The mind is like ice to truth and fire to lies
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If we justify our weaknesses by comparing ourselves with those who are weaker we weaken our motivation to rectify ourselves Suppose we have a weakness, [...]
An impurity censor makes no sense to those who don't have even an impurity sensor An impurity censor refers to some regulator that filters out [...]
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 [...]
The mind makes us spin like dirty laundry and leaves us dirtier Our mind is extremely powerful and restless. Through its thoughts, it can go [...]
Watch the mind or the mind will catch you Suppose we are living in a high crime locality where thieves will catch and steal from [...]
The wild mind will make us homeless at home Our mind is extremely powerful and restless. Through its thoughts, It can go from one end [...]
Resenting reversals locks us in ignorance accepting reversals opens the door to transcendence When things start going wrong, we often feel resentful: ‘Why is this [...]
Our belief system doesn’t just shape our perception of reality - it becomes our reality What we believe, that we perceive. This is a well-known [...]
More important than understanding what we observe is understanding what it is that observes Every day, and indeed at every moment, many things pass through [...]
Commitment is emotional investment attachment is emotional dependence During the course of our relationship with our loved ones, we may get the question: How can [...]
Complaining is no one’s birthright – and it has made no one’s birth right Some people are chronic complainers. They self-righteously justify their negativity, irritability [...]
Be terrified about how terrible you can be to never become that terrible Suppose we read about some people doing terrible things, such as terrorists [...]
We can never start in our life unless we start with our life Suppose we wanted to walk somewhere, but somehow took several wrong turns [...]
Thinking that thinking is troublesome is troublesome Some people avoid thinking about life’s big questions such as: “What is life meant for? What happens after [...]
Even if our worldview stays out of view it shapes our every view Suppose a beautiful bird is seen in the sky. A nature lover [...]
When the mind believes something is enjoyable it stops evaluating whether it is actually enjoyable Our mind often works like a programmed device, giving particular [...]
Conscience without intelligence is blunt intelligence without conscience is numb Conscience and intelligence are two vital components of our inner defense mechanism. Whenever we feel [...]