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Buddhism, Pure and Simple

Merlin posted about this book here:
http://www.43folders.com/2005/12/15/cool-stuff/

for me, it invokes a very similar feeling as properly done GTD. GTD is about the present, the now, the next action; the next physical action. it's the same thing. embracing the now. living life as a series of present moments.

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Buddhism is one of those...

Buddhism is one of those things (like sex & chocolate) that you need to experience in order to really get. The practice is what makes the ideas fully make sense. (It takes a loooong time for some of them to truly click.)

I've had a good experience with the Shambhala organization--they were founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche specifically as a non-religious organization to teach Buddhist ideas & practices to Westerners. I feel like the central organization has started to lean too far back toward the religious spectrum lately, but the local centers have a lot of classes and a lot of folks who can help you get into this to whatever depth interests you.

 
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