 THOUGHTS FROM THE BOX
October 5, 2011
The range of perfection is the measure between what you cannot change and that which you wish not to.
June 6, 2011
The difference between two and three is: with two the objective is to acheive symetry while with three it is to create balance.
Novemmber 15, 2010
While it may appear wonderful to look at our lives and say that "My cup runeth over," it is also a trap. When you take a glass and fill it till it runs over, a mess is created. Then there are two problems. One is that there is a mess to clean and secondly, if the cup is constantly running over, it is very difficult to drink from. I have discovered that when I fill my life to the point that my cup runeth over, then I also see that I don't have enough time to enjoy all the wonderful joy with which that cup is filled.
Thus, I have been endevouring to encorporate on of Lao Tzu's approaches to life into mine - knowing when to stop pouring is the way to heaven.
September 10, 2010
To succeed is to reach perfection, otherwise it is merely practice.
June 9, 2010
The only real relationship you can have in this life is with yourself. Everything you do with another or others is shared experience or communication.
April 8th, 2010
God will give you all that you desire as long as you only desire what God wants to give you. If you do not believe this to be true, then simply change your definition of God.
February 10. 2010
It is oft said that behind every great man is a great woman. May I add, behind every great woman is a man who knows [how] to get out of her way.
January 28, 2010
The hartest part of being yourself is discovering who you are.
November 20, 2009
Patience is a virtue, not a lifestyle.
August 23, 2009
May everything you say and do
Be as a miracle come true.
May everything you do and say
Be as a love that shines its way
Throughout the universe and time
And help give meaning to this rhyme.
February 15, 2009
Novels are for people too lazy/busy to watch the movie twice.
February 6, 2009
The problem with perfectionists is when they become expectationists.
What would happen if you met your soul-mate and they didn't recognize you?
February 5, 2009
The best way to discover peace in the world is to first find it within the self.
January 27, 2009
Could it be said that the only real acts of love are those that serve to teach love?
January 15, 2009
The problems with so many religions in the world happens when we fail to realize they are all saying the same thing, just using different words.
January 11, 2009
People will know more about you by how you talk about others than by how others talk about you.
January 9, 2009
We are most strong when we lift each other up.
November 5, 2008
Explaining Spiritual Evolution
Could Evolution simply be the Author of the Universe drawing us back home?
With each generation we get closer to returning back to what we were when we began so many years ago. Over an unfathomable amount of time we have gone from simple amoeba (or whatever it was that was the first living replicating organism at the implausable begining of the known universe) simply existing, seemingly without thought or concerns of our future to this complexity of cells we can humans. We are now in an age in which we life longer and have time to devote to the growth of our souls - the spiritual self that connects thoughts and feelings. We are encouraged to invest in ourselves beyond our physical and social needs. We are advancing up the Heirarcy of Needs towards self-actualization. This elevation is no longer reserved for the deep thinking published authors. It is for all of us. More are discovering the challenging journey to discover the intent of our soul, both as individuals and a universe. As we go deeper into this exploration we have to shed off more and more of the things of this world that pull us off track. It is difficult as the cocophany of this world is so enticing. The proliferation of all things is further proof of Evolution. At some point it may become so much that it all becomes one sound and one image, without distinctions. The further we engage in our constant search to know more and fill our senses with more the more we realize how pointless an endevor this becomes as there is always more to experience and how can one experience be measured as better than another. We rely on our physiology to deturmine this and are drawn away from our spritual selves. We can spend our lives appeasing our physiolical body or we can recognize that we have developed, as human, to a point in which we can further evolve. Of course we will continue to take care of those needs, this needs to be remembered throughout our spiritual journey. We have to feed the body and let it eliminate, as it is what holds our souls (a.k.a. the connection of thoughts and feelings). The question to every human is whether you want to just appease your physiological desires or evolve yourself. The joy of this age is the growing number of people wanting to understand their spiritual identities. To study humanity is to recognize this shift in consciousness that has come about over several generations to where it approaches the norm to seek greater self-actualization. We seek to further develop our spiritual identies. The cacophony of the world become as one massive canvas upon which there is so much paint it becomes as one image and it is without colour as much as it is of all colours. It is when we are still with our eyes closed and start to think of everything that this image will emerge in our mind and we have a choice of feeling overwhelmed or blending it all together and feel surrounded by this beauty of dark and light. Then we need to recognize that we are part of this blend; that each of our lives adds strokes to that massive canvas. Eventually this realization will bring peace of mind. It will become a place in which we want to remain. When we open our eyes and engage ourselves with the world we will see all things as part of a whole and delight in how they are both unique and equal. The mind will experience greater calm. The joys of this world will blend beautifully. Our physical body will stop controling us and driving us to spend all it`s time appeasing desires of the flesh. Once we allow ourselves to experience the intensity of everything we will be lead to experience the uphoria of nothing. Once again, in that moment we will be like the amoeba that simply exists in the experience of the moment. We will be drawn back to becoming what was first created to bring about the birth of the Universe.
October 22, 2008
In this Grand Illusion there is one constant truth and one lie...
The truth being, we cannot control it.
The lie being, we are controlled by it.
Everything we experience is the desire/will of our collective thoughts and feelings to have meaning.
Our Collective Thoughts and Feelings (plural) are merely the workings of our Eternal Soul (singular). It has been given so many names and has been so bastardized that the lie has been able to be perpetuated to the degree we fail to understand the function of having a human experience. Accepting the lie prevents us from having a more complete human experience, thus denying the desires of our Soul.
Embracing the truth allows us to live a complete life. In the Grand Illusion we really only have control over our own thoughts and feelings. When we become dissatisfied with our own, we seek to control the thoughts and feelings and consequently the actions of others and thus enter into Special Relationships. Let us do our best to avoid these.
Our Soul desires for us to embrace life - to accept all the joy and the pain, the delights and the hardships, the challenges and the victories. To accept them as part of the human experience, giving meaning and justification to the existence of Time.
It is my prayer (a prayer being communication between the individual soul and the Eternal Soul which could also be called The Collective Agreement) that each of us does that which enriches our soul, enriches the souls of others and allows others to enrich our souls. Maybe, it is when we are able to live in such a fashion that we will understand why the Grand Illusion was ever created and why it is our function to be happy.
September 11, 2008
On the journey to where you are going, you have already arrived at wherever it is you are.
August 21, 2008
Blessed are they who can think of everything while thinking of nothing. Or that could be the other way around.
August 17, 2008
The weight of the universe is zero.
August 5, 2008
We are always living in the final moment of history.
July 29, 2008
If you always get what you want, how will you know what you really like?
July 24, 2008
Q: Do you know the real reason why women like cowboys?
A: They know what it's like to wear in high heels.
July 16, 2008
Great are those who recognize that no matter where they are going to, they have already arrived at where they are.
June 2, 2008
The secrets of the universe can not be explained but they can be understood.
May 31, 2008
If you want to live a balanced life, walk on a wider beam and don't be afraid of the edges.
May 14, 2008
When life gives you lemons, it's okay to ask for some sugar.
May 4, 2008
All the world's a stage, and we all too often spend too much time just playing with the props.
April 22, 2008
To think that one person can satisfy all the wishes and desires of another in this life is overly sentimental and bordering on morbid.
- paraphrase of Zack Addy of Bones
April 16, 2008
Love is for those who cannot afford to sin.
April 11,2008
Blessed are those who can think about everything without thinking of anything at all.
April 9, 2008
One of life's greatest joys is sitting around thinking of "pithy" sayings to justify the joys of life,
April 7, 2007
Even the strongest hand shake is worth less the the weakest hug.
March 27, 2008
Often those amoung us that shine brightest have gone through some of the darkest times.
March 23, 2008
In a proper democracy, the wishy-washy hold the balance of power.
March 13, 2008
If you're not in over your head,
how can you know how tall you are?
T.S. Eliot
March 5, 2008
Don't wait until you get to "Heaven" to start learning how to see the light that shines in every one of us.
March 4, 2008
An American and a Canadian were discussing politics. The American noted how interested the Canadian was in US politics and the results of the election even though they could not vote. To this the Canadian replied, "It is true we cannot vote, but we can pray."
March 1,2008
One of the great things about living is all the material for stand-up.
February 26, 2008
Great are those who can convince teenagers running shoes last longer when untied before taking them off.
February 25, 2008
Those who gloss over errors, often end up with a poor finish.
February 21, 2008
In a perfect world, would motivational speakers be the busiest or the least?
February 20, 2008
Two wrongs don't make a right but two lefts makes a U-turn.
February 18, 2008
The problem with reality is all the people with whom it has to be shared.
February 15, 2008
Don’t let the impossibility of contemplating the beginning of time stop you from trying.
February 14, 2008
If you lined up all the rulers in the world, you wouldn't get a straight line.
February 13, 2008
Anyone claiming to have all the answers has, firstly, not asked all the questions and, secondly, needs to go to an Ego Surgeon.
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