Why all this ambition? You want to be something. And you want something for yourself. Hence you go on achieving and struggling and grappling. Surely, all this effort, all this commitment, all those obligations, surely this all is very restricting, very confining. You can’t realise all your many fixed goals without adhering to them, …
Author: Janus
Modesty Is An Ideal Created By Immodest People
Who would you even talk about modesty? What happens with the modesty when you crate an ideal out of it, when you make a virtue out of it? When modesty is a virtue, an end, a goal, does it not simply become a prideful mean of self-expansion? All this talk about modesty, all …
Should And Could
Whatever you should do — enslaves you. Whatever you could do — liberates you. It sounds almost too cliche yet living this simple mantra is entirely different then understanding it. Once we were simply alive and there was no context to the living itself — just pure living. Once, there was no “should” …
You Either Lost It, Seek It, Or Have It
Contentment. Happiness. Satisfaction. Completeness. What is it and why do you not have it? We are struggling, we are dissatisfied, we are in conflict. Where is contentment? Where is completeness? Where is PEACE? You either lost is, seek it, or have it. There really are only 3 types of people, those …
Pain Is A Result Of Conflict
Pain is a result of conflict. You are conflicted on the inside — hence you are in pain. The conflict is between what-ought-to-be and what-is. What-is is that you want something, but you pretend you don’t want it. What-is is that you are something, but you want to be something else. Weather you attempt …
Let Go Of Past Happiness Let Go Of Past Unhappiness From Moment To Moment
You REALLY have to let go of the past. At EVERY MOMENT. All psychological pain is past—related. You experience pain because something happened. It happened and right here right now it can no longer affect you, but you store it in your memory, at the “PAST”, and you keep looping it, replying it, feeding …
Since Art Is Expression, And Expression Is PERSONAL, Surely It (Art) Has To Be Original And Creative, All Else It Is Simply NOT Personal
0/ (One was expressive and made art) 1/ If art is expression, and expression is PERSONAL, surely it has to be original and creative, all else it is simply NOT personal (and not expressive) 2/ How could art be personal unless you give it our own touch? 3/ How could art be personal when you …
The REAL Power Is Only Liberation
There’s the society and all it’s power struggles and all the rest of this nonsense. We are ambitious, we are greedy, hence we battle. Surely, there need not be strife, need not be conflict, when we simply walk our own path, mind our own thing, cherish our own life, without looking at others, without trying …
Accepting Control Is Far Easier Then Claiming Freedom
There’s inherent comfort in submission. There is no responsibility when there is no control. Responsibility is an opportunity, but it is also a burden. Decision-making is arduous. Decision-making is infinitely complex. Decision-making is consequential. Decision-making is oftentimes uncomfortable. Decision-making might be terrifying. Accepting control is far easier then claiming freedom. Accepting control …
The Only Justice Are The Consequences Of An Action
There is no justice. Justice is a man-made ideal. We may vehemently strive to bring ideals to life but ideals can never be reality. What is real is not man-made, it is not of the mind. The only justice are the consequences of an action. ACTION —> REACTION You reap what you sow. …