{"id":8467,"date":"2012-09-16T18:40:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T22:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=8467"},"modified":"2012-09-17T18:23:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T22:23:36","slug":"cycle-of-harmony-7-principles-to-creating-happiness-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=8467","title":{"rendered":"Cycle of Harmony &#8211; 7 Principles To Creating Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?cat=1050\">[Cycle of Harmony]<\/a><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #991369;\">7 Principles To Creating Harmony <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #991369;\">In Your Life<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #991369;\">by Jing Jin<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My friend Alec, a talented musician, told me recently that there\u2019s a lot of similarity between music and math, and that when he played music he often felt like solving math problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At first, his statement surprised me. I have a MBA in finance and I know numbers pretty well. In my mind, the harmony and beauty of music seem to have little to do with dry and lifeless numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Upon further reflection, though, his statement began to make sense to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/music-note.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8468\" title=\"music note\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/music-note-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/music-note-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/music-note.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Underneath beauty and harmony, there are natural laws that govern everything. When we abide these laws, we create beauty and harmony; when we don\u2019t, there will be disharmony, chaos and even destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This must be true in our daily life as well. So what are the laws of harmony, and how can we apply them to create harmony in our lives?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I came up with seven of them. Here they are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Be complete and whole. The universe is all encompassing. It\u2019s complete and whole. While being just a microscopic part of the universe, each of us is complete and whole as well \u2013 as we are, who we are, where we are \u2013 in our lives, in our health, work and relationships, every moment of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When we live in accordance with the principles of wholeness and completeness, we live in harmony. This means to live with integrity and truth \u2013 expressing ourselves authentically, making an honest living, and keeping our agreements, both with others and ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Live from the inside out. Our outer life is a reflection of our inner life. When we create harmony in our mind and body, we experience harmony in our outer world as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This means to be vigilantly aware and let go of any negative thought patterns and behaviors that may block the harmonious flow of life, so love, success and abundance can flow into our life without obstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Balance yin and yang. In our success-driven and consumption-oriented culture, yin and yang are out of balance. It takes conscious efforts to balance them in our daily living \u2013 balancing work and play, activities and rest, excitement and contentment, ambition and acceptance, materialism and spirituality.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8469\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stones-for-meditation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8469\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8469\" title=\"stones for meditation\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stones-for-meditation-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stones-for-meditation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/stones-for-meditation-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Anzav | Stock Free Images &amp; Dreamstime Stock Photos  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. Live in the Einstein time. Many of us either feel constantly rushed, without enough time to do all the things we want to do, or feel bored with too much time on our hands. The truth is that we\u2019re where time comes from \u2013 we can expand time by doing what we love and spending time with people we love, or we can condense time by doing the opposite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Creating a harmonious relationship with time is one of the key ingredients to living a harmonious life. And the key is to be fully present with whatever you\u2019re doing, to live in the present moment \u2013 not the past, not the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I must admit that this is the biggest challenge for me. But with practice, I\u2019m getting better at it every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Expect change. The unbendable law of nature is change, whether we like it or not. If we form a mindset to expect and accept changes in our day and our life, we\u2019re much more likely to live in a state of harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. Live in the flow. There are certain cyclical flows in nature. The sun rises and falls. The moon waxes and wanes. The seasons come and go. There\u2019s time for everything. To live in harmony is to learn to live with the flow of life rather than against it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. Grow and expand. If something is not growing, it\u2019s decaying and dying. This requires us to continuously renew, shedding the old and creating the new. This also offers exciting opportunities for us to expand in love, joy, success and abundance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May we all live in harmony, starting from our inner world and expanding into our outer world. May we all experience love, joy, beauty and harmony \u2013 every moment of every day\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8470\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/jing-profile-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8470\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8470\" title=\"jing profile pic\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/jing-profile-pic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jing Jin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jing Jin, MBA \u2014 is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cycleharmony.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CycleHarmony.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, a website that provides tools\/programs, content, and community support to\u00a0empower women\u00a0to heal their\u00a0menstrual\u00a0disharmonies, naturally.\u00a0 Jing has a BS degree in economics and a MBA degree in finance\/marketing, but she did not go to business world after school, instead, her personal suffering and spiritual exploration lead her to a different life path \u2014 to help as many people as she can to activate and live out their life purposes so that we can create more meaningful and fulfilling lives, families, and communities.\u00a0 Jing is currently pursuing her Master Degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at Yo San University in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><div style=\"padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;\">Do you like this? 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