02 Dec The Way Of The Way 214
Those who absorb light are dull. Those who reflect light are brilliant....
02 Dec The Way Of The Way 213
Dark shades of clothing absorb light which then converts into heat. Light shades reflect light, causing no noticeable change in heat. That's why dark clothing is worn in winter and light clothing in summer. Likewise, when we are stressed out, our mood darkens, we absorb light and our body temperature rises. When we are happy, lighthearted, we reflect light and are calm and cool....
30 Nov The Way Of The Way 212
While there is little we can do to help those whose lives go wasted, no death should go wasted. Death is a moment of reckoning, when we can glean certain truths about life from the life of the person who has passed. Ultimately, the truths are all the same regardless of who has passed: know thyself, live each day with wonder and gratitude as it is your first and last day of your life, realize your potential and help others likewise. Knowing and sharing these truths is the little we can do to help those whose lives may be otherwise wasted....
29 Nov The Way Of The Way 211
Nearsighted is the girl who is attracted to a man over 70. Farsighted is the girl who is attracted to a man who has passed the crossover point, when he henceforth has considerably more money than time....
28 Nov The Way Of The Way 210
When our mind makes sense of our senses, we no longer experience our senses....
27 Nov The Way Of The Way 209
Our mind makes things here and there in space (us is here and and them is there) and time (present is here, past and future are there). Our senses reveal the here and now which is all there is....
26 Nov The Way Of The Way 208
Everything revealed by light is beautiful, unlike sounds which are noisy. Yet, hidden in noisy sounds is music, the most beautiful thing of all....
25 Nov The Way Of The Way 207
Light reveals infinite ways we can take until the end of days. Which way to take is not clear until in noisy sounds music we hear. Then we need not the ways revealed by the sun as music makes us all one....
24 Nov The Way Of The Way 206
Recently, at dinner, my son-in-law mentioned that he was put off by a guest who attended a barbeque held at my house this passed summer. He said the guest was very disrespectful when he spoke to and about me. This surprised me as I couldn't recall anything disrespectful, but, in any event, I can never remember anything unpleasant or take this guest seriously; certainly not as seriously as this guest takes himself. That makes the guest funny, not disrespectful....
24 Nov Helen Keller
"Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people." As we make our way in this world, we are seemingly more vulnerable and less likely to survive without the ability to see than without the ability to hear. Hence, it would seem better to be deaf than blind. Yet, when we connect with others by hearing and talking, we can see through their perspectives which is the essence of wisdom. Moreover, connecting with others is fundamental to love. Wisdom and love (compassion) transform this world into heaven. There is little point trying to make our way in this world by seeing if we can't arrive at its ultimate destination, heaven. Hence, it is better to be blind than deaf as deaf is death. Seeing allows us to connect (experience) things. However, seeing confirms that we are apart and separate from things. Hearing allows us to connect with and as such be one with others. Better to be able to hear which has us one with everyone, than to see which confirms our separateness. When we are one with everyone, we are in heaven. Most people would rather be deaf than blind; implying that most people feel vulnerable, apart and separate from others. For them, there is no heaven....