Philosophy

Real Religion?

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“Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.”

— Alan Watts   

There are a numerous amount of religions, and that’s ok. To each their own. 

I study multiple religious books but I don’t identify with any one religion. I am open to many religions, and I enjoy learning. 

Anyway, most of these religions are very serious – so serious that if you don’t believe in it, you’re going to be tormented in hell forever!!!! 

Now that’s a real trick those religions pulled on people to control people & scare people into obedience.  

I can’t say if there is a heaven or hell, but I can say that real laughter can be a spiritual experience. (& not laughter at another person pain, but laughter to laugh. Laughter at something funny. Laughing because we feel so much joy in our life.)  

To ease the anxieties of people & add some joyful laughter. That sounds like a spiritual experience to me. 

Choose Love Over Blind Obedience

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“And what does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits out quantity.”

— William S Burroughs  

The systems, in multiple countries, operate to guide people into working for the system. 

Death roams this planet looking for the next life to devour. The next life to transform to be more death-like and less life-like.  

The majority of children are vibrant & excited to live & learn about life…until ignorant & dead-minded “adults” teach them to fearfully obey them.  

Many people & organizations teach fear to children and adults, and then they wonder where life went… the feeling of being alive. 

The joy of life & living has turned more into a fear & blind obedience – & to behave like a lifeless machine – so that you’ll fit in with all the other lifeless machine people.   

Some fear is healthy – but too much fear truly drains the life out of a person.  

Mindfulness meditation is one practice to allow life to fill you up again. 

Happiness > Dignified

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“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

— Charlotte Bronte  

Is happiness something only for children?    

As people age, it appears that any true happiness leaves them. (Not everyone, but the majority).

Many people get more death-like as they age, and less life-like. 

The true joy they had a child leaves them as they learn about the “real world.”  

In the real world you discover some people who only find “happiness” at someone else’s pain….thats not happiness or joy; that is sickness. 

But if the majority of people are sick, and even world leaders promote this sickness – it’s difficult to find true happiness. 

So, it is great to be serious, but we can also be happy too (& not “happy” at someone’s pain).  

How can you discover a real happiness again? 

That’s a great question, and the answer will be different for most people. 

What did you enjoy when you were younger? 

Do you have any hobbies that you actually like? 

Turn the television off. Ignore cruel politicians & never befriend a person who laughs at someone else’s pain.

You’ll never be happy if you laugh at the pain of someone. 

Think about what you enjoy, and take time to do some of that. 

How To Calm Negative Energy

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“There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation.”

— Thich Nhat Hahn 

Negativity is a part of human society. 

Positivity is too, but negativity seems to be “winning” so far. 

It’s easy to watch the news and get emotional and angry. 

70% of USA politicians intentions are to provoke negative emotions in people.

It’s easy to take the negative bait of a politician – but then you’re caught like a fish. 

It’s easy to be negative. It’s easy to be angry. 

It’s easy to hate.  

And the majority of people conform to “easy” because what is great is difficult. 

It takes time to be positive. 

It takes being intentional about your mental health. 

It takes ignoring cruel politicians and focusing on good leaders and being a good leader.  

But yea, Thich Nhat Hahn has some good ideas about how to calm negative energy: 

— Invite something nicer to replace the negative

— Read some inspiring words

— Listen to beautiful music 

— Go somewhere in nature 

— Do walking meditation 

Add Fun To The Game & Arts

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“When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.”

— Zhuangzi    

In this life there is work & play, and some people get to play for work; athletes & artists mainly. 

The best artists and athletes really love what they do.  

To most of them though, it is still work & requires extreme effort. 

The fun gets taken out of the game & the art as we age, but it doesn’t have to.   

Just because others have lost the joy of the game or art doesn’t mean you need to. Don’t conform. 

If you love the game, play. You’ll become great. 

If you love the art, do it. You’ll also become great. 

The Effect of Others

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“Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.”

— Epictetus  

Persuasion is a big part of human manipulation. 

The news is one of the best examples of this. 

The news, whether from television or social media  – is owned by a small number of people who have agendas of their own – whom use their platforms to share a range of information. The information they share is sometimes true and sometimes false.  

Malcolm X said: “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” 

And this is what often happens. 

What people do not see are the owners and producers of the news stations who break laws to keep the people thinking whatever they want them to think – and to keep people not thinking for themselves. 

Anyway, believe what you will. And I will focus on having my own beliefs as well. 

I don’t force my beliefs or opinions onto others, and I don’t listen to any angry ignorant people who try forcing their beliefs and ideas onto me. 

Refuse To Kneel

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“They teach submission as survival, and then despise those of us who refuse to kneel.”

— Elizabeth Hardwick 

Your government wants your submission. They want you passive. They want to control you. They want your blind obedience. And they use fear tactics to steal your individual power. 

The government has gone so far to control people that they have taken away peoples’ individual minds – & what’s more terrifying than that, is that the majority of people have freely surrendered their own mind. 

Don’t give up your mind. Don’t become a parasite. Even if everyone is doing it. 

Dare to be despised by those who don’t have their own mind. 

Dare to be hated. 

Dare to lead. 

And love it. 

Love a freedom that comes from within yourself – & not a “freedom” from a government that puts you in mental chains and calls it freedom. 

Antisocial Intelligence

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“Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.”

— Nikola Tesla  

Why would anyone socialize with people they don’t even like?  

Also, cultures like that in the USA are enemies of meditation. 

They are an enemy of the individual being with themselves and enjoying their own company. 

The USA culture wants people constantly moving, constantly consuming, constantly being busy, constantly distracted. 

The “powers that be” are great at creating predictable people who obey their systems without question. 

What the “powers that be” cannot stand is an empowered individual who thinks for themself. 

The “powers that be” will literally break laws to break down the empowered individual, and all the mindless masses will just think that the individual was wrong for being an individual… 

It’s a crazy system…if you think about it, but most people don’t think about it – they just try fitting in so they lose their individual self in hopes for acceptance, yet then they are almost never really satisfied.  

Don’t lose yourself and gain the world…  but most people lose themselves and the world, as they conform to what the system wants, and lose their individual self.  

How can you begin taking back your individuality? 

Go somewhere and be silent. No technology. No media. No music. Just you with yourself. In nature is the best place to do this.

Here is a short meditation guide to help.

This is the beginning of meditation. 

This is the beginning of taking back your individual power. 

Focus Means Saying “No” Often

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“There are measures of focus and one of them is how often you say no.”

— Steve Jobs  

Almost everything cries out for your attention.  

They say:

Look at me!  

Think of me! 

Listen to me! 

Your parents want your attention. 

Your teachers want your attention.

Your children want your attention.

Your government wants your attention. 

Your friends want your attention. 

Celebrities want your attention.

Mr Potato Head wants your attention. 

And so there’s a certain balance needed in giving our attention to others. 

It’s healthy to give your attention to people you trust, people who are helping, and people you help. 

But we don’t need to give our attention to everyone. 

And most importantly, we must attend to ourselves as much as possible. 

Listen to yourself. 

What do you think? What do you actually think? (Don’t just repeat something you’ve heard) 

What do you want? 

It’s healthy to not give our attention to everything. It’s healthy to say no.  

It’s healthy to focus on your life path & to not be distracted by all the noise and people outside of ourselves.  

So, go your way. 

Trust your path. 

And say no to any strangers who go out of their way to get your attention. (Even if they’re in the government …governments should be here to protect and serve – & not to scare people…) 

Dare To Use Your Mind

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“The man who obeys his own mind is accused of rebellion by those who never used theirs.” 

Education is powerful – real education – and not just repeating something you hear.  

Real education involves using your own mind. Reading. Thinking. Learning. 

And to not just conform to being a mindless lifeless nothing of a person. 

Governments love mindless obedient servants, and if a real genius or real spiritual teachers arrives on the planet – the government does what it can to shut them up, since the government doesn’t want educated citizens. They want scared obedient slaves. 

They want people to give up their own mind, their own education, to conform to being an ignorant, scared, anxious, person. 

And then you can take all the prescription pills from big pharma to make it so you’re numb to what the government has actually done to you.  

OR!! You can say no. To the government. They do not own you, or me, or anyone. 

Well maybe they own you, but they don’t own me. 

I am my own master. I use my mind. I learn. 

I lead my life, and I don’t let any mindless ignorant fearful conformists get in my way. Trust me, they’ve tried. 

And for a year or two I really wondered how so many people have given up their own mind – and why they did so… 

fear, probably. Maybe to fit in with all the other no-minded “people” .. 

who knows, but I will never ever give up my mind and my education to fit in with ignorant, mindless, dead-minded people.