Tag: control

11
Jun
2024

Be Your Puppeteer (Jan 14)

__ Further Reflections 77: Your Buddha-nature isyour inner citadel and refuge.Align with it. Never let it downand it will never…

11
Jun
2024

Control The Now Controllable (Jan 13)

__ Further Reflections 72: Take care of thatwithin your circle of control(i.e. your mind)and that circle may grow. 73: Will…

27
May
2024

Surrender All Else (Jan 12)

__ (Stoicism’s universal principles speakof ‘God and fortune’ in a general sense,that can be simply be thought of as ‘Karma’.)…

27
May
2024

Shift Your Caution (Jan 11)

__ Further Reflections 61: To avoid needless suffering,never focus on what you cannot control. 62: Those who have much suffering,cling…

20
May
2024

What You Control (Jan 9)

__ Further Reflections 48: Control what you can control well.Ignore what you cannot control at all. 49: Learn to choose…

27
Feb
2024

Control And Choice (Jan 1)

_ Further Reflections 1: See clearly what you can control,and control it well.See clearly what you cannot control,and let it…

19
Jan
2023

Simply This

08
Aug
2022

Control Your Interpretation & Response

_ Control Your Interpretation & Response We don’t always controlwhat happens to us.But we always controlhow we interpretwhat happens to…

07
Apr
2022

(Non)-Acceptance

(Non)-Acceptance Maintain what you can first,change what you can first. With these done… The more can you maintain later,the more…

17
Mar
2020

Take Control

From ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy:

15
Dec
2019

Frustration: Super Short Story #691

Frustration: Super Short Story #691 She was frustratedby how he did not understandthat his frustrationsarose from what people could not…

13
May
2019

Death Reflections #6

From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…

22
Jan
2019

Calmness: Dharmagram #346

  Calmness: Dharmagram #346 With calmness take the clear control you can. (From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’)

22
Jan
2019

Desire: Dharmagram #349

  Desire: Dharmagram #349 Be your puppeteer, not the puppeted. (From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’)

19
Nov
2018

Connection: Dharmagram #285

  Connection: Dharmagram #285 Yet, the inner and outer are interconnected. The point is to take charge of what you…

28
Mar
2018

Control: Dharmagram #37

Dharmagram #37: Last silent scene of ‘Manhunt: Unabomber’ that asks why do we let ourselves be controlled by red lights…

28
Dec
2017

Chaos: NY Adventure 40

NY Adventure 40: Chaos Pollock’s pieces bring this to mind… There is apparent chaos within order, and subtle order within…

30
Nov
2017

Control: Super Short Story #485

Super Short Story #485: Control As he liked the feeling of control, he moved from play of remote-control cars to…

22
Mar
2014

Is Power Control?

From the movie ‘Man of Tai Chi’:  Master: You must meditate. Tiger: Why? Master: To clear your mind, guide your…