Attention

... is intention to be present.

Life Ends. Love Doesn't.

Everyone has something to teach you.

But some people can offer you more profound

and compelling lessons than others.

~ In Infinite Loving Memory of Master Sivaram ~

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It Is What You See In Front Of You

Here it is – right now.

Start thinking about it and you miss it.

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{Huang Po}

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What Is Your Mental Posture?

It's not what happens to you in life.

It's how you(r mind) deal/s with it.

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Do You Have Time - To Think?

An investment banker stood at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.

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Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, "Only a little while."

The banker then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?

The fisherman said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.

The banker then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

The fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.

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I have a full and busy life, señor."

The investor scoffed, "I am an Ivy League MBA and could help you have a better life.

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You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, and eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats."

The investor continued, "And instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would then sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery.

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You would control the product, processing, and distribution!

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You can leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then Los Angeles and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise."

The fisherman asked, "But how long will this all take, señor?"

To which the banker replied, "Perhaps 15 to 20 years."

"But what then?" asked the fisherman.

The banker laughed and said, "That’s the best part!

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When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions!"

"Millions. Okay, then what?" wondered the fisherman.

To which the investment banker replied, "Then you would retire.

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You could move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, and stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."

The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, "Isn't that what I'm doing right now, señor?"

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

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{Benjamin Franklin}

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Not Until Now

In or Out

They drew a circle that shut me out,

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Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout!
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But love and I had the wit to win,

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We drew a circle that took them in.

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{Edwin Markham}

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The Truth Is...

Caveat lector: some viewers may regard this notion brazen.

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There are some people who live in a dream world.

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And there are some who face reality.

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Then there are those who turn one into the other.

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Unfolded by Sabby.

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Spirituality Begins...

... where science ends?

Looking For Happiness?

Everybody seeks happiness.

Although it is not often noticed that seeking itself is precisely the activity that veils the very happiness that is being sought.

When it is seen clearly that happiness is not to be found in any particular object, state or circumstance, a deep relaxation takes place.

This relaxation leaves us at the threshold of another possibility.

This possibility is felt as an invitation from an unknown and yet strangely familiar direction.

It is a call to return to our true home...

... the source of happiness.

{Jeff Foster}

A Reason, A Season or A Lifetime?

People come into your life...

... for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

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When you know which one it is,

you will know what to do for that person.


When someone is in your life for a REASON,

it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.

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They have come to assist you through a difficulty,
to provide you with guidance and support.

. To aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.

. They may seem like a godsend.

And they are.

. They are there for the reason you need them to be.

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. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part

or at an inconvenient time,

. This person will say or do something

to bring the relationship to an end.
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Sometimes they die.

Sometimes they walk away.

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realise is that our need has been met,

our desire fulfilled, their work is done.

The prayer you sent up has been answered

and now it is time to move on.

. Some people come into your life for a SEASON,

because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.

They bring you an experience of peace

or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done.
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They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it, it is real.

But only for a season.

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LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons.

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Things you must build upon

in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person.

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And put what you have learned to use

in all other relationships and areas of your life.

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It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
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Thank you for being a part of my life,

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Every Body

My body is an instrument; I observe it…
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My body is an instrument; listen to it!


{Franklin Story Musgrave}

Good or Bad News?

The bad news is time flies.

The good news is you're the pilot.

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Nobody Suffers, There Is Just Suffering

It both is.

And isn't.

The Deepest, Longest Meditation

To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion.

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To be worthy, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;
to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages,
with open heart.

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To bear all cheerfully;
to do all bravely;
to await occasions, hurry never.

In a word:

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To let the spiritual,

unbidden and unconscious,

grow up through the common.

Transmitted through Sabby.

Not Enough Time

If you only have time to exercise or meditate

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but not both,

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then make exercise your daily meditation.

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Had A Fall?

Life Without Limits.

Attitude is Altitude.

Are you going to finish strong?

{Nicholas Vujicic}

The Art Of The Atom

Caveat lector: some viewers may deem this perspective offensive.

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Freedom, to me, is the ultimate value.

There is nothing higher than freedom.

{Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh "Osho"}

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Two Ears

Those who can, do.

Those who are, teach.

But without intending to do so.


~ In Infinite Loving Memory of Master Sivaram ~

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The True Teacher

The whole problem is

to establish communication with one's self.

{E.B. White}