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As 85% of disease-related deaths are a function of age. To stay healthy, don't grow up....
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....
In the play of life, we play many roles. The most coveted are the elusive roles of the wealthy, powerful and celebrated. While talent and effort are needed, most actors awarded these roles are simply lucky. Unfortunately, even for the lucky ones, all roles are temporary. Eventually, everyone is scripted out of the play. Actors bring their selves into their roles. However, there is a role that's only available to those who relinquish their self. The role is easily obtainable and survives the play. Yet, few players know this role is available: the role of God. As God, we know life is a play. We've created the play for our entertainment. We are the actors and the audience. We recognize every thing is a manifestation of us, God, and we love everything accordingly....
In Judaism, God is nameless. God is not one thing to the exclusion of other things. God is the Everything: the now and what is before and after the now. However, the Everything is not a thing; it's the only thing. God is not a static noun. God self-describes as "I am". God is an unspecified verb, the process of the Everything....
We're surrounded by an infinite number of things. As we distance away from them, we see them as one thing....
The soul's love and the self's love are the same but feel different. The soul has only one emotion: love. The self has a multitude of emotions, including love. The soul loves every thing, as every thing is a manifestation of the soul. Simply, the soul loves itself. The self's love is conditional, loving some things sometimes. The soul's love is unconditional, loving all things all times. The self's love is ecstasy; love sandwiched between other emotions in striking contrast to love. Ecstasy is joyful and energizing. Love from the soul is peace; a feeling beyond words, as oneness with the Everything is beyond description. Ecstasy and peace simultaneously is orgasmic....
Cancel culture is a cancer culture. When a group of like cells in the body prioritize their growth over the welfare of the body whole, the body eventually dies. “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has first destroyed itself from within.” — Will Durant...
The ratio of thanking/thinking measures our state of happiness....