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POPSWhat is Life? this talk influenced me deeply to turn my life around some time ago a powerful message from a pioneering man there is a goldmine of his material for free through the net including videos at the other end of the youtube link http://jiddu-krishnamurti.net/ http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/ peace
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POPS8 Destructive thinking patterns To change your thinking pattern you have to Recognise Be aware Slowly change and introduce a new thinking pattern Keep working on all your destructive thinking patterns Change your life with your new way of thinking
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POPSThe life-giving power of literature
I used to get bored out of my brain before I started reading I could never latch on to it to easily till I found words of wisdom and writing that could be applied to life also learning about the outside world/universe through factual writing like national geographic and the guardian newspaper has really opened a lot of doors for life,conversation,enjoyment and distraction reading offered answers to the meaning of life and the universe which had seriously distressed me beforehand the quote from volataire sums it up: Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day." — Voltaire this is particulary true in the days of crappy prime time tv shows and hyped up media I also read somewhere about the calming effect good reading material promoting creative thought can have on ones nerves which I found very true oh and the source goodreads is awesome che
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POPSWhat life is.. the desire bit sounds a bit funny to me as krishnamurti talked about the problem of desire
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POPSColin Farrell tells of 'blessed' life with special needs child “Its mad the way the world works. It's bizarre. I experienced the overwhelming effect of being around those athletes pretty much just before my son was born with special needs. “I have never thought of my son as being someone with a disability. It goes back to special needs and what is a disability and what isn't”.