Buddha’s says: “Who loves oneself will never harm another.” I don’t know if this is true or not, but in Buddhism, the challenge is to find out for yourself. What exactly does it mean to love ourselves. I decided that it was finally time for me to find out what that really means.

Easier said than done, especially in today’s economy while we are still in the throws of a war… and don’t even get started on the high gas prices and unemployment. All of that can make even the sanest person go a little crazy. This is why we need Zen Practices.
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I think it’s safe to say everyone is not a morning person. I would almost bet that more than half of society dreads that morning wakeup call or alarm. Studies have shown that many people are more creative in the nocturnal hours, like bats. Bats sleep all day and fly around all night looking for food. Some of us, especially musicians, are like bats. We start to perk up around 5:00pm and can work all night until the break of dawn.

Recently, Best Buy did a study with their employees to see what could make them more productive. The company gave their employees laptops and allowed them to work half of their work week at home. Guess what. Productivity increased up to 40%! Some of their workers stated they preferred to work during the evening hours, and working at home allowed them to indulge this, ergo inreasing their work productivity.
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