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In bed with fools.

To argue is to defend something, some belief, some part of you which feels insulted, which feels inferior, which feels perhaps wounded or hurt.  And when someone tries to poke at that wound or hurt, you react and poke or hit back.  Isn’t this reaction rooted on fear then…??  The photo below is funny but very appropriate and truthful. 

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To argue is of the ego:  You hold a belief, a philosophy, you became attached to Buddha, to Jesus, to a religion, to a tradition, to any person in your life; and so, you become possessive and guard it/him/her with all your energy.   But why would you want to argue if you hold the truth…??  Why would you want to battle this and that, become violent if you hold the truth…??  Arguing is of the ego, very selfish, very ignorant, rooted on competition–a desire to win the argument, a desire to feel superior.  But communication through conversation is very different, because your only purpose is to spread or communicate the truth, an experience, a fact; which is rooted on love, such love is to share your thoughts, your feelings, to learn from one another.  And this conversation is not heated, there is no hate, there is no competition, there is no win or lose. 
So, if you hold the truth–which is not a belief, tradition, or attachment of any kind–then there is no cause for arguing.  Like above-mentioned, to argue is of fools, it is rooted on fear, on competition to see who wins.  And so, this is why it is so important to catch your own mental activity whenever your beliefs, your attachments to anyone or to anything, become attacked; so you can control your reactions and not be the fool, but be wise and allow yourself to let go of these beliefs and traditions–these attachments which are really the cause of you hurt and anger.  And you must ask yourself:  Who is in charge…??–my ego and attachments, or myself??  And, do I hold the truth…??–or do I hold irrational traditions, beliefs, and fantasy??  You have to be able to inquire deep within yourself, see what is really true–not right or wrong, not your opinions, not your beliefs or personal nonsense based on the influence of other people.
Only you can enlighten yourself by catching your own egoistical activity and changing your thinking patterns, to become free from attachment and fear.  There is no Enlightenment out there, nothing to seek out there; but it is all within…  It is all about mental peace; and so, when fools argue, there exists no mental peace in their minds, only agitation and competition…
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What matters.

Once upon a time there was a world famous teacher in north-western India.  It just so happened that one of the high class students had been named ‘Bad’ by his parents.  One day he thought, “When I am told, ‘Come Bad’, ‘Go Bad’, ‘Do this Bad’, it is not nice for me or others.  It even sounds disgraceful and unlucky.”  So he went to the teacher and asked him to give him a more pleasant name, one that would bring good fortune rather than bad. 

The teacher said, “Go my son, go wherever you like and find a more fortunate name.  When you return, I will officially give you your new name.”  The young man named Bad left the city, and traveled from village to village until he came to a big town.  A man had just died and Bad asked what his name was.  People said, “His name was Alive.”  “Alive also died?”  asked Bad.  The people answered, “Whether his name be Alive or whether it be Dead, in either case he must die.  A name is merely a word used to recognize a person. Only a fool would not know this!”  After hearing this, Bad no longer felt badly about his own name, but he didn’t feel good about it either. 
After leaving the town, along the roadside he met a man who had lost his way.  He asked him, “What is your name? ”  He replied, ‘My name is Tourguide.”  “You mean to say that even a Tourguide has gotten lost?” asked Bad.  Then the man said, “Whether my name be Tourguide or whether it be Tourist, in either case I have lost my way.  A name is merely a word used to recognize a person.  Only a fool would not know this!”  Later, Bad came to a realization…
Now completely satisfied with his own name, Bad returned to his teacher and decided to keep his name and work on what mattered.
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And working on what matters can be daunting, intimidating, right…??  People tends to be fearful and seek out there their purpose and meaning, because that is what they have been taught, by their families, by their religions, by their culture and societies overall.  So they compare and work towards becoming this and that, they refuse to look within so they escape it–seek refuge and distraction from themselves in the world.  But their identities are not a name, a mental program, a lifestyle they have been taught; and this is their weakness, they do not know themselves…  And do you know yourself…??  

Now, to know yourself is to accept yourself completely; and to accept yourself completely is to erase fears of being lonely, or of having losses, or of being left by others, or of making mistakes and being shamed by others.  To see this and to cross that bridge.  To embrace yourself fully by seeking all inside yourself, it is how your life and your situations become clear.  And now there is no fear, because you know that fear inside you and you became one with it
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Would you empty your garbage…??

Do you lie, even a “little white lie” or a “fib”…??  Perhaps you call it “not telling the whole truth” or some nonsense like that–just to make yourself feel better about lying.  And why do you feel the need to lie…??  What is the state of your mind when you lie…??  Is it love, confidence, strength, respect…??  Or is it fear, shame, self-pity, a bit of anger, worthlessness perhaps…??
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People just react and says stuff, don’t they…??  They are so thoughtless even when they don’t want to be.  Perhaps they are nice and caring, but they still lie to themselves and to others; and they do this because, even though their vain egos may make them feel strong and like they are doing the right thing, there is some garbage in their minds–something they hide, or something they fear about the way they are and they don’t want it revealed, or something they did, or they know the truth but they play dumb because they are lazy and superficial.  The state of the mind when anyone lies, for any reason, big or small lie, is that of fear, darkness, not truth, and not light.  And the problem is that lies affect the way we are, our personalities, subconsciously they program the way our thinking pattern works, and the way we see others, ourselves, and even life and the experiences we live daily.
You see, there only exists love and fear, and from love and fear we develop all the thoughts and feelings–i.e., joy, suffering, pleasure, pain, calm, anger, affection, disgust, certainty, confusion, etc. etc.  This is all you experience in your life, isn’t it…??  But you have been endowed with an intellect, a superior ego which gives you choice; and so, you choose between love and fear, and then feelings start pouring in–the feelings you have created by your choice.  Can you take your time now and truly see this for yourself…??  See the truth!  Don’t agree or disagree, but see the truth behind the words.

So, obviously, you can see that lies branch out or are born from fear.  They cannot be born from love, can they…??  So as an adult you have garbage to take out, and I do as well; because daily we have to choose if to allow love or fear into our minds–i.e., shame or confidence, calmness or anger, gratitude or envy, truth or lie, etc.  And, like I said, this choice which may not seem too important at times, shall create your persona, the way you see yourself, others, and life itself.  And it shall attract or repel opportunities and situations in your life, because all we think and feel is made out of vibrations either positive or negative, and these vibrations affect the world outside of us.  This is fact.  This is truth.  This is science… 
And so, would you empty your garbage then…??


 

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Truth.

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There are two sides of being human, aren’t they…??  There is Yin and Yang.  There is dark and light.  There is your opinion and that of others, and plain truth.  There is fear and its machinations, and there is pure love which only obeys to truth and facts.  Now, one thing to understand is that the only reason the world is in turmoil, in chaos, violent, fearful, and the rest, is because people live in the dream.  And what is the dream…??  The dream is the state of their minds, it is like a veil which covers their eyes in such a way in which they cannot see the truth, they cannot see for themselves, so they feel the need to follow others and claim to know the truth by popularity.
Since billions of people believe in this, society does this, books all teach this, the media says this, everybody eats this, then I will join in and follow, thus claim this truth for myself and choose to be free.  Choose to be free…??  So, what is freedom…??  Is it something you choose…??  Choice is of the mind, of the ego, isn’t it…??  Because freedom is truth, like the Sun’s rays give energy day and night and keep all life living and growing–i.e., the Sun’s rays are free and real whether you believe in them or not.  See, it is not about right or wrong, but about truth.  Being right or wrong are concepts society teaches and conditioned in the mind of the human being; however, this is an illusion, only truth exists–i.e., the eternal, pure love, facts which can enlighten someone’s life.
When someone leads his life by truth, not by right or wrong, then that someone is Enlightened, a Buddha, a Christ, truly free to choose health, to choose the right partner, to choose the right philosophies, etc. etc.  This is freedom.  So freedom is not a condition of your mind, like true love is not a condition of your mind, like truth is not a condition of your mind–i.e., your mind only knows duality, light and dark, right or wrong, agree or disagree.  Stepping out of your mind then there is a place, which is not biased or conditioned, which is not a program or a memory; and this place is where one can know freedom, and where there is no ego.  This is why freedom and truth and pure love cannot be accessed by your mind, because they go beyond mind, they go beyond duality and its machinations.
When you live every day, in every aspect of your life, based on this truth you are free, and when you are free you are Enlightened, truly Awakened.  Enlightenment is to see!  Enlightenment is seeing the truth and becoming the truth–in the way you think daily, in the way you eat, in the way you behave, you are able to be love and rise ever in love–i.e., you understand daily the difference between love and desire, and between intellect and intelligence, and between imagination and truth.
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Like the wolf.

A wolf–alone, individual, constant, patient, following his own.
So, losing and winning is based on competition, right…??  Losing and winning are concepts born out of comparison.  You watch others, you covet what others have, you desire to be like them and enjoy like them, you formed attachment and addiction to these ideas and views; so you compare and destroy your uniqueness, because in your mind competition broods as the only reality, the only way to better yourself and your life, and because your mind is infected now by this outer influence.  And, of course, this brings fear to the mind.  Can you see how this mindset brings fear…??

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Fear of not being good enough to achieve what you want, fear of so-called “failure,” fear of being mocked by others for not achieving, fear of feeling inferior, and the fears go on and on.  And this brings mighty pressure on you, your mind is now on struggling mode and you are not really enjoying the moment because your mind is upon what you could win or lose in a future; this obviously brings suffering, this puts you in a bad and tense mood because you are playing to win and you cannot do less than winning–so you must be always on and reactive, guarded and ready to strike at any moment.  But what of the pressure…??  The pressure is not only psychological but now is felt all over your body, and your immune system gets compromised, your energy in time is less because to compete and have this intense thinking you must use great amounts of energy.

And perhaps thoughts of quitting pop up in your mind…??  Who knows.  But if you do quit you feel beaten down, like a loser, like you missed on some great opportunity which you will never have again.  Are you starting to get the image…??…  Of course, if you are going to go for what you want, go for it, you are here on earth for it; however, don’t do it out of following society and to be obedient to a pattern, to be like somebody else and have what they have–only idiots do this.  And you are not an idiot, are you…??  Or maybe you are.  Only you know that in the recesses of your own mind, so explore it and find out.  Take the trip in silence, connect to your higher self.  Don’t agree or disagree with me.  Who cares about being right?! 
The truth is the only thing which matters here, so wake up to it!  And understand that life is your playground, but you must meditate, inquire within and discover how to play; if you play, do it for yourself, not out of competition or to be like the rest, so you never quit, so you keep going and enjoying all you experience.
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The game.

People make the mistake to seek themselves in society–in their relationships, in their jobs, in their religions, and in all their particular activities.  This is to put on masks and try to fit in and find your love, your happiness here; however, these are the lies people live and tell themselves every day.  Because these are mere things, as important as they can be to you, superficial things you do, experiences of the human games you are here to play; but still you are searching for yourself in the wrong places where nothing of eternal substance can be found…

“The game.”

I was blind and my foothold very weak,
I thought me as superior in my own eyes,
I felt saved, proud, safe in a crooked path
Where I had you through painful choices.
I did not see myself in this game but a lie
Which grew in me and cut my freedom,
A game where I constantly seek and seek,
In you, In them, some love, some happiness,
A way to express myself through my masks;
But soon it swallowed me and kept me away
In spite of my bouts of anger and frustration,
In spite of my desires to be mended by you.
But I finally discovered myself in the mirror,
Aging, deceived, broken–but alas awake!
Thus awake with a light I hadn’t seen before,
Such brightness which took me past the mask,
Past societies, past cultures, past seeking.
And now I saw you, dear, for who you were,
My partner, not my savior or my source of love;
And I saw me, I saw how illumined I was,
what I was, and who I needed to be for me.
Yes, I contemplated my role and my worth
Far beyond society’s many false arguments.
Who was I…?? Thunder came, lightning shot,
Then I knew who I was, and who you were too…


 

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Unique Art.

I think that too many people are just existing for the sake of getting through the day, through the week, through the year; or worse yet, people are just expecting situations to change and so they are not being the best they can be.  Their minds are located in their current problems, pressures of this and that, and they are ignorantly praying and desiring for better things, for better days, for happier days to come.  They are not really putting all their good vibes and energy, their best moods and pure hearts, into the task at hand, into what they are doing each minute of each day–i.e., into their communications with somebody else, into their self-talks, into their jobs, into their ideas, into their ways of affection towards somebody important for them, into their arts, into their alone moments, and into all activities.
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And can you not see that this is exactly the reason for any fear and lack of confidence to fester in the mind…??  Love and happiness is in how much energy and discipline/attention you put into whatever you do:  If you put all your energy and attention into your job (into the details of it without complaining), you will soon get used to it and find love in that.  If you put attention and all your energy in all aspects of a relationship, soon your mind will erase the flaws of your partner and you will become more caring and mature in the ways you express your love.  If you feel alone, neglected, but you begin to discipline your mind into putting all your energy into yourself and into activities for yourself, you will soon feel whole, working for yourself, and too busy loving yourself to feel alone and neglected.  So put all your attention and energy into whatever you do, all the time, even into things which you do not consider important–like cleaning, shopping, drawing, writing, taking the bus, walking by yourself, walking the dog, usual conversations, etc. etc.
Putting all your heart and soul into these things, in my own experience I know, will soon give you the inner strength to rise above all fears you may have; because life is a true celebration as you enjoy each moment (whatever that moment is), but when you neglect the moment then your attention wanders into overthinking and depression.  And art is just that, being extremely creative and unique in whatever you are doing.  See, popular art might be painting, dancing, acting, sculpting, making music; however, anything in life can be transformed into art, because art is what brings you love and happiness, what makes you say “I am unique and great!”
You can love somebody, or something you do daily, as an ordinary and mediocre person does, like most people, and so fall into hate, jealousy, sadness, feelings of worthlessness, and the rest of the nonsense; or you can love somebody, or something you do daily, as a true art form, uniquely of yourself as a superior human being who creates with his divine energy and wonderful creativity…  And it is all in your hands.  And it is all up to you…
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Wanderer, find your place.

You must understand that your mind as it is right now, stubborn, filled of lazy and comfortable thinking, attached to people and things, lacking in conscience of truth, is your own prison, your own source of frustration, your own hell.  The fact that you have financial difficulties, relationship problems, problems with the law, neglect by people, an unhealthy lifestyle–these are nothing compared to your mind, and these are even worsened by you mind.  And your mind is the content of your everyday interaction with society–its influence on foods, on clothing, on beliefs, on “truth,” on “love,” on sex, on happiness, on creativity, on freedom. 
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Nothing is unique, but everything is taught by others–i.e., given to you consciously or subconsciously.  To acquire a conscience you must walk away from all this influence.  You must eat what is better for your health, not for your ego.  You must love without expecting and without fear, always remaining opened emotionally and without following a set pattern on what society says love is.  You must stop before you react emotionally, be patient, really inquire and meditate on what you are about to say and do.  You must accept that all sentient beings’ life is in their emotional bodies, not on how they look and not on their intellect; so, a pig, a cow, a dog, a Muslim, a Christian, you, me, is all the same life–all feel neglect, all feel lonely, all feel hated, all feel pain, all feel happiness, all feel love.  And you must understand that freedom is not measured or created by your environment or by your rights in the constitution, or by your culture or government, or by any other scheme outside of you or even any scheme created by your own thinking.
Remember an untamed mind is your prison, always will be.  It is designed to be that way, so you can go beyond mind and discover what freedom really is.  Don’t seek it in society.  Don’t seek it in people.  Don’t ask over and over again where to seek it.  You know where it is!  Leave all of society and its influence and you shall be illumined to heights you do not even understand right now.
Once your body and mind become stronger and healthier and you follow only truth within yourself far beyond your ego’s schemes, then you will wander like a lonely beggar no more and you will really understand all that I write to you here.
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You tend to seek out there, wander in the world and follow society and all their structures without questioning and without knowing the truth–you wear what they wear, you eat what they eat, for you love is whatever others believe love is, you want to be rich and popular like others, etc.   This ignorant activity creates masks, and below you hide your demons–your anger, your frustration, your jealousy, you lack of love, etc.  You must take care of your own demons instead of following society and focusing on being like them.

 


 

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Knowing.

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Information based on imagination and traditions, stories of aliens and angels, and things in the Bible which supposedly happened a long time ago are not fact; but these are machinations of the ego, grandiose nonsense from people who live in fear of the unknown, so inventing something which entertains or fulfills an expectation from the ignorant readers appears to be profitable.  And the human mind, the selfish ego is always seeking something fantastical, always seeking answers and ways to mentally experience what it doesn’t understand. 
And this is exactly what is keeping you in the dream, because all these fantasies and things which are really unproven are no more than false knowledge; entertaining, imaginative, but false knowledge which is corrupting a clear mind.  People’s minds are their sanctuary, or should be their sanctuary; a place of worship of truth, factual truth, and a place where they can find freedom and refuge from the nonsense going on in the world–from politics, from wars, from personal problems, from painful memories, etc.  But there can be no sacredness, no sacred place to visit, if the mind is a den of imaginative deities and stories influenced by really ordinary people who lack self-knowledge.
Because when you have true self-knowledge, you stop seeking and inventing things and stories based on imagination and popular stupidity.   You must rise above all this and find the truth which you can see and prove, like the energy of the Sun you can feel giving you life, or the fact that you are made of eternal energy living inside each one of your atoms.  Question, always question, meditate on everything and anything you read; question even what you are reading right now and that which is popular knowledge–specially popular knowledge, because the rabble tends to feed themselves unproven garbage as they follow society.
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And when it comes to spirituality, there are a lot of false and popular things going around; mostly because so-called “spiritual” people tend to live in the clouds and dream about other dimensions, life after death, and things which they have read and formed beliefs out of ignorance…  “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.” Stephen Hawking…
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That game which ruins you…

What is politics…??  Isn’t it a form of control and dominance created by the ignorance of the mind…??  This sickness rules the ego even when you think you are free from it, doesn’t it…??
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Politics refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance–popularly known by the rabble as organized control over a human community, particularly a state.  But, you see, politics is not just of the politicians and the government structures; but politics is a design of the ego of the unawakened man–i.e., a sickness which rules the life of people, a mind conditioning that has been there your whole life ruling your relationships, ruling your decision-making, ruling your behaviors, robbing you from freedom and enslaving your mind to an old pattern of control and obsession without your awareness.  You compare yourself to others, you want to reach certain wealth or higher position in society, you want your relationships to be like others because to be like others means for you that it is normal, you want control over every situation in your life and control over others as well–i.e., specially if you are a man; stubbornness and violence broods in man’s mind, control over the future and control over a woman.
This childish and ignorant game of the rabble is ambition, obsession, corruption–a way to enslave your mind and blind you from any love and freedom.  And this is the opposite of letting go because in this nonsense your mind becomes attached to any form of power, to any activity of your ego designed to make yourself feel superior.  The mistake here is that when there exists superiority, it also exists inferiority; so any form of greed corrupts and brings destruction to your character, to your conscience.  And this has been programed into you since you were born, since you opened your eyes for the first time and saw your mom and dad fight or argue–i.e., you saw superiority and inferiority, a violent pattern of behavior, someone trying to rule over the other. 
And then you grew up and your mind became infected with controlling relationships, with sexual games over the other gender, with claims and beliefs of superiority of your culture and skin color, with the comparison between you and the wealthy people you see on TV, etc. etc.  Can you really not see this sick pattern infecting your mind right now…??  It is all a game of mental violence and comparison to see who is superior and who is inferior.  “Well, men are certainly superior than women because men have a penis and big and powerful muscles.”  “No, women are superior because women give birth and are more connected to their emotions.”  “The more educated man is superior than the less educated one.”  “White people is the superior race!”  “I have to become competitive and ambitious like those men so I become wealthy and popular like them.” 
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It is all a program in your mind, a subconscious one, and you must get rid of it if you are to become an individual with freedom and uniqueness…  You cannot become awakened without deleting this mental conditioning…

 

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