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Saving the World - End of Suffering

By Zahid Abdullah • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Saving the World
One of the things you can discover through meditation is that the world doesn’t need saving. It’s already saved. What a relief! The most attractive thing about the Buddha was that he saved one person: himself. That’s all he needed to save; when he saved himself, he saved the whole world. All his [...]



Lahore Attack On Sri Lankan cricket team - Is It Inside Job?

By Zahid Abdullah • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Lahore Attach On Sri Lankan cricket team - Is It Inside Job?
It is believed that security was hopelessly inadequate. I wouldn’t rule out Tamil tigers/India or Even inside job. The next few day may give clues as to who benefited from this attack.
The inside job and by that i don’t mean non state actors. I [...]



The Search For Love, Approval, And Happiness

By Zahid Abdullah • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Misc

Love is what you are already. Love doesn’t seek anything. It’s already complete. It doesn’t want, doesn’t need, has no shoulds. It already has everything it wants, it already is everything it wants, just the way it wants it. So when I hear people say that they love someone and want to be loved in return, I know they’re not talking about love. They’re talking about something else.
Seeking love is how you lose the awareness of love. But you can only lose awareness of it, not the state. That’s not an option, because love is what we all are.
I already have everything. We all do



OBSTACLES TO HAPPINESS

By Zahid Abdullah • Feb 10th, 2009 • Category: Misc

OBSTACLES TO HAPPINESS
What I’m about to say will sound a bit pompous, but it’s true. What is coming could be the most important minutes in your lives. If you could grasp this, you’d hit upon the secret of awakening. You would be happy forever. You would never be unhappy again. Nothing would have the power [...]



Mind Spa - Relax - De-Stress

By Zahid Abdullah • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Ten-Minute Mind Spa
By Amy Gross
You say you can’t meditate because you “can’t stop thinking.” But, really, not thinking is not what it’s about. The point of meditation is to bring you to clarity so you know you are in fact thinking, or planning, or being depressed or hungry or angry or (it could happen) happy. [...]



‘You’ve got to find what you love,’

By Zahid Abdullah • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Stanford Report, June 14, 2005
‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says
This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.



A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose.

By Zahid Abdullah • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Book Review
Name Of The Book: A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose.
Auther: Eckhart Tolle…
Number 1 Best seller on “The New York Best Seller” for many weeks



Growing Up And Moving On

By Zahid Abdullah • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Cutting The Ties
That Bind
Growing Up And Moving On
We are all bound by invisible chains, things that bind us and block us and keep us from being who we really are. These ties come from childhood from family environment, culture, fears or reactions to events that took place years ago.
A method developed by Phyllis Krystal [...]