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Causeless Happiness

Have you ever been happy for no reason at all? You don’t know why. But you are happy. That is causeless happiness.

2008 05 12 Gregory Allen Butler Consciousness
Happiness
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Not Taking Life for Granted

The universe is so miraculous that there can never be a moment when we don’t have the opportunity to be grateful. Right now I hear a bird singing, I see the sunlight shining through my window. And outside the window I see trees and flowers.

2008 04 24 Gregory Allen Butler Abundance
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Plant Medicine and Patience

Note by Greg Butler: The following posts on Plant Medicine and Patience was excerpted from a series of e-mails I received from a friend and reader of this blog, Carrie Wenninger. The e-mails were part of an ongoing conversation on this subject. Therefore, the tone of the piece is very personal, friendly, and free-flowing. She [...]

2008 03 20 Carrie A. Wenninger Consciousness
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Balance — Key to Holistic Life

Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion. He is like a ship in a river; he runs against obstructions on every side but one, on that side all obstruction [...]

2008 03 12 Gregory Allen Butler Holistic Health Comments (4)

Holiday Humor

A friend sent the following piece of humor to me today. It had me doubled over in laughter. I thought I would share it with all of you as a change of course from some of my more serious posts. Enjoy:

On Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

DR. PHIL :
The problem we have here is [...]

2007 12 25 Gregory Allen Butler Comments (0)

Cheerfulness

Yesterday, I paid a visit to personaldevelopmentbooks.net. This is a wonderful site and resource that I subscribe to, and I recommend you do as well. Here’s why — subscribers of the site receive a free e-book each week pertaining to personal development. This week they are making available to their subscribers a small booklet [...]

2007 07 27 Gregory Allen Butler Holistic Health Comments (1)

Freedom from Reactions

Freedom from reactions becomes more of a priority when it is seen how often reactions imprison us. Everybody wants to be happy but most people don’t give the proper attention to what makes them miserable. So much unhappiness comes from reflex-like reactions to circumstances.
Sometimes we react to what people say. Sometimes we react to [...]

2007 06 03 Gregory Allen Butler Consciousness
Perception
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Music Is Therapy

Music is therapy for restoring the passion of my soul. I remember years ago, while in college, coming to the conclusion that listening to music increased my productivity. I started listening to music 24 hours a day. Well, except when I was in class, and that was hard. But I would sleep with music on, [...]

2007 05 26 Gregory Allen Butler Consciousness
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Meditation and Stress Relief

Meditation and stress relief are tools to keep the map accurate. If you feel overstressed, anxious, stuck in a rut, and apathetic about life, then you can benefit greatly from meditating. You will find this to be the case whether you try guided meditation, Zen meditation, breathing meditation, or Transcendental Meditation. They all have [...]

2007 04 02 Gregory Allen Butler Consciousness
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Patience

Patience is the attribute of the mind that enables one to have clarity, awareness, poise, relaxation, happiness, and purpose. Impatience, on the other hand, leads to frustration, reactivity, stress, fear, panic and confusion. Thus, it is of extreme importance if we seek success in our lives.
Like most people, I experience both of these states–patience and [...]

2007 02 07 Gregory Allen Butler Consciousness
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How Thinking Can Change the Brain

The Wall Street Journal had a book excerpt two days ago on how thinking can change the brain. It was a self-evident truth to the Dalai Lama, but an impossibility, according to scientists. The excerpts were comprised of vignettes from the book, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain,: How a New Science Reveals Our [...]

2007 01 21 Gregory Allen Butler Consciousness
Holistic Health
Meditation
Personal Development Comments (1)

Gotu Kola and the 256-Year-Old Man

Have you heard about Gotu Kola and the 256-year-old man? I have been a big fan of gotu kola for years but what I found out today motivated me to order four bottles (very cheap) of it. It also didn’t hurt that I found some last night that I had never unpacked from our move [...]

2007 01 18 Gregory Allen Butler Holistic Health Comments (17)

Spiritual Retreat Centers

Spiritual retreat centers serve a great function in this over-stressed world of duality. When my life seems fragmented, or stressful, that’s where I go. After a few days, I return home rested, relaxed, renewed, and revitalized. It’s a transforming experience that I want to explain.
Just as computer hard drives need to be defragmented and [...]

2006 12 30 Gregory Allen Butler Personal Development Comments (1)