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On Jun 12, 2006Nipun wrote :
had mixed reactions to this thought, especially the
speaking in polarities.
Was reading this book called "blink" about the power of
thinking without thinking.
"Sometimes your joy is the reason for your smile.
Sometimes your smile is the reason for your joy " Thich Naht
Hanh
"Be careful when you are fighting a monster, else you
might become the monster" (paraphrase) Freidrich Nietzche
"You must be like water, taking the shape of the
container you are in" Bruce Lee
Where is the line between playing the game and being an
observer?
"Be selfish, be generous" The Dalai Lama
Everybody thinks there should not be wars, but what are
you going to do about it?
A key of martial arts is training yourself not to think
about what the right thing to do is, but just doing the
right thing.
While working in the community, a few weeks ago someone
twice my size decided to rush me with malicious intent.
There was no thought in my mind, but my actions naturally
tended to use his weight against him, but without hurting him,
even with years of martial arts training I've had. After a
few minutes he looked at my eyes and said "we will never do
this again" and hugged me. We are now close friends.
Interestingly, mindfulness is what leads to no-mind
A friend of mine was killed in Iraq last saturday. She
went there to serve and work with civilians who were hurt
by the war. She lived the principles of this quote. Her
last words were "I'm Alive" please check out her
organization, http://www.civicworldwide.org
What is the difference between being present in
something and being lost in it? When lost in it, you are fully
involved, but not aware that you are. When you are present
with it, you are still fully involved, but are aware that you
are in it, yet still see it from a more expanded
perspective.
Often as we get older our natural ability to be in touch
with a deeper self that came so easy as a child gets
assailed and covered by doubts. Mindfulness can be used as a
tool to clear these doubts and allow what we already know to
come to the surface.
Ocham's razor is a principle stating that the simplest
explanation is often the correct one.
The founder of Aikido said when someone came to attack
him, they immediately fractured their relation to the
universe and his task was to take their weakness and return it
into harmony.
Sveta & Fred are engaged!
"You must achieve formlessness, so you may assume all
forms" Bruce Lee
On Jun 12, 2006 Nipun wrote :