Stop worrying about achieving enlightenment, and focus on being in the moment instead. Focus on living your own life to the fullest extent, to the best of your abilities, with no excuses, at all times. Too many people are seeking thrills from so-called spirituality, boosting their egos up with fancy new terms, pretending to fully … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 37: Forget About Enlightenment and Live Your Life!
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1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 36: What Do Adam and Eve Stand For?
The Fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden makes me wonder about a lot of things. Of course, Christians claim it is simply a literal account of how the world was created by God. I don't regard any belief as false, but I think it might just be possible that there's much … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 36: What Do Adam and Eve Stand For?
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 35: The Power of Change.
Changes. Life is made up of changes, yet it is a movie that plays on a screen, a screen which stands still like the ones at the movie theater do. All action takes place in peace, as peace is the underlying state of mind of humanity. We've created such a thing as anxiety, and we've … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 35: The Power of Change.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 32: Your Body Is Your Portable Home!
Since ancient times we've been attempting to answer the mysteries of existence, the reason for it all and what everything means. We've observed and taken notes, we've wrote our hypotheses down for our descendants, we've put all our accumulated information, our knowledge, into books. Some of the information simply can't be passed down in books, … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 32: Your Body Is Your Portable Home!
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 29: Health and Choosing Wisely.
Cherish your health, as it is the blessing through which we enjoy all earthly blessings. In life, we must not become attached to any external thing, this is true. This includes the body. We must not become attached to our body, or become vain about our image or strength, or despise it by becoming totally … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 29: Health and Choosing Wisely.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 28: What Is Living In The Moment?
Regardless of all the talk about being in the moment and fully living that way, it's essential to understand that this does not give us permission to live with no planning whatsoever. One can and should plan for the future, seeing as we all have free will in this world as well as the power … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 28: What Is Living In The Moment?
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.
The Universal Will is beyond pain and pleasure, and it is beyond any one human life. We are all instruments bringing reality together, essential parts of the time in history which we were born in, and each death is just as important and significant as each life. When we realize that death is such a … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 24: The Truth In Front Of Your Eyes!
Times are hard but don't allow the anxiety to take control. We have to stand firm and face the reality we find ourselves in. Suffering seems neaningless, existence a cruel cosmic joke. Wishing the existential enemy would vanish like clouds of smoke. Puff, puff, death slowly enters our system. A slow suicide to show those … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 24: The Truth In Front Of Your Eyes!
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 22: The Buddha’s First Noble Truth.
Courtesy is the key to compassion, to common understanding that we are all one, that we are all together in this life. I can’t stress enough how important it is that we each do the best we can at keeping calm even as we navigate through whatever storm we may be currently facing in the … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 22: The Buddha’s First Noble Truth.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 21: Family Fun, Living in the Moment, Huxley’s “Island.”
I'm at Maria's family's house for the day. Her brother Luis picked us up at home last night and brought us here. Whenever we come we bring some pizza and everyone has a great pizza dinner, everyone talking in a lively manner, some on the computer, some on their phones, but everyone interacting. Although my … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 21: Family Fun, Living in the Moment, Huxley’s “Island.”
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