Entertainment Addiction

Filed under Articles on 26. February 2007 » Comments [2]

Even when compared to other first-world problems, addiction to entertainment may not seem all that serious. It isn’t as newsworthy as alcoholism and drug addiction, and certainly not as destructive on the face of it, but entertainment addiction is a ‘silent killer,’ so to speak. It is more or less socially acceptable, and even seen as a mark of success in its sneakier manifestations (e.g. stock tickers and multitasking), so it is possible to get into a deep pit of addiction to entertainment in modern society without yourself or anyone else even noticing … Read on »

Tags: personal development , the world , thinking

Abandoning the Pursuit of Happiness

Filed under Articles on 16. February 2007 » Comments [3]

When our minds are given the task of figuring out how to find happiness, the enterprise is doomed to failure from the get-go. The concept of happiness is rooted deep in our conditioning, in various states of distortion from person to person, and is the concept which carries perhaps the clearest indicator of our delusion of seeking for fulfillment in the world of form. The conditioned concept of happiness is always connected with something that happens, and is characterized by images of positive events and good fortune. It is at its core an externally derived sense of wellbeing; of feeling happy because of something that happens … Read on »

Tags: awakening , inner peace , tao te ching

How Can I Be of Service?

Filed under Articles on 8. February 2007 » Comments

If you were to read a transcript summary of your thinking over the course of a normal day, you might find that a lot of it centers around what you want for yourself; looking at things in terms of what’s in it for you, what you need to do in order to ensure your own comfort, how you can turn situations in your favor etc. And while you may not have many obviously self-serving thoughts, on a deeper level the general theme may still revolve around them to a certain degree … Read on »

Tags: awakening , ego , pointers , the world

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