According to Buddha the root of all suffering is attachment. Many people have the mistaken impression that attachment is limited to being attached to our material things, but it is more wide ranging. What is suffering? Suffering is that mental anguish which accompanies the drama of life. Drama is the after effect of trying to […]
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One of the basic things I was taught as a little child was Civility towards others. That is not to say I have always been able to control my mouth. Once in a while I have been known to express my disappointment in another person by letting loose a less than civil tirade. HOWEVER, I
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We all face disappointment sooner or later. The job we wanted goes to someone else, our children don’t behave as we would like them to, the relationship we thought would be “the one” vanishes in a cloud of acrimony. We get used to these disappointments most of the time and move on, but sometimes disappointment
Have you run a system scan on your thinking looking for software of doubt? For most of us it is there, just like a brain virus. Brain virus does not have to mean something like meningitis. Brain virus can also mean catching the disease of “I can’t.” Just like your computer Just as your computer
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Just who are you trying to please? In other words, who is your boss? Are you working to please someone else, or does your motivation come from trying to please yourself? If we find ourselves trying to please others we will often be disappointed. This is where the phrase “what have you done for
You have heard that phrase before, “that’s just the way the world works.” Maybe there is truth in that statement, but why do we only use those words when something is not working out the way we want it to? When things are going great why don’t we find ourselves saying “well, that’s just the
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