The Buddhist River of Life by John Cali

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In an article taken from his book, Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul, Deepak Chopra talks about a beautiful Buddhist doctrine.
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Here’s how Deepak describes the doctrine:

“There is a profound Buddhist doctrine that speaks of a great river that flows through all of reality. Once you have found yourself, there is no more cause for action. (Emphasis is mine.)The river picks you up and carries you along forever after.

“…effort from the personal level, the kind of effort all of us are used to in daily life, become pointless….This… Read more

The Joy of Life, Part 2 by John Cali

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Ann, the central character in our article last week, finds little or no joy in her life. This week we want to talk about another friend who’s the exact opposite of Ann.
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Ann, who’s still relatively young, may or may not live a long life.

But the friend we want to talk about today has already lived a long life, and is still going strong.

Jim (not his real name) is in his 90s, closing swiftly on the century mark.… Read more

The Joy of Life by John Cali

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A while back I ran into an old friend at the airport. Since we were waiting for the same flight, we got to talking. It turned into a most interesting conversation.
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Ann (not her real name) has a high-profile job. Highly paid too. She’s been very successful in her chosen profession for all her adult life. In her work she gets to travel all over the world to places most folks only dream about.

Ann and her husband are happily married and have a successful business, which he runs since she’s gone so much.… Read more