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Food For Thought 27 July 2010

Much admired wisdom quotes to ponder, digest & apply. Self-knowledge is the master key!

Dear Friends,

Here are four much retweeted, much loved quotes
from my Twitter site http://twitter.com/PJA64X
to keep you all happy and inspired this week.

The superb digital artwork [...]

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Buddha in Glory

Buddha in Glory. Wonderful poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. A must!

Center of all centers, core of cores,
almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet –
all this universe, to the furthest stars
all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.

Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
your vast [...]

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Buddhism

To Meditate by Thich Nhat Hanh

To Meditate. Meaningful poem by venerable Buddhist monk & peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.

To meditate does not mean
to fight with a problem.

To meditate means
to observe.

Your smile proves it.

It proves that you [...]

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Inspiration

Humility

Thomas Yellowtail on Humility & how to practise it. Simple yet profound!

“Humility is probably
the most difficult virtue to realize.”

Thomas Yellowtail, CROW

Two definitions of humility are: one, being
aware of one’s own defects of character,
and [...]

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Inspiration

Give Time

Give Time

Whatever or whoever you give time to,
you give your attention to.
Whatever gets your attention gets your energy.
Whatever gets your energy must grow.
So what will you give your time to today
- who will get your attention?
What or who needs your attention?
Is it a task, a process [...]

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God

Peace and Wakan-Tanka

Wonderful meditation on Peace & Wakan-Tanka by Black Elk. Be centered!

“Peace… comes within the souls of men
when they realize their relationship, their
oneness, with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center of
the Universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and
that this center is really everywhere.
It is [...]

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No Man is an Island – John Donne

No Man is an Island – John Donne. Famous inspirational words on unity & connectedness.

No man is an island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe [...]

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