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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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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