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Insight #8: Human "being" paradox

Regardless of how wise or how wonderous any of my thought realizations may ever be, I shall be crushed by the realities and consequenses of our physical plane for spending so much time thinking instead of doing as opposed to those who spend the same time doing instead of thinking.

Now stop thinking and get back to work....slacker!

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Adept of the Void

"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

[Maybe then we could become Gods in a single incarnation!]

Insight #7:

It is a miracle the human race has come as far as it has in terms of evolution, because if we take the time to analyze the mediocre pattern of our day to day thought patterns we can easily come to the conclusion that at least 95% of all the thoughts we had today were the same as the ones we had the previous day, and the day before that etc.

If only we learned something forever from a single and first introduction to it as opposed from lame repetition after repetition... Maybe then we could become Gods in a single incarnation!


PS. Please take a moment now, and thank your God; for my coffee mug has finally come to the stage of being full of emptiness!
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Adept of Light

"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

[Every microsecond is a miracle of monumentous proportions!]

Insight #6

Every microsecond is a miracle of monumentous proportions!

Given the makeup of of our bodies which are composed of trillions of atoms interacting at literal light speed, and given the size of our daily surroundings and its million times larger composure; proof of our dismal unintelligence is the fact that we are unable to grasp the simple concept that the events we witness throughout every passing microsecond are true miracles!

Why you ask?

Consider that the odds of all these atoms (your body atoms x your surrounding atoms) being in the same location as they are in a single microsecond ever again in the infinite span of time of eternity ... is a complete or at least very near impossibility.

Seize not the day, but each microsecond!!

When you realize the significance of this, your appreciation for every seemingly insignificant event will be so big that you won't be able to stop smiling in gratitude of being present before the miracle of life... for the rest of your life !



-
Adept of Light

"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

[Where, oh where is the hidden path that permits escape from this cyclic wheel of Maya?]

Insight #5, financial paradox:

We are slaves to money and then we die.

"The greater our financial wealth, the greater the number of material possesions we acquire and typically the higher their independant worth.  But in our limited existance of linear time, the reality is that the truly blessed are those with no material possessions at all; for they shall be free to spend their time in life on personal ascenciousness as opposed to being slaves to material possession which would otherwise consume their valuable and limited time in constant watch, repair and devaluation.

Yet he who is financially poor, is more often than not fully consumed with worry of where his next dime will come from so he can at least make survive his outer shell (his body).

Where, oh where is the hidden path that permits escape from this cyclic wheel of Maya?

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Adept of Light


"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

["We can not transcend upon that which we depend on"]

Insight #4:

"We can not transcend upon that which we depend on"

Those of us whom are fortunate enough to be freed from the worldly duties we performed daily (i.e. work)  so as to feed our basic human needs (food,water,shelter), ironically enough, are still mere slaves to those very same metrialistic things we've acquired.  For our very lives, our very existance depends upon them.

PS. In case you are wondering, this is my desperate attempt to acquire more stars in my forum rating by posting every random thought in my head while under the influence of the great magic potion that is the Mocha Grande!... er... not! []

"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

Insight #3:

The perplexities of the paradox "Our material surroundings are as real as they are illusionary" are so overwhelming to our puny intellects that we can only stand in awe at the size of our pathetic stupidity.  

What is amusing about this, is that if we were to create a range for rating the intellect of humans, taking into account all humans on Earth. Only the super brilliant (top 3%) would be able to see the humour in the above insight.

If you are smiling then I welcome you to my brilliant club... Stupid!
(no offence intended here)

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the author under normal (caffeine free) circumstances ;-P
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Adept of Light

"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

["We are less than dirt, we are an invisible fraction of it!"]

For those of you who don't live in North America and have no idea of what a "Mocha Grande" is, it is a Mocha drink (coffee + chocolate) sold at our largest coffee shop franchise (Starbucks: www.starbucks.com - don't go there, they don't need to benefit from my advertizement).

Insight #2: On Humbleness...

"We are less than dirt, we are an invisible fraction of it!"

Even our highest achievement in this incarnation would be as significant in the grand scale of the Universe as an electron jumping to a higher energy level in an atom of a grain of sand in the middle of the Sahara desert.

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Adept of Light



"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

[time is money means]

Mocha Grande Philosophy: (Starbucks  derived if you must know)
Insight #1:

"Unfortunately in our gross material existence, money is time, which surprisingly enough is not the same as its reverse and instead a higher level of realization.  But even this realization approaches an infinite point of near insignificance on the grand scale of the illusionary dimension of the Universe."

Comments:
(time is money means: each wasted moment that passes by that is not used to produce money implies that money is being lost)

While the reverse is quite different and far more significant:

(money is time means: For each dollar earned, basic necessities (aka: freedom from material world) can be fulfilled (the purchase of food,water,shelter) which directly translates in the ability for us to have time to think (free time))

Conclusion:
The second unfortunately depends on the first. Earning money requires time, and free time is only granted once we've spent enough money to free ourselves. Herein we've created a paradox whose substance has hierarchy (the second is greater than the first)  and interdependancies (again: the second depends on the first).


Disclaimer: While I might be able to explain the enlightenment of these words at this moment, I am almost certain that as soon as the buzz from my Mocha Grande coffee wears out, my ability to understand my own statements shall likely perish as does our very existence in this world as each moment passes us by.

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Adept of Light

"He who pursues the goal of evenmindedness, is neither jubilant with gain, nor depressed by loss" - Paramahansa Yogananda

[characteristics]

Dear Lysear,

The traditional elements of magic (Fire,Water, Earth, Air), are not to be confused with their physical counter parts. Magicians used these words because they best represented the characteristics of the 'invisible' forces which permeate all physical matter.

The elementary theory is one which quite accurately describes physical manifestation (as accurately as mere words allow) and in itself lacks nothing, therefore has nowhere to evolve, it has already been perfected.

So it is not a question of these 'old' concepts not having evolved with science... it is actually modern science that stripped these theories down to their base level, ridding them of any philosophical/spiritual content and thus creating a very limited 'science' which describes ONLY the physical world. Because of this dissection process, what we are left with at present is a science that remains quite incomplete and leaves much to be *RE*-discovered.

Chemistry came from Alchemy once it was stripped down to its mere physical properties. Astronomy came from Astrology, when once again it was restricted to encompass only its physical properties. The same can be said for the other major sciences of Math, physics etc. If you look at the founding fathers of these sciences, they were more concerned in studying spiritual aspects, rather than mere material properties.

Unfortunately, the understanding of the Universe and all its planes of existence can't be concisely described in the mere language of words, for it far transcends this. This is why there is no one book or collection of works (nor will there ever be) which explains all that exists or how it works perfectly. Language can only provide a decent description of the physical plane. To describe what lay beyond this in language format, can only be done by using the method of ANALOGY, and hence the terms Fire,Air,Water,Earth.

Cheers,
Adept of Light

Dear Adept of Mocha Grande,

I do not know whether it is because I am Canadian but I really enjoyed your little posts.  It is wonderful when a person can be profoundly amusing!  

Thanks for a great laugh as well as a great read,
Violet

Oh! I forgot to say I read them all.  I guess once I start laughing I do not want it to stop!