11 May The Fools and the Wise
Fools look at the world through their individual and/or collective minds. The wise see the universe with their eyes and the minds of others....
02 May Way Of Way 93
Seeing the light clears the mind. It's called photic sneeze reflex....
27 Apr Dalai Lama XIV
"People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used."...
23 Apr Way Of Way 94
Judging a decision by its outcome, which is often affected by randomness, is a bad decision....
22 Apr Way Of Way 95
Everything that comes our way is the best when we make the best of it....
13 Apr Way Of Way 96
Weddings always make happy memories. For some couples, it's the happiest day of their lives as they begin living happily everafter. For others, it's the happiest day of their married lives as it's all downhill from there....
09 Apr Looking or Seeing
The words "look" and "see" are often used interchangeably. However, they are different. To look means to direct our eyes in a particular direction. To see means we become aware of something by using our eyes. An essential difference between looking and seeing is in the context of time. We can look at the past and at the future. However, we cannot look at the present as the present is right here, right now; not somewhere else in which direction we can look. We can see things only in the present. We cannot use our eyes to become aware of something in the past or future because these time frameworks are not real; they're artificial; constructed by our mind; an illusion. Hence, for example, we cannot look for real beauty; it only exists where we can see it which is wherever we are now. When enlightened, we can see. When we are looking, we are looking in the dark....
07 Apr John Carter
In The Light Take a memory What is it really A movie that plays in the mind What's it like What’s it made of Can you touch it Hold it Is it always there Is it the same every time Does it shape itself around how you’re feeling Is it reliable Look at it Watch it As it changes from one day to the next, one year to the next Fading Until what was vivid, becomes thin, vapid, and dissolves Like an old movie reel Fading And forgotten What of the future What is it made of Without memories Without the scaffolding of the past How can it stand Is it not made of a better version of the past Without something to revise What would it be And there’s now What is this The light Only the light Everything All light Scour the past Hope for the future For the holy light The blessed light The heavenly light The light of God Yet it can only be found here Stripped of adjectives Reduced of rank Beyond comparison To see the light Is merely to look It is inescapable We are As is everything Only the light The past and future Swallowed and digested in the light of now Then this Spreads in all directions Forward Back Locked in In eternity In the light All is lost Nothing revealed...
04 Apr Way Of Way 101
Perhaps the most important choice we make in life is between selfishness and happiness. Though selfishness is a choice and happiness is an outcome. We cannot choose happiness but happiness is possible when we choose not to be selfish....