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Enlightening the Passions - Day 24 (Vulnerable)

Posted on Dec 11th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

It may be that when we no longer know which way to go, we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Day 23 (Fear & Imagination)

Posted on Dec 9th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

Angels can fly because they take themselves so lightly. -- G.K. Chesterton I think I finally know what the basic vibration of jealousy is: It's fear, the fear of separation of the one you love... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Day 22 (Understanding)

Posted on Dec 8th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. -- Og Mandino In the beginning of this experiment I didn't know... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Day 19 (Dark Waves)

Posted on Dec 5th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. -- Anne-Sophie Swetchine; The Writings of Madame Swetchine The day has only just begun and... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Day 18 (Madame J. visits)

Posted on Dec 4th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can decide how you're going to live now. -- Joan Baez Had an interesting encounter with my old friend jealousy - Madame... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Day 13 (Clear Delight)

Posted on Nov 29th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

One must have chaos in oneself in order to give birth to a dancing star. -- Friedrich Nietzsche One of the truly aspects of this study turns out to be the malleability of feelings -... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Experiment: Day 9 (Shame)

Posted on Nov 25th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

This morning, as I was looking out of the kitchen window, feeling the hot fires of jealousy flaming up in my breast, I was thinking, how nice it would be to return to Advaita Vedanta... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Experiment: Day 8 (Wild Realities)

Posted on Nov 24th, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

Even though this morning I sat with "a sense of insecurity" it was next to impossible to get to the core of it. Insecurity's cousin, Shyness, is well known to me and I've long ago... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Experiment: Day 7 (Guilt, Jealousy)

Posted on Nov 23rd, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

I thought today was going to be about guilt... it was one of the first feelings I was confronted with in the morning. One of the unforeseeable consequences of this experiment is that I've gotten... More »

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Enlightening the Passions - Experiment: Day 6 (Jealousy)

Posted on Nov 22nd, 2008 by Mushin : We-full Mushin

As I was sitting this morning, scanning the list of the ingredients in the alchemical mix that is cooking in the cauldron of my heart (yes, my heart is also a cauldron; actually it's the... More »

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