“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” Those who are articulate and cogent are articulate and cogent but often mistaken for wise. This becomes obvious when we go to school with them....
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." Desiring less is the shortest, easiest and most assured route to satisfaction. Satisfaction leads to gratitude which in turn leads to happiness, the purpose of life....
With our eyes we can see the surface and depth of things. With the eyes of others we can see the nature of things....
Every child has a father but needs to father itself to become an adult....
"The only source of knowledge is experience." Readings and conversations can bring us to certain understandings but knowledge comes by opening our eyes and seeing everything as never before. Those (Buddha, Moses, Lao Tzu and Jesus) who came to know did not have a teacher. Their experience of soul was later recounted and formed into doctrine and scripture, just words....
Years back, on a cold wet winter day, I met a native Indian man (dot, not feather) at Kennedy Airport. He was a security guard, walking around looking for anything suspicious. He said he also worked as a gas station attendant, maybe 70+ hours a week in total. He didn't work all those hours for the money as he made more than he needed in half the time. He worked because to him the only difference between working and not was getting paid while working and not otherwise; hanging out at home or walking in his neighborhood was no different than walking around Kennedy Airport. Moreover, getting paid meant he was helping others with no effort on his part. Our experiences are mostly a function of our attitude....
Life is a ride on a zip line connecting pre-birth and afterlife. The ride at times feels scary, thrilling and even boring. As the ride nears its end, we feel the calmness of our pre-birth....
Eyes open, we see the indescribable beauty of creation. Eyes closed, we see a sad world our mind creates to manipulate us....
"The man who has no imagination has no wings." We cannot see what we cannot imagine. Without imagination we cannot see certain of our abilities or move quickly from and far beyond our immediate circumstances....
"It is better to share than to give." Giving implies a vertical relationship while sharing is horizontal. By sharing, we give and receive and soon we are one....