Cherish your health, as it is the blessing through which we enjoy all earthly blessings. In life, we must not become attached to any external thing, this is true. This includes the body. We must not become attached to our body, or become vain about our image or strength, or despise it by becoming totally … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 29: Health and Choosing Wisely.
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1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 28: What Is Living In The Moment?
Regardless of all the talk about being in the moment and fully living that way, it's essential to understand that this does not give us permission to live with no planning whatsoever. One can and should plan for the future, seeing as we all have free will in this world as well as the power … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 28: What Is Living In The Moment?
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.
The Universal Will is beyond pain and pleasure, and it is beyond any one human life. We are all instruments bringing reality together, essential parts of the time in history which we were born in, and each death is just as important and significant as each life. When we realize that death is such a … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 25: “Do Not Recollect the Past, Nor Desire the Future.”
Learn to feel the blessing of being able to inhale and exhale. Don't take a second for granted, instead take advantage of the health you have and the time that you have to experience life. It may be another hundred years, or it could be over in the next second. Civilization's attempt to create a … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 25: “Do Not Recollect the Past, Nor Desire the Future.”
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 24: The Truth In Front Of Your Eyes!
Times are hard but don't allow the anxiety to take control. We have to stand firm and face the reality we find ourselves in. Suffering seems neaningless, existence a cruel cosmic joke. Wishing the existential enemy would vanish like clouds of smoke. Puff, puff, death slowly enters our system. A slow suicide to show those … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 24: The Truth In Front Of Your Eyes!
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 23: Habits, Self-Control, Spirituality, Attachment.
23 days into writing a thousand words. Writer's block feeling is creeping up. Damn, I knew this day would come. Scratch that 'damn', I can't complain. No, really, I can't complain. I'm about a week into my new goal of catching myself whenever I complain, ideally before the words leave my mouth. A mental complaint … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 23: Habits, Self-Control, Spirituality, Attachment.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 22: The Buddha’s First Noble Truth.
Courtesy is the key to compassion, to common understanding that we are all one, that we are all together in this life. I can’t stress enough how important it is that we each do the best we can at keeping calm even as we navigate through whatever storm we may be currently facing in the … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 22: The Buddha’s First Noble Truth.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 21: Family Fun, Living in the Moment, Huxley’s “Island.”
I'm at Maria's family's house for the day. Her brother Luis picked us up at home last night and brought us here. Whenever we come we bring some pizza and everyone has a great pizza dinner, everyone talking in a lively manner, some on the computer, some on their phones, but everyone interacting. Although my … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 21: Family Fun, Living in the Moment, Huxley’s “Island.”
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 20: Do What Needs to be Done NOW!
As a new month begins, as we gather our energies to begin a new, maybe there's goals we wish to achieve, changes we've been looking to make in our lives. We're determined that this will be the month of our success, this will be the time to start finally feeling free of compulsion, to start … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 20: Do What Needs to be Done NOW!
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 19: Setting Daily Goals to Create Habits.
I thought I'd just take a moment to reflect today on all the goals I'm currently working on achieving, and since I've yet to write today's thousand words anyway, I thought writing about my goals would be a great way to reflect on them a for good while. I'm not talking about extremely ambitious, long-term … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 19: Setting Daily Goals to Create Habits.
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