Have you ever felt that something was missing from your life? Have you asked yourself, ‘What’s happening to me’? Perhaps you’ve started wondering when the world got so complicated. The answer is simple: It is all in our heads. We create our own destiny. And we are driven by one thing: LOVE. But most of us make one major mistake. We tend to think that we need someone’s love in order to live a happy life. However, love comes from within. We can only feel love for other people when we love ourselves, as it’s this love that shines in us and thus can be felt by others.

Visionary, mystic, spiritual coach and healer, Moon, agrees. She says, ‘Love is the driving power in life’. Moon is the Spiritual Coach at Lifehouse in the UK. For more than 30 years, Moon has used her powers as a clairvoyant, a psychic and an intuitive being to help others find their own healing and power. When we feel sad, rejected, worthless or ugly because we think love has faded, she says we need to see the positive side. In her article “The Caress of the Mind”, Moon explains: “[This] was in fact the best and most wonderful experience for us to go through because we are able to view the opposite end of the spectrum. The polarities of our very existence! The sad times as opposed to happy times, hate instead of love, bad instead of good, down instead of up […]. These polarities help us to discover and decide what we truly want for ourselves. When we learn that these polarities are all part of our future happiness, we can move through our unhappy times quicker, with more understanding and love and find a peaceful mind more quickly.” Or as Helen Keller put it: “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there was only joy in the world.”

Some say that we actually know everything. The complete wisdom is within us – hidden in our deepest core. We all tend to get lost in ideas, thoughts and self-created concepts of life. How do we reclaim that hidden wisdom? The crux is to concentrate on your inner self. You may want to call it “intuition” or “gut feeling”. This is what guides you and knows what you actually want. Trust this feeling and listen to yourself!

God is at home, it’s we who have gone out for a walk. Meister Eckhart

Another aspect of loving yourself is loving and caring for your body. When we discover our health, we discover ourselves, according to Shaolin beliefs. For more than 1,500 years the Shaolin monks have used health- and performance-enhancing exercises, different breathing techniques and selected nutrition to increase physical and intellectual capability.

You can’t be healthy without good sleep. Sleep is absolutely vital for your body’s regeneration, your health, a fresh mind and thus for personal success. It is said that you should not have heavy thoughts in the evenings. Rest your mind and your soul during the night and your problem-solving skills will improve drastically during the day. Tune in to your bodily functions and you will learn to listen to your personal needs and wishes. SAMINA has developed products that support healthy Bio-Energetic Sleep®. The concept betokens the highest form of physical, spiritual and mental regeneration through sleep.

An ancient wisdom known to all people is that the core of our being is goodness. This knowledge is the foundation of Western psychology and even more so of Eastern spirituality. This is obvious when we see babies and small children in their purity, innocence and general good will. It’s hard to forget the intense happiness and bliss of children. Which small, intense moments in your life to you remember? Rilke describes these moments in many of his poems and calls them ‘the openness of children’. But we have lost it. Why? Sadly, as we grow up, our accumulated experiences start to close our heart and contract us rather than allow us to be open and enthusiastic. Make time for yourself to build up your positive experiences and get back into the habit of enjoying the moment!