Thursday, December 24, 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Robin Sharma Quotes.
The symptoms of Greatness.
1. An acute and irreversible lust for learning.
2. Ridiculously beautiful goals + dreams.
3. A fire in the belly to become relentless amid naysayers.
4. The ability to spot the finest in people and to fan their flames of excellence.
5. An uncommon adherence to politeness, punctuality and graciousness.
6. A heroic devotion to standing in full expression of creativity + originality.
7. No need to be like everyone else.
8. A breathtaking desire to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of their craft.
9. A capability to leverage pain into strength and heartbreak into joy.
10. Massive amounts of energy born of heightened inspiration.
11. A refusal to cling to the status quo.
12. A visceral desire to become a light to many.
13. A devotion to being a game-changer, world-builder + a citizen of mastery. -
Monday, December 14, 2015
Krishnamurti Biography
Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May 1895 in Madanapalle, a small town in south India. He and his brother were adopted in their youth by Dr Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society. Dr Besant and others proclaimed that Krishnamurti was to be a world teacher whose coming the Theosophists had predicted. To prepare the world for this coming, a world-wide organization called the Order of the Star in the East was formed and the young Krishnamurti was made its head.
In 1929, however, Krishnamurti renounced the role that he was expected to play, dissolved the Order with its huge following, and returned all the money and property that had been donated for this work.
From then, for nearly sixty years until his death on 17 February 1986, he travelled throughout the world talking to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind.
Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time. He did not expound any philosophy or religion, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its violence and corruption, of the individual's search for security and happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing to our daily life a deeply meditative and spiritual quality.
Krishnamurti belonged to no religious organization, sect or country, nor did he subscribe to any school of political or ideological thought. On the contrary, he maintained that these are the very factors that divide human beings and bring about conflict and war. He reminded his listeners again and again that we are all human beings first and not Hindus, Muslims or Christians, that we are like the rest of humanity and are not different from one another. He asked that we tread lightly on this earth without destroying ourselves or the environment. He communicated to his listeners a deep sense of respect for nature. His teachings transcend man-made belief systems, nationalistic sentiment and sectarianism. At the same time, they give new meaning and direction to mankind's search for truth. His teaching, besides being relevant to the modern age, is timeless and universal.
Krishnamurti spoke not as a guru but as a friend, and his talks and discussions are based not on tradition-based knowledge but on his own insights into the human mind and his vision of the sacred, so he always communicates a sense of freshness and directness although the essence of his message remained unchanged over the years. When he addressed large audiences, people felt that Krishnamurti was talking to each of them personally, addressing his or her particular problem. In his private interviews, he was a compassionate teacher, listening attentively to the man or woman who came to him in sorrow, and encouraging them to heal themselves through their own understanding. Religious scholars found that his words threw new light on traditional concepts. Krishnamurti took on the challenge of modern scientists and psychologists and went with them step by step, discussed their theories and sometimes enabled them to discern the limitations of those theories. Krishnamurti left a large body of literature in the form of public talks, writings, discussions with teachers and students, with scientists and religious figures, conversations with individuals, television and radio interviews, and letters. Many of these have been published as books, and audio and video recordings.
In 1929, however, Krishnamurti renounced the role that he was expected to play, dissolved the Order with its huge following, and returned all the money and property that had been donated for this work.
From then, for nearly sixty years until his death on 17 February 1986, he travelled throughout the world talking to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in mankind.
Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time. He did not expound any philosophy or religion, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its violence and corruption, of the individual's search for security and happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing to our daily life a deeply meditative and spiritual quality.
Krishnamurti belonged to no religious organization, sect or country, nor did he subscribe to any school of political or ideological thought. On the contrary, he maintained that these are the very factors that divide human beings and bring about conflict and war. He reminded his listeners again and again that we are all human beings first and not Hindus, Muslims or Christians, that we are like the rest of humanity and are not different from one another. He asked that we tread lightly on this earth without destroying ourselves or the environment. He communicated to his listeners a deep sense of respect for nature. His teachings transcend man-made belief systems, nationalistic sentiment and sectarianism. At the same time, they give new meaning and direction to mankind's search for truth. His teaching, besides being relevant to the modern age, is timeless and universal.
Krishnamurti spoke not as a guru but as a friend, and his talks and discussions are based not on tradition-based knowledge but on his own insights into the human mind and his vision of the sacred, so he always communicates a sense of freshness and directness although the essence of his message remained unchanged over the years. When he addressed large audiences, people felt that Krishnamurti was talking to each of them personally, addressing his or her particular problem. In his private interviews, he was a compassionate teacher, listening attentively to the man or woman who came to him in sorrow, and encouraging them to heal themselves through their own understanding. Religious scholars found that his words threw new light on traditional concepts. Krishnamurti took on the challenge of modern scientists and psychologists and went with them step by step, discussed their theories and sometimes enabled them to discern the limitations of those theories. Krishnamurti left a large body of literature in the form of public talks, writings, discussions with teachers and students, with scientists and religious figures, conversations with individuals, television and radio interviews, and letters. Many of these have been published as books, and audio and video recordings.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
KRISHNAMURTI ON DIVISIONS, LABELS, CATEGORIES.
I wonder why we divide life into fragments, the business life, social life, family life, religious life, the life of sport and so on? Why is there this division, not only in ourselves but also socially – we they, you and me, love and hate, dying and living? I think we ought to go into this question rather deeply to find out if there is a way of life in which there is no division at all between living and dying, between the conscious and the unconscious, the business and social life, the family life and the individual life.
These divisions between nationalities, religions, classes, all this separation in oneself in which there is so much contradiction – why do we live that way? It breeds such turmoil, conflict, war; it brings about real insecurity, outwardly as well as inwardly. There is so much division, as God and the devil, the good and the bad, ‘what should be’ and ‘what is.’
Seeing all this – the wars, the absurd divisions which religions have brought about, the separation between the individual and the community, the family opposed to the rest of the world, each human being clinging to some peculiar ideal, dividing himself into ‘me’ and ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’ – seeing all this, both objectively and psychologically, there remains only one question, one fundamental problem and this is whether the human mind, which is so heavily conditioned, can change. Not in some future incarnation, nor at the end of life, but change radically now, so that the mind becomes new, fresh, young, innocent, unburdened, so that we may know what it means to love and to live in peace.
“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
“We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with the rag that is called the flag.”
when we are aware there is no division
Why is there, one must ask, this division—the Russian, the American, the British, the French, the German, and so on—why is there this division between man and man, between race and race, culture against culture, one series of ideologies against another? Why? Where is there this separation? Man has divided the earth as yours and mine—why? Is it that we try to find security, self-protection, in a particular group, or in a particular belief, faith? For religions also have divided man, put man against man—the Hindus, the Muslims, the Christians, the Jews and so on. Nationalism, with its unfortunate patriotism, is really a glorified form, an ennobled form, of tribalism. In a small tribe or in a very large tribe there is a sense of being together, having the same language, the same superstitions, the same kind of political, religious system. And one feels safe, protected, happy, comforted. And for that safety, comfort, we are willing to kill others who have the same kind of desire to be safe, to feel protected, to belong to something. This terrible desire to identify oneself with a group, with a flag, with a religious ritual and so on gives us the feeling that we have roots, that we are not homeless wanderers.
Krishnamurti to Himself, pp 59-60
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Angus and Julia Stone- Draw your Swords
See her come down, through the clouds
I feel like a fool
I aint got nothing left to give
Nothing to lose
So come on Love, draw your swords
Shoot me to the ground
You are mine, I am yours
Lets not fuck around
Cause you are, the only one
Cause you are, the only one
I see them snakes come through the ground
They choke me to the bone
They tie me to their wooden chair
Here are all my songs
So come on Love, draw your swords
Shoot me to the ground
You are mine, I am yours
Lets not fuck around
Cause you are, the only one
Cause you are, the only one
The only
Cause you are, the only one
Cause you are, the only one
The only one
The only one
The only one
The only one
So come on Love, draw your swords
Shoot me to the ground
You are mine, I am yours
Lets not fuck around
The only
I feel like a fool
I aint got nothing left to give
Nothing to lose
So come on Love, draw your swords
Shoot me to the ground
You are mine, I am yours
Lets not fuck around
Cause you are, the only one
Cause you are, the only one
I see them snakes come through the ground
They choke me to the bone
They tie me to their wooden chair
Here are all my songs
So come on Love, draw your swords
Shoot me to the ground
You are mine, I am yours
Lets not fuck around
Cause you are, the only one
Cause you are, the only one
The only
Cause you are, the only one
Cause you are, the only one
The only one
The only one
The only one
The only one
So come on Love, draw your swords
Shoot me to the ground
You are mine, I am yours
Lets not fuck around
The only
Monday, October 26, 2015
Saturday, October 10, 2015
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XIX
-When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator. Gandhi.
-A truly joyful and rewarding life come only through a process they called living in the now.
-Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Life for today. There will never be another one quite like it.
-You can have the life you deserve the very moment you start to understand that the path you are currently walking on is one rich with diamonds and other priceless treasures. Stop spending so much time chasing life's big pleasures while you neglect the little ones. Slow things down. Enjoy the beauty and sacredness of all that is around you. You owe this to yourself.
-Should I stop setting big goals for my future and concentrate on the present?
No. Goals and dreams for the future are essential elements in every truly successful life. Hope for what will appear in your future is what gets you out of bed in the morning and what keeps you inspired through your days. Goals energize your life. The point is never put off happiness for the sake of achievement. Never put off the things that are important for your well-being and satisfaction to a later time. Today is the day to live fully, not when you win the lottery or when you retire. Never put off living!
-Live your children childhood.
-A truly joyful and rewarding life come only through a process they called living in the now.
-Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Life for today. There will never be another one quite like it.
-You can have the life you deserve the very moment you start to understand that the path you are currently walking on is one rich with diamonds and other priceless treasures. Stop spending so much time chasing life's big pleasures while you neglect the little ones. Slow things down. Enjoy the beauty and sacredness of all that is around you. You owe this to yourself.
-Should I stop setting big goals for my future and concentrate on the present?
No. Goals and dreams for the future are essential elements in every truly successful life. Hope for what will appear in your future is what gets you out of bed in the morning and what keeps you inspired through your days. Goals energize your life. The point is never put off happiness for the sake of achievement. Never put off the things that are important for your well-being and satisfaction to a later time. Today is the day to live fully, not when you win the lottery or when you retire. Never put off living!
-Live your children childhood.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XVIII
-The quality of your life will come down to the quality of your contribution.
-When you take care to practice random acts of kindness daily, you own life becomes far richer and more meaningful. To cultivate the sacredness and sanctity of each day, serve others in some way.
-Your life moves to a more magical dimension when you start striving to make the world a better place.
-We should live our lives in such a way that when we die, the world cries while we are rejoicing.
-Compassion and daily acts of kindness make life far richer. Take the time to meditate every morning on the good you will do for others during your day. The sincere words of praise to those who least expect it, the gestures of warmth offered to friends in need, the small tokens of affection to members of your family for no reason at all, all add up to a much more wonderful way to live.
-Friends add humor; fascination and beauty to life. There are few things more rejuvenating than sharing a belly-bursting laugh with an old friend. Friends keep you humble when you get too self-righteous. Friends make you smile when you are taking yourself too seriously. Good friend are there to help you when life throws one of its little curves at you and things look worse than they seem.
-Regret is not an activity for which I have any time. Every dawn is a new day to the one who is enlightened.
-When you take care to practice random acts of kindness daily, you own life becomes far richer and more meaningful. To cultivate the sacredness and sanctity of each day, serve others in some way.
-Your life moves to a more magical dimension when you start striving to make the world a better place.
-We should live our lives in such a way that when we die, the world cries while we are rejoicing.
-Compassion and daily acts of kindness make life far richer. Take the time to meditate every morning on the good you will do for others during your day. The sincere words of praise to those who least expect it, the gestures of warmth offered to friends in need, the small tokens of affection to members of your family for no reason at all, all add up to a much more wonderful way to live.
-Friends add humor; fascination and beauty to life. There are few things more rejuvenating than sharing a belly-bursting laugh with an old friend. Friends keep you humble when you get too self-righteous. Friends make you smile when you are taking yourself too seriously. Good friend are there to help you when life throws one of its little curves at you and things look worse than they seem.
-Regret is not an activity for which I have any time. Every dawn is a new day to the one who is enlightened.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XVII
-The most productive people in this world have cultivated the habit of doing the things that less productive people don't like doing, even though they too might not like doing them.
-Those who are masters of their time live simple lives. Lasting happiness could be reached only by those who were effective and set definite aims for themselves, living a life rich with accomplishment and contribution did not have to come through the sacrifice of peace of mind.
-Too many people are dreaming of some magical rose garden on the horizon rather than enjoying the one growing in our back yards.
-Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.
-The best time to plant a tree is was forty years ago. The second best time is today. Don't waste even on minute of your day. Develop a deathbed mentality.
-Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness. This is your birthright.
-Act as if failure is impossible, and your success will be assured.
-Wipe out every thought of not achieving your objectives, whether they are material or spiritual and set no limits on the workings of your imagination. Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. You will never be the same.
-We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
-I'm no longer in the world. The world is in me.
-No matter how big a house you have or how slick a car you drive, the only thing you can take with you at the end of your life is your conscience. Listen to your conscience. Let it guide you. It knows what is right. It will tell you that your calling in life is ultimately selfless service to others in some form or another.
-Those who are masters of their time live simple lives. Lasting happiness could be reached only by those who were effective and set definite aims for themselves, living a life rich with accomplishment and contribution did not have to come through the sacrifice of peace of mind.
-Too many people are dreaming of some magical rose garden on the horizon rather than enjoying the one growing in our back yards.
-Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.
-The best time to plant a tree is was forty years ago. The second best time is today. Don't waste even on minute of your day. Develop a deathbed mentality.
-Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness. This is your birthright.
-Act as if failure is impossible, and your success will be assured.
-Wipe out every thought of not achieving your objectives, whether they are material or spiritual and set no limits on the workings of your imagination. Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. You will never be the same.
-We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
-I'm no longer in the world. The world is in me.
-No matter how big a house you have or how slick a car you drive, the only thing you can take with you at the end of your life is your conscience. Listen to your conscience. Let it guide you. It knows what is right. It will tell you that your calling in life is ultimately selfless service to others in some form or another.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XVI
-By the time most people figure out what they really want and how to go about attaining it, it's usually too late..
-If youth only knew, if age only could.
-Maybe it is all the pain you suffered in your former life that has allowed you to embrace our wisdom with such an open heart.
-Time is the great leveller. We all have been allotted days with only twenty four hours.
-It is the busiest people who have time to spare.
-Why are you so rigidly bound to convention? Why do you feel that you have to do things the same way as everyone else? Run your own race.
-Have the discipline to focus your time around your priorities. The most meaningful things in your life should never be sacrificed to those that are the least meaningful.
-Time spent enriching your non-work hours is never a waste.
-The way you act at home affects the way you act at work. The way you treat people at the office affects the way you will treat your family and friends.
-Eighty percent of the results you achieve in your life come from only twenty percent of the activities that occupy your time. Out of all of the hundreds of activities you give your time to, only twenty percent of those will yield real, lasting results. Only twenty percent of what you do will have an influence on the quality of your life. These are the high-impact activities.
-Direct all of your time to those activities that count. Enlightened people are priority driven.
-Don't let others steal your time. Be wary of time thieves. You must be ruthless with your time. Learn to say no. having the courage to say no to the little things in life will give you the power to say yes to the big things.
-Ironically, people will respect you more when they see that you are a person who values this time.
-If youth only knew, if age only could.
-Maybe it is all the pain you suffered in your former life that has allowed you to embrace our wisdom with such an open heart.
-Time is the great leveller. We all have been allotted days with only twenty four hours.
-It is the busiest people who have time to spare.
-Why are you so rigidly bound to convention? Why do you feel that you have to do things the same way as everyone else? Run your own race.
-Have the discipline to focus your time around your priorities. The most meaningful things in your life should never be sacrificed to those that are the least meaningful.
-Time spent enriching your non-work hours is never a waste.
-The way you act at home affects the way you act at work. The way you treat people at the office affects the way you will treat your family and friends.
-Eighty percent of the results you achieve in your life come from only twenty percent of the activities that occupy your time. Out of all of the hundreds of activities you give your time to, only twenty percent of those will yield real, lasting results. Only twenty percent of what you do will have an influence on the quality of your life. These are the high-impact activities.
-Direct all of your time to those activities that count. Enlightened people are priority driven.
-Don't let others steal your time. Be wary of time thieves. You must be ruthless with your time. Learn to say no. having the courage to say no to the little things in life will give you the power to say yes to the big things.
-Ironically, people will respect you more when they see that you are a person who values this time.
Friday, October 2, 2015
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XV
-Instead of being a slave of your habits, you challenge them with more powerful thoughts.
-Positive always overcomes negative.
-Thoughts are physical things and fully in your control. When you control your thoughts, you control your mind. When you control your mind, you control your life. And once you reach the stage of being in total control of your life, you become the master of your destiny.
-Complacency kills.
-Words are the verbal embodiment of power. By filling your mind with words of hope, you become hopeful. By filling your mind with words of kindness, you become kind. By filling your mind with thoughts of courage, you become courageous. Words have power.
-I am more than I appear to be, all the world's strength and power rests inside me.
-Creative envisioning: picture yourself acting as Gandhi or Mother Theresa might act in a challenging situation.
-Start doing the things that you don't like doing. By getting into the habit of exerting your will, you will cease to be a slave to your weaker impulses.
-You have the power to be more than your environment. Similarly you have the capacity to be more than a prisoner of your past. To do this, you must become the master of your will.
-Keep setting the mark higher and raising your standards continuously.
-Momentum is also the secret ingredient to building self-discipline.
-Positive always overcomes negative.
-Thoughts are physical things and fully in your control. When you control your thoughts, you control your mind. When you control your mind, you control your life. And once you reach the stage of being in total control of your life, you become the master of your destiny.
-Complacency kills.
-Words are the verbal embodiment of power. By filling your mind with words of hope, you become hopeful. By filling your mind with words of kindness, you become kind. By filling your mind with thoughts of courage, you become courageous. Words have power.
-I am more than I appear to be, all the world's strength and power rests inside me.
-Creative envisioning: picture yourself acting as Gandhi or Mother Theresa might act in a challenging situation.
-Start doing the things that you don't like doing. By getting into the habit of exerting your will, you will cease to be a slave to your weaker impulses.
-You have the power to be more than your environment. Similarly you have the capacity to be more than a prisoner of your past. To do this, you must become the master of your will.
-Keep setting the mark higher and raising your standards continuously.
-Momentum is also the secret ingredient to building self-discipline.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XIV
-Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strengths; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and and unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Winston Churchill
-The virtue of self-discipline is like a wire cable.
-When you continually practice the ancient art of self-government, there will be no hurdle too high for your to overcome, no challenge too tough for you to surmount and no crisis too hot for you to cool down. Self-discipline will provide you with the mental reserves required to persevere when life throws you one of its little curves.
-An abundance of willpower and discipline is one of the chief attributes of all those with strong characters and wonderful lives.
-Willpower allows you to do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it. It is willpower that allows you to get up at five in the morning to cultivate your mind through meditation, or to feed your spirit by a walk in the woods when a cozy bed beckons you on a cold winter's day. It is willpower that allows you to hold your tongue when a less-actualized person insults you or does something you disagree with. It is willpower that pushes your dreams forward when the odds appear to be insurmountable. It is willpower that offers you the inner power to keep your commitments to others, and, perhaps even more importantly, to yourself.
-It was one of the greatest,and saddest nights of my life.
-Through the steel of discipline, you will forge a character rich with courage and peace. Through the virtue of will, you are destined to rise to life's highest ideal and live within a heavenly mansion filled with all that is good, joyful and vital. Without them, you are lost like a mariner without a compass, one who eventually sinks with his ship.
-Truly enlightened people never seek to be like others. Rather, they seek to be superior to their former selves. Don't race against others. Race against yourself.
-When you have self-control, you will have the resolve to do the things you have always wanted to do.
-Building self-control and discipline into your life will also bring you a tremendous sense of freedom. -Developing the power of your will can erase the worry habit, keep you healthy and give you far more energy than you ever had.
-Self-control is really nothing more than mind control.
-Will is the king of mental powers. When you master your mind you master your life. Mental mastery starts with being able to control every thought that you think. When you have developed the ability to discard all weak thoughts and focus only on those that are positive and good, positive and good actions will follow.
-The virtue of self-discipline is like a wire cable.
-When you continually practice the ancient art of self-government, there will be no hurdle too high for your to overcome, no challenge too tough for you to surmount and no crisis too hot for you to cool down. Self-discipline will provide you with the mental reserves required to persevere when life throws you one of its little curves.
-An abundance of willpower and discipline is one of the chief attributes of all those with strong characters and wonderful lives.
-Willpower allows you to do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it. It is willpower that allows you to get up at five in the morning to cultivate your mind through meditation, or to feed your spirit by a walk in the woods when a cozy bed beckons you on a cold winter's day. It is willpower that allows you to hold your tongue when a less-actualized person insults you or does something you disagree with. It is willpower that pushes your dreams forward when the odds appear to be insurmountable. It is willpower that offers you the inner power to keep your commitments to others, and, perhaps even more importantly, to yourself.
-It was one of the greatest,and saddest nights of my life.
-Through the steel of discipline, you will forge a character rich with courage and peace. Through the virtue of will, you are destined to rise to life's highest ideal and live within a heavenly mansion filled with all that is good, joyful and vital. Without them, you are lost like a mariner without a compass, one who eventually sinks with his ship.
-Truly enlightened people never seek to be like others. Rather, they seek to be superior to their former selves. Don't race against others. Race against yourself.
-When you have self-control, you will have the resolve to do the things you have always wanted to do.
-Building self-control and discipline into your life will also bring you a tremendous sense of freedom. -Developing the power of your will can erase the worry habit, keep you healthy and give you far more energy than you ever had.
-Self-control is really nothing more than mind control.
-Will is the king of mental powers. When you master your mind you master your life. Mental mastery starts with being able to control every thought that you think. When you have developed the ability to discard all weak thoughts and focus only on those that are positive and good, positive and good actions will follow.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XIII. Last 5 Rituals of Radiant Living
6. The Ritual of Early Awakening.
Rise with the sun and start the day off well. Most of us sleep far more than we need to. The average person can get by on six hours and remain perfectly healthy and alert. Sleep is really nothing more than a habit and like any other habit, you can train yourself to achieve the result you want: sleeping less in this case.
Pain is the precursor to personal growth. Don't dread it. Instead, embrace it.
Nothing to extremes, everything in moderation.
There are few things more natural than rising with the glory of the first rays of a new day.
Get up early, every day.
It is the quality and not the quantity of sleep that is important. The better the sleep, the less I will need.
The ten minute period before you sleep and the ten minute period after you wake up are profoundly influential on your subconscious mind. Only the most inspiring and serene thoughts should be programmed into your mind at those times.
The Ancient Rule of Twenty one: if you do anything for twenty one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit.
Laughing is medicine for the soul. We don't laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh.
What would I do today if today was my last?
7. The Ritual of Music.
Spend a little time with music every day, even if it is listening to a soft piece on a cassette while you drive to work. Music is one of the finest motivators I know of.
8. The Ritual of the Spoken World.
Affirm all that is good in your world through mantras.
If your self-image is one of a person who lacks the confidence to do anything of value, you will only be able to take actions which are aligned with this trait. On the other hand, if your self-image is one of a radiant individual who is fearless, again, all your actions will correspond to this quality. Your self-image is a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
You can change your self-image. When you change your inner world, you change your outer world.
9. The Ritual of a Congruent Character.
This ritual requires you to toke daily, incremental action to build your character.
Strengthening your character affects the way you see yourself and the actions you take. The actions you take come together to form your habits and, your habits lead you to your destiny.
You sow a thought, you reap an action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny.
A virtuous life was a meaningful life.
Live in a manner congruent to these principles: industry, compassion, humility, patience, honesty and courage.
Do the right things. Act in a way that is congruent with your true character. Act with integrity. Be guided by your heart. The rest will take care of itself. You are never alone.
10. The Ritual of Simplicity.
Live a simple life. Focus only on your priorities, those activities which are truly meaningful. Your life will be uncluttered, rewarding and exceptionally peaceful.
Reduce your needs. Unless you reduce your needs, you will never be fulfilled. You will always want more than you have. How can you ever be happy?
Lifelong happiness does come through striving to realize your dreams. You are at your best when you are moving forward. The key is not to make your happiness contingent on finding that elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
True life change is spontaneous. The very moment you decide from the deepest core of your being that you will raise your life to its highest level, in that instant, you will be a changed person, one set on the course of this destiny.
Within you lies the sun, the moon, the sky and all the wonders of this universe. The intelligence that created these wonders is the same force that created you. All things around you come from the same source. We are all one.
Every being on this Earth, every object on this Earth has a soul. All souls flow into one, this is the Soul of the Universe. When you nourish your own mind and you own spirit, you are really feeding the Soul of the Universe. When you improve yourself, you are improving the lives of all those around you. And you have the courage to advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, you begin to draw upon the power of the universe. Life gives you what you ask of it. It is always listening.
Failure is not having the courage to try. The only thing standing between most people and their dreams is the fear of failure. Never fear failure. Failure is your friend. The universe favors the brave.
Everyone's destiny is laid out for them at birth. This path always leads to a magical place filled with magnificent treasures. It is up to each individual to develop the courage to walk this way.
Always be brave. Stand your ground and follow your dreams. They will lead you to your destiny. Follow your destiny, it will lead into the wonders of the universe. And always follow the wonders of the universe, for they will lead you to a special garden filled with roses.
Rise with the sun and start the day off well. Most of us sleep far more than we need to. The average person can get by on six hours and remain perfectly healthy and alert. Sleep is really nothing more than a habit and like any other habit, you can train yourself to achieve the result you want: sleeping less in this case.
Pain is the precursor to personal growth. Don't dread it. Instead, embrace it.
Nothing to extremes, everything in moderation.
There are few things more natural than rising with the glory of the first rays of a new day.
Get up early, every day.
It is the quality and not the quantity of sleep that is important. The better the sleep, the less I will need.
The ten minute period before you sleep and the ten minute period after you wake up are profoundly influential on your subconscious mind. Only the most inspiring and serene thoughts should be programmed into your mind at those times.
The Ancient Rule of Twenty one: if you do anything for twenty one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit.
Laughing is medicine for the soul. We don't laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh.
What would I do today if today was my last?
7. The Ritual of Music.
Spend a little time with music every day, even if it is listening to a soft piece on a cassette while you drive to work. Music is one of the finest motivators I know of.
8. The Ritual of the Spoken World.
Affirm all that is good in your world through mantras.
If your self-image is one of a person who lacks the confidence to do anything of value, you will only be able to take actions which are aligned with this trait. On the other hand, if your self-image is one of a radiant individual who is fearless, again, all your actions will correspond to this quality. Your self-image is a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
You can change your self-image. When you change your inner world, you change your outer world.
9. The Ritual of a Congruent Character.
This ritual requires you to toke daily, incremental action to build your character.
Strengthening your character affects the way you see yourself and the actions you take. The actions you take come together to form your habits and, your habits lead you to your destiny.
You sow a thought, you reap an action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny.
A virtuous life was a meaningful life.
Live in a manner congruent to these principles: industry, compassion, humility, patience, honesty and courage.
Do the right things. Act in a way that is congruent with your true character. Act with integrity. Be guided by your heart. The rest will take care of itself. You are never alone.
10. The Ritual of Simplicity.
Live a simple life. Focus only on your priorities, those activities which are truly meaningful. Your life will be uncluttered, rewarding and exceptionally peaceful.
Reduce your needs. Unless you reduce your needs, you will never be fulfilled. You will always want more than you have. How can you ever be happy?
Lifelong happiness does come through striving to realize your dreams. You are at your best when you are moving forward. The key is not to make your happiness contingent on finding that elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
True life change is spontaneous. The very moment you decide from the deepest core of your being that you will raise your life to its highest level, in that instant, you will be a changed person, one set on the course of this destiny.
Within you lies the sun, the moon, the sky and all the wonders of this universe. The intelligence that created these wonders is the same force that created you. All things around you come from the same source. We are all one.
Every being on this Earth, every object on this Earth has a soul. All souls flow into one, this is the Soul of the Universe. When you nourish your own mind and you own spirit, you are really feeding the Soul of the Universe. When you improve yourself, you are improving the lives of all those around you. And you have the courage to advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, you begin to draw upon the power of the universe. Life gives you what you ask of it. It is always listening.
Failure is not having the courage to try. The only thing standing between most people and their dreams is the fear of failure. Never fear failure. Failure is your friend. The universe favors the brave.
Everyone's destiny is laid out for them at birth. This path always leads to a magical place filled with magnificent treasures. It is up to each individual to develop the courage to walk this way.
Always be brave. Stand your ground and follow your dreams. They will lead you to your destiny. Follow your destiny, it will lead into the wonders of the universe. And always follow the wonders of the universe, for they will lead you to a special garden filled with roses.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XII. First five Rituals of Radiant Living
-The Ten Rituals of Radiant Living:
1. The Ritual of Solitude (Mandatory period of peace).
Solitude and quiet connects you to your creative source and releases the limitless intelligence of the Universe.
Positive life habits inevitably guide you to your destiny.
Commune with nature daily.
2. The Ritual of Physicality.
As you care for the body so you care for the mind.
3. The Ritual of Live Nourishment.
Live foods. Feel your plate with fresh vegetables, fruits and grains.
4. The Ritual of Abundant Knowledge.
Read regularly. Do not read just anything. It must be immensely nourishing: philosophical literature, biographies, etc.
To truly get the best out of a great boo, you must study it, not just read it.
Every answer to every problem you have ever faced is in print. All the mistakes you will ever make in your life have already been made by those that have walked before you. Do you really think that the challenges you are facing are unique to you? Read the right books.
It is not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching. It is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life. Books simply help you to see what is already within yourself.
5. The Ritual of Personal Reflection.
Inner contemplation. Get into the regular habit of personal introspection.
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. But there is something very wrong with making the same mistakes over and over again, day in and day out. This shows a complete lack of self-awareness.
1. The Ritual of Solitude (Mandatory period of peace).
Solitude and quiet connects you to your creative source and releases the limitless intelligence of the Universe.
Positive life habits inevitably guide you to your destiny.
Commune with nature daily.
2. The Ritual of Physicality.
As you care for the body so you care for the mind.
3. The Ritual of Live Nourishment.
Live foods. Feel your plate with fresh vegetables, fruits and grains.
4. The Ritual of Abundant Knowledge.
Read regularly. Do not read just anything. It must be immensely nourishing: philosophical literature, biographies, etc.
To truly get the best out of a great boo, you must study it, not just read it.
Every answer to every problem you have ever faced is in print. All the mistakes you will ever make in your life have already been made by those that have walked before you. Do you really think that the challenges you are facing are unique to you? Read the right books.
It is not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching. It is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life. Books simply help you to see what is already within yourself.
5. The Ritual of Personal Reflection.
Inner contemplation. Get into the regular habit of personal introspection.
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. But there is something very wrong with making the same mistakes over and over again, day in and day out. This shows a complete lack of self-awareness.
Friday, September 18, 2015
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes XI
-Make a written inventory of your weaknesses. Satisfied people are far more thoughtful than others. Take the time to reflect on what it is that might be keeping you from the life you really want and know deep down you can have. Once you have identified what your weaknesses are , the next step is to face them head on and attack your fears. If you fear public speaking, sign up to give twenty speeches.
-Fear is nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness.
-When you conquer your fears, you conquer your life.
-No experience is inherently painful of pleasant. It is your thinking that makes it so.
-It is all a matte of conditioning.
-The best way to beat your fears is by doing the thing you fear.
-Understand the anatomy of fear. It is your own creation. Like any other creation, it is just as easy to tear it down as it is to erect it. Methodically search for and then destroy every fear that has secretly slid into the fortress of your mind. This alone will give you enormous confidence, happiness and peace of mind.
-When you erase fear from your mind, you start to look younger and your health becomes more vibrant.
-What sets highly actualized people apart from those who never live inspired lives is that they do those things that less developed people don't like doing, even though they might not like doing them either.
-Truly enlightened people, those who experience deep happiness daily, are prepared to put off short-term pleasure for the sake of long-term fulfillment. So they tackle their weaknesses and fears head on, even if dipping into the zone of the unknown brings with it a measure of discomfort. They resolve to live by the wisdom of kaizen, improving every aspect of themselves ceaselessly and continuously. With time, things that were once difficult become easy. Fears that once prevented them from all the happiness, health and prosperity they deserved fall to the wayside like stick men toppled by a hurricane.
-Happiness comes through the progressive realization of a worthy objective. When you are doing what you truly love to do you are bound to find deep contentment.
-Fear is nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness.
-When you conquer your fears, you conquer your life.
-No experience is inherently painful of pleasant. It is your thinking that makes it so.
-It is all a matte of conditioning.
-The best way to beat your fears is by doing the thing you fear.
-Understand the anatomy of fear. It is your own creation. Like any other creation, it is just as easy to tear it down as it is to erect it. Methodically search for and then destroy every fear that has secretly slid into the fortress of your mind. This alone will give you enormous confidence, happiness and peace of mind.
-When you erase fear from your mind, you start to look younger and your health becomes more vibrant.
-What sets highly actualized people apart from those who never live inspired lives is that they do those things that less developed people don't like doing, even though they might not like doing them either.
-Truly enlightened people, those who experience deep happiness daily, are prepared to put off short-term pleasure for the sake of long-term fulfillment. So they tackle their weaknesses and fears head on, even if dipping into the zone of the unknown brings with it a measure of discomfort. They resolve to live by the wisdom of kaizen, improving every aspect of themselves ceaselessly and continuously. With time, things that were once difficult become easy. Fears that once prevented them from all the happiness, health and prosperity they deserved fall to the wayside like stick men toppled by a hurricane.
-Happiness comes through the progressive realization of a worthy objective. When you are doing what you truly love to do you are bound to find deep contentment.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes X
-Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly.
-Success on the outside begins with success on the inside.
-Never be reluctant to ask even the most basic of questions. Questions are the most effective method of eliciting knowledge.
-When you have taken the time to build a strong character full of discipline, energy, power and optimism, you can have anything and do anything you want in your outer world.
-When you have cultivated a deep sense of faith in your abilities and an indomitable spirit, nothing can stop you from succeeding in all your pursuits and living with great rewards. Taking the time to master your mind, to care for the body and to nourish your soul will put you in a position to develop more richness and vitality in your life.
-No man is free who is not a master of himself.
-Strength of character, mental toughness and living with courage.
-The degree of courage you live with determines the amount of fulfillment you receive. It allows you to truly realize all the exquisite wonders of the epic that is your life. Those who master themselves have an abundance of courage.
-Philosophy of kaizen: constant and never-ending enrichment of the mind, body and soul.
-The only limits on your life are those that you set yourself.
-When you push beyond your limits, you unlock mental and physical reserves that you never thought you had.
-Push yourself daily. Work hard to improve your mind and body. Nourish your spirit. Do the things your fear. Start to live with unbridled energy and limitless enthusiasm. Watch the sunrise. Dance in a rain shower. Be the person you dream of being. Do the things you have always wanted to do but didn't because you tricked yourself into believing that you were too young, too old, too rich or too poor. Prepare to live a soaring, fully alive life.
-Life favors the prepared mind.
-Success on the outside begins with success on the inside.
-Never be reluctant to ask even the most basic of questions. Questions are the most effective method of eliciting knowledge.
-When you have taken the time to build a strong character full of discipline, energy, power and optimism, you can have anything and do anything you want in your outer world.
-When you have cultivated a deep sense of faith in your abilities and an indomitable spirit, nothing can stop you from succeeding in all your pursuits and living with great rewards. Taking the time to master your mind, to care for the body and to nourish your soul will put you in a position to develop more richness and vitality in your life.
-No man is free who is not a master of himself.
-Strength of character, mental toughness and living with courage.
-The degree of courage you live with determines the amount of fulfillment you receive. It allows you to truly realize all the exquisite wonders of the epic that is your life. Those who master themselves have an abundance of courage.
-Philosophy of kaizen: constant and never-ending enrichment of the mind, body and soul.
-The only limits on your life are those that you set yourself.
-When you push beyond your limits, you unlock mental and physical reserves that you never thought you had.
-Push yourself daily. Work hard to improve your mind and body. Nourish your spirit. Do the things your fear. Start to live with unbridled energy and limitless enthusiasm. Watch the sunrise. Dance in a rain shower. Be the person you dream of being. Do the things you have always wanted to do but didn't because you tricked yourself into believing that you were too young, too old, too rich or too poor. Prepare to live a soaring, fully alive life.
-Life favors the prepared mind.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes IX
-You will never be able to hit a target that you cannot see.
-Goal-setting will make your life magnificent. At the very moment that this is done, natural forces will come into play which start to transform these dreams into reality.
-Know your outcome.
-Enthusiasm is one of the key ingredients for a lifetime of successful living.
-Life pretty much gives you what you ask from it. You change your life the moment you set your goals and start to seek out your Dharma.
-Concentrate every ounce of your mental energy on self-discovery. Learn what you excel at and what makes you happy. Whatever it is find your passion and then follow it.
-What are shaped and fashioned by what we love. Goethe.
-Five step method to reach objectives:
. Forming a clear mental image of the outcome.
. Getting some positive pressure on yourself.
. Never setting a goal without attaching a timeline to it.
. The Dream Book: fill it with all your desires, objectives and dreams.
. The Magic Rule of 21: for new behavior to crystallize into a habit, one had to perform the new activity for twenty-one days in a row.
-There are three mirrors that form a person's reflection; the first is how you see yourself, the second is how others see you and the third mirror reflects the truth.
-Never do anything because you have to. The only reason to do something is because you want to and because you know it is the right thing for you to do.
-There is tremendous power in a ritual.
-A day without laughter or a day without love was a day without life.
-Never neglect to see the exquisite beauty in all living things.
-There is no chaos in this Universe. There is a purpose for everything that has ever happened to you, and everything that will happen to you.. Every experience offers lessons. So stop majoring in minor things. Enjoy your life.
-Passion is the word you must constantly keep at the forefront of your mind as you follow your mission and attain your goals. A burning sense of passion is the most potent fuel for your dreams.
It is the passion for life, the joy of waking up every morning, full of energy and exhilaration.
-What lies behind you and what lies in front of you is nothing when compared to what lies withing you.
-Goal-setting will make your life magnificent. At the very moment that this is done, natural forces will come into play which start to transform these dreams into reality.
-Know your outcome.
-Enthusiasm is one of the key ingredients for a lifetime of successful living.
-Life pretty much gives you what you ask from it. You change your life the moment you set your goals and start to seek out your Dharma.
-Concentrate every ounce of your mental energy on self-discovery. Learn what you excel at and what makes you happy. Whatever it is find your passion and then follow it.
-What are shaped and fashioned by what we love. Goethe.
-Five step method to reach objectives:
. Forming a clear mental image of the outcome.
. Getting some positive pressure on yourself.
. Never setting a goal without attaching a timeline to it.
. The Dream Book: fill it with all your desires, objectives and dreams.
. The Magic Rule of 21: for new behavior to crystallize into a habit, one had to perform the new activity for twenty-one days in a row.
-There are three mirrors that form a person's reflection; the first is how you see yourself, the second is how others see you and the third mirror reflects the truth.
-Never do anything because you have to. The only reason to do something is because you want to and because you know it is the right thing for you to do.
-There is tremendous power in a ritual.
-A day without laughter or a day without love was a day without life.
-Never neglect to see the exquisite beauty in all living things.
-There is no chaos in this Universe. There is a purpose for everything that has ever happened to you, and everything that will happen to you.. Every experience offers lessons. So stop majoring in minor things. Enjoy your life.
-Passion is the word you must constantly keep at the forefront of your mind as you follow your mission and attain your goals. A burning sense of passion is the most potent fuel for your dreams.
It is the passion for life, the joy of waking up every morning, full of energy and exhilaration.
-What lies behind you and what lies in front of you is nothing when compared to what lies withing you.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes VIII.
-Trust yourself. Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into the flames of achievement. Foster C. McClellan.
-We are living in a very troubled world. Negativity pervades it and many in our society are floating like ships without rudders, weary souls searching for a lighthouse that will keep them from crashing against the rocky shores.
-He who serves the most, reaps the most, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. This is the way to inner peace and outer fulfillment.
-People who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.
-Never let the weeds of impure thought and action take the garden of your mind. Stand guard at the gateway of your mind. Keep it healthy and strong.
-The purpose of life is to have a life of purpose.
-Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing confidently in the direction of your life's purpose.
-Everyone of us has a heroic mission whilst we walk this Earth. We have all been granted a unique set of gifts and talents that will readily allow us to realize this lifework. The key is to discover them, and in doing so, discover the main objective of your life.
-The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
-The things that are most important should never be sacrificed to those things which are the least important.
-Goal-setting is the starting point.
-If I have seen farther than others, it is simply because I have stood on the shoulders of great teachers.
-We are living in a very troubled world. Negativity pervades it and many in our society are floating like ships without rudders, weary souls searching for a lighthouse that will keep them from crashing against the rocky shores.
-He who serves the most, reaps the most, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. This is the way to inner peace and outer fulfillment.
-People who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.
-Never let the weeds of impure thought and action take the garden of your mind. Stand guard at the gateway of your mind. Keep it healthy and strong.
-The purpose of life is to have a life of purpose.
-Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing confidently in the direction of your life's purpose.
-Everyone of us has a heroic mission whilst we walk this Earth. We have all been granted a unique set of gifts and talents that will readily allow us to realize this lifework. The key is to discover them, and in doing so, discover the main objective of your life.
-The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
-The things that are most important should never be sacrificed to those things which are the least important.
-Goal-setting is the starting point.
-If I have seen farther than others, it is simply because I have stood on the shoulders of great teachers.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes VII.
-There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
-It doesn't matter what other people say about you. What is important is what you say to yourself. Do not be concerned with the judgment of others as long as you know what you are doing is right. You can do whatever you want to do as long as it is correct according to your conscience and your heart. Never be ashamed of doing that which is right; decide on what you think is good and then stick to it.
-Every second you spend thinking about someone else's dreams you take time away from your own.
-Fatigue is a creation of the mind. Fatigue dominates the lives of those who are living without direction and dreams. Your tiredness is nothing more than a mental creation, a bad habit your mind has cultivated to act as a crutch when you are performing a tedious task. Your interest and mental focus give you energy.
-When you consistently direct your mind to live in the present you will always have boundless energy, no matter what time the clock reflects.
-Only those who seek shall find.
-Techniques to master your mind: the Heart of the Rose, Opposition Thinking, the Secret of the Lake
-It doesn't matter what other people say about you. What is important is what you say to yourself. Do not be concerned with the judgment of others as long as you know what you are doing is right. You can do whatever you want to do as long as it is correct according to your conscience and your heart. Never be ashamed of doing that which is right; decide on what you think is good and then stick to it.
-Every second you spend thinking about someone else's dreams you take time away from your own.
-Fatigue is a creation of the mind. Fatigue dominates the lives of those who are living without direction and dreams. Your tiredness is nothing more than a mental creation, a bad habit your mind has cultivated to act as a crutch when you are performing a tedious task. Your interest and mental focus give you energy.
-When you consistently direct your mind to live in the present you will always have boundless energy, no matter what time the clock reflects.
-Only those who seek shall find.
-Techniques to master your mind: the Heart of the Rose, Opposition Thinking, the Secret of the Lake
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes VI.
-Self-knowledge is the stepping stone to self-mastery. Step two is to appreciate once and for all that just as easily as you allowed those gloomy thoughts to enter, you can replace them with cheerful ones.
-Most people don't give any thought to the nature of their thoughts and yet, the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
-Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind can achieve miracles.
-If you want to live to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence.
-You truly cannot afford the luxury of even one negative thought.
-Everything is always created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.
-If you hope to make remarkable improvements in your outer world you must first start within and change the caliber of your thoughts.
-These teachers would rise at 4 am as they felt that the early morning possessed magical qualities from which they could benefit.
-The sages would look into the waters of the still lake and envision their dreams becoming reality.
-The mind works through pictures. Pictures affect your self-image and your self-image affects the way you feel, act and achieve. When you run inspiring, imaginative pictures through the movie screen of your mind, wonderful things start to happen in your life.
-Imagination is more important than knowledge. Einstein.
-Creative envisioning: see yourself as you want to be. The magic of visualization can be applied to so many situations. Your mind has a magnetic power to attract all that you desire into your life. If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts.
-Most people don't give any thought to the nature of their thoughts and yet, the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
-Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind can achieve miracles.
-If you want to live to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence.
-You truly cannot afford the luxury of even one negative thought.
-Everything is always created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.
-If you hope to make remarkable improvements in your outer world you must first start within and change the caliber of your thoughts.
-These teachers would rise at 4 am as they felt that the early morning possessed magical qualities from which they could benefit.
-The sages would look into the waters of the still lake and envision their dreams becoming reality.
-The mind works through pictures. Pictures affect your self-image and your self-image affects the way you feel, act and achieve. When you run inspiring, imaginative pictures through the movie screen of your mind, wonderful things start to happen in your life.
-Imagination is more important than knowledge. Einstein.
-Creative envisioning: see yourself as you want to be. The magic of visualization can be applied to so many situations. Your mind has a magnetic power to attract all that you desire into your life. If there is a lack in your life it is because there is a lack in your thoughts.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes V.
-Do you want to know why most people sleep so much?
Because they don't have anything else to do. Those who rise with the sun all have one thing in common: a purpose that fans the flames of their inner potential.
- Worry causes your precious mental energy and potential to leak.
-Start taking risks. Shake up your life a bit. Get rid of the cobwebs. Take the road less traveled. The best thing you can do for yourself is regularly move beyond it. Stop being so practical. Take the time to think. Discover your real reason for being here and then have the courage to act on it.
-Ten minutes of focused reflection a day will have a profound impact on the quality of your life.
-One must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.
-Persist and spend longer and longer periods savoring the heart of the rose.
-Remember, either you control your mind or it controls you.
-There is power in silence and stillness.
-Opposition thinking: whenever a negative slide comes up on the screen, take swift action to replace it with a positive one.
Because they don't have anything else to do. Those who rise with the sun all have one thing in common: a purpose that fans the flames of their inner potential.
- Worry causes your precious mental energy and potential to leak.
-Start taking risks. Shake up your life a bit. Get rid of the cobwebs. Take the road less traveled. The best thing you can do for yourself is regularly move beyond it. Stop being so practical. Take the time to think. Discover your real reason for being here and then have the courage to act on it.
-Ten minutes of focused reflection a day will have a profound impact on the quality of your life.
-One must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.
-Persist and spend longer and longer periods savoring the heart of the rose.
-Remember, either you control your mind or it controls you.
-There is power in silence and stillness.
-Opposition thinking: whenever a negative slide comes up on the screen, take swift action to replace it with a positive one.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes IV.
-With one eye fixed on the destination, there is only one left to guide you along the journey.
-Luck equals preparation with opportunity.
-The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding capacity to realize it.
-The secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.
-Your passion must improve or serve the lives of others.
-Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue. And it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. Viktor Frankl.
-Luck equals preparation with opportunity.
-The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding capacity to realize it.
-The secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.
-Your passion must improve or serve the lives of others.
-Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue. And it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. Viktor Frankl.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes III.
-To liberate the potential of your mind, body and soul, you must first expand your imagination.
-Dare to dream that you are more than the sum of your current circumstances. Expect the best.
-When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their bonds: your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be. Patanjali.
-The price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts.
-The boundaries of your life are merely creations of the self.
-The less you focus on the end result, the quicker it will come.
-Dare to dream that you are more than the sum of your current circumstances. Expect the best.
-When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts break their bonds: your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be. Patanjali.
-The price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts.
-The boundaries of your life are merely creations of the self.
-The less you focus on the end result, the quicker it will come.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes II.
-Never overlook the power of simplicity.
-Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart.
-Worry drains the mind of much of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul.
-You truly cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought, not even one.
-What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed.
-She was an eternal optimist. She perceived opportunity in what had happened.
-No matter what happens to you in your life, you alone have the capacity to choose your response to it. When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life will move into its highest dimensions. This is one of the greatest of all the natural laws.
-There are not mistakes in life, only lessons.
-The laws of nature always ensure that when on door closes another opens.
-Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart.
-Worry drains the mind of much of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul.
-You truly cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought, not even one.
-What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed.
-She was an eternal optimist. She perceived opportunity in what had happened.
-No matter what happens to you in your life, you alone have the capacity to choose your response to it. When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life will move into its highest dimensions. This is one of the greatest of all the natural laws.
-There are not mistakes in life, only lessons.
-The laws of nature always ensure that when on door closes another opens.
The monk who sold his Ferrari. Robin S. Sharma. Selected quotes I.
-Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw
-Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Winston Churchill.
-In you deathbed you will never wish you spent more time at the office.
-Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.
-Everything happens for a reason. Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. Failure is essential to personal expansion. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.
-Life is all about choices. One's destiny unfolds according to the choices one makes.
-Great dreamers' dreams are never fulfilled, they are always transcended. Alfred Lord Whitehead.
-How can you care for others if you cannot even care for yourself? How can you do good if you don't even feel good? I can't love you if I cannot love myself.
-When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
-It's only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others.
-Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Winston Churchill.
-In you deathbed you will never wish you spent more time at the office.
-Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.
-Everything happens for a reason. Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. Failure is essential to personal expansion. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.
-Life is all about choices. One's destiny unfolds according to the choices one makes.
-Great dreamers' dreams are never fulfilled, they are always transcended. Alfred Lord Whitehead.
-How can you care for others if you cannot even care for yourself? How can you do good if you don't even feel good? I can't love you if I cannot love myself.
-When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
-It's only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The revolt of the masses. Selected quotes
-The mass is all which sets no value on itself, -good or ill- based on specific grounds, but which feels itself 'just like everything'... The mass crushes beneath it everything which is different, everything that is excellent, individual, qualified and select. Anybody who is not like everybody, who does not think like everybody, runs the risk of being eliminated.
-The men with a clear mind look face to face at life, becoming aware of the fact that everything in it is problematic and he feels lost. As living is feeling yourself lost, whoever accepts it, has already started to live.
-The men with a clear mind look face to face at life, becoming aware of the fact that everything in it is problematic and he feels lost. As living is feeling yourself lost, whoever accepts it, has already started to live.
Monday, August 3, 2015
The accidental Asian: epithalamion.
Your daring wakens our courage
We have known you so well until
We release you. Our own fairy tale compels us.
We will not ask you to realize our ambitions,
To exact our revenges, to redeem our mistakes.
Our hands are open. We give you our blessing.
Go. Make up your own story.
We have known you so well until
We release you. Our own fairy tale compels us.
We will not ask you to realize our ambitions,
To exact our revenges, to redeem our mistakes.
Our hands are open. We give you our blessing.
Go. Make up your own story.
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33 books to inspire your soul
Books on creativity are one of my favorite genres of book. Anytime I’m feeling uninspired or restless in my creative routine I seek out one of my favorite books or look for a new read to inspire me. Then there are times when it’s not so much a book on creativity that gets my heart pumping fast and the urge to create, but rather a book that looks at the world in an entirely new way or a book written by an author who dared to experiment and write in an unusual format. Books for creatives aren’t there to give us all of the answers or provide a solution to our creative blocks – they’re there to re-set the creative flow and remind us why we’re passionate for creating at all.
1.
Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way – Shauna Niequist
“Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.
Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? … Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe … life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.”
2.
i wrote this for you – pleasefindthis
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”
3.
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety – Alan Watts
“Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present, since it is in the present and only in the present that you live. There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly.”
4.
The Anatomy of Being – Shinji Moon
“I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your flesh and light lanterns along your spine so you know that there’s nothing but light when I see you.”
5.
Beautiful Chaos – Robert M. Drake
“To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful.”
6.
The Art of Happiness – The Dalai Lama
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
7.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Tom Wolfe
“Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going, his own scenario, and everybody is acting his movie out like mad, only most people don’t know that is what they’re trapped by, their little script.”
8.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney
“Perhaps the deepest reason why we are afraid of death is because we do not know who we are. We believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity — but if we dare to examine it, we find that this identity depends entirely on an endless collection of things to prop it up: our name, our “biography,” our partners, family, home, job, friends, credit cards… It is on their fragile and transient support that we rely for our security. So when they are all taken away, will we have any idea of who we really are?
Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we have been living all the time but we never really wanted to meet. Isn’t that why we have tried to fill every moment of time with noise and activity, however boring or trivial, to ensure that we are never left in silence with this stranger on our own?”
9.
If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? Advice to the Young – Kurt Vonnegut
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
10.
Bird by Bird – Anne Lamont
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.”
11.
The Opposite Of Loneliness: Essays And Stories – Marina Keegan
“I blame the Internet. Its inconsiderate inclusion of everything.Success is transparent and accessible, hanging down where it can tease but not touch us. We talk into these scratchy microphones and take extra photographs but I still feel like there are just SO MANY PEOPLE. Every day, 1,035.6 books are published; sixty-six million people update their status each morning. At night, aimlessly scrolling, I remind myself of elementary school murals. One person can make a difference! But the people asking me what I want to be when I grow up don’t want me to make a poster anymore. They want me to fill out forms and hand them rectangular cards that say HELLO THIS IS WHAT I DO.”
12.
Become What You Are – Alan Watts
“A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.”
13.
Hunting Season – Beau Taplin
“One day, whether you are 14, 28 or 65,
you will stumble upon someone who will start a fire in you that cannot die.
However, the saddest, most awful truth you will ever come to find––
is they are not always with whom we spend our lives”
you will stumble upon someone who will start a fire in you that cannot die.
However, the saddest, most awful truth you will ever come to find––
is they are not always with whom we spend our lives”
14.
The Empathy Exams – Leslie Jamison
“Empathy isn’t just something that happens to us – a meteor shower of synapses firing across the brain – it’s also a choice we make: to pay attention, to extend ourselves. It’s made of exertion, that dowdier cousin of impulse. Sometimes we care for another because we know we should, or because it’s asked for, but this doesn’t make our caring hollow. This confession of effort chafes against the notion that empathy should always rise unbidden, that genuine means the same thing as unwilled, that intentionality is the enemy of love. But I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones.”
15.
Writing Down The Bare Bones – Natalie Goldberg
“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.”
16.
Stumbling on Happiness – Daniel Gilbert
“Perhaps the strangest thing about this illusion of control is not that it happens but that it seems to confer many of the psychological benefits of genuine control. In fact, the one group of people who seem generally immune to this illusion are the clinically depressed, who tend to estimate accurately the degree to which they can control events in most situation.”
17.
The Creative Habit: Learn It And Use It For Life – Twyla Tharp
“I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.”
18.
Everything Is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer
“He awoke each morning with the desire to do right, to be a good and meaningful person, to be, as simple as it sounded and as impossible as it actually was, happy. And during the course of each day his heart would descend from his chest into his stomach. By early afternoon he was overcome by the feeling that nothing was right, or nothing was right for him, and by the desire to be alone. By evening he was fulfilled: alone in the magnitude of his grief, alone in his aimless guilt, alone even in his loneliness. I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others–the only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad. I am not sad. I am not sad. Because his life had unlimited potential for happiness, insofar as it was an empty white room. He would fall asleep with his heart at the foot of his bed, like some domesticated animal that was no part of him at all. And each morning he would wake with it again in the cupboard of his rib cage, having become a little heavier, a little weaker, but still pumping. And by the midafternoon he was again overcome with the desire to be somewhere else, someone else, someone else somewhere else. I am not sad.”
19.
Contagious: Why Things Catch On – Jonah Berger
“People don’t think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride.”
20.
Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
“Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.”
21.
Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series – tyler knott gregson
“I love you,
in ways
you’ve never been
loved,
for reasons you’ve never been
told,
for longer than you think you
deserved
and with more
than you will ever know existed
inside
me.”
in ways
you’ve never been
loved,
for reasons you’ve never been
told,
for longer than you think you
deserved
and with more
than you will ever know existed
inside
me.”
22.
No Matter The Wreckage – Sarah Kay
“Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards you, how even though you’ve won, you still end up with muddy knees and burns on your hands? Is there a word for that? I wish there was.”
23.
The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com And The Future Of Work – Scott Berkun
“Fear of this uncertainty motivates people to spin their wheels for days considering all the possible outcomes, calculating them in a spreadsheet using utility cost analysis or some other fancy method that even the guy who invented it doesn’t use. But all that analysis just keeps you on the sidelines. Often you’re better off flipping a coin and moving in any clear direction. Once you start moving, you get new data regardless of where you’re trying to go. And the new data makes the next decision and the next better than staying on the sidelines desperately trying to predict the future without that time machine.”
24.
The Lover’s Dictionary: A Novel – David Leviathan
“recant, v.
I want to take back at least half of the “I love you”s, because I didn’t mean them as much as the other ones. I want to take back the book of artsy photos I gave you, because you didn’t get it and said it was hipster trash. I want to take back what I said about you being an emotional zombie. I want to take back the time I called you “honey” in front of your sister and you looked like I had just shown her pictures of us having sex. I want to take back the wineglass I broke when I was mad, because it was a nice wineglass and the argument would have ended anyway. I want to take back the time we had sex in a rent-a-car, not because I feel bad about the people who got in the car after us, but because it was massively uncomfortable. I want to take back the trust I had while you were away in Austin. I want to take back the time I said you were a genius, because I was being sarcastic and I should have just said you’d hurt my feelings. I want to take back the secrets I told you so I can decide now whether to tell them to you again. I want to take back the piece of me that lies in you, to see if I truly miss it. I want to take back at least half the “I love you”s, because it feels safer that way.”
25.
The White Album – Joan Didion
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live…We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the “ideas” with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.”
26.
salt. – Nayyirah Waheed
“you broke the ocean in half to be here. only to meet nothing that wants you. – immigrant”
27.
Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things No One Told You About Being Creative – Austin Kleon
“If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”
28.
Creative Confidence: Unleashing The Creative Potential Within Us All – Tom Kelly, David Kelly
“I used to think that to make something happen in a corporation or in the army, you had to be at the higher ranks, to be a general. But you just need to start a movement.”
29.
Bossypants – Tina Fey
“Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”
30.
Fear And Loathing At Rolling Stone: The Essential Hunter S. Thompson
“It was a Different Time. People were Friendly. We trusted each other. Hell, you could afford to get mixed up with wild strangers in those days — without fearing for your life, or your eyes, or your organs, or all of your money, or even getting locked up in prison forever. There was a sense of possibility. People were not so afraid, as they are now. You could run around naked without getting shot. You could check into a roadside motel on the outskirts of Ely or Winnemucca or Elko where you were lost in a midnight rainstorm — and nobody called the police on you, just to check out your credit and your employment history and your medical records and how many parking tickets you owed in California.”
31.
Show Your Work! 10 Ways To Share Your Creativity And Get Discovered – Austin Kleon
“But now I realize that the only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.”
32.
The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz
“It’s never the changes we want that change everything.”
33.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms The Way We Live, Love, Parent, And Lead – Brene Brown
“Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.”
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