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Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.Steve Jobs
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JOE HELLER
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire
on Shelter Island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money
than your novel ‘Catch-22′
has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
Not bad! Rest in peace!- Kurt Vonnegut
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The Gurusharananda Scene in Enlighten Up!
The quality of this youtube clip is poor, but I think the content is amazing. The filmmaker, Kate Churchill selected a subject, Nick Rosen, who agreed to be immersed in yoga for six months, visit several teachers, and be followed on camera. The journey to enlightenment does not go as expected (as the journeys we place upon others, or even ourselves, rarely do). In this clip Nick meets with Gurusharananda at the Karshini Ashram in Northern India. The conversation is golden.Be yourself. Be your true self.
As much as possible try to get rid of what you are not and you are unnecessarily wearing on yourself. Try to get rid of it.
Happiness is not outside. It is within us…it is ourselves.
The film is now streaming on netflix and hulu if you wish to see this scene and the rest of the film in better quality. -
Our Town, Act 3 part 2
Embedding is disabled so you will have to watch on youtube, but I think it’s worth it.
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Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
- T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday
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