Tag: Buddha
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Musings
Making connections and nodding wisely is a PRELIMINARY step. Want to go further? Take that newly honed awareness and make products for OTHERS to see connections with and nod wisely at. 😉
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On the road to [enlightenment], every strife, every effort, every grand failure and triumph may in fact be utterly necessary… All those meaningless, exhaustive gestures may need to be made so that one finally gives up and realizes that there is [nothing] to enlighten. 😉
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Every attempt, be it failure or triumph, holds potential as a tool to know yourself better. Once that tool is utilized, you’ll be able to bring a more capable version of yourself to subsequent attempts… This increase in capability is, IMHO, proportional to how deeply you use that experience to investigate yourself.
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Can discipline be a trap? Absolutely. I myself have fallen victim to stale, tired routines. But the core of discipline—the ability to turn down instant gratification and give genuine consideration to uncomfortable possibilities—is ESSENTIAL. The traps of the world are baited with hollow pleasures and packaged, lazy thinking. The discipline to see past those glitteringly…
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It was once condescendingly implied to me that because of my unusual work history (I’ve never really worked a “regular” job), that I wouldn’t be writing if I had to face the pressures of a 9-5 job. My answer to that is: Maybe. Anything’s possible. But I’m inclined to disagree. First off, many artists’ greatest works…
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Do not mindlessly respond with tired, run-down quotes…respond with the clear thinking that CREATES those quotes.
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People ask me what I want to happen/think of when I die. I used to care about the whole “am I satisfied with my life or not” stuff. Not so much anymore. Regardless of what I’m thinking at that moment, I want to die with a huge, cheese-eating grin on my face. I want…
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What does it mean to “do your best?” Most of the time I’ve seen it interpreted as an unthinking brute effort, but what I’ve come to suspect it REALLY means is to mercilessly challenge yourself…to always seek out new and uncomfortable methods of accomplishment, even at the cost of reducing short-term performance. It is easy…
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Musings
In [writing], learn technique/etiquette/structure/format/etc…but while you’re learning, never forget that the goal of the [writer] is to crack the audience across the heart. Don’t be a rote zombie that’s imprisoned by doctrine. Instead, be boosted by it.
Kent Wayne 