Something to Think About

Have you ever wondered what “I” means? We say I am, I did, I have and so on. Is it your name? Your personality? Or could it be that “I” is another name for God? It is something to think about.

The dictionary defines the word spend as: to use up, exhaust, consume, or wear out. Now apply the word spend to I spend my money…I spend my time…. We wonder why we never seem to have enough money or enough time. It is something to think about. Why not change it to I invest my time or I invest my money. It’s something to think about.

Have you ever wondered what your life would be if you had no shoulds and no should nots? Think about it. How would you live your life?

What benefits do you reap with every negative thought or emotion you think or send? What if you sent out thoughts of love or do an act of kindness to someone and also to yourself? What would be your loss? To give up negativity you would lose stress, anger, sadness, fear, lack to name a few. What would you gain? It’s something to think about.

An ancient Chinese proverb says: Consider the patience of a mulberry leaf in order for it to become a silken garment.

Water without movement becomes stagnant. The same applies to the mind. It’s something to think about.

There is an old saying: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink… Perhaps this means we have free will in every aspect of our life. It’s something to think about.

An interesting observation is that the sun is referred to as a he, whereas the moon is referred to as a she. Therefore why is it we are told there is a man in the moon? Have you ever wondered why? It’s something to think about.

Why is it that when we first hear of a new concept or a new philosophy it sounds like a foreign language? It is only when we persist to know, do we decipher and understand.

How can you tell if someone walking and breathing is dead inside? Look into their eyes. There is no one home.

The decline of a civilization is not a sudden happening. It is a slow insidious erosion and arrives at a dead end. When we become aware of the decline is when we begin to observe misplaced priorities along with the erosion of personal values and morals. When there is an emphasis placed on sensual pleasure, greed, power, war, and hypocrisy, then no civilization can last. It’s something to think about.

What do you think happens when you wake up one morning and realize you are no longer a victim and have never been? That on some levels you created it all? It means you have become born again and are expanding your mind and that is when you begin to truly live. It’s something to think about.

Do you know what makes a rare individual? It is stepping away from the sheep. In other words you are no longer a sheeple because you have developed your own mind.

Change is the metamorphosis of human into the realization of being an aspect of God. It is similar to the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. Have you ever wondered if the caterpillar experienced pain in its transformation? It’s something to think about.

The greatest opiates to the human brain are religions, television, competitive games, addictions to alcohol, drugs and the news media because in them there is no room for the expansion of Mind. It’s something to think about.

A philosopher is nothing more than a magnificent filing cabinet. It contains a vast amount of information with very little or no experience.

What is a wise woman? What is a wise man? Each is one who has lived life and gained the jewel of wisdom from each experience.

A wise woman and a wise man prepares and tends the soil of their mind without fertilizing it with toxic thoughts.

What is the greatest scapegoat created by man? Who else but Satan or the Devil. Both wield an immense power because man has placed the responsibility for his errors and evils on an illusion outside of himself. If Satan or the Devil were to exist, it would mean we have two Gods. The God of Evil and the God of Good. It is something to think about.

What is compassion? It is having the ability to observe from the Bigger Self instead of reacting from the emotions of the smaller self.