We get inundated by answers every second.  And most of us (especially those of us who ironically call themselves “wise”) fight those answers tooth and nail.  I don’t think it’s mass stupidity so much as mass stubbornness. 😉

It’s ironic that so many of us think we need a “cause” or a “mission” to draw a sense of energy and purpose…I believe that when we forgo all desire for causes and missions that we stumble upon the greatest “cause/mission” of all:  To love freely, to laugh with abandon, and to enjoy creating and dreaming.  Fully engaging in those activities without needing a “cause/mission” is more energizing than any flag, any book, any banner, or any symbol could be.  (I suspect that said activities transcend the concept of “energy” itself, because for “energy” to exist, there must be two states:  energized and non-energized.  Those activities are free of duality, IMHO, and are at their immaculate core, inexhaustible)

And if you want, you can call those timeless activities “causes” or “missions,” but I think the more appropriate label for them is An Unending Play. 😃  

I find that it’s an immense source of energy to place my mind in my dying self and seeing what he is regretful/proud of; that way I can focus on doing something supposedly “unpleasant” in the here and now.  

When I consider life this way, inertia actually becomes uncomfortable.  The issue is no longer a matter of stepping outside my comfort zone, but simply a matter of executing actions in my truest frame of mind, because it becomes crystal clear that there is no time to waste.

It is not enough to work hard, to feel good; the increasingly crowded earth has shown the need to consider many perspectives and variables.  I suspect that it may be our destiny to embrace complexity, to channel our good intention and purified focus through it…

So that in the end, we may come back to what we know to be uncomplicated and simple. 😉

Many of us resist self-examination by thinking of ourselves as more or less balanced, or within an accepted boundary—“At least I’m not as bad as [so-and-so],” or, “At least I don’t do THAT…”  IMHO this is a counterproductive viewpoint.  Rather than asking myself, “How do I stay comfortable within the margins of society?”  I find it more helpful to ask, “How do I keep evolving?”  We are at a rare moment in our collective transition—where it is possible to choose evolution out of nobility rather than necessity.  

I hope to take full advantage of it.  😉

Ignorance isn’t vanquished by beating our chests and sneering at it; it’s vanquished by acknowledging how easily we could have indulged in it.  

Because if we were thrown a few chance twists of fate, WE could have been those very people we’re tempted to dismiss as “ignorant.”

There’s no room for perfection in a limitless life (unless it’s already perfect).  😉

There is no “stepping outside” or “detachedly observing” anything; that’s like being the prudish kid at the party who tries to look cool by bobbing his head in the corner.  Conversely, we know the dangers of obsessively identifying with any singular aspect; those are the drunk idiots obsessed with being the center of attention.  What it’s really about is being able to utterly commit…and then letting go.  It’s about becoming an expression of pure joy—one that flits from position to position, one that morphs into a perfect key for every lock.  

Why do you think [Dancing] has been a sacred ritual since the beginning of time?  😉

Once you get past being driven by needs, the next step is to get past being driven by wants.  The final step is to be driven by love.

It’s possible to stumble on brilliance while courting the edges of madness and obscurity, but I prefer the other way:  engaging so deeply in specificity and nuance that others may outwardly dismiss your work as being obscure or strange, yet still inexplicably FEEL its substance.  Haven’t we all been unable to explain why a movie touched our heart, and yet we know there’s something deeper to it?  😉