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(sry had to tweak it a little) with courage, write on bringing out our mind to thought in harmony weighs in harmony weighs and of harmonious ways but what would knot stop? but what would knot stop? what in heaven's name is that? not a flippin' clue

Actually he is the present lineage head of that tradition.

who can't outwit her must wash her feet for a month with milk and honey

neurological characteristically a nerve disorder

makes you a skate punk? with untucked shirt, ruffled hair the real article

last one's a winner winner gets a plastic cat and two shoelaces

If you go deep enough into what the Buddha taught, you will realize deathlessness. Its a little different from immortality. Knowing interdependent origination is to know the conditions which brings into being birth, old age, sickness and death. To go beyond conditions is to practice reversing the 12 links of causality in as mindful a fashion as your practice allows you.

That may be true in dysfunctional minds. In healthy individuals your assumptions do not apply. Just reflect for a moment whether its more effective for personal goal achievement when others are respected as equals or otherwise. I have found the former works wonders in a work environment, but its not a prevalent scenario out there, unfortunately. This would explain your stance, one which, if not altered, serves only one predictable outcome.

At the opposite end of Narcissism one finds this: wiki

Having a healthy self-image is not narcissism. Narcissists craves attention because they are extremely volatile, insecure and self-centred. On the other hand, a confident, secure individual (with substance) deflects volatility & self-centredness by virtue of the fact that they have no desire for validation of any sort. This is why sometimes others will bestow on such individuals a label like 'charismatic', befitting their air of likability and presence. Its never a self-awarded thing, these labels. Those who are really superior are those who truly wish others to be their equal. I think you have it slightly mixed up.

that's as good as mine life as a big ball of gas wonder of wonders

to take to the sky with lapis lazuli wings it happens in dreams

be once more in-juiced all those who are out of juice two dollars a pint

Thank you, Manitou! _/\_ This is from the same Sutra. I was just reading the passage actually.... Synchronicity. Much peace & blessings.

as folded steel wills the movement of one earthworm plum blossoms will smile

Thanks, B. Footedness... I was wondering if a word like 'ambifooted' would do. Guess not. I think there's something to that JH study. Of the schoolmates that i still keep in touch with, it appears that the lefties have done better than the righties.

Pretty much the same for me. I hold woks with my right hand though, ladle or spatula in my left. Fry pans, well, both hands are ok. Flipping pancakes i would use the right. All flippin' else, left. Lately im learning one-handed push-ups with the right to get some balance. The left arm used to look a bit bigger than the right, now its almost evenly matched. Im thinking the left has shrunk a bit. Which leg do you guys use to kick a ball eh? Both can do? Is there a term for the ability to use both legs evenly?

the cuckoo flies off said goodbye to the seagull last words... au revoir

Ok, you may have an additional 3 nuts to compensate for your allergy...

In Vajrayana Buddhism it is alleged that only buddhas have the ability to abide in the 3rd phase permanently; because of this, they are able to traverse thru the first and second phases at will, without being distracted or imprisoned by/in any of them due to the mind being fully embedded in Prajnaparamita without the slightest leakage.

flow of burbling stream upon which a mayfly float alive... for a day...

Im ambidextrous, but can write only with the right, yet most other things are done with the left. In my younger days, it was always that i felt the left hand to have more strength than the right. Now in my mid 50s, its balancing out a bit -- not so much an increase in strength of the right hand, but a slightly diminished capability of the left. Used to be able to wax and detail-polish the car with just the left, nowadays it needs to be flipped & flopped between the 2.

Thats right, FT, Indonesia and East Timor are predominantly Islamic, aren't they, with many still very much influenced by their ancestral paganistic or shamanistic roots. Maybe that has something to do with it as well.

I dont think its because they have less... one of the main reasons is because the majority believes strongly in karma - this is coupled with the belief that if they adopt a greedy, materialistic attitude in this life, they will have to repay it in future lives. They also believe that if they are not living in ideal conditions this life, as long as they do more good, make more offerings and prayers, then the gods & their ancestors will look kindly upon them and grant them a more favourable rebirth. Because of this, they tend to be generally quite contented with their 'now' conditions, knowing - and expecting - that what they do in this present existence in preparation for rebirth critically decides conditions in the next life. So they tend to hanker comparatively less than Westerners (generally speaking). The above is true only up to the previous generation of Asians, and not applicable to a sector of Asians who do not hold to the concept of karma. The present generation have already been, to a large extent, greatly influenced by Western materialism and have adopted the carpe diem mantra. This is from an Asian perspective.

To tell you the truth, i enjoy my rice much more than the fleeting delight i get from my bmw. People think having a flashy car is such a big deal, but really, its not. The amusement one might derive from it comes and goes, whereas taking delight in rice is a more stable appreciation. If i lose my car, i wont die... if i lose my ability to eat rice, hmm... that will be more serious i think. We could learn to enjoy what is there with a heightened awareness of transiency and ephemeralness ... then everything becomes a gift. We learn ever-deepening appreciation and gratitude not because we have things, but because we know the things we have wont last forever.