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There are few things humans are more dedicated than unhappiness. Had we been placed on earth by a malign creator for the exclusive purpose of suffering, we would have good reason to congratulate ourselves on our enthusiastic response to the task. Reasons to be inconsolable abound: the frailty of our bodies, the fickleness of love, the insincerities of social life, the compromises of friendship, the deadening effects of habit. In the face of such persistent ills, we might naturally expect that no event would be awaited with greater anticipation than the moment of our extinction.

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Increasing Awareness

I walk with ever increasing awareness. I eat with ever increasing awareness. I love with ever increasing awareness. Whatever I am doing I am doing with ever increasing awareness to be fully present in this moment.

in Fragrant Heart

My own Destiny

My world it moves so fast today
The past it seems so far away
And I squeeze it so tight, I can't breathe
And every time I try to be
What someone has thought of me
So caught up, I wasn't able to acheive
But deep in my heart the answer it was in me
And I made up my mind to find my own destiny
I look at my environment
And wonder where the fire went
What happened to everything we used to be
I hear so many cry for help
Searching outside of themselves
Now I know His strength is within me
And deep in my heart the answer it was in me
And I made up my mind to find my own destiny
And deep in my heart the answer it was in me
And I made up my mind to find my own destiny

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

Inner Freedom

You enjoy real freedom when you are able to accept or reject thoughts in accordance with your will, and being able to impose silence on your mind, when there is nothing to think about.

in "Inner freedom is Real freedom"

Open your eyes to what’s right in front of you, and allow yourself to fully experience it

From tinybuddha's latest post :

6. Forgive. Most of the time, when we’re clinging to the past, we’re holding onto anger or bitterness. You see how much better things could be if only he did this, or she didn’t do that. But he didn’t. Or she did. We’re all human. We all make mistakes. Sometimes without remorse. Holding onto anger doesn’t punish the person who hurt you. It just prolongs your pain. Let go of that pain.

in 2 Ways You Think Yourself Unhappy (and 10 Things to Do About It) by tinybuddha

Moi seul et non les autres?

Puisque nous avons tous un égal besoin d'être heureux, par quel privilège serais-je l'object unique de mes efforts vers le bonheur? Et puisque nous redoutons tous le danger et la souffrance, par quel privilège aurais-je droit à être protégé, moi seul et non les autres?

Shantideva

Simplicity

Our task is to strike a balance,
to find a middle way,
to learn not to overstretch ourselves
with extraneous activities and preoccupations,
but to simplify our lives more and more.
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Endless River

The more you know yourself,
the more clarity there is.
Self-knowledge has no end,
you don't come to an achievement,
you don't come to a conclusion.
It is an endless river.

J. Krishnamurti

The Three R's

Follow the three R's:
Respect for yourself
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

Nepalese mantra

How to Live a Better Life with Less

Have less. If you learn that enjoyment of life isn’t having stuff, you’ll be able to let go of it … and declutter. Having a life with a minimal amount of clutter is so enjoyable, so peaceful, it’s hard to describe. It leaves you feeling free, without the stress that comes with an overwhelming amount of stuff, and leaves room in your life for relaxation. Less of a focus on buying stuff means you also have more money, or less debt, or you need to work less in order to live the life you want. Any of those options are good.

in How to Live a Better Life with Less

Thought Provoking

Today, I was working in a coffee shop when 2 gay men walked in holding hands.  As you might expect, heads started turning.  Then a young girl at the table next to me asked her mom why 2 men were holding hands.  Her mom replied, “Because they love each other.”

Letting things take their course

Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action by letting things take their course.

Lao Tzu

Your nature is the buddha

To find a buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
Your nature is the buddha.
And the buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
If you don't see your nature and run around all day looking somewhere else, you'll never find a buddha. 

Bodhidharma

Moment of Clarity

I am at ease and clear with myself.
It does not matter where or with whom I am.
My clarity and ease of being are always present in me.
My happiness does not depend on anything outside.

Narupa

Programming

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Rich Cook

Judge

Nobody has the right to judge anybody, negatively or positively. These
are the ways of dominating people. When you judge someone you are
trying to interfere in his life, which is not your business.

A real, authentic man simply allows people to be themselves.

Dharma

Solitude & Meditation

Meditation
Originally uploaded by AJ Heath

Ordinary men hate solitude.
But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

Lao Tzu

Responsibility

You are responsible for your destiny. You need to know that you are carrying cause and effect on your shoulders all the time. No matter how powerful a king may be, he is under this law. Each word you speak and each word you think will fall back to you.

Uezusan

The Perfect Curve

The Perfect Curve
Originally uploaded by lepiaf.geo

Nature is perfect, whole and complete. I am part of nature and I too am perfect, whole and complete when I let go my judgments and doubts.

in Fragrant Heart

Paradise

Swimming pool-kovalam beach-blue beauty
Originally uploaded by Arun Kumar Sinha

Now the only time
This moment the only reality
This body the only buddha
This place the only paradise

Dharma