Category: Buddhism
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Why Serendipity Shouldn't Matter
Why Serendipity Shouldn’t Matter “Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally stumbles upon something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated.” – Wikipedia I’ll be contrarian to my good friend Chris Brogan in saying that serendipity shouldn’t matter to you. Here’s what I mean. There’s an interesting expression in ninjutsu: banpen fugyo. Literally,…
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Heroism as the antidote to evil
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” – Edmund Burke Go read this story on CNN about a two and a half hour rape of a 15 year old at a San Francisco high school function as nearly two dozen…
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How to avoid missing the best days of your life, part 1
Ever get the sense that life is moving too fast? Ever get the sense that the best days of your life might be gone before you know it? You’re probably right. After all, we’re so bloody busy these days that we’ll walk right by genius and not even notice (go read the story and come…
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Lychees, Ohio, and Evocation
While a bunch of folks were at Blogworld in Vegas this past weekend, I and a few other intrepid seekers got on a plane at Logan Airport in Boston to head to… Dayton, Ohio! Instead of the Strip, we headed to the Dayton Quest Center for a seminar with Stephen K. Hayes called Evocation. It’s…
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No, I'm not headed to Vegas and Blogworld
Just to clarify some confusion, I’m not headed to Vegas or Blogworld this week, though many of my friends are, and I wish them safe travels and good luck if they decide to hit the tables. I’m instead headed to Dayton, Ohio later this week for a transformative conference/seminar called Evocation, hosted by my teacher’s…
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A bottle of awesome
I had a conversation recently with a friend after she’d gone for a long drive along the lakeshore with her favorite music cranked to 11, and she expressed the rather fervent wish that she could somehow bottle the way she felt, but couldn’t. The thing is, you very much can do so, you very much…
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The case for not instant
Kate Carruthers tweeted: @cspenn time is all about perception anyway – we’re going nuts & getting cranky at microwaves because they are too slow, it’s madness There’s a particular state of mind that you can cultivate that can open a lot of doors and relax your mind, but our continued focus on instant – better,…
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The year of the ox ahead
Hat tip to Stephen K. Hayes’ Densho and the Tsubaki Jinja shrine for this stirring description of what 2009 may hold for us all: HEISEI 21/TSUCHINOTO/USHI DOSHI/KYUSHI KASEI meaning the 21st year of the Heisei reign of current Emperor, 6th of the Ji-Kan 10 Celestial Stems Inner Aspect of Earth, Year of the Ox and…
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The soul of marketing
So here we are. The economy’s down, business everywhere is in trouble, prospects for the future look dim at best. What’s a marketer to do? The thing to do is to take a moment and strip away everything in marketing that doesn’t matter. Put down for a moment ROI, analytics, metrics, conversation, social media, direct…
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The Wheel of Time Turns
The Wheel of Time Turns Fall is coming around again, and as it does, the echoes of autumns past come with it. Nostalgia for times past are inevitable as the growing season ends and we buckle down for winter’s arrival; Halloween in older traditions is said to be the day when the veil between living…