Marc Gilbert-Widmann

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  • Mindful Quote(s) of the Day 07APR 2014 – Suffering

    “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” “When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he…

  • Mindful Quotes for the Present Moment Wed 05 March 2014

    “In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, the will invent one in order to mobilize us.”   When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of…

  • William Shakespaere Poetry Tuesday ~ Venus and Adonis

    from Venus and Adonis But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by, A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud, Adonis’ trampling courser doth espy, And forth she rushes, snorts and neighs aloud; The strong-neck’d steed, being tied unto a tree, Breaketh his rein, and to her straight goes he.Imperiously he leaps, he neighs, he…

  • Quote of the Week 09FEB 2014 – Healing

    “Survivors who have actively faced their healing are some of the  most lively, spunky, brave, fun, wonderful people I know. There’s something about diving into the deepest pain in life and coming out whole, that leads us to enjoy each precious moment in life, because we know it’s all we’ve got. Instead of responding to…

  • Quoted Poetry of the Day 30 January 2014 – Beside The Fire

    I SIT BESIDE THE FIRE AND THINK “I sit beside the fire and thinkOf all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies In summers that have been Of yellow leaves and gossamer In autumns that there were With morning mist and silver sun And wind upon my hair I sit beside the fire…

  • Marc’s Random Thought of the Day, 29 January 2014 – CONvictions

    If you are absolute and refuse to read, learn, understand, empathize, or even speak to who or what you demonize, how will you ever learn more about you… yourself, and cultivate deeper perception, awareness, comprehension into what you believe yourself? The things that have the most value when it comes to learning and understanding are…

  • Quote of the Day 21 January 2014 – Desolate

    “Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with over-mindfulness of self. Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can…

  • Quote of the Day 20 January 2014 – empirical evidence

    “On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. … In the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over…

  • Debunking Blood-Type Diet Debunkers – I’m The Proof

    FACT CHECK: My first impression of this study is that while they recognize certain factors and results as anecdotal, I find ALL results and assumptions anecdotal because of the nature and uncontrollable variables of the study. Scientific factors and explanations aside, this study is flawed. This study (by design) does not meet the standards of…

  • Marc’s Thought of the Day 11 January 2014 – Target

    It was before Thanksgiving and it might have been before Halloween. I remember specifically the first Christmas commercial I saw this year was from Target. And I said to myself, “these bastards are opening on Thanksgiving” AND they push back the calendar used for Christmas advertising a bit farther. I consciously said to myself, “I…