The world—it wisps us to and fro,
while its reasons it whispers not.
It delights in birth and death,
by the process of growth & rot.
By the skeleton in my being,
and the muscle on my bone,
I’m a temporary creature,
whose living on my own.
Without a sure rationale,
and without a map of how,
I’m left to walk my own path,
and discover what I will.
“Change” and “temporary”…
the conditions of my state.
And somewhere in between these lines,
grow emotions I can’t escape.
Love and Faith and Hope,
propel me towards my ends.
Where from did they arise, friend?
With them, where should I begin?
Before you speak, will you agree:
One small goal at a time; each day’s unique;
With each foot forward, use my eyes to see;
One’s cobbled path is laid with bricks,
… of “choice” and “opportunity”.
…unfinished.
If there is a god, he wants that we trust each other… or he wouldn’t have asked that his message be passed between generations.
Why is there so much personality in the world? … Birds, the way they whistle; Dogs, the way they bark; Cats, the way they stare… the list goes on. Is the one thing that makes us human the fact that we can wrestle with our inner selves?
Because we exist, there must be a reason. And believing that there is a reason, this is faith. Faith before even knowing the reason for why one is here. ~the Shivapuri Baba & JG Bennet
When I consider the lack of cooperation in human society, I can only conclude that it stems from ignorance of our interdependent nature. ~Dalai Lama
SELF-ATTENTION: it means being attentive to whatever is outside of you, while at the same time, holding an awareness of yourself observing the phenomenon. It’s not getting lost in the parade before you rise. An example: You’re sitting out by a river, it’s a beautiful sunny day. The river is floating by, and you see debris—various things floating along in the river. You let them float by, you gaze at the river. While you’re doing so, you’re aware of the feeling of your body, the sun on your face. You’re aware of your breathing, you’re aware of your feelings—that’s double attention.
Single attention, the wrong kind of attention, is now there’s an object floating in that river going by, and you fixate your attention on that object. Now you are no longer aware of that sun on your face, the feel of the grass under your feet. No longer aware of your breathing, no longer aware of your body. You’re completely fixated on “what is that object, floating down the river?” That’s what most people call attention, and that’s actually “stopping your mind.” And when you do so, you’re in your stall consciousness, you’re in “stall mind.” And, when you do so, the “Law of Accident” applies to you. ~James J. Traitz