Cultivate Your Mind. Jewel of the Month: Zoisite Zoisite was first discovered in Austria towards the end of the eighteenth century and was named after the mineral collector Freiherr Von Zois. Zoisite’s green color comes from the presence of chromium and vanadium and it forms in rough masses. Zoisite masses occasionally have Ruby scattered throughout the stone. Zoisite stimulates fertility and if Ruby is present it increases potency. Monthly Jewel: Spring is the time that gardens are being prepared for planting. "Nature imitates herself: a grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit: a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit. " Author's Bio: ©2007 Annette Pieper is a Harmonic Life Specialist, highly sought after motivational speaker, personal coach and mentor and CEO of Harmonic Life Institute, a company offering private and group consultations, webinars, workshops, seminars and educational material to inform and inspire you to create harmony in mind, body, heart and soul.
5 Minds for the Future: Cultivating Thinking Skills. “…We must immediately expand our vision beyond standard educational institutions. In our cultures of today – and of tomorrow – parents, peers, and media play roles at least as significant as do authorized teachers and formal schools…if any cliché of recent years ring true, it is the acknowledgment that learning must be lifelong.” – Howard Gardner Cultivating your mind is more important than anything else you can do to prepare for personal and professional success.
Why? Because the modern world is unpredictable. In past times, people could “finish” their education and move on to professional life. My article The 3 Types of Learning & Why You Won’t Want to Ignore Any of Them discusses the most important types of knowledge / ability to acquire. The Disciplined Mind The disciplined mind has mastered at least one way of thinking – a distinctive mode of cognition that characterizes a specific scholarly discipline, craft or profession. The Synthesizing Mind The Creating Mind The Respectful Mind. Twelve Tribe Rasta ~Overview - The Positive. '3' KeyThings 12 Tribe Rasta Has Right Understanding of what Mount Zion Is Understanding Of The Hebrew Name of God Understanding God's Kingdom on Earth as It IS In Heaven The name 'Jah' is by far the most frequently occurring form of God's name found in Rasta Reggae lyrics, and often replaces the words 'God' or 'LORD' when they appear in biblical quotations.
The form taken by God's sacred name in scripture has a complicated history. In the original Hebrew text, written without vowels, God's name appears as a series of four Hebrew consonants, usually transliterated as YHWH or JHVH. Hence, JAH is used in many Reggae song lyrics as the name of God. Many Protestants do not feel comfortable using the term [name] Jah due to it's present day reference to Rastafari.However, we must remember that it was GOD's NAME FIRST, LONG BEFORE Haile Selassie ever walked the earth! "Jah" (Hebrew for Yah) is a contraction of Jahweh. From the first part of God's name Jah-hov-ah. 1 Praise Jah!
Exodus 15:2. 101 zen stories. Zen stories. Self-Forgiveness and Making Amends. We are deeply imprinted by the suffering we have caused others. This imprint is sometimes felt as shame, guilt or remorse, and it’s our heart’s sensitivity calling us to attention. In the Buddhist teachings, such sensitivity can be intelligent and healthy—it plays an important role in awakening and freeing our hearts.
In contrast to our habit of beating up on ourselves, healthy shame is the signal that we’ve strayed from our deepest life values—it draws attention to a contracted, diminished sense of self—and it can energize us to realign with our hearts. Similarly, guilt focuses attention on our unskillful actions and can lead us to admitting our mistakes and making amends however we are able. Self-forgiveness is often not even possible, and certainly cannot be complete, until we have in some way made amends to those we’ve injured.
Making amends is not for the sake of satisfying an external standard of morality. Dear Sir,For twenty-two years I have carried your picture in my wallet. Do Nothing for 2 Minutes. Mind & Spirit Vaults. Buddha | The Encyclopedia of Truth. It is important to understand the nature of truth. It will help you to see the fact as it is and to deal with the complex structure of illusions created by mind. I agree on the fact that truth can never be bound by thoughts but it is good to have a healthy discussion about its nature. This discussion will not lead you to enlightenment but it will give you strong logics to deal with the intricacies of mind.
Continue reading Dhammapada Verse 9 Anikkasavo damasaccena apeto yo kasavam Vattham paridahessati so kasavam na arahati (If a man’s thoughts are muddy, if he is reckless and full of deceit, how can he wear the yellow robe?) Dhammapada Verse 8 asubhanupassim viharantam indriyesu susamvutam bhojanamhi ca mattannum saddham araddha viriyam maro tam ve nappasahati vato selam pabbatam iva. The Buddha has passed away but His teachings still exist in its purity. Dhamma (Doctrine) is compiled in the form of “Pali Tipitaka”. Tipitaka is not written by Buddha Himself. Dhammapada Verse 7. Buddhism.