Thank you I am well!

“How are you doing?”, “Thank you, I am well!”

This is a highly used phrase in our daily lives, a phrase we actually do not expect an honest and elaborated answer to. However, it is one the most common daily phrases used among us all. Often when we ask, it relates to physical health. That is when are able to divide between those who are ill and those who have a health issue to deal with, and if you do not have any physical health issues, then the assumption is that it all is good with you!

Today, we have a broader understanding of the matter of health. Someone who does not have any visible health related issue is not necessarily all through well. What we think of as good health today is highly related to if we are happy with our life situation.

Stress, jealousy and unhappiness within the living and working environment are part of the health definition. We want to be well adjusted within all levels of life in order to be able to say: “ I am well”, it is not enough anymore just the absence of flue and running nose.

Health is the most vital part of our lives. When we are blessed with good health we take it for granted, but as soon as it is taken from us, we realize how vital health is. So having a good health is not only about your physical self, but as much about your spiritual and mental health.

Maybe you would like to do something in order to improve your health, maybe give it attention and treatment? Give some time to your inner self-health. Invest in your self so next time people ask you “How are you doing?”, you can with pleasure and joyful heart say: “ Thank you I am well!”

Book your appointment with Mental & Spiritual Health Coach Elham Binai who will help you to a more satisfying life mentally and spiritually!

0047 98 48 98 28

eb@nero.no

office: Nedreslottsgate 15, Oslo

The Right job for your health!

Most of us only need minor changes in our daily life situation in order to see the major consequence in our lives. We spend most of our life hours either at work or thinking of work, therefore if our job is meaningfull to our inner lives it might increase our feeling of fullfilment.

Either you take charge and change aspects of your current work situation and tasks, OR you take charge of your life and take a deeper look into yourself and what you want to do!

When work is not challenging or we dont feel we are ment to be here then the chances of various health related problems increases. People who have reported health problems in one job often have the same problems dissapear as soon as they change their job or direction in life.

If you dont have a feeling of doing something you feel is meaningfull then the chances of your dissatisfaction is much higher.

Are you currently in a wrong job?

Think of….

1. 1. What makes you happy?
2. 2. What motivates you?
3. 3. What makes you og ”yeh-I wanna do this”?
4. 4. In which arenas do you feel accomplished?
5. 5. Do you know who you are? – what you want? – what you like?
6. 6. Do you know what your skills are? How can you use your strenght?
7. 7. What gives you energy? (either at work or in private)
8. 8. Can you put words on what you like to do?
9. 9. What can you change about your current work situation?
10. 10. Find your tallents and grow them!

Book your appointment with coach/business psychology professional, Elham Binai who will help you to find a new motivation in your daily life. You might need to take big steps, but one day you will look back and be pleased by the decisions you made today!

e-mail: eb@nero.no

phone: 0047 98 48 98 28

office: Nedreslottsgate 15, Oslo, Norway

ATTENTION PLEASE

We have become a nation of multi-taskers – checking our e-mail while on the phone, chatting while watching the TV. Why don’t we focus on the moment?

While writing this article I am watching tv, listening to music, my facebook and skype is on, and so is my phone. Just talked to my sister, but I feel I could not give her my full attention as my attention was all divided between all the attention magnets around me.

I think with this sort of lifestyle we are leading we are loosing the pleasure – real pleasure – of one and single activity. When our attention is engaged in one thing: a conversation; preparation of a meal; a great film, then we will understand the essence of that activity. Only then, when we´re not dividing our attention between various tasks we can say we are taking pleasure in the one and only task.

Our attention is pure energy. It transforms whatever it comes into contact with. The ultimate proof that our attention is valuable is all the money spent on attracting us by advertisers and TV channels. With the power of our attention alone, we can transform each moment. Maybe I should call my sister and repeat the conversation over again?

Commitment to myself!

Our lives are absorbed by our commitments, whether we choose them or not. What I have learned in life is that commitment starts at home. First of all I should ask myself: ”Am I committed to me?”. Tibetans have for long been oppressed by Chinese, but they have been fully committed to their spiritual life, their families, and one another. This might be a dramatic contrast to the countries we live in, where it seems constant stimulation pulls us away from ourselves and our spirituality.

We are living with fast changing culture. Unlike in Tibet, immediate gratification has become the norm for many in our consumer culture. Everybody is in hurry. I wonder if we are running from ourselves?

Often when we talk about commitments we think of chains. My experience has been that commitments can be rich with meaning. They can be the wings on which our spirits soar. Most of us think of commitments towards others, but hardly do we consider commitment towards my own soul and mind. I think if we start commiting ourselves to our soal, spirit and mind, then we will gradually become better commiters towards others in our lives.

Conscious commitments are born out of our journey of spirit, our inner climbs. These inner climbs lead us to living our lives with meaning and to becoming more of who we are.

P E A C E

it does not mean to be in a place

where there is no noise, trouble

or hard work. it means to be in

the midst of those things and still

be calm in your heart !

Cambodia,Angkor Wat, Bayon

God in Everything

"Everything in God, and God in everything"

I am the wind that breathes upon the sea

I am the wave on the ocean

I am the murmur of leaves rustling

I am the rays of the sun

I am the beam of the moon and stars

I am the power of trees growing

I am the bud breaking into blossom

I am the movement of the salmon swimming

I am the courage of the wild boar fighting

I am the speed of the stag running

I am am the strength of the ox pulling the plough

I am the size of the mighty oak

And I am the thoughts of all people,

Who praise my beauty and grace

Iranians - Hero Worshipers

Unfortunately, Iranians are at heart hero worshippers. Whether it is the Rostam of our ancient epic poem the Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), or Imam Hossein, the martyr-saint of Shiism. People of Iran have got a history of clinging to the notion that one lofty, iconic figure can sweep through their lives, slay their enemies, and turn their world. Often we think history will teach us some sort of lesson, but if we don’t learn from history, history will unfortunately repeat itself.

Perhaps other cultures also believe in heroes, but in my readings and talks with people of all walks of life and cultures I have realized the unique devotion Iranians have to their heroes. They don’t question their hero anymore, as the hero becomes a ‘saint’ without any fault. People become emotionally attached to the image they have created in their minds. Not only do they fall in love with heroes, but they are in love with their love for them.

In voting for Khatami, Iranians believed they had done their part, and they settled back in haze of moony adoration, waiting for him to transform Iran into the paradise of their imaginations. In 2009 we see the same devotion to Mousavi, another reformist, thinking he will be the new ‘saint’ of Iran.
Peoples yearnings have overtaken their realism. Don’t they know what circumscribed powers Iranian constitution affords a president? Are they not aware of the intricate legal framework by which a handful of unelected clerical officials can unravel and determine policy, so as to render a president nearly irrelevant? Will it ever make any difference who the president is?! This is my question in the midst of all the violence we see in the streets

Norway wants a Free Iran

This has been a VERY hectic week and we have all witnessed the horrible situation in Iran. Iranians have gathered around the world in order to show their support for the demostrators in Iran.

Norway has been one of these countries. On sunday I created a facebook group calles 'Norway wants a free Iran', today we have over 1600 members, iranians and norwegians supporting our fight for freedom in Iran.

Iranians have met outside the Iranian embassy and the norwegian parliament every single day. I have got to talk to many of them and seen the anger that lies in people, anger hidden for 30 years and suddenly these elections in Iran arose all these hidden emotions.

Information to Norway demostrators:

Saturday the 20th at 12.00 noon outside the parliament (Stortinget) - several members of the norwegian parliament will be there to show their support!

You can become member in 'Norway wants a free Iran'!

Hoping for a better future in Iran!

Ebi - Tasmim ویدیوی ابی در مورد انتخابات نمایشی ایران (Decision)

One of Irans most loved artist Ebi singing about the corrupt elections in Iran. He is expressing his frustration and opposition against the regime of Iran.
Ebi has been in exile since the revolution in 1979.

Elections in Iran

On Friday the Iranian people will cast their votes for the 10th time since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Mr Ayatollah Khomeini and then Mr Ayatollah Khamenei have always had to approve the participation of the various candidates. One of their primary and most vital characteristics had to be their approval of the Islamic laws set by the mullahs. This year only four candidates have reached the final stage of the elections. The run up to the elections was very quiet, then the last few weeks a whole nation have gotten involved in historic moments of Iranian politics. The candidates have for the first time in Iranian history had the courage to openly criticize each other, and not only as opponent candidates, but also the previous presidents, such as Mr Rafsanjani and his sons, who have openly been questioned by the sitting president on their vast fortune.

My interest in the elections are due to several reasons, firstly because I am Iranian, I am journalist and I am also a citizen of the world who cares about the 70 million people living in one of the biggest prisons of our time. Four years ago when Mr Ahmadinejad was elected many Iranians boycotted the elections, and now they believe that is why the current president was elected. The young generation don’t want to repeat the same mistake. Mr. Mousavi who is Mr. Ahmadinejads main opponent in this election has gathered a vast number of green followers who are doing all they can to get people voting.

I think people of all nations should participate in their countries politics, but they should also question the foundations of the whole ‘democratic’ system which is being promoted. The Islamic Republic of Iran is not based on democratic regulations! If it had been, all sorts of parties would be allowed to run for elections, but as we all know this does not occur in hard lined Islamic Republic run by clerics.

I do not live in Iran, so I might not know what people are really going through, but myself and millions of Iranians living abroad (due to this regime) can see things maybe clearly as we are standing on the outside. What I find hard to understand is when Iranians outside of Iran will actually go to the Iranian embassies in their countries and cast their votes. I know I am offending many by saying this, but I truly think if you cast your vote and see your desired candidate win this election then you might consider returning to Iran as you should experience the consequences of your vote.

In Iran people are choosing between ‘bad’ and ‘worse’, and they have chosen to go for the bad, rather rethinking and standing together for a major Change. Let us think about the Iranian prisons which are filled by political prisoners, journalists, and people from religious minorities. These are issues that must be changed and unfortunately another election has passed and these issues have not been addressed as the main worries of a ‘democratic’ nation. Democracy is not when we get to draw back our head scarves or freely go to various parties without any guards interrupting the fun we have. Just the name of current Iran, ‘the Islamic Republic of Iran’ says it all, it out rules a whole lot of religions and ideologies. Democracy is when I know I can live as the person I am and express my opinion without being afraid of the consequences of my thoughts.