I called my ego, the Queen. She wants everything, right now. She wants to be the best, to be praised, to be liked..
No, my dear queen, no. You won't get that.
And sometimes she wants to play the victim! Agrrhh..I won't let her.
Thank you, Eckhart Tolle.
"Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now, by facing what is rather than making up stories about it."
"Wherever you look, there is plenty of circumstantial evidence for the reality of time—a rotting apple, your face in the bathroom mirror compared with your face in a photo taken 30 years ago—yet you never find any direct evidence, you never experience time itself. You only ever experience the present moment."
"Why do anxiety, stress, or negativity arise? Because you turned away from the present moment. And why did you do that? You thought something else was more important. One small error, one misperception, creates a world of suffering."
Dear friends, find some time for a good book. Have a ego-less weekend!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Coffee with friends WR #6
"Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within"
"Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in the state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is."
This is my participation in weekend reflection
Have a joyful weekend!
"Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in the state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is."
This is my participation in weekend reflection
Have a joyful weekend!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Watching the night skies - Skywatch Friday #4
Reading Eckhart Tolle.
"All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness
"Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be"
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Don't forget to be present NOW! Be (a) present for your loved ones!
Have a great Friday!
"All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness
"Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be"
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Please visit Skywatch Friday photos. And enjoy!
Don't forget to be present NOW! Be (a) present for your loved ones!
Have a great Friday!
X for Xi'an
One of my great trips in China.
From Wikipedia:
Xi'an is more than 3,000 years old and was known as Chang'an in ancient times. For 1,000 years, the city was the capital for 13 dynasties, and a total of 73 emperors ruled here. Xi'an is the undisputed root of Chinese civilization having served as the capital city for the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties. With so much history within the ground the city lies upon, it is no wonder that there are so many historical ruins, museums, and cultural relics to be found here. It was already influencing the world outside of the Great Wall of China as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road（丝绸之路). Here traders from far and wide brought goods and ideas for sale and took goods and ideas back with them to their native countries. In present day Xi'an not much of its former glory remains within the city confines, due to the constant warfare and political changes that swept China particularly throughout the 20th Century. Today the city has a pleasant cosmopolitan flare to it and it is worth visiting for the famed Terracotta Warriors alone. It has often been said that, "if you have not been to Xi'an, you have not been to China!"
很美丽的地方。 你去过吗？
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From Wikipedia:
Xi'an is more than 3,000 years old and was known as Chang'an in ancient times. For 1,000 years, the city was the capital for 13 dynasties, and a total of 73 emperors ruled here. Xi'an is the undisputed root of Chinese civilization having served as the capital city for the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties. With so much history within the ground the city lies upon, it is no wonder that there are so many historical ruins, museums, and cultural relics to be found here. It was already influencing the world outside of the Great Wall of China as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road（丝绸之路). Here traders from far and wide brought goods and ideas for sale and took goods and ideas back with them to their native countries. In present day Xi'an not much of its former glory remains within the city confines, due to the constant warfare and political changes that swept China particularly throughout the 20th Century. Today the city has a pleasant cosmopolitan flare to it and it is worth visiting for the famed Terracotta Warriors alone. It has often been said that, "if you have not been to Xi'an, you have not been to China!"
很美丽的地方。 你去过吗？
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Thursday Heart
Hearts time!
She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells
Im sure I saw a heart there. And I heard the sea heart in there.
and I gave my heart for a yellow cup of coffee!
Happy Guest heart Thursday
She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells
Im sure I saw a heart there. And I heard the sea heart in there.
and I gave my heart for a yellow cup of coffee!
Happy Guest heart Thursday
Ego Vs. Dani
I'm reading Eckhart Tolle's New Earth. It's a wonderful book. Made me think over ego.
"Awareness is the greatest agent for change."
"No matter what you have or get, you won't be happy. You will always be looking for something else that promises greater fulfillment, that promises to make your incomplete sense of self complete and fill that sense of lack you feel within."
Does this flower need more?
Ego Vs. Dani 1:2
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"Awareness is the greatest agent for change."
"No matter what you have or get, you won't be happy. You will always be looking for something else that promises greater fulfillment, that promises to make your incomplete sense of self complete and fill that sense of lack you feel within."
Does this flower need more?
Ego Vs. Dani 1:2
Please visit wonderful
Macro Flower Pictures
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