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From The Study- a conversation of possibilities

A Common Humanity

A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Einstein 

From The Study...a conservation of possibilities

Is it possible...a common humanity?

Follow From The Study Series. We will begin exploring A Common Humanity and the possibility

of universal values. Can we identify our better impulses and act on them...just a conversation of possibility...Doc

Searching for answers...George Rodrique

"The yellow eyes are really the soul of the dog. He has this piercing stare. People say the dog keeps talking to them with the eyes, always saying something different. People who have seen a Blue Dog painting always remember it. They are really about life, about mankind searching for answers. The dog never changes position. He just stares at you. And you’re looking at him, looking for some answers, ‘Why are we here?,’ and he’s just looking back at you, wondering the same. The dog doesn’t know. You can see this longing in his eyes, this longing for love, answers."
— Rodrigue on the Blue Dog

From The Sea

  

Down by the Sea...29.5381*N, 81.2233* W

At dawn I chart my song
I call to all who live by the shore

I flung my net out into the sea
where the sand and silver shines its lyric lines

The waves begin to laugh as the helmsman sings
And I smile at the wrinkled shore and the salt from her soft green hair

Such are tales of ancient lore
As the helmsman chants his haunting song

Chant your song, make it loud and clear
So full of longing, the sea birds poise to hear

Never a fish have I caught so fair
Never a dream intangled in my nets have I seen

The helmsman answered, learn the secrets of the sea
Only the brave will comprehend its mystery

I smile at the wrinkled shore
Unraveling velvet flows of the maiden's hair

I held her close where at rest she would not be
I sang the helmsman's song for her beauty that I see

Helmsman, teach me that song till my heart is full
Tell me all the secrets of the sea

A joy to brief...then rolled away with the tide
Tomorrow...tomorrow I will again comprehend her mystery...

Doc

Sane Asylum Wisdom Series

"Teachings" are tools not truths; points of view that are laid aside once they have served their purpose. ~Carl Jung

A funny thing happened on the way to therapy...

"You might want to try and be more informed instead of just being opinionated."

Dr. Ego
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A funny thing happened on the way to therapy

Do we create the moment or does the moment create us---or--do they both create the opportunity for the synchronicity of awakening to who we are?

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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. ~  Ajahn Chah

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The Dokkodo or "The Way of Walking Alone" was written by Miyamoto Musashi one week before dying, for the occasion where Musashi was giving away his possessions in preparation for death.

It was given to Terao Magonojo, his most skilled disciple in Niten-Ichi-Ryu. After the Gorin-No-Sho, Dokkodo is the summary of Musashi's life, his will and his philosophy.

The 21 precepts of Dokkodo:

1. Accept everything just the way it is.
2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.
4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
5. Be detached from desire your whole life long.
6. Do not regret what you have done.
7. Never be jealous.
8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.
9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself or others.
10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.
11. In all things have no preferences.
12. Be indifferent to where you live.
13. Do not pursue the taste of good food.
14. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need.
15. Do not act following customary beliefs.
16. Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.
17. Do not fear death.
18. Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age.
19. Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help.
20. You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
21. Never stray from the Way.

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This "Self" (or ego) you possess, is composed of all the memories you have that you identify as belonging to "you," e.g. your name, your nationality, your political/religious beliefs, your life ambitions, what you've grown to like and dislike, and all the personality characteristics that are the result of your environmental experiences or genetics.

Most people go through life believing that they are this story, believing that they are the thoughts they are thinking, instead of the essence that is experiencing those thoughts.

Stopped To Ponder

When my soul fell into the hands of evil, it was defenseless except for the weak fishing rod which it could use, again with its power, to pull the fish from the sea of emptiness. ~Carl Jung, Liber Novus 

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