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  • Positive Affirmations

    One way I found to help me achieve goals is to do regular positive affirmations.1. Write out 3-5 important short term goals such as “I am growing slim and healthy each day”“I am getting stronger and fitter all the time”“I am confident and resilient despite discouraging remarks from others”“I can achieve whatever goals I set”…

  • New Job and New President

    I start a new public service job on 11 November. I have a 4 month contract until mid March 2009. This suits me fine. The salary will be sufficient for me to save and to continue on my journey. My primary goal is to travel to Myanmar and do a 6-12 month intensive meditation retreat.…

  • Four Factors for Success Applied to Worthy Projects

    May everyone successfully complete worthy projects. May those projects be beneficial and not harmful. I would like to share the four factors for success – chanda, viriya, citta and vimamsaa also known collectively in Paali language as the iddhipaada. [source: Samyuttanikaaya 51.1-86] 1. Chanda is the sincere wish to accomplish your goal. It manifests as…

  • Donating for relief and freedom

    Yesterday I was happy giving away a lot of things from this house. There was relief and delight. I was very happy Mrs Thin took most of my Dhamma books and Dhamma talks on CD ROM. She will pass them to people in her network, including Mr Grahame White who may use some and pass…

  • Leaving the Australian Public Service

    I worked three years in the Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and then six months in the Department of Finance and Deregulation. I worked in many other Australian Public Service (APS) agencies since 1992. I enjoyed working in the public service for many reasons: sharing knowledge and experience; contributing to the welfare…