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Image 310 (Page 117b) … This is a beautiful card I received as a gift while on the Big Island. The five orcas swimming freely symbolize the Wisdom that there is only one way to deeply understand the Truth of Life‘s innate Goodness (i.e. that ―good times‖ are the blessings of Joy meant to be shared and that ―bad times‖ are the blessings of empowerment that make our concurrent acts of Love & Kindness powerful) is to stop searching for the same mentally (be that seeking via books or films or lectures or meditations or visualizations) and to dive fully in to the moment‘s many opportunities to sacrifice for another instead … ―Releasing a big fish is more satisfying than eating it.‖ ~ H. J. Brown Jr. Of course this is a patent Truth – a Truth that every single sentient being understand s from birth; the Truth that giving another being Freedom is far more Joy-full than enslaving that being for personal convenience – the Truth that Caring for another being is far more worthy than abusing that being for personal fun – the Truth that protecting another being is far more worthy than murdering that being for personal pleasure (especially the pleasure of palate) … We know deep in our Hearts – indeed, we know at the very Core of our Being – that the former in this series are all patently Right and the latter therein are all despicably Wrong … Of course, society has taught us otherwise. And in our ignorance (along with our fear of being cast out from our ―herd‖), we have chosen to believe that it is acceptable for us humans to enslave, abuse, and then murder certain species of animals. This is a Lie – This is hypocrisy of the worst order – This is immorally repugnant – This is outright Wrong; nothing more than feebly sanctioning animal abuse simply because we are too afraid to go against the grain of a pseudo-psychopathic society. There was no excuse for racism even when it was socially acceptable – there was no excuse for sexism even when it was socially acceptable – there was no excuse for homophobia even when it was socially acceptable – and now there is no excuse for animal abuse even though it is (embarrassingly and enragingly) still socially acceptable! (P.S. Fish are highly sentient, can perceive pain & fear to the same degree as humans, and are thus not exempt from these Truths.) 374 ―Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment.‖ ~ Rumi Actually, there is no need to sell that which is both unwanted & unwarranted … Indeed, let us not pass on to others that which would harm or hinder them in any way. As such, let us rephrase this quote to read ―Release your cleverness and adopt bewilderment‖ … Cleverness is by nature a manipulation of others for some form of personal gain, whereas bewilderment is by nature a setting aside of hubris in order to be innocently amazed at the wondrous Beauty of Life & the others in it … Keeping this in mind, we can also replace many other ―false virtues‖ in our lives with their by far more Noble counterparts – We can release our mere tolerance for others and choose a heartfelt empathy for them instead … We can release our desire to compromise our conflicts and choose to humbly serve them instead … We can release our habit of quitting when defeated or retreating & recuperating when tired and choose to celebrate the victories of others &/or persevere in times of difficulty … We can release our obsession with productivity or efficiency and choose to perform Meaning-full deeds instead (or perform meaningless deeds Meaning-fully) … We can release our focus on persuading others that we are right and choose to be silently Kind to the instead … We can release our belief reciprocity or obligation or duty or promise and choose to Love spontaneously & unconventionally & freely instead … We can release our addictions to celebration & fun & pleasure & comfort and choose to make Life about real Fellowship & deep Friendship … We can release our attachment to grieving for lost loves and lost loved ones and choose to honor them with lives of charity & generosity instead … We can release our tendency to be merely nice or friendly or tactful or polite and choose to be gentle & earnest & honest instead … We can release our pity & our sympathy & our worry for others and choose to respond with empathy while Seeing their Strength … We can release our regular forms of condemnation & judgment & ―constructive criticism‖ and choose to be complimentary &/or supportive of others instead … We can release our need to be ―appropriate‖ or ―mature‖ or ―sensical‖ and choose to live lives of courageously ―crazy‖ Caring … We can release our hope or trust or faith in authorities external or power ―higher‖ and choose to live lives as agents of the Divine instead … And we can release our feelings of inadequacy & regret & shame and choose to live lives empowered by Loving Service instead.
―Be never converted from the religion of youth.‖ ~ unknown Be never converted from the religion of Youth – but only when ―Youth‖ means infancy … Be never converted from the religion of Dignity – but only when ―Dignity‖ means service … Be never converted from the religion of Respect – but only when ―Respect‖ means kindness … Be never converted from the religion of Peace – but only when ―Peace‖ means activism … Be never converted from the religion of Honesty – but only when ―Honesty‖ means gentleness … Be never converted from the religion of Courage – but only when ―Courage‖ means activism … Be never converted from the religion of Love – but only when ―Love‖ means Joy-full self-sacrifice. PAGE 118 Image 311 (Page 118a) … This is a picture is an example of the beautiful brilliance of Autumn in Boise (Idaho) – reminding me of the Truth that ―dying to others‖ (i.e. Caring for them purely & gently & willingly & self-sacrificially) is what makes Life worth Living – is what brings the only real Peace to times of trouble, and the only real Joy to a Life‘s precious End … Image 312 (Page 118a - overleaf) … This is a picture of two Friends Joy-fully ―holding the sun‖, reminding me of the Truth that – just like celebration and success – Love can only be deeply known while sharing it with another … ―Love cannot recognize absence of any kind; seeing the beloved in every sunbeam and feeling her caress in every gentle breeze.‖ ~ anonymous Actually, while it is indeed true that real Love focuses solely on the other – and thus cannot recognize any absence or suffer any separation from self, this does not mean that Love sees the Beloved in every happenstance -- so much as Love feels the Beloved‘s presence in every act of Caring given to others. 375
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