21 Mar Kotodama 5
The definition of passion is: Emotion. An intense or overwhelming feeling. An outbreak of anger. A strong desire for some activity, object, or concept. Sexual desire. The etymology of passion is suffering....
17 Mar Kotodama 28
Hap is the root of happiness. Hap means luck. Happiness is realizing that however difficult our circumstances, we're lucky things aren't worse....
12 Mar Kotodama 26
Good evening. Have a good transition to sleep-death, where all beings (the smart, the stupid, the rich, the poor, etc.) are even. Good morning. Have a good time mourning the person you were yesterday, who is now no longer. "The world is new to us every morning. Every man should believe he is reborn each day." -- Baal Shem Tov...
24 Feb Kotodama 15
Kindness connects things of like kind. When we realize every thing is a facet of one thing, the Everything, we connect to all things with love....
19 Jan Kotodama 58
The sole of a foot and the soul of a man are rarely seen foundations....
07 Jan Kotodama 60
Before time begins, all is the NON. Upon birth, the I of the self and the NON become the NOW. With the I of the soul, the NOW is a WOW. The I of the self is red, symbolizing emotions. We experience the now through a myriad of selfish emotions. The I of the soul is yellow; light, the essence of everything. The experience of the "non" with the I of self and the I of the soul is a "wow."...
08 Dec Kotodama 17
"i" symbolizes the duality of body and mind. "I" symbolizes integrity....
02 Dec Kotodama 49
The etymology of "realization" is the Latin verb "realizare," meaning "to bring back to reality, to make real." The etymology of "actualization" is the Latin verb "actuare," meaning "to make something happen" or "to bring something into effect." In the context of their etymologies, self-realization is a noun and self-actualization is a verb. When a tree knows it's a tree, it is self-realized. When it bears fruit, it is self-actualized. The self-realized are enlightened. The self-actualized are enlightening. Self-realization is wisdom. Self-actualization is love....
22 Oct IAWIA
"I am what I am." -- God, Exodus 3:14, The Bible One day, as Moses was tending his flock he encountered a "burning bush" whose flames were not devouring its branches. The burning bush was the manifestation of God; everchanging and eternal. When Moses asked God: "What is your name?", God said (depending on translation): "I am who I am" or "I will be what I will be". In the now, God is a "who". In the time after (and presumably before) the now, God is a "what". Encapsulating all times, we can paraphrase God: "I am what I am". In the now, God is a nameless "who", implying God is not one person/thing or another but every thing. As "what", God is an unspecified transcendental potential of infinite manifestations. God also self-identifies as "I am"; implying God is being, not a being. God is flow of the Everything. IAWIA Acronyms: "I WHY" (IA-WIA, first vowel pronounced and second vowel silent). "A-WAY" (first vowel silent and second vowel pronounced). I WHY Why do I exist? Or, more broadly, why does the universe exist? Reasons/explanations imply cause and effect which in turn imply the universe is comprised of many independent things. However, all things are interdependent, as the "universe" is "all things turned into one". Reasons/explanations are as illusionary as the independence of things. Simply, the universe just is. A WAY The written word for God is YHWH which may be pronounced as "A WAY". "A WAY" can be likened to the Tao ("the Way"). As the Way, YHWH is the underlying natural order of the universe, an eternal and ineffable force that flows through all things. YHWH is a nameless cosmic force that binds and releases all things; the energy of action and existence. Aligning oneself with the "A WAY", one realizes harmony and balance; as all the pieces of the universe come together as one peace....