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Category Archives: quotes
A to be list #happiness
On my To Be List are: Joy, Peace/ Calm, Love, Purpose, No anger, No thoughts, No self, No craving. The latter 4 can be replaced with one word – Empty.
A quote by Jorge Luis Borges
I had this quote for years, in Russian, and recently decided to verify and find it in English. I traced it to and bought The Mirror Ink by Jorge Luis Borges. And guess what, the quote is not his, he … Continue reading
Let me know that you are always present… #quote
“Let me know that you are always present, in every atom of my life. Let me keep surrendering my self until I am utterly transparent. Let my words be rooted in honesty and my thoughts be lost in your light, … Continue reading
Soul and Ego
…the Soul depends on the Ego’s drama for its teachings. Honor your Ego as the conduit of learning for the Soul. Ram Dass, Still Here
Happiness is pretty simple
I’ve had an awful flu this past week (not covid, I got tested). Let’s put it this way, I will not take for granted being able to lie horizontally and breathe at the same time. I got infected because I … Continue reading
I entrust myself to the Buddha of Infinite Light and Life
I’ve been pondering recently how I am still so full of anger, righteousness, drawn to and driven by drama (the dharma of drama!), how easily I get triggered. Meditation practice and studying Buddhism helped become much more aware but not … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, fear, kleshas, buddhism, happiness, happy, nomad, pause, reaction, righeousness, Shin Buddhism, suffering, universe
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The Dalai Lama and 10 years of Action for Happiness
Recently, Action for Happiness, a UK charity celebrated 10 years of promoting science based approach to happiness, growing happier communities and helping reduce loneliness. The charity’s patron, The Dalai Lama, gave a talk from his home in Dharmsala and answered … Continue reading
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Tagged action for happiness, compassion, dalai lama, happiness, happy, kindness, love, nomad, universe
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“Happy is, who forgets, what cannot be changed.”
I am not into watches so don’t know who Philipp Wagner is. But what he says in this short documentary stuck with me. He quotes a line from the Die Fledermaus operetta. No point dwelling on it, save your energy … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, forgiveness, happiness, happy, karma, let it go, love, nomad, past, philipp wagner, universe, watch
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Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery.
Being able to stay calm in triggering situations is a power. Being able to pause, for a tiniest fraction of a second, and see options available to you at that point other than snapping into reactive mode, acting out the … Continue reading
My life is my message
Ram Dass keeps reminding me of this quote. Imagine if every moment of our life we remembered that this was our mission?
Non-doing does not mean inaction. Love yourself through stuckness.
While there will always be a part of you that finds comfort in complacency and overwhelm in the presence of change, the key is to encourage yourself in every step, and to be patient when results may vary, so you … Continue reading
When you change the way you see things…
…which is why I call the game Levels and Lenses 😊 if something is not going right, if I am stuck or suffering, and I can snap out of the victim mode and become aware, I change change the lenses, … Continue reading
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