Letter 2 The Age

*** SEND as plain text Greetings Earth Creatures!

I find the human race to be totally mystifying.

Deep down everyone MUST feel that there is something FUNDAMENTALLY better than normality but 4 some perverse reason they never ALLOW themselves 2 acknowledge that feeling.

The result of such perversion is plain 4 all 2 see - a world full of war, crime, suicide, gossip, entertainment, boredom, depression & addictions.

But wait! There is good news. To read what I have learned through being honest, try the following link -

http://grjallen.150m.com/learn2.htm

Best of luck - you will NEED it!

Geoff Allen

4/24 Golf Links Ave

Oakleigh

95647425

letters@theage.com.au

A couple of daze later ...

Yes, it MAY be true but what about the advice that your peace-of-mind depends on the kinds of thoughts you entertain ... esp about other people ... and the thoughts which LEAD 2 peace of mind are compassion, forgiveness & gratitude

Normality - is characterised by a few things - attachment, aversion & desire being 3 that spring 2 mind. Also the BELIEF that others are RESPONSIBLE 4 your feelings both good & bad ...

So ... read lostart2.htm

One bit that never made it into that page -

If you are not sustained by a vision of people's sacred potential - their sometimes deeply obscured genius - then seing their (or your own) pettiness, selfishness and even cruelty can be discouraging. When you have a sense of everyone's sacred potential, then even the worst negativities can just be seen as simply a challenge to be overcome. Tibetans sometimes liken people's hidden, sacred potential to a flawless precious diamond hidden inside a pile of smelly filth. You'd have to be crazy not to reach through some rotten filth if you saw the Hope Diamond sticking out from it. Similarly, Tibetan practitioners who see others' hidden, sacred potential view it as mad to reject anyone wholly, refusing to reach out with compassion to find the precious diamond within.

Hope that helps!

From the book -

When your mind is entirely free from desire, frustration, anger and other afflictive emotions, that's nirvana.

Worth pluggin somethin like that into google ...

http://tinyurl.com/7qqxjf3

Here's another -

http://duckduckgo.com/?q=nirvana+free+desire+mind

http://tinyurl.com/76oy8f3

http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=spiritual%20happineess&fr=sfp

Happiness is something we create :)

Then see NEW Chopra forum - click

Evoking the power of compassion in us is not always easy

Mankind stands at the most important crossroads in its history, when a new, better and nicer world is about to be born.

Interesting interview

More of Thich - click

Also Shambhala Sun - click

Leads us 2 a site about the MANY benefits of being mindful :)

Dalai Lama's Advice on Depression

A few interesting quotes - click

This bein the first 2 catch my eye

More on living in the moment

The art of conscious living

... 4 some reason reminds me of this book :)

How 2 eliminate negative emotions

A different search engine tosses up a few!

Fabulous book!

www.thehappinessmanual.com

I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light, and of peace. When you're in that place in you and I am in that place in me - we're one.

Most people pursue physical pleasures or various forms of psychological gratification because they believe that those things will make them happy or free them from a feeling of fear or lack.

I want human beings to understand that they have the capacity to fall in their consciousness to the lowest level or they can rise to the highest pinnacle of consciousness

Lessons in Happiness From Buddhism

50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind

Advice on Depression

This one is VERY comprehensive!

Tips: 8 Fundamentals of Happiness and Optimism

Self sabotage - heaps!

self sabotage subconscious mind

esp soulhiker

plus their page on mindfulness

PLUS - 20 mental barriers soul hiker!!

Great piece on Emotional Freedom

How 2 transform your life