15 Sep The Way Of The Way 178
Those who blame their misfortunes on others don't learn from their misfortunes which brings them more misfortunes....
14 Sep Haiku 17
From a black hole we come out as a big bang make fireworks and turn into confetti....
12 Sep Victor And The Elephant In The Room
When Victor was a little boy (though maybe he's still a little boy), he was always mystified how almost everyone was certain about things. People were certain about matters of God, about who is smart or stupid, about concepts of right or wrong, etc. Victor, however, was uncertain of seemingly everything, especially as each person had a different perception of the same thing and each certain theirs was correct. Only after reading the story of the Ten Men and the Elephant Victor realized why so many people were without doubts. They each looked at things through their mind, (conceptually, comparatively and through group thinking), not through their eyes; hence, they didn't know what they were looking at. If they saw through their eyes, they would know that each person's perspective is as valid as one's own since every individual perspective is limited; hence, they could be certain about nothing. Living with uncertainty can be stressful. Thus, most people relieve the stress by believing their perspective is undoubtedly right. However, "uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one." -- Voltaire...
11 Sep Benjamin Disraeli
"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen." We recall an infinitesimal fraction of our past experiences. What we do believe we recall we weave into a story that bears little connection to our actual experiences. In effect, we are playing the game of Chinese whispers, unaware we are playing with ourselves....
11 Sep Marcel Proust
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but having new eyes." Viewing something from different perspectives is more enlightening than viewing different things....
10 Sep Kotodama 27
No know now Now know no Know now no No know now. I don't know the now, the present. Now know no. I now know nothing. As I don't know the present and the present is all there is, what I know is nothing. Know now no. I know the now, the pre-sent, is nothing. As the now is nothing before and after it is what it is whatever it is, the now is a temporary manifestation of nothing. The way to enlightenment has three steps. First is the realization that we don't know the ever-changing eternal now which by its nature is unknowable. Second is the realization that as the now is all there is, we know nothing. This realization vanquishes our mind which has heretofore convinced us that we know many things. Third is the realization that the now is essentially nothing expressing itself temporarily as something and as such our perceiving it as real is just an illusion. In meditation, we focus the mind on the three phases of breathing; the inhale, the exhale and the pause until the next inhale. We recite "no know now" on each inhale and are silent during the exhale and the pause. After many rounds, we recite "now know no" on each exhale and are silent during the inhale and the pause. Then again after many rounds, we recite "know now no" during the pause between inhale and exhale and are otherwise silent. This cycle is repeated and repeated and repeated until we and the sound of the mantra become one. It is then that we know we are nothing and rejoice in being something, whatever it is. Gratitude is a key to happiness. No know now Now know no Know now no Yes Yes Yes...
09 Sep The Way Of The Way 177
Those who see the light embody wisdom. Those who feel its warmth embody compassion. Without wisdom and compassion, there is no light....
09 Sep The Way Of The Way 176
Something is wrong when we can't unconditionally enjoy simple bodily pleasures like sex and recreational drugs. Nothing is wrong when we enjoy these things, unless they get to our head....
08 Sep The Way Of The Way 1
Until we know we know nothing, we know nothing....
06 Sep The Way Of The Way 175
Enlightened are those who look up, see the light and come to know that they and the light are one. Those who look down on others cannot see the light....