A Life Less Serious

Have you ever found yourself asking, 'Is This It?' or pondering, 'There Must be More to Life!'? Are you feeling trapped in a perpetual state of seriousness, longing for more lightness and joy in your everyday existence? If so, this course is for you!
With "A Life Less Serious.", you are invited to embark on a transformative journey that will shift your perspective help you see the world through a more playful lens. Grounded in spiritual wisdom and practical exercises, this course is designed to show you that taking things less seriously is not irresponsible and not impossible. Levity and joy are our true nature. unlock your creativity and embrace a life less serious.

Throughout seven immersive lessons, , you will see how we can live in what appears to be a time full of serious circumstances with more lightness and ease. Using the acronym P.L.A.Y.F.U.L. as your road map, with new eyes to see the world, you will uncover your unique path to a life of more joy, more happiness and more fun. With new eyes to see the world, you will see potential instead of pressure, and come from inspiration not desperation.

As Michael Neill says, “ If you are doing things in order to be happy, you are doing them in the wrong order!”

The journey you will go on through the 7 lessons is:

Presence - If you are not present, where are you? Lost in thought? The power of pressing the pause button, bringing you back into the here and now.

Light-Hearted Living - Underneath the weight of all that serious thinking is our innate light heartedness. Understand the gift of thought, make friends with your inner critic, and reconnect with your essential nature.

All About Attachments - It looks like our happiness, our peace of mind, our well being is conditional or attached to people, situations or circumstances. I’ll happy when….. keeps us on the hamster wheel, seriously striving for success. What if thats not true?

You - Wake Up To You! Is it who you are or what you are? Go beyond "The Story of Me" and discover your true essential nature. The mind is a tool. Do you use the tool or does the tool use you?

Feelings - All Feeling Welcome! We are Human Beings not Human Doings. We are designed to feel, to be. Make friends with your feelings, they hold valuable information. Feelings and emotions are your internal guidance system, an incredible system that you'll learn embrace .

Understanding- Understanding The System Is Key. Learn to trust your incredible psychological system, it brings all your thinking to life. This is your instruction manual for a life less serious.

Love Life! - The final lesson, bringing it all together. To love life, isn't that the answer. Understanding what you are made of opens the door to experience life with more ease, humour, and appreciation. Simple gratitude for the miracle of being alive.

Underpinned by this quote from an audio by Sydney Banks -

“Seriousness, like life, is a thought and this thought creates a feeling. If you create the feeling of seriousness then you are in a very serious state. You liable to have stress and strain and sickness and unhappiness and jealousy and everything else because of seriousness. Now seriousness doesn’t help you do anything in life but destroy yourself.”

By the end of the course, you will have a new sense of what is possible. Life can really test us, but even in the darkest moments there is always light and it lives inside us all.

Lección 1: Presence - If You're Not Present, Where Are You?

This first lesson, all about the "P" of Presence, is where we crack open the secret to a lighter life! We'll explore the idea of being on autopilot, lost in thought, and missing out on the magic of the here and now. Through a personal story about riding a horse, we'll tackle a critical question: If we're not present, where are we? The answer? Disconnected from the natural state of lightness and ease that's already within us! This lesson sets the stage for the course, as we learn to simply be present and rediscover the inherent joy and lightheartedness that's waiting to be awakened.

Lección 2: Light-Hearted Living: Finding Ease In Your True Nature

L for Light-Hearted Living invites you to explore a lighter way of being. We'll unveil the surprising truth that happiness isn't something to be chased, but rather a natural state residing within you, like the sunshine that persists even behind clouds. This lesson delves into the qualities that define a lighthearted spirit – creativity, compassion, and resilience – and discovers how they're woven into the very fabric of your being. Get ready to let go of the need for external validation and reconnect with the lightness that's always been there, waiting to be rediscovered.

Lección 3: All About Attachments

In lesson 3, A = All About Attachments, we'll explore the natural human tendency to attach our well-being to external things like achievements, finding the perfect partner, things going to plan , or even our appearance. We'll see how this creates a limiting cycle of conditional happiness and insecurity. By identifying these attachments, and challenging them you'll start a process of detachment and reconnect with your innate sense of peace, confidence, and resilience.

Lección 4: You - Wake Up To You!

We at lesson 4, and the Y from PLAYFUL stands for YOU ! - Wake Up to You! challenges your perception of self. You'll discover that your true essence lies beyond the constant chatter in your head. By introducing the two sides of the brain, and seeing the mind as a tool, you begin to see how to reconnect with your natural essence, the part that experiences joy, peace, and presence in the moment. Learn to quiet the left brain's stories and anxieties, and awaken the right brain's wisdom and inner peace.

Lección 5: Feelings - All Feelings Are Welcome

Lesson 5: F is for Feelings - All Feelings Are Welcome. In this introspective exploration, we'll delve into the origins of our emotions and uncover the valuable messages they hold. Learn how your thoughts and feelings are intricately linked, and how this understanding can be the key to uncovering greater emotional well-being. Join us as we embrace the full spectrum of human experience, from joy to frustration, and discover the profound wisdom hidden within all our emotions."

Lección 6: Understanding The System Is Key

Have you ever tried building something with missing instructions? In Lesson 6: Understanding the System is Key, we'll explore why understanding how things work can be the difference between between smooth sailing and constant struggle. As Ludwig Wittgenstein says, " A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards , as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push." Understanding "the system" is the key to a smoother, more less serious journey through life!

Lección 7: Love Life

Guided by our PLAYFUL roadmap, we explored the power of understanding ourselves: Presence, Lighthearted Living, Attachments, You- Wake Up to You, Feelings (Welcome!), and Understanding the System. In todays final lesson, L stands for Love Life. We discovered the ultimate gift – a Life Less Serious is the implication of a deeper understanding of what makes us human. To Love Life is to experience life with more ease, humour, and a deep appreciation for the miracle of being alive.

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