the truth
the truth, into words, as I’ve experienced it
the truth
the truth, into words, as I’ve experienced it
I think everyone knows it’s possible. There’s a great Osho lecture, titled “The Attraction for Drugs Is Spiritual.” He talks about why do people do drugs (everything from alcohol to psychedelics to cannabis). They’re doing it to control their mental state. They’re doing it to control how they react. Some people drink because it helps them not care
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In order for a Man to truly cure anything, he must come face to face with the full gravity of the problem. For it is only then that a Sincere Motivation arises in his heart. S: And what is the gravity of the problem that he must see, Master? M: Not every man will be willing to see such a thing. But a few certainly will. He must recognize that his l
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If you merely escape mental pain and confusion with drugs, entertainment, sex, busy-ness, the painful problem is still there, compounded with exhaustion and addiction.
This was my teens and 20s
Anything can give one anything for a fleeting moment. Sitting in meditation, or even going for a walk can give one peace. But it does not last. That is the point.
Do we want things to be ever lasting or do we want things in the moment only and not forvever?
Please understand this: Man’s greatest dilemma is that he lives in a prison and he believes that he is free. The man who knows that he lives in a prison will find a way to break free of it. But the one who believes that he is free while being imprisoned will remained imprisoned forever.
Damn - is everything a prison?
Limiting one’s desires actually helps to cure one of fear. ‘Cease to hope,’ he says, ‘and you will cease to fear.’
Desire controls fear. Limit desire and limit fear
Because never in your life have you met a person who did not have a ‘message’ for you, or attempt to ‘lead’ you somewhere, or get you to ‘do something.’ Whether it was ‘for your own good’ or not. Regardless of whether it was benevolent, evil, well-intentioned, or holy.
Everything has been designed to lead us somewhere
My dear student, have you ever seen a Tree try to improve? Or a flower? Or a cloud? Or a bird? Or even the animal who roams the great forest? S: No, Master. M: Indeed. Man lives in a perpetual state of Not Knowing. He lives in a perpetual state of Not Understanding. And thus he suffers. And oh how he suffers. His entire existence is mired by one pa
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