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On Sep 7, 2012 Austin Correia MSFS wrote on Sitting Aboard Life's Merry-Go-Round, by Karl Renz:
On Aug 19, 2011 Austin Correia MSFS wrote on Evolution's Gold Standard, by Diane Ackerman:
People who have stuff to offer, might as well learn marketing strategies.
On Mar 10, 2011 Austin Correia MSFS wrote on Freedom Manifests in Action, by Rabindranath Tagore:
Thank you Nipun! This passage deeply moves me. R. Tagore has co-authored my life through lines like these...
On Jan 8, 2011 Austin Xavier wrote on Individual and Social Ethics, by Bertrand Russell:
Like I have been learning.... Life is a gift and the best thanks we can give is to enjoy the gift.
On Jan 8, 2011 Austin wrote on Instilling Discipline and Responsibility in our Lives, by Angeles Arrien:
This understanding of discipline of being a disciple unto oneself, I find is tremendously liberating.
On Nov 2, 2010 Austin wrote on Reality Poses No Danger, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu:
Thanks Viral, for a beautiful and helpful reflection.
On Oct 5, 2010 Austin wrote on Reality Poses No Danger, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu:
I heartily recommend Nathaniel Branden's work on The Six Pillars of Self Esteem for a thorough treatment of this subject. The six practices/pillars are 1.living consciously, 2. self-acceptance, 3. self-responsibility, 4. self-assertiveness, 5. living purposefuly, 6. personal integrity.
On Oct 5, 2010 Austin wrote on Reality Poses No Danger, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu:
A pivotal gem from the sage Bhikkhuji. I am learning the same lesson in the following words: Better to follow the truth wherever it leads than to live in a world of illusions.
On Sep 25, 2010 Austin wrote on A Neuron with Imagination, by Francisco Ramos Stierle:
Self-definition and relationship-definition. We have to define ourselves million times a day. When we enter into a relationship we have to define what we want from that relationship: is it an acquaintance, is it friendship, is it more than friendship, is it patronising? It is one thing to emphasize our ontological relationships i.e. our inter-relatedness at the level of being and another to consciously participate in it. Our relationships must be based on awareness and the choice that comes from awareness of what I want and don't want. This will foster a greater responsibility and freedom in our relationships.
On Sep 5, 2010 Austin. wrote on Being Judicious, not Judgmental, by Thanissaro Bhikku:
For years and years I have struggled to understand the text, "Judge not and you will not be judged." or "Do not judge... do not condemn... forgive... give..." How can we live without making judgements? Is this text practical? Here comes a sage to finally explain the difference between being judgemental and being judicious... Another gem in my collection of distinctions/distinguishing between being alone and feeling lonely, argument and discussion etc... Thank you soooo much!
On Sep 4, 2010 Austin wrote on But It Is There, by Kent Nerburn:
When I first read Nerburn's article I was neuro-physiologically shaken. Yes, I was put off by the metaphor of the frog in the well.. but after some time I felt that what this reading says about the metaphor of the shorelines… i.e. about the ocean appearing different according to the way we approach it being very true! I find much help in Jason’s reflections but not in his mono mania with the metaphor. Also I feel sad when feelings are reduced to a “private well”. Like a friend who once told me that tears are the noblest expression of human sentiment. Here in India Shiv Viswanathan once held forth on Gandhi as a scientist which was not very acceptable to a cosmologist… Life is not a laborotory where conditions can be controlled “at will”… Life is mystery… Blaise Pascal once said that the heart has its reasons which the reason does not know… Or like someone who said, “What happens and how it happens we can say… Why it happens takes years to understand…” Why is genocide wrong? Is the rightness and wrongess of it just a feeling that we have? Like the philosopher who said, “Two things fill me with awe and wonder, the starry sky above and the moral law within me.”
On Aug 27, 2010 Austin wrote on Space in the Crowded Workplace, by Ashvin Iyengar:
Very englightening. I read the full article at corporatepunish.blogspot.com/ Thanks!
On Aug 26, 2010 Austin wrote on To Know Without Needing To Understand, by Gangaji:
We are much, much, more than our deepest and most profound thoughts.
On Mar 25, 2013 Austin Correia wrote on Serving Is Different From Helping And Fixing, by Rachel Naomi Remen:
We need to avoid romanticizing service. Who wants to be identified as a servant? We are equal in dignity as human beings. We may not be equal in competence. I agree with the author's concern to clarify the negative connotations of the terms 'helping' and 'fixing'.