Fear vs. Love

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Every action taken by human beings is based in love or fear, not simply those dealing with relationships.
Decisions affecting business, industry, politics, religion, the education of our young, the social agenda of our nations, the econimic goals of your society, choices involving war, peace, attack, defense, aggression, submission; determinations to covet or give away, to save or to share, to unite or to divide - every single free choice you ever undertake arises out of one of the only two possible thoughts there are: a thought of love or a thought of fear.
Fear is the energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms.
Love is the eneergy which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares, heals.

Fear wraps our bodies in clothing, love allws us to stand naked. Fear clings to and clutches all that we have, love gives all that we have away. Fear holds close, love holds dear. Fear grasps, love lets go. Fear rankles, love soothes. Fear attacks, love amends.

Every human thought, word, or deed is based in one emotion or the other. You have no choice about this, because there is nothing else from which to choose. But you have free choice about which of these to select.
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From: Conversations with God

the quality of the steps you take...

I found this interesting:

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Let’s say that you are a business person and after two years of intense stress and strain you finally managed to come out with a product or service that sells well and makes money. Success???!!! In conventional terms yes.
In reality you spend two years polluting your body as well as the earth with negative energy. You made yourself and everyone around you, miserable. And you affected many others you never even met. The opinion of the masses is that success is a future event, and the end justifies the means. But the end and the means are one. And if the means did not contribute to human happiness neither with the end. The outcome, already contaminated by the actions you took to get there, will create further unhappiness.
What the future holds for you depends on the steps you take now.
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from: A New Earth.

reminder for myself.

recognize thought as thought.
don't take it seriously.
ending of thought,
no thought,
old thoughts,
new thoughts.
"yes, but this is how it is"
it's not how it is,
it's just a thought about it,
one of many many possible perspectives.
tiny perspectives.
this one is true,
and another one is also true.
one thought can not hold an entire truth.
the creep is also a saint,
maybe it hasn't been seen,
but it's there.
some silly thought
is just a thought.

inspired by the power of now.

alone

based on the teaching that: suffering does not arise from loneliness but from fear of loneliness.

I am alone is a fact.
I am lonely is a story.
feeling of lack.
what will the world do to me?
what will the world think of me?
monstrous figure in my dreams,
when I run away from it.
but face it completely,
and a shift happens.
you go beyond,
let the scenery change.

easier said than done, I know, but I wanted to put this out there. if we have something ahead to shoot for, we might be less preocupied with the current life situation.

To go back there...

Few drinks to slow down the mind.
Certain drugs to free you.
Moments of sex to slow it some more.
Some hours of tv.
To numb the mind
…
And the mind is back.
Where am I now:
Pre-thought,
below thought,
like a plant,
or an animal,
in harmony.
…
We all do it,
But this is not a human’s path.


I have very abrupt endings I know.
Inspired by "the power of Now"

Embracing...

Sartre said: Hell is other poeple... (les outre)

The ego believes this phrase.
Hell is other people more often than not.
Even people who give you heaven, give you hell after sometime.
Our expectations can not be fullfilled.
So, what to do... as always ... we find out we can't rely on other people, so we are frustrated. Some people reach despair, thinking it's all so pointless. then you reach the state of sarcasm and bitterness and resentment. Life hasn't played its part. this deep belief of the world is preventing me from being myself, sets in. You believe Everyone is an obsticle to being myself.
Absurd. Absurd. Absurd.
Some will weep and wail until the very end. please let there be a different way.

the lesson: there is an undestructible part of us. no matter the mess we have made of our life. The undestructible part of us, is not touched by any of the mess. The original essence is there. It can be discovered. Some call it grace, the redeeming factor of life. some get there from suffering and some get there from teachings such as this one.
There is so much pain to come out first. I hope to not run out of time.

Inspired by "the Power of Now".

Lost in one dimension: thought

this rusty attempt at a poem is inspired by reading "the Power of now".


me me me,
defending me,
completing me,
continuous seeking,
continuous conflict.
obessed by things,
filled up with things,
posessed by things,
in the grip of thoughts.
my attention is needed,
things need to be dealt with,
but deal with one thing here,
three more pop up there.
not alone for long,
not relaxed for long,
succesful one day,
miserable the next.