Passing blame is easy but disempowering accepting responsibility is tough but empowering Whenever things go wrong, our mind naturally looks for a scapegoat. We want [...]
More dangerous than the enemies that threaten are the enemies that tempt Suppose we are fighting a war. We will be on guard against those [...]
Impurity needs to be feared before it can be found found before it can be fought and fought before it can be finished Suppose a [...]
In some comedy shows, some people do stunningly stupid things, repeatedly. Seeing their stupidity can be hilarious. Sadly, many people’s real lives are not much [...]
If we are tormented by strong conscience and weak willpower the solution is strengthening willpower not weakening conscience We all face situations in our life [...]
Even if we cover the tracks we make externally the tracks we make internally still cover us Suppose we wanted to hide what we are [...]
To get out of the mind go above it to the soul or go below it to the body The mind can be a deadly [...]
Mind your mind to know when it is in order when on the border and when out of order Suppose we use a laptop for [...]
Seeking to understand our nature won’t box us in it will reveal the box we are already in Some people resist any system of categorization [...]
To be responsible means to stop blaming the outer trigger for the inner trouble Suppose we feel tempted by someone who wears revealing clothes. Or [...]
The mind is like ice to truth and fire to lies The mind is meant to serve as a tool for us souls to perceive [...]
Ask not why bad things happen to good people ask what good people do when bad things happen to them One of the oldest philosophical [...]
The mind often recasts antipathy as inability - what it doesn’t want to do it presents as if it can’t do Suppose a child doesn’t [...]
The media is mostly the mind multiplied magnified & magnetized Whenever some people hear of shocking instances of brutality or perversity, they hold the media [...]
Those who underestimate their mind undermine their intelligence Suppose a country has a hostile neighbor. If they underestimate their neighbor, they will not pay attention [...]
For inner change momentum matters more than movement Suppose we strive to improve ourselves in some area, but fail repeatedly. We may feel disheartened, “There [...]
As long as we don’t mine under the mind the mind will undermine us Suppose someone is digging for buried gold. If they find iron [...]
Life becomes meaningless not when we tire of life's problems but when we tire of life's pleasures Gita 03.16 When we face many problems repeatedly, [...]
Obscenity is objectionable not because it shows too much of a person but because it shows too little and obsesses people with the too little [...]
If we are robbed repeatedly by the same suspect it is our intelligence that is suspect Suppose we are robbed and the prime suspect is [...]
Resilience comes when we accept what is unchangeable but don't accept that everything is unchangeable What makes some people resilient and some people weak? It’s [...]
