Getting to unity from isolation
The opposite of isolation is unity. It is the bond and loss of boundaries between a mother and her newborn. It is the sense of love and closeness experienced with family during the holidays or a special occasion. It is the timelessness and sense of oneness experienced by two people in love. It is the state of mind experienced by all enlightened humans throughout history. We have all felt examples of this type of unity in our life but unfortunately it erodes away with a growing ego. Love and unity is a natural spiritual state that exist between all things until we start down the path of isolation (see previous post on"Isolation")
Unity is a conscious choice
If we choose to live a life of love and unity then we must allow our spiritual nature to guide our life. Choosing love and unity i...
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Are you having happy thoughts ?
How can we start to think happy thoughts ?
First, let’s figure out what happy thoughts are. What if you found out your private thoughts and conversations are not private at all; you might be terrified. Suppose your every thought and every conversation through the day was posted on your social media account? Terrifying? Yes, for most people this would be more terrifying then death itself. As a matter of fact many would choose suicide over the consequence of exposing our true thoughts. Yet this example will help to highlight the nature of our thoughts. The truth is many people are thinking thoughts which do not lead to happiness. The truth of this is available for anyone willing to seek it and ponder this social media scenario. No, of course your thoughts will not be broadcast through the internet, but your thoughts an...
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Seeking The Source Of Truth Inside Yourself
There is a great deal of wisdom and truth inside each of us.
So, where do we go to find truth? Why are we so ignorant sometimes? Perhaps this is because we tend to only seek information to prove we are right or to make a point. This allows us to feel justified in our feelings, judgments and behaviors. We rarely if ever seek out information to highlight our ignorance or to prove we are wrong.
Why would we ever want to validate our ignorance?
⇒ Because ⇐
This is how we gain a higher level of awareness in life.
Truth and ignorance abounds in the world. Whether we seek truth or stumble around in ignorance is a matter of personal preference and free will.
But wait, doesn't everyone want to know truth?
Not necessarily.......suppose that knowing truth exposed the not so good parts of yourself (namely ignorance.) Who w...
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