you want them, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well….. Rise and shine, its perfect square day! 3/3/09. It only happens 9 times a century such as 4/4/16 etc. This one is particularly meaningful to me as 3 is my favorite number!! :) So… what does one do with their life, does the past have meaning, should one think about the future? Balance the past, the present and the future and you are well on your way to finding it think. I read a good analogy the other day in the Happiness Hypothesis. Love, Work and Community go to humans like Water, Sunlight and Soil go to plants. Love, live, learn, rock on and today try to do at least one act of kindness to help someone out, to brighten a day, to protect our environment…..
For a touching story created by good buddy and film extroidinare Byronee, check out this video he created below on Larry the Lobster.
Meng Tzu from the 3rd century bce… What does one do with their time? 24 hours in a day, 8 for sleep, on a good night, 8 for work, but here do those other 8 go?!?! If the brain could be trained to work 16 straight, would one, could one bust out 2-3 days a week of perhaps more efficient work, then spend the remaining 3-4 persuing hobbies and other endeavors?
Below is a video from the recent National Clean Energy Summit in DC. GO GREEN, good night, sleep tight!
As the site begins to change, I begin to change. We are all changing always. The question becomes then will you accept and embrace this change or will you fight it/resit it. When Dagny was down on the Audax last winter she played a great tape for Stevie, myself and her that talks about going with the flow, riding the current down the proverbial river vs struggling and fighting to go up and against it. When you find your mind racing as I often do… as difficult as it can be, try and remind yourself that “this too will pass.” Embracing, accepting, enjoying the reality of the moment is so easy to say, sometimes not as easy to practice, but we are creatures of habit and the more you practice, the easier it becomes and once the self feeding, positive reinforcement mechanisms take over what seemed so difficult yesterday becomes a walk in the park today. I wonder when this is going to happen in our economy!?!?!? Buy a house today, DO IT!!
Greetings folks. Spending some time with the beginings of a moderate redesign of the site last night I find myself refreshed and healthy this crisp, cold, sunny morning in Maine. Zen Mind, Beginners Mind is the book I read each morning after my 10 minutes of meditation.. it consists of 2-3 page life lessons founded in the Buddhist philosophy. Today the recurring theme of emptiness..keeping your mind free and detaching from the many thoughts, that come in and out of our mind. The purpose of this, contrary I think to many peoples belief is not to dull the senses and turn everything a shade of gray/nothingness, but rather to allow our minds to be present, accepting the reality of a situation and immersing ourselves in it completely.
Here is one reality I know for certain.
The shop pictured below in Salsalito, California, just over the golden gate bridge from San Fran has THE BEST COFFEE IN THE WORLD. Thanks honey for sending this photo!!!!
by Sidney Baker, MD and going along with this recent quote I just read by Marcus Aurelius “The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it” A common theme of mine.. the power of perception. It shapes your attitude, your future actions, your way of living. The same situation…seen when in a good mood illicits drastically different responses than seen when in a bad one. How come? Why can’t we always be in a good mood or would we never know bad and have no comparison on what good really is without bad yet these are just words founded on morals developed over time, through the collective society’s eye. What if there was no good or bad… if we could train our brains to simply collect the sensory data and not pass judgement. A non-dualistic way of thinking. Would it be boring? What is the purpose of life? :) Happiness for ourselves, happiness for others, collective improvement? Going going going…stop and smell the roses once in a while…
Happy 2009 family and friends. What does the year have in store for you? I love the new year, new begnining, despite being just another day January 1st gives us all a chance to rethink, refocus, rework our lives..it creates that excellent feeling of hope in our selves that we can accomplish anything but it fades so quick often, why is this? We adapt, we get comfortable and then forget. Thus my new years resolution….each month reevaluate and rewrite goals for the upcoming months. Thus I will have 12 months of resolution, plus compete in a 1/2 ironman and never black out
I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillons of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stumped by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, “Hi.” They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.” Augusten Burroughs - Author of Running with Scissors.
Good morning from Bath. This computer, my fingers, the pen on my desk, the thermos and ginger tea I drink from. All objects of attention, vying for thought… coexisting together in the perceptual world I have created.. that we all have created. Habitual behavioral norms and perceptions learned since the day our brain started processing, assembling the material world we cut through each and every moment… all formed from one particle of mass, all connected via the life force…ibrational energy that is continually broken down and built back up in the many forms we perceive.
I encourage you to take a look at this power point presentation two_choices that my mom forwarded to me the other day. It is a great reminder/philosophy on on how to go about living each and every day of your life!
Each and every moment is new, exciting and wonderful. Live it baby!!
Ahhhh.. the ever present moment. Espoused as they proverbial Key to life from so many different angles -spiritual, religious, famous quote, self-motivational speakers, Buddha, God, yadda yadda yadda. Why? Because it’s true that being in the moment is a KEY to joy, gratitude and happiness!!!! Easier said then done as the mind/ego easily says in its inner voice that you will be in the moment, you will live here and now, but when implementation effects your daily habitual ruminating and the repetitive mind patterns the “Inner Being” clashes with the ethereal mind/ego and generally the ego wins out and you go back to the daily grind.
So how do you stay in the moment, how do you enjoy being in the moment? For me prayer and meditation help a ton. As simple as focusing on your breathing, a few yoga stretches and listening/watching the world go by. Stop and look around at all the objects, colors and sounds your senses are perceiving each and every moment. Let them flow through you, go with them, feel your soul and instincts and fly baby, fly!!!
Today Stevie and I set out for the Kripalu Institute for a 3 day retreat in search of peace, harmony and inner calmness.
Giving thanks for all we have, all we can have, all we have had. One beauty of life it that it is always changing, manifesting, dynamic and awesome.  Go with the flow, create the reality you want.
