the starfish, save the world!
Save the hungry, save the world!
Save the destitute, save the world!
Save anyone, save the world!

One at a time.
The tide turns.

2006-10-25T12:28:00.000-06:00

Web of Happiness

In my drive to promote happiness and raise the visibility of those working towards the same goal - in whatever way it is packaged - I have just set up another brand new website as a "happiness resource on the web" - appropriately (I think) called "Web of Happiness."

You are invited to take a look and please let me know what you think. More importantly, if you know of any site that deserves to be included I would love to hear about it. If, by chance, you have your own site and would like to promote happiness too, a link to the Web of Happiness would be gratefully appreciated.

Although many of the sites currently listed belong to me, my hope is for this to grow to be a huge, comprehensive one-stop happiness resource with whatever information happiness-seekers desire to move them towards genuine happiness.

www.WebOfHappiness.com

2006-09-25T16:56:00.000-06:00

What Is The Story About The Tree Trunk On The Book Cover?

Often people ask about the symbolism behind the great cover of my book, Your Life Manual: Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness, and what a tree has to do with genuine happiness. I wrote a bit about it on the website created for the book: Happiness.

Or if you prefer to go directly to that page, Symbolism of Roots, you will find how the image and the importance of having a good, solid framework or foundation for our lives is so important at this time.

On a slightly different track, I am gathering whatever reviews and reader's comments I can about the book; so if you have read it, I would love to receive your comments - whether good or bad. If you would like the see what some people have been saying so far, a collection of these reviews and comments have been assembled at: Reviews, and what people say. There are a number of other reviews from various publications coming out soon, and we plan to add them to the site as they appear.

2006-09-02T14:04:00.000-06:00

A Little Extra Happiness

A short while ago, I was in a Hallmark store with Melanie for something or other, and I suddenly noticed this little figurine which really spoke to me on a shelf next to the till. I had a closer look at it, and noticed that it is titled "Happiness" - so of course I had to buy it!

I am not the kind of guy who buys ornaments or things that don't have a practical purpose, yet I was taken by the simplicity and innocence of this one. According to the card that comes with it, in this range of figures by artist Susan Lordi, each is devoid of facial features - no mouth, eyes, or nose. The emotion expressed by each is conveyed purely by the pose. The tilt of the head, the position of the arms, and so on.

This one is a perfect example, and makes me appreciate my happiness each morning when I lay eyes on her!

If you want to see more, go to the Demdaco website

2006-09-02T14:00:00.000-06:00

Political Statements?

I asked a website professional to do a critique of the website for the "Your Life Manual" site earlier this week. Most of her comments were either complimentary, or very valid and constructive criticism - but one thing she said rather surprised me. She suggested that I remove the links to my other "political" websites ...!

What, me political? If anything, I always thought I was (if anything) anti-political. Furthermore, I have never considered any of my published stuff political, websites included.

And yet, I can see that some of it may be considered to be mildly political activist kind of stuff - if you consider being anti-war, and pro-peace & harmony, political.

I felt this way about the South African apartheid regime, and I feel it about the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflict. And the ongoing Sudan and the Israel/Lebanon upheavals. I will feel the same way about whatever and wherever the next war occurs.

Political? ...No, I don't think so.
Politically Incorrect? ...Perhaps, but that mood shifts all the time.
Morally correct? ...Yes, no question!

2006-08-23T15:41:00.000-06:00

Global Amnesty...Continued:

Ok, now I have set up a new domain for Global Amnesty. I still have to add some content to it, but by all means take a look at what it looks like now - it is only one page so far, but will grow in time.

It will include thoughts and ideas on all aspects on human inter-relationship where pro-active amnesty would dramatically improve the current situation. For example, in the areas of race relations, and religious co-existence, to mention just two.

The goal is for more compassion, harmony, tolerance, peace, freedom and happiness.

2006-08-21T09:53:00.000-06:00

GLOBAL AMNESTY:

There is something I have been thinking about for some time now. I touch on in my book, but now, for me, it has taken on a whole new life of it’s own.

I call it Global Amnesty:

Global: of, or involving the entire earth; worldwide.
Amnesty: cessation of remembrance of wrong; a general pardon for a past offence.

What this means to me, is that past aggression and discrimination against us, or our forebears, should no longer be allowed to drag us down. Let them go – they do us no good. They merely perpetuate fear, anger and destruction.

The "us" here, refers to "us" in every grouping we inhabit: as individuals right on up to the Global "us" of nations and inhabitants of Earth.

To see a practical, visible example of this, we could look at the conflict in the Middle East. It has been going on for decades, perhaps even centuries depending upon how you view it, and there is still no end in sight. The sides aren’t even listening to each other’s point of view.

“You did so-and-so to me, so I am going to make you sorry!”

This argument is used to justify actions between nations, and between unhappy couples in homes near you. It is in play on every level of human conflict. Pick any conflict, large or small; personal or global: this childish argument is there.

What it all means, is that it really doesn’t matter whether you are black or white; Muslim or Christian; gay or straight; old or young…or whatever label we wish to apply. None of these apparent differences matter at all.

We are all members of the human family, and we all want to be happy. Period.

It’s that simple…Really.

It is not necessary to take something away from someone else in order for us to be happy. We do not need to take away their pride, or money, or freedom, or sense of security.

This applies to all levels of society. In war, one side always wants to take something away from the other. In family conflict, the same process is in play.

We can do away with aggressive attitudes – on every level. We can start at home with the people we encounter every day and carry it forward to encompass our views and actions on a local, national and global stage. The strange thing is that we benefit psychologically from giving and doing good. We get nothing worthwhile from anger, fear and aggression.

Let’s be proud of who and what we are, but without feeling the need to shove it in everyone else’s face, or think that it makes us better than anyone else. Let’s accept that there are also other valid points of view. Let’s not sacrifice our future to some old grievance.

Don’t forget the “wrongs” – but learn from them. Celebrate the “rights” – and duplicate them.

The past is gone and bad experiences need not have any relevance to our future unless we choose to allow it to do so.

Let’s start afresh, soaring above the limitations the past placed on us! A new life really can start by making this simple decision.

2006-07-20T10:15:00.000-06:00

Why I Wrote The Book:

One of the frequent questions I am asked, is: "Why did you write Your Life Manual: Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness?" Well, there are long, and short answers to this!

Briefly, when I started researching happiness as part of my counselling and hypnotherapy practice, I found that most books on the subject seemed to focus on happiness either from a spiritual or religious standpoint; or more-or-less as a psychological textbook without the practical techniques most people want.

So I wrote my book with the intention of providing an understanding of how our minds work (in easy to read and absorb language), then provide simple, practical steps that anyone can take to achieve genuine happiness. This does not negate any of these other books, indeed many of them are excellent. I just approach it from a different direction (hopefully) without any jargon or dogma.

2006-07-20T09:57:00.000-06:00

Another Definition of Genuine Happiness:

Here is another, quick view on what Genuine Happiness is all about. An easy way to test the quality of your happiness!

Genuine happiness is when you appreciate what you have, and don't spend time worrying, or chasing those things you don't. You know you are genuinely happy when this state continues for a period of time without significant ups and downs.

2006-06-20T17:13:00.000-06:00

Ubuntu:

The subject of “Ubuntu” (pronounced “oo-boon-to”) has been gaining more interest here in North America recently. It is a word that is close to my heart, because it connects so well with the concepts described on the LovePeace website.

A brief definition of the philosophy could be: “A person is a person through other people.” It means that my future is inextricably bound up in yours, and that what hurts you will ultimately hurt me; what feeds you, feeds me. It is all about compassion and the interdependence we all share.

And doesn’t this tie in perfectly with Love, Peace, Freedom, Harmony and Happiness? If we care for others (particularly the less fortunate) as well as ourselves we are all enriched. Although this moves a little away from the original hippie ideals, it is all connected – perhaps a slightly more mature look at those ideals.

If you are interested in reading a bit more about ubuntu, have a look at Happiness and Ubuntu and Wikipedia. Nobel Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu also talks about it in his book “God Has A Dream” – an excellent read regardless of your religious or spiritual beliefs.

2006-06-11T11:05:00.000-06:00

A Simple Way to Spread Happiness:

One of the things mentioned in Your Life Manual, is a suggestion from Richard Gere. When you catch a stranger’s eye as you are walking along the sidewalk (or whatever), instead of merely smiling as you go by; smile, and silently say to that person: “I wish you happiness,” as if you are communicating telepathically.

This is really neat, because you really are communicating telepathically in a way, and adding to the positive energy of the planet – you will feel better, and so will the other person. Of course they may not realize why their mood improved, and you may even get some strange looks …

Follow this link to more on Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness.

2006-03-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

What is Genuine Happiness?

In some ways it is easier to say what it is not.

Genuine happiness has nothing to do with wealth, fame, appearance, or any of the other things we are told by advertising and the media are essential to our happiness. Winning the lottery or getting that promotion, may bring transitory happiness, but the effect will pass in time.

Genuine happiness is a state of being; the way we feel when we are content with our lot in life. When we feel good about ourselves, doing mainly what we enjoy. When we love and are ready to be loved. When we can look on anything (a scene, a cloud, a child, an animal ... whatever) with joy and wonder.

This requires that we are take responsibility for our lives (both the good and the bad), and think for ourselves. This in turn requires a foundational set of beliefs, or principles, against which to measure the experiences and ideas that we encounter. The Xhosa concept of "ubuntu" (described in the book) neatly fits the requirements for this foundation.

2006-03-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

To begin this, my first blog, I thank all who have read my recently published book, "Your Life Manual: Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness" (Revolution Mind Publishing, 2006).

There are many things that I would have liked to include in more detail but was unable to due to time or space limitations.

My plan is for this blog is to act as a supplement to my book - to add other relevant bits of information, expand on ideas or issues covered, and add new thoughts about related subjects.

We certainly would all be a lot happier in life if we were to get out of our own way!

If you would like more information on "Your Life Manual" - you are invited to take a look at www.YourLifeManual.com. The book is available from there (signed, and with a few other extras), from several online stores like amazon.com... or can be ordered through your bookstore.

Stay tuned for more soon ...