"Someone who aims for pleasure and doesn’t get it feels temporarily put out, but someone who wants to make a difference but can’t feels deeply, permanently stuck."
this struck with me.
"joy is about being alive"
I think people that have been through, rough, maybe even near death experiences make more sense out of it.
"Joy isn’t compromised by anxiety about the future, because it knows that by the time “then” arrives it’ll be “now” anyway,"
I'm intrigued by your wisdom, this exact part about 'future' being 'now' when it eventually arrives is a fundamental teaching of the Landmark Forum, the essence of the event is to be in the present and focus on what can be done in the present, summing it up perhaps is unfair since there is more to the program than that.
The final part of this piece reminds me of a tao monk who said something along the lines to be "absolutely useless" i'm starting to think that being joyful is what he meant.
I wonder if there's a Doubting Fred in everyone.
Excellent piece, I however have a request, what are/is the top book(s) that left a lasting impression on you?
"Someone who aims for pleasure and doesn’t get it feels temporarily put out, but someone who wants to make a difference but can’t feels deeply, permanently stuck."
this struck with me.
"joy is about being alive"
I think people that have been through, rough, maybe even near death experiences make more sense out of it.
"Joy isn’t compromised by anxiety about the future, because it knows that by the time “then” arrives it’ll be “now” anyway,"
I'm intrigued by your wisdom, this exact part about 'future' being 'now' when it eventually arrives is a fundamental teaching of the Landmark Forum, the essence of the event is to be in the present and focus on what can be done in the present, summing it up perhaps is unfair since there is more to the program than that.
The final part of this piece reminds me of a tao monk who said something along the lines to be "absolutely useless" i'm starting to think that being joyful is what he meant.
I wonder if there's a Doubting Fred in everyone.
Excellent piece, I however have a request, what are/is the top book(s) that left a lasting impression on you?