the only thing unchanged is Change

Cellar Door Books (bookstore)

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:20:00 +0000

my books vs others' business

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:09:00 +0000

Françoise Sagan

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:51:00 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Sagan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1052353/

A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:58:00 +0000

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/15/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-racially-tolerant-countries/

War and Peace

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:13:00 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGSffNqUVM

雍正王朝

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:31:00 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm6HWlWGKIQ

UK government

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sun, 12 May 2013 06:37:00 +0000

https://www.gov.uk/

summer diversity internships, UK fast stream

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sun, 12 May 2013 05:16:00 +0000

http://faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/Summer-Diversity-Internships/Home/

raining, coffee, and writing a paper about UK

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sun, 12 May 2013 05:06:00 +0000

raining, coffee, and writing a paper about UK
the sound of raining is big enough in a way that classical music can't be heard
the sound of raining composed by Nature is as beautiful as classical music composed by people

自由精神

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:55:00 +0000

ziyouspirit

http://weibo.com/signup/signup.php?inviteCode=2672684713

her friend's blog

raining the whole day

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 06:17:00 +0000

raining the whole day

Leo Tolstoy

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 05:42:00 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy

Anna karenina

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 05:36:00 +0000

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781769/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

A living mind is a still mind

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:36:00 +0000

A living mind is a still mind, a living mind is a mind that has no centre and therefore no space and time. Such a mind is limitless and that is the only truth, that is the only reality. - Freedom from the Known,109

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:24:00 +0000

character is more important than reputation

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:21:00 +0000

Are we ever alone?

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:53:00 +0000

In the life we generally lead there is very little solitude. Even when we are alone our lives are crowded by so many influences, so much knowledge, so many memories of so many experiences, so much anxiety, misery and conflict that our mind become duller and duller, more and more insensitive, functioning in a monotonous routine. Are we ever alone? Or are we carrying with us all the burdens of yesterday?" - Freedom from the Known,105

Inward solitude

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:52:00 +0000

To have inward solitude and space is very important because it implies freedom to be, to go, to function, to fly. After all, goodness can only flower in space just as virtue can flower only when there is freedom. We may have political freedom but inwardly we are not free and therefore there is no space. No virtue, no quality that is worth while, can function or grow without this vast space within oneself. And space and silence are necessary because it is only when the mind is alone, uninfluenced, untrained, not held by infinite varieties of experience, that it can come upon something totally new. - Freedom from the Known,106

Control in any form produces only conflict

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:50:00 +0000

Space and silence are necessary to go beyond the limitations of consciousness, but how can a mind which is so endlessly active in its self-interest be quiet? One can discipline it, control it, shape it, but such torture does not make the mind quiet; it merely makes it dull. Obviously the mere pursuit of the ideal of having a quiet mind is valueless because the more you force it the more narrow and stagnant it becomes. Control in any form, like suppression, produces only conflict. - Freedom from the Known,107

The ending of noise is only a small beginning

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:47:00 +0000

That silence which is not the silence of the ending of noise is only a small beginning. It is like going through a small hole to an enormous, wide, expansive ocean, to an immeasurable, timeless state. But this you cannot understand verbally unless you have understood the whole structure of consciousness and the meaning of pleasure, sorrow and despair, and the brain cells themselves have become quiet. Then perhaps you may come upon that mystery which nobody can reveal to you and nothing can destroy. - Freedom from the Known,109

to trust or not

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:23:00 +0000

breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:10:00 +0000

feel it is too much to have a sandwish (with ham and egg) as breakfast
eight crackers with a cup of tea or coffee is just enough

have not felt cooking is fun

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sun, 05 May 2013 09:44:00 +0000

have not felt cooking is fun
probably dislike the greasy smell resulting from cooking
salad with fresh vegetables and fruits is fine
frying, grilling, baking tend to be avoided

laudary with fresh forest smell under sunshine

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sun, 05 May 2013 09:40:00 +0000

laudary can be becautiful art
use detergent with fresh forest smell
drying clothes under sunshine
wear clothes with fresh smell

much better than putting them into dryer (machine) to dry

wonderful living environment

noreply@blogger.com (being) — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:24:00 +0000

birds singing on Sat morning
sunshine or rain outside of big windows
mountains outside of the big windows
five miniutes walk to the river
not many cars around
ride a bike to the office
take subway or bus to downtown, big city (with shopping malls, museums, theaters, many people)
this is the wonderful living environment....