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Life is not a problem to be solved,
but a Mystery to be lived.
Gabriel Marcel
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Whatever thoughts and emotions arise in meditation, allow them to rise and settle, like the waves in the ocean. Whatever you find yourself thinking, let that thought rise and settle, without any constraint. Don’t grasp at it, feed it or indulge it, don’t cling to it, don’t try to solidify it. Neither follow thoughts nor invite them; be like the ocean looking down at its own waves, or the sky gazing down on the clouds that pass across it.
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Letting go is hard enough, but letting go of letting go ...
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Stop.Breathe.Action
Creative Motivation by Seth D. Cohen
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For a relationship to be right on the outside, it have to be right on the inside.
A common source of our unhappiness is letting unsatisfactory situations persist unnecessarily ............ I reckon there is a need for us to behave in a way that is trustworthy. Otherwise, people may assume we do things any way - even to the extent of compromising on our values, beliefs or principles.
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Without freedom from the past there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent. It is only the fresh, innocent mind that is free. Freedom has nothing to do with age, it has nothing to do with experience; and it seems to me that the very essence of freedom lies in understanding the whole mechanism of habit, both conscious and unconscious.
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No matter what happens today, things are perfect for you!
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Accept, how everything turns out without judgment for once.
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Whatever the outcome, our perfection is untouched!
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Practice this non-reactive, steady minded approach.
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Knowing our ego is safe and secure relaxes our anxiety and fear drastically. Try it.
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You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love.
~ Buddha
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"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion.
Posted in Current Events & Protest, End-of-Life, tagged Alternative, Buddhism, compassion, coping, death, dying, end-of-life, family, grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, grieving, healing, health, inspiration, Mettā, mindfulness, peace, School Violence & Loss on April 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Just a few days ago, 4/2/2012 our country experienced another school shooting. This time it was in Oakland, CA.
I had started this post at least a few weeks before this last shooting, to get ready for the anniversary of the Columbine H.S. Shooting of 4/20/1999.
I was so excited to see this article in the Shambhala Sun:
http://www.shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=25281
And my heart sank when I heard the news, just after I deleted an old sitcom I had been watching during a study break.
We’ve had so much violence in our schools. So much trauma in a place that should be safe for children.
We need to get Russell Evans’ words out there and help get mindfulness out to schools for the sake of our kids, our teachers, our community, and our future. I am so glad that there are young people out there in the world like Russell doing amazing work.
We need this millennium old teaching probably more now than ever!
