Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol IX (Oct 14 thru Aug 16)
A few of the in-Sight-full sayings & inspirational images that I have been blessed to gently gather while wandering along my Way.
A few of the in-Sight-full sayings & inspirational images that I have been blessed to gently gather while wandering along my Way.
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To Blaze <strong>the</strong> Trail<br />
(07/03/20<strong>16</strong>)<br />
Even though we as a species are indeed falling, we can use such times of<br />
fear & bewilderment to empower Great Acts of LOVE … And, once just enough<br />
of us choose do so for just long enough, we as a species will indeed collectively<br />
awaken once more to <strong>the</strong> Truth that we are merely members of one, great Sentient<br />
Family -- and we will collectively start acting accordingly.<br />
Of course, in order for us all to appreciate such great lives of great Joy &<br />
Wonder, some of us are going to have to step forth a little earlier than <strong>the</strong> rest --<br />
some of us are going to have to blaze <strong>the</strong> trail upon which <strong>the</strong> masses will<br />
indeed one day follow.<br />
And it can be a lonely task, this trail-blazing, and yet nothing is in <strong>the</strong> end<br />
more important, and thus nothing in <strong>the</strong> end can ever be more fulfilling … There<br />
is risk involved, it's true, and indeed <strong>the</strong>re is no guarantee of imminent revelry or<br />
short-term success, and yet The Way <strong>the</strong>reto remains ready for us none<strong>the</strong>less.<br />
Yes, it is a path still strewn with <strong>the</strong> jagged boulders of angst & ignorance,<br />
and yes, it is indeed a route still clouded by <strong>the</strong> thick haze of fervors both<br />
nationalist & religious, and yet with selflessness as our Strength and LOVE as<br />
our Light, we can clear that trail and illuminate it for o<strong>the</strong>rs to follow ... We can<br />
light <strong>the</strong> Way out of <strong>the</strong> Darkness -- if we work toge<strong>the</strong>r to do so.<br />
So, my dear Friends …<br />
… Will you help me do so today?<br />
“A human being is part of a whole ... a part limited in time and space. He<br />
experiences himself, his thoughts and his feelings, as something separated <strong>from</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> rest - a kind of optical delusion of his independent consciousness. And it is<br />
this very delusion that forms a kind of prison for us; restricting us to our personal<br />
affections for <strong>the</strong> few people nearest us, and a subtle, wary enmity reserved for<br />
<strong>the</strong> rest. Our task, <strong>the</strong>refore, must be to free ourselves <strong>from</strong> this prison -- by<br />
widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living beings as bro<strong>the</strong>rs &<br />
sisters, and <strong>the</strong> whole of nature as our Home.” ~ inspired by Albert Einstein<br />
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