21 Sep From Sound To Tears
We emit vibrations, waves of sound. When our waves are in harmony, that’s love; when not, that’s noise. Harmony brings us to joyous tears, noise tears us apart....
21 Sep Sex, The Oddest Thing
Sex is the oddest thing. A pleasurable thing, like eating, laughing and sleeping; fun. However, unlike other pleasures, sex is often adulterated and conditional, requiring fidelity vows (disguised as proclamations of love) as a precondition to engaging in sex. This leads to less sex and less fun, though it's funny as it reflects that we don't know love and can't enjoy unadulterated sex....
17 Sep Kanako Iiyama
"They were looking for love everywhere but couldn't find it because they had none of it to give." What does this mean? (1) If we don't have it, we don't know it and therefore we can't identity it when it comes our way. Hence, we should not seek what we don't know. (2) We can't find something outside of us that which is not us. Us and everything else is one thing, infinite manifestations of the universe. Upon realizing our oneness with everything, we realize our seeking is like a dog chasing its tail to the point of frustration and exhaustion. (3) We need to give in order to get. Love is about sharing with others, treating others as we would wish to be treated. There is no love unless we can give and receive it. (4) Whatever you think it means....
14 Sep Kanako Iiyama
"No man is as pitiful as one who doesn't wish others happiness." However jovial one might appear, one is profoundly unhappy if one doesn't wish happiness for others. Or as John Lennon wrote: "You can shine your shoes and wear a suit You can comb your hair and look quite cute You can hide your face behind a smile One thing you can't hide Is when you're crippled inside You can wear a mask and paint your face You can call yourself the human race You can wear a collar and a tie One thing you can't hide Is when you're crippled inside...
13 Sep Way Of Way 27
When we experience the seemingly same thing again and again and each time it's unique, we are present....
07 Sep Fake News, Real Costs
Politicians are forever seeking, at the lowest cost to them, the public's attention. They do so by fabricating for journalists outrageous stories from minor events. Hoping to catch the public's attention, viewers and in turn advertisers, journalists publish these stories in the free press. Then the politicians act, presumably for the benefit of the public, in reaction to the stories they read. Their reactions make real news, at the cost of making many lives difficult....
31 Aug Selfishness
The average CEO at a United States company makes 250 times more than the average worker. Some workers and ideologs complain about this apparent income inequality and call the CEO selfish. Perhaps, but not necessarily. More likely, if the CEO has any sense, he is happy; grateful for his good luck. However, complaining workers and ideologs are selfish; anger, envy and greed are the faces of selfishness. They take their ideological thoughts seriously instead of being thankful that in reality they have a higher standard of living than most people in this world. Likewise, when a CEO gets angry at a worker who could care less about how he is treated as he is grateful he's making a living, the CEO is selfish and the grateful worker happy and thankful for the bonus of a good laugh at the fatuous CEO who can't appreciate his good luck. Complaining is selfishness which precludes happiness. Happiness come from being grateful for one's good fortune....
30 Aug Exit-Essentialism
Exit-essentialism is a philosophy or attitude to life and death that focuses on exit strategies. The universe has two constants. It is forever-changing and forever. Exit-essentialism in life is a micro/personal approach to the forever-changing. Exit-essentialism in death is a macro/philosophical view of our individual transition from bodily form to forever. The difference between exit-essentialism in life and death is like the difference between micro and macro economics. Our lives are micro. Our death is macro. As in microeconomics, micro exit-essentialism in life is an approach to individual choices and changes that come our way. As in macroeconomics, macro exit-essentialism is a big picture approach, a top-down philosophy, that is the guiding light on our way through life. While seemingly different, the micro and macro are interdependent and complimentary. In life, as Heraclitus informed us 2500 years ago, everything is forever-changing. Most changes we find imperceptible but some changes are significant; beneficial or detrimental. Awareness of the ever-changing nature of life allows us to experience the newness of everything. It is energizing. As we make our way in life, micro exit-essentialism is the awareness that our choices and unexpected detrimental changes that put us in harm's way. Exit-essentialism is imagining detrimental changes to our situations and ways to most safely exit these situations. As detrimental changes generally happen slowly and then seemingly suddenly, by imagining detrimental changes we can see them before they fully realize and make choices that keep us from the full brunt of harm's way. As such, best to avoid situations where we cannot envision detrimental changes and exits to limit our losses. Macro exit-essentialism is knowing our exit out of this bodily life. The exit is to the place from where we, our soul, came before we were born. A place about which no one has ever complained. The place where everything that is and will ever be is, the true-present. It is God, divine consciousness. It cannot be described other than by saying it is what it is whatever it is. When we go there, we are one with everything. Moreover, in knowing where we go when we no longer in bodily form, we know we are a temporary expression of everything as is everything else. We are always (before, during and after life) in this place but are distracted when we assume a seemingly independent bodily form and have animal consciousness. Having the knowledge of macro exit-essentialism provides us a certain perspective on life. We are less distracted by everyday situations and experiences, taking them less seriously. We accept changes as they are a constant in the universe. We experience the newness of everything. We are energized. We find it hilarious that other people don't know exit-essentialism and make fools of themselves when they take themselves too seriously. Our experience in life is less stressful and more wonderful. Macro exit-essentialism makes for a terrific life. When we know and embrace micro and macro exit-essentialism, our lives are wonderful and we are comfortable taking risks that reward us in life....
28 Aug Give And Take, Take It Or Leave It
Personal, commercial and social relationships can be characterized as "give and take" or "take it or leave it." In a give and take relationship, each party views the other as a package with positive and negative characteristics, needs and behaviors. To have a viable relationship with minimal conflicts, each party represses certain aspects of themselves or does things they would otherwise not do to please the other. Mostly give and take is done implicitly but sometimes there is an explicit accounting: "I did this for you, what have you done for me lately." Give and take relationships are more of a job than a joy. Most commercial relationships are a give and take; otherwise, people wouldn't need to be paid to work. For example, in a personal relationship one party may desire to have sexual relations with others outside the relationship. However, their relationship mate might find that unacceptable. Thus, for the sake of limiting conflict in the relationship, the one who desires sex with others refrains from doing so. In a take it or leave it personal relationship, each party loves the other and their relationship and accepts the other as they are. Each party does not necessarily view the other as perfect. Moreover, they don't perceive the other in terms of their individual positive and negative features. They accept each other as a package deal, as the totality of who they are outweighs any aspects that might otherwise be problematic. This allows each party the freedom to be themselves. This is love; all is perfect, including each other's shit. While give and take might seem like a good operating system for two agreeable people, take it or leave relationships are founded on love which better braves time....