Christmas is two days past now, and in just under a week a bright new year will visit itself upon us. 2012. The much vaunted, much promoted, much feared 2012 is coming, and ladies and gentlemen, whether we’re ready or not, we’ll find ourselves having to deal with it… just as we have every year [...]
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Calmness – the ability to maintain a sense of undisturbed tranquility in the face of daily uproar is the mark of a peaceful soul. And it’s a highly desirable state. But how do you get there? How do you keep your mind from getting all swept up in the storms of daily drama and upset [...]
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By Wayne C. Allen Recently I mentioned the following quote from a book called Bring Me the Rhinoceros. Happiness requires a certain surrender…. Your unhappiness is threaded through your idea of you. Happiness would overturn some things you know about yourself. Happiness asks, “Are you willing to be a different you?” Or, “Are you willing [...]
Just because you are up and out of bed, walking around, and engaging in activities, it’s no sign that you’re self-aware. In fact, you may be wide awake in the physical sense and physically functioning, but still have an awareness that is shut down almost completely. Ironically, being awake and “thinking” is no guarantee that [...]
