Is the toughest battle fighting yourself?
Indeed, it is as they say, you are your own worst enemy. Many of the things that torture us (apart from factors we have no control over, like rotten family members, lol) are those we inflict upon ourselves - like, I'm ugly, stupid, am scared of heights, etc. A bit of angst is ok, I mean otherwise we would be such boring people, but the old adage still holds true, you have to love yourself first before others can love you. The way I get around this, is have a mental mirror, a bit like the wicked stepmother of snow white(!) in which I look mentally and tell myself I look way prettier than I really am, or smarter than I think. It's amazing how people actually tune in to these vibes. I'm not a pretty girl at all, pretty average and yet people tell me I'm pretty all the time. I think it's more a matter of confidence. I had a very hard life and had to learn to accept myself for what I am in order to survive.
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles… " - Buddha. How do I conquer myself?
You conquer yourself when you realize who you truly are! That is called conquest of the Self. You say you have a body, but you think you are the body. This is a failure. You say you have a mind, but you think you are the mind. This is a bigger failure. Conquest in all spiritual terms is to realize what you are not. The moment you realize what you are not, you have started your journey to conquer yourself.Then you realize that you are not the body, you are not the mind. You realize you are the Divine Soul. You conquer yourself or you start a quest – a quest of self-realization, a quest to discover who you truly are. And the moment you do, you are liberated. This is what it means to conquer oneself.
How did the winning of Battle of Saratoga effect the remainder of the war?
I know, people are going to say "Look in your textbook!" But I forgot it at home because my friend took it from me on the bus : ( There are twelve questions, and I was able to answer ten by myself, one from the internet, and now I am stuck on the twelfth one. The question is "How did the winning of Battle of Saratoga effect the remainder of the war?" I don't expect anyone to give me a good answer, just give like a one sentence idea to set me off, or a website! Please :( Thanks!
How do you win yourself everyday?
Wow ! Nice question."Men's greatest victory is over oneself."-Plato-I admire this.So, as usual I sleep at midnight 12:00pm and sometimes if I am well prepared for next day then I sleep between 8:00pm to 9:00pm.Every morning when my alarm rings at 4:30 or 5:00am , I switch off the Alaram and go back to sleep again, and then within 10–20 seconds I get up with a strong will to start my day with good win over my lovely sleeping. There I win myself everyday.McDonald's is just beside my workplace, everyday after I am done with my shift I pass by McD and crave for "Coffee mocha" , "Mac Amrican Supreme with cheese" I slow down my vehicle and my stomach starts demanding with such sounds and I am , no ! And accelerate my scooter and move. There I win myself everyday.I work as a part timer, it's a 4–6 hrs job and whenever I work I try not be sluggish and lazybones and there I win my self to be active every time.After work , either I go for 2–3 km running or for Calisthenics work out. There I always try to do 2 more of reps I did yesterday and that brings a drastic change physically in me. I try to run more faster and complete my run less than before . When I do sprints I try to make it 1 more than earlier. That "one more" is something where I win myself everyday.Every day I set a target to meditate for 9 mins and I do it and end up doing it for 20 mins with some of pranayam. There I win myself everyday.Every day I set a target to read atleast 1 chapter from self help book apart from Academic books and I do it, and enjoy the win over myself.I love ice reams, junk foods(vada pav, Pani Puri, pizzas, and many more) but it's been 2 months I didn't tasted any of them, and that is something I am proud of myself just because I have learnt the art to control over myself. And that is win over oneself and am improvement too.It been 2 months I didn't touched my Instagram and Snapchat and I doubt myself even do I had an account in that ? Or not? That's an incredible change, positive utilisation of time in right way. There I win again.I love sleeping; sleeping in peace. And I feel peaceful when I win myself everyday with these small actions. Ultimately it's about me and I know I am doing it well, my improvement speaks.Still long way to go.
How can you win the fight if your enemy is yourself?
Be spontaneous. Do things that would normally be considered ridiculous to you. Since you’re battling yourself, your opponent will know everything about you. How you move. How you fight. How you react. How you think, essentially.So this begs the question, ‘How do I beat myself?’Be smart about what you do. Every choice you make, your opponent would have made already. So, this is how it’s gonna go. If the first thought that comes to your mind is throw a right punch, don’t do it. The opponent will then throw the right punch. You already know he’s going to throw a right punch so you have the perfect opportunity to counter. Block the attack and land a blow. Repeat until opponent is K.O.ed.Exert yourself. Use more effort and energy than you normally use to overpower your opponent. If you normally use x amount of energy, you can beat him by exerting about 2x amount of energy. Put more energy behind your attacks.If preparation is allowed, just shoot your opponent with a gun.
I cannot win over myself. I fight within and I lose. What do I do?
Very few people in this world can only win over the self. It is said by great saint Thayumanawar that one can make a thread out of sand, but very difficult to make the mind to keep the thoughts as per our inner directions. So you donot think much about it. As long as you are productive, happy and able to lead an expected life, forget about winning over your thoughts.Do daily meditation. Expose yourself to be out side your comfort zones to the possible extent by developing strong will power and determination. Study your daily habit pattern and change the habits that are preventing you to work hard and disturbing your focus on the task you have undertaken to complete. In my opinion daily meditation helps a lot to control the mind.
RHH: Who Do You Think Won This Battle: AaronB V. Frida Slaves?
Last battle of the night folks (I'll do an update after). The winner of this main bracket battle will face the winner of the Wiftgu V. StillFlyUp battle tomorrow. Remember to check the blog for news and official brackets. If ya wanna vote, star. AaronB How this corny little new reg gonna f*ck with a vet/ My lyrical missiles rip you into red like a Soviet jet/ I'd tell you to respect me, but you're to broke to front me respect/ Can't even afford a microphone with your government check/ I bet you recreate your avy with three ***** in your mouth/ Swing your head back and forth, let something rip through your bowels/ If you came down here, you'd probably get kicked from the south/ Way past the Mason-Dixon line, past where Nixon was housed/ You're the type of Slaves to give up Islam to be Christian/ My rhymes go over your head and leave you hanging like a lynching/ See, Slaves ate leftovers, like ham hocks and pigs feet/ You do the same when you eat your girl out, lapping up my d*ck's skeet/ See I'm Big Meech, and you're more like Tina Fey/ Your chances of winning the battle, slimmer than Aaliyah's legs/ Bastard I'm militant like Malcolm X, leanin with a 'K/ Pampered house ****** with no callouses, screaming "Free The Slaves!" (Frida Slaves)/ FridaSlaves After this one AaronB, you'll need some Therapy/ Loungin in an office explaining why your scared of me/ I'll break your neck when I spin it like some pottery/ Beating me is less likely than hittin' up the lottery/ You look like a fat cheerleader waiving your pom poms/ When you look like Ron_Ron made a baby with Krondon/ I'll lyrically f*c* you til you're sore and vexed/ Stretchin' your pu**y til it becomes a cl*tasourus-rex/ I'm the best lyricist, and you ain't even fervoring/ It ain't my fault you're destined to work at burger king/ I'm the pharoah, you're just a peasent in Barbados/ Get ready for your future and cut up those potatoes/ I read a dictionary, just one after the next day/ Really want to express yourself? Just get a sex change/ I'm tired of rapping to all these no talent weasels/ Should have killed you as a newborn like a bad case of measels/
What does it mean it's better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles? -Buddha.?
Our life are full of misery,trials,hardship and challenges.And as a human the good and the evil are amongst us.By facing all the adversity in life and finding serenity,and doing good things to other, then maybe that's the time that we conquer ourselves.