Grantchester is a detective drama set in a 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester near Cambridge, where local Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton) develops a sideline in sleuthing—with the initially reluctant help of grumpy Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green). The series is based on The Grantchester Mysteries books written by James Runcie. The first television series is based on stories from the first of the books, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantchester_(TV_series)
Banshee is an American action-drama television series created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler originally appearing on the Cinemaxnetwork beginning on January 11, 2013. Set in the small town of Banshee in Pennsylvania Amish country, the series' main character is an enigmatic ex-con (Antony Starr), who assumes the identity of Lucas Hood, the town's murdered sheriff, to hide from powerful crime lord Rabbit (Ben Cross). Imposing his own brand of justice, Hood attempts to reconcile with his former lover, Rabbit's daughter, Anastasia (Ivana Miličević), who has herself adopted an assumed identity, married, and raised a family during Hood's incarceration. Hood struggles to maintain his new identity while still embracing crime alongside his partners Job (Hoon Lee) and Sugar (Frankie Faison), and coming into conflict with local kingpin Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen).
The series was developed as part of Cinemax's drive to develop original content. A 10-episode second season debuted in January 2014.Banshee was renewed for a third season that same month. In February 2015, the series was renewed for an 8-episode fourth season, which will be its last season.[1][2]
Tusk is a 2014 American horror comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, based on a story from his SModcast podcast. The film starsMichael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Génesis Rodríguez, and Johnny Depp. The film is intended to be the first in Smith's plannedTrue North trilogy.[2][3]
Tusk had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, before it was released on September 19, 2014, by A24 Films. The film was Smith's first major wide release since Cop Out, and performed poorly at the box office after receiving mixed reviews
Yep. Read a lot of Budda-based quotes and looked at a lot of pictures of the ocean, the forest and flowers. Feeling all peaceful inside. I cut and pasted a number of memorable words and pictures. Still, I managed to have an original thought. It came to me when I was downstairs, heating up our coffee. I realized that less can be better. And it doesn’t do just for coffee. Just! Arrgh! I hate catching myself using that word! If you don't want to spill hot coffee on yourself and the floor, don’t fill the cup up to the brim. If you want more coffee, make two trip. It takes more effort but the coffee will be more enjoyable. Let’s expand that. Don’t want so much. Use what you have and get more when you can. You’ll enjoy what you have a lot more. Let me make that my mantra for the day. Use what you have. Eat what is about to spoil. Listen to those around you. Plant a seed. Paint a picture. Write down what's on your mind. Take those vitamins next to you on the desk. When you lose your way, read something. I’m not advocating giving up. I’m advocating getting involved. stop waiting for tomorrow, for more, for better. Talk is all in your head. Touch what is beside you. Look at what’s in front of your eyes. Mop the floor. Pet the dog. Read that magazine you're moving out of the way. Listen when people talk to you. And shut the fuck up as often as you can.
How will you know you’re ready? You’ll know because it will be unavoidable, because it will just start happening all around you, through you, for you. You’ll know. Don’t worry, you will. Trust that the powerful force that is driving your life is organizing things greater than you can imagine. You are exactly where you need to be, experiencing what you need to experience. There is no need to rush, no need to get there. Everything that matters is already in your heart, waiting for you to be brave enough to say yes and surrender. Today’s #YogiAssignment is Yes. Say yes now because you were born ready 😊
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
Lao Tzu (
You might be surprised to hear that non-attachment is an important quality for relationships.
Isn’t non-attachment something very similar to indifference? Actually, not at all.
Non-attachment is a highly beneficial state of mind in all fields of life, and in our relationship with people, with possessions, and even with our own physical body.
Non-attachment is not Indifference
It’s important to clarify this common misunderstanding. Indifference means a lack of interest and sympathy towards a person or object.
Non-attachmentt, on the other hand, refers to the state of mind of being objective and not clinging, and it springs from a deep consideration of the conditions of human existence.
Imagine that you go on an organized trip with a group of people that you don’t know. The participants are coming from all over the world and you are not going to see them again after the holiday is over.
In the group, there is someone that you find really attractive and interesting. You know that you will share only a short time with him or her, but you intend to make the most out of the few days that you can spend together. You want to live these moments with intensity and passion, knowing that they won’t last forever, and that you will have to part ways. You accept the situation and still open yourself fully to the experience.
There isn’t any indifference here, right? Still, the circumstances of this encounter force you to be non-attached to the other person and the experience you shared (unless you want to suffer greatly).
This too Shall Pass
You might think that our intimate relationships do not develop under the same conditions as the example above. But is that really so? After all, we human beings always share a finite lapse of time together, just like the people on a packaged trip.
The major difference is that, in real life, you don’t have any clue about when your shared time with someone is going to come to an end.
The circumstances of life, the frailty of the human condition, the instability of emotions—all of these factors make relationships much less predictable than we usually believe. If you meditate deeply upon the impermanence of life, non-attachment will be the inevitable consequence.
But just as in the example above, non-attachment in real life does not mean indifference: on the contrary, it will empower you to live every relationship with love and intensity, knowing that it could end at any moment.
Non-attachment is a state of mind that will help you both in times of joy and sorrow. Life is a mixture of pleasure and pain, of comfort and hardship. We cling to pleasure, hoping that it will never leave, and we are overwhelmed by pain, fearing that it will never end.
By practicing non-attachment, we become able to endure difficult moments with a certain sense of humor, knowing that—as a wise saying goes—this too shall pass. In the same way, we can enjoy the beautiful moments of life without being tainted by the fear that they will end—as they undoubtedly will.
All this doesn’t mean that you need to live in constant insecurity, fearing that everything you rely upon could crumble at any given moment. Quite the opposite, not being attached to success and failure, or pleasure and pain, brings you back into connection with the only thing that is invariably present, stable, and safe: your center of pure awareness and pure love.
Towards Unconditional Love
When you start practicing non-attachment in your intimate relationships, you will have found one of the pathways that leads to unconditional love. Only a non-attached person can love unconditionally, that is, without expecting anything in return.
Being attached to someone means that you love him or her primarily because of his or her proximity or convenience, which makes you feel good. But what will happen when your loved one does something that upsets you, or simply decides to leave? All too often, attached love then turns into bitterness, anger and resentment.
When you love with non-attachment, you are not concerned with the results of your loving, which emanates from you just like perfume from a flower. You can love out of a genuine overflow of energy from the heart, without any conditions or limitations. If attached love expresses itself by the words “I love you, because…”, detached love just says “I love you,” without any conditions. Going one step further, you will realize that pure, unconditional love, is best expressed by the words “I love.” As a great mystic once said: “Love is not a relationship, it is a state of being.”
Love is an Overflowing
Unconditional love is independent of the object of love. Although in a particular moment of your life your love might be focused on one specific person, the act of loving does not depend on him or her. If that person disappeared from your life, the unconditional love would still be there, overflowing from the heart, ready to focus on another wonderful human being when the right time comes.
Non-attachment brings to your loving a quality of universality, in which the object of love is not anymore the cause of it. The source of any form of love is inside you, and you don’t depend on anyone to be able to express it.
This is one of the most liberating shifts that a person can experience. Perhaps, you have always believed that another person is responsible for bringing you into the wonderful state of being that you call “love.” But this erroneous conception is the reason why you cling to others, you are afraid of their departure, and you put upon them the burden of making you happy. Once you understand that love springs from within you and that no one else is responsible for it, you can continue loving others, but the fear and the clinging disappear. You realize that no event in life, not even the death of your loved one, can take this state of being away from you.
Learning to practice non-attachment is one of the most important tools to develop unconditional love, a non-clinging attitude towards both things and people, and the capacity to enjoy the present moment with intensity. Accepting the impermanence of life means reshaping all of our assumptions about existence—but thanks to this process, the possibility arises for us to love unreservedly, without conditions, and without fear.
The major difference is that, in real life, you don’t have any clue about when your shared time with someone is going to come to an end.
The circumstances of life, the frailty of the human condition, the instability of emotions—all of these factors make relationships much less predictable than we usually believe. If you meditate deeply upon the impermanence of life, non-attachment will be the inevitable consequence.
But just as in the example above, non-attachment in real life does not mean indifference: on the contrary, it will empower you to live every relationship with love and intensity, knowing that it could end at any moment.
Non-attachment is a state of mind that will help you both in times of joy and sorrow. Life is a mixture of pleasure and pain, of comfort and hardship. We cling to pleasure, hoping that it will never leave, and we are overwhelmed by pain, fearing that it will never end.
By practicing non-attachment, we become able to endure difficult moments with a certain sense of humor, knowing that—as a wise saying goes—this too shall pass. In the same way, we can enjoy the beautiful moments of life without being tainted by the fear that they will end—as they undoubtedly will.
All this doesn’t mean that you need to live in constant insecurity, fearing that everything you rely upon could crumble at any given moment. Quite the opposite, not being attached to success and failure, or pleasure and pain, brings you back into connection with the only thing that is invariably present, stable, and safe: your center of pure awareness and pure love.
Towards Unconditional Love
When you start practicing non-attachment in your intimate relationships, you will have found one of the pathways that leads to unconditional love. Only a non-attached person can love unconditionally, that is, without expecting anything in return.
Being attached to someone means that you love him or her primarily because of his or her proximity or convenience, which makes you feel good. But what will happen when your loved one does something that upsets you, or simply decides to leave? All too often, attached love then turns into bitterness, anger and resentment.
When you love with non-attachment, you are not concerned with the results of your loving, which emanates from you just like perfume from a flower. You can love out of a genuine overflow of energy from the heart, without any conditions or limitations. If attached love expresses itself by the words “I love you, because…”, detached love just says “I love you,” without any conditions. Going one step further, you will realize that pure, unconditional love, is best expressed by the words “I love.” As a great mystic once said: “Love is not a relationship, it is a state of being.”
Love is an Overflowing
Unconditional love is independent of the object of love. Although in a particular moment of your life your love might be focused on one specific person, the act of loving does not depend on him or her. If that person disappeared from your life, the unconditional love would still be there, overflowing from the heart, ready to focus on another wonderful human being when the right time comes.
Non-attachment brings to your loving a quality of universality, in which the object of love is not anymore the cause of it. The source of any form of love is inside you, and you don’t depend on anyone to be able to express it.
This is one of the most liberating shifts that a person can experience. Perhaps, you have always believed that another person is responsible for bringing you into the wonderful state of being that you call “love.” But this erroneous conception is the reason why you cling to others, you are afraid of their departure, and you put upon them the burden of making you happy. Once you understand that love springs from within you and that no one else is responsible for it, you can continue loving others, but the fear and the clinging disappear. You realize that no event in life, not even the death of your loved one, can take this state of being away from you.
Learning to practice non-attachment is one of the most important tools to develop unconditional love, a non-clinging attitude towards both things and people, and the capacity to enjoy the present moment with intensity. Accepting the impermanence of life means reshaping all of our assumptions about existence—but thanks to this process, the possibility arises for us to love unreservedly, without conditions, and without fear.
Lessons Learned from Wiping My Ass
We all have to clean our own ass.
No one will do it for us. This is the most self serving necessity we face in a day.
You can learn while you endure.
REad while you take a shit. Do a puzzle. Send a text or email. Make the most of the time,then it’s not wasted.
Stay at it until the job is done.
Accept the fact that it might take one two, or even three more wipes to get the job done. It is not always one and done. Accept the challenge. You cannot wish the shit off your ass.
Have the proper tools.
At the risk of sounding redundant, you might as well wish your ass clean as to use one ply. Don’t do it. Buy the thick stuff. And personally, I’ve advanced to the wet wipe. It gives me the advantage I need to succeed. Looks for tools in your life to make you more efficient and effective.
When You think about it, the problem is small.
Your asshole is no more than an inch or two in all directions. YOu're not up against acres of shit. We’re really talking about a very small area to deal with. Most problems are small when you break them down, right? It might be repulsive, and uncomfortable, and embarrassing.
Start fresh.
Wash your hands when you finish. Use plenty of soap and water and really lather up. It leaves you feeling clean and refreshed. Let it go and move on. Allow yourself a fresh start.
Make the most of every situation.
I’ve started using the clean water on my hands to slick back my hair. I dry my hands and groom my hair at the same time. Look for ways to make the most of everything you do. It saves laundry because I don’t dirty a towel, my hair gets combed, and my hands are dry.
Take precautions.
My comb in in the cabinet above my toilet. I shut the toilet lid so I don’t drop the comb into the toilet. Be cautious. Protect yourself from unnecessary problems. Lord knows there are enough you can’t do anything about, so take the opportunity when you can. Save yourself unnecessary trouble.
Think of others.
Put on some cologne while you're there. Make yourself as pleasant and presentable for those around you. You might not mind your b.o. but other people do. Learn the lesson of being considerate.
Be kind.
Open the window. Spray some air freshener. Other people will need to use the facilities too and they shouldn’t have to endure your stink. Do things for other people.
No one wants to see you naked.
God may have made you that way, and it feels really comfortable, but no one but else wants to see your junk. PUt on some clothes. That includes a shirt.
Observing life With a sense of awe
What the fuck did I eat? (added later)
Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.”
Lao Tzu
Infinite patience brings immediate results. If you’re willing to wait it out, let it take the time it takes, not rush it, then all things are possible. I am, however, not a naturally patient person. When I have an idea that I am excited about I usually want it to happen yesterday. I dream and there is no way that I can control all the moving parts that are necessary for my dreams to come to fruition. I have to sit tight while the dream unfolds around me. With unwavering faith and the humility to put in the work little by little each day, all things are possible. Who you are is who you are meant to be. We are all really just walking the long road home, to the center of ourselves
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives; but none about his or her own.”
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Habits Of People Who Listen To Their Hearts
1. They accept that they cannot control the future. If something is supposed to be a part of their life, it will be.
2. Rather than focusing on what could go wrong, they focus on what could go right.
3. They aren’t trying to find their life’s purpose, because living a full life is the purpose.
4. They see problems as pathways.
5. They act on the belief that life gets better by change, not chance.
6. They change what they can’t accept and surrender to what they can’t change.
7. They release what no longer serves them.
8. They believe that things don’t happen to them but for them.
9. They look within themselves for answers.
10. They know that what we learn and who we become on life’s journey is more important than the end goal. The journey is the real reward.
8. They believe that things don’t happen to them but for them.
9. They look within themselves for answers.
10. They know that what we learn and who we become on life’s journey is more important than the end goal. The journey is the real reward.
You just go for it! Take it at your own pace and try your best to not be impatient with yourself! Your level and speed of growth might be faster/slower than someone else’s, so focus on your own path and let the journey take you to amazing places and opportunities! There’s obvs going to be obstacles in the way of what you want to do, but the greater the accomplishment requires even greater challenges, though the real question is if you’re willing to take the plunge and try anyways?
This young lady wrote:
I woke up this morning bummed out. I struggled today in my practice, felt weak and couldn’t findy strength. I remember when I started the practice and everything felt like an uphill struggle. I couldn’t do handstands, jump backs, or even a headstand. Other people seemed to get strength much faster but I sat there and felt heavy and couldn’t lift up. While I was sort of happy for them I must admit that it often frustrated me and stirred jealousy. Then when I started teaching I sent out 100 emails to studios and got only a few replies. While I’m thankful for the replies and the people that supported me for the start, to be met with that many negative replied was overwhelming. I wondered if there was some magical formula for success that I couldn’t unlock. When I first wanted to publish my first book over 100 agents turned me down, 10 replied with why I wasn’t good enough and one believed in me and said yes. All it took was one and I’m thankful. But facing hundreds of negative replies made be doubt if there was space for me in the world. Today’s #YogiAssignment is Be Strong. I am not a naturally strong person emotionally or physically. I want to quit, lie down and give up. But yoga has taught me how to believe in myself, to rise above the struggle and see it through, to work tirelessly for my dreams one breath at a time. You don’t need to be the first one up in a handstand. You don’t need to have everyone on your side. You just need to be strong enough to keep the faith and put in the work every day. How strong do you need to be? Strong enough to believe in yourself against all odds. Strong enough to humble enough to put in the work, whatever it takes, however long it takes. Strong enough to never give up.
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