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- December 18th, 2009
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Brain Fitness Test
Here there are 10 brain teasers.You get one point for each correct answer.If you get 10 points you are a genius5 points you are half a genius.Zero points - you are no genius :)1 - If you are in a dark…
- December 11th, 2009
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Fear and Anxiety IV
“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed.”We all know Mel Gibson as a great actor, movie direc…
- December 9th, 2009
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Fear and Anxiety III
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believ…
- December 7th, 2009
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Fear and Anxiety II
“Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.”By now you might already know I have a little problem with t…
- December 4th, 2009
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Fear and Anxiety
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.”We live in very troubled times - needless to say.War, climate change, pollution, famine, disease and economical crisis are the main c…
- December 2nd, 2009
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Tune Up
My kids were watching “Akeelah and the Bee” the other day.(If you have kids I highly recommend this movie.)I was in the room at the same time doing some research on my laptop while keeping tabs on…
- November 30th, 2009
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The Gift of Giving
Once again, it is that time of the year when we have to honor the old tradition of gift giving.I don’t know if you feel the same but for me this tradition has slowly turned from a joyous event into…
- November 27th, 2009
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Lock & Key
Imagine you inherited a box that contains everything you ever wanted.But there is a little problem; the box is locked with a pad lock and you don’t have the key.So you take the box to a master locks…
- November 25th, 2009
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Thanksgiving Gratitude Thoughts
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn'…
- November 24th, 2009
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The Clay and the Potter
The clay can’t model itself.The potter does.The parent, the teacher and the politician.The books, the radio and the TV.The priest the rabbi and the Zen master.They are the pottersThe clay can’t mo…
- November 20th, 2009
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Smile - O - Meter
I have a confession to make:When I was studying Buddhism I was a very bad student.Not that I did not like to study or to practice.All that was fine - I was just a very impatient student.I wanted enlig…
- November 18th, 2009
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A moral dilema
There was a point in my journey to enlightenment when the study of the scriptures and the daily meditation practice started manifesting into changes in my emotional and spiritual being.I started to be…
- November 16th, 2009
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Just doing my job
I was picking up my daughter from school one day.I came in a little late and of course there was no parking left for me.So I ended up parking in somebody’s driveway but I was thoughtful enough to st…
- November 14th, 2009
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How to make a soup recipe
My mother was a great cook.She learn the art of cooking – and let me tell you; cooking is an art – from her mother.And her mother learned it from her mother before her.And thus the art was refined…
- November 12th, 2009
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Why ask Why?
The evening is field with fragrance of wild flowers.In the old temple young monks sit in quiet meditation.The master walks among them with silent steps.A tense face stands out from the serene smiles.A…
- November 10th, 2009
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The value of a silver dollar
This is a story my grandfather told me long time ago.As the time passed by I started to get a new appreciation of its meaning and wisdom.So I would like to share it with you today.Not so long ago a ri…
- November 9th, 2009
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10 Steps to focus your life
I’ve been working on this list for a while and I decided to publish it just to see if anybody has any suggestions how to improve it :)1) Decide what you wantWe all want to accomplish more, learn mor…
- November 7th, 2009
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A matter of taste
It is Friday night and I am having a quiet moment.I am listening to soft piano music and eating a pomegranate. I am thinking:This must be world’s most aerobic fruit.I am burning more calories eating…
- November 6th, 2009
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2012 - The End Of The World
“…It's the end of the world as we know it.It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.”R.E.MNote: The operative words here are “as we know it”Yes; the Mayan calendar ends on Dece…
- November 2nd, 2009
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The Chicken Time
This morning driving my daughter to school, I got stuck in a traffic jam.Since Sunday was daylight time saving change back to normal, I was expecting the Monday morning traffic to be lighter than usua…
- November 1st, 2009
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The Man Who Slowed Down The World
Once upon a time there was a young prince very much in love with a young princess.Everything was great with their relationship except for one little detail.The young princess was always late. And I me…
- October 29th, 2009
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The Meaning of Life VII
A very interesting comment on my last post made me write this response.Here is what “Don’t Feed The Pixies” said:“An interesting post - because what I really, really want from my physical neig…
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The Meaning of Life VI
A person should be more than just an individual.A family should be more than a convenience union of people.A community should be more than a bunch of families sharing the same neighborhood.This countr…
- October 26th, 2009
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- October 25th, 2009
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The Meaning of Life V
I was reading a psychology study on how culture determines the way we think and see the world.The researchers gave a bunch of students a pile of pictures, let’s say a monkey, a goat, grass and a ban…
- October 23rd, 2009
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The Meaning of Life IV
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately on Stumble Upon.(If you have some time and would like to see my collection of Buddhist and spiritual sites, you can click on my Stumble link above the followe…
- October 21st, 2009
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The Meaning of Life III
Let's take two material objects: A lump of coal and a diamond.At first glance it seems we have chosen two objects totally different.One ordinary, insignificant and almost worthless.The other one rare,…
- October 19th, 2009
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The Meaning of Life II
I am a very practical man.For me spirituality is a very practical thing, not lovey – dovey nonsense.I see spirituality as a way of looking and understanding reality and life.I see spirituality as a…
- October 16th, 2009
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The Meaning of Life - I
This post is a tough one, so I am asking you for a favor; give it a chance :)It is a tough read but I believe that in the end the patient reader will be rewarded with a new understanding of life in ge…
- October 14th, 2009
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The Spiritual World
For some reason when I talk about the spiritual world I get the impression that some people think I am talking about the world of ghost and ghouls, monsters and vampires.(It must be the Halloween comi…
- October 12th, 2009
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Manifestations III
How do you grow a third eye, develop a sixth sense or connect to the power and wisdom of the universe?To put it in the simplest way: You don’t!Other wise the series would be titled “Metamorphoses…
- October 11th, 2009
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Manifestation II
Every time I write a post like my last one, I get a lot of people very excited.Of course that excitement doesn't last too long and by now all the enthusiasm and euphoria are probable gone.So being the…
- October 9th, 2009
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Manifestation
We are a creation of the universe. We are not separated entities.The universe manifests us like a tree that blooms in thousand flowers.You are a flower but behind you there are the branches, the leave…
- October 8th, 2009
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Training Wheels
This past weekend my little daughter reached that milestone we all reached at a point or another – riding a bike without the training wheels.I can’t tell you how proud she was and I can’t even b…
- October 7th, 2009
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- October 5th, 2009
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Beyond the "Secret" V
“I am that I am”God“I am that I am”Me tooHas not life offer you opportunities?Has not life posed you challenges?Has not life given you love?Has not life given you grief?Has not life filled you…
- October 3rd, 2009
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Beyond the "Secret" IV
THERE IS NO MAGICSome things might appear to us as magic but that is just because we do not understand them.If you want to understand “magic” you have to look behind the curtain – where the wiza…
- September 30th, 2009
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Beyond the "Secret" III
OK. This is it!I’m sick and tired of following the 8 fold path.Having the right thought, right talk and right conduct takes way to much energy and time.(Plus my back hurts from too much sitting in m…
- September 28th, 2009
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Beyond the "Secret" II
“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”BuddhaThe latest incarnation and bastard…
- September 27th, 2009
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Beyond the "Secret" I
The universe as we know it is not an accident.There are physical laws, such as the law of conservation of mass and energy or the laws of thermodynamics just to name a few, that govern every aspect of…
- September 24th, 2009
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Wolves
"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to…
- September 23rd, 2009
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Leave your life
Teaching Zen is like teaching fish to swim.Impossible and potentially embarrassing.So when I write, I prefer to write about my life, rather than Zen dogma, in a hope that some how I will entice the re…
- September 21st, 2009
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Back to Life!
I keep no secret of my fascination for the human mind.I look at myself: It is me, in the most intimate thoughts.Yet it is an infinite universe I don’t even start to fathom.It is so simple and so com…
- September 18th, 2009
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My Weekend Project
I want to be more creative.It is something I need in my life.Something I need to feel complete.So I started exploring more creative venues.This is my first attempt.What do you think?Any suggestions?An…
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Does that makes me crazy?
God gave us wings and reason chopped them off.Sanity is the chain and ball that keeps us tied to the ground.But deep inside we all dream to fly.We all have flirted with insanity one time or another i…
- September 16th, 2009
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Perspective II
“Insanity – Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”Albert Einstein“If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know where you are going.”Somebody elseHe…
- September 14th, 2009
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Perspective
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?”Hahlil GibranBirthdays as well a…
- September 12th, 2009
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One year older
Today is my birthday so I started doing a little “my life so far” review and some how I ended up with another blog post instead.Here it is:I got a speeding ticket.My car’s water pump is making a…
- September 11th, 2009
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A hard to swallow pill
From the day we are born we start a process of evolution both physical and spiritual.(Actually too be more precise we start that process way before the moment of birth, but to keep things simple let…
- September 9th, 2009
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Through her eyes
“My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?”Charles SchultzYesterday I took my little daughter to her first day of k…
