July 26, 2006
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More
A large part our lives is consumed by an obsessive preoccupation with more. When we no longer feel the lives that we are, we are likely to try to fill up our lives with more of everything; more is better. The ego satisfaction is short-lived so we keep looking for more, more, and more. We need to check our driving for more. An uncheck driving for more for endless growth is a disease. It is the same disease the cancerous cell manifest. The cancerous cell only goal is to multiply itself, unaware that it is bringing about its own destruction by destroying the organism of which it is apart.
As a spiritual practice, we should investigate our relationship with more, especially in the world of things through self observation, particularly, things that are designated with the word “My.” We need to be alert and honest to find out whether our sense of self worth is bound up with the things we possessed. Do certain things induce the feeling of important and superiority? Does the lack of them make us feel inferior to others who have more than we are? Do we casually mention things we own or show them off to increase our sense of worth in someone else’s eye and in your own eyes? Do we feel angry when someone else has more than we do? Do we feel angry when we loose a possession?
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One who has enough is the richest.
I like this trim. there was a taoist quote that i think i’ll paraphrase…
“The scolar learns something everyday. The taoist unlearns something everyday.”
A lot of emphasis is put on more and growth when we tend to ignore the fall season.. The shedding of the leaves… and the bare winter seasons that seem to round off and balance everything. Food for thought. Great midday munchie. Thanks. =)
if you put water in a cup with a hole at the bottom the water falls right through. This is precisely the problem most of humanity is facing.
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I need to be more spiritual.
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At home we are moving all the rooms to different areas. (The front bedroom to the back bedroom, the storage room to the middle bedroom, the game room to the breakfast room, etc.) We are in chaos. In the process we have all become obsessed with just the opposite. LESS. LESS. LESS. At this point it is hard to even think about why anyone could possibly want to add to all the clutter of their lives. The older I get the more I realise the value of Keeping Life Simple. Saves a lot of headaches.