Thepurposeofalllaws,morals,institutions(體製),andgovernments,istoestablishuniformityandsuppressdifference.Themotivationofthepeoplewhotrytoenforcethisuniformitymaybewhollyadmirable.Whentheyfindsomethingthatisgoodforthem,theymaybeanxioustoseethatothershaveitalso.Thisgoodintentionoftheirs,however,onlymakesthesituationmoretragic.IntheChuang-tzuthereisastorywhichsays:"Ofold,whenaseabirdalightedou...[
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Inconnectionwiththisideaoffreedevelopment,ChuangTzumakesacontrastbetweenwhatisofnatureandwhatisofman."Whatisofnature,"hesays,"isinternal.Whatisofmanisexternal(天在內,人在外)...Thatoxenandhorsesshouldhavefourfeetiswhatisofnature(牛馬四足,是謂天).Thatahaltershouldbeputonahorse'shead,orastringthroughanox'snose,iswhatisofman.(絡馬首,穿牛鼻,是謂人)"(Ch.17)Following...[
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ThefirstchapteroftheChuang-tzu,titled"TheHappyExcursion,"(莊子第一章,逍遙遊)isasimpletext,fullofamusingstories.Theirunderlying(蘊含)ideaisthattherearevaryingdegreesintheachievementofhappiness.Afreedevelopmentofournaturesmayleadustoarelativekindofhappiness;absolutehappiness(至樂)isachievedthroughhigherunderstandingofthenatureofthings.Tocarryoutthefirstoftheserequirements,thefreedevel...[
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KingWeiofChu(楚威王),havingheardChuangTzu'sname,oncesentmessengerswithgiftstoinvitehimtohisstate,promisingtomakehimchiefminister(宰相).ChuangTzu,however,merelylaughedandsaidtothem:"...Goaway,donotdefileme...Iprefertheenjoymentofmyownfreewill."(HistoricalRecords,ch.63)(”子亟去,無汙我。...我寧遊戲汙瀆之中自快,無為有國者所羈,終身不仕,以快吾誌焉。“)[
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水有三態,固態的冰,液態的水還有會蒸發的水蒸汽,但在分子層,它們都是H2O.
這就如同我們經曆的人生事件,它們本身是沒有什麽意義的:它們就是這樣發生了,如此而已,比如生老病死。但我們人為地給這些事件賦予了意義,恐怕還遠不止三種。(Themeaningofanexperienceistheonethatwegivetoitandperceptionhaseverythingtodowiththat.)
水之動(TransformingWater)是一種讓你換個角度看待問題的練[
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RacetoNowhere"www.racetonowhere.comchallengescurrentthinkingabouthowweprepareourchildrenforsuccess.Thisremarkablenewfilmshinesalightonthepriceourkidspayforthis“racetonowhere.”Cheatingiscommonplace,stress-relatedillness,depressionandburnoutarerampant,andironically,youngpeoplearriveatcollegeandtheworkplaceunpreparedanduninspired.Featuringtheheartbreakingstoriesofyoungpeoplewhohavebe...[
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1.“Mindset”–recommendedbyJackelynKu,JoyZhouandAlexandraBlood.
2."HintsonChildTraining"-recommendedbyJackelynKu
3."YourChild''sGrowingMind:BrainDevelopmentandLearningFromBirthtoAdolescence"–recommendedbyAngelaChiu
4."EndangeredMinds"–recommendedbyAngelaChiu
5."BoundarieswithTeenswhentosayYES,howtosayNO"–...[
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http://www.helpguide.org/articles/memory/how-to-improve-your-memory.htm[
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鷹之鳥瞰的目的:
1.把自己從“想法”和“生活中的狀態或形勢”中隔開,以另一種視野看問題。
2.可以更客觀,更分離地看待一些情感上投入過多的東西。當一個人深陷泥沼,或者處在負麵狀態時,他或她是不太可能做出高質量的決策的。鷹之鳥瞰讓你站在一個更自然的狀態看問題,做出一些更明智更清新的抉擇。
3.擺脫“當局者迷”的狀態,做一[
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目的:
1)可以在學習或做任何新的東西前練習,用來清心清腦(clearmind)
2)可以把自己放在一個覺察力比較高的狀態(bemoreaware)
3)可以更好地觀察到自己的潛意識,比如哪些習慣和行為是潛意識的過濾器或者是下意識的行為和習慣(helpyouobservethosesubconsciousoperations)
為什麽要這麽做呢?很簡單,因為如果你不知道要改什麽,那麽如何能改正呢?
4)幫助更好地進入alp[
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