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A Wealth of Happiness

Chapter 33 says, Being content is wealth. When you think about it, it is easy to see how happiness is wealth. Using Correlations (p.565), let’s consider how love corresponds to wealth and happiness. Love has two sides; the “false” or yang side is a grasping, expecting, needy experience. The “true” or yin side is a […]

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Nov 6, 2013 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: Buddha, cognitive remediation therapy, happiness, thoreau, understanding, wealth

Poor Thais And Rich Swedes

I had a little bakery on the Thai-Cambodian border in the early 60’s. It was little more than a shack, but big enough for me and my common law Thai wife (photo right), her mother, brother, and sister (1). Most of the customers were Thai peasants who would stop by for some sponge cake on […]

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Jul 17, 2010 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Autobiographical Tagged With: contentment, happy, hunter gatherer, poverty, struggle, wealth

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