Comments on: How I Got Bad Advice from a Cartoon Character http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm A Guide to Being Peaceful Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blog Carnival of Personal Power for 31 May 2009 :: pinkblocks http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-71 Blog Carnival of Personal Power for 31 May 2009 :: pinkblocks Sun, 31 May 2009 18:03:35 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-71 [...] Lucky presents: How I Got Bad Advice from a Cartoon Character [...] [...] Lucky presents: How I Got Bad Advice from a Cartoon Character [...]

]]> By: Sheila (@stinginthetail) http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-39 Sheila (@stinginthetail) Sun, 17 May 2009 03:23:22 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-39 good post - it's hard to articulate the simple, but you've done a nice job :) good post – it’s hard to articulate the simple, but you’ve done a nice job :)

]]> By: Lucky http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-38 Lucky Sat, 16 May 2009 08:18:59 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-38 I appreciate your insightful comment, Aaron. I'd only like to say that if you're functioning in the world, thoughts necessarily manifest frequently out of sheer necessity. Most of the time, actions which we perform on a day-to-day basis like deciding what to do during the day, deciding what to have for breakfast, evaluating the breakfast, choosing clothes and performing professional tasks all require thought to trigger them and accomplish them. In moments of deep relaxation... well, yes, there are far fewer thoughts then. I appreciate your insightful comment, Aaron. I’d only like to say that if you’re functioning in the world, thoughts necessarily manifest frequently out of sheer necessity. Most of the time, actions which we perform on a day-to-day basis like deciding what to do during the day, deciding what to have for breakfast, evaluating the breakfast, choosing clothes and performing professional tasks all require thought to trigger them and accomplish them. In moments of deep relaxation… well, yes, there are far fewer thoughts then.

]]> By: Aaron http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-37 Aaron Sat, 16 May 2009 06:08:55 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-37 Great post Lucky, I would only disagree that there are seldom moments without thought. Actually, I've found that with training and the right understanding, (ie thoughts happen and are not 'you', nor are they even interesting) thoughts become whispers between long silences. Losing interest in the conceptual world is easy after soaking in a life of direct experience, unmediated by thought. Thanks for sharing this, Aaron The Wake Up Guy Great post Lucky, I would only disagree that there are seldom moments without thought.

Actually, I’ve found that with training and the right understanding, (ie thoughts happen and are not ‘you’, nor are they even interesting) thoughts become whispers between long silences.

Losing interest in the conceptual world is easy after soaking in a life of direct experience, unmediated by thought.

Thanks for sharing this,
Aaron The Wake Up Guy

]]> By: Lucky http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-34 Lucky Wed, 06 May 2009 16:37:06 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-34 Glad you liked the post, Mark, and happy that it was meaningful to you, because that means you have traveled a good distance down the path of spiritual evolution. More power to you! Glad you liked the post, Mark, and happy that it was meaningful to you, because that means you have traveled a good distance down the path of spiritual evolution. More power to you!

]]> By: Mark http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-33 Mark Wed, 06 May 2009 16:23:37 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-33 This is a great analogy! Yes, we are separate from the stream of thoughts, we are found in the gap, in the silence. This is a great analogy! Yes, we are separate from the stream of thoughts, we are found in the gap, in the silence.

]]> By: How I Lost Thirty Póunds in Thirty Days http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-32 How I Lost Thirty Póunds in Thirty Days Wed, 06 May 2009 08:34:39 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-32 Hi, interesting post. I have been thinking about this topic,so thanks for posting. I'll certainly be subscribing to your posts. Keep up the good work Hi, interesting post. I have been thinking about this topic,so thanks for posting. I’ll certainly be subscribing to your posts. Keep up the good work

]]> By: Lucky Balaraman http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-31 Lucky Balaraman Tue, 05 May 2009 05:47:37 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-31 Thanks for the thoughtful comment. It made me think about how a better analogy than cars on a freeway would be cars on a major city street. Sometimes the traffic on such a street is thick, sometimes thin, sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet, sometimes disruptive, sometimes with accidents and sometimes totally absent. Maybe I'll revise the article with that improvement. If I do, a lot of the credit goes to you! Thanks for the thoughtful comment. It made me think about how a better analogy than cars on a freeway would be cars on a major city street. Sometimes the traffic on such a street is thick, sometimes thin, sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet, sometimes disruptive, sometimes with accidents and sometimes totally absent.

Maybe I’ll revise the article with that improvement. If I do, a lot of the credit goes to you!

]]> By: Positively Present http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm/comment-page-1#comment-29 Positively Present Sun, 03 May 2009 21:12:34 +0000 http://calmandcool.com/51/inner-happiness.htm#comment-29 I just came across this blog from a blog carnival and I really enjoyed this post. I've heard something similar to what you've written about cars being thoughts, except I heard it as the thoughts as leaves floating down a river (a more peaceful image in my mind but maybe less accurate because some thoughts are far from peaceful). You make a great point about how we are not our thoughts. They are ours, but we are not them. I just came across this blog from a blog carnival and I really enjoyed this post. I’ve heard something similar to what you’ve written about cars being thoughts, except I heard it as the thoughts as leaves floating down a river (a more peaceful image in my mind but maybe less accurate because some thoughts are far from peaceful). You make a great point about how we are not our thoughts. They are ours, but we are not them.

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