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Short Story: The Zen moment

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 29 May 22

The old Zen master, Gerdler Zerloksku, was talking to his students about the idea of the present moment, or now. He said to them that the Zen moment is the moment of Zen. Without Zen awareness of the moment, you...

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Short story: A Spiritual master lectures on the now of now, being only ever now.

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 14 Mar 22

The spiritual master, Sri Rama Ramason, was talking to his students about this idea of there being a "now" time, in which we should live our lives. If we do this, we make our present moment count. He told them: "Don't...

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Short Story: The book of life. Which page affects you the most?

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 21 Oct 21

The good Bishop, Arwin Curchwold, was giving a talk on life, and its meaning. Here is a transcript of his talk: "I was thinking, this morning, as I lay in bed that life is like a book, that we can either read, or write."...

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The Best Present is the Present Moment

Shiva @Shiva49 (28390) • Singapore 9 Nov 20

We all have our cherished possessions that we like to hold dear all our lives and then pass them on to our dear ones. However, they are transient in nature and separated sooner than we are comfortable with their parting. We have...

changing circumstances

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Poetry: In the moment of now, time dies.

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 12 Nov 19

If I am not in the moment, where am I now? Thinking of the past or the future, the thinking still occurs, now. If we are not in the present, where are we then instead? [i]Mindfulness...

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Being fully present in the moment. Present moment living.

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 1 Sep 19

Being fully present in the moment. What could that ever mean? What does it mean to be fully present in the moment? Is anyone ever fully present, except for perhaps, God, and what is this mythical moment? Love is most alive in...

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Minimalist life: living with purpose

Khloe @Khloes (12) • Barcelona, Spain 8 Dec 17

I decided to go on this subject because it's been bugging me for some time now. I saw many explained ways on how to go minimalist, throwing away what you don't need anymore and so on, and even saw many YouTube videos featuring...

minimalis living

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Live in the present moment

Summer_Lee @Summer_Lee (39) • China 9 Jun 12

There are some of people who can control themself when negative emotions come to them, because they know the secret how to keep the deep peace in their heart. and the secret is live in the present moment. To a large degree,the...

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Do you have a passion for life?

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 9 Sep 11

True passion for life comes from being able to be in awe of everything that is around us. Slowing down and becoming conscious of the small things we usually don't notice allows us to see the complexity of our daily existence....

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Why do you read?

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 21 May 10

Hey readers out there! So why do you read? Do you read because you find it relaxing or fun? Do you read to learn? Do you think more people should read for the reasons that you read? Please share! I read because I love it! I...

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What do you want to read?

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 21 May 10

Hey readers! Are there any books out there you really want to read but haven't gotten a copy of, found the time to read, or another crazy reason? What book? By whom? Why do you want to read it? Right now, I want to read more...

time management

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Does it bug you when people say they have no time to read?

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 28 Jan 10

I hear this excuse all the time. And it bugs me. It really does. Because at the same time they're able to surf facebook for two hours and watch TV all night long, but they don't have time to read. It drives me crazy. I think it's...

time management

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What are you reading right now?

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 14 Jan 10

For all the avid readers out there, what are you reading right now? How far along in the book are you? What do you think of it so far? How long have you been reading this book and when do you expect to finish? Right now I'm...

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