Philosophy

In Pursuit of Your Dreams

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“The closer he got to the realization of his dream, the more difficult things became…In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, not impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path.”

— Paulo Coelho

In pursuit of your dreams, you will be tested.

& if you choose to pursue your dreams – & the journey of your dreams – you will reach a point where sirens will screech into your ears.

You may encounter a cyclops, & perhaps witches who try casting spells upon you…

As you pursue your dreams you may even feel at one point the entire world calling out to you – to go to them & to stop following your dreams.

The noise may get so loud that you temporary (or permanently) lose your mind or go crazy…

haha, & it’s all alright – all a part of the marvelous universe dancing, even dancing with you & your dreams.

I encourage you to seek your best dreams & to surround yourself with people who encourage & uplift you.

Patience is not only needed in the beginning, but along every step of your way.

Enjoy 🙂

From The Outside In To The Inside Out 

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In the United States & places of the West, people are often, if not always, living from an outside-in perspective. 

They experience life never within themselves, but always outside of themselves – reacting to environments & people rather than experiencing life. Most have literally become a product of their dead political environments, & not a part of the true living nature that is within us & all around us, at all times. 

I have studied & practiced methods & techniques from both the East & the West, & I enjoy learning about all of them. I do prefer living life from the inside-out though – I prefer living empowered within myself – & not being a reactive machine conformist to nothing – to a dead society. 

I choose life & non-conformity every time. 

This doesn’t make me better than anyone – it just is me making a choice to choose what I believe & how I perceive life – rather than taking someone else’s word for it – rather than being manipulated by the criminal oppressors of this world… 

Here’s Alan Watts with a short relative paragraph to this topic:

“Just try and see something from another point of view for a change. I’m not saying that we should do what the Hindus do, but just look at it in from another point of view. And they would smile at us and say, ‘You really think it’s as real as all that?’

‘Have you never experienced what’s on the inside of this game?’

See the trouble with you Westerners is you never experience first. You never got down to the root of reality. You don’t know that state of consciousness. And so you’re frantically trying to patch everything up, and pin it all together – Screw the universe up so that it’s fixed…

You can never do it. All you’ll be doing is wildly rushing around and creating trouble.”
-Alan Watts

My question to you is, are you experiencing life? 

Or merely existing? 

Do you live as a reaction? 

Or do you live alive & active?

Meditations are a great way to begin going within and trying the inside-out perspective — to at least try it for even a short time and see if it’s for you or not for you. It’s perfect either way! 

Begin your meditations here: 

Waves of The Present

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“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find eternity in each moment.”

— Thoreau

Do oceans wave in the past or future?

Or do you wave your hand in the past or future?

Waves happen now.

Life happens now.

You can spend your life in phantom fears – or living with ghosts & lifeless machine people, or you can break through & experience waves of the present.

Life happens today, here, now.

The Phantom Mind & The Active Present

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“. . Action always happens in the present, because it is an expression of the body, which can only exist in the here and now. But the mind is like a phantom that lives only in the past or future. It’s only power over you is to draw your attention out of the present.”

— Dan Millman

If I were to tell you that there are people & organizations working to manipulate people out of the true present moment, you may or may not believe me.

There are also some who work in love to bring themselves & others into a loving present moment – which is more difficult than living in the past or future, but it’s where everything is truly happening, all the time.

Anyway, Millman talks about the phantom mind & the present moment here. Action happens in the present moment, but even in action many people are living in the past or future & not actually in the present.

The phantom mind is powerful, but the true present moment is more powerful, & usually more beautiful.

Meditation practice is one of the best ways to experience the direct present moment.

Begin here, now 🙂

The Enlightened Fool

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“The enlightened fool is the one who sees the ego trips of society and can still find joy and laughter in its midst. The fool is often the enlightened one, the one with crazy wisdom, with laughter and jokes as their weapon, they cut through mundane conformity and bring to light the latent child like bliss bubbling just beneath the surface of all seriousness.  The fool possesses a wisdom that is out of reach of the conformist. A playful attitude in touch with enormous amounts of creativity.”

— Alan Watts

I can’t say that I am an enlightened fool, but this quote makes me want to be more like the enlightened fool described here – to see through the ego trip of society and still find joy & laughter in the midst. – to cut through the mundane conformity and bring to light the child like bliss beneath the surface of all seriousness. To possess a wisdom out of reach from the conformist. A playful attitude in touch with enormous amounts of creativity.

I do sometimes see through the ego trip of society, but I don’t always laugh at it… it’s probably all funny from an objective view, but there is a seriousness needed too, to live our best lives.

Balance, perchance?

Living Beyond The News

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“To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.”

— Thoreau

The media, the news, is often nothing more than gossip.

Most of today’s “popular” news really is fake news – to divert viewers attention away from the viewers life, & give it to an electronic media that doesn’t care about viewers.

The media is often dis-empowering, but there is a solution to regain your power – turn off the news. Ignore it. Politicians will still be lying & complaining tomorrow & the next day, & that’s not changing anytime soon.

Anyway, I sometimes watch the news for entertainment, but I don’t take it seriously. Some of it may be serious, but most of it’s not.

What is real is my life, and your life. What is real is your direct experience with life here & now & into your future.

You matter – & believe it or not, your life is more important than every single politician on this planet. I promise you this is true – your life is more important than theirs.

Take some time to turn off the news & reclaim your power, your life.

Being A Mad Philosophical Hatter

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“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”

— Diogenes

When it comes to reality, there are billions of interpretations of what life is.

Who is to say what the ultimate reality is? Can any human or any species even know or really understand it?

People like to limit reality to their limited views so that they can “understand” reality, &/or “understand” people & other species, but “understanding” a limitless species with a very narrow & limited perception, usually breeds war, violence, hatred – & it usually stems from misunderstanding rooted in ignorance. – rooted in thinking that they know for sure the ultimate reality and they know for sure how humans & other species are & how they “should” behave.

Some tyrants even convince their followers to hurt & kill the “others” because the others are different – or the “others” have an original mind that doesn’t fit into their criminal & oppressive machine systems…

States & religions often punish people for thinking, and they praise conformity.

Emerson said: “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure.” & this is still very true today.

Galileo was put under house arrest for the last 9 years of his life for being smarter than the current government & churches…he spoke the truth about the movement of the planets, which the state & church were ignorant of, and rather than communicating with him & seeing if what he spoke was true, they quickly punished him without any critical thinking.

Societies today too, especially when ruled by tyrants, are often quick to punish any & all forms of non-conformity.

I say don’t conform. Don’t bow down to a system that punishes genius. Don’t bow down to machine systems who only desire to control you, & to never help you. Don’t conform to nothing. Don’t give up your own mind & heart to serve mindless robots. Keep your mind. Don’t be a robot. Be a human.

And when you really are able to experience your human brain & heart deeply, you may get a glimpse into the vast cosmic universe within you, and you will know for sure that your insides are not filled with medal parts like a car is, but that your insides are filled with limitless knowledge & wisdom that should never be dehumanized & treated like a machine.

Criticism Comes With Success

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“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”

— Aristotle

If you want to live a life free from being attacked by conformist machine masses, don’t do anything. Don’t say anything. Don’t be anything. Only participate in the machine systems without complaint, or with complaint, just don’t do anything original, and then maybe you won’t be criticized.

But if you plan or attempt to make any impact upon this world, you will be criticized. You may be loved, but you will definitely be hated. It’s the world we currently live upon.

If you want success, you can’t be afraid of being hated. You have to pretty much get used to being loved & hated for who you are, &/or to ignore it. To listen to a small tribe that you trust, & to ignore any hateful tribes. & as much as possible, listen to your own heart & brain.

“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”

— Einstein

You can participate with the scared & often hateful masses, or you can be part of the few who see with your own eyes and feel with your own heart.

The choice is yours.