Tag: Buddha

“Learn to poke fun at things without being mean.  (Every once in a while—if it’s genuinely funny—it’s okay to be a little mean).” —Paraphrased from every wise person worth their salt

From what I’ve seen, the quest to “feel good” will result in all sorts of opportunities for the ego to waylay progress and evolution, under the umbrella excuse of “it feels right,” and often seems to result in self-deception.   In contrast, the quest to BE good—to become fulfilled and capable—will result in all sorts…

IMHO, the best belief systems should inspire one to grow and evolve, constantly reiterating the system’s core values in new and more effective ways.  If this isn’t the case, then there runs the danger of even the best operating system lapsing into an old, maggot-ridden religion, predictably red in tooth and claw.

The ironic thing is that most worthwhile journeys seem to point out that we never needed to look outside us; what we were looking for was within us, all around us, the whole time we were looking. The doubly ironic thing is that most of the time, it seems we need to go on these…

When you leave someone alone and give them the luxury of time and resources, will they seek indulgence or fulfillment?  Enabling someone to choose “fulfillment” in that instance seems to be a principal goal of every philosophy I have thus far come across.  And yet ironically, most people I’ve met twist teachings/philosophies to go the other way—to…

“At a certain point in one’s development, the dualistic concept of one teacher and one student must fade away.  In its stead will be the infinitely more organic idea of an autodidact:  one that absorbs knowledge from all angles, from all venues, regardless of how society judges these sources of wisdom.  Instead of one teacher, now there is an infinity…

Nature often follows the course of least resistance.  As humans, we can do that as well.  But as humans, we are offered an infinitely more tantalizing possibility: To follow the path of most fulfillment.

Using knowledge to rediscover wisdom is something that we humans never seem to get tired of.  (We also seem to never get tired of using knowledge to justify our foolishness).