I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.
Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss.
Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.
In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open. . . The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit comes from the word 'familiarization' - as in familiarization with one's own mind.
The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?
The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.
The brain is closer to the skull.
When it comes to animal agriculture, there is conventional, which is rally hideous, and 'compassionate' and 'certified humane' or whatever, which 'may' be 'slightly' less hideous. But it is all torture. It's all wrong. These 'happy' gimmicks are just designed to make the public feel better about exploiting animals. Don't buy the propaganda of 'happy' exploitation. Go vegan and promote veganism.
The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles.
When I was a kid, I was following black soul music.