Before taking action pause and breath.
Basically, work within your limits.
It helps to gain clarity.
Like do your job.
Follow your routine.
Be willing to take risks when it is worth it.
And if all else fails, go with your gut.
It works, try it, it really works.
Compassion, simplicity and patience…
In the spirit of a year long, world celebration of gratefulness. Set through agreement with the Dalai Lama on his 85 birthday.
Thursday July 9, Insight from the Dalai Lama 2020. “One religion simply cannot satisfy the needs of such a variety of people. If we try to unify the faiths of the world into one religion, we will also lose many of the qualities of each particular tradition.”
I am grateful for religious traditions because it brings family unity in a loving way. To connect and experience a religious holiday brings good benefits to all.
I hope that parcel is my new hat!
What I mean to say is I have a craving for my new hat.
Therefore, do no harm, call a spade a spade.
To avoid complications, always be transparent with what you say and do.
Wednesday July 8, 2020; Insight from the Dalai Lama, “If we want real harmony and friendship, first we must know each other. Knowledge is the basis, for without knowing each other it is difficult to build trust and to reach a state of genuine unity, without which it is hard to get peace. Heart-to-heart contact is essential.”
I hope I can connect today. With those willing and able, to risk living another day. It’s not just about the new stuff. It’s being real with people. Here, now, I’ll do my best.
When I am scared of dying, all I want to do is live.
Liking life seems like a part of love you can’t do without, but it is a struggle.
Sometimes wanting seems downright addictive: with cravings and withdrawals.
I tend to need a little adversity in my life to really work out the part I like.
That’s why I believe in change.
Change is risky, I need to face my fear and go for it.
Wouldn’t life be wonderful, a dash of change and some struggle with the wants, discover a little like and move onto live and loving….
There seems to be more life floating around than anyone knows what to do with!
When I was a kid, I liked to rub my tummy and my grandmas. As a four year old I thought it makes people feel better.
Insights from the Dalai Lama, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. “Hope is… very close to unshakable. It’s in the pit of your tummy. It’s not in your head.”
I am grateful for good memories and hope.
I hope you are too.
To start out with, the sooner we cool off, the better.
Many stoic ideas help to reel in anger or prevent dipping into anger.
We all get angry and it leads to harm. Therefore, do no harm.
Be like a rock, see how far that will get others who try to provoke others to anger. Actually, a great Roman stoic said this, Seneca.
But before quoting or practicing ,it helps to educate.
Please support the effort.
https://aeon.co/ideas/anger-is-temporary-madness-heres-how-to-avoid-the-triggers
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https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/change/
To truly change one needs to struggle.
We tend to deny the need for change.
One tip is to go outside your comfort zone to listen and learn. The link above is the challenge. Education is key.
But some people are only ready to watch.
So stay tuned for 11 more entries from this nurture series.
Dharamshala: A group of friends gathered in Taiwan this morning to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday tomorrow. He conceded to their request that he give a short teaching to mark the occasion. Representatives of the Taiwanese hosts were still introducing the event in Chinese when
— Read on tibet.net/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-gives-short-teaching-as-part-of-his-85th-birthday-celebrations-organised-in-taiwan/
Dalai Lama talked about meditation and said a dedication to his birthday may allow him longevity to 108-110 years of age.
He emphasized the middle way, patience, compassion and much more.
To read and journal about this meditation by the Dalai Lama in a grateful way is expressing the commitment to the year long world celebration.
To do no harm, one need look no farther than them self.
It is a point of view that may be hard to read in certain circumstances.
Therefore, put yourself first, do no harm to yourself.
For example, maintain your health with the basic routine of looking after your sleep, exercise, work, nutrition, education…
In this sense, you are better able to respond when change and challenges arise in your life.
In this sense, you are doing less harm to others.
