Back in the day
Way back
We had one purpose: SURVIVE
Our purpose has changed
We don’t need to focus on survival anymore
It is now a different era
Your only purpose now must be: ESCAPE
Born in chains, no matter where you are.
A slave, drowning in luxury.
Tied down by the state, family, and one’s own mind.
-Dutti
„A man who lives fully is prepared to die at anytime“ -Mark Twain
The fear of death, or confrontation, judgment, hate or adversity, are all things that keep us away from fully living our life. We hide, make ourselves small and try to move through life untouched. Unscathed. Hoping will make it to the end…what end though? The end of old age?
If we would just be courageous enough to let go, it would change us forever.
That’s why I believe every man must learn how to fight. Learn to defend himself. Become strong! So when fear comes knocking we are ready.
As long as we fear others, fear ourselves or fear life, will never witness our true potential.
Scared like a little rat we hide.
I think, maybe, through, empathy you find a sort of peace when people attempt to hurt you.
“Father forgive them for they know not what they do”
Can you truly blame idiots?
Always blame the parents, they’re the ones who failed to raise a good child.
The problem is… Everyone has parents, so no one can be blamed.
All you can give is empathy and understanding.
In other words, LOVE.
It gets to the point where you perceive everyone as if they were a wounded animal.
“A dog in pain will even bite its owner”
Can you blame the dog? or person?
They can’t do anything but hurt you, because they’ve only experienced hurt themself.
“Hurt people hurt people
I am sorry for your misery. I understand.
The shitty thing is, you can’t save them.
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
They must want to be saved themselves. They must seek.
All you can do is promote the action of seeking liberation. Change. Truth.
No one wants to be hated, but most hate…
What a twisted reality. Sad, but the truth.
This is why Jesus (the all-loving and merciful) might be the only answer.
Be Loving!
I believe the earth is round.
I believe he was innocent.
I believe the stars align every February.
How are your beliefs affecting your life?
If a belief does not affect your life, then it holds zero value and no importance.
A belief should move you, uplift you, transform you.
Beliefs entrap you.
I believe rich people are evil. Means you’ll always be poor
I believe good people always get it bad. Means you’ll always have it bad.
What else do you believe that’s holding you back?
I believe that if I eat healthy, and stay consistent, I will get into better shape.
I believe that if I work hard and show up I will receive what I deserve.
I believe in christ and through christ I become strong. Through christ I move away from sin towards heaven. Through christ I become good. Through christ I love.
Those are beliefs, not traps or opinions.
What do you believe!? Does it improve your, or anyone else’s life in any way?
I tend to focus all my attention on one tree.
I want to grow one perfect tree.
Then I evaluate it, judge it, hate it and eventually cut it down. Leaving me with nothing.
When you see a forest you’re overwhelmed with beauty, and power, and awe, but the forest only consists of singular trees. All which are imperfect.
Crooked, old, broken, rotten, dead, and burnt, but that’s not what you see. You see the bigger picture.
Stop focusing on one tree and start planting a whole forest
It won’t be perfect, finish it and move on to the next. It’ll all come together in the end
“Do not attribute to malice what you can attribute to incompetence”
People aren’t generally evil or out to get you, they’re just asleep, blind, ignorant, or not aware. They mean no harm, they just seem to live with no inner reflection. They might not of been blessed with a guiding mentor to teach them otherwise. So how else should they know any different.
Father forgive them for they know not what they do -Jesus
This brings a certain level of peace and understanding.
Solution: always, no matter what, act through love. This will lead to the best outcome. And if someone’s intentions do seem to be of malice, then respond accordingly.
Do not judge them by their intentions, but by the effects of their actions.
A sort of manipulation. They say one thing and do another. Don’t be fooled, or even worse, don’t excuse your bad actions as good intentions.
If you want to discover true knowledge, your first step must be to question absolutely everything that you have ever believed. -Descartes
Doubt is origin of wisdom.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything -Mark Twain
Keep your mental space open for more important tasks
Suppose you claim you believe in God. Does it make a difference to your behaviour? If not, it’s an empty claim.
If you don’t believe in god, what do you believe in? Because something is influencing your behaviour, so make sure you know what it is.
Greet your fate with open hands. It was chosen for you, now do the best you can with it
The more worth I give, the more worth I feel.
Be of worth to become worthy.
You can only give what you have. Have anger, you give anger. Have negativity, you give negativity. Have joy, you give joy.
Hurt people hurt people.
Believe nothing you hear, and only half of that you see. -Edgar Allan Poe
Our perception fails us, so does our memory. We tend to never see the whole picture. The world is too complex, our mind breaks it down into smaller, understandable, information. At the cost of leaving out too many details.
Now, if you can’t trust your own perception and memory, how can you trust anyone else’s. Plus, remember, people lie, deceive, manipulate and share the false as it if we’re truth.
Stay Focused.
Everything becomes more and more clear the more you move towards it.
If your path isn’t clear, you will rely on the most uncertain guide — the common opinion
-Socrates
Greatness of soul will be lost, which can’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable
Do not deem yourself happy until you can live your life in front of the eyes of others.
Let walls protect you, not hide you away to sin more secretly.
A good conscience welcomes the crowd, a bad seeks solitude.
If you’re honorable let people see. How wretched are you if you despise a witness?
If you are happy, you want others to be happy. If we were raised to selfishly be happy, the whole world would be happy.
The deepest urge we have is the urge to be important. -John Dewey
People want to feel appreciated
Freud says our motives come from sex or our desire to be great
If you want to motivate someone make them feel appreciated!
If you cannot obey yourself you will be commanded
Character is sticking to your truth -Krishnamurti
Stand for something, die for it -Nipsey Hustle
How is it possible to have the answer and still not stick to it? We know what to do and we still sin. The mind always wins, always convinces, always influences, always in charge of itself. What makes the man take the right decision and not the boy?
I guess that’s what separates man from boy
Let silence be your general rule, or only say what is necessary and only in few words
“Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.”
Trust your instinct if something isn’t right for you. Find your own truth!
“Think about how difficult it is to change yourself, and you will realize how insignificant your chances are to change others”
Don’t be a dictator. Don’t preach anything. Only lead the way for people who come knocking on your door.
To be able to withstand the false and hold onto our truths. -Krishnamurti
Find your own truths. Stick to them. Don’t be influenced by books, media, news or gurus. What is true to you? Find it and die by it
I believe this also leads to happiness and true confidence
Observing your stupidity is the awakening of intelligence -Krishnamurti
We only want to be famous if we are doing something we don’t love. Because if we loved what we did we wouldn’t have the need to be famous. -Krishnamurti
Fame is the last desire the wise man drops. -Schopenhauer
Be self-sufficient. Independent. Don’t need any one for anything.
Just like my eastern philosophers say: don’t place your happiness in anything external. You cannot control the external, so don’t let it control your happiness
You are a saint until you know you are one
Believing in God and living life are the same thing. Because God is Life.
Everyone who can read this is a believer. If you weren’t a believer, you wouldn’t be living.
Why do you say that? Because you need to have faith, to have a reason, to continue wanting to live in a world full of suffering
Remove the beam in your eye before you mention the splinters in others
Study culture. Through culture you will find friends and through those friends you will become a better person. By culture I mean the history of your family or your country. By culture I mean whatever interests you; Fashion, Music, Art, whatever you’re into. It’ll lead you to people who relate to you. Isn’t that what you want?
-Something I got from Confucius
Meaning is the path of life when you are guided by love and speaking the truth. Jordan Peterson put that in my head and it changed my way of thinking forever. Do what you love, with who you love while speaking your truth and accepting the consequences.
Everything we hear is just an opinion. Marcus Aurelius said that and I have to say it couldn’t be more true. There has been countless of times when I’ve listened to strangers, taken their advice and believed it as fact. We are all wrong most of the time, especially when we talk about personal preferences. Trust but verify. Do your own research.
Observe Love Create