Peacefulness |
An exploration into peacefulness. How to bring peacefulness into your day to day life, with inspirational quotes and images. |
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Buddha
About 1/3 of the way through this book at the moment. An interesting read.
Books on Buddhism may overflow the shelves, but the life story of the Buddha himself has remained obscure despite over 2,500 years of influence on millions of people around the world. In an attempt to rectify this, and to make the Buddha and Buddhism accessible to Westerners, the beloved scholar and author of such sweeping religious studies as A History of God has written a readable, sophisticated, and somewhat unconventional biography of one of the most influential people of all time. Buddha himself fought against the cult of personality, and the Buddhist scriptures were faithful, giving few details of his life and personality. Karen Armstrong mines these early scriptures, as well as later biographies, then fleshes the story out with an explanation of the cultural landscape of the 6th century B.C., creating a deft blend of biography, history, philosophy, and mythology.
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notes"Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult – once we truly understand and accept it – then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
"Dr. Scott Peck
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You can do less
Over the past two days I’ve spent 50% of the time I usually do on the computer. Nothing bad happened when I stopped obsessively checking my email inbox or looking at my Twitter feed. You can do less. Don’t be afraid of bad things happening (they won’t) and strive to beat your addiction to work now.
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notes"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body."Oliver Wendell Holmes (via julie911) (via quote-book)
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Cut Your Consumption
Every two weeks look at the media outlets you consume (blogs, podcasts, TV shows etc) and answer this question honestly: have I got genuine value from this outlet in the past 2 weeks? Stop consuming information “just in case” something important comes up.
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Sometimes
Sometimes you just need to sit back and realize that whatever you’re doing in life, it matters. Everyone can, and does have an impact. Work towards making that impact positive.
