“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom”
—Buddha (via sammysunflower)
June 2011
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“It’s like the quest for the Holy Grail. Who gives a shit what the Holy Grail is? It’s the quest that’s important. It’s the transformation in your soul that matters.”
—180* South
“The best journeys answer questions you didn’t think to ask.”
—180* South
“If I don’t get on that boat, I know exactly what I’m going home to. If I do, my future is unwritten.”
—180* South
“If you compromise the process, you’re an asshole when you start out and an asshole when you’re finished.”
—180* South
“Happy people continuously change; and because they change they become more and more happy; and then more and more change is possible.”
—Osho (via nirvikalpa)
Goal for tomorrow:
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a recently released from rehab, unemployed kid. Oh wait…
“
The acquisition of wisdom is greatly expedited by harnessing the wisdom of others. People sometimes think, ‘I don’t have the money to hire a board of directors. That’s too expensive!’ They miss the point. The idea is to surround yourself with wise people. My “board members” don’t actually know they’re on my board of directors. I don’t necessarily let them know they’re influencing my decision making.
It’s easy to create a personal board; simply find people who are smarter than you, are more skilled than you, and have more fruit on the tree in key parts of their life.
” —Andy Andrews, Mastering the Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success25 Things Everyone Should be Doing
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day, and while you walk, smile.
It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Talk to God (or to your higher power or meditate) about what is going on in your life. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement,
’ My purpose is to__________ today. I am thankful for______________ ‘
4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that
is manufactured in plants.
5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan
salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires,
issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control
Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a
college kid with a maxed out charge card.
9. Life is not fair, but it is still good.
10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
11. Don ’ t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
12. You are not so important that you have to win every argument.
Agree to disagree.
13. Make peace with your past so it will not spoil the present.
14. Don ’ t compare your life to others. You have no idea what
their journey is all about.
15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ’ In five
years, will this matter? ‘
17. Forgive everyone for everything.
18. What other people think of you is none of your business.
19. GOD (depending on your beliefs) heals everything - but you have to ask Him (translate to your religion).
20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick.
Your friends will. Stay in touch!!!
22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
23. Each night, before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for__________. Today I accomplished_________.
24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
25. When you are feeling down, start listing your many blessings.
You will be smiling before you know it.
“Each of us is alone in the world. It takes great courage to meet the full force of your aloneness. … When you face your aloneness, something begins to happen. Gradually, the sense of bleakness changes into a sense of true belonging. This is a slow and open-ended transition but it is utterly vital in order to come into rhythm with your own individuality.”
—John O’Donohue (via bronaldo)
Eat fruit. And lots of it. Especially the negative calorie kind. Then exercise.
Result: happy, healthy, glowing you.
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world,
and you believe you are living.
Then you read a book… or you take a trip…
and you discover that you are not living,
that you are hibernating.
The symptoms of hibernating are easily
detectable: first, restlessness.
The second symptom (when hibernating
becomes dangerous and might degenerate
into death): absence of pleasure.
That is all.
It appears like an innocuous illness.
Monotony, boredom, death.
Millions live like this (or die like this)
without knowing it.
They work in offices.
They drive a car.
They picnic with their families.
They raise children.
And then some shock treatment takes place,
a person, a book, a song, and it awakens
them and saves them from death.
Some never awaken.” —Anais Nin (via thechocolatebrigade)
and you believe you are living.
Then you read a book… or you take a trip…
and you discover that you are not living,
that you are hibernating.
The symptoms of hibernating are easily
detectable: first, restlessness.
The second symptom (when hibernating
becomes dangerous and might degenerate
into death): absence of pleasure.
That is all.
It appears like an innocuous illness.
Monotony, boredom, death.
Millions live like this (or die like this)
without knowing it.
They work in offices.
They drive a car.
They picnic with their families.
They raise children.
And then some shock treatment takes place,
a person, a book, a song, and it awakens
them and saves them from death.
Some never awaken.” —Anais Nin (via thechocolatebrigade)
“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.”
—Pema Chodron
Clementine Kruczynski - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
“Too many guys think I’m a concept, or I complete them, or I’m gonna make them alive. But I’m just a fucked-up girl who’s lookin’ for my own peace of mind; don’t assign me yours.”
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
—Ayn Rand
“Be humble for you are made of earth.
Be noble for you are made of stars.” —Serbian Proverb (via weareallstarstuff)
Be noble for you are made of stars.” —Serbian Proverb (via weareallstarstuff)
The Top 10 Myths About Eating Fruit →
fredericpatenaude.com
- Eating too much fruit will cause symptoms of blood sugar problems
- Diabetics should not eat fruit
- Fruit causes candida.
- Eating too much fruit, especially bananas, will have you overdose on potassium
- Fruit causes cancer
- Today’s fruits are too hybridized and contain too much sugar
- Tropical fruits are too high on the glycemic index
- Fruit causes dental decay
- Sugar is sugar, and too much of it is bad, even if it comes from fruit
- Eating only fruits will lead to dangerous deficiencies
