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In the footsteps of the master.

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”  ~ Lao Tzu.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”  ~ Sun Tzu.

The way of peace is knowing yourself, and this way is practiced by the superior mind; because the superior mind knows and deeply understands that confidence and power can only flower when the human mind is resting in the silence of internal peace and harmony–i.e., peace from the agitated mind, and harmony with the true self. 
Furthermore, this confidence and power flowering in the peaceful mind is what can conquer all your battles in life, overcome all obstacles, attain all victories over negative circumstances and mediocre naysayers, for this mind is free from all outside nuisances and pressures, for this mind stands on its own.

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The Tao (The Way to Enlightenment/The Source of Everything) in its unmatched wisdom says,  “But knowing harmony creates abstraction, and following abstraction creates ritual.  Exceeding nature creates calamity, and controlling nature creates violence.”  This says, ‘Knowing harmony, living and experiencing a wise and peaceful mind, creates the deep analysis and study of profound ideas, profound philosophies for a better life; and so, following this abstraction or greater philosophies, creates superior habits and thus ways of the superior mind.’
Then it explains, ‘Trying to force nature, and everything that happens in your life, brings chaos into your life; and controlling nature and outside events, creates an agitated mind and all violence.’

You must clear your thoughts from all agitation whenever you see obstacles and people wanting to hurt you in any way; for only with a clear and pure mind you may think straight and arrive to a solution or to an inspiring idea.  And when you need to become firm and fearless, fight people’s arguments and life challenges head on, then be also calm and confident because the energy of your own mind, of peace and harmony, will create your reality, will dictate the outcome of your experience.

The fool initiates quarrels and rebellions because he is full of fear/rage and hate, and his mind does not think clearly due to an inferior understanding/an inferior mind; however, the wise and superior mind of the sage remains peaceful and confident because nothing from the outside moves him, he is in constant meditation and harmony with his true self.

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The sage is the one who really holds the power.

 

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Breaking the chain.

“Toxic relationships of any kind not only make us unhappy; they corrupt our attitudes and dispositions in ways that undermine healthier relationships and prevent us from realizing how much better things can be.”  ~ Michael Josephson; American law professor, attorney, public speaker on ethics, businessman, and entrepreneur.

“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people.  Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.”  ~ Israelmore Ayivor; Ghanaian inspirational writer, blogger, public speaker, and LifeSkills Entrepreneur.

 

If one truly desires to better one’s own life and elevate the mind through peace and self-love, then one must choose people carefully, or choose the time to be spent and the interaction one has with people.

There is no middle; either you are fully committed to better yourself, your thoughts, your behavior, your life, or you are lazy and ignorant enough to remain in the same place in your life all the time without any higher goals.  It is always your choice and not your surroundings.

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But your choice and your passion may be influenced by the people around you, by the conversations, by the arguments; and, furthermore, specially influenced by the people you love or befriend, so you must tread carefully and not engage with toxic or negative people.

Toxic or negative people are individuals who put you down in any way, who gossip about others, who complain a lot, who always blame others, who do not fully respect your imagination and way of thinking, who are lazy themselves, who mistreat others, etc. etc.

 

It is extremely important that you do not spend your time with these people, choose wisely even if they are family; that is, do not avoid them if in fact they are family and you love them, but do not absorb what they preach, and specially do not fall into their arguments, into their traps.
Accept them as they are, do not try to change their thinking, just smile and walk away.  Be aware that self-love and your development is crucial in your life, and for all success and happiness, and that is why you must not let toxic arguments and emotions invade the holiness of your temple.

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Your own mind must be pure and elevated, so only worry about that and not about others.  Analyze this wisdom and become it.

 

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The Greatest Sage.

“Discard everything that does not spark joy.”  ~ Marie Kondo; Japanese organizing consultant and author.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.  Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.  And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”  ~ Steve Jobs; American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial designer.

 

People are either of ordinary thinking or of a higher thinking, good, loving people even:

Ordinary thinking ones will always feel jealous of others, perhaps without realizing it, and live in fear, because they cannot understand that life changes by the mind one has, so they believe that life changes due to external conditions–economy, neighborhood, president, and so forth. 

Higher or extraordinary thinking ones will always see life with a positive outlook because that is their character, and even though they may be poor or unsuccessful in their own lives they will support and wish well for others.

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One may be born in a family of ordinary thinking, in an atmosphere of emotional neglect and fear-mongering; however, your mind is what truly changes your life and not your external conditions or surroundings, so in order to follow your dreams uninterruptedly you must focus in you internal environment, and whenever you hear negative or mediocre talk in your external environment make sure your attention remains within and not without.

 

Small minds, ordinary thinking, are there to challenge you, to make you stronger; so, even though these small minds do not realize it, they are a source of strength for you, and as long as you have this in mind you will grow and your mind will achieve great things.

A great mind then will drive you forth by creating really strong and intense feelings within you that will mold your behaviors to design your better reality and access the wiser you.  The purpose of a great mind is to raise above the mediocrity and self-pity we may all feel at some point in our individual lives, and also it is to shut out all the noise and opinions of the people around you, such people who may be your loves ones or society in general.

Stop waiting for approval or for the support of others, take charge of your life and become the Master of your life; and the Master always stands out from the crowd by making his own rules, by creating his own path, by not giving in to self-pity and pressures from outside himself, and by not following or leaning on others for the design of his life.  The Master knows that the path is the Warrior’s individual design, by molding his thoughts, by not letting small minds interfere with his vision, by embracing his greater destiny the Master becomes the Greatest Sage.

 

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Retire daily to a quiet place, analyze things, plan your moves, build your life step by step.  Your mind is the base to build your desired life, so don’t forget that.

The key here is patience and perseverance while you allow your attention to focus on your internal environment and not on your external one…

 

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Truly Sacred.

“Never give up on what you really want to do.  The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.”  ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.; America inspirational writer.

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”  ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe; American abolitionist and author.

 

What is life if not a string of challenges to make you stronger…??  And what is the purpose of life if not to achieve bliss in all you do by not giving in to these challenges…??

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Unfortunately, most people see life’s challenges and obstacles as a threat and something to fear or avoid at all cost; however, this is in fact the richness of life given unto you for no price whatsoever, life gives and gives for you to learn and become a better human being.

 

That is why one must never give in to fear and temptation, one must be watchful and alert, and so one must keep going faithfully because life responds to and respects the warrior who holds his goal and follows his dream without losing the passion, the fuel of his human spirit.

 

“The light at the end of the tunnel,” they say. But I say you create your own light in your journey, and if you create your own light then there is no darkness or challenge which can weaken you or stop you from becoming great in your personal pursuits, and there is no society which can ever deviate you or distract you from your goals.

And the golden key to create your own light is self-discipline in your daily behaviors and the process of envisioning your goals and never ever letting them go, not letting them go for your family, friends, or anybody else for that matter.

Self-discipline is the golden key then, the ability to control your feelings, your reactions to temptations, and overcome your weaknesses in the pursuit of a noble goal you think is right; and so, you do this by creating a heartfelt and intense passion which will give you the strength and endurance to resist all challenges.  You must select what you read and watch, what you think about and what you listen from others; that is, you must create your world and envision it, honor it every single day in your thoughts as the most sacred element to create out of your godly human spirit.

Make your dreams, your goals, sacred, and so sacred that nobody can touch them or get in your way to honor them.

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Mind.

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“Meditation is not a way of making the mind quiet.  It is a way of entering the quiet that is already there–buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person has every day.”  ~ Deepak Chopra.

 

_Once you stop the chatter and empty your mind, the elevation can commence._

 

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It has been well said of the elevation of the Sage,
Whose mind touches the stars and feet the ground,
Whose wise finger points the Vastness of no age,
That his Mind reaches the Cosmic, Universal Sound.
But what is it that makes the Mind of the Sage…??
The world keeps dying and the people is blind,
The world keeps dying, lies, wars, hate, rage.
You see, the Mind of the Sage sees beyond this bind.

First it appears randomly within the dark space,
Then it is consumed by the pettiness and greed;
The thought begets an idea wicked and base,
When the heart dies, the ego of the world seeds.
But self-reflection is what the lowest Mind needs,
For it is to dwell and know your own dark room.
But self-reflection is where the superior Mind lives,
For it is where self-love and the flower bloom.

As the deer focuses on the lights and freezes in fear,
The Mind of man cannot see beyond what is allowed.
As the emergent world turns and produces a tear,
The Mind of man cannot see beyond the ill crowd.
The Mind must seek its own individual place
Far from the beliefs and deceits of the throng,
The Mind must elevate itself to heavenly grace
Where the Light of rationale is clear and strong.

 

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Mastering life…

“When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are.  The dog is not judging you.  We have much to learn from a simple dog.”  ~ Eckhart Tolle; German-Canadian spiritual teacher, public speaker, and author.

“I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind, it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged.  Everyone should be treated equally.” ~ Gordon Brown; British politician.

 

Life allows us to make different paths, and that exactly shapes people, and by the choices we make under any circumstance we are forging our journey along this path; this is something unique which is the heart of our level of living and understanding.

And nobody is better than anybody due to having different experiences; we are all different, perhaps with a lower or higher thinking depth, perhaps we have taken our time to meditate on ourselves or not, but we are all here to learn from our unique and challenging experiences.

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Sometimes people make the mistake of seeing a rich person, a bully, an angry person, a hateful person, etc., and think that they have it easy or that they are evil because of their words or because of the violence they commit.  But, the truth that your untainted heart knows, and that your ego may quarrel with, is that we have all gone through experiences and lifestyles that have shaped us as the human beings we presently are, and many times the choices we have made out of ignorance were not the best ones. 

But whether you understand this and tolerate it or not is a reflection of you, not of the people you judge.

This speaks of your own knowledge of self and of the control you have of your mind, such must be always a peaceful and harmonious mind in order to see through all prejudice and anger from the rebellious ego.

 

You must accept people the way they are, even if we are talking about Hitler himself; because nobody is born evil, but the choices and the experiences growing up make good or evil.  Learn to be the sage, the wise one who can see through this veil of prejudice.

And with this I am not saying that we should hug and kiss every damn idiot out there who rapes, murders, bullies, and even that talks down to you; however, I am saying that we must keep our minds peaceful and free of anger and anxiety, and I am saying that we must keep the attention on ourselves and not on judging others, because while you hate and judge others you are distancing yourself from self-love, you are letting evil into your own mind to take over, you are the one choosing wrong now, you are the one committing the sin.

Think about it and be wise in your own daily choices.

 

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Discovering the eternal flame.

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”  ~ Socrates.

“My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.”  ~ William Shakespeare.


Happiness and pleasure are two different things; happiness is what we are eternally (obviously has no beginning and no end), pleasure is what physical life created (has a beginning and end).  Pleasure, if is chosen wisely, may be something noble to which aspire and seek in life, but we must never confuse pleasure with happiness.

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Happiness has no purpose, no quality you can define; therefore, you are happy just because you are content and living in the moment, while you struggle and work you choose to embrace what you are, true and constant happiness.

 

Now, to acquire nice things and prosperity in your life by noble and inspiring work is great, it is to experience life and go after your goals; however, you must see that this is just pleasure, perhaps something you need to thrive day by day, but never happiness.


So, one reaches true wisdom when one is content and satisfied with the things and successes one has at this moment in life; of course, you may wish sincerely to achieve more, and that is okay as long as you see the difference between pleasure and happiness.
If your mind cannot understand and see this difference, then you are bound to self-destruct and lose yourself in the unhappy pursuit of your own ego which is never satisfied; this means, a life of all fears and vast suffering, a life wasted.

The greatest mistake of humankind is to believe that the outside pursuits will bring happiness to the emptiness they already feel inside; however, this is a deceptive dream and a fool’s paradise, because this is an illusion of their own egos which deceives them and distances them from reality, from the treasure inside themselves.  Buddha has said, “Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth.”  Furthermore, happiness lies in your choices, in your own mind, not in outside pursuits; you embrace happiness by not allowing the world and others to affect your state of mind.

Focus your mind on what you do have right now, and not on what you do not have; because most people in the world are never truly happy, due to following their insatiable egos and focusing on what they do not have–always wanting more, nothing being really enough. 

You must be wiser in order to see through the veil of pleasure; you discover happiness in the pure heart, not in the insatiable and superficial ego.

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After reaching…

“Focused, hard work is the real key to success.  Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it.  If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.”  ~ John Carmack; American game programmer and virtual reality engineer.

“There is no substitute for hard work.”  ~ Thomas A. Edison; American inventor and businessman.

 

There is a tendency in most people to believe that talent is what makes great men and women or that it is what really matters, and so they use the excuse to not accomplish or pursuit great things in life saying that they have no talent; however, talent, is like love, it is the essence of creativity which we have within us, which we are, and it is not something one has and the other doesn’t.

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But, having established that we are talent, each one of us, we must understand that because we are tied to this thought and this flesh, our humanity through time, then it is not enough to be love and talent as essence, but we must do certain things to design that talent into whatever we choose to do.

This process of designing may take weeks, months, years of practice depending on the passions we pursue.

 

What I am saying here is that talent is nothing without the process of creating it, without the hard work and dedication we must put into it to develop it.  You have to really understand that finding your truest passion and developing it is absolutely everything, because in order to embrace true happiness and feelings of success then it is a must to free yourself from the chains of fear and change.

To do this, work on your talents, stop procrastinating and looking for excuses not to develop yourself.

This is self-love.  And if you choose not to embrace self-love, you cannot really be happy but only design the false sense of happiness; and this is feeding your own ego, your fears.

There is a source of creativity and wise spontaneity unlike any other, unique to you and to your humanity; such which travels and exists via Infinite Intelligence, and which has nothing to do with your mortal mind filled with all kinds of fears and confusion.  This you must reach deep within you because you are here to use it and shape it to your individual expression   You must work on this process of freedom all your life.   This is your purpose.

 

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Flowing.

“Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself.”  ~ Wendy Whelan; American ballet dancer.

“Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you’re flexible, when you’re spontaneous, when you’re detached, when you’re easy on yourself and easy on others.”  ~ Deepak Chopra; Indian-American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate, and prominent figure in the New Age movement.

 

Life is all about creation, change, always moving forwards; and one must measure up to life by assimilating this ongoing change, by building new ideas, by adopting new lifestyles, by acquiring fit approaches to understand life’s new challenges and events.

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Let me tell you now, whoever does not see life each day as new, as the tides of the ocean are new, is not adapting and enjoying a full life.

 

In order to adapt and become flexible, you must not hold firm and stubborn to beliefs and ideas, to lifestyles and expectations; but you must allow your mind to be free of these chains, be an open mind, adapt to new views and stop expecting people and life to support you and give you what your ego thinks you deserve.

Wake up and recognize that you drive your own life, that you choose to adapt or not, and that nothing outside of yourself has real power but what you allow it to have.

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There is a vast source of energy for adaptation to change which lives beyond the beliefs and ideas of your mind, and this vast source does not have anything to do with your outside situations and environment.

You must then reach deep within and love yourself enough to let your mind be silent and free of loud thoughts, then you must calm yourself and realize that change is good for your human development, for no happiness or great achievements can be embraced without having a mind that is truly free to change with life.

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As pure gold.

“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”  ~ Joan Didion; American journalist and writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and autobiographical works.

“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.”  ~ William J. H. Boetcker; German minister and motivational speaker.


 
As pure gold
 
As the concealed mysteries of the deep seas,
As the creatures which no eyes have ever seen,
There is the glorious purity of your soul
As profound and valuable as pure gold;
For it is in thee that life is appreciated,
For it is in thee that such is elevated.
 
All the kind people one loves and cherishes
May be as the light bulb which flickers in the dark,
The light which changes intensity as mood,
The light which guides and obscures the truth.
They may ask and demand, rob you of your option,
Where the light is faint, where truth is distortion.
 
The rose blooms under the light of the warm Sun;
You and I develop under the warmth of self-respect.
To master the space and the planets is nothing;
To master the Eternal Love in thee is everything.
Why give knowing that they will just take and take…??
If you always give, play the fool, your love is fake.
 
The repeated mistakes of good and decent people,
To give and forgive about the love for themselves,
To expect the beast to change when it lives by instinct.
But to love oneself is the glorious purity of your soul,
To know that you are as profound and valuable as pure gold.
 
~ Asa.
Don't you know yet...__Your light shines by beingnourished with self-love.Enrich yourself first, not others.

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