I was briefly bitter.
I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain.
Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in and starts connecting our anger with past events.
To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.
Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think
My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind.
When we are being compassionate, we consider another's circumstance with love rather than judgement. . . To be compassionate is to move into the right here, right now with an open heart consciousness and a willingness to be supportive.
If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
Be careful of success; it has a dark side.
But the great thing about shows now is since we've been doing (Comedy Death Ray), they have lightened up on their booking policies a bit more and are booking somebody who isn't famous and who hasn't been around ten years. It's great to see people who've done our show - the first big show they've ever done - now they can play around town.
We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.