From time to time, I read a lot of words of wisdom. At that time I read them, I felt great and liked them very much. But later I forget. Now  I think it is better I list them  here. It is easy to find and review whenever I want. Maybe some visitors like them too.

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December 27, 2004 Monday

{{Since December 20, 2004, I started to explore meditation ... ... Today I started to read a book with title " Science, Religion and the meditative mind" by J Richard Wingerter. I can not understand this book very well. But I think some ideas and words are good, especially those quotes of J. Krishnamurti. }}

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"Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all the things that the mind has put together. If you do that ... you will find that there is an extraordinary space in the mind, and that space is freedom.

The tricks of the mind are not meditation. Meditation is the beginning of self-knowledge, and without meditation, there is no self-knowledge."
  --- by J. Krishnamurti.
{{ But what is self-knowledge?}}

29:
"It is only when the mind is totally still that there is a possibility of the coming into being of that which is beyond the measure of the mind. But organized religions merely condition the mind to a particular pattern of thought.

To meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you must find there is silence, a total emptiness. The mind ... is completely alone, and being alone, untouched, it is innocent. Therefore here is a possibility for that which is timeless, eternal, to come into being."
 --- by J. Krishnamurti.

30:
" The way of religion is the disentanglement of the mind from the pattern which is put together by the collective, by the past.

Without meditation there is no perfume to life, no beauty, no love."
 --- by J. Krishnamurti.

31:
" Meditation is the purgation from the mind of all its accumulations; the purgation of the power to gather, to identify, to become; the purgation of self-growth, of self-fulfillment; meditation is the freeing of the mind from memory, from time"  ---by J. Krishnamurti.

{{ But is it possible  to reach that kind of state? }}

32:
" The analysis, judgement-making, and evaluation associated with the exercise of reason, and with or without faith joined to it, are of a limited, partially functioning mind. Deepest understanding can not come from any such partially functioning mind activity. Understanding in depth comes not from any profession of faith in a  merely mind-projected God supposedly at work in the world and the events of history but rather comes out of choiceless and observerless attention to what is, out of the understanding which comes of  such attention." --- By the author J Richard Wingerter ( page 6)

33:
"Traditions and cultures are of the past since they relate to the recognized, the experienced, the known, and not at all to the truly new, the unknown, the living. To belong to a tradition is to live in a house of the dead even when there a partially functioning mind projecting a future supposedly, but not really, beyond the past. A so-called new and constructive mode of thinking is not really new for all thinking is past-related, related to memory, the known, the experienced, in a word to the old and the dead and not to the real and the living, the eternally alive, that which is dynamic and ever-changing rather than inert and lifeless".

"... ... only a truly meditative mind is fully open to the reality" ( page 10)

"... ... Cultures and religions never were and never are open to the really new" ( page 18)

" One can not arrive at living truth, but living truth can come to a mind that is meditative, silently receptive" ( page 18)

" Living truth is not at all related to time and time-related cultures. It has nothing of the relative, the conditioned about it, and it can not be known in any ordinary sense of knowing. It is ahistorical and eternal, not at all time and history related. Indeed the mind can be aware of it only when time and history cease, are ended, but at some future moment in time, but now, on the instant, in choiceless and overserverless attention to what is." ( page 29)

--- By the author J Richard Wingerter




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December 23, 2004 Wednesday

{{ I have not added nice words of wisdom to my list for a long time. The followings are from " The little SAS book" 2nd edition. }}

23:
"  Practice is the best of all instructors" --- Publius Syrus, Circa 42 B.C.

24:
" We all learned by doing, by experimenting ( and often by failing), and by asking questions. "
--- JayJacob Wind

{{ Yes, asking questions is a good way to learn,  I agree! }}

25:
"Once in a while the simple things work right off" --- Phil Gallagher

26:
"Nobody is too old to learn, but  a lot of people keep putting it off" --- William O'Neill

27:
" Contrariwise ," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That is logic."
--- Lewis Carroll


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September 7, 2004 Tuesday

20:
"Don't ask `What is the meaning of my life?'
-- ask `What meaning will I make of my life?'"
- Victor Frankl, Author (1905-1997)

{{ Then start to make the meaning in your life, whatever get started}}

21:
"The more we accept things,the less significant they become."
- Danish Ahmed

22:
"If you judge people,you have no time to love them."
- Mother Teresa


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August 18, 2004 Wednesday

19:      
Doubt sees the obstacles, Faith sees the way.
Doubt sees the darkest night, Faith sees the day.
Doubt dreads to take a step, Faith soars on high.
Doubt questions "who believes?" faith answers, "I".    ---( From small book "Do not wait for your ship to come in")


August 17, 2004 Tuesday

18. One small door is closed, and a big door is open.  ---( by Shuying)

{{ I was turned down by a lawyer because he thought it  is "extremely time consuming" to work for me, he is unwilling to do for me. I was upset. But later I turn to another legal service, I get all my documents notarized within 15 minutes and it is free. If I had that "frustrated lawyer" notarize for me, it would cost me about $ 200 dollars and take him a few days, see, one small door is closed and a big door is open for me! So next time  when you are turned down for whatever reason, be happy and be grateful.  Today's story reminded me some words by one of my good friends: " If we can not marry  a bad and small guy, then marry a good and great man".  Cool? !}}


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August 13, 2004 Friday

17. Interaction sparks ideas ---( From the little book of big insight by Anne Toner Fung & Eric Solowka)
{{ I think interaction no only sparks ideas, it also sparks actions}}

August 5, 2004  Thursday

7. We all make mistakes that's why pencils come with erasers --- ( From the little book of big insight by Anne Toner Fung & Eric Solowka)
   
{{I felt very embarrassed when a professor pointed out some mistakes about my research, I felt I know little ... ... but it is a good chance to learn. I appreciate those thoughtful suggestions he offered}}

8. Be less perfect reaching higher --- ( From the little book of big insight by Anne Toner Fung & Eric Solowka)
   
9. Honor our differences ---- ( same as above)

10. Do your homework---- ( same as above)

11. When Mother Nature gives you mud make mud pies --- (same as above)

12. Life is not about growing old or growing up -it is just about growing  --- ( same as above)
     
      {{ so no one is growing old, and so you do not have to feel old, you are NOT}}

13. Our job is renovation : repair->rebuild->renew until the end --- ( same as above)

14. Balance is an inside thing --- ( same as above)

      {{ I think it is a heart feeling thing? right? I am not sure, it is also a matter of time !}}

15. Balance is an activity ... not a goal --- (same as above)

16. Are you focused on winning the argument or moving forward? --- (same as above)



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 July 21, 2004 Wednesday

1. Happiness is a direction. not a destination. --  ( From my small book "Do not wait")
2. Retreat to advance. Sometimes the most important and urgent thing we can do is get away to a peaceful and quiet place. -- ( From my small book "Do not wait")
   
3. Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all times you can, to all people you can, as long as you ever can. -- John Wesley

    {{ What is "all the good"?  I guess sometimes "one good thing" is to accept things and people around you in the way it is. If you can not, just pretend you are watching a movie}}

4. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. --movie:  Forest Gump
   
    {{ I like Forest Gump very much, of course it is the movie, not that "silly" Forest. I like Janet. But life seems not very fair to her.

5. Criticizing another's garden does not keep the weeds out of your own. -- ( From my small book "Do not wait")
 
    {{ People including me seems very enjoy criticizing the others, find others' bad aspect, and then think about it again and again, or maybe speak out or ...... I guess it maybe just  a good way for a stupid person to punish himself/herself with others' mistakes}}

6. Your struggle may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.-- ( From my small book "Do not wait")
   
   {{ I think this is a great sentence, yes, no one will struggle forever, so if you are having some bad time. Think that it will not last forever}}