Tag: 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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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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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…
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Why you don’t want to be happy. (Deepak)
I just read one of the most profound and useful articles I can remember. It is rare these days that someone has the courage to look at the deepest human truths. In our go-with-the-flow society, calling out that most people don’t really want to be happy is bold, audacious, and few will actually want to…
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Happy Thanks-giving!
Ah, my favorite holiday. It’s an entire day that is a meditation. A meditation on giving thanks for everything. There are a trillion cells in your body working in harmony, almost everyone one of them perfect and healthy, no matter what is going on. There’s pumpkin pie, chocolate, and smiles. The sun rises and sets…