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The Four Noble Truths

Life means suffering.
The origin of suffering is attachment.
The cessation of suffering is attainable.
The path to the cessation of suffering

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Today's thoughts

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation” ~Oscar Wilde~

“One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead.” ~Oscar Wilde~

“Uh! Open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied (with the life you’re living)? Uh!” ~Bob Marley~

A book I started reading the beginnings of January, 2004 contained two basic precepts by which to live your life. 1) Help others 2) Do no harm to others this second necessary only if you couldn’t complete the first. What a great way to live life. This is what I ought to do!!!

“Need to listen to the music in my life. Go with the flow, feel the rhythm, move to the beat.” ~Me~

Forms of prayer are defined as follows:

1. Blessing


2. Petition


3. Intercession


4. Thanksgiving


5. Praise

Part four: Christian Prayer Article 3 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

What prayer is is defined as follows:

1. God’s gift


2. Covenant


3. Communion

Part four: Cristian Prayer Section 1 Prayer in the Christian life

These are my musts:

1. Reorient my thoughts and feelings


2. Be kind and compassionate


3. Not hate


4. Be slow to anger


5. Be patient


6. More understanding

“Our mundane concerns. Like and dislike, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disgrace: these are the eight mundane concerns which condition our existence.” His Holiness The Dalai Lama

I watched two movies tonight, Platoon and Philadelphia, both Great flicks. I’d like to share the one moment that really struck home. After Tom Hank’s has his party in celebration of him, he and Denzel are sitting down attempting to discuss Tom’s testimony. Well Tom isn’t into it; instead, he is riveted by a particular operetta playing in the background. This is my favorite part of the movie. The color, the slanting of the camera angles, the wide eyed expression of Denzel and the closed eyed contemplation of Tom as he describes the operetta piece. It would seem that he has a clear and present understanding of how life presents itself in all of its subtle and magnificent, mundane and tragic, happenstances of existence while traversing birth, life, and death. Everyone facing uncertainty and indecision should watch this well acted performance to gain perhaps a little deeper insight into their own presence.

Best 60 Minutes, ok Andy Rooney, EVER

Read this! story by Andy Rooney. It is the best EVER!!!

two poems from my past

1. On Meditation
   
   Calmed relaxed
   Unquestioning acceptance
   
   Allow time to slow
   Even stop
   
   Spiritual fulfillment
   Unyielding richness
   
   All is apparent
2. Through the body
   One can obtain strength and flexibility
   Through the mind
   One can obtain knowledge and wisdom
   Through both
   One can obtain spirituality

A poem I wrote a while ago

The beauty of a rose
Is not held by the bridle
Of life
But is cherished by all
Through the sacrifice of fate

Giving itself over
To our passions and desires
We see in its end
A deserving Grace

And rejoice in its tears
Of fallen petals

Transition Words of Insecurity

This is most evident in public speaking. People exhibit the tendency of presenting informal parts of speech within formal settings. Here are some examples; The UM! The Yadda! The Blah! The Like! The Ah! And the Okay! There are even nonverbals such as a blank stare (vacant look) or pregnant pause that regularly filter into formal dialogue.

Why? These instances may start out as a means to reducing anxiety while expressing uncertainty, being placed into a strange environment, plopped down in front of a group of strangers, being unprepared when preparation is expected, being given authority when the position is unnatural or underdeveloped, a new job, topic, or something spontaneous arises. Over time, however, these transitions seem to become a part of the individuals speech pattern whereby anxiety and uncertainty are replaced by relaxation, comfort, and confidence all in the guise of poor English. I’ve heard some fairly knowledgeable individuals speak on subjects tarnishing their lectures with the frequent UM! thus completely undermining the value of the presentation.

It was funny on Seinfield but in reality it is most annoying!!!

Quote of the Moment: A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. ~Good Ol' Jerry~

When others were pointing their fingers at me

To sit in the sit of Judgment is to pull your own switch.

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye"
(Matthew 7:1-5)

Live your own life, for you will die your own death.
(Latin proverb)

Live without pretending,
Love without depending,
Listen without defending,
Speak without offending,
Give without ending,
Build without rending.
~Nina Roberta Baker~

Read THE SUN magazine

I love The Sun. Great writing, thought provoking, entertaining, and a real pleasure. Specific aspects of the journal that I particularly enjoy are: the photos, always B&W requiring viewer creative involvement; the sun interview which I don't always agree with or enjoy but presents an atypical journalistic approach to what's going on in the world; the poetry of course; the editor's Notebook, and the quotations page. It is this last delight that I include this post in the blog universe. I wanted to offered up a few of the quotes from the most recent issue of The Sun that seemingly spoke directly to me. I hope that they are of equal to greater value to anyone reading this. Enjoy and thank you Sun contributors for adding a little more meaning to my life.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
H.D. Thoreau

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with hat you have left.
Hubert Humphrey

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you have a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
Robert Fulghum

If you do not know of The Sun, go out and look for it. Please support it by buying an issue or subscribing. I must take a moment here to thank my step-mother for thinking I'd appreciate the journal, because I will never be the same.

Of note completely unrelated to this entry: isn't it odd that the spell check within this blogger suggests that "blog" isn't a correctly spelt word? Interesting :-)