True is true...and so are you.

William Michael Forbes



What we deem to be true in our minds is ultimately true in our world...even if its not. wmf

A Well Known Fact:

From the horrors of the battlefield, to the secret torture chambers of the ignorant ...from the lips of the enlightened, to the love of God for all, we are free to create anything!

It might seem strange to you that I would start today’s How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less with War and torture and its opposites Enlightenment and Love...yet there is a very excellent reason for doing so. It is through the opposites of our lives that we learn to grown and change; Through the pain of not having, we have yearned for better things and thus changed our way of doing things; Through the fear of loss we have learned to cherish what we have...and today, after learning through the opposites for many, many eons, humanity is on the verge of learning not through the opposites anymore but through the knowledge and application of love. The opposites were useful...that perpetual pendulum of pleasure and pain that so often wagged humankind back and forth from one state to another until the dawn of free will some forty-two thousand years ago, when we began to learn the power of choice as the primary mechanism to create our experiences from.

As humanity gained knowledge and experience through the use of free will it was still predominately learning through pleasure and pain, having and not having and now that we have global communication all of us can see the madness and horror perpetuated by learning through the opposites...and I think we are ready to learn through love. Love doesn’t mean we do not have boundaries, in fact love flourishes with boundaries, order and structure, which are recognized in any creation that inspires our hearts to go WOW! An awesome piece of architecture, a master painting, literature, family systems, a job we love, friendships, organizations and groups that contribute to our lives. In order for humanity to continue growing it must release the old models of learning and embrace Love as the primary motive behind all words, thoughts deeds and actions. As to who and what determines Loves expression? ...consider this axiom as the basis for growing and knowing what love is;

“The purpose of life is to obtain maximum pleasure without hurting anyone else or ourselves.” Wmf

If all our activities were put through this filter, the opposites of pain and pleasure, as humanities’ primary learning tool, would quickly become obsolete...which brings us to today’s activity on How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less. As you go about your day, for at least a minute every hour (more if you want to) ask yourself if what you are doing, thinking and saying, is good for you and others. Continue doing what you are for that minute and just see how much of what you are doing is good for you and others. The point here is to begin moving yourself to a place in consciousness where mindfulness includes the well being of all that is around you...a necessary skill to have in order to cultivate love as the dominate expression in your life and....

Have a great day!

William