The Art of Dealing with Reality
Here’s an analogy.
We are swordsmen.
The reality (life) around us is like the blade of the sword.
The handle of the sword is our inner state.
How our reality changes depends on how we control the sword.
We need to learn to control the sword and bring the flow of life.
This is an important lesson that we have to learn in life.
We have to learn when to let go and when to attach.
When the flow is there,
events of reality will come smoothly.
Things will manifest by themselves nicely,
even people around us will smile at us for no reason.
When the flow become stagnant
we might face various negative events in life.
Life is like the art of swordplay.
It is about how well your consciousness can control the sword.
When you can control your sword well,
you control not just controllable events,
but also events that seem uncontrollable like possibilities, outcomes, weather etc.
as everything is interconnected.
Be a good controller of your own sword
so that you can deal with reality well.
Whoa, deep Zen-like shit. Entries like this is almost a rarity these days.
Comment by Eliar Swiftfire — October 10, 2005 @ 3:41 am
simple things look deep because people tend to see things towards complexity.
It looks deep because people are analysing intuitive stuffs intelectually.
If you are to debate or analyse the following simple sentence, you will find it deep too :
“The snow falls
on the ground,
at its time”
Comment by Life Feel — October 10, 2005 @ 4:01 am
Dude, I want whatever you’re smoking.
Comment by anonymous — October 10, 2005 @ 7:17 am
We create our own reality–literally–through beliefs we hold. This life is only one of many that we live in a variety of times and places. The experiences–both pleasant and distressful–which we encounter are no more real than a dream and appear within our lives as educational devices to demonstrate the consequences of our actions.
Because the essence of the universe is love, we are safe and taken care of now and through eternity. We have on-going access to information about the nature of reality and our personal lives, but we must use our conscious minds to evaluate this information and to make decisions.
You create your reality according to your beliefs and expectations; therefore you should examine these carefully. If you do not like some aspect of your world, then examine your own expectations
Your world is formed in faithful replica of your own thoughts…If you think positive suggestions to yourself about a situation you send telepathic ammunition for positive use. You must learn to erase a negative thought or picture by replacing it with its opposite.
You form your own reality. But in forming that reality, you change other realities of which you do not know. The joy, the challenge, the responsibility, the creativity is yours.
You are, each of you, All-That-Is experienced through your own individuality, and the transubstantiation of your flesh.
You should tell yourself frequently
‘I will only react to constructive suggestions.’ This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.”
A negative thought, if not erased, will almost certainly result in a negative condition.
Say to yourself, ‘That is in the past. Now in this new moment, this new present, I am already beginning to change for the better.’
It does not do to repress negative thoughts, such as fears, angers, or resentment. They should be recognized, faced and replaced. Recognize resentment when it is felt, and then realize that resentment can be dismissed. Initial recognition must be made. Then you must imagine removing the resentment ‘by its roots’ and replacing it with a positive feeling.
You must watch the pictures that you paint with your imagination. Your environment and the conditions of your life at any given time are the direct result of your own inner expectations. If you imagine dire circumstances, ill health or desperate loneliness, these will be “automatically” materialized, for these thoughts themselves bring about the conditions that will give them a reality in physical terms. If you would have good health then you must imagine this as vividly as you fearfully imagine ill health
You create your own difficulties. This is true for each individual. The inner psychological state is projected outward, gaining physical reality -whatever the psychological state may be….You cannot escape your own attitudes, for they will form the nature of what you see. If changes are to occur, they must be mental and psychic changes. These will be reflected in your environment. Negative, distrustful, fearful, or degrading attitudes toward anyone work against the self
Comment by multidimid — October 10, 2005 @ 8:58 am
I think my head just exploded.
Comment by Eliar Swiftfire — October 10, 2005 @ 2:45 pm
Yes multidimid,
just want to add something.
You conscious choice defines your own world.
You shift reality every time you make conscious choice.
sometimes the shift is violent, if you are lucky enough to experience such “event”
So make your choice well.
Learn to shape your own world
Comment by Life Feel — October 10, 2005 @ 2:55 pm
A good controller of my sword I will be,
.Anyway, thanks for stopping by my blog. So are you a Feng Shui master or a great analogist? Good post! Now can you come up with something by using “an umbrella”?
Comment by humblewarrior — October 10, 2005 @ 3:48 pm
I am a 23 year old student
and my umbrella is in my bag
Comment by Life Feel — October 10, 2005 @ 3:51 pm
I assume you use it as a weapon rather than as a tool that keeps you from getting wet?
Comment by humblewarrior — October 11, 2005 @ 3:48 pm