Buddha, along with modern-day teachers, teach that it’s these intuitive promptings from your higher self that are the real you, not the mind. The mind only represents your conditioning and ego. By moving away from it and into your being is when you are truly at your best. Everyone, in the ordinary consciousness state, moves into the self and away from the mind on occasion. But, with practice, you can live from this place of no-mind or no-thought most of the time. People who have learned how to be in no-mind report that they only think a small percentage of the time and when they do, it’s a pure, unadulterated form versus being all over the place. When you first start, this period of no-thought will be short, but it will gradually increase over time. When these periods do occur, however, you will feel a certain peace and stillness inside that you may have never felt before. Know that you are on the right track with your natural state of being, which has been obscured by the mind for so long. With practice, this sense of peace and stillness will deepen with you and will stay no matter what’s going on around you. Many people have such a vested interest in their mind that they are the ones who have the most challenging time getting away from it. So the less you buy into the antics of it, the easier time you will have trusting that your higher self knows what’s best for you. In other words, don’t hold on to them. What you will find with practice is that they will go as easily as they came into you. Also, like the mind, these emotions are not who you are as a being. However, they are a guide and are definitely needed in life. The key, though, is to not react to them on the inside. When you look at it this way, because it actually is accurate, it’s a much simpler way to live.

Summary: Focus on what your being is saying to you versus the mind. Pay particular attention when you have no thoughts or are in a no-mind state. Trust that these intuitive prompts are enough to carry you through life. Allow negative emotions to wash over you and out. Understand the only thing you are really ever expected to take care of in life is the present moment.


Once you do, a flashing vertical line appears right where you want the image placed. A mouse is useful for working with images in Word, because you have more control of the size and shape when you can click and drag the image. This appears in the menu at the top of the page and pulls up a menu of different options.  This will let you choose from the photo program on your computer. Choose Picture From File if your image is on your desktop or in another folder. Once you've opened the dialog box for inserting an image, navigate to the folder where your image is saved and click on it once to select it for insertion into the document. This appears as a button at the bottom of the dialog box. Once done, your image is in the location you selected with your cursor. Keep in mind that Word’s default setting is to put the image “in line.” This means it will treat it as if it is a large letter or a tall line of text. Text wrapping will allow the text to wrap around the image, go over the image or beside the image.

Summary: Click on the area where you want your image. Click Insert. Select Pictures.This will allow you to insert any jpg, pdf or other type of image that you have on your computer (or drives) into the document. Select Photo Browser. Select your image. Click Insert. View your image.


Go to https://www.facebook.com/ (desktop) or tap the Facebook app icon (mobile). This will open your News Feed if you're logged into Facebook.  If you aren't logged into Facebook on desktop, first enter your Facebook email address and password in the upper-right side of the page, then click Log In. On mobile, you can log into Facebook by entering your email address and password when prompted and then tapping Log In. It's in the upper-right corner of the Facebook page. Doing so takes you to your Facebook profile page. On mobile, tap ☰ in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android). This is near the top of your profile page. This will bring up a list of your Facebook friends. On mobile, tap Friends in the menu. The top 10 to 20 friends in this list are the people with whom you have the most frequent interactions, which means that they most likely visit your profile more often than other people. Someone who has a few hundred friends is much more likely to view your profile than is someone who has a few thousand friends; this will help narrow down the list of people who are likely to be viewing your page. If you see a person with whom you don't go out of your way to interact, they're probably viewing your page a fair amount. If you receive a Facebook notification urging you to add certain people, the people in question are most likely friends of one (or more) of your most frequent profile visitors.

Summary: Open Facebook. Click your name tab. Click Friends. Review the top results. Consider each of your top friends. Look for friend suggestions.


This pen is going to act as your stem, so look for a pen that doesn't have a clicker on the top or on the side. You want the stem to be smooth and clean. Think about what color you'd like your flower to be when selecting the duct tape. Red, white, and pink are good colors, especially if you want the flower to look like a rose. You will also need a pair of scissors, or a small cutting knife, and a cutting board or a surface where you can cut the duct tape.  Have one to two rolls of duct tape in different colors if you’d like to make a multicolored tape flower pen. Get a small roll of green duct tape for the “stem” and the “leaves” of the flower pen.
Summary: Pick a pen. Get your duct tape and other supplies.