Maxim #93: true Success
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Failing to plan is planning to fail”, and yet the Soul knows otherwise — that to plan for the future is always to fail in the present …
Maxim #94: Unstuck in the Middle
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Every stick has two ends”, and yet the Soul reminds us that every stick also has only one Center …
Maxim #95: fire with Fire
Conventional wisdom tells us to “Fight fire with fire”, and yet the Soul reminds us that in every single conflict, it is the fighting itself that IS the fire …
Maxim #96: finders, keepers
Conventional wisdom says “Finders, keepers … Losers, weepers”, and yet the Soul knows that the only thing worth keeping is the thing that need never be found; that the only thing worth keeping is the desire to Give everything away …
Maxim #97: first Served
Conventional wisdom says “First come, first served”, and yet the Soul knows that serving others is our only true Arrival …
Maxim #98: lasting safety
Conventional wisdom says “Forewarned is forearmed”, and yet the Soul knows a very different Truth — that forewarned is actually fully misled …
Maxim #99: on forgiving & forgetting
Conventional wisdom says that we are to “Forgive and forget”, and yet the Soul knows that with regards to our enemies, we are always to remember to Forgive … and that with regards to ourSelves, we must always Forgive to re-member …
Maxim #100: favoring the Brave
Conventional wisdom says that “Fortune favors the brave”, and yet the Soul knows that any “wealth” attained via acts of aggressive bravery is actually poverty in disguise …
Maxim #101: Throwing the Rope
Conventional wisdom says “If you give a man enough rope he will hang himself”, and yet the Soul knows a different Truth: Give a man pure Love and there will be nothing left to hang …
Maxim #102: Can & Do
Conventional wisdom says that “He who can, does — He who cannot, teaches”, and yet the Soul understands that the true Master teaches by doing … and knows that Love unconditional is the only lesson worth imparting …
Maxim #103: living by the sword
Conventional wisdom says that “He who lives by the sword will one day die by the sword”, and yet the Soul knows that living by the sword IS dying by the sword …
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