Geoff Allen's Journal August 2013 part 2

I do believe it is possible 2 eliminate all negativity. SO FAR only a few humans have done this so most people don't even think it is possible which is a shame.

Yes! I would compare it with flying a jet - to your average person it is impossible but 4 a well TRAINED pilot it is routine!

Meditation is THE way 2 train your mind ... click

Should search for enlightnment freeedom negative emotions?

When you struggle against this moment, you're actually struggling against the entire universe

Listen to your life - See it for the fathomless mystery that it is

That came from page12 on my hard drive - barely remember many of those gems!

Leads us 2 more great quotes!

"GWONKO-GWONKO-GWINZY. GWONKO-GWONKO-GWINZY. GWONKO-GWONKO-GWONKO-GWONKO-GWONKO-GWONKO-GWINZY."

If you seek liberation, you must have more than an intellectual understanding of suffering

Found a HUGE page of thoughts about being more mindful - like my shrink suggested :)

Here they are! - sent 2 the gang too ...

The Buddha's teachings on love are clear. It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

The source of a true smile is an awakened mind

Great collection of teachings at this site!

Random quotes - sent 2 the gang

This dude has a few interesting things 2 say

www.thehappinessshow.com

Comes from our Marci page :)

Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind

Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person

Advice 4 tough times!

Improve Any Relationship by Challenging Your Perceptions

How 2kep going

How do I change my thinking?

Inspiring and uplifting quotes to help you through difficult times

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Quotes on dealing with hardship

If you find that meditation does not come easily in your city room, be inventive and go out into nature

http://heavenletters.org/god-knows-love.html

Opportunity Quotes

For Libby - click :)

DID send her the love master thread!

Overcoming depression - we are NOT powerless!

[ August 25 & 26, 2013 '

"Often it is difficult people who are suffering the most intensely and who are therefore most in need of compassion."

~ Lorne Ladner, "The Lost Art of Compassion"

We need to see the primordial potential in all of our experiences in the same way a doctor sees the health and well-being in his patients

Osho quotes meditation - really should upload everyday meditator ... click

Some meditations will produce greater and more dramatic effects than others, such as the "Dynamic" and "Kundalini" meditations, but all of them will bring some effect or other and it is useful to be aware that you must expect the unexpected. Tell your closest relations or friends that you are doing this new "thing" and that they should not be surprised if you do not respond in the "normal" way.

When they react by saying that "you always were a bit crazy anyway" don't worry about it - people, even the best of friends and relations, often find changes in others alarming. If you change it may mean they have to as well and this may they may find frightening.

Most of all, watch over yourself and do not be afraid if things are not what you think they "ought" to be. Of course, if you suffer severe physical or anxiety problems, the same applies as in any other new technique or life-style - go see your family doctor and make sure you are fit enough to follow the methods.

Then this caught my eye! ->

You may become depressed, afraid, more anxious, angry with everyone about you. You may notice strong physical changes such as aches and pains, headaches, neck aches, colds, extreme tiredness. You may, on the other hand, notice periods of great elation, surprise, calm, happiness, peace, and your body may feel light and healthy, powerful and fit. Illnesses that you are normally prone to may disappear altogether and you may find yourself so physically energetic that you need only short periods of sleep. And all this will happen at a level that you cannot control and that you do not expect. It will all be something of a surprise.

Inspiratioon & wisdom

All right now, if I’m able to follow the eightfold path and do everything the right way, then I will attain awakening

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”

~ John Lennon

http://www.livelifehappy.com/life-quotes/

Also lists some life-changing books!

As soap is to the body, so laughter is to the soul

For more on the theme of laughter - a fabulous collection! Well worth readin ...

The Clown scientists have found that all our problems can be placed under one heading

Too often Buddhist 'nonattachment' is misconstrued as 'non-loving'

A Reason to Be Grateful for Our Hardest Experiences - click

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections

The mind is a wonderful tool for thinking, but it has a dark side

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In reality, everything is potentially a means to awakening

The sweet soft vulnerable innerness upon which both the chocolate kisses and sharp darts of life land

http://heavenletters.org/a-perspective-on-giving.html

Started another thread - click!

Which leads us 2 these quotes - click - only clicked on a couple so far ...

This bein the best so far ... I think I registered with the online library ... but the quotes are enuf on their own!

"In meditation, once you are gone in, you are gone in. Then, even when you resurrect you are a totally different person. The old personality is nowhere to be found. You have to start your life again from abc. You have to learn everything with fresh eyes, with a totally new heart. That's why meditation creates fear."

More on the mind in this lovely collection!

You will dance for no reason at all

Page about happiness - lists quite a FEW sites down the right hand side!

Another huge Osho site ... click!

Sent this 2 Pam - most amusing!

Tips 4 dealin with anger

Secrets to Surviving Anything

[ August 27 & 28, 2013 '

To me a man of meditation is bound to be immensely loving - turns up QUITE a few!

When there is no thought moving inside you there is stillness

Found another VERY interesting forum - a LITTLE more activity than Chopra! - click - over 7000 replies on gratitude!

God's presence is not just an argument, not a logical thing, but something experienced - from an Osho page!

Love and meditation are two aspects of the same coin

Should add this 2 our meditation thread - a searchable site!

Sent these words of wisdom 2 the gang!

Leads us 2 Thoughts on the Serenity Prayer

More inspiring quotes & sites!

Clicking on one ... a heap of articles about bein grateful!

Leunig quote about our unhappy society

... comes from this book I highly recommend!

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Like a tree our growth depends upon our ability to soften, loosen, and shed boundaries and defenses we no longer need

Happiness & fun at the Tiny Buddha site - one of my faves!

Quotes about Burdens

http://heavenletters.org/the-keys-to-the-kingdom.html

Book about compassion

Came from this page - some neat quotes!

Could send this 2 the meditation advice thread!

More 4 the thread!

10 steps to mindfulness - a large site - has some happiness pages too!

Another book I'd love 2 get my hot, little hands on!

One review said this is an even BETTER book 2 get!

Can't get enuf Osho? ... click :)

More Osho quotes - tosses up quite a few - great advice on truly accepting yourself!

The 4 Keys to Happiness

Posted this 2 the thread -

“Don’t meditate to fix yourself, to heal yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather, do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, for the endless guilt of not doing enough. It offers the possibility of an end to the ceaseless round of trying so hard that wraps so many people’s lives in a knot. Instead there is now meditation as an act of love. How endlessly delightful and encouraging.”

More emails - Maybe in a previous life I was VERY judgemental towards those who are a little different so this time around I get 2 experience it personally :)

Somehow reminds me of this wonderful advice - click

"Life generally consists of a series of precise & unusual moments!"

Another Leunig quote from that book I mentioned!

Be the Hero of Your Story: Make Your Life Count

Habits of truly happy people

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How 2 dismiss any negative state

http://heavenletters.org/ideas-that-do-not-serve.html

Interestin thread about compassion

[ August 29 & 30, 2013 '

"GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO. GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO. GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO-GLOOGO!"

Awesome Quotes on Life - send to the gang?