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The winds of change blow through our life, sometimes gently, sometimes like a tropical storm. Yes, we have resting places - time to adjust to another level of living, time to get our balance, time to enjoy rewards. We have time to catch our breath. But change is inevitable, and desirable. Sometimes, when the winds of change begin to rustle, we're not certain the change is for the better. We may call it stress or a temporary condition, certain we'll be restored to normal. Sometimes, we resist... Read Full Story
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When one lives with concepts one never learns. The concepts become static. You may change them but the very transformation of one concept to another is still static, is still fixed. But to have the sensitivity to feel, seeing that life is not a movement of two separate activities, the external and the inward, to see that it is one, to realize that the inter-relationship is this movement, is the ebb and flow of sorrow and pleasure and joy and depression, loneliness and escape,to perceive... Read Full Story
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Lesson:
Today, I will practice tolerance, acceptance, and love of others as they are, and myself as I am. I will strive for that balance between expecting too much and expecting too little from others and myself. ---
Recovering from our struggles is an individual process that comes with making mistakes, struggling through problems, and facing tough issues.
Expecting ourselves to be perfect slows this process; it puts us in a guilt and anxious state. Expecting others to be perfect is... Read Full Story
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Energy is action and movement. All action is movement and all action is energy. All desire is energy. All feeling is energy. All though is energy. All living is energy. All life is energy. If that energy is allowed to flow without any contradiction, without any friction, without any conflict, then that energy is boundless, endless. When there is no friction there are no frontiers to energy. It is friction which gives energy limitations. So, having once seen this, why is it that the human... Read Full Story
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Some months ago I wrote about the idea that we should not depend on our partners to make us happy. I still believe that happiness comes from within. Also, the feeling comes and goes. We should never expect to feel happy 24 hours a day. It is moments through life that help us understand what this is all about. Otherwise what is the Yin without the Yang?
A few weeks ago a friend challenged me to the meaning of the word happy. It was great to be challenged because the definition of this word... Read Full Story
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This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.
It features the work of some of the world’s greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millennia, have depicted the Buddha’s life in art rich in beauty and complexity. Hear insights into the ancient narrative by contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer... Read Full Story
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Chlorophyll is the remarkable substance to which we all owe our lives. This is because chlorophyll has the ability to capture the sun's energy and lock it into plants in such a way that we can use it to sustain our own lives.
Much research has been done regarding the benefits of chlorophyll for healing. A free book is available on-line. Find "Cereal Grass, What's In It For You" the importance of wheat-grass, barley grass and other green vegetables, at www.wheatgrass.com/book .
Chemically... Read Full Story
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(by Leo Babauto for Zen Habits )
“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” ~Henry David Thoreau
The best art is created in solitude, for good reason: it’s only when we are alone that we can reach into ourselves and find truth, beauty, soul. Some of the most famous philosophers took daily walks, and it was on these walks that they found their deepest thoughts.
My... Read Full Story
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You yearn to achieve the peace and wellbeing that comes with reconnecting with your true Self , but this connect ion remains mysterious and elusive.
When you’re connect ed you feel energized, at ease with life’s challenges, and secure in what you do. You operate from a place of love, which generates balance and good health.
When you’re dis connect ed you may feel tired, weighed down by the stresses of life, or anxious about things. You operate from a place of fear – fear that you won’t be... Read Full Story
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"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
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