1/ Let it be a blessing rather than a curse.
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9/ That space is imaginary. Insist on closing the space yourself and you are chasing your own tail; you will miss yourself and miss Life.
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10/ The more you find yourself moving towards desire that is incompatible with who you are and what your Life is the more you suffer.
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11/ There will always be those who will insist on the egoic mind and desire. They will remain thirsty and advocate thirst, not fulfillment.
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12/ They will project on you the same separation that persists within them; they will insist that when desire fails, you must desire more.
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13/ Don't listen to those people; listen to your Life instead. Don't take their rules and ideas to be the Truth by which to judge your Life.
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14/ They are condemned to remain forever on the wheel of desire, always opposing Life, suffering the consequences and rationalizing them.
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15/ Jesus said "And the Meek shall inherit the Earth"—an oft misunderstood phrase. He meant those on the side of Life, on the side of Truth.
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16/ Life and Truth are one and the same, and if you are misaligned with one you are misaligned with the other.
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17/ Life is not wrong. The only ones who are ever wrong is us, our fragile desires, our confused demands, our deluded attitudes.
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18/ Understand that there is such a thing as Life beyond one's own small-minded conception, and it shapes us more than we can know.
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19/ No matter what happened—or will happen—it makes you what you are, and that you are so is the greatest blessing one can ask for.
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20/ Trust in Life; your own Life. Don't demand it to appease your ego. Accept it, respect it and be willing to die for what it stands for.
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21/ Life knows nothing of our constructed values, societal or otherwise. Life only knows one thing: what is best for you.
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22/ No matter what you do, Life will exact its effect to bring you back. Your consciousness is what determines what that effect will be.
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23/ Don't compare your Life to others'. That is to beg for the fool's gold when the real gold is in your grasp.
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24/ Suffering due to comparison is not because we lack what others have but because we do not accept & own what is truly ours & ours alone.
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25/ It is to turn our backs on our own Life; and when we do so Life turns its back on us. Not out of spite but because we leave no choice.
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26/ This foolishness leads to unconscious suffering and pain that is self-created. Life did not create it; only one's ego can do that.
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27/ Don't oppose Life; for Life does not oppose you. To think you can control it is to oppose it, to make yourself its Master. You are not.
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28/ Side with life. If you can see everything as a blessing and not a curse, then you have nothing to oppose, and much to use.
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29/ A blessing is unique, incomparable. It is only meant for you. And who are you to know and say if it is good or bad, right or wrong?
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30/ Let your pain, your suffering, your regret, and all you have failed to do and be; let it all be a blessing rather than a curse.
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31/ "Believe me, Life is in the right, always." Thank you Rainer Maria Rilke. And thank you for reading. /FIN
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32/ Footnote : "The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or a hostile universe." — Albert Einstein
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Note 1/ I should note that these words were written as a response to a friend in need.
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Note 2/ They are not to be read too literally or as the final word on a dense & difficult subject.
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