Remember that ultimately going for the money is 100% wrong.
Going for love of what you’re doing is sort of 60% right.
You can fill that other 40% with a little practical thinking: I also want to make a living at this. I don’t want to starve.
Sogyal Rinpoche, author of “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” and the head of Rigpa, an international Buddhist group urges us on to follow a compassionate logic.–JGR _____________________________________________ We may say, and even half-believe, that compassion is marvelous, but in practice our actions are deeply uncompassionate and bring us and others mostly frustration and…
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Philip and Carol Zaleski have done a marvelous thing in Prayer: A History…they have brought prayer to our doorstep and into our bedroom, back to the kneeling rug of childhood. From the book jacket: “This landmark book presents prayer in all its richness and variety throughout history, across traditions, and around the globe. Focusing on…
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She walks in beauty, like the night.—Lord Byron Walking the Beauty Way. –Navajo I stand in my Mother’s shoes—a few sizes too big for me. Mother is dead and gone. She has passed over. I stand in my sister’s shoes—a few sizes too big for me. Julia is dead and gone. She has passed over….
GREAT advice and SO hard to follow!
Naomi
oh, that’s interesting!
assigning 40% to practicality is plenty. we spend way too much time on being “practical” and “realistic”.
Have you heard about George Lucas being proactive in getting the word out about youth voter registration? Lucas, as well as many other celebrities are featured in a new VoteForIt! 08′ PSA. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpAOYskH1s8