In Every Moment There Is Peace

Hell is not a place that we go ... It's a place we create in our minds and live like it is real. In every moment, when we are willing to allow it there is peace - regardless of what we have, don't have, who we're with, who we're not with, if we have no money or an abundance of wealth or any circumstances of our lives. Life is as it needs to be. We need not judge it. The Universe knows what it's doing. We must stay focused on our intentions and watch in awe as they manifest before our very eyes.

   ~   Tom Notarianni Jr.



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The State of the States

The current breakdown of our system of government is not a breakdown of government per se but a reflection of the consciousness or lack there of in our country today. When we as Americans realize the fundamental truth that our individual success is directly linked to our neighbors success and that our nature is giving and it is what makes us the most happy then, and only then will our government reflect that collective state of mind. So, one could say that by helping to ensure our neighbors success (or at least not hindering that success) and giving to others we have ensured our own success and happiness.

   ~   Tom Notarianni Jr.

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How To Be Happy

Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard claims you can practice your way to happiness, and he should know: After MRI scans showed that he experienced extreme levels of positive emotions and few negative ones, he became known as "the happiest man in the world." Trained as a cell biologist in France, Ricard moved to the Himalayas in 1972 to study Buddhism. He's now a translator, a photographer and the Dalai Lama's French interpreter. His books -- the proceeds of which go to 41 humanitarian projects in the remote Himalayas -- include "The Monk and the Philosopher" (a dialogue with his father, a famed philosopher), "Happiness: a Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill," and, most recently, "Why Meditate?" AOL Health spoke with Ricard about the cultivation of happiness, the benefits of altruism and how 30 silent minutes a day can change your life.

Do you think you're the happiest man in the world?
It's better than the unhappiest person in the world. It was a cover line on a Buddhist independent journal. Of course it's cute, but it doesn't rest on scientific evidence. I took part in some ongoing studies on compassion. It's a jump to say my results mean that.

What is happiness?
Happiness is a way of being rather than an endless search for experiences.

‎"Self-realization means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong..." - Swami Paramananda

A Precious Human Life

"Every day, think as you wake up ...

Today I am fortunate to have woken up.

I am alive; I have a precious human life.

I am not going to waste it.

I am going to use 

all my energies to develop myself,

to expand my heart out to others,

to achieve enlightenment for 

the benefit of all beings.

I am going to have kind

thoughts towards others;

I am not going to get angry

or think badly about others.

I am going to to benefit others

as much as I can."

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Osho

No-Thought for the Day: Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core into the other person, without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without creating "the other," reducing the other into a thing, and without becoming addicted with the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other.

 ~ Osho