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    I have never been able to stretch beyond a daily...

    I have never been able to stretch beyond a daily ten minute insight meditation session. Doesn't saolve any of my problems, but it does help me detach from them a bit.

    My all time favorite book on...
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    Zoe, I think you have the wrong definition of the...

    Zoe, I think you have the wrong definition of the compassion that comes out of meditation. You might also be too much in a hurry to get results out of your meditation.

    The compassion comes out of...
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    I have claimed that I have had "senior's disease"...

    I have claimed that I have had "senior's disease" since I was a senior in college, which is when I first noticed my tendency for absent minded ness.

    I seem to have gotten more aggressive at...
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    Staying convinced that you will be financially...

    Staying convinced that you will be financially okay will keep you in your new space. Old doubts will creep back from time to time.

    I just don't talk about my employment decisions. There is...
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    Buddha started from scratch as well.

    Buddha started from scratch as well.
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    Kaylee. It was spelled that way over her bunk

    Kaylee. It was spelled that way over her bunk
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    I have always wanted and still want an off switch...

    I have always wanted and still want an off switch for thoughts. They appear to be willful, disruptive little beasts.

    In spite of that wish, they continue to chatter like monkeys. Sometimes, I...
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    Ah yes, River vs bounty hunter. It was all an...

    Ah yes, River vs bounty hunter.

    It was all an amazingly creative set of stories.
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    Giving up the story does sound like a neat...

    Giving up the story does sound like a neat concept.

    Figuring out how to give up the story without doing a willpower fight is not quite so obvious.

    If you can't give up the story, just focus on...
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    St. John's Wort did nothing for me. Prozac is...

    St. John's Wort did nothing for me.

    Prozac is the best mental buffer (not a wall) against recycling anxious thoughts.

    I pretty much had to change my approach to life to get stable. Being able...
  11. Thread: Thought

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    Don't think so at all. Doesn't match up to the...

    Don't think so at all. Doesn't match up to the current complex world at all.
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    "I have nothing new to write" That phrase was...

    "I have nothing new to write"

    That phrase was the ice breaker for me to start a morning page. That phrase is also the touchstone I use, when my mind runs empty. And no, I do not have three pages...
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    I just treat that as an attempt to describe what...

    I just treat that as an attempt to describe what needs to happen.

    My preferred explanation is that it is about allowing the right brain to do its creativity thing. The two descriptions map into...
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    Artist Dates were/are hard for me. I have too...

    Artist Dates were/are hard for me. I have too many shinys to chase after, and the return on time spent on an Artist Date never seemed to be as fulfilling. Probably because I could not find the...
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    Get the annuitized pension now and invest it...

    Get the annuitized pension now and invest it (outside of IRAs). Hope the government will still insure it when the company folds. Your taxes may actually rise when social security kicks in, so...
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    I'd use the insurance company if they had a...

    I'd use the insurance company if they had a dispatch service.

    Since they don't, I use AAA.
  17. A variation on what Roger said. If you will...

    A variation on what Roger said.

    If you will use the investment account cost basis valuation, then you don't need to keep the statements forever just to support your own cost basis valuation.

    If...
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    Most so-called stress relieving practices haven't...

    Most so-called stress relieving practices haven't done squat for me.

    For long term success, I have been developing a mindfulness practice, especially as I've learned that I simply cannot live the...
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    Gardenarian - you will be happy with what the...

    Gardenarian - you will be happy with what the future weeks of The Artist's Way offer you.

    The essential message will become that you are a unique creative channel that the world would be poorer...
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    I can be so dense at times.

    I can be so dense at times.
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    Why a private proerty site (movie theatre)...

    Why a private proerty site (movie theatre) instead of a public space, such as a park?

    Just curious
  22. Not seriously, I do look at it to find ways of...

    Not seriously, I do look at it to find ways of surviving without having to work full time. My wife, however, is more tied into the consumer culture, so I can not be a purist.
  23. Seems like you are really asking how people...

    Seems like you are really asking how people decide to break away from their mainstream culture, what self-validation do they do, and how they research the means to do so.

    Wouldn't hurt to research...
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    Not if you want to follow the program. I did...

    Not if you want to follow the program.

    I did not though. I just copied the pages that had the exercises and key points to review them through future months.

    Some folks consider the course a...
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    Just a heads up. The toughest commitment about...

    Just a heads up. The toughest commitment about is setting enough time each day to fill three pages of line paper of your thoughts. Minimum twenty minutes (I think). Could be a lot more if your...
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