So long as there remain the righteous people of God to stand firm.
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Because if you’re smart it’s natural to become arrogant…
And if you’re stupid it’s natural to fall into the ways of the world and subtly be controlled…
And if you’re one and think you’re the other, then you are fool, and in a worse position than either.
True wisdom can found in God’s word.
But they never will be if they keep chasing happiness like a tail.
… For one man’s selfishness.
Newton’s third law states:
“For every action there is a reaction, equal to it and opposite in direction.”
If ALL OF CREATION is the reaction, then God must have created (or is!) the ACTION. If Newton law holds true in this case as well, then God must have produced a force/action that is EQUAL and OPPOSITE to all things in creation. Hmmm… What is OPPOSITE of ALL OF CREATION? … Non-existence? Or perhaps the realm of the unseen that is beyond the physical… I don’t know. Just a thought.
~Jones
If someone is going to be prejudiced against you, WHO CARES what the reason is?
If someone doesn’t like my smile, is that any better than not liking the color of my skin!?
Who cares about ignorant and shallow people?
Even accepting the existence of the concept of racism actually JUSTIFIES and REINFORCES racism.
Maybe life’s so long and complicated so that we have some stuff to talk about in eternity…
~Jones
Try this super simple but EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE trick…
… is Peace.
If you want to make progress in any area of your life, whether it be in a particular skill, virtue, or life path, I would suggest to practice both MODERATION and MOTIVATION.
Lately I’ve been thinking and blogging about the difference between SPIRITUAL and PHYSICAL wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
Something I’ve noticed is that a one can mature physically, which encompasses mentally as well (as thoughts are created by the brain, a PHYSICAL organ), but that doesn’t necessarily mean they have any level of spiritual maturity.
So what is spiritual maturity? It’s VERY difficult to describe, and this ELUSIVENESS is intrinsically part of it’s nature. If you think about it you’ll realize that things to do with the spiritual are SUBTLE. God’s existence, for instance, is subtle. So is the soul, or else we’d have found a way to identify/measure it. Even spiritual wisdom is very subtle, and not easy to grasp like concrete knowledge (math, basic science, history, etc) is. It is not so black and white, right and wrong, and even when it seemingly is… it isn’t.
I think that the Tao Te Ching is a book primarily concerned with achieving the utmost in SPIRITUAL MATURITY. It stresses harmony with the nature of things, detachment (but not in the sense that you don’t care, you just don’t define yourself in terms of your relationship to things, people, and ideas), and knowing without thinking (the basis of psychic ability and spiritual wisdom).
I think that I’ll start going through the Tao Te Ching and my opinions and understanding of it in future posts. It’s a cryptic book, but contains great wisdom. It has benefited me greatly in my life, perhaps it shall do the same for you. I’ll leave you now with an excerpt from that text…
“The Sage is like Heaven and Earth
To him none are especially dear or is there anyone he disfavours
He gives and gives without condition offering his treasure to everyone
The universe is like a bellows
It stays empty yet is never exhausted
It gives out yet always brings forth more
Man is not like this
When he blows out air like a bellows he becomes exhausted
Man was not made to blow out air
He was made to sit quietly and find the truth within”
~Jones
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