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Comment on The Illusion of Invincibility by molly

molly — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:37:29 +0000

A couple of years ago, when we fixed up the scooter and would go cruising around on that instead of in a car, I remember feeling the same sense of…of almost experiencing another dimension, riding openly through real space like that. It requires so much more of being present, and is infinitely more rewarding! As far as Superman goes – I’ve lost the uniform, but the cape is secure in a box in your basement

Comment on Taking the Philosopher’s Notes 50 Day Challenge by leila

leila — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:54:39 +0000

It’s been great! So far, we’ve done
1. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
3. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
4. The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
5. Ask and It Is Given by Esther & Jerry Hicks
6. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
7. Paulo Coelho
8. Real Magic by Wayne Dyer
9. Spiritual Liberation by Michael Bernard Beckwith
10. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb
11. The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
12. Overachievement by John Eliot, Ph.D.
13. The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
14. Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
15. The Pursuit of Perfect by Tal Ben-Shahar

They only do them on weekdays, so we have weekends off. I’ve gotten lots of wonderful quotes and saved a lot of money on books. Except for the ones on the list I already own. (Owning does not necessarily mean that the book has been read

Comment on Taking the Philosopher’s Notes 50 Day Challenge by molly

molly — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:21:34 +0000

And how is it going?

Comment on Sanskrit by leila

leila — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:41:30 +0000

Since turkeys are native to North and South America, I’m pretty sure that they were unknown to the ancients of India. However, since they are genetically related to the peafowl I humbly submit for your consideration:
nAsikAmala barhin (nose-dirt of peafowl)

Comment on Sanskrit by Chameleon

Chameleon — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:23:46 +0000

What about “Turkey Snot”?

I started collecting this expression in different languages as a hobby about 30 years ago thinking, unlike my other hobbies, it was lightweight, portable, required no storage space and, best of all, wouldn’t fill in the last 1/2″ of mouse space on my desk.

So far, I’ve had very few willing contributors, but have managed to collect it in Greek, German, Spanish and French.

Thanks!!
& KTYLF[s]

Comment on No News is Good News by Chameleon

Chameleon — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:07:39 +0000

One of the inherent characteristics of considering ourselves to be, “Body, Mind and Soul” [putting "Body" first] is the need for comparisons. If we extend and expand this thought to encompass more and more possibilities, we realize one basic evaluative duality to be at work, the “Good Vs Bad”. It might be said that there are shades and degrees, and judgments are not usually that black and white. Answering this statement in an analogous venue, eg.: Guilt Vs Innocence, one act/person may be more guilty doesn’t make everyone else making the judgment innocent, just less guilty. The aphorism, “To the pure, everything is pure” fits in here nicely to illustrate what I mean.
All of our judgments reflect our thinking and the rules and conclusions about what what we see/have seen and feel/have felt about what’s around us and going on around us, are all are based in our view and judgment of ourselves. We are capable of, and occasionally have bouts of anger, but They go to war. We want never to be around a completely aggravating person who incites us to riot, They murder. etc. Intention to defend ourselves always exists and how it’s expressed is always our choice, no matter how habituated the relative response has become. What we see and how we judge it is a reflection of self judgement.
Try a month of reading the newspapers as if the articles were written as metaphors for your recent emotions and thoughts. It’s a very enlightening experience. The biblical adage, “Do not judge, and you will not be judged..” [Luke 6:37, Matthew 7:1, et al.] if followed completely would leave you in a state of mental purity. Meditation brings you momentarily closer to such a state, and how much of that condition you can actualize while dealing with the ‘world’ will be the degree to which you can change your life to a peaceful/happy productive one.
We have it backwards, we aren’t “Body, Mind and Soul”, we’re Soul metaphorizing a body around us and calling the response to our own metaphor, ‘mind’.

So there on your foot.

Comment on Spiritual practice of Silence by max

max — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:51:42 +0000

Major Mod

We have made a modification to the Silence practice. Rather than do the ‘whole day’ thing, which proves to be impractical when you’re also living in the Real World, we have changed to:

Sit still (STILL) and be quiet (QUIET) for 20-30 minutes per day; twice a day if possible.
Progressively think fewer thoughts as you do this.

I did 20 this morning, then went and played 18 holes of golf; played overall better than is typical for my typical game. I’m just sayin…

Comment on Spiritual practice of Silence by max

max — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:26:50 +0000

One of our Radiator Gem quotes is by Dorothy Nevill: “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

Being quiet at the right time in a conversation can be difficult enough. But being quiet as an exercise is a real challenge requiring mindfulness and attention. While I would say it goes against my “nature”, I’d also say it’s darn good practice!

Being quiet for a day, yet being with others and being communicative is not easy. We spent a day at the lake and tried it; we occasionally resorted to sign language and a note or two. Being silent for more than a day is really hard, unless you’re alone or among others who are doing it too. But you don’t have to join a monastery to do so.

Comment on No News is Good News by molly

molly — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:29:37 +0000

While I do look at the newspaper about every other day, I don’t actually look at most of the articles. There is so much sadness, so much violence in the news today, and I don’t feel like I need more of that in my life. I don’t want to be ignorant of important happenings, but I can seriously do without another account of a suicide bombing, of more innocent civilians perishing at the hands of mal-intent. And if it’s really big – chances are that someone will tell me about it.

I read the news mostly for stories of hope, love, and the occasional humor of scientists “discovering” something most people could have easily told them. Those scientists…it doesn’t exist if they cannot prove it…

Comment on No News is Good News by max

max — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:07:41 +0000

BUBBLICIOUS

Living in a bubble sometimes has its benefits. Personal knowledge trumps second-hand and newswire information every day.

Now, over half-way through the month of No-News, here’s an update with observations:

1. There is no feeling of separation from reality as we know it.

2. There seems to be more time available for other things.

3. It is very rare to get into a conversation where you feel unprepared or unaware of the situation.

4. It is very difficult to not receive “news”. Occasionally I find myself noticing a headline, listening to a broadcast, taking in some kind of web news article or other. Often a conscious effort is needed. But it is not so difficult.

5. Listening to the comments/discussions of others, it is very interesting to pay attention to the way people orient themselves to the news; For, Against, upset, worried, glad, etc. A news fast re-enables your perspectives on the news.

6. It is also interesting to reflect that the news topics relate to us less directly than our conversations do. While news often has a cautionary undertone that suggests we live in menacing times, we all choose whether to accept the implicit story sense or develop our own.

7. People seem to react positively to the fresh notion of not paying attention to the News for a short time. The sense is that we can all live with a little less bad news, and a lot less noise.

8. Is most news in fact “bad news”? Are the sound bites and news articles more negative than positive? What drives newsworthiness? Are we paying attention?