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Daily Question, March 22

In what moments do I feel content?

  • Ose

    All my energetic system calms down and bends towards peace when devotion and humbleness arise, during meditation, prostration or in daily life. It is a kind of arriving, and work in progress. Deeply grateful. Thank you all.

  • nadders

    I have always been grateful for how easily pleased I am. I am able to find moments of contentment easily. I have found that the lockdown and therefore curtialment Of activities I usually find contentment in has lowered the bar. I continue to find contentment in simple things. I enjoy clean sheet with clean PJ combo. A cold beer on a warm day, a wild swim, a walk on the beach. A cup of tea and biscuit in the garden with a friend. Long walks and the weary muscle feeling you get afterwards.

  • Just be

    I feel content when:
    I’ve eaten a satisfying meal
    I’m cuddling and playing with my dogs
    My house is clean
    I bring in flowers from the yard and arrange them.
    I sneakily give flower arrangements away
    It’s a warm day and I’m sitting in the garden swing enjoying my yard.
    I remember my dad.
    I’m hiking
    I’m reading something interesting or entertaining.

  • Tori

    I feel my most content when I’m outside on a walk, listening to music or a good drive around the city.

  • Rhea

    I feel my most content when I am doing what I love. Whether it’s being active or being creative, I feel most content when I am in flow state, unaware of the time passing by. Of course, I feel productive at the end, but the calmness that settles over me is what counts.

  • Kristi

    I usually feel content when I’m with my family or outside in nature. Two gifts that I absolutely treasure!

  • Drew Blanton

    When I’m reading, on the computer, or watching TV. Besides, I can see at least a little bit of spirituality in each of these activities.

  • Dusty Su

    When I have conducted a loving laughter session well. When attendees share the space and we are full, emptied, full again, and there is love and connection, joy, and hope.

    • Just be

      Hi Dusty, what is a loving laughter session?

      • Dusty Su
        Hi there Just be... Sessions I host to build in resilience by choosing to laugh. This is one way I describe it. Intentional laughter. A series of exercises that do not require humor, but can be humorous. We choose to laugh much like Laughter Yoga sessions (See the internet for more on that) A study done in Norway over the course of 15 years found when participants believed they had a sense of humor—no need for it to be good — they, on average, lived eight years longer and were 30 perce...

        Hi there Just be…

        Sessions I host to build in resilience by choosing to laugh. This is one way I describe it. Intentional laughter. A series of exercises that do not require humor, but can be humorous. We choose to laugh much like Laughter Yoga sessions (See the internet for more on that)

        A study done in Norway over the course of 15 years found when participants believed they had a sense of humor—no need for it to be good — they, on average, lived eight years longer and were 30 percent more resistant to severe disease…

        Research shows that 15-20 minutes of sustained LAUGHTER provides many benefits such as
        Reduces Stress
        Positive Thinking
        Wards off Depression, Anxiety, and Sleep Problems
        Good Aerobic Exercise
        Strengthens Immune System
        Reduces High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease
        Increases Lung Capacity
        Accesses Natural Pain Killers
        Makes You Look and Feel Younger
        Creates Good Interpersonal Skills

        But what if you don’t feel like laughing?

        Your body does not know the difference between real or chosen laughter, and produces the same feel-good hormones and health benefits as you would if you were laughing spontanaeously.

        For examples try Laughter Yoga
         
        Laughter Yoga
        https://laughteryoga.org/
        Dr. Madan Kataria, a medical doctor from Mumbai India formed the first Laughter Yoga Club in a park in 1995. Today there are over 20,000 laughter clubs in 110 countries worldwide.

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        • Just be

          That’s amazing. I go to a Unitarian Universalist church. One Sunday we did an exercise where we all laughed, at first for no reason, but then everything became funny and we laughed for about 15 minutes.

          • Dusty Su

            Ah, how great that is…a lovely idea for a spiritual gathering. I teach many things through laughter, death, dying, living fully, connection, etc. Just wonderful.

  • sb

    I agree that being content is being secure and loved but also being at peace with myself and the world, being calm and comfortable with life.
    Some examples include a nice warm bubble bath, basking in front of the fire, relaxing with my family, enjoying nature, lovely music, listening to the sea…..

  • KC

    Basking in the warm sun, in front of a fire, in a forest of trees, on a meadow, on, in or beside water… reading a good book, in the company of caring others and ideally sharing food and / or beverages together, listening to and playing music … and yes, when I feel safe, secure and loved!

  • Hot Sauce

    I feel content whenever I receive new insights about the nature of reality, the purpose of human existence, or what God is doing in the world.

  • Cathie

    I feel contented most of the time. It is easier to identify when I do not feel content: during turmoil, when someone is upset at me, when I do not understand what is occurring, when injustice is brought to my attention…

  • Carol

    I’m pondering the word “content.” In reading most of the responses, it seems folks are content when they feel secure and loved. Me, too.

  • Susan Skye

    I feel content when I stop and pay attention to what is around me. I am often distracted by so many things and I actually have to stop and pay attention to this moment. Contentment is a choice from my point of view. Life is what life is and we can either accept it or not. Peace comes to me when I slow down and accept what is.

  • Melissa

    After I have a great conversation with a friend or my mate. Drinking morning coffee with my dog sleeping next to me at my feet. A beautiful sunshine morning and the outdoors calls me for a walk. Seeing a hawk fly over hearing the laughter of children playing.

  • Lauryn

    Moments like right now— early morning sunshine, sitting outside, drinking coffee, listening to the birds, the whole day ahead of me.

  • Holly in Ohio
    I'm very content when I... > Get things ship shape and in Bristol fashion. > Get tasks ticked off my check list and still have time to play > Nurture seeds or plants into abundant growth > When I share something funny and make someone laugh. > Walking in nature > Listening to music > Am learning or reading > When my kids, just grown now, are making sound choices and are happy. > When I make a good meal for others and we sit down to share the meal and have conv...

    I’m very content when I…
    > Get things ship shape and in Bristol fashion.
    > Get tasks ticked off my check list and still have time to play
    > Nurture seeds or plants into abundant growth
    > When I share something funny and make someone laugh.
    > Walking in nature
    > Listening to music
    > Am learning or reading
    > When my kids, just grown now, are making sound choices and are happy.
    > When I make a good meal for others and we sit down to share the meal and have conversation
    > When I use my creativity, sit back and think, “dang!”
    > When my husband and I share “moments.” and I confess sometimes I just watch him sleep and just that is “enough.” 🙂

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  • SK

    When I have finished some project- especially lately with the CLS work and the memories it brings to my heart. k. I feel content when I can sit and watch my garden, feel the wind, bask in the sunrise and the sunset in the same day and know that I am a child of God. I am content when I look at my family legacy

  • Katrina

    On our back porch early in the morning watching the world wake up; or in the evenings in front of the fire pit with a glass of wine with my husband.

  • Ed Schulte
    In what moments do you feel content? The first moments of recollections from the so called "night journey". iow when returning to this physical body after a good rest, (hmmmm ..... waking up? hardly! more like "waking down"! ) These recollections contain the sign posts and reminders ...more like recommendations....... of 'what and where' I have to develop in my exercises of observation, visualization, contemplation and meditation. As the Sufi likes to call them, "they are message...

    In what moments do you feel content?

    The first moments of recollections from the so called “night journey”. iow when returning to this physical body after a good rest, (hmmmm ….. waking up? hardly! more like “waking down”! )

    These recollections contain the sign posts and reminders …more like recommendations……. of ‘what and where’ I have to develop in my exercises of observation, visualization, contemplation and meditation.

    As the Sufi likes to call them, “they are messages from the beyond”.

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