Category: Mind

We live in a world of compiled ideas, accrued over time, reinvented with applications of old ideas combined with new breakthroughs. Every day pieces of this enormous cosmic jigsaw puzzle fit together, making clear new ideas to manifest into improvements in the things we use to make our lives better, or more comfortable. So many independent minds, adding improvements on so many already effective tools and systems, that we’ve brought this planet and it’s inhabitants to this level of technological sophistication is amazing. Almost every person alive today has the ability latent in them to make the world a better place.

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“In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm;
in the real world, all rests on perseverance.”
Goethe

Over 12 years ago I first started reading the book called Urantia and attended several study groups so I could ask questions and attempt to understand where the book came from, why it was written, by whom, and why more people weren’t reading it? One of the answers that had meaning to me was that it matters not why or who the book was written by but rather how I felt about reading it? and what impact the message would have on me?
Without having read a single page of the Urantia for over 8 years I can say still that it’s amongst the most profoundly effecting things that I’ve ever read, it’s so profound that most people who read it feel no compulsion to promote it afterwards, rather just let new readers find it when they’re meant to.

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The Four Agreements:
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
(A Toltec Wisdom Book)
The four agreements are these:

• Be impeccable with your word.
• Don’t take anything personally.
• Don’t make assumptions.
• Always do your best.

It’s the how and why one should do these things that make The Four Agreements worth reading and remembering.
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Never thought of myself as a Libertarian or for that matter any other general classification. Growing up in Canada most of my spare time was devoted to sports and the outdoors, then when girls and cars became important almost everything was blown-off in favor of working for, or on, cars and then using them to go find girls. It wasn’t until much later in my life that I started to wonder about how I felt towards events that were happening in the world, then I was drawn towards deeper thinkers and embarked on somewhat of a personal quest to seek knowledge.

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After an entire lifetime of conditioning to excel, consume and compete, to be the best and show it by having the most and best stuff, how does one go about getting to the core of who we are and why we’re here? Is there a reckoning at some point in life where we realize that we lost the meaning or missed the point of living?
Do those of us who communicate with modern technology, such as these blogs, owe it to those who may be reading, to think out loud and attempt to solve the oldest riddle on earth – why do we exist?

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Have you ever met anyone that didn’t think Panda Bears were cute? Is it possible that just the image, our thought, of a baby panda bear could change our mood. If you’re curious about the effects of Panda Bears on the human mind keep reading.

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On my birthday back in February I decided to improve my health, stop drinking alcohol and attempt to get into better physical shape. I’ve been running consistently for years so I’m not unfit, just not totally happy with my upper body strength as well as a small recurring, nagging strain in the calf muscle, so I realized that it would be a good idea to embark upon a strength training regime.
Well now I’m a few months into the program and pleased with the results but an interesting bi-product has become apparent to me and that is the peace of mind I get from the hour long session. Plus the time to think while driving to the club and then the long walk from the parking lot all the way to the gym.

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“Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whomever or whatever he is clinging to. A warrior-hunter, on the other hand, knows he will lure game into his traps over and over again, so he doesn’t worry.” ~ Carlos Castaneda, 20th century mystic and Toltec warrior

A guy walks into the local welfare office for his monthly check. He marches straight up to the counter and says, “Hi. You know, I just HATE coming in here drawing welfare month after month. I’d really much rather have a job”.
The social worker behind the counter says, “Your timing is excellent. We just got a job opening from a very wealthy old man who wants a chauffeur-bodyguard for his nymphomaniac daughter. You’ll have to drive around in his Mercedes, but he’ll supply all of your clothes. Because of the long hours, meals will be provided. You’ll be expected to escort her on her overseas holiday trips. You’ll have a two-bedroom apartment above the garage. The starting salary is $200,000 a year”.

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