https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile.jpgSpiritually SpeakingA smile holds many powers. One of them is that when we smile, there is a direct link to the brain, and it releases endorphins that make us feel happy. We feel happy so we smile more, and the brain releases more endorphins – a circle of happiness. ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAll over the world, many are prevented, for one reason or another, from reaching their full potential and realising their own inner power. They may not have financial power or political power, or their gender may be an obstacle to living their lif...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe Loss and Damage Fund established at COP27 was a fund, given and not loaned, to provide financial assistance to those nations most vulnerable and impacted by the effects of climate change. While this is undeniably a moral imperative, there are ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually Speaking“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito!” Dalai Lama Despite all the evidence on the news to the contrary, there are many sincere and good people, all over the world, trying very hard to make a difference...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAncient wisdom talks of the importance of staying within set boundaries to keep us safe. In the story of Rama and Sita, a line was drawn around her and she was warned not to step over the line or there would be serious and dangerous consequences. ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually Speaking“Every day I ask myself: Who am I? Who do I belong to? What do I have to do now?” –  Dadi Janki Willpower is based on knowledge with understanding, conscience, determination, trust and faith. In a world that seems to be going in a direc...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/how-to-keep-a-cool-head/June 25, 2022, 5:26 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/903b3950_4225_P_7_mr-1.jpgSpiritually SpeakingMeditation is a wonderful instrument for developing this state of mind, but even those well on the way to such stability can sometimes be knocked off balance. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen we are caught up in a dilemma, we tend to do one of three things. Either we sit and stew about it or we jump into action, without thinking at all or worst of all, we sit frozen in indecision. What is needed to reduce the anxiety and confusion...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen the impetus to follow a spiritual path arises, it arises first in the heart. It begins with a kind of awakening inside, something stirs inside from the heart. If those feelings never arose, then we would never make any further changes in our ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen we find our inner harmony — when the head and the heart work together — we develop a quiet, sustaining energy that keeps us stable no matter what happens. The past few months may well have felt like a roller coaster, with external ups and dow...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingOur thoughts shape our experience of life, colour our view of the world, and affect our physical health. They also create the atmosphere around us, through our vibrations. We all have experience of the racing mind seemingly running away with us. M...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/secrets-of-a-smile/June 15, 2024, 4:46 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smile-300x209.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAt every moment I have a choice over how I respond. Even if I am restricted in words or actions, I have a choice over how I think and feel, and those thoughts and feelings are the seeds of my actions, or my karma. As is the quality of the seed, so...