tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post4987288986553350413..comments2023-03-28T05:08:45.442-04:00Comments on Mochaccino Chai: A Few Days GreyFarheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05432706760059040473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post-29582090494466970782008-06-02T01:03:00.000-04:002008-06-02T01:03:00.000-04:00I am so greatful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah for tu...I am so greatful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah for turning me onto Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and her beautiful book ""My Stroke of Insight"". Her story is amazing and her gift to all of us is a book purchase away I'm happy to say. <BR/><BR/>Dr Taylor was a Harvard brain scientist when she had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.<BR/><BR/>What I took away from Dr. Taylor's book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don't have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. ""I want what she's having"", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can! Thank you Dr. Taylor, and thank you Eckhart and Oprah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post-20911655405161569562008-06-01T18:14:00.000-04:002008-06-01T18:14:00.000-04:00ahem... party?ahem... party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post-25460227988418711692008-06-01T09:39:00.000-04:002008-06-01T09:39:00.000-04:00Thank you for the kind and supportive words BM and...Thank you for the kind and supportive words BM and chirpychickadee. I truly appreciate it. And thanks for the hug chirpychickadee. Although virtual it helped knowing you wanted to give me a hug. :)Farheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432706760059040473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post-23374377564514489702008-06-01T02:58:00.000-04:002008-06-01T02:58:00.000-04:00And at least you'll get a laugh from the online pe...And at least you'll get a laugh from the online personals. Those brothers kill me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post-63385393252516096932008-06-01T02:56:00.000-04:002008-06-01T02:56:00.000-04:00Dear sister of mine, If all the people who were lo...Dear sister of mine, <BR/><BR/>If all the people who were lonely got together, would nobody be alone?<BR/><BR/>I love you and I send you a big, long hug. It's less lonely being lonely together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611160878461950112.post-14437231853024081092008-05-31T21:19:00.000-04:002008-05-31T21:19:00.000-04:00I know it's hard being alone :( The depression ta...I know it's hard being alone :( The depression takes away a lot of our motivation to do things such as writing blog entries. I try to keep writing and expressing myself so that I can get my mind off things that I don't want to think about or feel.<BR/><BR/>It is ok to feel hopeless and depressed, but these feelings shouldn't dominate our being. We shouldn't let the negative things in life prevent us from positive things. We should never let ourselves submit to a "self-fulfilling prophecy," otherwise there really won't be any hope. It's good that you are finding positive things in Sufi philosophy and new books :) <BR/><BR/>I truly believe positive attitudes and outlooks magnet positive things to you. You have a lot going for you, and insha'Allah, these moments of sorrow are only temporary. There is a bright future ahead.<BR/><BR/>"There is enough Light for one who wants to see." -- Imam 'Ali, alayhi salaam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com