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Living on Love news and thoughts newsletter
Issue 32 -- November 21, 2005
(Previous issues located here)
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Links:
Living on Love books by Klaus Joehle online
Klaus and Roberta Joehle web site
Newsletter on working with love
Web forum on Working with Love - read what others say and share your experi=
ence
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The news=20
1.. All the mp3 records for Part 1 and Part 2 of the book "Some Things ar=
e Worth Believing In -- Money is Love" are online. Originally I was going t=
o put them online a record a day, but Klaus proposed to upload them all, as=
there are important thought on Love to Money in the Part 2 recordings. Enj=
oy!
2.. Good news from Russian and Spanish publishers -- see below.
3.. Materials on "The Science of Happy" -- see below.
4.. Interactive presentation of "The Messenger" in Russian - by VES publi=
sher. (You can flip pages...) English version is coming soon.
5.. Roberta Joehle and Kostya talk about creating pages about happy and h=
ealthy life. See below
6.. Klaus Joehle Spanish publisher Antonio Lopez is looking for a person =
to translate a great book on laughter from Russian to Spanish. See below.
7.. Fine art by Arlene - see below.
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To The Dear Readers :)
Hi everybody! Here is another newsletter and we have some interesting stuff=
today -- about "Living on Love" project and about other things. Enjoy!=20
Maybe it's easy to enjoy this newsletter because it's about Love. But you a=
ctually have the Power to Enjoy everything -- did you know about this? I us=
ed to have...
[My 8-months puppy fox terrier just came and put his front legs on my lap! =
Now he is making digging moves with his left front leg -- inviting me to pl=
ay.]
... so I used to have problem with how to react to violent news on TV. No l=
onger. I was thinking on it after listening and transcribing some of the "M=
oney is Love" book recordings. Remember what Klaus Joehle says about playin=
g Battlefield 1942 computer game? He enjoys it. I too -- sometimes. And he =
goes further -- we can see at our world as a computer game that enlightened=
souls play -- like we play Ultima Online. In this game we, enlightened sou=
ls take on all the different roles -- from presidents to the beggars -- jus=
t like in a computer game!
I write in my blog:
My wife Natasha is studying a teaching "Radasteya" where it's said that a=
soul is choosing a mother (let's say 7 years ahead of birth) and then a fa=
ther (say 5 years ahead of birth). Then those choosen can't resist geting t=
ogether to give birth to the child.
I though -- it could explain why the population of the developed countrie=
s is decreasing and the population of poor countries is increasing. Souls f=
ind it boring to go to the "perfectly planned" Europe. They prefer places w=
here the action takes place -- all sorts of action. They wanna experience t=
he life, just like Klaus Joehle writes in his book "Some Things are Worth B=
elieving In - Money.
So when watching TV we can be just happy for those enlightened souls that f=
ound something interesting for themselves to chew on! What do you think? Te=
ll us in our forum"On Working With Love"!
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Sending love has already started to deeply change my life
Dear Kostya,
I've been hoping I would remember to thank you! For the mention of Klaus Jo=
ehle's writing. I noticed his name in your post 1 or 2 weeks ago, and felt =
mildly curious, then forgot. Then, Ulrike on this list mentioned in a PEM t=
hat she had visited his site and I might also enjoy it. Then I went looking=
, and read everything I could, and gobbled up his 2 books and asked my frie=
nd to print them out for both her and me to enjoy. Then last Sunday part of=
the "Money is Love" book became available to print from my computer, too! =
I read it that evening, &=20
I'm loving it.=20
Thank you! I'm a fan of Klaus' writing, I'm telling all my friends about it=
who might possibly be interested too, & the "sending love" exercise has al=
ready started to deeply change my life. Honest. It's just incredible!=20
Thank you for your involvement in this & I'm glad you are playing in the Ab=
raham-Hicks=20
world too.=20
Best,
Jeanette in Santa Fe, New Mexico
(20-Nov-2005)
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The Science of Happy
Kostya's introduction to forum:
I'm 38, male and live in Kiev, Ukraine. I was educated as an engineer, but =
never actually worked as one - because of Perestroika and everything. Actua=
lly, to my surprise, it was't interestig any longer after the graduation.=20
Instead I found myself more and more interested in psychology and related s=
tuff.=20
Beginning from 1998 I have gotten more and more deeply involved in Klaus Jo=
ehle "Living on Love" books. I actually became a translator from English to=
Russian and translated not only "The Messenger" by Klaus Joehle (a book ab=
out sending love, or focusing on the feeling of love in such a way) -- but =
also a series of other books for a commercial publisher.=20
Now books in Russian translation are being published -- after they were onl=
ine for several years. I'm very glad about this! :)=20
All Klaus Joehle books are available as of now online for your reading. New=
est book "Some Things are Worth Believing In - Money Is Love" on releasing =
resistance to money and creating 3.6 million dollars is available as both t=
ext and mp3.=20
I've enjoyed very much a post on the science of happy in this forum. It giv=
es so much to think about. I'm going to mention it - or post parts of it in=
my newsletter on working with love.=20
I hope it's not too many links in one message :) Oh, here is one more -- my=
bio. Just recently created this page.
_________________
My blog on sending love and life :)=20
Klaus Joehle Living on Love books online
Excerpt 1: Can scientists tell us what happiness is?=20
Economists accept that if people describe themselves as happy, then they ar=
e happy. However, psychologists differentiate between levels of happiness. =
The most immediate type involves a feeling; pleasure or joy. But sometimes =
happiness is a judgment that life is satisfying, and does not imply an emot=
ional state.=20
Public surveys measure what makes us happy. Marriage does, pets do, but chi=
ldren don't seem to (despite what we think). Youth and old age are the happ=
iest times. Money does not add much to happiness; in Britain, incomes have =
trebled since 1950, but happiness has not increased at all. The happiness o=
f lottery winners returns to former levels within a year. People disabled i=
n an accident are likely to become almost as happy again. For happiness lev=
els are probably genetic: identical twins are usually equally bubbly or gru=
mpy.=20
One thing makes a striking difference. When two American psychologists stud=
ied hundreds of students and focused on the top 10% "very happy" people, th=
ey found they spent the least time alone and the most time socialising. Psy=
chologists know that increasing the number of social contacts a miserable p=
erson has is the best way of cheering them up. When Jean-Paul Sartre wrote =
"hell is other people", the arch-pessimist of existentialist angst was wron=
g.
Thinking positively?
Survival in a time of adversity forged our brains into a persistent mould. =
Professor Seligman says: "Because our brain evolved during a time of ice, f=
lood and famine, we have a catastrophic brain. The way the brain works is l=
ooking for what's wrong. The problem is, that worked in the Pleistocene era=
. It favoured you, but it doesn't work in the modern world."=20
Although most people rate themselves as happy, there is a wealth of evidenc=
e to show that negative thinking is deeply ingrained in the human psyche. E=
xperiments show that we remember failures more vividly than successes. We d=
well on what went badly, not what went well. When life runs smoothly, we're=
on autopilot - we're only in a state of true consciousness when we notice =
the stone in our shoe.=20
Of the six universal emotions, four - anger, fear, disgust and sadness - ar=
e negative and only one, joy, is positive. (The sixth, surprise, is neutral=
.) According to the psychologist Daniel Nettle, author of Happiness, and on=
e of the Royal Institution lecturers, the negative emotions each tell us "s=
omething bad has happened" and suggest a different course of action. Fear t=
ells us danger is near, so run away. Anger prompts us to deter aggressors. =
Sadness warns us to be cautious and save energy, while disgust urges us to =
avoid contamination.=20
Joy, according to Nettle, simply tells us, "something good has happened, do=
n't change anything". The evolutionary role of pleasure was to encourage ac=
tivity that was good for survival, such as eating and having sex. But unlik=
e negative emotions, which are often persistent, joy tends to be short-live=
d. We soon get sick of cream cakes or blas=E9 about our pay rise.
Look for good things!
Psychologists such as Seligman are convinced you can train yourself to be h=
appier. His teams are developing new positive interventions (treatments) to=
counteract the brain's nagging insistence on seeking out bad news. The tre=
atments work by boosting positive emotion about the past, by teaching peopl=
e to savour the present, and by increasing the amount of engagement and mea=
ning in their lives.=20
Since the days of Freud, the emphasis in consulting rooms has been on talk =
about negative effects of the past and how they damage people in the presen=
t. Seligman names this approach "victimology" and says research shows it to=
be worthless: "It is difficult to find even small effects of childhood eve=
nts on adult personality, and there is no evidence at all of large effects.=
"
[Kostya: you see? Right!]
Read the whole thread with several articles
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Good health for Roberta Joehle through laugter and smiling
In the last issue of this newsletter I began talking on this topic. Today I=
saw another thread in our email exchange that looks interesting. Here it i=
s:
Roberta:
I am still considering taking some of my stuff off like my tribute to mom a=
nd the cancer stuff "its too depressing" unless I come up with some more w=
riting soon to add to it if my creative juices ever get going that is "HA!"
I am trying to transfer the two songs I wrote a few years back to MP3 forma=
t "the one for Klaus at our wedding" and the one I wrote much later, I thou=
ght I'd see what they sound like and if they are good then maybe post them =
somewhere on the site.
Kostya:
Pages: Maybe it would be great if you convert that into Health and Laugh pa=
ges -- where you write on what you enjoy doing. Like your plans on enjoying=
things?
Songs: Great idea! Let's do it! Do you know how to do the transfer?
Roberta:=20
Well I will have to think about the converting pages into happy thoughts, t=
hat is something I haven't been able to write about for some reason. It is =
also the very thing I am working on with my writing group.=20
As for the songs yes we know how to do it but they are on tape right now no=
t cd so we just have to borrow a tape deck to transfer them.
Kostya:
Well, we are already working on happy thoughts! Right? So -- if this is goo=
d material for the newsletter "On Working with Love" -- it is also a good m=
aterial for your Health and Happiness pages! Right? So we'll just beging pu=
tting there good stuff we are talking about.
You've seen that interesting stuff on "The Science of Happy"? Sounds like s=
omething Klaus was looking for at those times.
Yes, you'll need to connect the tape deck to a computer and create a WAV fi=
le. Then it can be converted into MP3 file...
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Latest publishing news
Russia, "The Messenger", "The Shameful Secret"
(21 Nov 2005) Just got a word from Alexey Layewsky in VES (Russian publishe=
r of Klaus books) that they are sending now another 5,000 of "The Messenger=
" to printer and will print 10,000 in December.
Also they are going to publish "The Shameful Secret" In December.
Russia, "The Messenger"
(19 Nov 2005) VES Publisher has printed in August, September and October 3 =
batches of "Living on Love -- The Messenger" book by Klaus Joehle-- 5,000 c=
opies each!
Spain, "The Messenger"
(9 Nov 2005) The translation is done but we are still working on the text. =
If everything goes as expected, "Living on Love -- The Messenger" will be p=
ublished in February.
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Fine art by Arlene
I am sending love to my studio and the canvases (which I make myself) .....=
... I send love to the wood that I make the stretcher bars from......while =
I'm cutting them, sanding them, screwing them together, stretching the raw =
canvas onto the frames.....MORE LOVE........ , priming them............. an=
d OF COURSE, when I'm painting the actual paintings...... I am sending love=
into the Comox Rec Centre...... which is where my next show is (a big show=
that a whole bunch of artists do).......=20
I am really excited about how it will turn out this time (this will be my s=
ixth Originals Only show), and up til now, I haven't sold much at these sho=
ws........ but this time feels sooooooooo good and exciting........ I am gr=
ateful for all the money I make selling my paintings....... and also all th=
e money I make doing ALL the work I LOVE!!!!!!!=20
Love,=20
Arlene
Kostya: What's the address of the show and dates?
Hi Arleene! What's the address of the show and dates? How those interested =
can find your pictures on the show? (Booth number?)=20
Does the show have some sort of a web page? Give us a link please.=20
Do you have any of your pictures online, so that we could have a look? Also=
it would be great to have some of them on the pages of our site!=20
We have some pictures by Russian painter Julia Ivanova from city of Krasnoy=
arsk on website with Klaus books. She also works with love (and sells prett=
y well :).=20
I have a piece about Julia on Reader Reviews page under "Whale and Dolphins=
" picture.=20
Arlene: Here are some pics for you!!!!!
Hi Kostya!!!!=20
Here are some pics for you!!!!! I appreciate your interest!=20
There are pictures of some work on My Website , but that still needs a TON =
OF WORK, and I haven't gotten to it, yet. Also, I don't know anything about=
building websites, yet........... The one I have was built by my daughter =
:) , But I want to improve the whole thing drastically when I have time! :)=
)=20
Sharon gave me links for some real easy software........ so I can't wait to=
play with that!=20
The Christmas Originals Only Fine Art Show and Sale takes place December 3r=
d and 4th (Saturday & Sunday), 10 am to 5 pm (both days) at the Comox Recre=
ation Centre, Comox, BC. I'll be in booth # 29!!! :)=20
I gather Klaus and Roberta aren't that far away from me........ I was dream=
ing that it would be so cool if they came and I got to meet them! :)
Kostya: pictures feel wonderful!
Dear Arlene, thanks for the pictures -- they feel wonderful! And the websit=
e is great!
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Seeking Russian to Spanish translator!
Klaus Joehle Spanish publisher Antonio Lopez is looking for a person to tra=
nslate a great book on laughter from Russian to Spanish. I wrote some about=
it in Russian on translators forum.
Thinking aloud: It would be great if somebody would publish it in English t=
oo... :)
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To Webmasters and Bloggers:
If you have a site or a blog, please link to our site Books on Love and med=
itation by Klaus Joehle -- this will help others to find important informat=
ion on Love
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Thanks for reading! See you all in our forum on Klaus Joehle books and wor=
king with love!
This is "Living on Love news and thoughts newsletter"
This document URL is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingonlove/message/32
Kostya <kostyazen*mail.ru> my blog
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<H1><FONT color=3D#ff0000>Living on Love news and thoughts newsletter</FONT=
></H1>
<P>Issue 32 -- November 21, 2005</P>
<P>(<A href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingonlove/">Previous issues=
=20
located here</A>)</P>
<HR>
<H2>Links:</H2>
<P><A href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/">Living on Love <B>books</B> by =
Klaus=20
Joehle online</A><BR><A href=3D"http://www.livingonlove.com"><B>Klaus and R=
oberta=20
Joehle</B> web site</A><BR><A=20
href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingonlove/"><B>Newsletter</B> on w=
orking=20
with love</A><BR><A href=3D"http://www.armbell.com/forum/lovebook2.html">We=
b=20
<B>forum</B> on Working with Love</A> - read what others say and share your=
=20
experience</P>
<HR>
<H2>The news </H2>
<OL>
<LI>All the mp3 records for Part 1 and Part 2 of the book "<A=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/book-money-is-love.shtml">Some Things=
are=20
Worth Believing In -- Money is Love</A>" are online. Originally I was goi=
ng to=20
put them online a record a day, but Klaus proposed to upload them all, as=
=20
there are important thought on Love to Money in the Part 2 recordings.=20
Enjoy!</LI>
<LI>Good news from Russian and Spanish publishers -- see below.</LI>
<LI>Materials on "The Science of Happy" -- see below.</LI>
<LI><A href=3D"http://vesbook.ru/pr.php?subj=3D22">Interactive presentati=
on</A> of=20
"The Messenger" in Russian - by VES publisher. (You can flip pages...)&nb=
sp;=20
English version is coming soon.</LI>
<LI>Roberta Joehle and Kostya talk about creating pages about happy and=20
healthy life. See below</LI>
<LI><I>Klaus Joehle</I> Spanish publisher <I><A=20
href=3D"http://editorialsirio.com/">Antonio Lopez</A></I> is looking for =
a=20
person to translate a great book on laughter from Russian to Spanish. See=
=20
below.</LI>
<LI>Fine art by Arlene - see below.</LI></OL>
<HR>
<H2>To The Dear Readers :)</H2>
<P>Hi everybody! Here is another newsletter and we have some interesting st=
uff=20
today -- about "Living on Love" project and about other things. Enjoy! </P>
<P>Maybe it's easy to enjoy this newsletter because it's about Love. But yo=
u=20
actually have the Power to Enjoy everything -- did you know about this? I u=
sed=20
to have...</P>
<P>[My 8-months puppy fox terrier just came and put his front legs on my la=
p!=20
Now he is making digging moves with his left front leg -- inviting me to=20
play.]</P>
<P>... so I used to have problem with how to react to violent news on TV. N=
o=20
longer. I was thinking on it after listening and transcribing some of the "=
Money=20
is Love" book recordings. Remember what Klaus Joehle says about playing=20
<B>Battlefield 1942 </B>computer game? He enjoys it. I too -- sometimes. An=
d he=20
goes further -- we can see at our world as a computer game that enlightened=
=20
souls play -- like we play <I>Ultima Online</I>. In this game we, enlighten=
ed=20
souls take on all the different roles -- from presidents to the beggars -- =
just=20
like in a computer game!</P>
<P>I write in <A href=3D"http://www.livejournal.com/users/laughsmile/6643.h=
tml">my=20
blog</A>:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>My wife Natasha is studying a teaching "<I>Radasteya</I>" where it's s=
aid=20
that a soul is choosing a mother (let's say 7 years ahead of birth) and t=
hen a=20
father (say 5 years ahead of birth). Then those choosen can't resist geti=
ng=20
together to give birth to the child.<BR><BR>I though -- it could explain =
why=20
the population of the developed countries is decreasing and the populatio=
n of=20
poor countries is increasing. Souls find it <B>boring</B> to go to the=20
"perfectly planned" Europe. They prefer places where the action takes pla=
ce --=20
all sorts of action. They wanna <B>experience</B> the life, just like Kla=
us=20
Joehle writes in his book <A=20
href=3D"http://lovebok2.tripod.com/book-money-is-love.shtml">"Some Things=
are=20
Worth Believing In - Money.</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>So when watching TV we can be just happy for those enlightened souls tha=
t=20
found something interesting for themselves to chew on! What do you think? T=
ell=20
us in our <A=20
href=3D"http://www.armbell.com/forum/index.php?mforum=3Dlovebook2">forum"On=
Working=20
With Love</A>"!</P>
<HR>
<H2>Sending love has already started to deeply change my life</H2>
<P>Dear Kostya,<BR><BR>I've been hoping I would remember to thank you! For =
the=20
mention of <I>Klaus Joehle's </I>writing. I noticed his name in your post 1=
or 2=20
weeks ago, and felt mildly curious, then forgot. Then, <I>Ulrike</I> on thi=
s=20
list mentioned in a PEM that she had visited his site and I might also enjo=
y it.=20
Then I went looking, and read everything I could, and gobbled up his 2 book=
s and=20
asked my friend to print them out for both her and me to enjoy. Then last S=
unday=20
part of the "<A=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/book-money-is-love.shtml">Money is Love=
</A>"=20
book became available to print from my computer, too! I read it that evenin=
g,=20
& <BR>I'm loving it. <BR><BR>Thank you! I'm a fan of Klaus' writing, I'=
m=20
telling all my friends about it who might possibly be interested too, &=
the=20
<B>"sending love" exercise has already started to deeply change my life.</B=
>=20
Honest. It's just incredible! <BR><BR>Thank you for your involvement in thi=
s=20
& I'm glad you are playing in the Abraham-Hicks <BR>world too.=20
<BR><BR>Best,<BR><I>Jeanette in Santa Fe, New Mexico</I><BR>(20-Nov-2005)</=
P>
<HR>
<H2>The Science of Happy</H2>
<H4>Kostya's introduction to forum:</H4>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>I'm 38, male and live in Kiev, Ukraine. I was edu=
cated=20
as an engineer, but never actually worked as one - because of Perestroika a=
nd=20
everything. Actually, to my surprise, it was't interestig any longer after =
the=20
graduation. <BR><BR>Instead I found myself more and more interested in=20
psychology and related stuff. <BR><BR>Beginning from 1998 I have gotten mor=
e and=20
more deeply involved in <SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A class=3Dpostli=
nk=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/" target=3D_blank>Klaus Joehle "Living =
on Love"=20
books</A></SPAN>. I actually became a translator from English to Russian an=
d=20
translated not only "The Messenger" by Klaus Joehle (a book about <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">sending love</SPAN>, or focusing on the <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">feeling of love</SPAN> in such a way) -- but al=
so a=20
series of other books for a commercial publisher. <BR><BR>Now books in Russ=
ian=20
translation are being published -- after they were online for several years=
. I'm=20
very glad about this! :) <BR><BR>All Klaus Joehle books are available as of=
now=20
online for your reading. Newest book "<A class=3Dpostlink=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/book-money-is-love.shtml" target=3D_bla=
nk>Some=20
Things are Worth Believing In - Money Is Love</A>=94 on <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">releasing resistance to money </SPAN>and creati=
ng 3.6=20
million dollars is available as both text and mp3. <BR><BR>I've enjoyed ver=
y=20
much a post on <SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A class=3Dpostlink=20
href=3D"http://www.psychlinks.ca/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3D3093" target=3D_bl=
ank>the=20
science of happy</A></SPAN> in this forum. It gives so much to think about.=
I'm=20
going to mention it - or post parts of it in my <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A class=3Dpostlink=20
href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingonlove" target=3D_blank>newslet=
ter on=20
working with love</A>.</SPAN> <BR><BR>I hope it's not too many links in one=
=20
message :) Oh, here is one more -- <A class=3Dpostlink=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/about-kostya.shtml" target=3D_blank>my =
bio</A>.=20
Just recently created this page.<BR>_________________<BR>My <A class=3Dpost=
link=20
href=3D"http://www.livejournal.com/users/laughsmile/" target=3D_blank>blog =
on=20
sending love</A> and life :) <BR><A class=3Dpostlink=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com" target=3D_blank>Klaus Joehle Living on=
Love=20
books</A> online</SPAN></P>
<H3><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Excerpt 1: <SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Can=
=20
scientists tell us what happiness is?</SPAN> </SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Economists accept that if people describe themsel=
ves as=20
happy, then they are happy. However, psychologists differentiate between le=
vels=20
of happiness. The most immediate type involves a feeling; pleasure or joy. =
But=20
sometimes happiness is a judgment that life is satisfying, and does not imp=
ly an=20
emotional state. <BR><BR>Public surveys measure what makes us happy. Marria=
ge=20
does, pets do, but children don't seem to (despite what we think). Youth an=
d old=20
age are the happiest times. Money does not add much to happiness; in Britai=
n,=20
incomes have trebled since 1950, but happiness has not increased at all. Th=
e=20
happiness of lottery winners returns to former levels within a year. People=
=20
disabled in an accident are likely to become almost as happy again. For=20
happiness levels are probably genetic: identical twins are usually equally=
=20
bubbly or grumpy. <BR><BR>One thing makes a striking difference. When two=20
American psychologists studied hundreds of students and focused on the top =
10%=20
"very happy" people, they found they spent the least time alone and the mos=
t=20
time socialising. Psychologists know that increasing the number of social=20
contacts a miserable person has is the best way of cheering them up. When=20
Jean-Paul Sartre wrote "hell is other people", the arch-pessimist of=20
existentialist angst was wrong.</SPAN></P>
<H3><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Thinking positively?</SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Survival in a time of adversity forged our brains=
into a=20
persistent mould. Professor Seligman says: "Because our brain evolved durin=
g a=20
time of ice, flood and famine, we have a catastrophic brain. The way the br=
ain=20
works is looking for what's wrong. The problem is, that worked in the=20
Pleistocene era. It favoured you, but it doesn't work in the modern world."=
=20
<BR><BR>Although most people rate themselves as happy, there is a wealth of=
=20
evidence to show that negative thinking is deeply ingrained in the human ps=
yche.=20
Experiments show that we remember failures more vividly than successes. We =
dwell=20
on what went badly, not what went well. When life runs smoothly, we're on=20
autopilot =97 we're only in a state of true consciousness when we notice th=
e stone=20
in our shoe. <BR><BR>Of the six universal emotions, four =97 anger, fear, d=
isgust=20
and sadness =97 are negative and only one, joy, is positive. (The sixth, su=
rprise,=20
is neutral.) According to the psychologist Daniel Nettle, author of Happine=
ss,=20
and one of the Royal Institution lecturers, the negative emotions each tell=
us=20
"something bad has happened" and suggest a different course of action. Fear=
=20
tells us danger is near, so run away. Anger prompts us to deter aggressors.=
=20
Sadness warns us to be cautious and save energy, while disgust urges us to =
avoid=20
contamination. <BR><BR>Joy, according to Nettle, simply tells us, "somethin=
g=20
good has happened, don't change anything". The evolutionary role of pleasur=
e was=20
to encourage activity that was good for survival, such as eating and having=
sex.=20
But unlike negative emotions, which are often persistent, joy tends to be=20
short-lived. We soon get sick of cream cakes or blas=E9 about our pay=20
rise.</SPAN></P>
<H3><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Look for good things!</SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Psychologists such as Seligman are convinced you =
can=20
train yourself to be happier. His teams are developing new positive=20
interventions (treatments) to counteract the brain's nagging insistence on=
=20
seeking out bad news. The treatments work by boosting positive emotion abou=
t the=20
past, by teaching people to savour the present, and by increasing the amoun=
t of=20
engagement and meaning in their lives. <BR><BR>Since the days of Freud, the=
=20
emphasis in consulting rooms has been on talk about negative effects of the=
past=20
and how they damage people in the present. Seligman names this approach=20
"victimology" and says research shows it to be worthless: "It is difficult =
to=20
find even small effects of childhood events on adult personality, and there=
is=20
no evidence at all of large effects."</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>[Kostya: you see? Right!]</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>Read the whole thread with several articles</SPAN=
></P>
<HR>
<H2>Good health for Roberta Joehle through laugter and smiling</H2>
<P>In the last issue of this newsletter I began talking on this topic. Toda=
y I=20
saw another thread in our email exchange that looks interesting. Here it is=
:</P>
<H4>Roberta:</H4>
<P>I am still considering taking some of my stuff off like <I>my tribute to=
=20
mom</I> and <I>the cancer stuff</I> "its too depressing" unless I com=
e up=20
with some more writing soon to add to it if my creative juices ever get goi=
ng=20
that is "HA!"<BR><BR>I am trying to transfer the two songs I wrote a few ye=
ars=20
back to MP3 format "the one for Klaus at our wedding" and the one I wrote m=
uch=20
later, I thought I'd see what they sound like and if they are good then may=
be=20
post them somewhere on the site.</P>
<H4>Kostya:</H4>
<P><B>Pages: </B>Maybe it would be great if you convert that into Health an=
d=20
Laugh pages -- where you write on what you enjoy doing. Like your plans on=
=20
enjoying things?<BR><BR><B>Songs:</B> Great idea! Let's do it! Do you know =
how=20
to do the transfer?</P>
<H4>Roberta: </H4>
<P>Well I will have to think about the converting pages into happy thoughts=
,=20
that is something I haven't been able to write about for some reason. It is=
also=20
the very thing I am working on with my writing group. <BR><BR>As for the so=
ngs=20
yes we know how to do it but they are on tape right now not cd so we just h=
ave=20
to borrow a tape deck to transfer them.</P>
<H4>Kostya:</H4>
<P>Well, we are already working on happy thoughts! Right? So -- if this is =
good=20
material for the newsletter "On Working with Love" -- it is also a good mat=
erial=20
for your Health and Happiness pages! Right? So we'll just beging putting th=
ere=20
good stuff we are talking about.<BR><BR>You've seen that interesting stuff =
on=20
<B>"The Science of Happy"? </B>Sounds like something Klaus was looking for =
<I>at=20
those times</I>.<BR><BR>Yes, you'll need to connect the tape deck to a comp=
uter=20
and create a WAV file. Then it can be converted into MP3 file...</P>
<HR>
<H2>Latest publishing news</H2>
<H3>Russia, "The Messenger", "The Shameful Secret"</H3>
<P>(21 Nov 2005) Just got a word from Alexey Layewsky in <A=20
href=3D"http://vesbook.ru/">VES (Russian publisher of Klaus books)</A> that=
they=20
are sending now another 5,000 of "The Messenger" to printer and will print=
=20
10,000 in December.<BR><BR>Also they are going to publish "The Shameful Sec=
ret"=20
In December.</P>
<H3>Russia, "The Messenger"</H3>
<P>(19 Nov 2005) <A href=3D"http://vesbook.ru/">VES Publisher</A> has print=
ed in=20
August, September and October 3 batches of "Living on Love -- The Messenger=
"=20
book by Klaus Joehle-- 5,000 copies each!</P>
<H3>Spain, "The Messenger"</H3>
<P>(9 Nov 2005) The translation is done but we are still working on the tex=
t. If=20
everything goes as expected, "Living on Love -- The Messenger" will be publ=
ished=20
in February.</P>
<HR>
<H2>Fine art by Arlene</H2>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: green"><FONT size=3D3>I am =
sending=20
love to my studio and the canvases (which I make myself) ........ I send lo=
ve to=20
the wood that I make the stretcher bars from......while I'm cutting them,=20
sanding them, screwing them together, stretching the raw canvas onto the=20
frames.....MORE LOVE........ , priming them............. and OF COURSE, whe=
n I'm=20
painting the actual paintings...... I am sending love into the Comox Rec=20
Centre...... which is where my next show is (a big show that a whole bunch =
of=20
artists do)....... </FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3D3><BR><BR><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: green">I am really excited about how it will turn out this =
time=20
(this will be my sixth Originals Only show), and up til now, I haven't sold=
much=20
at these shows........ but this time feels sooooooooo good and exciting....=
....=20
I am grateful for all the money I make selling my paintings....... and also=
all=20
the money I make doing ALL the work I LOVE!!!!!!! </SPAN><BR><BR></FONT><SP=
AN=20
style=3D"COLOR: red"><FONT size=3D3>Love, <BR>Arlene</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></=
P>
<H3>Kostya: What's the address of the show and dates?</H3>
<P>Hi Arleene! What's the address of the show and dates? How those interest=
ed=20
can find your pictures on the show? (Booth number?) <BR><BR>Does the show h=
ave=20
some sort of a web page? Give us a link please. <BR><BR>Do you have any of =
your=20
pictures online, so that we could have a look? Also it would be great to ha=
ve=20
some of them on the pages of our site! <BR><BR>We have some pictures by Rus=
sian=20
painter <A class=3Dpostlink href=3D"http://www.tothelight.ru" target=3D_bla=
nk>Julia=20
Ivanova</A> from city of Krasnoyarsk on <A class=3Dpostlink=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com" target=3D_blank>website with Klaus boo=
ks</A>.=20
She also works with love (and sells pretty well :). <BR><BR>I have a piece =
about=20
Julia on <A class=3Dpostlink href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/reviews.sh=
tml"=20
target=3D_blank>Reader Reviews</A> page under "Whale and Dolphins" picture.=
</P>
<H3>Arlene: Here are some pics for you!!!!!</H3>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: green"><FONT size=3D3>Hi Ko=
stya!!!!=20
<BR><BR>Here are some pics for you!!!!! I appreciate your=20
interest!</FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: darkblue"><FONT size=3D3>Th=
ere are=20
pictures of some work on <A href=3D"http://www3.telus.net/artworksbyarlene/=
">My=20
Website</A> , but that still needs a TON OF WORK, and I haven't gotten to i=
t,=20
yet. Also, I don't know anything about building websites, yet........... Th=
e one=20
I have was built by my daughter :) , But I want to improve the whole thing=
=20
drastically when I have time! :)) <BR><BR>Sharon gave me links for some rea=
l=20
easy software........ so I can't wait to play with that!</FONT></SPAN><FONT=
=20
size=3D3> <BR><BR><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: green"><A=20
href=3D"http://www.originalsonly.ca/">The Christmas Originals Only Fine Art=
Show=20
and Sale</A> takes place December 3rd and 4th (Saturday & Sunday), 10 a=
m to=20
5 pm (both days) at the Comox Recreation Centre, Comox, BC. I'll be in boot=
h #=20
29!!! :) <BR><BR>I gather Klaus and Roberta aren't that far away from me...=
.....=20
I was dreaming that it would be so cool if they came and I got to meet them=
!=20
:)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H3>Kostya: pictures feel wonderful!</H3>
<P><SPAN class=3Dpostbody>D<FONT size=3D3>ear Arlene, thanks for the pictur=
es --=20
they feel wonderful! And the website is great!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<HR>
<H2>Seeking Russian to Spanish translator!</H2>
<P><I>Klaus Joehle</I> Spanish publisher <I><A=20
href=3D"http://editorialsirio.com/">Antonio Lopez</A></I> is looking for a =
person=20
to translate a great book on laughter from Russian to Spanish. I wrote some=
=20
about it <A=20
href=3D"http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=3DForumReplies&MessNum=3D563&=
amp;L1=3D5&L2=3D2">in=20
Russian on translators forum</A>.</P>
<P>Thinking aloud: It would be great if somebody would publish it in Englis=
h=20
too... :)</P>
<HR>
<H2>To Webmasters and Bloggers:</H2>
<DIV>If you have a site or a blog, please link to our site <A class=3Dpostl=
ink=20
href=3D"http://lovebook2.tripod.com/" target=3D_blank>Books on Love and med=
itation=20
by Klaus Joehle</A> -- this will help others to find important information =
on=20
Love</DIV>
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books=20
and working with love</A>!</P></DIV>
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