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Mindfulness goes corporate - and purists aren't pleased - Help - Macleans.ca - 0 views

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  • Michael Tubbs on 30 Sep 13
     
    interesting counter-thought to the mainstream introduction of mindfulness in the western world.
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▶ Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones - YouTube - 0 views

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    not an actual link but who cares it's Louis CK!
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When it Comes to Your Happiness, is Travel Important? [INFOGRAPHIC] #happyday | The Loo... - 0 views

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      Alyssa Lau on 30 Sep 13
       
      Wanderlust: The passion of traveling the world.  Lots of individuals considered traveling as a way to explore their inner self and allows to try new experiences. However the reason why i would like to travel is to learn the culture and help people along the way.
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The "Overview Effect", Mindfulness and Travel - 0 views

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      Alyssa Lau on 30 Sep 13
       
      SAVIKALPA SAMADHI: the highest of spiritual state of consciousness.  This conceptt of being conscious relates to Hanh's method of being present in the moment. Both of these concept explains that the perceptive of time and space is different but after several hours of practicing this method, the mind is in another world. Even though you are awake, and are completely aware of the present moment, you are able to have experience that is blissful and memorable.
  • Stepping outside of your own world (literally or figuratively) can lead to this sense of thankfulness and oneness, an emotional surge of compassion for just about everything.
  • once I saw the world as interconnected and people as more alike than I realized, it was impossible to ‘unsee’ it.
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  • nd a state of openness (learning from and appreciating that connectedness).
  • he most important benefit to travel for me has been the consistent reminder that we are all connected in one way or another, and we are all more alike than we think.
  • It’s both a state of thankfulness
  • she travels because she loves to learn and see and eat and understand, slowly moving from place to place in an attempt to get a feel for its people and its spirit, not just its sights.
  • The body is in a trancelike state, but the consciousness is fully perceptive of its blissful experience within”
  • I wrote about how part of what I sought from my travels was a desire to still the whirring in my mind,
  • to seek a form of mindfulness
  • Savikalpa samadhi, the highest of spiritual states of consciousness
  • In this state the conception of time and space is altogether different. For an hour or two hours you are completely in another world.”
  • travel does tend to push people to think about the forest through the trees and to constantly pin current observations against past experiences.
    • Alyssa Lau
      Alyssa Lau on 30 Sep 13
       
      When a person is allow to travel, they discovered that it is not only used as a stress reliver but more of a learning experience. By being mindful in your travels, the person is allowed to live in the present moment, and learn that the world is indeed connected.
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The Fun Theory - 0 views

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  • This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
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Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Confidence Is Good; Overconfidence, Not So Mu - 0 views

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  • Overconfidence can be exploited by others
  • Overconfidence causes blindness, and blindness in turn causes blunders
  • Only, overconfidence can blind us to the facts and make our reasoning go along very different lines
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  • Perhaps the best remedy for overconfidence is an awareness as to when it is most likely to strike
  • irst, overconfidence is most common in hard tasks
  • Second, it increases with familiarity
  • Overconfidence also increases with information
  • Finally, overconfidence increases with action
    • Robert Coady
      Robert Coady on 30 Sep 13
       
      This article is reminiscent of the first article we read for this class, about Sherlock Holmes and mindfulness. It appears as though there are many lessons to take from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
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JOHN GREEN: Make gifts for people - StumbleUpon - 0 views

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      Emily Vargas on 29 Sep 13
       
      The moral was that you should not do something to make money. You should not make something for someone else make it to make it because you enjoy doing so.
    • Alyssa Lau
      Alyssa Lau on 30 Sep 13
       
      I agree with John Green's philosophy that it is better to do something that will make you give gifts to someone.  It's does not matter if you do not get noticed, but it is always better to give back to the community, so that the community will always be better. 
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