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One of my constant sources of inspiration is best-selling author Dan Millman. I am starting to notice a pattern here: two of my spiritual guides (Jack Lalanne and Dan Millman) were former athletes, and shared their perspectives on life with others in a rather public way. If you know of more characters [...]
Wise advice from Dan Millman: “Just fit in until you find out where you stand out”
January 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Opinion, Personal Development
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Can we fall out of love?
November 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life, Opinion
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When I started this blog, I wrote for myself. The blog started as a collection of random thoughts I was having, primarily during boring business meetings (What? I thought this was about love!” You’re right, dear reader. Hang on there and we’ll get to it in a second)
However, [...]
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Do you believe in Karma?
November 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life, Reflection
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Yesterday I came across a blog post that related the sad story of a 76 year-old Trishaw driver in Singapore who was taunted and abused by 3 young and (obviously) immature men. (link to Youtube video)
In the last sentence of the post, the author extols us to “take a good look [...]
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Meditation through prayer?
November 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Reflection, Religion
As some of my readers will know, I have been increasingly interested in the Buddhist traditions. Over the last 18 months, I have read a lot about this philosophy; learned about meditation; and increased my meditation practice from about 15 mins every few months, to about 1 hour every day.
Last Sunday, I was listening to [...]
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Are you a specialist or a generalist?
November 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Opinion, Personal Development
The Unawakened always rewards Specificity.Only the Masters enjoy Balanced Versatility.
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Specialisation is highly regarded in this modern world.I have discussed career goals with many professionals, and I am yet to find someone who tells me “I want to develop a broad range of skills - I want to be a generalist“. But as the [...]
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Zen poetry: Samsara
July 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life, Poem
Six months
of Change
Six Months
of Suffering
Six Months
of Love
Six months
of happinessThe nature of Samsara:
to realise through daily life
of the emptiness of ‘I’.
To live in all its glory
the teachings of enlightened ones
That nothing lasts,
All changes,
and we just are
ripples on a pond;
ripples that forgot
that we are all just water;
ripples that forgot
that we are all the same.
Just water in [...]




