Conventional wisdom tells us that “If you pray for rain you must be ready & willing to deal with the mud”, and yet the Soul knows that it is praying to be free from pain that is the birthplace of all our suffering; and that it is stepping boldly into our discomforts that is the […]
Conventional wisdom tells us that “It is better to do right than to be right”, and yet the Soul knows that the only way to be Right yourself is to do Right by others …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “You are not what you think your are; you are what you think”, and yet the Soul knows that we are actually only half of what we actually think we are … and all of what we actually DO …
Conventional wisdom tells us “Don’t just find someone you can live with; find someone you can’t live without”, and yet the Soul knows differently — that if you cannot live without another person, you cannot Live with them either; indeed, that if you cannot live without any product or any person or any thing, you […]
Conventional wisdom tells us “If you can’t be nice, be vague”, and yet the Soul knows that hollow showings of politeness and superficial acts of friendliness bring only distance & confusion; that only silent acts of Kindness can pierce the ego’s fog …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The ax forgets, while the tree remembers”, and yet the Soul knows that while humankind worships conditional “love” — and thus remembers to begrudge; Nature knows LOVE’s unconditional perfection — and thus remembers to forgive …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “It’s easier to ask for permission than it is to ask for forgiveness”, and yet the Soul knows that it is impossible to receive Love perfectly without giving perfect Love; and that it is impossible to give that perfect Love while desiring any form of it in return …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The fastest way to receive love is to give love”, and yet the Soul knows that it is impossible to truly receive Love without selflessly giving It, and that it is impossible to give Love selflessly to others without simultaneously giving It to one’s Self …
Conventional wisdom tells us to “Never underestimate your enemies”, and yet the Soul knows that to see our enemies as enemies IS to underestimate them … (Do more than merely imagine … World Peace starts with You.)
Conventional wisdom tells us that “An open mind is like a castle with no defenses; one with its doors unlocked and its windows unshuttered”, and yet the Soul knows that before we can walk any Path of Truth, we must first choose to leave all our fortresses of comfort behind, and abandon our citadels of […]
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”, and yet the Soul knows that luck is ever-fickle — ruled as it is by the brittle forces of hope & happenstance. Fate, on the other hand, is a friendly force most readily bent – willingly folded & happily shaped by every […]
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