May “Dense Joy” be With You Always. Mastery Newsletter Dec. 2013
Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom
“Dense Joy” These words came to me at night. Is it true that to have higher and higher levels of joy we must experience deeper levels of its opposite? I suspect not. Mostly because joy has no opposite!
Happiness, which we can define as being caused by something outside of ourselves, on the other hand has sadness as its opposite counterpart. Studies show that, at best, a lottery win creates a 10% increase in happiness. Nothing to write home about. Oh yes, the winners get REAL happy but it only lasts for a few months. After about a year they are back to their same level of happiness, or their “happiness set point.” This from a study of 20 lottery winners.
Joy is something that resides inside us all the time, In fact joy resides everywhere. It has no boundaries. It is joined at the hip with love and has no counterpart. It just IS. “Dense Joy” is just another way of saying I am deeply connected to love, to the energy that flows through the Universe. The deeper the connection, the denser the joy. Or more correctly, our experience of joy, of love of connection to others and the Univese.
How to feel joy more of the time? Many techniques exist. Laughter is one, of course. A more easily accessible way is the smile. Just smiling creates the same “feel good” hormones such as endorphings.
And smiling is easy to do anytime, anywhere…once we get used to doing it. If you are having difficulty getting it going, there is a handy tool to help out: your pen. Just put a pen sideways into your mouth and notice what happens. That’s my Christmas gift to you. May the joy be with you always.
Love, Laughter and Smiles.
Matti
P.S.
Notable events of 2013: Lots of Laughter Yoga sessions. Attended the All America Laughter Conference in Surrey, BC outside of Vancouver. (At Camp Alexandra, where I went as a 8 year old boy!) Moved three times, Whew. (That was a lowlight.)
Finished my ZenofJoy.com website http://zenofjoy.com/. It took a year, almost as long as writing the book. Must learn how to delegate more.
Had some delightful Laughter Yoga gigs as a leader. One was a two day at the camp for children with Type one diabetes. What courage and fun from them all. Inspiring.
A session I held at the naval base of Esquimalt caused delight for me as at least one person continued on coming to Laughter Yoga sessions and credits Laughter Yoga with allowing herself to laugh more and not care what others think about it. Just hearing that one story made my day.
One of the great treasures in life is giving and when I can give something that makes a real difference, I just get tickled pink. Enjoy the rest of the read,
Matti
In this issue:
The 55 Best Herbal Remedies
Iceland thumbs nose at international opposition to advance $1.2bn debt relief plan
The Radiation Warnings You Won’t Get from the Mainstream Propaganda Machine
►BOOKS WORTH READING
►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
►FUN
►FINAL WORD:
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Quotes:
“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.” – Anthony Robbins
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HEALTH
The 55 Best Herbal Remedies
http://www.herbalremediesinfo.com/best-herbal-remedies.html
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WEALTH
Iceland thumbs nose at international opposition to advance $1.2bn debt relief plan
http://rt.com/news/iceland-debt-relief-measure-535/
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FREEDOM
The Radiation Warnings You Won’t Get from the Mainstream Propaganda Machine
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BOOKS WORTH READING
Psycho Cybernetics. Maxwell Maltz http://www.amazon.com/Psycho-Cybernetics-New-More-Living-Life/dp/0671700758
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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
Kon Tiki. Well done recent historical film about the cross Pacific adventures of Thor Heyerdahl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_%282012_film%29
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FUN
HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD
Alt + 0153….. ™… trademark symbol
Alt + 0169…. ©…. copyright symbol
Alt + 0174….. ®….registered trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 …°……degree symbol
Alt + 0177 …±….plus-or -minus sign
Alt + 0182 …¶…..paragraph mark
Alt + 0190 …¾….fraction, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 ….×…..multiplication sign
Alt + 0162…¢….the cent sign
Alt + 0161…..¡….. .upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191…..¿….. upside down question mark
Alt + 1…….☺….smiley face
Alt + 2 ……☻…..black smiley face
Alt + 15…..☼…..sun
Alt + 12……♀…..female sign
Alt + 11…..♂……male sign
Alt + 6…….♠…..spade
Alt + 5…….♣…… Club
Alt + 3…….♥…… Heart
Alt + 4…….♦…… Diamond
Alt + 13……♪…..eighth note
Alt + 14……♫…… beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721…. ∑…. N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251…..√…..square root check mark
Alt + 8236…..∞….. infinity
Alt + 24…….↑….. up arrow
Alt + 25……↓…… down arrow
Alt + 26…..→…..rght arrow
Alt + 27……←…..left arrow
Alt + 18…..↕……up/down arrow
Alt + 29……↔…left right arrow
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FINAL WORD:
Laughter May Lengthen Your Life. http://ow.ly/m7JyQ
That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.
Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Zen of Joy Consultant and Author of:
* The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success. http://zenofjoy.com
* 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health. http://joyenergyandhealth.com (No cost…yay!)
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