I once heard that it takes 90 days to break a bad habit or to get a new behavior engrained into your being. So I've created a blog to track my daily progress in starting some new habits (or tackling those bad ones if I feel brave enough). Every 90 days I'll choose a new habit to start or break
Showing posts with label DalaiLama. Show all posts
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Monday, February 13, 2012

5am Meditation Day 33- Twitter Wisdom from the Dalai Lama and Eckhart Tolle



Earlier today the Dalai Lama tweeted:


In order to use human intelligence properly our mind should be calm.




Eckhart Tolle's last tweet:

Use whatever challenge comes into your life as a kind of fuel for the flame of consciousness. That is done through surrender to what is. Some people may need more of that than others. If you choose presence in your daily life you may not need the drastic challenges.


Wednesday, February 1, 2012

5am Meditation Day 21- Wisdom from the Dalai Lama


"The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, 'Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived,'"