In its own true light, spirit cannot find corruption and nothing divided.
It can only find peace and direct wisdom.
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There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself,stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true natureemerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.
If you are ever short of time, particularly to get the things
you most want to achieve in life done, then today's article should inspire you.
It's all about finding time where and when it presents itself. I hope you will
find it useful.
Have you ever wanted to write a book, but could never
find the
time to get started? Or study a course, but never
managed to sit
down to do it?
Our lives are frantic. There's less time available to do
an ever
greater number of critical tasks. So how do we ever get
around
to do what we thirst to achieve in life?
Well, one way is to make the most of the moments you DO
have. By
this, I mean those scraps of time that we esteem so
little and
throw away without a second thought. Rather than try to
block
out large amounts of time for your dream project, and
never
actually getting around to doing it, you can make use of
the
scraps that crop up here, there, and everywhere.
Here's the truth of the matter. Even a few minutes here
or there
adds up to a LOT of time. If you don't believe it, here
are some
examples...
If you spend just a total of 90 minutes a day commuting
to and
from work, that adds up to 21,600 minutes (allowing for
four
weeks holiday), which is 360 hours, or 15 DAYS of 24
hours!
Now, just imagine how much you could learn if you did
nothing but
study a subject day and night for 15 days! Or, if you
want to be
easier on yourself, those 21,600 minutes work out to 45
days,
working the hours from 9 to 5.
What could you do with all that time? How many books
could you
read? How many audio courses could you listen to? Your
journey to
and from work could be used like a sort of mobile
university, IF
you have the mind to do it.
This is why it is sheer folly to either (a) be doing
nothing on
your commute to work, (b) be listening to your car
radio, (c) be
just reading the newspaper.
Sure. You can just flake out and do some of those
time-wasting
activities every now and again. However, just imagine
what you
could feed your mind with if you set about it.
Personally
speaking, when I was doing a daily commute, I would
always take
books or audio courses with me.
What if you would like to write a book? Well, if you
take the
train to work, why not spend that time working on it? A
journey
of a thousand miles begins with just one step. There is
at least
one famous novelist who began by scraping the time from
daily commute to work.
A number of successful writers have launched their
careers in
this manner; scribbling down their novel or screenplay
during 15
minute scraps of time whenever they cropped up.
Time is a precious commodity, and you need to use it
wisely.
For instance, you can often do two things at the same
time. If
you have to do some boring administrative task, e.g. a
visit to
the post office or some other place where you know you
might have
to hang about (a doctor's waiting room is another
example), why
not prepare for it? Why not take a book or audio course
with you?
Ask yourself this question. How much unproductive time
do you
spend standing in queues in post offices, government
administrative offices, and so on? If you are like most
people,
the answer is, a LOT! Why not plan for these occasions
by always
carrying something to learn and engage your mind with?
It's how you used your unplanned time that can make the
critical
difference in your life. We all have unplanned time. So
why not
plan to use it from now on?
For instance, when I take my car to the mechanic, I
often end up
hanging around the place for over an hour. It's a major
drag, and
I sincerely wish that I could find someone to pay to do
it for
me. However, I have come to terms with the problem by
always
taking a book to study. That way, no matter how long it
takes
them to get around to me, my time was not wasted. I
don't have to
just stare at piles of tires and wrecked cars.
Here's another statistic to ponder. If you spend just
two hours a
day watching TV (and most people watch more), that adds
up to 720
hours a year, which is 30 solid 24-hour DAYS. Yes,
really. And
that's just in ONE year. Over a ten year period, you
have been
watching TV for the equivalent of 10 MONTHS, non-stop!
That is why some of the most successful business people
do
not have a TV in their house. It's a telling statistic
that
satellite TV is mostly found NOT in the most affluent
homes, but
in the least affluent. Financially successful people
have better
things to do than spend their spare time watching TV.
For them,
"time is money". However, people who DO have lots of
time to
waste in front of their TV don't, as a rule, become very
successful at anything.
This is not an argument against TV. However, it is an
argument in
favor of counting the time you spend, and where you
spend it. Try
to cut back on time-wasting activities, and focus more
hours on
doing things that take you forward towards your dreams
and goals.
You can become more aware of how you spend/waste your
time by
keeping a daily log for a week. Simply record every
quarter hour
on paper, like a calendar,and
then record next to each time slot
exactly what you did during that period.
The results will surprise and shock you. You will
probably stop
making the excuse that you "have no time" for this goal
or that
dream.
The fact is that you can MAKE the time for what you
want, IF you
really want it badly enough. But do you?...
In summary, time is THE most important commodity we
possess. It's
more important than money, although few people see it
that way.
Learn to respect it and use it wisely. Learn to squeeze
more
productivity out of each minute, simple by being
ingenious and
wise in your use of it.
You can waste your time, through lack of awareness, and
wonder
where it all went. Or you can use it wisely. Remember
that the
richest and the poorest man in the world both have the
same
number of hours in the day. It's how you use those hours
that
makes all the difference.
Copyright 2005. Asoka Selvarajah. All Rights Reserved.
Asoka Selvarajah is a writer on personal growth and
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