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Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating – YouTube
Published on Apr 25, 2014Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple — though hard — way to carry on, regardless of outcomes.
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Alex Banayan: “Happiness” vs “Meaningfulness”: The Surprising Difference
Alex Banayan: "Happiness" vs "Meaningfulness": The Surprising Difference
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Ever wonder whether it’s better to pursue a happy or meaningful life? This article by Clifton Parker unveils what a Stanford faculty expert discovered… Read more
The Beginning of Freedom | Eckhart Tolle
Awareness is Never Not Present – Rupert Spira
IT’S NOT AN ENDURANCE TRIAL – PEMA CHÖDRÖN
THE PEMA CHÖDRÖN FOUNDATION
November 20, 2013
IT’S NOT AN ENDURANCE TRIAL
We might also ask, Given my present situation, how long should I stay with uncomfortable feelings? This is a good question, yet there is no right answer. We simply get accustomed to coming back to the present just as it is for a second, for a minute, for an hour—whatever is currently natural—without its becoming an endurance trial. Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is an excellent, joyful use of our life.
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Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chödrön, page 50
Teachings by Pema Chödrön, from works published by Shambhala Publications. Photo by ©Andrea Roth.
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▶ I Thought I Knew Something – Mooji
Published on Oct 31, 2013
Keep on knowing nothing and examine the environment of your own Self.
▶ Exploring Uncomfortable Feelings – Rupert Spira
Heart Advice: Weekly Quotes from Pema Chodron
October 30, 2013
THE THIRD NOBLE TRUTH
The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves. By “cessation” we mean the cessation of hell as opposed to just weather, the cessation of this resistance, this resentment, this feeeling of being completely trapped and caught, trying to maintain huge ME at any cost. The teachings about recognizing egolessness sound quite abstract, but the path quality of that, the magic instruction that we have all received, the golden key is that part of the meditation technique where you recognize what’s happening with you and you say to yourself, “Thinking.” Then you let go of all the talking and the fabrication and discussion, and you’re left just sitting with the weather—the quality and the energy of the weather itself. Maybe you still have that quaky feeling or that churning feeling or that exploding feeling or that calm feeling or that dull feeling, as if you’d just been buried in the earth. You’re left with that. That’s the key: come to know that.
Quite Possibly the most Eye Opening Six Minutes Ever on Film | Minds
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and this is why I choose not to eat meat …
