I'm on a borrowed OEM computer, and I pasted some unformatted text into Microsoft Word 2007. I looked at the spell check very quickly and found something unusual. The dictionary doesn't have an entry for "cruft." I have come to the personal conclusion, Microsoft does not believe in "cruft" as a concept. Here are some file sizes from Office 2007 ( Read more... )

LML: Why do you think the interest in awakening has shifted from the East to the West ( Read more... )

(Book Excerpt from "Choosing Civility")
Nice Guys Finish Last Or Do They?
"We hear of a future where relationships are key and people are valued, where not just the taks well performed but the life well lived is what counts." Frances Hesselhein

Many people see no place for civility in a less-than-perfect world. They believe that in our aggressive and ( Read more... )

"The history of many innovations, both in medicine and in other areas of endeavor, indicate that the innovators are often erratic, unsystematic, and difficult to deal with. The quality controllers often regard the work as of poor quality and not worth publishing or noting. ... The only problem is that the quality controllers, while exquisite in ( Read more... )

Being Empty of desire is Happiness ( Read more... )

This is from Papaji Poonja, an enlightened person in India. I say that with no reservation whatsoever, he has siddhi (powers) but says they are a distraction ( Read more... )

Good source of quotes, but I'd recommend "Think and Grow Rich" much more if you wanted to practice life changing or magic ( Read more... )

Well the move went pretty smoothly and I'm back online. I have some sort of kernel issue with the native drivers on my laptop so I couldn't use wireless like everyone else. Tried a few different kernel (driver) versions and it was still broken. At one point trying to reinitialize the built in Wifi Broadcom 4318 hung the machine (hung hardware will ( Read more... )

I'm offline until Sunday because I'm moving. Be back soon.

I was talking with someone today (last night?) and I had advice to give them, it just wasn't ready yet. I could feel a lack, and I had no idea logically what it was. Empty mind. Empty self. Ask the question and receive an answer ( Read more... )