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Stop Being So Religious[/B]

What

Do sad people have in

Common?

It seems

They have all built a shrine

To the past

And often go there

And do a strange wail and

Worship.

What is the beginning of

Happiness?

It is to stop being

So religious

Like That.
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("The Gift" - versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky) [/CENTER]


- unrelated, but I just found this awesome album . . . [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa4KqhO18rE[/url]
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  1. qimissung's Avatar
    Like. Being a melancholy sort it took me awhile to realize that often looked back with regret, and IT WASN'T HELPING. Now whenever I do that, I kind of give myself a mental shake and return to the present.
  2. NikolaiI's Avatar
    Yep, like you said, "be here now." :-)

    William James' chapter on Healthy-Mindedness in Varieties of Religious Experience was really illuminating on the topic for me, and I recommend it to everyone interested in human psychology.