Once we accumulate things it is very difficult to let go of our possessions.
We appear to be rich, but our dependence on material wealth makes us poor for, as Thoreau wrote, "a
man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can
afford to let alone."
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Liberation
Therapy can help you manage the disease, but only the Truth can liberate you from the obsessions, compulsions, and disorders of egotism.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
War
The spiritual journey is an all out war against the evolutionary forces which we inherited from our primate ancestors.
We must learn to tame the savage animal within us before it breaks out of its civilized cage without warning.
We must learn to tame the savage animal within us before it breaks out of its civilized cage without warning.
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The Watchman
"Some watch others to learn what to do, and some watch to learn what not to do." --Eric Hoffer in The Passionate State of Mind And...
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Moral degeneration is a downhill slide. Moral regeneration is an uphill battle.
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Enlightenment is the shocking realization that you exist.
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The desire to teach other men how to live would be laughable if it were not so pitiable.