Category: happiness
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Happy New Decade!
It’s not just a new year. It’s a new DECADE! This week, skip the New Years Resolutions and vision what you want for the next DECADE. Many people are suffering in the current world situation because they aren’t taking the long view. Instead, they are clinging to the past, wanting to go back to the…
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Warrior’s Creed
I heard this poem many years ago and was reminded of it today. Poetry is essential to the human experience. It reaches past the ego mind to the depth of truth, beyond thinking. Here is a poem about a man that is truly free. Free from fear and holding back. In pure service without doubts.…
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The E.C.O. System of Happiness
Well here’s a profound and simple discovery for happiness. Based on some of the most ancient wisdom. It could be a whole book (maybe it will be some day). It’s based on the journey of Atisha, a 10th Century sage. The following chart so simply describes true happiness. E.C.O. is an elegant way to remember…
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Your mind is like a puppy.
Meditating today, I was reminded of how the mind is like a dog. You see, dogs need loving masters and training or they’ll go crazy. Your mind is more like an animal, a dog, than a human. The key is realizing YOU are not your mind! Ask a good dog owner. If they don’t constantly…
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Growing up or growing old?
Any animal can grow old. Only humans, a very few humans, grow up. Growing up is not a process of aging. It does not happen because the body reaches an age where it stops growing taller. Just because the body ages, looks older, does not mean the person inside has grown up. Growing up means…