I've been reading a lot of Buddhist philosophy lately. It all started when I stumbled across a quote that changed how I've been trying to deal with people over the past few weeks. To paraphrase, the quote is: "Stop having expectations of others and just be kind."
Don't let it fool you: It's not that easy -- especially the first part. But I'm working on it.
And while I'm not necessarily ready to give up on my personal version of Judaism just yet, there's a lot of little Buddhist nuggets of wisdom that appeal to me. Like the idea that we don't need to improve. Or how we can't control the uncontrollable. And how we should stop dwelling on the past or the future but live in the present.
I'm going to take these and blend them in to my personal life philosophy. And as I've been reading, I've found more and more of these little nuggets that I want to keep -- or at least try on and see if they work. So every time something jumps out at me, I add it to the list I've been keeping next to my bed, in a little Strawberry Shortcake notebook.
I wonder if this is how cult religions start.
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Maybe not religious cults, but if you read Deepak Chopra or Wayne Dyer and strip away the BS it's basically Buddhist principles. So you too can become one of those self-help gurus and make big bucks and have an ashram or something in La Jolla (like Chopra) or Maui (like Dyer).
Interesting..
"So you too can become one of those self-help gurus and make big bucks and have an ashram or something in La Jolla (like Chopra) or Maui (like Dyer)."
Do you see the irony there?
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