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How to Upgrade Emotional Programs

by eric on February 7, 2012

Our two puppies wake up at 7:50 am every morning. Why? Because they get fed breakfast at 8:00 am.

Their pattern of waking, wagging, and waiting begins automatically 10 minutes before breakfast time. The dogs don’t need to check the clock. What they do is a predictable, conditioned pattern. You have patterns as well.

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Uncover the Heart (Dharma Doodles & Free Shipping)

February 3, 2012

What’s the difference between living with open, undefended awareness and being . . . . um . . . . hunkered down in your subjective-thought-fortress? It’s this . . . Dharma Doodles are available as fine art prints (with FREE shipping) You can get this dharma doodle and many others at www.dharmadoodles.com We’re offering FREE [...]

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Three Steps to Overcome Impatience

January 24, 2012

A reader writes: I wish to have Love in my life… and yes, I know it is close in terms of time. I just have to be ready to receive it. But I am too impatient to get it. So much so that sometimes I start doubting that I’ll get it. How can I lower [...]

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How meditation heals emotions

January 17, 2012

When you pour tea into a tall thin cup, the tea assumes that tall, thin shape. When you pour tea into a squat, round cup, it assumes that shape. It’s wonderful that tea does this. It facilitates tea drinking. But your mind needn’t act like tea. Too often it does. How does the mind act [...]

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How to overcome distractions

January 10, 2012

Imagine a professional basketball player stepping up to the free throw line. He bounces the ball a few times before looking to the basket. Above the rim, through the plexi-glass backboard, he can see row upon row of people shouting and waving. And they’re not shouting encouragement. They’re trying to distract him from making the [...]

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What are you carrying into the New Year?

January 3, 2012

A master and his student were walking by a river. They came upon a beautiful young woman who needed to cross over. The master picked her up, carried her across the river, and put her down on dry ground. Then the master and student walked on. As they walked, the student grew more and more [...]

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