Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Good Karma "What the Dalai Lama has to say for 2006"
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements
involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
· Respect for self,
· Respect for others and
· Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate
steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and
think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for
your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the
current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your
love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order
to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements
involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
· Respect for self,
· Respect for others and
· Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate
steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and
think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for
your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the
current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your
love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order
to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
"Looking Within" from the book Profit From Experience
According to Hindu Legend, there was a time on Earth when people possessed the wisdom of the gods. But the veil of physical life kept human beings from fully appreciating this gift. Brahma concluded that it was wrong to leave such precious treasure lying at the feet of sleepwalkers. So he decided to hide it where only the most persistent would ever discover it.
"Let's bury it deep in the earth, "one god suggested.
"No," replied Brahma. "People will dig down in the earth and find it."
"Then let's put in the deepest ocean," said another.
Brahma rejected that idea, too. "People will learn to dive and will find it someday," he said.
A third god asked, "Why don't we hide it on the highest mountain?"
Brahma answered, " No, people can climb the highest mountain. I have a better place. Let's hide it deep inside the people themselves; they'll never think to look there.
"Let's bury it deep in the earth, "one god suggested.
"No," replied Brahma. "People will dig down in the earth and find it."
"Then let's put in the deepest ocean," said another.
Brahma rejected that idea, too. "People will learn to dive and will find it someday," he said.
A third god asked, "Why don't we hide it on the highest mountain?"
Brahma answered, " No, people can climb the highest mountain. I have a better place. Let's hide it deep inside the people themselves; they'll never think to look there.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
A Little Humor
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself ~~"Lillian, you should have remained a virgin." -- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement. -- Mark Twain
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible. -- George Burns
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. -- Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. -- Socrates
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. -- Groucho Marx
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. -- Jimmy Durante
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. -- Alex Levine
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. -- Rodney Dangerfield
Money can't buy you happiness .. but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. -- Spike Milligan
I am opposed to millionaires... but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. -- Mark Twain
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP. -- Joe Namath
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. -- Bob Hope
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. -- W.C. Fields
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. -- Will Rogers
Don't worry about avoiding temptation . as you grow older, it will avoid you. -- Winston Churchill
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty ... but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. -- Phyllis Diller
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. -- Billy Crystal
The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement. -- Mark Twain
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible. -- George Burns
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. -- Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. -- Socrates
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. -- Groucho Marx
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. -- Jimmy Durante
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. -- Alex Levine
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. -- Rodney Dangerfield
Money can't buy you happiness .. but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. -- Spike Milligan
I am opposed to millionaires... but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. -- Mark Twain
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP. -- Joe Namath
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. -- Bob Hope
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. -- W.C. Fields
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. -- Will Rogers
Don't worry about avoiding temptation . as you grow older, it will avoid you. -- Winston Churchill
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty ... but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. -- Phyllis Diller
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. -- Billy Crystal
The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
Farewell Ceremony before Deploying to Afghanistan
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
June 2005
53rd INF BDE deploys in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Mission is to train and support the Afghan National Army. (ANA IV)
SPC Sanderson gets promoted to SGT
SPC Sanderson my best analyst had his well deserved promotion into the NCO Corps. I was honored to pin the stripes on him.NCO Creed
No one is more professional than I. I am a Noncommissioned Officer, a leader of soldiers. As a Noncommissioned Officer, I realize that I am a member of a time honored corps, which is known as "The Backbone of the Army". I am proud of the Corps of Noncommissioned Officers and will at all times conduct myself so as to bring credit upon the Corps, the Military Service and my country regardless of the situation in which I find myself. I will not use my grade or position to attain pleasure, profit, or personal safety.
Competence is my watchword. My two basic responsibilities will always be uppermost in my mind -- accomplishment of my mission and the welfare of my soldiers. I will strive to remain tactically and technically proficient. I am aware of my role as a Noncommissioned Officer. I will fulfill my responsibilities inherent in that role. All soldiers are entitled to outstanding leadership; I will provide that leadership. I know my soldiers and I will always place their needs above my own. I will communicate consistently with my soldiers and never leave them uninformed. I will be fair and impartial when recommending both rewards and punishment.
Officers of my unit will have maximum time to accomplish their duties; they will not have to accomplish mine. I will earn their respect and confidence as well as that of my soldiers. I will be loyal to those with whom I serve; seniors, peers, and subordinates alike. I will exercise initiative by taking appropriate action in the absence of orders. I will not compromise my integrity, nor my moral courage. I will not forget, nor will I allow my comrades to forget that we are professionals, Noncommissioned Officers, leaders!
Awesome Thank You Letter while serving in Afghanistan
The US Military makes my family and me very proud. We are thankful for the job you do and we are aware everyday how dangerous it is. You are stopping the threat to our country before it gets here. You are protecting my right to vote, to drive a car, have a gun, read whatever I want, go wherever I please, talk/write to whomever I want to, dress in any way I care to. All the men and women of the military protect and defend me and my family everyday. You serve so my family and I can be free. Thank you for this precious gift of heart, soul and mind.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Oath of Enlistment and Oath for Commissioned Officers in the US Army
The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers are as follows:
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)
LDRSHIP/ The Seven Army Values
Loyalty: Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. constitution, the Army, and other soldiers. Be loyal to the nation and its heritage.
Duty: Fulfill your obligations. Accept responsibility for your own actions and those entrusted to your care. Find opportunities to improve oneself for the good of the group.
Respect: Rely upon the golden rule. How we consider others reflects upon each of us, both personally and as a professional organization.
Selfless Service: Put the welfare of the nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own. Selfless service leads to organizational teamwork and encompasses discipline, self-control and faith in the system.
Honor: Live up to all the Army values
Integrity: Do what is right, legally and morally. Be willing to do what is right even when no one is looking. It is our "moral compass" an inner voice.
Personal Courage: Our ability to face fear, danger, or adversity, both physical and moral courage.
Duty: Fulfill your obligations. Accept responsibility for your own actions and those entrusted to your care. Find opportunities to improve oneself for the good of the group.
Respect: Rely upon the golden rule. How we consider others reflects upon each of us, both personally and as a professional organization.
Selfless Service: Put the welfare of the nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own. Selfless service leads to organizational teamwork and encompasses discipline, self-control and faith in the system.
Honor: Live up to all the Army values
Integrity: Do what is right, legally and morally. Be willing to do what is right even when no one is looking. It is our "moral compass" an inner voice.
Personal Courage: Our ability to face fear, danger, or adversity, both physical and moral courage.
Soldier's Creed/ Warrior Ethos
I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.
Military Intelligence Creed
I am a soldier first,but an Intelligence Professional second to none.
With pride in my heritage, but focused on the future.
Performing the first task of an Army;
To find, know and never lose the enemy.
With a sense of urgency and of tenacity,
Professional and physical fitness.
And above all: Integrity--for in truth Lies victory.
Always at silent war while ready for a shooting war;
The silent warrior of the Army team.
With pride in my heritage, but focused on the future.
Performing the first task of an Army;
To find, know and never lose the enemy.
With a sense of urgency and of tenacity,
Professional and physical fitness.
And above all: Integrity--for in truth Lies victory.
Always at silent war while ready for a shooting war;
The silent warrior of the Army team.
Movie Quotes
Tony Montana: "What are you lookin' at? You're all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers, and say "that's the bad guy." So, what'll that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth... even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you." SCARFACE
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone. You'll see when you move out, it just sort of happens one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." Garden State
Walter Abrams "You're a lemon. Like a bad car. There is something... there is something inherently defective in you, and you, and you, and me, and all of us. We're all lemons. We look like everyone else, but what makes us different is our defect. See, most gamblers, when they go to gamble, they go to win. When we go to gamble, we go to lose. Subconsciously. Me, I never feel better than when they're raking the chips away; not bringing them in. And everyone here knows what I'm talking about. Hell, even when we win it's just a matter of time before we give it all back. But when we lose, that's another story. When we lose, and I'm talking about the kind of loss that makes your asshole pucker to the size of a decimal point - you know what I mean - You've just recreated the worst possible nightmare this side of malignant cancer, for the twentieth goddamn time; and you're standing there and you suddenly realise, Hey, I'm still... here. I'm still breathing. I'm still alive. Us lemons, we fuck shit up all the time on purpose. Because we constantly need to remind ourselves we're alive. Gambling's not your problem. It's this fucked up need to feel something. To convince yourself you exist. That's the problem."--Two For The Money
Tyler Durden "Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off." Fight Club
Tyler Durden "You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." Fight Club
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone. You'll see when you move out, it just sort of happens one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." Garden State
Walter Abrams "You're a lemon. Like a bad car. There is something... there is something inherently defective in you, and you, and you, and me, and all of us. We're all lemons. We look like everyone else, but what makes us different is our defect. See, most gamblers, when they go to gamble, they go to win. When we go to gamble, we go to lose. Subconsciously. Me, I never feel better than when they're raking the chips away; not bringing them in. And everyone here knows what I'm talking about. Hell, even when we win it's just a matter of time before we give it all back. But when we lose, that's another story. When we lose, and I'm talking about the kind of loss that makes your asshole pucker to the size of a decimal point - you know what I mean - You've just recreated the worst possible nightmare this side of malignant cancer, for the twentieth goddamn time; and you're standing there and you suddenly realise, Hey, I'm still... here. I'm still breathing. I'm still alive. Us lemons, we fuck shit up all the time on purpose. Because we constantly need to remind ourselves we're alive. Gambling's not your problem. It's this fucked up need to feel something. To convince yourself you exist. That's the problem."--Two For The Money
Tyler Durden "Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off." Fight Club
Tyler Durden "You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." Fight Club
Excerpt from Man's Search For Meaning
The Meaning of Love
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By this love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By this love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Excerpts from " Way of The Peaceful Warrior"
The world was peopled with minds, whirling faster than any wind, in search of distraction and escape from the predicament of change, the dilemma of life and death--- seeking purpose, security, enjoyment, trying to make sense of the mystery. Everyone everywhere lived in a confused, bitter search. Reality never matched their dreams; happiness was just around the corner--- a corner they never turned. And the source of it all was the human mind.
"If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality."
"If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality."
Quotes from " The Power of Now" A guide to spiritual enlightenment
The good news is that you can free yourself from your mind. This is the only true liberation. You can take the first step right now. Start listening to the voice in your head as often as you can. Pay particular attention to any repetitive thought patterns, those old gramophone records that have been playing in your head perhaps for many years. This is what I mean by "watching the thinker," which is another way of saying: listen to the voice in your head, be there as a witnessing presence.
When you listen to that voice, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. Do not judge or condemn what you hear, for doing so would mean that the same voice has come in again through the back door. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind.
So the single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to dis identify from your mind. Every time you create a gap in the stream of the mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger.
To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.
Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant.
Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind--or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body.
The Buddha says that pain or suffering arises through desire or craving and that to be free of pain we need to cut the bonds of desire.
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of BEING.
As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease; you cannot be at peace or fulfilled except for brief intervals when you obtained what you wanted, when a craving has just been fulfilled. Since the ego is a derived sense of self, it needs to identify with external things. It needs to be both defended and fed constantly. The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often also political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
You will know the truth of it for yourself. You will know it at the latest when you feel death approaching. Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die"--and find that there is no death.
The mind in itself in not dysfunctional. It is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are. It then becomes the egoic mind and takes over your whole life.
So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action--just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.
When you listen to that voice, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. Do not judge or condemn what you hear, for doing so would mean that the same voice has come in again through the back door. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind.
So the single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to dis identify from your mind. Every time you create a gap in the stream of the mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger.
To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.
Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant.
Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind--or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body.
The Buddha says that pain or suffering arises through desire or craving and that to be free of pain we need to cut the bonds of desire.
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of BEING.
As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease; you cannot be at peace or fulfilled except for brief intervals when you obtained what you wanted, when a craving has just been fulfilled. Since the ego is a derived sense of self, it needs to identify with external things. It needs to be both defended and fed constantly. The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often also political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
You will know the truth of it for yourself. You will know it at the latest when you feel death approaching. Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die"--and find that there is no death.
The mind in itself in not dysfunctional. It is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are. It then becomes the egoic mind and takes over your whole life.
So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action--just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.
Sylvester Stallones 10 Tips for Life
10. Believe it! Truly, it can be done and it will.
9. Every day--every few hours--see your vision materializing.
8. Don't discuss your dreams. Pursue them!
7. If other people can steal your idea, most likely they will.
6. Don't be afraid of embarrassment while pursuing your goal. It's all part of being committed.
5. Being naive in business and in understanding human nature is a recipe for disaster.
4. Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
3. Enthusiasm is like a wonderful disease--keep spreading it until everyone is infected.
2. Only choose a goal that--if you had to--you'd gladly pursue for free. In order to achieve success, you've got to follow your passion.
1. Most important: If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.
9. Every day--every few hours--see your vision materializing.
8. Don't discuss your dreams. Pursue them!
7. If other people can steal your idea, most likely they will.
6. Don't be afraid of embarrassment while pursuing your goal. It's all part of being committed.
5. Being naive in business and in understanding human nature is a recipe for disaster.
4. Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
3. Enthusiasm is like a wonderful disease--keep spreading it until everyone is infected.
2. Only choose a goal that--if you had to--you'd gladly pursue for free. In order to achieve success, you've got to follow your passion.
1. Most important: If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.
The Present
Three Ways to Use Your Present Moment Today!
Be In The Present
When You Want To Be Happier And More Successful
Focus On What Is Right Now.
Respond To What Is Important Now.
Learn From The Past
When You Want To Make The Present Better Than The Past
Look At What Happened In The Past.
Learn Something Valuable From It.
Do Things Differently In The Present.
Plan For The Future
When You Want To Make The Future Better Than The Present
See What A Wonderful Future Would Look Like
Make Plans to Help It Happen
Put Your Plan Into Action In The Present.
Be In The Present
When You Want To Be Happier And More Successful
Focus On What Is Right Now.
Respond To What Is Important Now.
Learn From The Past
When You Want To Make The Present Better Than The Past
Look At What Happened In The Past.
Learn Something Valuable From It.
Do Things Differently In The Present.
Plan For The Future
When You Want To Make The Future Better Than The Present
See What A Wonderful Future Would Look Like
Make Plans to Help It Happen
Put Your Plan Into Action In The Present.
How To Stop Worrying and Start Living Quotes
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Good thinking deals with causes and effects and leads to logical, constructive planning; bad thinking frequently leads to tension and nervous breakdowns.
Live in day-tight compartments.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
Everyday is a new life to a wise man.
This is the day that the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, “When I grow up.” And then, grown up, he says, “When I get married.” But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to “ When I am able to retire.” And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it; somehow he has missed it all, and it is gone. Life, we learn, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour.
Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of existence:
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.
Rule #1
Shut the iron doors on the past and the future. Live in Day-tight compartments.
Anti-worry technique
Step1: Ask yourself, “ What is the worst that can possibly happen?
Step 2: Prepare to accept it if you have to.
Step 3: Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.
The most relaxing recreation forces are a healthy religion, sleep, music, and laughter.
Have faith in God—Learn to sleep well—Love good Music—see the funny side of life—And health and happiness will be yours.
Confusion is the chief cause of worry. If a man will devote his time to securing the facts in an impartial, objective way, his worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge.
90% of worries will banish by taking these four steps:
1) Writing down precisely what I am worried about.
2) Writing down what I can do about it.
3) Deciding what to do.
4) Starting immediately to carry out that decision.
I find that thinking about our problems beyond a certain point is bound to create confusion and worry. There comes a time when any more investigation and thinking are harmful. There comes a time when we must decide and act and never look back.
Those who do not know how to fight worry, die young.
To solve 50% of business problems, apply this questions:
1) What is the problem?
2) What is the cause of the problem?
3) What are the possible solutions to the problem?
4) What solution do you suggest?
It is utterly impossible for any human mind, no matter how brilliant, to think of more than one thing at any give time.
The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Good thinking deals with causes and effects and leads to logical, constructive planning; bad thinking frequently leads to tension and nervous breakdowns.
Live in day-tight compartments.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
Everyday is a new life to a wise man.
This is the day that the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, “When I grow up.” And then, grown up, he says, “When I get married.” But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to “ When I am able to retire.” And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it; somehow he has missed it all, and it is gone. Life, we learn, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour.
Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of existence:
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.
Rule #1
Shut the iron doors on the past and the future. Live in Day-tight compartments.
Anti-worry technique
Step1: Ask yourself, “ What is the worst that can possibly happen?
Step 2: Prepare to accept it if you have to.
Step 3: Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.
The most relaxing recreation forces are a healthy religion, sleep, music, and laughter.
Have faith in God—Learn to sleep well—Love good Music—see the funny side of life—And health and happiness will be yours.
Confusion is the chief cause of worry. If a man will devote his time to securing the facts in an impartial, objective way, his worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge.
90% of worries will banish by taking these four steps:
1) Writing down precisely what I am worried about.
2) Writing down what I can do about it.
3) Deciding what to do.
4) Starting immediately to carry out that decision.
I find that thinking about our problems beyond a certain point is bound to create confusion and worry. There comes a time when any more investigation and thinking are harmful. There comes a time when we must decide and act and never look back.
Those who do not know how to fight worry, die young.
To solve 50% of business problems, apply this questions:
1) What is the problem?
2) What is the cause of the problem?
3) What are the possible solutions to the problem?
4) What solution do you suggest?
It is utterly impossible for any human mind, no matter how brilliant, to think of more than one thing at any give time.
Slow Down, Don't Dance So Fast
Have you watched kids on a merry go round?
or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's eratic flight?
or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
you better slow down.
dont dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music wont last.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done!
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down.
Dont dance so fast
Time is short.
The music dont last.
Ever told your love
We will do it later?
And in your haste,
Let a relationship die
Cause you never had time to call and say, Hi
You'd better slow down.
Dont dance so fast.
Time is short
the music wont last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
when you worry and hurry through your day.
Its like an unopened gift......Thrown away.
Is life a race to you?
Do take it slower...........
Hear the music..................
Before the song is over....................
or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's eratic flight?
or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
you better slow down.
dont dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music wont last.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done!
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down.
Dont dance so fast
Time is short.
The music dont last.
Ever told your love
We will do it later?
And in your haste,
Let a relationship die
Cause you never had time to call and say, Hi
You'd better slow down.
Dont dance so fast.
Time is short
the music wont last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
when you worry and hurry through your day.
Its like an unopened gift......Thrown away.
Is life a race to you?
Do take it slower...........
Hear the music..................
Before the song is over....................
Awesome Teddy Roosevelt Quote
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred with dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly....who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat.
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