Maxim #185: discarding desire
Conventional wisdom tells us that “She who does not ask for little does not deserve much”, and yet the Soul knows that to wish for more is to discard all that has already been given …
Maxim #186: returning to Here
Conventional wisdom tells us that “It is better to ask the way two times than to lose your way once”, and yet the Soul knows that asking the way to somewhere else is to immediately lose the path that leads to where you already Are …
Maxim #187: Faith in The Way
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The believer is happy; the doubter is wise”, and yet the Soul knows that to believe anything with certainty is to castrate one’s Faith therein, and that to doubt The Way of Love — no matter how dark & foreboding it appears — is to stray from all Truth & […]
Maxim #188: facing whatever arrives
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The soft answer turns away wrath”, and yet the Soul knows that to turn away from the wrathful (and all others otherwise “undeserving”) is to abandon our greatest Blessing …
Maxim #189: it takes a Village
Conventional wisdom says that “It takes a village to raise a child”, and yet the Soul knows the far more potent Truth — that only when its children are raised to be Kind does a village become a real Community …
Maxim #190: Light Work
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Many hands make for light work”, and yet the Soul knows that all work that is easy invariably makes for weak hands …
Maxim #191: the character of Friendship
Conventional wisdom tells us “Show me your friends and I will show you your character”, and yet the Soul knows that a character that distinguishes “friend” from “enemy” is a character not worth knowing at all …
Maxim #192: on Giving & Receiving
Conventional wisdom tells us that “What you give, you receive ten times over”, and yet the Soul knows that there can be no Good truly given while pondering what “good” might return thereby …
Maxim #193: the Sun’s silver lining
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Every cloud has a silver lining”, and yet the Soul knows that there is actually no such thing — that the Sun shines without fail through all clouds onto all beings in every moment …
Maxim #194: impossible to fail
Conventional wisdom tells us that we are to “Act as though it were impossible to fail”, and yet the Soul knows that as long as we do indeed act, it IS impossible to fail … for it is choosing not to act that is the only real failure …
Maxim #195: true Riches
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Anyone who has riches but doesn’t cherish them will soon be poor”, and yet the Soul knows that we are all already fully Blessed, and that anyone who longs for more immediately knows a poverty deeper & most complete …
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