The only thing hard about humans is ego. Ego is the shell you form to protect yourself from the onslaught of other egos, and all egos, even the collective ego, are in protective mode. Love and expressions of love are the only way to soften both your own and the ego of others. Show and express love often! Smile, nod, and be kind. Ego always has to mellow in such interactions.
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In spirituality, the beckon is to focus more narrowly, define more clearly, or, as it is now called, raise consciousness. However, the more detailed you become in your descriptions of life, the more wrapped up in your mind you become. In other words, attention to detail, in the spiritual sense, leads to loss of awareness. Quieting your mind removes your sense of reason from the picture of the life you uphold and thus clears your focus, letting more light show through. Under any lens, beauty is present, but if you are determined to sharpen your focus (reason), you will not see that much of it. Set your reason aside. Clarity doesn’t need it, and when it comes to awareness, neither do you!
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What you think, believe, or claim to know requires an ego to defend it. What YOU are outside of ego clings to nothing, which subdues an ego ready to fight. Know YOU; that is YOU, who has no description and is undefinable. YOU will not be found on a battlefield driven by egoic strategies but only on the pristine meadow of peace, solitude, and warm, gentle breezes. You’ll know it when you let go of what you know.
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Water may conform to the outline of the bottle, but it will always be water. Like water, YOU are innately love, truth, and beauty, and exist far beyond the container that holds you. That is, who you think yourself to be is your containment, and it is not “what YOU are.” When the container (your idea of what you are) is empty, or perhaps missing, YOU will always and only be YOU.
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The “balance” you seek can only happen when all the things you believe cause you suffering, or are wrong with you or life in general, are willingly experienced and embraced. That is, living completely without a single regret or wish for something other. In other words, your life is not you swinging from one high to another low and trying to minimize (balance) the span or intensity between them. It is you in the middle (fulcrum) giving cause, not balance, to the entire ride. Without YOU, nothing else exists; hence, no “ride” at all! That is the sweetest joy you can see and the only life you’re going to experience anyway. Have fun!
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Life truly is a “beautiful ride” when you’re the one upon which it rides! Do you see? YOU give living life, and no part of it happens without your experience of it! YOU are the miracle to us all, the great Creator for all that is and isn’t. Your vastness is infinite, and your breath gives form to all that is. Let everything and everyone feel your embrace through a smile, a hug, a wink, an accepting nod, or simple kindness. Your creation is the ride of every life! How can we all not be grateful for YOU?
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What you believe is the heart of all your suffering and, sadly, you cannot think or educate your way out of it. You can, however, unthink your way to freedom by not thinking at all. Let yourself lose control of all your mind has convinced you it has under control, and you will discover you never had any, regardless of what your mind convinced you of otherwise. Surprisingly, that’s when you will feel the most in control. It just doesn’t get any easier – but hard.
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The past is where your judgments and reasoning were formed. It is the worst place to spend any time, yet your mind will work tirelessly to keep you there. Get present and simply be with the newness of each crystal-clear moment. The clearer your head, the clearer your experience.
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It has been said, “We’re all bad in someone’s story.” I’ll add, “Perhaps even in our own.” The solution to “badness” is to transform your story into no story and let others be the tellers of whatever they want. What they tell is not “what you are,” and what you speak is interpretive, e.g., embellished, jaded, and maybe even untrue. You cannot “tell” a lie if you are busy living a life, as living quietly in the moment is free of interpretation. That is a life that cannot be shaped by stories you or others tell. So, go live; quietly!
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There is a Zen saying: “Only out of the mud can the Lotus grow.” All of the things you consider messed up in the world are the mud from which you, the most beautiful of all flowers, emerge, and the “mud” is never, not there, just as YOU have never not been! The world is perfect, as are YOU. Worry not and judge not the mud from which all life takes form. Sow seeds of goodness, gratitude, and kindness so that your life, regardless of its murkiness and mystery, flowers with beauty.