"I cannot describe the glorious feeling of having lived but one day of absolute discipline. You go to sleep throbbing with a ferocious pleasure that comes from having absolutely mastered yourself. That sort of power, you realize, is what moves the world. I cannot describe it adequately, but I can safely say that in these moments I believed I could ( Read more... )

It's been an interesting week. I've had a lot of free-time in the sense that I haven't had to work a lot, but my life has been encumbered with so many various activiites that I've found myself treading water to stay afloat. I have to present on Islam during Dempsey on Tuesday morning, and our group couldn't be less ready. I guess that's the high ( Read more... )

I often lose perspective on life. I really need to start making it a regular practice of meditating. Not just to be pious or disciplined, but I can see that it would probably benefit me a thousand times over. For instance, it's 11:50 at night and I'm up. I should be sleeping, but I'm not. I'm up fussing over stupid shit that won't matter, like one ( Read more... )

Why do we get stressed out so much? Why does it matter to me that I had to work a little harder tonight because someone didnt show up? Why did I act like an asshole to Jaclyn when she came in asking me for help? Why do I worry about money and "me-time ( Read more... )

What are some things you guys want to do with your life?

In Humanities we have been discussing Ishmael. It's a great book and has the capability of awakening humanity to our impeding doom. It points out the great flaws to our 'Taker' culture and shows us where we have come from. It's one of those books that you have many "A-ha!" moments through it's entirety ( Read more... )

Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. - Albert Einstein ( Read more... )

It's hard to know what to expect when someone makes a life change. Of course, most people still think I'm bull-shitting about my change, about what I want to do differently, but there are still many obstacles that I have set up for myself that need to come tearing down before anything will be made apparent ( Read more... )

Whenever I sit down late at night to write an entry in here, my mind is boggled down with so many different things. Usually it's about religion, politics, high school drama and the sort. But when I come to type it, I shrug it off and write a half-assed quip of an idea. I don't pull through because I think it sounds lame or I'm afraid that somebody ( Read more... )

The smoke-filled room was dead silent, the drama of a high-stakes poker game was observed in complete stillness. I looked around the table at the group that was surrounding me, most of them were really rich businessmen dressed in black suits with assorted ties, who played as a hobby simply because they could afford to. However, for me… this game ( Read more... )