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Welcome Ely! Sounds like you've come to the right place.
Thanks, Carol. Yeah, that teddy reminds me of this pen I write with. It has a plastic "head" on top of it with a huge smile and if you press reasonably hard while writing, a little light comes on inside the head! A little hard to be depressed with such an image in your hand (or head)!
A little hard to be depressed with such an image in your hand (or head)!
Richard, I loved your post about "praying for those who are driving us nuts" (or are we driving ourselves nuts?) It reminds me of something I read at the MadNation site of all places. It's the Dalai Lama's advice for the New Millennium (even though according to Buddhists the new Millennium started about 500 years ago! :) A Practice for the New Millennium from the Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama has asked that the following practice be shared with as many people as possible. A group recently spent days visiting with the Dalai Lama focusing upon what they believe the five most important questions to be considered moving into the new millennium. The five questions were: 1. How do we address the widening gap between rich and poor? 2. How do we protect the earth? 3. How do we educate our children? 4. How do we help Tibet and other oppressed countries and peoples of the world? 5. How do we bring spirituality (deep caring for one another) through all disciplines of life? The Dalai Lama said all five questions fall under the last one. If we have true compassion in our hearts, our children will be educated wisely, we will care for the earth, those who "have not" will be cared for. The group asked the Dalai Lama, "Do you think loving on the planet is increasing or staying the same?" His response: "My experience leads me to believe that love IS increasing." He shared a simple practice that will increase loving and compassion in the world. He asked everyone in the group to share it with as many people as they can. The Practice: Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another. Spend 5 minutes -- breathing in -- cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway. During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike. Continue this practice no matter what happens or what anyone does to you. These thoughts are very simple, inspiring and helpful. The practice of cherishing can be taken very deeply if done wordlessly, allowing yourself to feel the love and appreciation that already exists in your heart.
The Dalai Lama has asked that the following practice be shared with as many people as possible. A group recently spent days visiting with the Dalai Lama focusing upon what they believe the five most important questions to be considered moving into the new millennium. The five questions were: 1. How do we address the widening gap between rich and poor? 2. How do we protect the earth? 3. How do we educate our children? 4. How do we help Tibet and other oppressed countries and peoples of the world? 5. How do we bring spirituality (deep caring for one another) through all disciplines of life? The Dalai Lama said all five questions fall under the last one. If we have true compassion in our hearts, our children will be educated wisely, we will care for the earth, those who "have not" will be cared for. The group asked the Dalai Lama, "Do you think loving on the planet is increasing or staying the same?" His response: "My experience leads me to believe that love IS increasing." He shared a simple practice that will increase loving and compassion in the world. He asked everyone in the group to share it with as many people as they can. The Practice: Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another. Spend 5 minutes -- breathing in -- cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway. During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike. Continue this practice no matter what happens or what anyone does to you. These thoughts are very simple, inspiring and helpful. The practice of cherishing can be taken very deeply if done wordlessly, allowing yourself to feel the love and appreciation that already exists in your heart.
The five questions were:
1. How do we address the widening gap between rich and poor? 2. How do we protect the earth? 3. How do we educate our children? 4. How do we help Tibet and other oppressed countries and peoples of the world? 5. How do we bring spirituality (deep caring for one another) through all disciplines of life?
The Dalai Lama said all five questions fall under the last one. If we have true compassion in our hearts, our children will be educated wisely, we will care for the earth, those who "have not" will be cared for.
The group asked the Dalai Lama, "Do you think loving on the planet is increasing or staying the same?" His response: "My experience leads me to believe that love IS increasing." He shared a simple practice that will increase loving and compassion in the world. He asked everyone in the group to share it with as many people as they can.
The Practice:
Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.
Spend 5 minutes -- breathing in -- cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway.
During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike.
Continue this practice no matter what happens or what anyone does to you. These thoughts are very simple, inspiring and helpful. The practice of cherishing can be taken very deeply if done wordlessly, allowing yourself to feel the love and appreciation that already exists in your heart.
TO DEEPAK: YOU KNOW,MY LIFE WAS A TOTAL DISASTER,I WAS VERY DEPRESSED,SO DEPRESSED THAT I THOUGHT:"LIFE HAS NO MEANING".I TRIED TO LOOK FOR ANSWERS EVERYWHERE. I ATTENDED ALL AND EVERY "RELIGIOUS CENTERS" AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I SAID "THATīS ENOUGH, I CANīT GO ON.I DONīT FEEL LIKE LIVING ANYMORE".THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED,A FRIEND OF MINE LENT ME "THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS" AND AS I READ MY LIFE STARTED TO CHANGE,I STARTED TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN AND MANY ANSWER OR I MAY SAY THE ANSWER APPEARED.IT WAS INSIDE OF ME,WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT TO BE SHOWN.NOW I KNOW THAT "I AM" THE ANSWER. THANKS MY FRIEND,MY BEST FRIEND,FOR TEACHING ME SUCH LESSONS. AND THANKS FATHER FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW MY GRATEFULNESS TO ONE OF YOUR MOST VALUABLE CHANNELS OF EXPRESSIONS...
Hi Debi - please, tell us about your trip?dear Terry - love to you and i hope you are doing ok?Geoff - your post to Lefty is great, thanks. and i love your little bear....hi Kitty & kereyra!! :)thanks Hadi - that was wonderful!
dear Terry - love to you and i hope you are doing ok?
Geoff - your post to Lefty is great, thanks. and i love your little bear....
hi Kitty & kereyra!! :)
thanks Hadi - that was wonderful!
I would like to hear Deepak Chopra lecture. Can anyone tell me of his east coast lecture schedule. Thank you in advance
Hey Debi, Nice to hear from you! Wow Hawaii!!
Aloha everyone .. haven't visited in a while. Just got back from Maui. Heaven on earth! :-) Hope all is well. Blessed are they who have the courage to dream. Sunshine gives warmth to the earth like a mother gives warmth to her child. namaste Big hug! debi
Those of you who have posted here for some time will know Terry, whose participation has been sorely missed in recent months. Terry has been caring for his sister who passed away today. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. ~ William Shakespeare
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
~ William Shakespeare
Time to give it another try. Towel-head...why that's me right now!! A morning of arduous work in the garden, hands and toes full of black, yummy earth and then a nice cold shower, shampooing hair twice. Richard, Geoff, Hadi...your postings of the past few days have been interesting. I like the little graphics you add on there. The dancing bear is cute, reminds me of my kids on their good days (they're teens and prone to hormone attacks!). Geoff, I am taking one of your comments out of context, "laugh your head off." Sometimes, you don't have to go too far down the road for the insanity of something to smack you in the face. You just stand there, hands on your hips and go "Geez, I can't believe that happened again! (or not again)" At some point, laughter kicks in when you realize that you're some kind of fool...but not in the negative sense. You're a fool in the sense that you fell into it, but you learned and you learned fast, making it more difficult for the same thing to happen to you again, soon, at least.No doubt I've strayed far from the point you were making. It's a meandering sort of day!
Towel-head...why that's me right now!! A morning of arduous work in the garden, hands and toes full of black, yummy earth and then a nice cold shower, shampooing hair twice.
Richard, Geoff, Hadi...your postings of the past few days have been interesting. I like the little graphics you add on there. The dancing bear is cute, reminds me of my kids on their good days (they're teens and prone to hormone attacks!).
Geoff, I am taking one of your comments out of context, "laugh your head off." Sometimes, you don't have to go too far down the road for the insanity of something to smack you in the face. You just stand there, hands on your hips and go "Geez, I can't believe that happened again! (or not again)" At some point, laughter kicks in when you realize that you're some kind of fool...but not in the negative sense. You're a fool in the sense that you fell into it, but you learned and you learned fast, making it more difficult for the same thing to happen to you again, soon, at least.
No doubt I've strayed far from the point you were making. It's a meandering sort of day!
Dear Lefty, I'll endeavour to keep this as civil as I can as I realise insults are used to provoke an angry reaction from others. I used to do the same myself. Just out of curiousity, what makes you say that Deepak is a "quack"? Have you read his books with an open mind (and heart) and then taken the wisdom and made the effort to apply it to your daily life? If you have done so and the quality of your experiences has remain=ed unchanged, then you might be in a position to say, "This doesn't work (for me)." That is the only REAL test. Any other opinion or judgement is a superficial reaction. You're not alone in this - we are living in a terribly superficial culture at the moment. I wish you well and may you one day step into the light and look back on your current attitude and laugh your head off as I'm sure most of us have done at some stage along this mysterious and paradoxical journey. I have experienced the darkness you now find yourself in. The tricky part is to truly find yourself in it. This is one of the paradoxes of human life. You don't fully appreciate the light until you've spent some time in the darkness. Namaste. BTW, if a quack can teach people to turn anger and hate into love and joy (I'm thinking of Deepak's The Way of the Wizard) then I'd say the world needs more quacks. A LOT more.
I'll endeavour to keep this as civil as I can as I realise insults are used to provoke an angry reaction from others. I used to do the same myself.
Just out of curiousity, what makes you say that Deepak is a "quack"? Have you read his books with an open mind (and heart) and then taken the wisdom and made the effort to apply it to your daily life? If you have done so and the quality of your experiences has remain=ed unchanged, then you might be in a position to say, "This doesn't work (for me)."
That is the only REAL test. Any other opinion or judgement is a superficial reaction. You're not alone in this - we are living in a terribly superficial culture at the moment. I wish you well and may you one day step into the light and look back on your current attitude and laugh your head off as I'm sure most of us have done at some stage along this mysterious and paradoxical journey.
I have experienced the darkness you now find yourself in. The tricky part is to truly find yourself in it. This is one of the paradoxes of human life. You don't fully appreciate the light until you've spent some time in the darkness.
Namaste.
BTW, if a quack can teach people to turn anger and hate into love and joy (I'm thinking of Deepak's The Way of the Wizard) then I'd say the world needs more quacks. A LOT more.
as i read through your questions of the day i find loving and compassionate answers from you, thank you, Deepak.
Monday, May 15, 2000 ~ Q: I would really like to forgive myself for past choices but don't know how. A: Apply the same principles to yourself as you would to forgiving someone else. Remember, in every moment, you are always doing the best you can. Whatever choices you have made in the past were a reflection of your consciousness then, maybe you didn't know better. Now you are different so it's the time to let go of the past and move forward, We aren't saints, we will continue to make mistakes, it's all part of the learning process. Just try not to keep making the same mistakes.www.chopra.com
Q: I would really like to forgive myself for past choices but don't know how.
A: Apply the same principles to yourself as you would to forgiving someone else. Remember, in every moment, you are always doing the best you can. Whatever choices you have made in the past were a reflection of your consciousness then, maybe you didn't know better. Now you are different so it's the time to let go of the past and move forward, We aren't saints, we will continue to make mistakes, it's all part of the learning process. Just try not to keep making the same mistakes.
www.chopra.com
all are good, Richard, no contest here.....and as Deepak might say everyone is doing the best they can do...
No, Geoff's--no Carol's, or all are good--.
I was taught that when I am racked with a resentment, anger, hate towards another, that is driving me nuts. All I need to do, is pray for that person for two weeks, wishing that they would have the joy, happiness, gifts/wealth that I would want to have given to me. It was hard to try the first few times, but it always works. Sometimes the resentments recur(like dandelions), but the formula will still work if used...the hard part is giving up (surrendering)...and getting on with the process...forgiveness is really wonderful, particularly when I practice it. It lets me be grateful for what I have and to live in the eternity of the present. Carol's is probably the "top example".
Thanks, Carol. The finest example I can think of is Christ on the Cross saying, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." I don't imagine that would come easily after you've just been tortured & crucified by them.
I don't imagine that would come easily after you've just been tortured & crucified by them.
posted to: Deepak's Board poster: Deepak Chopra date: 6/1/00 9:23:05 PM Question: WHAT CHAPTER WOULD HELP ME TO RID MYSELF OF MY ENEMIES OUT OF MY LIFE AND TO FIND GODLY FRIENDS TO BE WITH? I NEED PRAYER! Anwer: Pray for your enemies. If you do it with a sense of deep forgiveness, it's possible that they may not be your enemies any more. howtoknowgod.com
Question: WHAT CHAPTER WOULD HELP ME TO RID MYSELF OF MY ENEMIES OUT OF MY LIFE AND TO FIND GODLY FRIENDS TO BE WITH? I NEED PRAYER!
Anwer: Pray for your enemies. If you do it with a sense of deep forgiveness, it's possible that they may not be your enemies any more.
howtoknowgod.com
Continuing the theme from a few days ago about offspring - And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children." And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children." And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Nice one Richard. I would sat the term is a derogatory reference to the turbans worn by people in India which is where Deepak hails from, I think. I am therefore I think. Or sometimes, I choose NOT to think and it's often a better choice.
I would sat the term is a derogatory reference to the turbans worn by people in India which is where Deepak hails from, I think.
I am therefore I think. Or sometimes, I choose NOT to think and it's often a better choice.
Someone answering the door for UPS, when they thought they were taking a shower.
What's a "towel-head"?
this guy is a towel headed quack..beware
Discovery I walk the earth quietly. I want to feel her heart beating beneath my feet. I lie on the green grass with open shirt. I want to feel the fingers of the wind touch my skin. I see my brothers and sisters going here and there, some laughing and talking; some shouting and quarreling. Does it matter? It is all a dream. Birds fly far above me, dipping and turning beneath the transparent blue. Fish swim below me, diving out of sight into the darkness below, and then rising again to the top, floating in their liquid paradise without a single care. I love them all: fish and fowl, sun and wind, man and woman. sinner and saint. For they are life, they are love, they are me, and me, them. Some look from disturbance and believe paradise is far, far away. I look from paradise and notice the slight disturbances. We have already attained heaven here. The challenge of humanity is to discover that.Bob
I walk the earth quietly. I want to feel her heart beating beneath my feet. I lie on the green grass with open shirt. I want to feel the fingers of the wind touch my skin.
I see my brothers and sisters going here and there, some laughing and talking; some shouting and quarreling. Does it matter? It is all a dream.
Birds fly far above me, dipping and turning beneath the transparent blue. Fish swim below me, diving out of sight into the darkness below, and then rising again to the top, floating in their liquid paradise without a single care.
I love them all: fish and fowl, sun and wind, man and woman. sinner and saint. For they are life, they are love, they are me, and me, them.
Some look from disturbance and believe paradise is far, far away. I look from paradise and notice the slight disturbances.
We have already attained heaven here. The challenge of humanity is to discover that.
Bob
Good Morning All. Richard, I wish you'd tapped ME on the shoulder 10 years ago. :) Hadi, I take your point about Tibet. Funny thing is, I remember reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead ages ago when I was still trying hard to be an "atheist". Many people tell me I must've bin a Tibetan monk in a previous existence. Just received this in my email ... Judge Gently Pray don't find fault with the man who limps or stumbles along the road, unless you have worn the shoes he wears or struggled beneath his load. There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, though hidden away from view, or the burden he bears, placed on your back might cause you to stumble too. Don't sneer at the man who's down today unless you have felt the blow that caused his fall or felt the shame that only the fallen know. You may be strong, but still the blows that were his if dealt to you, in the selfsame way, at the selfsame time, might cause you to stagger too. Don't be too harsh with the man who sins or pelt him with word or stone, unless you are sure, yea, doubly sure, that you have no sins of your own- for you know perhaps if the tempter's voice should whisper as softly to you as it did to him when he went astray, it might cause you to stumble too.
Richard, I wish you'd tapped ME on the shoulder 10 years ago. :)
Hadi, I take your point about Tibet. Funny thing is, I remember reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead ages ago when I was still trying hard to be an "atheist". Many people tell me I must've bin a Tibetan monk in a previous existence.
Just received this in my email ...
Pray don't find fault with the man who limps or stumbles along the road, unless you have worn the shoes he wears or struggled beneath his load. There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, though hidden away from view, or the burden he bears, placed on your back might cause you to stumble too. Don't sneer at the man who's down today unless you have felt the blow that caused his fall or felt the shame that only the fallen know. You may be strong, but still the blows that were his if dealt to you, in the selfsame way, at the selfsame time, might cause you to stagger too. Don't be too harsh with the man who sins or pelt him with word or stone, unless you are sure, yea, doubly sure, that you have no sins of your own- for you know perhaps if the tempter's voice should whisper as softly to you as it did to him when he went astray, it might cause you to stumble too.
Richard: hehe... "When we try to control, we've really lost control." I wish you'd tapped me on the shoulder and said that to me ten hours ago. I could have done with hearing that earlier today. ;)
Hadi, I think that's a perfect example of the "Iron Law of Unintended Consequences". When we try to control, we've really lost control.
June 5th Forum off at "Quantum Speeds". Thanks Hadi and Jan. Smiles here. Namate'
Namate'
I'd like to pass along a June 4, 2000 "Sunday Times" article on to Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Wayne Dyer. It is entitled, "Eureka! Scientists break the speed of light." The article talks about an experiment suggesting that soon we will be able to send information faster than the speed of light. After listening to a seminar conducted by the two colleagues, I thought they may have an interest in this information. I'll be happy to send it off to them or anyone else who would like to receive it. Jeff Szmanda
Geoff: That's true, about the dalai Lama, but I think you would agree the comparison ends there. The Tibetan Buddhist tradition was a closed one, very secretive and culturally circumscribed. The Indian tradition is quite the opposite. Very open and uninhibited. It was our good fortune that Tibet and the Dalai Lama were brought into the public consciousness. it was not the intention of those who did so that we should take such an interest in Buddhism. They were just trying to get score some political points against the Chinese regime for its oppressive nature. By the same token it was not the intention of the Chinese that Tibettan Buddhism should prosper so widely. They had sought to crush it all together. Red faces all round, I suspect. The Lord moves in mysterious ways.
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