Steve Harvey's Inspirational Advice about Taking Leaps of Faith, Easy Life 101 News.

Steve Harvey gives an amazing speech after an episode of Family Feud to his audience. He talks about the importance of taking a “leap” that every successful person has to at one point or another, take a leap of faith, and that by doing some, even if you fail, a higher power will lead you to greatness. Check out the highly inspiring video below!

 

How To Reprogram Your Mind (for Positive Thinking) You Are In Control Of You, Easy Live News.

In this episode of The Charged Life, high performance coach and motivational speaker Brendon Burchard shares how to reprogram your mind for better and more positive thinking.

Brendon Burchard is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books include THE CHARGE, THE MILLIONAIRE MESSENGER, and LIFE'S GOLDEN TICKET. He is also the founder of High Performance Academy, the legendary personal growth and development training for achievers. Larry King named Brendon "one of the top motivation and marketing trainers in the world."

After a car accident at 19 years old inspired him to turn his life around and follow his dreams, and then having the blessings to become a multimillionaire writer and trainer by the age of 32, Brendon has dedicated his life to helping others find their charge and share their voice with the world. He is now one of the most in-demand motivational speakers and high performance coaches in the world.

解信

 

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因明白道理而產生的信心，是「解信」；在正行的過程中，漸漸體驗到佛法修行對自己的好處，而產生更深一層的信心，就是「證信」。「證信」的程度有深有淺：深的，禪宗稱為開悟，即見性；淺的，是除煩惱，讓我們在平常生活之中不會再有這麼多的煩惱。僅有正知正見要完成證信很難，多半的人都要通過正行才能證明，而覺得佛法真的很有用！

佛法的實踐，必須以戒、定、慧三無漏學為基礎。戒的意思是，應該做的必須做，不應該做的不能做。什麼是不應該做的？增加生死、煩惱種種業的事；什麼是應該做的？有助於出離三界生死的功德，也就是戒、定、慧。

定的意思是心不隨處、隨時攀緣造業。我們的心不安定，很容易被環境中的人、事、物影響而造惡業，若能不隨之起舞，這就是修定。此時你對自己會知道得更清楚，煩惱也會減少一些，就能與慧相應；雖然還沒有發生真正的智慧，但是是相應的。

若從戒、定、慧延伸來講，就是布施、持戒、忍辱、精進、禪定和智慧六波羅蜜。「波羅蜜」是「度」的意思，是從煩惱的苦海到達解脫的涅槃。「六度」不僅是度眾生，還要度自己，是自度度人、自利利他，不但讓自己的煩惱不再生起，也讓他人沒有煩惱。

佛法要透過身、口、意來實踐：不僅身體不做壞事，還要積極行善；不僅口不出惡言，還要積極讚歎功德；不僅心不動壞念頭，還要生起智慧心和慈悲心。也就是以身、口、意修戒、定、慧，除貪、瞋、癡。

修行並沒有特定時間，而是在生活之中的每一個時刻。時時刻刻留心自己的身體、自己的話語是否與佛法相應，還要時時刻刻留心自己的心念是否與佛法的戒、定、慧，以及布施、持戒、忍辱、精進、禪定、智慧等相應，若三業與佛法相應就是修行。

所以修行不一定要到廟裡，整天敲木魚念阿彌陀佛，那只是一種修行法，不是修行的全部，而應該是在平常生活之中隨時照顧自己的身、口、意三業，使之與戒、定、慧三學及六波羅蜜相應。

修行的目的在培養慈悲心和智慧心

 

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修行的目的是要改善自己的心和行為，讓自己有慈悲與智慧；所謂慈悲就是菩提心，而智慧就是出離心。

菩提心是利益眾生的心，是學習諸佛自利利他的精神，學習菩薩不為自己求安樂、但願眾生得離苦的願心，如此就是修行菩薩道，而能永遠地修行下去，就成佛了。出離心是出離煩惱的心，不讓自己再因貪欲、瞋恨、懷疑、憂慮、怨恨或嫉妒而經常煩惱、痛苦、掙扎，否則不會有安全感、安定感，也不會慈悲，更不會有真正的智慧。只要時時想到利益眾生，就一定會有慈悲心、出離心，不然，無論修什麼、怎麼修都沒有用。

因此，念佛的目的也在於鍊心。修念佛法門的人如果不會調理自己的心，只知道形式上的念佛、誦經、拜佛，即使敲破了好多個木魚、數斷了好多串念珠，或是額頭拜出了好幾個疙瘩，甚至於把地面拜出了一個大窟窿，也不一定有用。雖然修行不是只動口念佛，可是因為心鍊不起來，所以還是需要精進念佛讓心安定、清淨，當念佛念得心中沒有煩惱、雜亂，不受內外狀況影響時，慈悲心、智慧心就會出現了。

別業：懺悔功德減輕業報

 

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雖然說是共業，但是災難發生時，有人受的果報輕，有人受的果報重，這是共業之中的別業。別業就是有一點差別；有懺悔心的人，受報輕一點，沒有懺悔心的人，有多少罪就受多少報。

學佛要常常起慚愧心、懺悔心，每天反省自己，是不是動了什麼壞念頭？或說了什麼壞話？傷害了什麼人？或是做了什麼讓人不舒服的動作？如果你說：「是他自己活該倒楣，是他先碰我的，我並有惹他，我才倒楣呢！」這就是不知慚愧、懺悔，也是前面說的借小錢，等到最後連本帶利一起還的時候，又開始怨天尤人了。如果知道慚愧、懺悔，受

苦受難時，你會說：「這是應該的。」不但能面對這個災難、接受這個災難，還能進一步處理它，並放下因為災難的痛苦所產生的不平，這就是有智慧的人。

諸位來參加修行的菩薩，都是好人中的好人，但是平時還是會說一些小壞話、做一些小壞事、存一些小壞心，即使打七時也一樣，譬如一隻蚊子咬你，你啪的一聲就打下去，打完以後才說：「唉！我在念佛，剛好送牠往生，阿彌陀佛。」你應該說：「阿彌陀佛！我念佛，你吃我的血，我結你的緣，下一生你要成為人，要來念佛，現在是我布施你。」然後想到牠可能還會咬其他的人，於是想辦法帶牠出去，至少不會被人打死。

還有，心裡一邊念佛，一邊有一些雜念、妄念，妄念裡可能還有一些惡念、邪念，這時要懺悔。你說：「念佛都還有這種念頭出現，平常不念佛的時候，不是更多嗎？我應該要好好懺悔。」經常懺悔，這種念頭就會愈來愈少，雖然還是會出現，但是懺悔就表示要改過。

懺悔並不是等於悔恨，修行的人是沒有悔恨的。我起了壞念頭，應該承認自己修行不夠，就要加緊努力精進，好好修行。

這樣我們受報時，第一會重罪輕報，懺悔之後，雖然還是要受果報，但重的罪可能輕報，輕罪也可能不報。因為你承認錯誤了、懺悔了，受你傷害的眾生會因你懺悔的功德而原諒你，所受的果報就不會那麼重了。

過去無量生以來，我們有許多怨親債主，都會向我們討債，懺悔之後，有一部分會原諒我們，果報就會少一點。因此，我們平常一定要用工夫，使得平常能少做一點壞事、少說一些壞話、少動一點壞念頭。如果動了，沒關係，隨時懺悔，受報就會比較輕一點，而且你的惡業會愈造愈少。所以，懺悔非常重要。

禪

 

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禪法教導我們要活在當下、承擔責任，這可以說是時間管理的另一種詮釋，「當下」就是最好的時段，保持頭腦清楚，好好地欣賞它、享受它、運用它，這是最合算的。

別拿自己的鞋叫別人穿

 

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總而言之，人與人的關係不是專講道理、專講公平的，而是要講倫理。只管自己有沒有做好，不要管別人有沒有做好。自己做好是應該的，其他人沒有做好的原因，不要用自己的標準來要求人、衡量人。我常講，不要拿自己的鞋子叫別人穿，不要把別人的問題變成自己的問題，而讓自己忿忿不平，這樣才不會使自己的人際關係惡化。

如何在工作中相互體諒？

 

大家一定聽過「敬人者，人恆敬之」、「禮尚往來」這兩句話，只要我們主動地尊敬、讚歎、肯定他人，那對方也會尊敬、讚歎、肯定我們。

反過來說，如果你是一個非常傲慢，而且動作粗暴的人，別人也會以傲慢、粗暴的態度回應你，那我們所處的社會、家庭等環境就會因你而被污染了。就好像是帶著病菌的人，將病菌傳染給周圍的人，結果一傳十、十傳百，一下子就變成流行的傳染病；但相反的，如果這個環境裡，很多人都感染流行病，而你不但已經打了預防針，而且還勸別人去治療，告訴他人怎樣把病治好，這樣，對於所處環境的問題與人就產生了淨化的功能。

這些道理大家都懂，可是我們常常會原諒自己，卻不能夠原諒他人；要求他人，卻不要求自己；常常把他人的缺點看得很清楚，卻故意忽略自己的缺點。因為人幾乎都是有惰性，而且是自私的，都希望他人給我們利益，卻不願意付出奉獻。

很多人雖然想要付出、奉獻，也有慈悲、寬容等提昇人品的觀念，但總缺乏實踐力。遇到狀況使不上力時，就自我安慰說：「畢竟我還是凡夫，慢慢來就好了……。」總是給自己找台階下，總是掩飾自己、袒護自己，卻不停地要求他人，這樣只會造成彼此之間的裂痕，無法透過包容體諒，相互提昇。

相互體諒，也可以從身儀、口儀、心儀，這三方面來做起。所謂身儀，就是日常生活的規矩，包括吃飯、走路時的威儀。口儀呢？就是要說讚歎、勉勵人的話，如果一開口就說粗話、俗話，那就是沒有口儀。

好的身儀或口儀都須以「心儀」為根本，所謂心儀，就是讓心隨時隨地有規範，心中經常保持平靜、喜悅，即使遇到非常惡劣的情況，還能夠甘之如飴。心儀，實際上就是鍊心、觀心，使自己的心不受外在環境所影響、所左右，不去想對錯。我常常說：「有理由的固然是理由，沒有理由呢？沒有理由也是理由！」

所以如果有人對你的態度不好，不要因此對這個人產生厭惡的心，因為他有這樣的狀況一定是有原因的，可以找個時間和他談心，主動給予關懷。你可以說：「這幾天看你的心情好像很不愉快，我想一定有原因，能不能告訴我究竟發生什麼問題？你要說出來，才能找到解決的辦法。」這樣一來，問題就容易弄清楚了，也許他根本沒有問題，也許是聽到什麼人說了一些讓人不舒服的話，也許只是你做了什麼事，讓他覺得很嚴重。

如果真的是自己做錯了事，就向對方道歉：「對不起！我不知道這樣做是錯的，我不是故意的，以後我會改進。」這樣就沒有事了。如果不是你的問題，而是他遇到其他不舒服的事，你可以安慰他，而且自己的心中不要產生煩惱。如果你心裡還有「這傢伙可能下次還會對付我」的想法，那你就是自尋煩惱了。

要常常提醒自己，別人發生了問題，一定是有原因的，不要因為他表面的反應而產生煩惱。所以，待人要有寬闊、柔和的心胸，無論在何時何地，都讓自己以及相處的人感到歡喜，廣結善緣，而沒有遺憾。如果抱持這種心態，無論身在何處，你一定是愉快的。

如何保有良善的品格

 

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謙虛、慈悲、誠實是重要的品格，像是達賴喇嘛，他的謙虛、慈悲、誠實，非常值得我們學習。譬如在謙虛的部分，達賴喇嘛見到以前教過他的老喇嘛，都會非常恭敬的行禮；即使他是高高在上的法王，依然是這麼的謙虛。

慈悲的對象是以人為主，當然對螻蟻、動物也要有慈悲心。但如果是沒有原則的濫慈悲，反而會帶來麻煩。慈悲要對他人有利、有益，譬如，小孩不想讀書，不是打罵就能解決問題，而是要勸勉他、陪伴他，看他發生什麼問題，再慢慢地帶領，也許漸漸地就會轉好了。有的小孩還不到十五歲就要摩托車，如果父母順他的意給了，算是慈悲嗎？如果小孩因此發生車禍，那就不是慈悲了。慈悲一定是要為他設想，使他成長、安全、健康；表面上任由他為所欲為，並不是真正的慈悲。

至於誠實，誠實就是不要用欺騙的方式來對待人，要誠誠懇懇的。即使你是為了方便打個妄語，事後也一定要在適當的時間跟對方說明原因，請求諒解。如果萬不得已必須兜著圈子講話，還是要很誠懇地表達，不能夠隨便用矇騙的話來搪塞。

誠實就是要言語謹慎，不能夠輕易承諾、亂放話，或自我吹噓，否則會傷人傷已，所以要實事求是，不要誇大。沒有做的或正在構想中的事，不要馬上講出來，不然很容易給人一種「說得多、做得少」，或是「只說不做」的印象。另外，也可能因構想中的並不完整，屆時實際做的與原先構想的不一樣，那對方又會覺得自己「說一套，做一套」，因而對我們產生不信任。

所以誠實、謹言很重要。誠懇的態度就是不說謊、不騙人、不誇張，不說大話，也不說快話，這是我們該保有的良善品格。？

謙虛、慈悲、誠實是重要的品格，像是達賴喇嘛，他的謙虛、慈悲、誠實，非常值得我們學習。譬如在謙虛的部分，達賴喇嘛見到以前教過他的老喇嘛，都會非常恭敬的行禮；即使他是高高在上的法王，依然是這麼的謙虛。

慈悲的對象是以人為主，當然對螻蟻、動物也要有慈悲心。但如果是沒有原則的濫慈悲，反而會帶來麻煩。慈悲要對他人有利、有益，譬如，小孩不想讀書，不是打罵就能解決問題，而是要勸勉他、陪伴他，看他發生什麼問題，再慢慢地帶領，也許漸漸地就會轉好了。有的小孩還不到十五歲就要摩托車，如果父母順他的意給了，算是慈悲嗎？如果小孩因此發生車禍，那就不是慈悲了。慈悲一定是要為他設想，使他成長、安全、健康；表面上任由他為所欲為，並不是真正的慈悲。

至於誠實，誠實就是不要用欺騙的方式來對待人，要誠誠懇懇的。即使你是為了方便打個妄語，事後也一定要在適當的時間跟對方說明原因，請求諒解。如果萬不得已必須兜著圈子講話，還是要很誠懇地表達，不能夠隨便用矇騙的話來搪塞。

誠實就是要言語謹慎，不能夠輕易承諾、亂放話，或自我吹噓，否則會傷人傷已，所以要實事求是，不要誇大。沒有做的或正在構想中的事，不要馬上講出來，不然很容易給人一種「說得多、做得少」，或是「只說不做」的印象。另外，也可能因構想中的並不完整，屆時實際做的與原先構想的不一樣，那對方又會覺得自己「說一套，做一套」，因而對我們產生不信任。

所以誠實、謹言很重要。誠懇的態度就是不說謊、不騙人、不誇張，不說大話，也不說快話，這是我們該保有的良善品格。

換來換去換成仇

 

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通常，我們付出越多，就能得到越多。雖然不一定成正比、得到有形的回饋，但無形的回饋一定能成正比地獲得，甚至能獲得更多。所謂無形的回饋，就是人格的成長、思想的成熟。一個人時時在成長中，一定能使自己更安定、更快樂、更穩重、更寬裕。

在人際關係上，雖然大家都說你不好，如果你不說人家不好，漸漸地，說你不好的人就會越來越少。如果我們一直覺得別人不好，而沒有檢討自己是不是也一樣，那麼人際關係一定是越來越差。當然，對自己來說，不一定是死路一條，但至少會過得很不快樂。

有些人在家待得不舒服，故而離家出走；到了外面，也覺得工作場所不舒服，常常想換工作。這樣不斷地換工作、換環境，到最後，自己走投無路，這是不善於與人相處，不善於接納人、包容人。本來他希望人人都能接納他、喜歡他，結果變成人人都不歡迎他，反而想盡辦法排擠他。所以人際關係要好，就要把心量放大，就要多接納人、包容人。如果只一意地要求人家接納自己，最後會人人都不接納自己的。

一般而言，人與人之間關係之所以尖銳化，是由於自己的貪、瞋、癡、疑、傲等。這些都是由於疏忽了人與人之間的倫理關係，忘掉自己的責任、忘了自己的本分，而老是在爭取、在計較。凡是心態上無法為人設想的人，通常煩惱都很重，各種各樣的煩惱都會出現。

譬如，看到人家得到利處，自己沒得到，就起妒嫉心。看到別人好，就起瞋恨心，覺得忿忿不平，不能平衡。自己已經擁有，但總是覺得不滿足、覺得不夠，於是，產生強烈的貪欲心，老是覺得︰人家有了的，自己還沒有；人家能有的，自己也應該有。這都會產生不平衡的情緒，因此造成無法與他人歡喜相處。

Doing Good For Others Is Contagious So Play It Forward, Think About It, Easy Life News.

What people see you do may not be remembered; what they hear you say may be forgotten; but how they feel your intervention in their times of need will forever be remembered.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.  

There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others. Easy Life News.

We see baby diamondback terrapins hatching at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and talk to the volunteers who help them get a head start. 

“Many people are praying and their prayers go unanswered. Imagine if you decided to step in your role as a god and resolved to answer their prayers. How many prayers would be answered from now on? But no, you also keep your face hidden like other careless gods and keep your ears closed to their clamor.” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom 

國際觀

 

法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師--

一個有國際觀的人，會有恢宏的心量、深遠的眼光。對他自己、對全國人，都有幫助。

首先，他會考慮全人類的福祉，不會只看到個人的近利。所謂高瞻遠矚，對其個人，對於社會，均有助益。有國際觀的人，會以開明及理智的態度觀察事物，比較不會武斷地批評，也不太會杞人憂天。

泰然面對眾生相

 

法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師--泰然面對眾生相

要如何修煉？我常說，人要站穩現在而往未來看。有的人老是想到過去，有的人則常擔心未來，未來的事未可知，但願那是美好的，當要有迎接厄運光臨的心理準備，即使可能是一種最壞的結局產生。想想，還會有什麼事會比死更可怕？如果不幸必須坐牢，也還沒有到死的程度，何況坐牢也還沒有發生。現在還沒有發生的事就不需要緊張，只要檢討過去、計畫未來，而面對當下，步步踏實地向前走去，便是人生的歷練，就是一種修行的生活。

此外，如何使得自己的身心不受他人干擾，也很重要。不管發生任何情況，都宜當作是一種人間相、一種世間相，當作是處處都可能發生、隨時都可能發生的平常事。如何在沒發生情況以前，未雨綢繆化導轉無形；如何在發生情況以後，亡羊補牢用自己能夠運用的資源來處理、化解這些問題，心中只有需要處理的事，沒有被這些問題所困擾而造成的心結。

解決的方法很簡單，就是面對當下的世間相、眾生相，這就是人間相，接受它、處理它，然後放下它。一般的人都可運用這種觀點來為自己化解自己心中的問題，甚至幫助他人來化解問題。因此一個人的人生修為也可以影響另一個人、全家的人、全社會中的許多人。古今中外許多的偉大人格就是如此產生的。

許多人在諸事順利時，傲慢、自尊、自負、自信，總覺得他們自己是可以主宰一切、安排一切、負責一切的，因而疏於自我的約束和檢點，一旦遇到重大的挫折發生時，就會錯愕不已、自我失控而惹下大禍。

一個有修養的人，對於一切不如意的事，不求自己眼睛看不到，不求自己耳朵聽不到，不求自己接觸不到，但求自己不會被這些不如意的事所擊倒，但求能夠讓自己以及相關的他人，都能履險如夷，並且免受負面的影響而產生困擾。

心靈環保

 

 法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師一

提倡的「心靈環保」目標，就是讓自己過得健康、平安、幸福、快樂，同時盡力而為，讓周遭的人也能夠過得健康、平安、幸福、快樂。所謂的健康，就是身體沒有病痛，作息正常；心理健康則是不貪得無饜，也不失魂落魄，而是安於本分、盡分盡職，也就是安分守己。

什麼叫作快樂？快樂即是知足常樂，對於得不到的事不打妄想。雖然我曾以「有也好，沒有也好」這句話來勉勵大眾知足常樂，但這並不等於說最好是沒有，什麼都不要；而是說，基於因緣和自己的福報，當機會來的時候不放棄，成名也不放棄，有權也不放棄，可以用此名和權力來奉獻、服務社會。但是，如果是為了一己之私而得到這些，這將會是痛苦的，又會因為不滿足而變貪得無饜，已經得到的很可能就會失去。

譬如錢財就像流水一樣，很可能今天還掌握在手上，明天就流掉了，地位、名譽也是一樣。古訓有云：「窮則獨善其身，達則兼善天下。」也就是說，自己的機緣很好，不僅是因為個人的條件，還包括了這個時代的環境因素。有機會能夠站出來就兼善天下，使國家因為自己而得到利益；如果自己的條件不夠，或者因緣還沒成熟，沒有輪到自己的機會，至少要保持健康、快樂而不失望，這就是幸福的人生。

How To Make Amazing BBQ Sauce For Your News Family Gathering, Easy Life 101 News.

Barbecue sauces have a uniquely Southern and Western U.S. history.  Most experts agree that the practice of adding sauce and spices to meat and fish began early in our history, with Native Americans teaching the art to early European settlers.  The natives probably developed the process as part of an attempt to keep meats and fish from spoiling quickly.  Salt played a major role in those early barbecue sauces, and salt is a well-known preservative in the meat curing process.

Because the nations first European arrivals lived on the East Coast of America, that part of the country is credited with spawning the original barbecue sauce styles.  First and foremost, there are the various Carolina barbecue sauces.  The most widely known are East Carolina, Piedmont, and South Carolina varieties.  East Carolina barbecue sauce consists of vinegar, salt, black pepper, and crushed or ground cayenne peppers.  Its a very simple sauce that penetrates the meat nicely for a deep flavor.  Piedmont barbecue sauce only varies from East Carolina in that it often includes molasses or Worcestershire sauce and thus clings to the meat more.  South Carolina sauce is entirely different, using a mustard base instead, producing a much tangier and sharp flavor.

Then there is Memphis or Southern style barbecue sauce.  This popular variety is typically more complicated (flavor-wise) and is built around mustard, tomato, and vinegar.  Fans often point to the boldness of these flavor combinations as the hallmark of Memphis barbecue sauce.  A saying often heard among hungry connoisseurs is no two bites alike.

Continuing our trek westward, we come to the acknowledged center of the barbecue universe Kansas City!  Kansas City barbecue sauce is distinguished by its noticeably thicker consistency and emphasis on sweetness.  Thats because this style of sauce is built upon thick tomato sauce, chunks of vegetables, and lots of sugar.  Many popular commercial brands are based on this Kansas City recipe.  It’s most popular among amateur backyard grillers because of the availability in grocery stores (Kraft, Heinz, K.C.s Masterpiece, etc.).  And also because the thick sauce can be applied only once and enough will remain in place to please the happy recipients of the grilled meat.

Finally, there are the Texas barbecue sauce styles.  Now, Texas is one big state, and there are several regional varieties within it.  The most common include thick and spicy sauces that are essentially spicier variations on the Kansas City sauces.  These are found mostly in the north and east sections of the state (Dallas).  In western Texas, thinner sauces that feature hot peppers can be found.  These sauces are often added only at the very end of the barbecuing or grilling process.  And then, in southern Texas, the barbecue sauce of choice features an emphasis on Mexican spices and, of course, jalapeño peppers!  Make sure to have a cold beverage handy to put out the fire!

Finding Perfection In A Chocolate Rasperry Cake Resipe, Easy Life 101 News.

This is a moist chocolate cake recipe, it is a 3 layer cake with 2 layers of raspberry cream filling and topped with a chocolate raspberry butter cream icing. Are you salivating yet?
To make this cake use your favorite chocolate cake recipe or for the inexperienced baker just use 2 dark chocolate cake mixes.

Mix with

8 medium eggs

2 cups cold water

2/3 cup oil

Mix on medium speed until well blended, scrape bowl, mix for 1 more minute.

Pour in equal portions into 3 (10x2 inch baking pans).

Bake at 350 degree preheated oven for approximately 30 to 40 minutes or until done. Cool on rack, remove from pans, level cakes by cutting off rounded tops.

Purchase a good fruitful raspberry pastry filling (H&H) is the best, place about 1 pound of filling in a bowl and add whip cream to it (whip the cream first) now fold them together until you reach the desired flavor and thickness (don't make it too thin).

Use any chocolate butter cream recipe that you like and add to the icing (black raspberry extract) until you reach the desired flavor (if you make the icing too thin just add some more 10x sugar).

Assemble the cake:

On the bottom layer put a dam of icing around the edge and your filling in the center and smooth to level, repeat for 2nd and 3rd layer, decorate as in picture, use shaved chocolate or chocolate jimmies in center of the top.

How To Make The Best Pan Cakes In The World, Easy Life 101 News.

For either baking novices or seasoned pros, a dump cake is a no-brainer. To prepare one, you simply dump the ingredients into a bowl and beat them, then pour the batter into a pan and bake it. Although a dump cake is easy to make, it's just as good as a more fancy cake. Perhaps that's why dump cakes, including pound cakes, have been popular for hundreds of years.

The secret to the cake is in properly beating the ingredients, so follow these tips. Let the butter soften and take the eggs out of the fridge to warm a bit. For an airy batter, beat the softened butter and sugar really well until the creamed mixture looks pale and wispy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until all the streaks are gone. Any curdling you might see will disappear as you beat. Turn off the mixer occasionally and scrape the batter at the sides of the bowl into the path of the beaters so everything gets thoroughly mixed.

Switch to low speed when you add the dry ingredients to keep the flour mixture from flying into the air. Since overbeating the flour can toughen a cake, beat only until the batter has no streaks. Stir in the chips by hand so the mixer does not break them.

Be sure the cake is done before you take it out of the oven. You can use either a cake tester, a thin metal wire with a knob on top, or a wooden pick. Gently push the tester into the middle of the cake and pull it out. If you see liquid batter on the tester, keep baking. If the tester comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool. A silky-textured pound cake is rich and moist all by itself, so you don't need to frost it. Just slice and

enjoy!

Double Chocolate Pound Cake

1 loaf cake or 8 servings


Butter

Flour

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup unsweetened baking

cocoa

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

(2 sticks)

1 cup sugar

4 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips


With butter, lightly grease bottom and sides of 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 or 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Dust with flour. Shake out excess flour. Set aside. With a sifter or mesh strainer, sift 1 1/4 cups flour together with the cocoa and salt into bowl or onto sheet of waxed paper. Set aside.

In large mixer bowl at medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended, at least several minutes. At low speed, gradually beat in reserved flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, beating just until blended and no streaks remain. Stir in chips. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.

Bake in preheated 325 degree F oven until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and cake tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 60 to 70 minutes for 9-inch pan or 75 to 85 minutes for 8 1/2-inch pan. (If tester shows dark brown, you've hit a melted chocolate chip. Test again in another spot. To prevent overbaking, remove cake from oven as soon as no light brown batter shows on tester.) Cool on wire rack 10 minutes. With narrow spatula or knife, loosen cake from pan. Gently shake onto wire rack. Cool completely. To retain moisture, store cooled cake in plastic wrap. Serve plain or topped with fruit, ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

報恩的方法

 

 法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師    ---

感恩不是嘴上說得甜甜的就可以了，否則是口惠而實不至，因此感恩之後要接著報恩。報恩是用你的體能、智能和財力；體能不好就要增長體力，智能不夠就要增長智能，財力不夠則要增長財源，總之就是要精進，精進於你的生活，用你自己所有的資源來報恩，奉獻給眾生。

報恩的方法很多，有直接的也有間接的，還有一種是廣度眾生、廣結善緣，然後把功德迴向給三寶、國家、父母、師長和一切眾生。所以，我們早晚迴向所念的〈迴向偈〉中就有迴向眾生一項，對一切的人、一切的對象都要用感恩的心。

眾生對你好，你說感恩；眾生對你不好，你也說感謝。如果是詐取你的財物或破壞你的婚姻怎麼辦？當然我們不需要當面感恩別人詐騙、感恩別人破壞自己的婚姻，可是事實往往相反相成，雖然他騙你，但上一次當學一次乖，好比付學費，下一次就不會被詐騙了。而婚姻被破壞，心裡已經很不舒服，還要感謝對方，的確不合理。但是內心不能有恨，要反省自己的另一半為什麼會被搶走？明白離婚的原因，未來懂得避免，就是成長，也是感恩。但是如果老是被詐騙，或老是離婚，那就是愚癡。學佛的人就是要學取經驗，用佛法來調心，經常保持法喜充滿。

懺悔

 

法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師-懺悔錯誤，轉變習氣

人有慚愧心才會真誠懺悔，而修行就是要靠不斷地懺悔。因為我們還是凡夫，我執很重，經常身不由己地犯錯。每天就像脫韁的野馬，工作時不想工作，只想吃草，貪心、占便宜，懶散、走捷徑，還有嫉妒、懷疑等種種煩惱，全都是圍繞著自私心而產生的。

學佛與沒有學佛最大的不同，就是犯錯之後有慚愧心。如果不知道犯錯，其他人提醒我們之後，就要懺悔。即使自己不以為錯，或者可能是對的，但是只要讓人感覺受傷害，讓人起煩惱，就是犯錯，就應該懺悔。這麼說佛教徒不是動輒得咎，什麼事情都不能做、什麼話也不能講了嗎？同樣一句話，有的講法讓人傷心，有的講法讓人歡喜且願意接受，何不選擇讓人歡喜、願意接受的方式呢？目的相同，產生的反應、結果不一樣，所以應該懺悔。

如果與人起了爭執，一定是你用的語言、表情、動作不太對勁，這時要懺悔，當面和對方說：「對不起！讓你煩惱了。」不管是對長輩或晚輩，對所有的人都應該要謹言慎行，經常以尊敬的態度來對待。尊敬並不是不溝通，而是選擇一種比較能讓對方接受的講法和肢體動作，譬如用請求的：「對不起！請你幫幫我的忙。」「對不起！請原諒我，我們一起來商討處理吧！」這總比用苛責、謾罵的態度好。所以，做為一個修行的人，應該隨時準備為自己的惡習氣懺悔，慢慢改正這些惡習氣。

通常我們爭執的對象是朝夕生活在一起的人，因為太熟悉所以不注重禮貌、態度，被指責了也死不認錯。小錯不認錯、大錯不認帳，就會起爭執。所以，先要尊重周遭的人，把他們都當成西方極樂世界的諸上善人、菩薩伴侶。西方極樂世界的諸上善人俱會一處，就是同修淨業的菩薩伴侶，這樣西方淨土還沒有到，人間淨土就出現了，這也就是《楞嚴經．大勢至菩薩念佛圓通章》講的「現前當來，必定見佛」。若在平常生活裡，見到的都是一尊一尊的菩薩，這樣修行就成功了。

如果發生問題，馬上要慚愧、懺悔，念阿彌陀佛。即使有人挑釁，也是一句佛號，不用理會他。而且因為念佛，沒有機會開口罵人，對方認為目的已經達成，猜想你已經認錯，就不會再罵你。其實你念佛，不僅為他消災，也為自己消業！所以，平常在生活裡，如果做錯了就應該懺悔，如果沒有錯，也可以說對不起。

智慧

 

法鼓山創辦人聖嚴法師一

不變的原則，又是另一回事。如果原則、方向一變再變，那就不能對社會大眾奉獻更多，對於自己的心理壓力也會增加很多。譬如，我會寫文章，我變成一個作家，好不好？我個人認為當一個作家，不如當一個和尚更適合。實際上，我從小就能寫，但是要看那一方面自己最能安心，對他人更有利益，就往這個方向走。

另外，專長和興趣最好能配合得當。比如，現在沒有興趣做別的事，只對某一項工作有興趣，那就去瞭解這項工作、朝這個方向發展。鎖定方向培養專長之後，就要盡力發揮、盡量努力深入，持之以恆，透天徹地去做，也可以不必管成敗的壓力了。

一個人只要鎖定方向，在努力的過程當中，一定會有許多的磨鍊、挫折，沒有關係，這是正常的事。在心理上要預備好會有困難出現、有挫折發生、有變故等著，如果有這種預備的心理，就沒有什麼壓力。預料中的事情發生了，能夠處理的就處理，不能處理的事就接受，然後暫且放下來，待因緣際會時再處理，這叫作智慧。

Ways To Motivate Yourself To Move Forward Bravely, Just Do It! Easy Live 101 News.

Quit thinking as far as apprehension. We're all liable of intuition in the negative rather than the agreed. We're occupied not needing things. That is fine and ordinary, yet there is no activity connected with not needing something. You can't choose to accomplish something on the grounds that you don't need another. That is not how it functions. That will simply keep you on the love seat, doing nothing.

Trepidation is unsafe for two reasons: An) It keeps you unmotivated. A negative objective isn't something you can go to activity on. Be that as it may, besides, B) It's depleting and debilitating. Living in trepidation sucks. It keeps you in a condition of interminable stress rather than activity. When you're depleted and depleted and stressed, you are not going to be persuaded. There's no two courses around it.

Characterize your objective and your arrangement to accomplish it. Since we make them think in the positive, you gotta recognize what you're getting positive about. Rather than, "I would prefer not to be destitute, poor, and carry on with my life in a condition of wretched neediness," you're considering, "I need to be monetarily secure." Awesome. Presently - what's your arrangement to accomplish that?

Indeed, for that particular case, you'd make some sort of wage arrangement. It would include making a financial plan, conceivably doing a reversal to class, or growing your business. You have solid strides toward your objective. In any case, for whatever you're confronting - be it weight reduction, doing great in school, or completing a fantasy - you have to make sense of what it is you need and exactly how you anticipate doing that. In the event that you truly need it, it won't be all that difficult to make sense of.

Keep it to only one. On the off chance that you have a huge amount of things on your schedule, some of the time it gets to be overwhelming and you wind up putting the rundown away and "handling it later." But in the event that you make them thing on that rundown of yours, that is it. That is feasible. It's possible and you can concentrate on it - spreading yourself slender over twelve won't do you or your objectives equity.

You can't center yourself in case you're not centered around a particular objective. Separate it into little pieces however much as could be expected. In the event that you will probably shave 5 years off your appearance, assault it a tiny bit at a time. Begin off with another workout routine and get that down. At that point, move to another cosmetics regimen. At that point, handle your closet. On the off chance that you don't parse it out, your cerebrum will raise it's arms (if brains had arms) up in surrender and you'll be left with no thought where to go or what to do.

Never Give In, Never Give Up, Because You May Be Closer To Victory Than Every Before, Easy Life News.

1. There's Always Someone Working Harder Than You Are.

Regardless of the possibility that you think you've done everything you would, you're be able to off-base. Everybody has a fantasy, objective and inspiration. It just depends how far you're willing to go to get what you need.

Achievement originates from being one of a kind and emerging among the group. On the off chance that you settle for sufficient, that is all you will be and somebody will surpass you.

2. No one's Perfect.

We are all human. Understanding that it's alright to commit an error is just part of the fight to that extreme objective. Taking in and advancing originates from accomplishing something incorrectly and being advised how to do it right.

Riding a bicycle without preparing wheels isn't a simple accomplishment, yet once we took in the cadence and how to be in control, it turned into an aptitude we wouldn't overlook. On the off chance that we quit after the main setback or the first occasion when we hear individuals scrutinize how we handle ourselves, we are relinquishing what could have been.

3. Achievement Isn't Rewarding If It's Easy.

Achieving that extreme objective ought to be an extraordinary minute. In the event that it wasn't the hardest thing of our lives, then we didn't accomplish it. Realizing that we did all that we could for ourselves as well as other people to procure that objective ought to be more remunerating than the genuine honor itself.

Behind each effective individual, there is a story and a long-battled venture for him or her to get to where he or she is today.

4. Demonstrate Others Wrong.

When somebody says you can't accomplish something, demonstrate that you can. Perused more, compose more, know more and work harder than the individual by you.

On the off chance that he or she runs two miles, run three. In the event that he or she burns through four hours chipping away at a task, burn through eight. Activities talk a considerable measure louder than words, so as opposed to whining and sulking about others view of us, make them gag on and spit up their words.

5. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day.

This is the most vital saying to recall when surrendering turns into a honest to goodness thought. No one can make a domain in a day; no business can turn into a multi-billion-dollar wander in one day, and no thought merits tossing in the junk on the off chance that every one of the stops haven't been hauled out yet.

There is a considerable measure to say in regards to revamping drafts in our lives, and now and again they should be reconsidered and altered various times before the completed duplicate can be distributed and celebrated.

流浪

 

一個人至少擁有一個夢想，有一個理由去堅強。心若沒有棲息的地方，到哪裡都是在流浪。（三毛）

How effective is alo vero used as a medicine? Health tips, Easy Life News.

Aloe vera is an extremely helpful plant. It is frequently utilized as a solution to regard skin conditions, for example, blazes and dermatitis, where it can stop the agony and diminish swelling. It is additionally extremely charming and relieving in its scent, which is likely why you will have known about it: it is all the time utilized as a part of cleansers, shampoos, and comparable items.

This is by all account not the only approach to purchase aloe vera, be that as it may. It is likewise accessible in case and gel structure, and in addition in juices and beverages, creams and moisturizers.

Be that as it may, researchers are not through and through in concurrence on the viability of aloe vera as a medication. It is hard to inquire about the impacts of aloe vera legitimately, in light of the fact that it is such an entangled herb. Aloe vera contains 75 distinct supplements, including chemicals, vitamins, minerals, sugars and acids. As far as anyone knows, it can help with muscle development, be against bacterial, guide assimilation, recuperate wounds, and substantially more ñ however then option medication constantly tends to assert a lot of with regards to its cures. It is generally trusted that aloe vera is viable against the basic cool, albeit no pharmaceutical has ever been demonstrated to cure it.

You ought to likewise know that aloe vera, despite the fact that it is a customary cure, can have symptoms. Reported symptoms incorporate liver brokenness, smoldering sensations, unfavorably susceptible responses, sickness, oddly hued pee, and dermatitis, albeit every one of them are uncommon. A few studies have demonstrated that, while the aloe vera relieves torment, wounds treated with aloe vera can take more time to mend than common, making it an undesirable treatment by and large.

There are additionally numerous conditions you can have which imply that you shouldn't take aloe vera. In case you're pregnant or bosom bolstering, oversensitive to garlic or onions, or have kidney or coronary illness, you ought to stay away from aloe vera. It ought to never be given to kids or creatures, as it can be toxic to them.

A Fast Guide to Stress Management with Reiki Meditation Technique, Easy Life News.

Anxiety is overwhelmingly influencing individuals in our general public today. Occupied with work, home, family, and numerous other day by day assignments - stress heaps on without our acknowledging it. That is the reason such a large number of individuals are swinging to the anxiety decreasing strategies utilized as a part of Reiki, an otherworldly vitality utilized with mending, reflection and profound development.

Prologue to Reiki

At the point when a man is acquainted with Reiki, a start happens called "Reiki Attunement." This carries the individual into an association with Reiki vitality, and is typically enacted by a prepared Reiki expert educator. Amid a Reiki Attunement, the individual's thick vitality is cleared and discharged, and etheric and chakras fields are reinforced so the individual will have the capacity to get and transmit high recurrence recuperating light. The individual can get comfortable with Reiki recuperating and Reiki images also.

Figuring out how to Relax

Push more often than not assumes control when a man is dreadful, dubious, or loaded with stress over things that are occurring around them. The individual regularly lives in a consistent strained state without acknowledging what is going on. The body normally responds with exhaustion, testiness and here and there, ailment. To alleviate stress, one must figure out how to unwind and defeat the fears and stresses of regular life.

Reiki helps a man to alleviate the passionate and physical strain of anxiety and to reestablish harmony to the body, soul and brain. The individual can come back to a casual, tranquil condition of being by clearing vitality bodies and unblocking meridians, chakras and nadas.

Strategies for Stress Reduction and Elimination

There are a few strategies utilized as a part of Reiki to diminish and wipe out anxiety. One technique is precious stone mending, where gems or gem dishes are utilized to make hints of recuperating and unwinding. The crystalline sounds convey Reiki vitality profound into the body to improve the unwinding procedure. Pressure is discharged and the body starts to unwind and react to the Reiki vitality. The precious stone sounds advance profound strain discharge in the very cells of the body to make stress diminishment from inside. Gem dishes are accessible in various sizes and can be tuned to any note wanted - pads, sharps, or unadulterated tones.

Another strategy for Reiki stress administration is through mending drumming. Recuperating drumming acquaints Reiki vitality with a man's body by the utilization of a drum beat. The drumming makes a profound, unwinding state as anxiety is alleviated.

There is a profound association between the physical body, otherworldly being, and the psyche. Stress influences each of the three adversely. Utilizing Reiki strategies for anxiety administration is one way a man can lead a more casual, tranquil life.

One Awesome Weight Loss Recipe That Makes Delicious Curried Chicken & Mango Salad, Easy Life News.

Getting in shape doesn't need to exhaust when you concentrate on splendid, beautiful dinners. What does this mean? Basically by ensuring your plate mirrors a scope of hues, you'll actually make more adjusted and fortifying menus. Not everybody has room schedule-wise or the persistence to check calories, however surveying the hues on your plate is something anybody can do - and it just takes a moment!

Why is shading vital? Numerous greasy and caloric nourishment, for example, dairy items and bland carbs, are beige or cocoa. At the point when there are excessively numerous of these dreary hues on your plate, weight addition is practically sure.

That is on account of these beige sustenance frequently are high in calories and can abandon you feeling hungry later. A measure of beige or cocoa beans can be more than 200 calories....but a measure of red or green vegetables is under a hundred! Include crisp greens, profound purple-reds and brilliant yellow-orange to a supper, and water the supplement content go up, while calories go down! Furthermore, you'll get more happiness from eating when there's an assortment of hues and flavors on your plate.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 cups cooked chicken, cut into small pieces
1 cup peeled and cubed mango

Directions:
Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl and stir well. Add chicken and mango and toss gently to coat. Arrange dark green lettuce leaves around a serving bowl and spoon mixture into bowl.

For extra crunch, serve with a side dish of red and green bell pepper, romaine lettuce, chopped celery and cucumber.

Makes 4 Servings

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving of Curried Chicken:
Calories: 218
Total fat: 3 grams
Saturated fat: 1 gram
Cholesterol: 73 mg
Sodium: 170 mg
Carbohydrate: 17 grams
Protein: 30 grams
Dietary fiber: 1 gram

緣聚散的現實必須放下

 法鼓山創辦人聖嚴法師一因果循環的信念必須提起，因緣聚散的現實必須放下

相信因果，我們便會對自己的行為負責任。因為種因雖不一定得果，有果則肯定有因。用我們的身心每做一件事，便會相對地獲得某種程度的反應，不論是直接反應或間接反應，或者對外界沒有發現反應，對自我的身心也會產生反應，那便是因果的延續性，以及連鎖性和循環性。

日常生活中接觸到的一切人、事及物，都是因緣聚散的現象。因緣聚則有種種現象凸顯、延續；因緣散則使現實環境變遷、消失。世事變幻，風雲莫測，起滅無常，出沒不定，因此，我們毋須對現實的環境看得太實在、太認真。從因果看是有的，從因緣看是空的。由於有因有果，所以要負責任盡義務；由於因緣是空，所以失敗不必傷心，成功毋須驕傲。

那怕任怨任勞

 法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師--那怕任怨任勞

「任」又可稱為「忍」，就是負責擔任和忍辱負重。

你待人好，別人不一定會感謝你，得到的回饋很可能是恩將仇報，但是念頭要馬上轉過來，念這二句話：「為了廣種福田，那怕任怨任勞。」只問耕耘，不問收穫。別人如何反應不必計較，也不要怕；只要不是為了自己，而是勸他行善，勸他培福，等於鼓勵人家以出錢、出力、出時間的方法，在他們自己的功德田裡，種下一本萬利的功德。所以不必顧慮也不要在乎不禮貌的反應，如果心裡還是在乎的話，就把這二句話「為了廣種福田，那怕任怨任勞」當咒語來念。念一遍不靈，再念第二、第三遍，多念幾遍以後，你心裡的悶氣就會不消自消了。因此大家要念、要把它背起來。佛經告訴我們，學佛的人，要以慈悲為父，智慧為母，精進為鎧甲，忍辱為披衣。誰能有忍，誰就有福，大忍得大福，小忍得小福，不忍便無福。

信佛

  法鼓山創辦人聖嚴法師一要把眾人的幸福提起，要把自我的成就放下

信佛必須學佛，學佛必須效法菩薩精神。菩薩心中沒有自我成就的企圖，只有成全眾生的的悲願。凡是能讓眾生得益的事，便不考慮個人的成功與失敗。凡是眾生需要救助，菩薩便會適時適地出現於眾生面前，菩薩不為他們自己做任何事，並非為了他們自己要成佛而度眾生。

普通人若要學習菩薩的精神，首先得把自己放下來，不論個人的成功與否，必須先把其他的人照顧好。對於家庭，首先要把家人的事辦好；對於團體，則以共同的利益為前題；對於社會，乃以大眾的福祉為著眼。你如能做到這樣的程度，必可獲得他人的歡迎，看在眾人眼中，你便是菩薩的化身。

Get A Taste Of South Of The Boarder With This Mexican Dish Recipe, Easy Life News.

Excellent bell peppers, summer squash and cucumbers might not have touched base in the rancher's business sectors yet, but rather they're fresh, crisp and rich at the general store and probably foreign made from Mexico.

Numerous individuals don't understand that Mexico sends out much more than just chiles, avocados, tomatoes, limes and other produce you consider as being in Mexican sustenance. Chime peppers in a few hues, summer squash in numerous assortments, and diverse assortments of cucumbers are pretty much as normally accessible from our warm and sunny neighbor toward the south.

Mexico has traded top notch produce to the U.S. for over 100 years. All Mexican produce experiences strict quality and security confirmations before it crosses the U.S. outskirt, so you can know it's sheltered and new. In addition, it's solid: Red, yellow and orange ringer peppers are high in beta-carotene and vitamin C. Standard-sized cucumbers are only 39 calories each. What's more, yellow squash and zucchini are an astounding wellspring of magnesium.

Attempt these vegetables in servings of mixed greens this month, or cut on sandwiches, or in a panfry. You can even utilize summer squash and red chime peppers in your salsa.

Zucchini and Red Pepper Salsa

2 pounds zucchini (search for little to medium ones)

2 medium red ringer peppers, seeded and cut into a little julienne

1/2 glass peeled, seeded and diced cucumber

2 tablespoons finely slashed red onion

2 serrano chiles, seeded and minced

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon crisp lime juice

1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste

2 tablespoons slashed cilantro

Trim and dice zucchini, and spot in a medium dish. Include julienne of red pepper, cucumber, red onion and chiles. Dress with olive oil, lime squeeze and salt, and hurl to join. Tenderly mix in cilantro and present with yellow or blue tortilla chips, round cuts of jicama, or slender cuts of French bread. Makes 8 servings.

Nine World Secrets To Reduce The Daily Stress Back To Zero, Easy Life 101, News.

1) Accept the issue

You must find a sense of contentment with an issue, WHILST it is in presence, for the answer for come to you. i.e. you need to acknowledge yourself where you are, regardless of what - you can't take care of any issue without first tolerating it, and yourself. We invest such a large amount of our energy attempting to deny what has happened or preclude a section from securing ourselves, pushing it away, which just prompts a greater amount of the issue showing up in your life. All the time just completely tolerating the piece of you that is making the issue will be sufficient to have it vanish, as it is so used to being pushed away/dismisses. Some portion of you is attempting to send you a message; possibly it's chance you tuned in.

2) You can't pull in to you, that to which you are not effectively associated

So be an appreciator. One of the speediest approaches to pull in what you need towards you is figuring out how to welcome the positive qualities in whatever circumstance it is life is giving you. Being an appreciator is so critical in light of the fact that it is the nearest vigorous vibrational match to source and in this manner the production of what it is that you need. Thusly the more you work at that recurrence, the nearer to source you are, and the quicker things will show for you in the physical world. It is not critical to verbalize your thankfulness but rather just to offer it. Gratefulness is the cure to a portion of the most reduced types of vitality and feelings we are equipped for e.g. disgrace, disdain, and so on. By offering thanks and expecting that you as of now have what you look for, you promptly start to draw in a greater amount of it towards you, whether you have any of it or not.

3) Happiness is not joy

The experience of joy is a right now, in-the-occasion, tactile rich, and sights, sounds, and sentiments involvement in your individual. Joy is your meta-experience when considering something that brings you such delight. Satisfaction can't be experienced by the faculties specifically, no one but delight can. Center your life on having all the more now-minute delight encounters, instead of aggregating reasons or things to be upbeat about.

4) Stay associated with source

Locate your very own approach to stay associated with your higher cognizance (the inclination you). For some this is contemplation, music, tune, and so forth. Why are we so pulled in to parks? water? nature? untamed life and creatures? We have mindfulness in some way or another that we are a piece of a much more prominent gathered cognizance, something else, an option that is higher than us. Some individuals might be incompletely detached from it, however you can never completely disengage from it. Notice that the word feeling is e + movement. Notice that the ideas are so associated even on a semantic level. Did you realize that elephants would one say one are of the not very many animals other than people who sob tears of feeling? What's more, when was the last time you saw an elephant running? They have adjusted or have been given a capacity to discharge feelings from tears similarly people do. Individuals are pulled in to source since we perceive that is the place we need to be, we need to have those emotions, we need to experience that vitality, in light of the fact that the vitality, just by being in its nearness, improves us feel about ourselves.

5) Live at the time

We just have admittance to our full individual force right now. This is honing the craftsmanship; it's a propensity to be produced, an existence aptitude. The degree, to which you are associating, on some oblivious level, either into the past or into what's to come, is the degree to which you deny yourself of your present force. You are not going to experience what it is that you need; in this manner you are moving your enthusiastic purpose of fascination, into negative region. Being right now is the main way you can make an enthusiastic association with what it is that you need, and thusly start the procedure of it getting to be pulled in to you in future present minutes. This sort of enthusiastic arrangement can't be accomplished when your contemplations are later on or past. But what amount do I should be right now? I have so much stuff to doö..î You should be right now enough to have enough completely stacked, pleasurable, positive full body emotions, about what you need to pull in your life, keeping in mind the end goal to start the procedure of its programmed appreciation for you. Living with your musings at a future or past minute in time, is completely repetitive during the time spent being free of anxiety, and pulling in what you need into your life.

6) You can never be sufficient to

You can never be sufficiently sad to change this issue circumstance. It is just when you cherish yourself that you have that adoration to transmit to others. It is just when you are permitting the plenitude to stream to you, that you then can blessing it to others. Giving your vitality in any structure to others, whether it is adoration, absolution, assertion, or any vitality, when your container is not effectively overflowing over, is the quickest course to the passionate poorhouse. In the event that you need to help other people, you should first help yourself. Others effortlessly see through vacant motions, compliments, or supports; and, such signals just conceal you from your own particular enthusiastic impoverishment/lack of healthy sustenance. They are not helpful, and fill no need in improving your life or others.

7) Be narrow sufficiently minded to line up with your goals

This is imperative since it is just in your flourishing that you have anything to offer others. In the event that your own particular vitality tank is not full, you should not be caring for the tanks of others. It is essential to constrain your own particular obligations to counteract feelings like absence of self-esteem and so forth. Stay present and in participation to your own needs first and you will dependably put forth a valiant effort, naturally.

8) You are not your achievements

Comprehend that you are not your achievements, what you do, what you don't do, your convictions, your thoughts, your stuff or belonging, those are nothing to do with who you truly are, they are the things you have grabbed along the way, they are nothing to do with the otherworldly you who needs to feel great; and stay associated with Peace. Lose your inner self, and take this mentality of opportunity with you in your regular life.

9) The adventure is the destination

Ordinarily our inside exchange says if just I had x, then I would be cheerful, or, I'll only feel upbeat when I've got this. As you go into the world and experience the differentiation of your preferences versus your aversions, through your ordinary encounters, so another need is conceived. At that point comes the endeavoring (and normally battle) in the voyage towards its appearance, which contains all the hassles and strains you wish to free yourself of. Comprehend this: you'll never complete it. Since the adventure itself towards your needs demonstrates you new components of differentiation, new potential outcomes, new likes and aversions, and so forth that change and adjust your way. Hence your employment here is not to become involved with the deciding result however to guarantee you appreciate the trip along the path, paying little mind to your objective, and guarantee that your ordinary excursion contains all the same hidden encounters, feelings, and full-body emotions that you look for from your finished objective, in any case. The excursion is the destination. So appreciate it.

Uniting it all

So how would we defeat the different anxiety pieces to pull more prominent peace and plenitude towards us? EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is one approach to discharge the enthusiastic pieces of ought to, musts, should, outrage, apprehension, hatred, etc. Once the greatest oblivious squares have been determined, your aims, desire, enthusiasm will feel that much free-er to move towards you, consequently and easily. Circumstances and individuals show up in your life from no place and occasions start adjusting themselves, as the universe plots with you, to understand your enthusiasm.

Three Fantastic Ways To Release The Super In You, Easy Life 101.

I was driving down the interstate a day or two ago when I saw a bulletin with a photo of Christopher Reeve on it. The subtitle just read, Super man. People may have recalled that him for his immortal depiction of Superman. In any case, they will always remember his vigorous campaign for debilitated all over. The heartbreaking stallion riding mishap that left him deadened likewise gave him wings to take off over his physical confinements. Saying this doesn't imply that that it wasn't troublesome for him. He even mulled over suicide at a certain point. So it made me think, what qualities did he have that made him so solid?

Mettle. The greater part of us timid far from a test. Perhaps we don't care for showdown, or possibly we simply need to take the easiest course of action. In any case, there comes a period when we, separately, should confront our most profound fears. It could acknowledge an occupation that moves you most of the way the nation over. On the other hand leaving a relationship that ought to have finished ten years prior. Whatever is keeping you from making the most of your life should be analyzed, assessed, and executed. Nobody's going to do it for you. Be daring.

Good faith. Ever hear the old glass half full/half purge similarity? All things considered, it's valid. You have a 50/50 possibility of being certain or negative. Which side do you end up on more often than not? Negative deduction can be a hard propensity to break. In any case, the good thing is, it is effectively cured. How? Talk emphatically. Act emphatically. Supplant negative self-converse with elevating messages that you tape to your mirror and day organizer. Also, before you know it, you will think emphatically. Activity goes before demeanor. A decent state of mind is infectious, so encompass your self with individuals who are energetic and empowering.

Self-determination. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? A man without an objective resemble a transport without a driver. Try not to let restrictions, either genuine or saw, keep you from your goal. Also, don't listen to the nay Sayers, regardless of the possibility that on occasion you think they should be correct. In the event that something is essential to you, stay with it. You will be astounded at what you can do.

There is somewhat of a superhero in each one of us. At times, it takes an unforeseen occasion to bring that legend out. What's more, now and then, we can help another person see that legend in themselves.

提昇人的品質

 法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師--

人的品質：就是人的品格、品德、氣質。氣質是可以改變的，有的人小時候土頭土腦、傻裡傻氣地不懂事，年紀漸長，經過了教育的薰陶及社會的歷練，氣質就變好了。改變人的氣質，就是提昇人的品質。

如果學佛以後跟學佛以前，人品沒有改善，言行舉止沒有檢點，思想觀念沒有提昇，便是枉費學了佛。學佛以後，應該以佛法的威儀、禮儀、行儀來自利利人，不應該再有自傷傷人、自害害人的行為。身口如此，心念都也應如此。

身為佛教徒，就要對自己的家庭、社會、國家、所有的人類，乃至一切的眾生，負起責任。我們有權利生存在世間，更有義務和責任來幫助世間、改善世間。

如果做了佛教徒以後，有人看到你便說：「幾年不見，怎麼你的性格和氣質好像和過去不一樣了，這一定是有道理的，為什麼？」

你應該告訴他說：「阿彌陀佛！沒有其他的原因，只因為我皈依了三寶，做人應當先學會自利利他的。」

所謂自利利他，佛教的修行方法很多。比如要提昇人的品質，應先從自己開始，進而再幫助他人提昇他人的品質，自利又利他。

又，與人相處之時，要想自利，應先利他，這之間是互相關聯的。在家裡，如果對自己的家人態度改善，家裡的人也會受到你的影響而有所改善。自己能和顏悅色，處處以禮相待，時時關懷他人，以成全別人作為成全自己的心態來處理事務，周圍的人也都會受到影響。我們要學習佛法的慈悲，開發內心的智慧，健全自己，協助他人，為全體而顧大局，敦品勵學，奉獻自己而盡心盡力，溫厚謙恭。

但是成為佛教徒，並不是叫你做鄉愿、做爛好人、做傻瓜，佛法的目的是在利益眾生，而真正地利他，是要使得頑者廉而懦者立，感謝恩人，寬恕仇人；學習賢人，救濟苦人；調伏狂人，感化惡人；慰勉失意的人，關懷受難的人；把懈怠的人勸導成精勤的人，使兇狠的人轉變為慈悲的人。用種種恰到好處的方式來幫助人，使得共同生活在我們環境裡的每一個人，都能夠得到利益。這才是真正自利利他的人，也才是真正品質高尚的人。

Lets Take A Moment To Talks About The Increadible Hitory Of My Favorite Candy Of All...Chocolate, Easy Life News.

Everything has its starting point. Did you realize that even the procedure of making chocolate has a history? This might be your most loved thing to do now on your diversion. Then again you might be even dependent on the essence of such treat. In any case, this piece won't indicate that desire as it tries to give you a superior perspective with respect to how everything began.

The The aroma Cacao or the nourishment from the Gods is the thing that all of you know as the cocoa tree. Its starting point can be followed on America's rain forests, particularly in Central America. In any case, antiquarians are as yet debating about specific realities about this tree.

Chocolate, Anyone?

There are contentions that the Mayans first developed such tree in 300 AD. Furthermore, the Aztecs had their turn in developing such in 1100 AD. The chocolate that all of you know now used to be called Xocolat. This was an uncommon drink that was made out of chilies, anise seed, vanilla, cornmeal and some more flavors. Just sovereignties get the chance to be treated with such enjoyment at the time. It was served utilizing brilliant mugs that were to be utilized just once.

Save the Chocolates

The cocoa tree is delicate to its environment. It will in all likelihood develop in the shades of the shelter of the rainforest. Consequently, chocolate beaus must join in the objective of sparing the earth, particularly in sparing the rainforests where the cacaos will no doubt survive.

This tree is interesting as in its organic products develop on its branches and trunk. The explanation behind this is a result of midges. These are the little creepy crawlies that cause the fertilization procedure amid evening time.

Did you realize that the cacao tree can have around 10,000 blooms however just around 10 to 50 of those will develop into natural products or the unit? This is on account of like a savvy individual, the tree of cacao can manage its blooms to the sum that it can deal with and develop.

The cacao tree self manages in this procedure to have the capacity to maintain its great well being. It realizes what it can contain and handle. It knows exactly what number of is sufficient and excessively. The tree does this to protect its inside frameworks and to keep its branches from breaking or going into disrepair.

The cocoa beans originate from the natural product or the case from the smart tree. Collectors sit tight for the case to mature. They will handpick the trees and laugh uncontrollably the units until they see white thick components that encompass the seeds. The pulps are then destroyed while the seeds are kept in light of the fact that those are your cocoa beans, the wellspring of your chocolate treats.

These seeds are very amid such time. Thus, these will experience the aging procedure for around three to seven days. This strategy will bring about the seeds to experience some compound and in addition physical changes. The consequence of this will then be utilized for the eminences' treat, the Chocolate.

The beans need to experience a few strategies after which before it can be utilized for the conventional making chocolate purposes. Since you know where it originated from, you'll never take a gander at your most loved chocolate the same way until the end of time. Then again most likely not. Whatever it has been through, chocolates will remain a most loved among kids and youngster on the most fundamental level.

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Individuals are currently doing a reversal to antiquated practices since they realize that the advanced times have been bringing about them an excessive amount of anxiety. Of all the method for unwinding out there, more individuals are anticipating background the advantages of contemplation.

Due to its effective regarding to quieting the brain and building up a man's level of instinct, contemplation has now being performed not only a method for clearing the psyche and inward reflection additionally to mend different sicknesses in the psyche, feelings, and physical viewpoints.

Contemplation and its advantages

A standout among the most praised advantages of contemplation is that it incredibly helps the individual's physical state. Among the physical advantages of contemplation include the heart through a profound rest since it diminishes the individual's metabolic rate and additionally the heart rate, which prompts the decrease of workload for the heart. Beside that, it is additionally known not the levels of a man's cortisol and dissolving the chemicals that are nearly connected with regular anxiety.

Other physical advantages of contemplation additionally incorporate diminished free radicals in the body by dispensing with oxygen particles that are temperamental, diminishes a man's hypertension, builds up the capacity to have more safe skin, bringing down or absolutely dropping the individual's level of cholesterol, enhance wind current to the lungs to help simple breathing, delays natural maturing and expands the levels of DHEAS in more seasoned individuals.

With regards to mental variable, reflection helps in expanding the individual's cerebrum wave intelligence, diminishing tension levels, frequently crabbiness, profound set sorrow, and swing of inclinations, enhances the individual's memory and in addition his or her learning capacity, builds the individual's capacity for self-realization, builds the individual's sentiment energy and restoration and additionally imperativeness, prompts uplifting standpoint in life and bliss, and expansions a man's enthusiastic status and dependability.

Other noted advantages of reflection for an individual and his or her group include:

- Relaxation to the individual's the body, psyche, and soul.

- Rejuvenation of vitality to confront the overwhelming difficulties and anxiety ahead.

- Healing of different ailments that are nearly connected with the psyche and the body.

- Making a more steady individual as far as feelings.

- Developments of loose family life and imparting uplifting standpoints in life to more youthful individuals.

- Enhances the individual's capacity to make his or her brain work legitimately.

- Letting a man find his or her internal identity, this thus discharges the innovativeness in them.

- It people groups to free themselves from different indecencies and addictions, for example, liquor and cigarettes and in addition in different medicines, for example, sedatives and opiates.

- It additionally helps a man to increase higher self-assurance, in this way, coming about to more grounded force of the will.

- It can be a successful and safe method for finding one's self as opposed to centering the regard for other undesirable practices.

- It helps in the advancement of the force of the psyche.

The rundown goes ahead about the advantages of intercession in an individual and to his or her group. In such a large number of cases, these are sure advantages however once intercession has not been utilized legitimately, individuals ought to know about the symptoms. To maintain a strategic distance from this from happening, individuals why should arranging quit fooling around in reflection ought to dependably counsel an expert before playing out any contemplation methods.

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Individuals experience a considerable measure of issues in life. Some of them think that its simple to manage such issues yet an awesome number of individuals can't adapt to the circumstance and wind up being discouraged. At the point when something of awesome significance to you is lost, what do you at first feel? The answer is distress and this is such a solid feeling, to the point that numerous people experience, youthful or old alike.

While numerous persons like to avoid lamenting encounters, it is still best to confront up to it and manage the involvement with solid determination. In the event that you continue circumventing the issue, it won't vanish and eventually, you need to manage the issue.

Are there compelling approaches to individuals working through their sorrow? There are a few choices for an individual encountering distress. You should know be that as it may, that pain can devour all your vitality, abandoning you feeling depleted and depleted. That is the reason you ought to proceed with all your day by day exercises and wellbeing schedules.

Despondency is an ordinary feeling. Whenever something or somebody is lost, you will feel a vacant space inside your heart; you will soon end up in tears and in awesome pity. Grieving is additionally normal, yet not all individuals can through this stage thus they require some type of help or backing.

Many individuals, as specified prior, like to avoid the circumstance. They need other individuals to trust that they are OK and that nothing's incorrectly by pushing their feelings away which are a slip-up. This can solidify a man's sentiments and it will tremendously affect his or her passionate life.

So what would you be able to do to experience anguish? There are a great deal of things that you can do, including every day reflection.

To begin with, you should eat feeding dinners routinely. There are discouraged and miserable persons who resort to eating an excess of while others scarcely eat. In any case, will undoubtedly become ill on the grounds that anything in overabundance or lacking can make a man sick.

Attempt to get a lot of rest and practice routinely. Anxiety is common particularly for a man who is tragic or lamenting. Attempt your best push to take a rest; this is the best way to keep your quality. Ensure that you practice frequently as well. This can help in keeping you fit regardless of the fact that you're experiencing amazing misfortune.

Do things that you as a rule do like hanging out with companions, going to parties, doing errands at home, and other stuff that you used to appreciate before the lamenting background. Require some investment to appreciate; along these lines you can disregard the misfortune once in a while.

Regardless of the possibility that you lost something, despite everything you have your life to live. Don't concentrate on what you've lost on the grounds that there are still more things to come. Continuously keep these things in your brain, and you will step by step acknowledge the truth of life.

The best approach to manage despondency is through day by day contemplation, and this is as indicated by numerous lamenting people. Petition in some structure, and yoga, can truly have a major effect. In the event that you frequently do these things, you can get a lot of rest, which now is the thing that you require severely.

生死

法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師--

死亡是生命的一個過程，因為我們不知道自己是從哪裡來？也不知道死後將往何處去？誠如孔子所言：「未知生，焉知死？」因為我們對於過去沒有記憶，對未來當然也是茫然無所知。

但是從佛法、諸多聖人，以及所謂有宿命通、神通或天眼通之人處可得知，我們人或者是任何一個眾生，所有的生命只是一個過程，在死亡之前我們是活著的，死亡之後則是另一生的開始。有前一個階段的死亡，才有我們這一階段的出生，大家因為不了解是不是有過去、是不是有未來，只看得見中間這段過程及片段，便以為生死之間就是我們的生命，而認為死亡是生命的結束。其實生命是永遠不會結束的，對凡夫而言，每一生是依照個人的業力和願力去轉生、再轉生，而得到不同的生命果報。

那聖人是不是有我們這樣的生命呢？答案是有的。聖人是為了度眾生，而接受與我們凡夫同樣的生命，與我們凡夫生活在一起。他們其實已經從業報中得到解脫，而且從智慧的果報中又得到重生。

智慧的果報是什麼呢？就是慈悲和智慧。聖人轉生的目的是為了度眾生，凡夫的輪迴則是受報。所以從佛法的觀點來看，死亡並不是結束，能夠這樣思考，生死的話題就不可怕了。

菩薩

  

法鼓山創辦人 聖嚴法師--

菩薩不容易做，所謂的難行能行、難忍能忍、難捨能捨是從小處易處開始做起，是從可行、可忍、可捨點上開始，慢慢地、慢慢地做，愈做就會愈有成就感，愈做就會愈覺得值得去做，漸漸就可以難行的也能行、難忍的也能忍、難捨的也能捨了。常常以菩薩的精神勉勵自己看待他人，這是學佛修行的基本原則。

法鼓山的體系分成兩部分。一是僧團部分，是出家人以修行佛法、弘揚佛法為目的。一是居士部分，是在家居士以佛法來幫助自己也幫助別人，因此也要修行佛法才行。

唯有出家人及在家居士都在修學佛法、護持佛法、弘揚佛法、接引眾生，才可能做到普遍地淨化人心、淨化人間。

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The most blazing eating regimens, from Atkins to South Beach to Weight Watchers, sing the commendations of shrimp. It's an incredible wellspring of protein and is low in calories. Additionally, premium-quality Wild American shrimp - collected in their own particular regular habitat from the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico - is ideal for wellbeing cognizant customers who need to know precisely where their nourishment originates from.

"Wild American shrimp is low in fat and a wellspring of polyunsaturated fats and heart-sound omega-3 unsaturated fats, which battle cholesterol and may lessen the danger of coronary illness," said nutritionist Carol Guber, a specialist on sustenance, nourishment and solid ways of life. "In case you're attempting to get in shape by eating more refreshing protein, Wild American shrimp is a delightful alternative."

Wild American shrimp has its own particular affirmation mark, guaranteeing that it has been gotten in the wild and meets certain quality principles. Guber prescribes that buyers request Wild American shrimp where they shop and eat.

"Buyers have a decision, however numerous neglect to understand that most shrimp sold in the U.S. is not got in the Gulf of Mexico or South Atlantic, but instead imported from abroad and ranch raised," she said.

At the point when purchasing shrimp, search for glossy shells and meat that feels firm against the shell. It ought to have a crisp, salty fragrance and ought not possess an aroma similar to alkali or have a fishy scent.

For fortifying dishes, include practically no spread, oil or shortening. The accompanying formula is ideal for light dinners.

WILD AMERICAN SHRIMP CEVICHE WITH WATERMELON AND SPICY PICO (Makes 4 to 6 servings)

2 glasses new lime juice

1/2 containers (16-20 tally) Wild American shrimp, cleaned

also, deveined, cut into 1/2-inch-thick pieces

1 container Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced little

1 serrano pepper, minced

1/4 container red onion, diced little

1/4 container cilantro, cleaned, stemmed and slashed

Legitimate salt, naturally ground dark pepper, to taste

1/2 containers watermelon, diced into 1/2-inch pieces

Prepared tortilla chips

Lime wedges for trimming

Mix 1/2 mugs crisp lime juice into shrimp and place in icebox for 24 to 36 hours until shrimp is no more misty. Deplete, flush and put aside.

For the pico sauce, consolidate 2 tablespoons lime juice, Roma tomatoes, serrano pepper, red onion, cilantro, genuine salt and dark pepper.

Consolidate shrimp, watermelon, pico sauce and 2 tablespoons lime juice. Trim with lime wedges and present with chips.

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Are you a fish sweetheart well on the off chance that you are here is something else, this formula will tempt your taste buds and make you shout for additional, this is an awesome starter and additionally a brilliant supper, in this formula you should utilize your judgment and use as a lot of a specific fixing that you like or as meager of every that you don't like yet you will find that by including every one of the fixings gives a pleasant parity to this dish.

Am I making you hungry? Well I trust along these lines, now do stay with me since I can demonstrate to individuals generally accepted methods to show improvement over I can let you know. Alright were off.

Open 12 crude shellfishes to be on the half shell and do take an ideal opportunity to check for bits of shell in the mollusk, release the quiet from the base part of the shell.

Herb Butter for mollusks:

Spread

Mince some watercress, parsley, shallots, anchovies, almonds, a tad of garlic

Include some Pernod wine, Anisette, and a couple drops of Tabasco sauce

Combine the above fixings.

Put a portion of the herb spread blend on each of the shellfishes then place a º cut of imported Swiss cheddar on the highest point of every mollusk, in the event that you like more cheddar then simply include it, put the mollusks under the grill until the cheddar is bubblie and chestnut. Presently it's up to you to appreciate it.

Recall that you would us be able to as much or as meager of the fixings that you like in light of the fact that you're making this to your taste, however actually I like the wines. Enjoy baby.