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The novel corona virus, is the deadliest virus humanity has ever seen in the past decades, and has caused a havoc all over the world. With over 6 million cases worldwide and over 350 thousand deaths, this Virus has caused a lot of distress and anxiety in the minds of each and every one alive. Since prevention is better than cure, the only way to avoid this disease in absence of the vaccine is social distancing, Majority of countries all over the world have chosen the lockdown to prevent the widespread of this deadly disease. Suffering from boredom and being away from the society in general, restrictive movement, and unable to go to work in-order to earn money has made people think that this virus is a curse from GOD, but is it !? People with such an attitude fail to realize that humans are not the only living being on this planet; there are plants, animals, insects and birds that too are citizens of earth and have benefited tremendously due to this lockdown in the midst of this pandemic. The industrial lockdown has caused less sound, water and air pollution, making the air cleaner to breathe all over the world for all living beings, the rivers which were so dirty and which seemed impossible to clean in India even after a lot of manmade efforts, now have cleaned itself naturally. Moreover the Ozone layer which was depleting has showed us its capacity to heal on itself due to lack of pollution. The earth is healing ! Turns out that time is indeed the best healer (even without intervention of man). The people who are not infected and safe in their homes have benefited too from this virus caused lockdown, every one is become more health conscious eating the right foods to build their immunity to fight COVID 19, which inturn is benefitting their overall health. They have been able to spent more time with family, they have found ample of time to do the things they love doing, as man prays more deeply and meditates longer his spiritual life has improved too. He has become more compassionate, we see many people donating food and money to the poor everywhere all over the world. Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is seen arranging transport for migrant labourers instead of just donating money for people who want to move to their homes but are unable to do so due to their current financial circumstances. Many other Bollywood stars have donated spaces in their hotels to convert as quarantine centers to ease the load on public hospitals. New business have originated, making masks and COVID-19 testing devices, cost effective beds and personal protective equipment are few examples. We would argue that man cannot live on love and fresh air! Human beings are most effected as millions of people have lost their jobs and their source of livelihoods. People have lost their near and dear one as the virus has taken away their lives. Scientist are working very hard to find the cure and the vaccine as time progresses, but as they are unable to find the vaccine/cure yet the economy continues to fall. For the ones who are dead it is unfortunate and no one can ever compensate for the loss of life, but death is our final destination and the Ultimate truth of life, no one can escape this life alive. Nevertheless, we can still treat this pandemic an opportunity, Napoleon Hill in his book Think and grow rich says ' every negative event comes with a seed of an equal and opposite equivalent'. How many of us fall in the trap of wage slavery, and sell our integrity and creativity just for a paycheck??? Would the seed of the equal and opposite equivalent be the possibility of having/starting your own business? Would it be a lesson to manage our money wisely and save it for the rainy days? Would it be the virtues of self-reliance and future mindedness which this virus has forced us to adopt? Would it be to live a healthy Lifestyle and development of our immunity to diseases ? If we think that COVID is a curse just because of economic slowdown, than is money the only thing? Health, connection, relationships, compassion, innovation and Self-reliance are meaningless? The only way to fight this virus is awareness and faith. Awareness about not contacting things or people potentially exposed to the virus, keeping a sanitizer with you at all times, and faith that after all is said and done we will come out stronger. Even though this virus has been unforgiving and merciless in nature, we must have faith that we will rise above all this, we must have faith that we are born with best survival abilities and have all the power we need. The basis of Christianity is faith and only faith can save us now. As Indian industrialist Mr. Tata said something along these lines 'this year don't focus on material success, if you are alive that in itself is success' There is a monologue of hope from the movie waking life and I would like to share it with you. 'Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under achievers, we gonna stand up and be human beings and get fired up about the real things; the things that that matter: creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit. Finally this is an opportunity to be more conscious about our deaths, as death awareness can make you more conscious and humble. Complete the following every day as death could be knocking on your door: If I was more aware of my death I would___________

@Chumbimba On the masters journey there is a concept of accepting the plateau. Loving the practice itself, the reward is the practice. Honing yours skills. Be sure of homeostasis in the masters journey as per what George Leonard has to say in his book. The problem is backsliding and you could learn how to avoid it.. there is a video on. Actualized and also you can kind ideas in the book the big leap and mastery to overcome them. Reading those two books will be definitely worth your time. Also drop the perfectionist mindset .. remember the ' when I criticise I rob myself from my future auxim?' Few tips to deal with negative emotions Sedonas Letting go technique Feel them completely Accept them Think about the thought causing the emotion and reframe your thoughts through affirmation and visualizations.

@IJB063 YES! so true!

@Jacobsrw Wow nice thought, I'd love to see this draft once it's final and done. -Learning : What have I learned today and how will it change my behavior? What have I observed today How is it different/similar from___ ?

@John Iverson My deepest purpose is Helping people fight their inner demons the way I fight mine, through applied/positive psychology.

You can be a mediation coach who also is a beatboxing coach. Before Beatboxing, you could make your students meditate to focus better on what you teach and to improve their overall wellbeing. During Meditation, you could introduce beatboxing for a relaxation beat. Public speaking can be developed always and be used to inspire others. I'm currently listening to the audiobook on Public speaking by Dale Carnegie. I just did one chapter but found it quite good and interesting.

@MarkKol Just do it! Just do it! The Life Purpose course? Just Do IT!

For those who can't afford the LP course, this post will be very helpful :-)

@paprika Yes keep researching and learning new stuff related to business. Keep testing ideas, don't worry about failure as failure is good. Keep on doing it with strategy. Keep having your vision in mind, keep training the subconscious mind. All the best with your Life purpose man.

POEM by me The light was the star shining in the dark, The blood was the feeling bleeding in the heart, The rain was the eternal pain, Everything was fine, everything was sane, But the feeling in the heart was in itself a lie, The shooting star fell down and died The almighty showers sobered down Insanity all around!

@LoveandPurpose If the resistance lasts for a month or so, then you have your hint. You can intute what you like, pay attention to your emotions.

@John Iverson and also one of the core purpose of life purpose is that you get to share your gifts. Try doing what you love at least one hour a day. And Make a strategy to transition into the business. Follow the premortem technique: where you think about the possible failures beforehand and create solutions for them.

@emenasche Leo left the game industry because he found that he was not passionate about it anymore, at least not more than being a life coach, he connected the dots of his love for philosophy, psychology, metaphysics and helping people. Even This required a lot of skills, recording videos, making speeches, organizing new content, developing the website, etc. There is no contradiction but integration of self help material. Also read the way of the superior man there is an analogy of life purpose to an onion, in which David Deida says that your life purpose is like an onion you keep peeling it until you get to the core.

@aclokay Have you ever heard of mutual funds, it safer than the stock market, I invested in these through a financial advisor. Systematic investment plan, you invest 15 % of your income there every month and after a few years if the markets go up you will make a lot of money. The growth is slow but steady over a period of 10 years. Of-course investing all your eggs in one basket can be very rewarding; like Mr. Napoleon Hill said in his book think and grow rich, when you go to war burn all your ships of retreat and you are sure to win the war. I guess that was something Leo did too with actualized.

2 and half hours ideally buy I give at least one and a half hour to two hours on Meditation Yoga Exercise Subconscious training Reading Helping others through this forum Journalling

@John Iverson vipassana,ana Pana, mindfulness, do nothing, strong determination sitting, guided meditation, letting go meditation, self enquiry meditation, getting outside your skull and total relaxation meditation.

@Rebec I just struggled with one open mindedness issue. My girlfriend put off her last seen status on what's app and I just resisted it like anything, I was lucky enough to realise it but after we already fought over it.. But yea we have to keep working on our selves in this self actualizing game

@Insightful27 self hypnosis, this hobby is pretty relaxing if you find a good hypno therapist.. You can easily reprogram your subconscious mind and succeed. Even though its a combo of affirmation and visualizations you hardly put in any effort in it just plug in and sleep.

@sure depends from individuals to Individuals, but why do you ask this ? Is there some childhood abuse that you are struggling with ?

@John Iverson what do you do for a living ? Why don't you make distinctions in that field ? Or what are you passionate about ? Apply the learning combo in these fields and you have a recipie of a successful life . Learning = behaviour change Learning = observation Apart from this I have one more exercise for you different meditation techniques.

@JosephKnecht nice one ?

@hyruga I totally agree with @Hello from Russia you need to underline the things or make notes of the critical concepts which you can apply in your life with respect to self actualisation. Apart from that one great technique to remember things is repeatation. Learn in the night repeat in the morning, revise at the end of a week. The more you repeat the more it stays in your memory. Also writing down stuff can help you increase your memory, one very important tip is once you write something without looking it means it is stored in your mind somewhere. Another way to increase your memory is through accupunture. Of course yoga, meditation and exercise, and diet can help a lot with memory.. All the best

@Aquarius Focus on the things that get you success rather than focusing on the things that got you failure. Have a big compelling vision for yourself. Build good habits and Ultimately good routines. Program your subconscious mind.

@John Iverson wake up early in the morning. Live your life like you already live alone.

@Scholar I liked this article, it was a good read.. thanks for sharing.