Philosophy Spirituality

Consciousness is Freedom

Freedom is an exercise of choice To make a choice there must first be choices to be made, there must be options You perceive choices by being conscious, aware Therefore freedom is a function of consciousness   We tend to believe that doing “whatever” is an exercise of freedom “Freedom to do whatever” But it’s …

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Philosophy Spirituality World

The Thing And The Symbol

You can have the thing or you can have the symbol You can have the real thing or you can have it’s symbol   Sometimes you prefer symbol over the thing Sometimes you’re confused about the thing — therefore you take the symbol Sometimes you’re confused about most things — and you only take symbols …

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Philosophy Spirituality

Intelligence Is Slave To Emotions

Your intelligence doesn’t protect you from being influenced, being conditioned You can be intelligent and still be naive   You can refute the silly arguments with your sharp mind — but you can’t refute emotions And intelligence is slave to emotions   Intelligence is slave to emotions You think you are rational rather than emotional …

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Spirituality

Hostility is Violence

Hostility is violence To want to see someone “get what he deserves”, “get punished”, “be taken down a peg”, is to be violent. To insult someone, to mock someone, to deride someone, is to be violent. To not want the best for your fellow human beings, for your brothers, for your enemies, is to be …

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Lifestyle Spirituality

“Poisoned Gifts”

Everything that happens to you can bring you closer to reality — or farther away from it   You view the gifts of fate in regard to the short-term benefits they entail If you like something — you’re happy with such gift If you don’t like something — you curse such gift   There’s a …

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Philosophy Spirituality

Anything But (The Thing) Is A Distraction

Anything BUT (the thing) is a distraction Either you do the thing — the right thing, the most important thing — or you’re distracting yourself Whatever else you do, it well may be, and surely will be, of great value (that’s what makes it a perfect distraction, a perfect excuse) But there is only one …

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