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Archive for October, 2010
What does ‘Creating Life’ Mean For Me?—Friday, October 29th, 2010
“Creating Life” for me is about exploring the truth and seeing beauty and meaning in things even if they are not superficially “pretty”. It’s an existential process of realising that we have the power to choose what we want in life, and then shedding beliefs that maybe served you once, but won’t serve you any [...]
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I said to My Soul—Friday, October 29th, 2010
“I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you [...]
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Musings on Being Authentic—Friday, October 29th, 2010
Being authentic is a word used so often in the spiritual world, but many of us struggle with the real meaning of it. And it is linked to the issue of “happiness” (that idea that wholeness/authenticity is a much more real/viable goal) than “happiness” as such) which I will explore further through my writings. I could say [...]
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Have You Ever—Friday, October 29th, 2010
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can [...]
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Real Love—Friday, October 29th, 2010
“That’s what real love amounts to- letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending- performing. You get to love your pretence. It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act.” Jim Morrison
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People are afraid.—Friday, October 29th, 2010
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us [...]
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Elizabeth Gilbert on Nurturing Creativity—Friday, October 29th, 2010
A lecture given by Elizabeth Gilbert for TED Ideas Worth Spreading
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I believe in everything—Friday, October 29th, 2010
“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?” — John Lennon
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Do You Think Love Can Last?—Friday, October 22nd, 2010
“I think love lasts. I think it’s the nature of love to last. I think it’s eternal, but I think we don’t know what to do with it much of the time. Because of its eternal and powerful and mysterious qualities, our panicked responses to it are inappropriate and often tragic. But the thing itself, [...]
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Clear Your Clutter—Sunday, October 17th, 2010
I want talk about clearing clutter, because it is a huge step you can take towards transforming your life. We can view our home environment as a reflection of who we are, our external world mirrors our internal world, and when we start to clear our external world of things that no longer serve us, [...]
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