Category: Thoughts
Thoughts: Dream on, dream off
“To die before you die is not just a quaint saying. It speaks to a very real experience that directly relates to one’s spiritual awakening. The important thing to realize is that you are grieving over a self that never was. It is the grieving over shadows and dreams. And yet, to let go of…
Thoughts: Dark & light, hand in hand….
“Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that’s all that’s happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves…
Thoughts: Response, reaction & oh, yeah, changing the world….
I love Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York.” He talks to ordinary people & they say the most ordinary things, which stick to you, and make you come back for more. I really liked this one, in an exchange he had with a South Asian couple: “It is important to maintain your equanimity. You cannot…
Thoughts: See?
A young couple moves into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbour hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looks on, remaining silent. Every time her neighbour…