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Ignorance. The Curse of the World

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Ignorance perverts our desire to improve ourselves. When I talk of ignorance, it has nothing to do with stupidity. In a way, ignorance is very intelligent, but it is an intelligence that works exclusively in one direction, that is, we react exclusively to our projections instead of simply seeing what there is.

Ignorance is the ability to recognise the true nature of things and the law of cause and effect which governs happiness and suffering. Supporters of ethnic cleansing for instance, claim that they want to build the best of all possible worlds, and some appear to be deeply convinced of the rightness of their abomination. As unhealthy as it seems by sowing death and destruction those who satisfy their selfish impulses at the expense of others expect their actions to bring them a certain degree of gratification.

Those who are cruel, obsessed, self-righteous or conceited are still blindly pursuing happiness while being completely unaware of its true nature.

The only way to dispel this basic ignorance is through opening our minds to knowledge. It also involves the application of that knowledge, to begin to understand which thoughts, words, and actions inevitably lead to pain; and which contribute to well-being.

Of course, such an approach requires that we first come to see that something is not quite right with our way of being and acting. We then need to feel a burning desire to change.

On Trusting Others

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

As far as trust for me goes, A few years back, I was betrayed beyond my wildest imagination and I literally let this betrayal consume me to the point where it affected every aspect of my life including my health. Recently over the last three years, I have come to the realization that trusting others really is in my control. NO one can hurt me if I don’t let them. I can‘t control the actions of others, but I can choose to control how I react to them and how far I allow them to affect me. I no longer have the idealistic view of life that I had prior to being devastated, which for me was the majority of the problem. It really doesn’t matter if I trust them or not. What matters is, seeing things at face value, seeing things realistically, and seeing people for what they are, just people and not little gods and goddesses or without faults. This point of view has helped me tremendously in realizing that if people try to hurt me, that is their problem, if I choose to let them, that is mine.

Good News for Older People

Monday, April 28th, 2008

An American survey has found that the oldest people amongst us are the happiest and are more socially active than younger people. A sociologist from the University of Chicago who conducted the study says: “The good news is that with age comes happiness.”

Of course, a certain amount of distress in old age is inevitable, including aches, pains and deaths of loved ones and friends. But older people have learned to be more content with what they have than younger adults. This is because older people have learnt to lower their expectations and accept their achievements. Over 28,000 people between the ages of 18 and 88 took part in the survey. In general, the odds of being happy increased 5 percent with every 10 years of age.

The research also confirmed the belief that all unhappiness is caused by denial of the present. We think problems are caused by our situations in life, but attachment to the past and the future is the real problem. You cannot be unhappy and be fully grateful of your present situation. It is impossible to have a problem when your attention is in the now. When you keep your attention in the present moment, a situation is either dealt with or accepted. A problem means you are dwelling on a situation mentally without having any true intention or possibility of taking ACTION now.

Older people eventually learn to live in the now and accept what is. You get to a point in life where you finally learn to accept things as they really are. You finally realise that nothing is perfect.

The good news is that you have the power to learn to change your limiting beliefs and perspectives at any age; you do not have to wait until you are much older. The key is in studying the wisdom of the older ones and applying it while you’re still young.

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