Simple Joy | May 3, 2015 What is it that opens the gate to joy in our ordinary, day-to-day lives? I’ve been calling it awakeness and awareness: the simple practice of sitting quietly, breathing in and out, dropping our obsessive thoughts and resistance to the freshness of the moment that is exactly here. It […]
Napping is Good for Your Health
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I love napping, although I don’t do it everyday. I’ve known for a long time that napping is good for your health and now psychologist Sara Mednick has written a book about it. She is a professor of psychology at the University of California in Riverside. “Let’s look at the rest of the animal kingdom. […]
Each Moment Is a New Beginning. Each Day Is a New Life – jerome.tc.org@gmail.com – Gmail
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Each Moment Is a New Beginning. Each Day Is a New Life – jerome.tc.org@gmail.com – Gmail.
The Space in the Mind | May 2, 2015
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The Space in the Mind | May 2, 2015 Most of our suffering comes from habitual thinking. If we try to stop it out of aversion to thinking, we cant; we just go on and on and on. So the important thing is not to get rid of thought, but to understand it. And […]
Is Thought Limited
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In these words of wisdom from Jiddu Krishnamurti, he asks David Bohm, “Is thought limited.” Krishnamurti doesn’t think so, but apparently from the conversation, David Bohm does. Krishnamurti says, “Show it to me!” Jiddu Krishnamurti was one of the great philosophers and teachers of the last century. His talks and lecture were attended by people […]
INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC GOALS (YOUR FOCUS?)
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“The researchers found that if any of the three extrinsic aspirations—for money, fame, or beauty—was very high for an individual relative to the three intrinsic aspirations, the individual was also more likely to display poorer mental health. For example, having an unusually strong aspiration for material success was associated with narcissism, anxiety, depression, and poorer […]
Teachings on Interbeing with Carl Sagan
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These teachings on interbeing with Carl Sagan may help us all recognize the interconnectedness of all life on earth. This beautiful video explores “the pale blue dot” that we live on and asks us to be kind to one another. He says, The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena…Our planet […]
The Task of Repetition | April 29, 2015
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The Task of Repetition | April 29, 2015 If we are to close the gap between ideal and actuality—between the envisaged aim of striving and the lived experience of our everyday lives—it is necessary for us to pay greater heed to the task of repetition. Every wholesome thought, every pure intention, every effort to […]
Sorrows No Greater Than Yours | April 27, 2015
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Sorrows No Greater Than Yours | April 27, 2015 You seem to be you and I seem to be me. My sorrows are no greater than your sorrows. Thou art beautiful, o my loves, as tears are. – Terrance Keenan, “A Sweetness Appears and Prevails”
To Be Called a Buddha | April 25, 2015
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To Be Called a Buddha | April 25, 2015 When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a buddha. Do […]
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