my heroes are not gurus, swamis or saints. i trust that type about as much as i a do a telemarketer. these days, my heroes are mostly comedians, and they all possess a few qualities that i admire: the ability to see what is around them… …to process that information intelligently, according to their own perspectives …to be…
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appreciation: 1. ≈ the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something ≈ gratitude for something ≈ sensitive understanding of the aesthetic value of something use appreciation as a way to gather and concentrate attention. focus the attention on the body and the current situation you find it in. express appreciation for…
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complaint occludes appreciation and observation. complaints are excuses for inaction. take action to change circumstances you don’t like, yes, but do not complain about them. circumstances provide inspiration for action. observe the movement of complaint. it narrows awareness into delusional focus on some imagined slight, pain, blame, discomfort. awareness dissolves complaint. halting complaint does not…
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“people say things like, ‘think outside the box’ and ‘do your own thing.’ ‘be you,’ is what they say, ‘do you.’ but they don’t really mean that. what they really mean is, ‘do what we want you to do, and then do you if it doesn’t affect us.’” -katt williams, pimpadelic there is one trait…
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undoing: removing the layers of tension, fear, and worry layered on top of the organic, primal self in the form of muscle armoring or chronic tension. inertia: objects at rest tend to stay at rest. objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless changed by an external or internal force. undoing inertia the title…
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this excerpt comes from stanley keleman via richard grossinger’s online article, a primary reading list “we have given too much weight to how we feel about our actions or intended actions as a measure of self-value. this makes us disloyal to our own process…. “most of us live our life according to our image of…
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