At the end of our primal curiosity begins realization.
Absolutely everything has a shelf life, if this were'nt a fact then eternity would be within our grasp.
Outside of the present moment we control nothing, anyone thinking otherwise is only weak.
Each and every moment of life is the drop that makes up the cosmic ocean of life.
Every individual adds to the ocean and has an effect on the ocean but no one owns the ocean.
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I really liked one line in there –“Be selfish to be truly selfless, be determined but yet flexible, be ambitious and compassionate.”
It sounds pretty simple but it is really really tough to be. The balancing act that we do every single day sadly doesn’t come with a user manual. It’s all about choice isn’t it? When I was little I had a story book on three kids who go on an adventure in a hot air balloon. After every chapter I could move onto 2 different endings and so on. So every time the story would never end in a different way. The power of choice. Becomes more complex with life, we don’t have 2 endings; we just have an infinite number now. We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
And we just need to get to the carrot. The children in the story need to get home.
You have me reading up more on Ashla and Bogan now…
As of today, I feel that good and evil are merely points of view. When I am looking for answers, I read Gibran.
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And The Prophet has this to say:
And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil."
And he answered:
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?
Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters.
You are good when you are one with yourself.
Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil.
For a divided house is not a den of thieves; it is only a divided house.
And a ship without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the bottom.
You are good when you strive to give of yourself.
Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself.
For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast.
Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, "Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance."
For to the fruit giving is a need, as receiving is a need to the root.
You are good when you are fully awake in your speech,
Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose.
And even stumbling speech may strengthen a weak tongue.
You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps.
Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping.
Even those who limp go not backward.
But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.
You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good,
You are only loitering and sluggard.
Pity that the stags cannot teach swiftness to the turtles.
In your longing for your giant self lies your goodness: and that longing is in all of you.
But in some of you that longing is a torrent rushing with might to the sea, carrying the secrets of the hillsides and the songs of the forest.
And in others it is a flat stream that loses itself in angles and bends and lingers before it reaches the shore.
But let not him who longs much say to him who longs little, "Wherefore are you slow and halting?"
For the truly good ask not the naked, "Where is your garment?" nor the houseless, "What has befallen your house?"
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