Not only do the Balinese make offerings to honor the gods, but they also satisfy the demons; they place similar baskets on the ground (named segehans), the only difference being that they may contain rotten food and…cigarettes!
“Most philosophical problems are to be solved by getting rid of them, by coming to the point where you see that such questions as “Why this universe?” are a kind of intellectual neurosis, a misuse of words…”
While studying people from all walks of life, forensic psychology experts observed “The way that people do one thing is the way that they do everything.” This means that your default behavior system is nothing if not consistent.
She looked me straight in the eye and told me: you live a lie. Funny enough, I had told her nothing about my life, self-talk, and beliefs. She just saw through me and told me the cold, painful truth: I was lying to myself.
I was a brilliant student, but wild. Eager to impress, play, love and hate, beat the shit out of everyone I loved while defending them in front of others to death.
Be sensible in sharing, and the Universe will shoot better stories at you. Share the good, the pleasant, give plenty of success accounts and stop blurting out negativity. Stop encouraging gossip, fear and panic. Put your own fears to rest first, and the world will become a better place. Speak less words and you’ll lie less.
Stop gossiping today. Focus and meditate all the time. Try self-help books and yoga classes to discover your true potential. Good and bad are just interpretations of reality, so live your life in your own flow, not according to what others tell you. See what others see in you and slow down. Trust everyone and everything. Drive mindfully. Set goals and don’t achieve them.
When you slow down with or without practicing meditation using a safe space as a reset button, make lists and pay mindful attention, new opportunities for happiness arise. Your ultimate purpose is to live a happy life, so being content with less material possessions, finding joy, balance, reframing situations, re-writing old learned patterns, and freeing yourself from guilt and anger helps you built a rich and meaningful human experience.
I am not against meditation with the purpose of alleviating general suffering. I find it noble. But when I do not understand that pain, I cannot express genuine compassion. It makes me feel like a fraud.
Poem written in February 2020 in response to a “Friday Fix” (Medium publication) prompt. My 50 character piece is an artistic reaction to an excerpt from “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry.
