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take this injunction further to mean that you should love whoever you find yourself with at
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any moment Love thy neighbor Love thine enemy Use agape which is the GrecoChristian
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term for selfless unbiased nonpossessive universal love Or experiment with using the
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unconditional positive regard that many psychotherapists use with their clients When your
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primary aim is to broadcast goodwill you act much less defensive and your composure quotient
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will soar Thus a pure lighthearted mentality not only gives you access to the moral high
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ground but will also affect many minutiae of your body language and microexpressions
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improving your overall aura This is the bravery of the innocent
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The key to being popular is to like more people Research has shown that likable people
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like others On average the mostliked people like larger numbers of people and they like those
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people more So forgive those you feel have wronged you Forgive your parents siblings
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all your family and friends Then forgive everyone else from your past and present and even
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your future Forgive people from every walk of life Forgive the rich the poor all sides of the
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political spectrum Forgive humanity then fate and then the entire universe Have no fear of
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rejection from others have no need to be accepted Be able to say love you with no regret
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Cherish yourself and your body the way it is and know that you along with everyone else
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are absolutely worthy of being loved
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Human kindness is the surest step toward deep healing from any kind of trauma
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Expect only good from others and project this expectation in the form of positive overtures
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People wont be able to help but respond to you in positive ways and their responses will
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reinforce your view of the world as a pleasant place further entrenching your expectations
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If you work hard at becoming pure of heart you will earn your way to peace Combined
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with altruistic acts youll find pleasure And combined with assertiveness and composure
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you will find power
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PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
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used to have a stinging pain in my chest that would surface during stress It was healed
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after made a deliberate effort to be pure of heart The notion that had pure intentions
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reassured some last bastion of muscles in my thorax that they could stop their defensive
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bracing could feel these muscles release And because they could finally relax was able to
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bring them to a full contraction using exercises such as the coughing laughing panthoot
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and diaphragmatic stretching exercises Being pure of heart is the most foolproof way to ensure
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that you are breathing easily and consider it the eighth and final tenet of optimal breathing
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Conclusion
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Most people have a secret fear of being bad or having done things for which they can never
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atone But it is never too late to start being pure of heart You can do it at any point in time
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Start now As you take on the Program Peace system recommend that you imagine yourself
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turning over a new leaf Decide to let go of the regret shame and guilt you have carried with
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you from past misdeeds and mistakes Turn any ounce of selfhatred that you may harbor into
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selfforgiveness Guilt keeps us from becoming good people so use your participation here as
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an excuse to get rid of it Purify your heart by allowing yourself to make it a clean slate
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Trauma has made it difficult to be cool playful humorous and pure of heart By removing
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the trauma you will make these things much easier See yourself as going from afflicted to
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blessed See yourself as principled incorruptible and salt of the earth When you think pure of
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heart think dominant but nondominating Think nonsubordinate but nonaggressive Think
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assertive but lighthearted Having faith in your goodness is the key to making optimism and
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relaxation possible Know that what youre doing comes from a good place with other peoples
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best interests in mind As long as you know that you mean right by others you dont have to
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worry about offending them with your composure Expect yourself to be pure of heart in
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everything you do and conceive of your life from here on to be a heros journey
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Chapter Finding Happiness Through Playfulness Composed Kindness
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Chapter Bullet Points
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e Treat everyone as if they are the least awkward person you have ever met
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e There are so many ways to be endearing Theres no need to forfeit your composure or
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health to do so
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e Creating a pure of heart mindset will make many of your troubles disappear
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When mammals are playful they are truly wonderful creatures
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e You can directly reduce stress by stimulating the play and nurturance areas of your
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brain To do this you must be playful with and nurture others
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e The feel good neurochemicals like endorphins serotonin oxytocin and vasopressin
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derive from kind behavior Nature endorses morality
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e Remember that real virtue does not complement itself and is not even aware of itself as
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a virtue
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e Laughing exercises will give you a bold laugh and fortify your innards
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e Every laugh should almost sound antagonistic as if you were laughing at someone
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but only because it is assertive and unaffected by submissive tendencies
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e Anight full of fake laughing and smiling will increase the tension you feel the next
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morning And yet one minute of genuine unadulterated laughing can relieve all
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that strain
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e Selfstimulating happiness is key to perpetuating your upward developmental spiral
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e Selfamusement is very healthy and a trait of dominant people
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e Feel free to be silly
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e Act like every day is your birthday and every night is Saturday night
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When you are mistreated think of it as an opportunity for personal growth Consciously
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deciding to underreact to negativity is regarded by many to be the most powerful way
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to achieve spiritual growth
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PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
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Chapter Endnotes
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Hermann H R Dominance and aggression in humans and other animals The great
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game of life Academic Press
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Snyder C R Lopez S J Oxford handbook of positive psychology nd ed
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Oxford University Press
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Taylor S E Armor D A Positive illusions and coping with adversity Journal of
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Personality Carver C S Scheier M E Segerstrom S C Optimism
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Clinical Psychology Review
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Scheier M E Weintraub J K Carver C S Coping with stress Divergent
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strategies of optimism and pessimists Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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Frederickson B L Levenson R Positive emotions speed recovery from the
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cardiovascular sequelae of negative emotions Cognition Emotion
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Wohr M Schwarting R K W Ultrasonic communication in rats Can playback of
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kHz calls induce approach behavior PLoS ONE e
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Simonet P Versteeg D Storie D July August Doglaughter Recorded
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playback reduces stress related behavior in shelter dogs Paper presentation Proceedings of
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the th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment
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Panksepp J December The riddle of laughter neural and psychoevolutionary
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underpinnings of joy Current Directions in Psychological Science
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Provine R R Laughter A scientific exploration Viking
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Folkman S Nathan P E The Oxford handbook of stress health and coping
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Oxford University Press
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Godfrey J R Toward optimal health The experts discuss therapeutic humor
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Journal of Womens Health
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