“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.” -- Lao Tzu In each body resides a self. But the self is many selves, as each emotional states is a unique self. The selves are like the grains of sand in a muddy pond, the mind. They preclude us from seeing what's within the pond and reflections without the pond. To see clearly within and without, the selves need to settle at pond's bottom. This allows the many selves to turn into one. This is the purpose of meditation....
With eyes open, our mind shows us the infinite manifestations of reality. With eyes closed, we see one thing: nothing, the true nature of reality....
Everyone is brilliant in some way. The brilliance of those who seem dull is to remind us that we can seem dull too....
Those with microscopic or telescopic minds can see what few others can, but often can't see what's before their eyes....
If we are not one with the Everything, we are nothing; in life, relatively nothing; after life, absolutely nothing....
Loving some things even more than your self is selfish when you don't love all things....
As 85% of disease-related deaths are a function of age. To stay healthy, don't grow up....
When the wealthiest and most powerful man in the world, Alexander the Great, asked Diogenes of Sinope what he can do for him, Diogenes replied: "Yes, stand a little out of my sun." . The greatest gift is to escape the self's shadow and connect with the source of all things....
Those who know the soul experience a peaceful death; for when the self and its home (the body) are no longer, they will be one with the Everything. Yet, at their passing, their loved ones will grieve and mourn. Newborns cry as they transition from one with the Everything into finite beings. Yet, those welcoming newborns rejoice. Those peacefully departing and those entering the material world know the joy and peace of oneness with the Everything. Those distracted by daily life are often oblivious of the oneness before and after the material world. They grieve when others leave and rejoice when others arrive. Misery loves company....
When good times lead to worse times and bad times lead to better times, that's called "regression to the mean". When good times lead to better times and bad times lead to worse times, that's called "momentum". The Way depends on identifying and balancing these countervailing forces....