02 Jun The Way Of The Way 140
Our time on Earth is an entertaining journey as long as we don't forget it's a temporary holiday from our space in heaven. For us who don't remember, even the most wonderful lives at times are hell....
01 Jun Irving Berlin
"A man chases a girl until she catches him." He can only escape if he loves the chase more than the girl....
31 May The Way Of The Way 139
As babies, milk supplants crying with joy. As adults, the Milky Way can have the same effect. In the dark-sky we can fully engage looking at the stars in the Milky Way and realize the essence of happiness; beyond thoughts, beyond words, the overwhelming beauty of it all; right here, right now. Once our basic needs of food, shelter, security and health are satisfied, it's hard to take too seriously much that's happening in our infinitesimally small space in the universe. When our mind engages our attention, we take its thoughts seriously which is the root of much of our unhappiness. While 100 years ago everyone lived under the dark-sky, today 99% of people live with some degree of light pollution; precluding their eyes from drinking the light from the Milky Way....
30 May Thomas S. Murphy
“One of the most uncommon things in life is common sense.” We perceive the world through ideological and personal associations which cloud our thinking. On the rare occasions we are dispassionate, the sun comes out and we can see clearly....
29 May The Way Of The Way 138
When we perceive ourselves as an individual cell with an independent existence, we live and die imprisoned in our cell. However, when we realize each of us is a unique cell in a body of infinite cells whose purpose is to serve the body, then we know the presence of God. The soul is ineffable and ethereal. Neither our body nor our mind can experience the soul. However, we know it exists when it connects with another soul. It is then that we know the presence of God....
28 May The Way Of The Way 137
What is within is always the same, the soul. What is without is ever-changing. What is within is essential. What is without we can live without....
27 May Leo Tolstoy
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Happiness is gratitude, optimism and freedom from karmic prisons. Karmic prisons are artificial constructs; stories, descriptions, categorizations and generalizations our mind creates. These constructs control how we perceive and interact in the world. They at times allow us temporary joys but preclude us from long-term happiness. As each mind's constructs are unique, those who are not happy are unhappy in their own way....
24 May The Need For Diversity Training
By definition, a mutt is a dog of uncertain pedigree. A mutt is also a person who is stupid or incompetent. Those who don't allow a mutt to compete at a dog show are also mutts. Imagine an extraordinarily beautiful, athletic and intelligent rescue mutt; so smart, the mutt masters every trick in the book and even learns to play checkers competitively with a 10-year old. Surely, the mutt would win first prize at any accredited dog show, become instantly popular with the general public and be in great demand for breeding which would improve the genetic pool of dogs generally, be financially rewarding for its owner and allow the dog to have fun. Unfortunately, without a pedigree, the mutts who run dog shows wouldn't allow the mutt to compete, fearing the mutt would outshine them as it would do more to promote general interest in dogs than could they or any pedigree dog. ...
23 May The Way Of The Way 136
Enlightenment is not a utopia. Enlightenment and unhappiness are not mutually exclusive. One could simultaneously be enlightened and unhappy, momentarily. Enlightenment is as the word is, to be “in-light;” that is, the realization that the entire universe is energy (light), including seemingly solid forms (M=E/C*C), and we and the light are one. While solid objects occasionally cast shadows over us, the shadows are temporary illusions that are quickly dissipated by our light....
22 May The Way Of The Way 135
Thinking I'm a somebody makes me a nobody. With no body I'm everybody....