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More great quotes on happiness
“Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge ? broad deep knowledge ? is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man?s progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations [...]
30 Days for an enhanced life(or your money back)
I recently blogged about a great TED talk by Shawn Anchor titled “The happy secret to better work” which is a pretty misleading title as it should be title ‘The happy secret to a better life”. His point throughout the talk is that positive, rather than negative, re-enforcement is what leads to the greatest changes [...]
Two great ted talks leading to a life well lived
I was lucky enough to watch these two ted talks back to back today. One is by a brilliantly funny man that spits some essential truth actually living a life. In the end he touches on, and backs up with scientific study, some key points on hapiness that have been espoused by many a long-winded Buddhists [...]
happy = sad = happy = sad
It is only our human ego’s that apply ‘positive’ or ‘negative’ labels to emotions. In reality happy and sad are like hot and cold, it’s the exact same neurons and nerves firing in probably 99.9% the same way but our brains have been trained to interpret them differently when in fact as far as the [...]
Embrace the darkness, Embrace the Perfection, Embrace the happiness of the moment
A friend of mine and I were discussing ‘poverty’ today and it got me thinking about things, thinking about my journey through ‘poverty’ which has led to me being more wealthy than any other moment in my life and then about the fear that goes with these ‘bad’ times. I did some thinking through a [...]
2 Monks and the river
Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The big monk [...]
Uncovering happiness
All of the situations of misery and unhappiness in your life, have one thing in common. Do you know what that is? It’s you! That fact of the matter is that we are responsible for everything that happens in our lives and for every emotion that goes through our bodies. They say that circumstances [...]
The Tapestry of our true being
One of the most commonly used metaphors I use to help people understand their inner-self is that of the Tapestry. That our lives and ourselves can be seen as a great Tapestry sitting on a loom, the facets of who we are, while in the end form a beautiful piece of work, are comprised of [...]





