To be absorbed and intoxicated by the world around us rather than the world within us is to recognize only what is present and tangible instead of what is possible and transformational.
The soul which is overwhelmed by external stimuli is unable to reflect, stays stuck, and cannot look where it is going.
Contemplate this: Simplicity is different from simplistic!
The way to self-victory is the way of over-coming.
“Adaptation” and “Adjustment” are the hallmarks of this go-along generation when what is needed and called for is the up-grading of perceptions.
The reason the world is in such a mess is that unenlightened people vote in office unenlightened politicians. We are influenced more by bombast than by perceptive acuity.
There are certain conditions of life which MUST be met and which will not change. Learn what they are! Trying to change them instead of us is not only destructive but futile.
The modification of ourselves leads to the edification of ourselves.
You have not got the message of these sayings if you believe them to be mere moral idealisms or a prescription for principles. They do, indeed, encompass those ideas, but they are not the whole of it.
Do we allow evolution to determine who we are or do we decide who we shall be?
Evolution has done its work! Now, what are you going to do?
When we are faced with the stresses of choice we are faced with the opportunity to be blessed.
2 comments:
Gosh, Dad, do you really believe all this stuff? Why is it so difficult to apply what we know? That's what I'd like to know.
Yes, Melissa. I really do. However, believing and doing are two different things. I have not actualized all my beliefs yet, but I am still trying. And I am confident that some time, perhaps not in this life, I will finally apply what I know. I have read that some mystics have done it. I am a mystic, but I have not yet achieved what they have achieved. The key to the perfection we seek is to first have a desire for it, and then keep trying when we fail.
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