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Posts Tagged: living
22
Sep 10
The Fun Of Climbing
Amazing! My heart races just looking at the picture, yet there’s a feeling of serenity too.
20
Jun 10
Julian Assange (Wikileaks) Random Quote Generator
Julian Assange Random Quote Generator I made this with quotes from speeches and interviews by Julian Assange who is a representative of Wikileaks. It’s a simple and interesting way to see the ideas of Wikileaks and also many of the deep insights that leaked documents (and the subsequent reactions to them) have provided.
This is an ongoing project and will be updated regularly.
17
Jun 10
Give Away Everything You Know
Some advice that’s becoming exponentially more relevant each day due to the pace of advances in technology:
Do Not Covet Your Ideas
Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you.
…The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you’ll become stale.
If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish.
Somehow the more you give the more comes back to you
Ideas are open knowledge. Don’t claim ownership. They’re not your ideas anyway, they’re someone else’s. They are out there floating by on the ether.
You just have to put yourself in a frame of mind to pick them up.
From: It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden.
14
Jun 10
Wanderlust
Restless relentlessly…
From Voltaic (Limited Edition) (2CD/2DVD) Box Set
Lyrics:
I am leaving this harbour
Giving urban a farewell
Its habitants seem to keen on God
I cannot stomach their rights and wrongs
I have lost my origin
And I don’t want to find it again
Whether sailing into nature’s laws
And be held by ocean’s paws
Wanderlust! relentlessly craving
Wanderlust! peel off the layers
Until we get to the core
Did I imagine it would be like this?
Was it something like this I wished for?
Or will I want more?
Lust for comfort
Suffocates the soul
Relentless restlessness
Liberates me (sets me free)
I feel at home
Whenever the unknown surrounds me
I receive its embrace
Aboard my floating house
Wanderlust! relentlessly craving
Wanderlust! peel off the layers
Until we get to the core
Did I imagine it would be like this?
Was it something like this I wished for?
Or will I want more?
Wanderlust! from island to island
Wanderlust! united in movement
Wonderful! I’m joined with you
Wanderlust!
Can you spot a pattern?
(relentlessly restless)
11
Jun 10
Well!
The truth, of course, is that writers are always working. When you ask a writer a direct question, and he smiles and nods and then says “Well!” and turns and walks away without saying goodbye, he is actually working.
-J. Robert Lennon
From: The Truth About Writers
11
Jun 10
Travellers
Days and months are travellers of eternity. So are the years that pass by. Those who steer a boat across the sea, or drive a horse over the earth till they succumb to the weight of years, spend every minute of their lives travelling. There are a great number of ancients, too, who died on the road. I myself have been tempted a long time by the cloud-moving wind — filled with a strong desire to wander.
-Matsuo Basho
3
Jun 10
Grasping And Aversion
The key is to let go of 2 things, grasping and aversion. Grasping is when the mind desperately holds on to something and refuses to let it go. Aversion is when the mind desperately keeps something away and refuses to let it come. These 2 qualities are flip-sides of each other. Grasping and aversion together account for a huge percentage of the suffering we experience, perhaps 90%, maybe even 100%.
-Chade-Meng Tan
2
Jun 10
Somebody Else’s Job
‘What is my job on the planet?’ is one question we might do well to ask ourselves over and over again. Otherwise, we may wind up doing somebody else’s job and not even know it.
2
Jun 10
Writing In The Dark
I put a piece of paper under my pillow and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
-Henry David Thoreau
2
Jun 10
Did you know that the Library of Congress is archiving your tweets?
Keep in mind that future generations will probably be digging through the Library of Congress’ Twitter archives for genealogy purposes. Just sayin.
Ars Technica: ‘Why the Library of Congress Cares About Archiving Our Tweets’
2
Jun 10
Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness Video
Jon Kabat-Zinn leads a session on mindfulness at Google as well as explaining why mindfulness is key. One of the most important videos I’ve ever seen, seriously.
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