I thought this I thought that because I assumed I concluded. I need to be sure else I cannot function so I first observe I collect evidence and then I conclude an I-dea born and act on it. That becomes “I” hard, immovable stapled to the ground the post erected. Until… Wisdom visits. In awareness. […]
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The Midpoint
Posted in Going Inwards, Poems on Apr 1st, 2011
When one is misunderstood Surely there is another that misunderstands Hence the arising of the accused Accompanying the birth of the plaintiff Like one that is defined responsible The emergence of the irresponsible The rich & the poor The beautiful & the ugly Like extreme heat is actually coldness Like extreme coldness is actually heat […]
The Silent Witness
Posted in Excerpts from Books, Going Inwards on Mar 25th, 2011
Almost every ego contains at least an element of what we might call “victim identity”. Some people have such a strong victim of themselves that it becomes the central core of their ego. Resentment and grievances form an essential part of their sense of self. Even if your grievances are completely “justified,” you have constructed […]
Losing Idols
Posted in Going Inwards, Ideas on Mar 23rd, 2011
When J says to lose idols, he did not mean to stop having or cease to have for that is beyond control; but to realize that idols are not what fulfils and is not what you truly want. What he meant was to lose the middleman, and to start here with yourself – acknowledging what […]
You Bring In What You Allow
Posted in Excerpts from Books, Going Inwards on Mar 22nd, 2011
None of you are victims of someone else’s actions toward you. You bring into your life what you allow to come in. If you say “no” to what you don’t want, you bring in what you do want. It is that simple. The only factor that makes all this complicated is that you don’t always […]
The Lingering Illusion
Posted in Excerpts from Books on Mar 18th, 2011
Seek not outside yourself. For it will fail, and you will weep each time an idol falls. Heaven cannot be found where it is not, and there can be no peace excepting there. Each idol that you worship when God calls will never answer in His place. There is no other answer you can substitute […]
Hurt
Posted in Attitudes, Going Inwards on Jan 20th, 2011
If I can believe that no one out there can hurt me how is it that I am afraid to hurt others unless there is something that I am hiding from hence using that as an excuse not to ‘hurt’ another? Yet, how is it possible whether I hurt another or another is hurt by […]
Only one Mistake, thus Only one Correction
Posted in Quotes on Dec 15th, 2010
This one mistake in any form has one correction. There is no loss; to think there is is a mistake. You have no problems, though you think you have. And yet you could not think so if you saw them vanish one by one without regard to size, complexity, or place and time, or any […]
Pleasure and Pain
Posted in Attitudes on Nov 14th, 2010
The mind is constantly in search for pleasure over pain, as if there is a preference. When there is pleasure through an experience, it will want more of it, become addicted to it and yearn for it. It will be soon when the planning, scheming and manipulation starts coming into play to prey for what […]
Recognizing the Light
Posted in Going Inwards on Oct 15th, 2010
There was this day after a certain appointment, I walked around the shopping complex desiring not to head home to spend time with my family as I normally would. I strolled around aimlessly in the complex, as if contented just to be with myself or rather, with God. I looked around me and the people […]