Just as a cow with a young calf keeps an eye on it even when it is eating the grass, so it's proper for a person to keep an eye on all that can be done for others who are following the path.
-Majjhima Nikaya
The total amount of happiness That exists in the world has come from Wanting to make others happy. The total amount of suffering That exists in the world has come from Wanting to make yourself happy.
~ Shanti deva
Through desire, people are cast into the womb and reborn. Through desire, they taste the sweet and sour flavors. Bound by desire, they are led on, beaten and struck on their faces and mouths. Bound and gagged and assaulted by evil, they are released only through the Name, through
the Guru's Teachings.
~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Hey, wat, just checking in on my once former love. How are ya?
Yesterday was just about the best day you could have here. Folks mentioned your name without you actually, ya know, doing any of the shitty things wat is known to wat. Guess it's back to being your same ol same ol self - you falling back into anonymity with folks wondering if you have passed on or not. How's about you tickle my heart like you used to and post a pic of some Nazi standing kicking a child our fondling the nuts of a shot and mutilated cow or sumfin for old times sake? Thx
There is one thing in this world that you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there's nothing to worry about; but if you remember everything else and forget this, then you will have done nothing in your life.
It's as if a king has sent you to some country to do a task, and you perform a hundred other services, but not the one he sent you to do. So human beings come to this world to do particular work. That work is the purpose, and each is specific to the person. If you don't do it, it's as though a priceless Indian sword were used to slice rotten meat. It's a golden bowl being used to cook turnips, when one filing from the bowl could buy a hundred suitable pots. It's a knife of the finest tempering nailed into a wall to hang things on.
You say, "But look, I'm using the dagger. It's not lying idle." Do you hear how ludicrous that sounds? For a penny, an iron nail could be bought to serve the purpose. You say, "But I spend my energies on lofty enterprises. I study jurisprudence and philosophy and logic and astronomy and medicine and all the rest." But consider why you do those things. They are all branches of yourself.
Remember the deep root of your being, the presence of your lord. Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments. If you don't, you will be exactly like the man who takes a precious dagger and hammers it into his kitchen wall for a peg to hold his dipper gourd. You'll be wasting valuable keenness and foolishly ignoring your dignity and your purpose.
This is the only forum I have seen of the ones I've looked at here that doesn't have a sticky-thread with the rules. I think I know why, but I can't prove it. This PolitBuro of "ours" is essentially Lit's Toxic Waste Dump.
I suspect that if management were aware how many of the Celebrated PB Kewl KIds shat on visitors to this forum and potentially drive posters/readers/customers away, they (management) might just do away with it entirely.
I think that the Kool-Aid drinkers would also be shocked at who gets Das Boot, too . . . .
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.