Tag: Buddha

Given the premise that the divine is within all states of mind (evil, noble, selfish, altruistic), when you feel the urge to be selfish or “low,” don’t denounce it—accept it…just so long as you don’t IDENTIFY with it.  Stay steady in your faith that there is nothing at its core that’s “unnatural.”  Ironically, your mind will…

The best spiritual experience is not when you dream of [the divine], but when it becomes undeniably clear that [the divine] is dreaming YOU.

Maybe it’s a byproduct of getting older, but I’ve come to believe that true strength comes from accepting a greater love/purpose that’s gained through brutal honesty with oneself.  The honesty allows one to organically come to the acceptance, so in the end, it’s a cycle of honesty and acceptance.  The willpower and brute strength stuff…meh, I…

One of the keys to staying in a “high state of mind” is by accepting and being okay with a “low state of mind.”  The way to enjoy EITHER state of mind is by using [faith/discipline/love/whatever works] to fully experience the [high/low] state of mind and honor it…but stop short of identifying with it. We’re all something…

We’re all pieces on a chess board.  Most of us are rooks, meaning we use logic and force to move at hard angles, the magicians/occultists are bishops, and they move in weird diagonals, and the really powerful are queens, who do both.  But the key is to enjoy the moves whether you direct them or not,…

Man, the story of enlightenment/sainthood/spiritual warrior are such great, beautiful stories…but the joke’s on us!   [The divine] loves us whether we partake in those stories or not!   😆😅😊😉

There is no competition; there is only doing your absolute, mind-melting best. And loving every minute of it!  😀

Back in the hunter/gatherer days (IMHO), sustenance was scarce enough that we evolved to maximize energy intake and minimize effort.  Today however, the blessed of us in the 1st world suffer from a DIFFERENT lack of sustenance—one that is spiritual in nature.  It is no longer productive to ape the habits of our ancestors by gorging ourselves…

The close-minded will blindly perpetuate/imitate…at the other end of the spectrum are those who refuse to see things through, and flit from approach to approach.  Both extremes avoid the idea of TESTING their theories to the bone.  IMHO, every philosophy/viewpoint is subject to change, and must constantly be screened for functionality via disciplined, consistent scrutiny.  In…