Subject: Lifescope TIPs & QUIPs [40] "Drive Your Karma, Walk Your Dogma"

Dear Reader:

Here is a light-hearted look at new age wisdom. For in my way of
thinking, of what use is an approach to life that can't take a
good-natured poke at itself? Once the heavy quilt of a dogmatic
seriousness settles upon your way of thinking, you will be too 
snug & comfy to get up to watch a new day's sun rise. And there
are few pleasures, in my book, that top the thrill of that one.

So don't pull the blanket over your head and burrow deeper into
your woolen comforter -- get out there and greet the new day!
NOW's the time to live, and to enjoy life! To steal a line from
the Swami: we use only a small portion of our potential to
enjoy ourselves, and use even a smaller fraction of our ability
to humor others. I hope you take a break and enjoy the following.

                                             -- Lee Lukehart

TIPs & QUIPs, the free occasional e-mail of helpful hints and quotes 
(and sometimes challenging suggestions) for getting the most from life. 
[Published sporadically as the urge and the muses grace us.]

In this issue:
     *** WiseWords
     *** This Issue's Theme
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   "The wisest man is generally he 
    who thinks himself the least so."
     --Nicolas Boileau-Desperaux   
   "Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."
     --William Wordsworth
     
   "That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation
    often becomes the height of wisdom in the next."
      --John Stuart Mill

   "Wisdom is meaningless 
    until our own experience has given it meaning."
      --Bergen Evans

For a collection of some of our favorite WiseWords, see our web page at
<http://www.lifescope.com/pages/WiseWords.html>.)

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Swami Beyondananda's Guidelines for Enlightenment

 1. Be a Fundamentalist - make sure the Fun always comes before
    the Mental. Realize that life is a situation comedy that will
    never be canceled. A laugh track has been provided, and the
    reason why we are put in the material world is to get more
    material.
   
 2. Have a good laughsitive twice a day, and that will ensure
    regularhilarity. Remember that each of us has been given a
    special gift just for entering, so you are already a winner!
   
 3. The most powerful tool on the planet today is Tell-A-Vision.
    That is where I tell a vision to you, and you tell a vision to
    me. That way, if we don't like the programming we're getting,
    we can simply change the channel.
   
 4. Life is like photography. You use the negative to develop.
    And, no matter what adversity you face, be reassured: Of course
    God loves you. He's just not ready to make a commitment.
   
 5. It is true. As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts,
    thought particles tend to get caught between the ears, causing
    a condition called truth decay. So be sure to use mental floss
    twice a day. And when you're tempted to practice tantrum yoga,
    remember what we teach in Swami's Absurdiveness Training class:
    "Don't get even, get odd."
   
 6. If we want world peace, we must let go of our attachments
    and truly live like nomads. That's where I no mad at you, you
    no mad at me. That way, there'll surely be nomadness on the
    planet. And peace begins with each of us. A little peace here,
    a little peace there, pretty soon all the peaces will fit
    together to make one big peace everywhere.
   
 7. I know great earth changes have been predicted for the
    future, so if you're looking to avoid earthquakes, my advice is
    simple. When you find a fault, just don't dwell on it.
   
 8. There's no need to change the world. All we have to do is
    toilet train the world, and we'll never have to change it
    again.
   
 9. If you're looking to find the key to the Universe, I have
    some bad news and some good news. The bad news is there is no
    key to the Universe. The good news is it has been left
    unlocked.
   
10. Finally, everything I have told you is channeled. That way,
    if you don't like it, it's not my fault. And remember,
    enlightenment is not a bureaucracy. So we don't have to go
    through channels.
    
    (Copyright Steve Bhaerman, reprinted with permission)

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"Duck Soup for the Soul"
 by Swami Beyondananda, Steve Bhaerman
 
Known as 'a cross between Ram Dass and Haagen Dasz,' Swami
Beyondananda is the brain child/alter ego of writer Steve
Bhaerman. As a syndicated columnist and radio personality, he
delights millions and has been described both as 'comedy
disguised as wisdom' and as 'wisdom disguised as comedy.'

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that: Fun is FUNdamental; A laugh track has been provided; The
reason you're in the material world is to get more material;
Non-judgment day is at hand; You are unique, just like everyone
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