Life is full of what could be a possibility to put you toward a better path. And looking deeply into it, you can see it is a perspective toward truth and gives you a guideline to follow.
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The Lighthouse From Within
The sea of human life is anything but the ordinary in the eyes of an adventurer. However, the horizon is something different from the usual. It is more than just a crossing of a line between the sea and sky. It is diving into the unknown.
Continue reading “The Lighthouse From Within”Yourself Now Beyond the Temporary
There is a manner of appearance not just the clothes you have or a shiny car or things you may come across in a material attire. These things come and go. They are temporal and change between your likes and dislikes.
Continue reading “Yourself Now Beyond the Temporary”Sincerely Questioning a Mystery
There is a mystery in life that opens itself up when you are readily open to it. While there are many questions in life, most of which are difficult to address without giving a good understanding in its context. Only when you sincerely question it, is when you can find what it is all about.
Continue reading “Sincerely Questioning a Mystery”Work of Art
There is a work of art that we all have the ability to do. Art has a diverse range in the expression of the human potential. It involves creating visual, auditory, and performance. However it is not limited to only these categories. It is within the creator’s imagination, conceptual ideas, or technical skills that express the power of beauty, emotion, and spirit.
Continue reading “Work of Art”The Allegory of the Cave
Do you recall the Allegory of the Cave by Plato? This is a depiction of reality showing one’s experience from a narrow perspective to a much broader view of life. Here is a story that can help describe the tale.
Continue reading “The Allegory of the Cave”Power and Control
There are things that are within our power, and things that fall outside our power. – Epictetus
The first paragraph of the “Manual” or called the “Handbook” written by Epictetus describes that there is a power that is within us. This power is not on the mere surface of brute physical strength as some may think about. Its not the power to outplay another in a game of wits in some sports match. No more it is the power to climb over some financial struggle. Perhaps a power to defeat evil in terms of good sounds seems abit fanatical, a bit over the top.
Build Essential
During the recent events of the widespread virus, there has been concerns to lockdown cities so to prevent further spreading. While that became in place, the city ordinances declared that only essential businesses can be performed. Non-essential businesses cannot. This gave a sudden turn of events for many city folk within the city limits. Since this was in effect with some working and many not, what is the city to do? They cannot do what they usually do or at least for entertainment such as movie theaters, bars or nightclubs, amusement parks, and other retail. Well at least not so openly in the public as it was in the recent past. Well, they could at home think of ways to entertain. However, the point is to cease the spread of the virus.
Processing the Day
During the day, we go through a process from home to work and in between. While we ought to put our efforts in what is necessary, often we find ourselves doing other things that could deter, fragment, or drain ourselves in the long run of the day. Therefore suppose the process of our day could break up to micro processes. Many of them lie between the conjunctions from one task to another and also could be littered throughout. There are many micro processes between our work and life routine.
Steady the Moving Mind
There is a serious overload of activity during the day. Somehow the combination of things to get done can be mountainous. From one thing to the next, it seems the usual pattern. There are many victims that have this issue.
As soon as the alarm wakes you up, you begin the race of the day. Somehow you gear towards what is next. A series of activities launch one after the other from getting ready for work, working, going home, and even on breaks you remain on some type of movement.
This is only the tip of the iceberg. At home, there are dozens of things to do and even more so trying to squeeze something else into the morning activities. Go Go Go! For some reason, this is the mindset. Did you forget some R. R.?