{"id":597,"date":"2006-08-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/08\/you-can-rule-your-world.html"},"modified":"2006-08-27T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-27T12:00:00","slug":"you-can-rule-your-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/08\/you-can-rule-your-world.html","title":{"rendered":"You <em>Can<\/em> Rule Your World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/rulingworld.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 159px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/rulingworld.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&#8220;&#8230;we all have the ability to rule our own world and live with confidence. To do this, we need to use our daily lives to be strong, as opposed to aggressive, and to act with wisdom and compassion. This may sound difficult, but when we begin to mix this ancient wisdom of rulership into our everyday life, we have both spiritual and worldly success. We don\u2019t need to abandon our life and become an ascetic or a monk in order to gain confidence and achieve this success. We can live in the world as a ruler no matter what we are doing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u2014from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mipham.com\/biography.html\" target=\"_new\">Sakyong Mipham&#8217;s<\/a> book &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0767920651\/sr=8-1\/qid=1156734239\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/104-7638272-0731123?ie=UTF8\" target=\"_new\">Ruling Your World<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;we all have the ability to rule our own world and live with confidence. 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