I had a very enlightening conversation with someone today. And was given very good feedback. I was told i had changed... i guess in some ways drastically.
I'd have to agree.... It was easy to be all spiritual when there was time. When my mornings were not a get out of bed and go to work or get home, bathe and sleep routine. Now a days, i actually have to motivate myself to burn incense at the alter, when previously i was critical on how it should be done, in a certain manner, a certain time...
What has changed i wonder? Has my focus in life taken a new direction? Is this part of my journey into discovering myself? I do recall periods of time when my intense need to soul search varied from nothing to deligent retreat. Perhaps it's time again. After all.... it has been 4 years since i focused fully on inner practice.
Have i really changed? Have i become a crook, focused on my fears and money? For sure, the free spirited me is still present and unchanged, and feeling the pressure of having my wings clipped. I still want to heal and do good...
Perhaps it's really time i contemplated on my methods..........
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Misconceptions
With the current events happening in my home country, i can't help but to reflect on my own thoughts and actions.
Here we have a blanket banning of an event meant to create awareness and tolerance,
And on the other end we have prejudice and intolerance.
Fixed views i call it.
I wonder how often this happens in our everyday lives, when our views become fixed.
And how easy it is to judge when our thoughts are made up about the people around us.
As much as we may think that we are open minded, we.... in the deepest sense are not.
We are still confined to our thought and opinions, conditioned by books, society, education and the media etc..
We are constantly judging, knowingly or unknowingly, when we criticize another's work, or how they do their work our judgements are endless.. In a society driven by instant results and gains, it definitely is a skill to be able to put our discriminations aside.
Even more then ever when we are constantly having to face discriminations of our own.
Question is.... do we have the self awareness to not discriminate and choose to view the world with compassion? How many of us consciously make an effort not to discriminate?
Here we have a blanket banning of an event meant to create awareness and tolerance,
And on the other end we have prejudice and intolerance.
Fixed views i call it.
I wonder how often this happens in our everyday lives, when our views become fixed.
And how easy it is to judge when our thoughts are made up about the people around us.
As much as we may think that we are open minded, we.... in the deepest sense are not.
We are still confined to our thought and opinions, conditioned by books, society, education and the media etc..
We are constantly judging, knowingly or unknowingly, when we criticize another's work, or how they do their work our judgements are endless.. In a society driven by instant results and gains, it definitely is a skill to be able to put our discriminations aside.
Even more then ever when we are constantly having to face discriminations of our own.
Question is.... do we have the self awareness to not discriminate and choose to view the world with compassion? How many of us consciously make an effort not to discriminate?
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