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To avoid the truth, is to avoid love
It can seem like we have to draw a line between honesty and kindness. But there is no line between the two. We CAN’T really separate the truth from love or kindness. When we avoid the truth out of “kindness,” the truth isn’t the problem. The negative emotion we’ve attached to the truth is the problem. If we remove our anger and doubt (and any other negative emotion based in fear), we’ll see that the truth serves everybody.… More
Being real is everything …
The courage to be honest with yourself is the foundation for everything you want.… More
Dear Friends: Want to know what to do next?
You can find whatever you need in solitude. A million dollars might not rain down on you. But in the overall scheme of life, nothing really matters except how you respond to what does rain down on you. No matter what’s overwhelming you, or just throwing you off center, if you quiet your mind for 30 minutes, you’ll find a fresh perspective and know what to do next, even if it’s just wait.
It is in the quiet of the mind that we can hear the love written on the heart. Let’s remember to get quiet. Let’s sit with love. Let’s act in love. It really is all we need. We really do find authentic love in solitude. And when we do, we know love is what we’re made of. We know what love would do.
Love smiles on you,… More
The path to loving yourself is knowing yourself …
If the only way to be happy is to be true to yourself, what we really want to talk about is getting to know the self we’re trying to be true to. And when we say it that way, we recognize the enormity of the task.
“The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,” said the Greek philosopher Plato.
“Know thyself,” is accepted as the corner stone on which the temples of philosophy were erected; and without the corner stone, all other knowing crumbles. It is the quest that has traveled with man from the launching of a soul until the present day. It has, from the beginning, transcended continent, race, culture, and tradition. But if the sages of every age have sought the knowing, only for the next generation to seek it again, how can we have the audacity to take on the task. How can we not?
The knowing is not knowledge that can be passed on. The knowing is uncovered only in the process of seeking it. No man has rights to it; yet all men have the right to pursue it. And so, we must seek it.
How? Face the mirror. Face the expressions formed on other faces when they encounter yours.… More
We don’t have to blame ourself for where we are. But we have to assume responsibility for where we are headed.
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