Smiling inwardly like there is no tomorrow

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Hello everybody,
when was the last time you smiled? Today? Yesterday?

Do it now, smile. SMILE now!

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Got that done?
How did it feel?

What memories do you associate with smiling? What images come to mind? What feelings flood through you when you smile? Can you capture those? No?

Then SMILE now!

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Do you know whats the best kind of smile that I like?
It is that one…an involuntary smile
Smiling as an involuntary reaction to seeing something or someone beautiful
Or something really funny
Or something heartwarming

What do all these have in common?
That’s right…you feel relief, relaxed and released

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What if we direct this smile inwardly and apply it where needed?

Thanks to @Rosechalice for walking me through the inner smiling steps :rose:

The application goes as follows:

  1. You notice an inner resistance / blockage / anxiety
  2. You identify the corresponding area within your body
  3. You close your eyes ideally, but not necessarily
  4. You smile
  5. You direct this smiling sensation to the area of resistance
  6. (Optional) I like to add gratitude here as well
  7. Stay smiling at the area until you notice it become smaller or move somewhere else
  8. Repeat the steps for the new area or newly arising resistances

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Perhaps you recognise the inner smile from such NFTs as Immutable Happiness or Rainmaker Redux. This is nothing new, yet very profound.

Try it when you have a moment. It doesn’t take long.
It really helped me. I use it here and there, whenever I need it.

A SMILE can change the world
Your SMILE can change your world

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@anon7543466 :heartpulse:

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yesbeloved

I am trying…

forcedsmile

Trying even harder…

ha3

Finally doing it…

ha

ha4

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nervous-sweating-bearded-man-04vmwtbprmy5fr3t-min

Great post, inspirational…

Now i am going to take her with me if you dont mind :smiley: :grinning: :handshake: :clinking_glasses:

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If Makima-san agrees, of course

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I smile EVERY SINGLE day.

last night played volleyball for a few hours, dropping in for all the games i played and lost every one of them but had a blast…

This morning before leaving for work my nephew had the biggest smile seeing me in the house. That put a big smile on my face.

On my drive to work just smiled randomly listening to some video.

Smiled getting into work.

and smiled at your thread :slight_smile:

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That makes me smile, Zen. Thanks! :slight_smile:

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that made me smile again! :smiley:

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For anyone going through a tough time for any reason, or maybe just for a stomachache :slight_smile: the inner smile is a remarkable first aid tool.

Excerpts from Mantak Chia’s website:

  • A deep inner smile spreads like a relaxing elixir making us receptive to transform negative energy into positive.
  • Smiling signals happy healing hormones such as ecstatic endorphins and immune boosting killer T-cells
  • Smile therapy actually lowers the stress hormones cortisol, adrenalin and noradrenaline and produces hormones which stabilise blood pressure, relax muscles, improve respiration, reduce pain, accelerate healing and stabilize mood
  • Though a heart-felt smile has a deeper effect, even a surface smile tricks the brain into releasing happy hormones
  • In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.
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Smiling right now.
One of my top priorities in life is enjoying it, so I try to watch and do stuff which makes me smile, every day. :grinning:

Thank You.

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It is smiling a free innate powerful abilitie we always had? but often forgotted?

Ohhh Souka souka! Naruhodo , arigato nichan .

Arigato Nichan … Work is Subarashi :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :point_up_2:

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Subarashi…subarashi…

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Yeah thats what i mean no other word of course. that word.

s word

smiling word

ssssssssss :snake:

Is this Snake NFT?

from eternal? :apple:

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“Nagini, … Dinner”

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