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our culture's proclivity to rip down our past, and pave over

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:39:31 GMT

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Although this novel is written for children, I think it has great application for contemporary society and any age. Just a few days ago -- I learned that a historic area close by is going to be demolished, the red brick arches, the architecture of the past to be crumbled and soon taken away by trucks. Only too Be replaced with a strip mall with shops in chains and corporations that could be anywhere. It's frightening to think of our culture's proclivity to rip down our past, and pave over what is underneath .... whether it be just buildings or the wisdom of our elders....

Do not try to be perfect all the time

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:02:39 GMT

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The next time you feel you have to defend something about yourself, ask yourself, why am I feeling I must defend this? Be willing to let your heart and wisdom smile upon people, sending them your love and acceptance. Do not feel you must say anything. Be who you are. Do not try to be perfect all the time. Those of you who are willing to be vulnerable will find more love coming to you.

Personal Power Through Awareness

The meaning of true community

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:08:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: some of this can be seen in operation on this online community

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

The meaning of true community

Inclusivity, commitment and consensus: Members accept and embrace each other, celebrating their individuality and transcending their differences

Realism: Members bring together multiple perspectives to better understand the whole context of the situation

humble, rather than one-sided and arrogant.

Contemplation: Members examine themselves

self-aware of the world outside

the world inside

and the relationship

between

A safe place

share their vulnerability, heal themselves, and express who they truly are.

personal disarmament

the rules for peacemaking

compassion

respect f

can fight gracefully

resolve conflicts with wisdom and grace

listen and understand,

respect

’gifts

limitations

together rather than against each other

all leaders

spirit of community itself that leads and not any single individual.

spirit:

true spirit of community is the spirit of peace, love, wisdom and power

collective self or as the manifestation of a Higher Will.

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re-inventing urban space

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:33:12 GMT

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Clip Source: by143w.bay143.mail.live.com

Jaime Lerner: Sing a song of cities
With maverick flair and a strategist's disdain for accepted wisdom, Jaime Lerner re-invented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way he managed to revolutionize bus transit, awaken green consciousness in a populace accustomed to litter and blight, and change the way city planners and bureaucrats world-wide conceive what's possible within the tangled structure of the metropolitan landscape. Watch this talk >>

The life-giving power of literature

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:26:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I used to get bored out of my brain before I started reading
I could never latch on to it to easily till I found words of wisdom and writing that could be applied to life
also learning about the outside world/universe
through factual writing like national geographic
and the guardian newspaper has really opened a lot of doors for life,conversation,enjoyment and distraction
reading offered answers to the meaning of life and the universe which had seriously distressed me beforehand
the quote from volataire sums it up:
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."
— Voltaire
this is particulary true in the days of crappy prime time tv shows
and hyped up media
I also read somewhere about the calming effect good reading material promoting creative thought can have on ones nerves
which I found very true
oh and the source goodreads is awesome
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Clip Source: www.goodreads.com

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young."
— Maya Angelou

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."
— Margaret Fuller

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
— Joseph Addison

"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own."
— John Berger

"What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space."
— Italo Calvino

"If you believe everything you read, better not read."
— Japanese proverb

if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."

Voltaire

The start of a fantastic journey.

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:17:30 GMT

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Clip Source: jiddu-krishnamurti.net

"The world accepts and follows the traditional approach. The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another; we mechanically follow somebody who will assure us a comfortable spiritual life." To understand ones self, Krishnamurti believed, is the beginning of wisdom. Understanding is not accepting a description of the view of the world mapped by another no matter how lofty the map maker. Krisnamurti encouraged making your own map.This book should create a revolution within you. It is the start of a fantastic journey.
by Carol A. Chester

Freedom From The Known

Krishnamurti. Freedom From The Known. The book contains excerpts from Krishnamurti's talks that were selected by Mary Lutyens.

Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895-1986
talks and text collection

Chapter 2
• Learning About Ourselves • Simplicity and Humility • Conditioning •

Chapter 3
• Consciousness • The Totality of Life • Awareness •

• Pursuit of Pleasure • Desire • Perversion by Thought • Memory • Joy •

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Give to others what you want to receive,and get it back

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:44:08 GMT

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Wondering, "How can I be acknowledged, have more support, or get what I want?" blocks your clear sensing of energy. Give to others what you want to receive - love, support, appreciation, healing, and acknowledgment - and you will get it back. Giving opens your ability to see others and their systems of reality, and it most definitely enables you to see yourself in a higher and more loving way.

Personal Power Through Awareness

Tags: wisdom

daydream and fantasize, create the reality you want

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:32:49 GMT

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Allow yourself to daydream and fantasize, feeling the joy and good feelings you will have when you create the reality you want. Even five minutes two or three times a week can create enormous changes in the reality you experience.

Spiritual Growth

Tags: spirituality, wisdom

Your world service - serving and empowering

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:16:07 GMT

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Becoming a world-server means joining the higher community of beings working together to bring light and evolution to others. Your own growth will accelerate rapidly, and you will become magnetic to people and opportunities that allow you to make a difference. Your world service is in whatever area you are drawn to-peace, ecology, education, the arts, medicine, science, metaphysics, or others. You can be of service in any job you have. You are in exactly the right place now to start serving and empowering others.

Spiritual Growth

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Give people permission to be who they are

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:13:02 GMT

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Give all the people in your life permission to be who they are. As you do, you increase your ability to love and accept yourself just as you are. As you accept and love yourself, you raise your vibration and attract more good into your life. Accept the things you can't change, and look for the good in them.

Spiritual Growth

Tags: life, wisdom

your ability to create your higher good

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:38:49 GMT

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Some people think that they need to hang on to what they have, for it may be the best they will ever get. If you are thinking about making a change, imagine yourself having something even better than you have now. See yourself going through the process easily and feeling happy with the results. Decide that you are going to trust in your ability to create your higher good, and look forward to the wonderful surprises that are in store for you.

Spiritual Growth

Tags: life, wisdom

to release those things that no longer serve you

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:11:13 GMT

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Developing the ability to let go will accelerate your growth. Think of a time in your life when you let go of something, when you made a change and things were even better than before. One of the challenges of spiritual growth is learning to release those things that no longer serve you, bless them as they leave, and embrace the new as it comes.

Spiritual Growth

Tags: wisdom, life, advice

You are perfect as you are now

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:12:15 GMT

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Accelerating your spiritual growth comes from accepting and loving yourself as you are right now. Some of you think that you will love yourself better when you have become evolved and perfect. Many of you are too critical and hard on yourselves. Spiritual growth comes from loving yourself as you are now, not from making yourself wrong because you haven't reached some imaginary ideal of perfection. You are perfect as you are now.

Spiritual Growth

Tags: wisdom, spirituality

Buddha quotes- very insightful

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:26:29 GMT

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Clip Source: en.wikiquote.org

The deva said,

What is the greatest gain?

What is the greatest loss?

Which armour is invulnerable?

What is the best weapon?

The Blessed One replied,

The greatest gain is to give to others;

the greatest loss is to greedily receive without gratitude;

an invulnerable armor is patience;

the best weapon is wisdom.

Attraction is wholeness;

repulsion is unwholesomeness;

the most tormenting pain is bad conscience;

the height of bliss is redeemed awakening.

Ruin in the world is caused by ignorance;

friendships are broken off by envy and selfishness;

the most violent fever is hatred;

the best physician is the Buddha;

the deva was overflowing with joy.

The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath;

the deadliest poison is covetousness;

the fiercest fire is hatred;

the darkest night is ignorance.

Tags: wisdom, buddhism

Buddha quote-the Dark One's commando force

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:19:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: wow

Clip Source: en.wikiquote.org

Buddha nearly starved when Mara visited:

Sensual passions are your first army.

Your second is called Discontent.

Your third is Hunger & Thirst.

Your fourth is called Craving.

Fifth is Sloth & Drowsiness.

Sixth is called Terror.

Your seventh is Uncertainty.

Hypocrisy & Stubbornness, your eighth.

Gains, Offerings, Fame, & Status wrongly gained,

and whoever would praise self

& disparage others.

That, Namuci, is your army,

the Dark One's commando force.

A coward can't defeat it,

but one having defeated it

gains bliss.

Tags: buddhism, wisdom

Clipmarks | tidbit2's 'wisdom' clips

our culture's proclivity to rip down our past, and pave over

Do not try to be perfect all the time

The meaning of true community

re-inventing urban space

The life-giving power of literature

The start of a fantastic journey.

Freedom From The Known

Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895-1986 talks and text collection

Give to others what you want to receive,and get it back

daydream and fantasize, create the reality you want

Your world service - serving and empowering

Give people permission to be who they are

your ability to create your higher good

to release those things that no longer serve you

You are perfect as you are now

Buddha quotes- very insightful

Buddha quote-the Dark One's commando force

Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895-1986
talks and text collection