Carl’s Nutshells
Bozebits
Verbalizing what you are, e.g., sensitive, strong, confident, fearless, kind, spiritual, etc.,” is not a revelation of what you are. It’s a revelation of what you are not, and you have a better chance of pulling off what you are not by not speaking about what you want others to believe you are. Ultimately, you need no definition. Without the slightest characterization of your thoughts of you, YOU could not be more indescribable. Quietly know that.
Bozebits
Everything you think, know or say is only symbolic of what is real. Do you see? Language is a way to compress what is real into generalized chunks of information we can comprehend, store, alter, bias, etc., and, later, articulate (symbolism). It is not the “whole” of reality. You do not have the sensory equipment to comprehend the whole. No one does, so be careful with what you articulate as absolute and kind to those who do. They know not what they know.” Again, no one does.
Bozebits
The gateway to never-ending ignorance is what you know and, worse, what you think. An open mind has no initial premise and none after giving clear and deliberate thought, meaning an “open mind” is always empty.
Bozebits
Your most significant limitation will always be your thinking, so don’t practice thinking. Practice “not” thinking.
Carl’s Nutshells
Bozebits
Of what are you aware? Is your venture into whatever your experience happens to be about you singularly facing a world that acts upon you in positive or negative ways, or do you experience a world that bustles with movement and surprise, as if “it” is living you? You live or are lived. Living (for most) is a series of snapshots that narrowly focus on you in the world. Being “lived” makes you the whole world. You don’t “choose” one or the other. You simply are; when you know what you are.
Bozebits
You are not what you describe yourself to be. Humans have an odd need to express their accomplishments and history as if what they are right now is not enough. Could anything you have done or planned be more incredible than YOU right now, at this very moment? If you could only stop describing who or what you are, you might(actually) get to experience who or what YOU are. Show up, but shut up; descriptions are never necessary when it’s YOU.
Bozebits
“What is” is directly proportional to what your Mind thinks “it” is. In other words, the more you think about “what is,” the less there is. Thinking limits your awareness and narrows the vastness of your experience. The only solution: stop thinking!
Bozebits
Don’t judge when in doubt about people, places, or things. When sure, don’t judge. There is no such thing as a non-egoic judgment, just as there is no such thing as righteous judgment. Be active in life; participate and “be about being,” but don’t judge any part of it with any part of your reason or beliefs. When it comes to judgments, you’re always wrong. Me too 😊