DWQA Questions › Tag: optimismFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesDr. Richard Gerhauser recommends practicing gratitude. He cites scientific studies showing greater gratitude scores were associated with: lower hemoglobin A1c blood levels, a marker of blood sugar control in diabetics; improvements in heart rate variability scores reflecting balance of the autonomic nervous system; and higher heart rate variability correlates with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and overall better health. Healthcare workers and teachers who practice gratitude have less burnout; gratitude increases mental well-being, which can help boost the immune system and help fend off illnesses; practicing gratitude has been shown to help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, while also improving mood; gratitude practices can boost optimism, which has been connected to factors consistent with healthy aging: less chronic disease, healthy cognitive function, and good physical function. Are the mechanisms causing these benefits from practicing gratitude purely physiologic or are other factors entering in, assuming these are valid findings?ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • Non-Local Consciousness244 views0 answers0 votesDr. Richard Gerhauser says practicing gratitude can be done by keeping a journal, a daily list of things one is grateful for. Things written down can be put in a gratitude jar as a visual reminder. Other approaches include meditation and prayer. What is Creator’s perspective on how best to benefit from an attitude of gratitude?ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • Non-Local Consciousness275 views0 answers0 votesAre there Chinese New Year practices that are inherently spiritual or in alignment? Can you help us understand the merits?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Human Potential355 views0 answers0 votesWould it be helpful to think of learning the art of “intention shaping and energizing,” or prayer, in the same way a quadriplegic needs to acquire a whole set of otherwise unneeded skills to live a life everyone else takes for granted? We have been compromised and debilitated and disabled mentally by the interlopers almost to the same degree a quadriplegic is physically disabled. In other words, are we as mentally disabled compared to our light being selves, as a quadriplegic is to their pre-injury physical selves? And would we be served by looking to those who overcome such adversities for inspiration?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs293 views0 answers0 votesCreator has talked about needing enough human intention in order to intervene successfully in human affairs. But it seems we’re being asked to fill a swimming pool one cup of water, or one prayer, at a time, without even being able to see the progress we are making. Is there any way we can trade the cup for a bucket, or the bucket for a hose?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs352 views0 answers0 votesChildren are highly motivated compared to adults. Parents and caretakers go to great pains to shield their children from the harsh realities and drudgery of the adult world as long as possible in order to not dash their hopes. How much is motivation dependent on hope, and is it truly as fragile as many parents and adults feel it is?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs290 views0 answers0 votesCan Creator comment on the distinction between motivation fueled by the desire to avoid suffering, versus motivation fueled by hope and anticipation of joy and success?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs311 views0 answers0 votesWe often think of complacency as a lack of any motivation, but can’t it also be seen as a kind of motivation to avoid potentially traumatic entanglements?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs320 views0 answers0 votesThe cost of complacency is missing out on the emotional rewards of success, from taking risks that trying something new can foster. Can this, in fact, generate a staleness and bitterness in the mind that can even turn dark in the form of jealousy and even hatred for those with a genuine zest for life?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs320 views0 answers0 votesDoes the ease with which humans are manipulated to become complacent, explain some of the hatred the interlopers have for humans in general?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs328 views0 answers0 votesComplacency seems like a genuine hazard that can feed on itself and accelerate a greater fall into depravity. Is this in fact “the” or “one of the” mechanisms causing the “fall” of the interlopers and resulting in their twisted nature?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs319 views0 answers0 votesCreator has said the interlopers are cowards. Are they indeed hiding behind their technology and on average much more risk-averse than humans? Isn’t this an even more extreme form of complacency? The complacent, attempting to make us humans more complacent? Complacent arrogance masking deep-seated jealousy and insecurity?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Limiting Beliefs338 views0 answers0 votesJoel Osteen’s relentless optimism, and avoidance of any religious symbols like the cross, is suspiciously like the current corruption of other lightworkers. Is he still uncorrupted?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divinely Inspired Messengers550 views0 answers0 votesWhat is the ratio of good to fallen angels in the universe? Ten to one? Hundred to one? Million to one?ClosedNicola asked 6 years ago • Angels808 views0 answers0 votes
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