No one really has it better. Not much better anyway. Hardly better at all. One is a millionaire and other is a bum. One is a success and other is a failure. One is right and other is wrong. One is loved and other is hated. We are used to thinking in dualities …
Perpetuation of Negativity
The only way for negative person, that is aggressive, proud, ambitious, to not be repulsive — is when you identify with “them”, as a group. Ambition is always aggressive therefore it is always threatening. But when you yourself harbour that ambition then it’s not threatening to you – or at least that is what …
You Must Disagree… Even When You’re Wrong
You must disagree. You have to. There is no other choice. Life is short and you don’t know what to do. You can now trust others and hope they are right. You have no reason to believe anyone is right. You have every reason to believe everyone is wrong. You see all this misery, …
Standards Destroy Creativity And Spontaneity
“You have standards”. What does it mean to have standards? Does it not mean to have limits? Yes, you limit (save) yourself from the possibility of producing substandard work. You also limit yourself from the possibility of producing something brilliant. Do your standards predict genius? Do your standards encapsulate the genius? Standards destroy creativity. …
The Truth About Plans and TO-DO Lists
The truth about TO-DO lists is that you can’t complete them. Why can you not complete those lists? Does this fact render them entirely useless? Let’s enquire. On the basic level – you make a TO-DO list in order to… KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TO DO. Nothing fancy. You make a list of …
You Couldn’t Have Done More
“I could have done more” Could you really? If it truly is so, then please answer me one question: WHY DIDN’T YOU? Oh yes. You just didn’t. You say: “I could have done more but I DIDN’T.” You say you will have done more the next time. Now there is the past, the present …
Excuses Only Indicate Confusion
You have many excuses not to do something. But you want to do this thing. Or you “have to” do this thing. You use excuses to escape the doing of the thing, the doing of something. You find temporary comfort in the lie of your excuse. Until you realise your excuse was… well – just …
Blind Spots Will Persist Until You Actually SEE
Blind Spots Will Persist Until You Actually SEE “Blind spots” make you stupid. Blind spot is when you don’t see a simple fact, a simple solution, etc. You accept that when the problem is difficult – you will make mistakes. But you don’t understand why you sometimes fail to see the simplest solutions, …
What You Think You Want
There is only what you DO. You only do what you WANT. If you don’t want someting you don’t do it. If you don’t do something that is because you don’t want it. The problem of not doing something that you want is merely you not really wanting it. The problem of wanting something, …
To Approach The World Empty
You are nothing which becomes something, when in relationship with the world. If you embrace (accept) that you are nothing — you are free to be anything, yet unattached! If you think you are something – the world will be a constant disappointment and grief – for it will never validate your image of yourself. …