I still remember an incident from his book :”The art of happiness”. It seems at the hotel where the Dalai Lama was staying, he made it a practice to thank the staff in the hotel whenever he came across them and talk a while when he got the chance to. Within a couple of days, every morning when he got out of his room, there was a long line of hotel staff waiting all the way from his door to the elevator :-), just to see him pass by and talk to him. These were grown men and women who were so affected by the presence and cheerfulness the Dalai Lama radiated that they had to see him every morning :-). What a powerful presence!

Cheers,
Krishna

I still remember the chance I got to spend a week with a young enlightened master out in the U.S. He was laughing, pulling people’s legs and approaching everything with a surprising level of light-heartedness. And yeah, we were all volunteering, attending classes and engaged in activity sometimes long into the night, but it just didn’t seem like work or effort just because no one was serious :-). I still remember that time fondly.

Well, adding a couple more to your list –

- Talk to yourself – we don’t do this often enough as adults, its very liberating, try it :-).
- Feel your body – as we grow older, we seem to lose touch with our body and thats a shame. Just sitting down and being aware of your body can be a revelation…

Wonderful post, Justin, thanks :-).

Cheers,
Krishna