“Never allow someone to be your priority, while allowing yourself to be their option.” —- Mark Twain These words taken from Mark Twain, have never been so glaringly obvious when applied to ourselves. Evaluating your conscious participation in where you find yourself right now, in this very moment is your responsibility, you can’t hand it [...]
“The nature of your world is no more and no less than a reflection of the composite vision of the consciousness present.” — Rasha All to often when we are alert, alive and aware of those with whom we interact on a daily basis, we are startled with a blatant truth in process. In many [...]
“Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems, and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.” Viktor E. Frankl, from his book, Man’s Search For Meaning. Take a look around, how many people do you encounter who take responsibility for even the most innocuous aspects [...]
“Like a flash of lightening between the clouds, we live in the flicker.” — Joseph Conrad Our lives become so encompassing, involved, entwined, protracted and obliterated by what we believe to be necessary priorities, that we become completely blind to who we are and what we have become. Do we ever stop, and just think, [...]
“Let’s pray that the human race never escapes Earth to spread its inequity elsewhere.” —— C. S. Lewis In addressing conscious dilemma, the term conscious is defined as awareness of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings memories and feelings. Looking to the definition of dilemma, is stated as a situation in which a difficult choice [...]
“The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere.” —— Ralph Waldo Emerson Within your consciousness is the ability to see the world from your illuminated truth. In essence, your mind becomes what you see as reality in the world. Yes, your perspective and perception of the world is the mirror of [...]
“The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there sill remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?” ——- Oscar Wilde We always get back to ourselves, if we have [...]
“Stop swimming so hard and climb in the boat.” —- Rumi This quote reflects our response to what we perceive as suffering and pain. Unless and until we discern exactly what the difference between suffering and pain is, we are caught in the back and forth of of this reality. Putting it a little more [...]
“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.” —- Ralph Waldo Emerson The above quote may seem rather stark in its context, however given where we find ourselves in the present moment lends itself to clarity. Let me share a brief exchange I had with an extremely learned professor at a special event several years [...]
“Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to man, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.” — Pythagoras While you slither through your activities of this day, in how many ways or times have you lied to yourself, denied certain realities of existence [...]