Archive for December, 2008

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Instructions For Life

(although this often  attributed to the Dalai Lama, it actually comes from here)

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three Rs:

Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes […]

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Friday, December 5th, 2008

Search Engine Referrals

Self absorbed as I am, I regularly check the stats WordPress.com automatically provides for my blog.
One aspect is which search terms brought someone to my site. Here  are the results from yesterday.  This includes all search engines, not just Google. If you try  some of these terms in Google they aren’t that high   but must […]

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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Aging

When you get older you lose two things.
Memory and something else.
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Assistant Wanted (Female)

Hare Krishna Dear Vaishnavi’s (meaning ladies):
I am looking for a personal assistant for the up-coming year. Your availability must include late March ‘09 through mid. October ‘ 09. You could begin sooner and end later or continue on, as the case may be, but these dates are the most crucial in […]

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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Breezes And Trees

“With the arrival of the beautiful autumn season, the waters in the lakes and rivers became as clear as crystal and filled with fragrant lotus flowers, and breezes blew very pleasantly. At that time Krsna entered the forest of Vrndavana with the cows and cowherd boys. Krsna was very much pleased with the atmosphere of […]

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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Gopal Soft Toys

Buy cool things for your kids and grandkids and support cow protection.
Welcome to Gopal Soft Toys
We are a family-run service that supports Vaisnava education and cow protection.
We hope that our toys will introduce children all over the world to an early love for their dearmostfriend, Krishna, through the sweetest of His pastimes - play.
About Us
Back […]

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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

2 Week Sale at Yamuna’s Natural Foods

Going out of business sale
40% off all supplements, books and CDs
30% off everything else

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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

The 10 Big Energy Myths

As devotees, we know that to remain in spiritual consciousness means to be clean internally and externally. Therefore, to pollute either ourselves or our surrounding environment is something we should never consciously consider.As most of us are aware…

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Monday, December 1st, 2008

“Little Blessing for My Floater ” by Jeanne Murray Walker

After George Herbert
This tiny ruin in my eye, small
flaw in the fabric, little speck
of blood in the egg, deep chip
in the windshield, north star,
polestar, floater that doesn’t
float, spot where my hand is not,
even when I’m looking at my hand,
little piton that nails every rock
I see, no matter if the picture
turns to sand, or sand […]

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