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Only use your mind for constructive purposes once you see that you are able to keep it mostly in the present. The best use of the mind, actually, is for critical thinking situations and for planning purposes. It can be easy to believe that you need to be thinking a lot about life in order to get you through. But, oftentimes, it’s just a hindrance to what you are doing.  A great bonus to having worked on your mind is to see how much clarity you have now when you do choose to think! It’s true, too; you can choose when you want to delve into a matter, and the rest of the time enjoy life, as you’re meant to! When planning, though, make sure it’s actually planning and not just worrying about upcoming planning. If you find that it is worry, then the mind is, most likely, still controlling you versus you being in control of it. It definitely takes time for mindfulness training to solidify itself. If you have to go back to the mantra, trust that you are much farther along from when you first began. Many people believe that the past is much greater than the present moment but the problem with it, in actuality, is that the past really is over. It’s time to move on. By continuing to focus on it, just keeps you stuck and prevents you from moving forward in your life. Many experts who teach presence caution against dwelling on outdated shares on FB as well as old photographs from a happy time in your past. They even suggest not wearing clothes or using things that have been in storage for too long as they have an old, energetic influence to them. The key is to surround yourself with things that are vibrant and fresh. They may look perfectly fine on the surface but are still energetically stale. To a greater or lesser degree, everything has presence. When you live in the present, you actually can hear a sound from the universe if you listen carefully. Often, the reason people can’t hear it is because their ordinary, conditioned mind is jumbled up with too many thoughts. Focus, too, on the sound of the leaves, the birds and the water and all of the other sounds that you miss when you're too caught up in your mind. Non-acceptance of life’s moments is what causes suffering. This, however, can be a little tricky during challenging situations with other people. There are those instances where you have to let people know that you don’t accept what it is that they are putting out in the universe. The key here is to let them know clearly and emphatically without becoming angry or out-of-control. In other words, on the outside you may have to express yourself strongly so that people get it but you can still be accepting on the inside that this is, at times, just how life expresses itself.

summary: Use your mind only for critical thinking situations and planning purposes. Go back to saying the mantra if you find that you drift back into your old thinking pattern. Keep your mind in the present by not keeping too many things from your past. Spend time in nature to stay in touch with sound of aliveness and presence around you. Accept, don’t resist, what happens in life.


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Using food coloring and colored icing, paint your skull in festive colors. Add sequins to the eyes, and use an icing pipe to make decorative flowers and ornaments. Check out images online for inspiration. You won't be eating your sugar skull, so work away with whatever tools you need. After all the handling and decorating, they're not exactly sanitary.

summary: Decorate your calavera.


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Remove the bowl and whisk from your mixer. Place both into the freezer, and leave them there for 15 to 30 minutes. Skip this step if you are using a food processor; you do not need to chill the bowl of a food processor. Make sure that it is fitted with whisks.
summary: Chill the mixing bowl and whisk ahead of time.