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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
FOUND a couple of gems while compiling the excerpts ...

universoulawakening.com quotes - yes - a HUGE site! Some rare ones!

Free book timeless path matthew donnelly

A google search for matthieu ricard quotes tosses up a few!

A joyful mind

There are many meditations in the book - here is one I like called Tonglen

The book has a lot about research into the brain and meditation

Reminds me of these great quotes about the mystery of life

Try a search for Marci Shimoff Interview - turns up a few!

Marci Shimoff happy for no reason quiz

Quiz from the book Happy for No Reason

Love for No Reason

Interview with Erin Lanahan - one of many!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Quotes - from glimpse.htm on my hard drive? -

"When the world is filled with evil, all mishaps should be transformed into the path of enlightenment."
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Training" the mind does not in any way mean forcibly subjugating or brainwashing the mind. To train the mind is first to see directly and concretely how the mind functions, a knowledge that you derive from spiritual teachings and through personal experience in meditation practice. Then you use that understanding to tame the mind and work with it skillfully, to make it more and more pliable, so that you can become master of your mind and employ it to its fullest and most beneficial end.

Is it from Sogyal?
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Post this 2 schizo thread? -

"Happy For No Reason" by Marci Shimoff

"You can't depend on external circumstances for lasting happiness. It has to come from inside you. Based on scientific research and the experiences of truly happy people, Happy for No Reason shows you step-by-step how to raise your happiness set-point." -- Mehmet C. Oz, MD, coauthor of You: On a Diet and You: Staying Young

"Happy for No Reason isn’t elation, euphoria, mood spikes or peak experiences that don’t last. It doesn’t mean grinning like a fool 24/7 or experiencing a superficial high. Happy for No Reason isn’t an emotion. In fact, when you are Happy for No Reason, you can have any emotion – including sadness, fear, anger, or hurt – but you still experience that underlying state of peace and well-being… When you’re Happy for No Reason, you bring happiness to your outer experiences rather than trying to extract happiness from them. You don’t need to manipulate the world around you to try to make yourself happy. You live from happiness, rather than for happiness.”

Marci has a website that gives more details.

Quiz from the book

Try a search for Marci Shimoff Interview - turns up a few!

You can find Marci on Youtube

Interview with Tiny Buddha

There is a WHOLE bunch of advice on the web about helping people become happier ...

Habits of happy people

Finding happiness movie

Some wonderful videos

Pathway to happiness

The trans4mind site has hundreds of free articles

1000 quotes for a happier life - from Jimmy DeMesa

The Art of Happiness is another book I really enjoyed!

Try a search of Dalai Lama quotes compassion happy for som more sites ...

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”

Mistakes people make in seeking happiness - over 500 more articles at that site!

Enjoy!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
In doing those book excerpts - had almost forgotten about happy-11.htm on my computer - quite a few from Lorne Ladner ... as well as some other gems and links ... remind me to post a few!
 
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