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The vedanta perspective on happiness and emotional harmony

Here are three short videos in which Bede Clifford, a student of traditional vedanta (and clearly an eloquent teacher in his own right) talks about how we can use the teachings — with particular...

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The key to inner peace: distinguishing between the content and the context of...

There’s no doubt about it, existing in this world is a stressful business. Things are coming at us 24/7: challenging situations, relationship issues, dealing with conflict, money and career problems,...

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Quit looking outside for happiness

This is just a baby blog (ie, a short entry — nothing to do with babies per se!). I was looking through my notebook and found I’d scrawled down quite a few things I’d read on my vedanta teacher James...

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Writing, Drawing & Making Music! An Interview With Rory Mackay!

Reblogged from rohan7things: Rohan: Hi Rory, first of all thanks for joining me for an interview today! I really enjoyed Eladria and it’s great to have this opportunity to talk about you and your...

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An Interview with Writer Rory Mckay

Reblogged from elizagalesinterviews:   Rory Mackay is a blogger and author of the book Eladria; Here is a link to his blog: www.dreamlight-fugitive.co.uk     Q:  What is Eladria about? A: 'Eladria' is...

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Tao Te Ching 32: Nameless and unchanging

32.   The Tao is nameless and unchanging. Although it appears insignificant, nothing in the world can contain it. Smaller than the smallest, it contains uncountable galaxies. ~  If powerful kings and...

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Tao Te Ching 33: Self knowledge

- 33 -   Those who know others are intelligent; those who know themselves have true wisdom. Those who master others have strength; those who master themselves have true power.  ~ To realise that you...

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Imperfect person – perfect awareness

I’m not an asshole. I don’t suppose anyone ever thinks they are, even if by all accounts they’re a textbook case. If you want to meet an asshole, there are plenty of them out there to choose from;...

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The wisdom of vedanta – and why life is set up to break you

Mundaka Upanishad: Two birds living together, each the friend of the other, perch upon the same tree. Of these two, one eats the sweet fruit of the tree, but the other simply looks on without eating....

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Success, failure…and letting go of the need to control the outcome

Don’t stress, bro. Enjoy the game. (image from Stockvault) The other day I came across a blog by an American Christian woman who wanted to be a writer. I was looking for a certain quote and I ended up...

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An Internal Civil War (advice for dealing with emotional stress)

Stop taking those thoughts and feelings so seriously… (Image: Stockvault) One of the best bits of advice I was ever given was this: When you’re feeling low emotionally, don’t take your thoughts too...

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Why Life Isn’t the Problem (…we are!)

We are the problem. We are the solution. (Image: Stockvault) The problem really isn’t life. The problem is our attitude to life. Life is simply what it is and it does what it does. It’s value neutral;...

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Making words happen

  My puppy has decided he’s a better writer than me. It’s been a while. I’m sorry for such heinous blog neglect. Here’s a little update. I’ve been working hard on my next novel, which is an extensive...

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Karma Demystified

Life is nothing but the unending dance of karma. Karma is the engine that drives phenomenal existence; an unfathomably immense, interwoven chain of causes and effects that stretches all the way back...

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Karma Yoga, part 1: The Fundamental Human Desire – And The Fundamental Human...

Stress is the great pandemic of modern life. The world is constantly throwing demands and challenges our way, and these are interwoven with our own assorted desires, fears, habits and conditioned...

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Karma Yoga: How to Live a Stress-Free Life

Following on from my introductory Karma Yoga article… How can we ever possibly hope to be free in life when we have no control over the results of our actions and the knowledge that every gain will...

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Stuck in Alternate Realities

The Buddhists have a cool saying: The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. It’s a sobering thought, but the vast majority of people are trapped in the prison of their own mind. Life is...

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The 3 Levels of Reality and the Walls of Our Mental Prison

This is a continuation of my Jailbreak Your Mind series, which will form the basis of a self help book currently in the works! This follows on from the previous articles The problem of suffering, A...

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The Experience Equation

Following directly on from my last post, The 3 Levels of Reality and the Walls of our Mental Prison. Our projections become our ‘reality’. This is caused by mistaking our thoughts for reality. These...

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