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no past
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About No Past – 12 Ideas

This entry is part 11 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
No Past — One of the tough­est ‘sells,’ both in ther­a­py and in life, is this: there is no need, nor is there any way, to resolve the issues of the past.
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self

About Happiness – 12 Ideas

This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
About Hap­pi­ness — The key to hap­pi­ness and con­tent­ment: hap­pi­ness is deter­mined by your intention. 
i-am-ness
self

About I‑am-ness — 12 Ideas

This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
I‑am-ness — One par­tic­u­lar­ly inter­est­ing way to look at our­selves as human beings is to explore our free-flow­ing-ness ver­sus our rigidity. 
being chained
self

About Being Chained – 12 Ideas Series

This entry is part 8 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
About Being Chained – I must take full respon­si­bil­i­ty for my choic­es, deci­sions, and direc­tions. Just as there is no one to com­pare myself to, there is no one is to blame for any choice I have ever made.
knowing yourself
self

About Knowing Yourself — 12 Ideas

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
Know­ing Your­self — I sus­pect that most peo­ple are more con­cerned with per­fect­ing their defen­sive­ness and whin­ing than they are with rad­i­cal­ly alter­ing their way of being in the world.
results
self

About Results — 12 Ideas

This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
The use­ful­ness or valid­i­ty of an action is always deter­mined by the result. If it ain’t work­ing, doing more of it isn’t going to work either.
bring wisdom
Ideas for Living

Bring Wisdom — 12 Ideas

This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series 12 Ideas
Bring Wis­dom — If life has any mean­ing, it is this: each event of life has the poten­tial to bring wis­dom. The wise per­son is able to see through the events of life to their essence, in a moment of sim­ple engagement. 
about reality
self

About Reality

About Real­i­ty: learn­ing to be in the present moment, in the real, is key to wak­ing up and liv­ing a full life 
emptiness
Zen Ideas

The Emptiness of Everything

This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Zen 101
The Empti­ness of Every­thing — watch­ing the work­ings of our mind as we invent mean­ings — how doing this gets us into trou­ble, is the point of the Heart Sutra
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