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What To Do With Our Time? Love

December 29th, 2007 · No Comments

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Sometimes I think the central question for humanity is “What should I do with my time here on this planet?” After the basics have been taken care of the question always haunts us; what should I do now? There [...]

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Tags: General Spirituality · Personal Development

How to Make Good Decesions

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

The difference between being guided by love and being guided by fear.
Guided by fear
To be guided by fear is to do things because you are afraid of not doing it. When I do something out of fear I am usually persuaded by thoughts like “If I don’t do this then I might be in trouble [...]

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Tags: General Spirituality · Personal Development

An example: Anger dissolved through meditation

December 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Today I found myself getting angry at someone who was visiting the house. I said some smart things then he said some smart things and I noticed that old familiar feeling of anger start to creep up inside. This feeling of anger made a lot of negative thoughts seem justified. Feeling angry I felt justified [...]

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Tags: Meditation · Personal Development

Like Attracts Like: The Law of Attraction

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Like attracts like. How to use the Law of Attraction.
Yesterday I asked someone what they wanted, and she said; “I need core group of people to help me with my projects” and this really struck me. It struck me because that has also been what I have been telling people that I need. Thats when [...]

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Tags: General Spirituality · Personal Development

To Be Present is to Create Vibrations of Abundance

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

The difference between thoughts of abundance, thoughts of scarcity and their relation to desire and staying present.
I have made it a practice lately to be mindful of my thoughts. To me this means watching my thoughts, not labeling them as good or bad thoughts but just noticing my thoughts and everything else that goes along [...]

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Tags: General Spirituality · Personal Development

Underground Classic: Gracian

November 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

If your into old time underground personal development classics check this out:
The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Gracian.
But probably the best translation can be found here:
A random quote from this treasure:
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
–Baltasar Gracian
inspried by 43F

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Tags: Personal Development · Quote of the Day

A story about being whole

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

I really enjoyed this short story by Shel Silverstein. The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.
An oldy, but a goody. I really enjoyed it. Lately scenes from this wonderful story have been infiltrating my consciousness; each time that I think that I need something outside of myself to be happy I remember the big O [...]

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Tags: Personal Development

Speed Reading Personal Development

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

What better way to learn to speed read than by reading personal development?
I use Spreeder to help me read (currently set at 400wpm) and Steve Pavlina for nice juicy articles. I have already read most of his “best of section”; in the time it would have taken me to read 3 articles. Steve posts some [...]

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Tags: Personal Development

4 Amazing Spiritual Teachers on YouTube

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Adyashanti

Eckhart Tolle

Gangaji

Byron Katie

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Tags: General Spirituality · Personal Development

6 Tips to Help You Graduate From College Early

October 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

You have decided to go to college and you have decided to finish, all good choices. Below are some tips to help you graduate as soon as possible.
1. Figure out why you are actually in college.
To graduate from college early you must have an intense desire to finish. The more intense your desire to [...]

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Tags: Personal Development · Productivity