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Audio Musings

About the Musings

The audio musings are mini-meditations to help you get the most out of your jour­nal­ing. They are meant to help you: examine sit­u­a­tions from different angles, assist you on pushing through your blind spots, help you to see that your personal themes are often universal, and know that you not alone in your search for meaning and truth.

Audio Musings

The only path to serenity

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharp­en­ing your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

~Lao Tzu

Pick up your journal now and explore what prevents you from living a serene life?

Awakening

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Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside… dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

~Carl Jung

Do you look inside or outside? Are you awake? Are you asleep?

Pick up your journal and reflect…

Dreaming high

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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

~William Faulkner

Pick up your journal now and explore what this “at oneness” might mean?

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