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Meditations sources.
- CALM Meditative site. Great variety of options. Limited free version, but offers shorter meditations to sandwich into a busy schedule as well as longer options for those able to partake.
- DAVIDJI Meditative guru. Always a winner. Free opportunities as well as subscriptions, workshops and seminars. A complete site for spiritual awakening.
- MUSE High Tech Meditation – Wearing purchased headgear provides biofeedback on brain activity. Objective is to decrease activity while meditating.
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Is it True? Is it Kind? Is it Necessary?Mark Twain
The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.Thich Nhat Hanh
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet, if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them,they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.Abraham Maslow
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.Lao Tzu
To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
Tag Archives: Writing
Just Curious
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Sometimes I Feel Like Deck Furniture In An Alaskan Winter
There is a certain amount of irony in my writing these words; my premise is simply that there are too many words being bandied about these days. We are being buried beneath a blizzard. Quite literally we are being … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, blog, opinion, snow, truth, tweet, Writing
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Life Goes On . . .
November has come and gone and with it, this year’s Nanowrimo. For the past month it’s been a mindful daily activity to sit down and put words on paper. For me this year, it was a successful activity in the … Continue reading
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Nano – Practice in Humility
Participating in Nanowrimo is a month long practice in humility. In order to write 50,000 words in the month, it is necessary to average 1,667 words per day. I’ve been doing fairly well, and each night I go to bed … Continue reading
Change Direction – Stay Fresh – Keep Going
I’m taking a break from Nano this morning, changing my routine. I’ve written over 17,000 words during the first ten days of Nano, but my story has reached one of those points where I’m just not happy with the direction … Continue reading
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Tagged joy, Nanowrimo, perseverance, Writing
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Limitations of Language
It seems odd that today, just before Nano begins, I’m posting thoughts about the limitations of language. And yet here it is. Feels a bit like I’m shooting myself in the foot. But I prefer to think of it as … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, expression, irony, language, Nano, self, Writing
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Nano Anticipation
Two days to Nano and I anticipate . . . I don’t know. I honestly don’t. It’s hard for me to put into words what I anticipate. It involves expectations and when I sit down to write, I never know … Continue reading
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Nano – short for non-judgement
When you judge another, you don’t define them, you define yourself. Wayne Dyer It’s such a human thing we do – judgement. I mean, we do it in the grocery when we buy one brand over another. “This is better.” … Continue reading
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Tagged goals, judgement, Nanowrimo, non-judgement, Words, Writing
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NANO – Again
Image curtesy of nanowrimo.org Yep! Doin’ it again this year. Crazy thing, but each year at this time, something comes over me and I push myself to write each and every day – at least 1670 words. Not a bad … Continue reading
Random thought about writing
It seems impossible that I could sit here and stare at a blank page and not know how to begin. It was estimated on January 1, 2014, there were 1,025,109.8 words in the English language. (There really is an organization … Continue reading
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