You Are Not As Enlightened As You Think
Conditioning tells us who to trust, who to respect, what kinds of people are capable of which tasks and who is worthy. It also provides the reasons why we should believe it. We can come up with rationale all day long about why we respect certain people and others not, but it is mostly smoke and mirrors. Reasons tailored to fit the conditioning. Because it deals with feeling, that's why it is so effective. We feel more comfortable with a female elementary teacher. So our mind comes up with reasons to justify it. We feel more comfortable with a male car mechanic, so we search for evidence to back this up. We also tell each other these reasons, and that feels comfortable too. We attack and manipulate anything that is different, hoping subconsciously it will make it go away so we can feel comfortable again. The male nurse gets picked on by coworkers, patients and doctors alike, even undermined. The female electrician gets ignored, sabotaged and condescended to by both coworkers and customers. And that behavior is rationalized as well, and backed up by others who are conditioned in the same way. Attempts by the person to stand up for themselves is also met with hostility. That is the essence of conditioning. We are trained by the people in the environment we grow up in from the time we are born until we die, and mostly by people who are unaware of their own conditioning, so it is not easy to see. If we want to break out of conditioned thinking, we must question the most hardwired assumptions, we must observe details of our behavior and challenge our OWN feelings, and continue to observe the process with each implanted belief. The next time you ask someone for advice or guidance, or hire someone to do a job, or feel annoyed by someone who is asking you a question or giving you information, stop, sit, step outside of yourself and observe your feelings and thoughts from above, get a bird's eye view.
Albert Einstein
“If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.”
Feeling a little...powerless?
Whatcha lookin' for? ;)
You won't find it here cutie patootie.
Look within, seek it in the mirror.
Look into your own eyes.
There is the key.
Look deeply.
Think.
Want a clue?
Cast thyself to the earth to find what you seek from above.
Good luck with that.
You won't find it here cutie patootie.
Look within, seek it in the mirror.
Look into your own eyes.
There is the key.
Look deeply.
Think.
Want a clue?
Cast thyself to the earth to find what you seek from above.
Good luck with that.
Shallow
There are as many ways to be prejudiced than stars in the sky. Those who think they are above it are not paying attention. Bias against external beauty is the same as bias against unattractiveness; they are both from the same well of ignorance and preconception. They are two sides of the same coin.
My Future... How's that for "Fate"? Sheesh...
Past | Present  | Future |  |
Past Card
"The Black Whole"
Saturn
As the counterpart of the Tower, this card represents the journey to the center of the Universe, the quest for the Devil's Hole. The Black Hole is the portal to the other side. A place beyond the Universe, but also a critical component of the Universe, it is the hub of the wheel and the eye of the storm. It is total darkness. Non-existence. The unknown. This is the gateway to another dimension.
Meaning:
!?!
Ancestry
"The man who is not honest in love can not be trusted in business dealings or friendship." ~Scottish Proverb
Believe
Word of God. Thank You For This Answer.
When something is bothering me and I just can't quite understand the problem, or how to resolve it, I sometimes turn to the Bible; ask God in meditative prayer, open the Good Book, and with my eyes closed point to a place on the page. This was today's answer to my question.
1 Samuel 24:14 - After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
1 Samuel 24:14 - After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Release
nimbus around my atomic quietude.
To find the things I wish to see, I must unhinge my sight,
and seek from the stillness underneath my stare.
Harken the echoing barely heard
beyond the boundaries of local murmur.
Leave behind familiar cadence
and turn back toward the way I came
to remember the magic which led me here.
Loosely wrapped lines had tightened into knots
while backs and legs strained to meet the offing,
springing toward the promise of the newest day.
Now is the evening of silent contemplation.
Turn back to the beginning to trace the lines
that have wrapped around the pilings,
that have tangled in our legs.
Turn back to find the knots that tie us to ourselves.
We will run and dance and sing
like only those who have been bound can do!
Unbind my hands and feet;
relieve my voice;
release my heart.
Let me dance!
~M. Black
Namaste
"To acknowledge and respect the views, accomplishments and prerogatives of others, and to accept being wrong shows us the way of humility."
Thank you my friend.
Thank you my friend.
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