Sangha of Auspicious Companions

Smile Newsletter: The Girl Who Gave Me Apples

Mar 4, 2012 âIf you want the truth, Iâll tell you the truth: Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.â â Kabir “I recently ran into an inspiring story of a man who goes by Suelo. One day, he left all his money in a phone booth and walked away to live like a monk. On his website, he wrote, “I’ve been living without a cent to my name since the autumn of 2000. I don’t use or accept money or conscious barter, and I don’t take food stamps or other government dole. Why? I simply got tired of acknowledging as real this most common world-wide belief called money! I simply got tired of being unreal.” — Rev. Heng Sure [ share your story >> ] You can also contribute comments on each story! A Heart Touched By A Musical Soul >> The Hands We Are Dealt >> The Girl Who Gave Me Apples >> More Stories >> “Being kind not only helps others, but it also helps me feel better about myself. All it takes is simply asking “How are you today?” or smiling and saying Hello. If I can do anything to help make a persons day a little brighter I want to do that. We never know the impact we make on others by one simple act of kindness. I want to have that impact on as many as I can. I have been impacted by others showing me kindness and I definitely want to pay that forward.”

The Power of Metaphors

An expert is a person who has few new ideas; a beginner is a person with many. — Albert Einstein

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Inspiration of the Day:
“When Pablo Picasso, the Spanish artist, was a schoolboy, he was terrible at math because whenever the teacher had him write a number on the chalkboard, he saw something different. The number four looked like a nose to him and he kept doodling until he filled in the rest of the face. The number 1 looked like a tree, 9 looked like a person walking against the wind, and 8 resembled an angel. Everyone else in the classroom saw numbers on the chalkboard; Picasso perceived a variety of different images. The connection between perspective and creative thinking has to do with habituation and over-familiarization. Where creative thinking is concerned, that is the irony of the skill: the more adept you are at something, the less likely you are to look at it in a different way.” In this article, author Michael Michalko explores the power of metaphors.
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Be The Change:
On the topic of ‘Beginner’s Mind,’ this passage starts by proposing an interesting TV experiment: “I want you to watch TV with acute awareness, mindfulness, and precision …”
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