The Cycle of Emotions An Article by Jessica Fan www.jessicafan.ca When we do not cultivate our Pillars, they grow weak and our Platform of Radiance becomes unstable, causing us to fall into one of the four Pits of Suffering below. Each Pillar has a corresponding Pit of Suffering: Love > Attachment Compassion > Sentimentality Joy > Elation Equanimity > Apathy emotionlifehappiness
Politics and the English Language An Essay by George Orwell jarango.com Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous. ruleswriting