What is truth? Is what we hear, see, taste, touch, smell, or think the truth? Do people see things differently? Do people like different music, or food, or colors? Do they like or dislike different people? If I write or say this or that is truth than it is not …
Illusion: A thought, object, or event that is perceived differently than what is expected. It is a common mistake to think of an illusion as something that is not real. The statement, “life is an illusion” does not mean that life is not real. To think that life is an …
Giving and taking: When given to we take. When it is taken from us is when we must give. When we give is the only time that we accomplish anything. It is why we are here. When anything is taken from us “our trials in life”, that is when we …
Forever gets spent in many ways. Some people happy, some sad, some don’t know or can’t even think. Many will have spent it in these few seconds, others are just being born. Many struggle physically or mentally. I don’t know that my life has all been spent wisely or that …
What we despise in others is often a quality that we don’t recognize in our own self. What we love in others is often a quality that we would like to have in our own self. Truthful attention to our own motives and thoughts can help us to understand others.
Regular practice, paying attention to what we are feeling, thinking, doing and why, I believe would benefit most everyone. The deeply part that you mention is so important. Jesus said “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do”. If we would practice paying attention we could be ever …
Letting go……What is it that we can hold on to in life? Possessions? People? Grudges? Hate? Love? We can attempt to hold on to all of these things. What do we want to take with us in life or in death? Holding on to or attaching to anything might be …