Picasso painted because he couldn’t sing. Maria Callas sang because she couldn’t write. Hemingway wrote because he couldn’t paint. Focus on the talent that you have and develop it to the fullest. Waste no time wishing for other talents. * * * * * * * * * Art is a lie that makes us realize [...]
Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Focus on what you have, not what you don’t have
Posted: 30 June 2010 in Solitude, Silence, Serenity, StillnessTags: meditation
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New Year's Resolution: Simplicity
Posted: 2 January 2010 in Solitude, Silence, Serenity, StillnessTags: meditation
While others are making lists of New Year’s resolutions, I have only one: simplicity. I used to make lists of resolutions. It seemed comforting and the thing to do. But lists of resolutions have become nothing more than yet another to-do list in a world of too many things to do. What’s needed isn’t another [...]
Meditation and Buddhism: online resources, retreats and more
Posted: 29 August 2009 in Buddhism and MeditationTags: buddhism, meditation
I promised to elaborate further on my ten worthwhile summer projects, the no. 1 project being “Meditate”. How do you get started? What is it? And for the more curious, how do you find out more about Buddhism? I have listed several online resources for meditation instructions and Buddhist teachings. However, there’s no substitute for [...]
Five ways to survive the recession: travel, meditate, do yoga
Posted: 17 October 2008 in Solitude, Silence, Serenity, StillnessTags: buddhism, credit crisis, meditation, recession, yoga
Since economists are predicting a severe recession and people think there’s going to be one, we will probably have one. That means a lot of people will lose their jobs, businesses will close down, consultants have no gigs. But you don’t need to get depressed or panic. There are other ways to deal with the [...]
Meditation protects the brain
Posted: 14 October 2008 in Solitude, Silence, Serenity, StillnessTags: meditation
Research on the benefits of meditation show that “longtime meditators don’t lose gray matter in their brains with age the way most people do, suggesting that meditation may have a neuro-protective effect. A rash of other studies in recent years meanwhile have found, for example, that practitioners of insight meditation have noticeably thicker tissue in [...]
