I think a lot of people believe that awakenings are something that happens once and they are forever transformed, but I don't believe that this is true. Awakenings can happen all throughout our lives and often represent a core change in the way that … [Read more...]
Opportunities
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A lot of the difficulty in today's modern world is related to the relative ease of our lives. Most of us living in a first world country no longer have to worry about what we're going to eat tomorrow, where we're going to sleep, and other basic life … [Read more...]
Comfort and Alignment
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Take comfort in the uneventful; it prepares you for what's to come. We are all well served by being comfortable with change and sacrifice. The very words change and sacrifice have connontations that most of us would say are "difficult" or … [Read more...]
Awareness
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Real awareness isn't about hanging on to the moment, but simply recognizing it's there. Awareness of what's happening with our bodies. Compassion for our friends and family. Thinking about the perception of us held by the people we interact with. … [Read more...]
The value of things
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Our instinct as human beings is to keep everything. In ancient society, this was quite valuable. If we had something useful, even rarely, it wasn't likely that we'd ever have a good opportunity to get that thing again. We were almost forced to … [Read more...]
