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Ancient Quotes And Quotations Quotes from Ancient Times What the rich and famous and wise said Thoughtful and attentive words to contenplate learn from Note: Throughout history the rich, famous and wise have said things that have been recorded in the form of quote.s It is the study of these quotes that give insight into life. Solomon (died c. 930 BC), king of the ancient Hebrews and son of David As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Lycurgu (fl. c. 850 BC), Spartan semi-mythical law-giver There thou beholdest the walls of Sparta, and every man a brick. To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray," said Lycurgus, "do you first set a democracy in your own house." Hesiod (c. 800 BC - c. 720 BC) Greek pastoral poet Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged. No day is wholly unproductive of good. But what says the Greek? Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death. Know thyself.

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Clients From Hell Wellness Words of Wisdom May 27th, 2013 The fountain in the center of campus is dry, lifeless. It’s almost October. The inscription at the base of the fountain reads, “In Memory of a Beautiful Life.” It commemorates Mary Tomlinson Lanning, Class of 1912, a sophomore who died much too young from typhoid fever. It brings me to wonder, What is a beautiful life? What are we missing when our lives are not beautiful? I consider my life thus far to be beautiful. I think I figured out what I want to be when I grow up. March 29th, 2013 I should write a book called: When Bad Things Happen to “Should” People. I forget to remember that, even as I’m filling my life with want-to-do’s, I need to go at the speed of Life. When we rush or get pushed toward the “should’s” and “have-to’s” of life, bad things happen. Let us simplify. “Tension is who you think you should be. Try walking at the speed of Life. February 4th, 2013 Life can be frustrating. I tend to notice the former. January 28th, 2013 I have an inner guidance system.

Emma Wimhurst Business Motivational Speaker Quotes and Famous Sayings - The Quotations Page Insp1re.com is best site for motivation. 155. O great mystery | One Time, One Meeting Cortical ColumnsGreg A. Dunn It’s no great mystery, my friend used to say. He was a gifted mechanic and a natural handyman. How do you replace and properly gap the spark plugs on a ’63 Ford pickup? In practical terms, my friend may have been right, but in ultimate terms, he was wide of the mark. Stopping to buy a few fruits and vegetables at a roadside family farm, I linger to chat with the co-owner. Yet what could be more mysterious, once you look into it–this capacity for thought, speech, and conversation, made possible by the human brain? And as with the brain, so with the body. Beyond the mysteries of mind and body, there is the profound mystery of death and its aftermath. * James Gorman, “Learning How Little We Know About the Brain,” New York Times, November 10, 2014. ** Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Weatherhill, 1970), 116. The painter and printmaker Greg Dunn holds a doctorate in neuroscience. Like this: Like Loading...

Today Is Your Day To Win One Time, One Meeting | The Practice of Zen Meditation Law of Attraction |Deliberate Attraction| Conscious Creation| Universal Laws| Near Death Experience Neuroscience and Zen Brain - Upaya Zen Center Roshi Halifax speaking at TED Women 2010 In recent years, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience have contributed new observations and insights into the brain and bodily processes involved in those states we call emotions and their relationships to our perceptions and actions. These observations support the conclusion that bodily changes and the experience of the body are inextricable aspects of emotions, and of most other aspects of mind. Upcoming Zen Brain Programs Personal Development Resources - White Dove Books Philippians 2:6 Not thievary for a man to be God "Have this attitude that also was in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not regard it robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation." (KJV) The Trinitarian translation and subsequent intepretation of this passage is devised contrivance, pure and simple. For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man. Now let us look at what the passage really says. Let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus, who, subsisting in the form of God, was not caught up esteeming being equal with God, but emptied himself Let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus, who, subsisting in the form of God, was not caught up esteeming existence the same as God, but emptied himself Now as we shall see there is a big difference here.

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