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January 15, 2016 at 11:47 pm #92653

jock
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Don’t be satisfied with the Christian angle or the Buddhist angle or the Hindu angle or the Wiccan angle or the Atheist angle or the rectangle for that matter.
No one has a monopoly on the truth. Life is short and no one becomes the owner of the complete and utter truth. Keep an open mind. If you have to to follow one path, great. Follow it with your heart and soul. But don’t think you are right and everyone else is wrong.
Don’t get caught up in dogma and theology. That’s a trap for the arrogant intellectuals. For those who pride themselves on language skills, who interpret things to suit themselves.
Keep it simple. Make sure its heart over head. Be humble. Stay in the spiritual world, even you live in the material world. Prayer, meditation, that’s the key. But try to do it well, with respect. Ideally your whole life becomes a prayer. There’s evil out there but it may try to connect with the evil buried in you. Don’t let it. Be the change you want to see in the world. Strive for peace.

January 16, 2016 at 9:27 am #92662

Anonymous
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Dear jock:

What a delight to find your thread first thing this morning! What a great delight for me!

I enjoy your writing style, the first two lines are excellent in my view, very strong! The ending of the rectangle is like the last spice on an excellent dish, giving it the final sending. I like the strong verb endings of your short essay: Keep, make sure, stay, pray, be, be… Strive! Moving the reader forward with infusion of energy.

As to the content, I agree (I am adding my own thoughts to your writings) that being the owner of the complete truth is impossible and arrogant and delusional. The more I personally see of the truth, the more there is to know. Never will I know everything, and the more I know the more I know there is more and more to know. In certain things, I believe I am right, and actually I know I am right. These things are not open for re-evaluation. For example I know a child is born innocent, loving and lovable and I am not open to re-evaluate it.

I agree with keeping it simple. Heart over head, yes, but heart carries messages that head needs to consider so that head gets it right!

I like humble but humble to me does not and should not mean that I should be willing to give up what I know is true (example above) so to satisfy another person’s comfort in their delusion (example, same: if a person believes his child is born sinful and that sin should be spanked out or… talked out of the child).

Be the change you want to see in the world, strive for peace- yes, yes! Strive for peace but not at the cost of the self. Being authentically oneself, standing up for oneself is most important.

Excellent essay, thoroughly appreciated!

anita

January 16, 2016 at 11:16 am #92681

TriangleSun
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This is indeed a great message. Everyone wants “the answer”. We are all chasing the ultimate truth. However, we are more happy seeking the truth. We are addicted to “the question” and when we find the answer we risk completion. People are seekers by nature and when you stop seeking you stop living. So, keep discovering and stay humble indeed!!

January 16, 2016 at 5:26 pm #92793

jock
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thanks anita and triangle
My writing is improving I agree. You know if you post often enough, sooner or later you will say something that makes sense. 🙂
anita, the part about humble is an interesting one. I don’t see a need to be necessarily humble to other people. We need to be humble enough to find the right words to say at the right time, without anger or hatred. “I’m sorry but I don’t like the way you just spoke to me.It sounds sarcastic. What do you mean?” this kind of language is thoughtful without being knee-jerk reactionary. Staying in the moment, not trying to score points, just clearing the air so you don’t accumulate unfinished business in your head.

January 16, 2016 at 7:07 pm #92796

Anonymous
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Dear jock:

I like your last post as well. I like the example you gave: assertive, standing up for yourself. Yes! Choosing your words thoughtfully instead of the knee jerk reaction. As I see jock in my mind’s eye, I definitely see a man that values intellect, reason, and thoughtfulness.

Always like your smiley face, by the way, it is like we… it is you sending a smile my way and it makes me smile as I look at it right this moment!

anita

January 17, 2016 at 9:49 am #92808

Anonymous
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Dear jock:

I read your essay again. It is powerful and there is so much condensed into its short length. So much can be talked about based on this short essay.

I was wondering still about your comment above, following the original post: “the part about humble is an interesting one. I don’t see a need to be necessarily humble to other people.” Would you like to elaborate about being humble, what it does not mean to you? I personally like the strong jock, the one who asserts and who is aware of his self worth which I highly esteem.

anita

January 17, 2016 at 5:20 pm #92868
jock
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I’m not sure you like the strong version of Jack. he may be kinda bossy, dismissive and self-righteous. 🙂
OK, humble elaboration to follow”
I think we need to respect others. Now if their behaviour is starting to annoy us, better to say something early, or just avoid them. Better not to say something in anger. it may sound powerful in our heads when rehearsing to “tell someone off” but it is in fact immature. I think we have to treat some people like children. Arrogance I liken to childishness. Competitiveness too. People who have to have the last word, who can’t see the bigger picture, because they all get caught up in ego.
There are situations which require confidence and decisiveness. I don’t say I’m good at this yet but I’m not afraid to give it a go.
This post is rather illogical isn’t it.
Humility and courage are something I aspire to. Humility is sometimes digging deep to find the right words to say to people. That the first words that come to mind are usually the wrong ones. Humility is admitting we don’t have all the answers but we are still going to try to live life courageously.
Sorry I haven’t quite gelled my ideas yet on this, anita.
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January 17, 2016 at 6:41 pm #92870

Anonymous
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Dear jock:

You helped me here, on tiny buddha, strive for and practice courage here and there and for that I am grateful to you. “You can’t beat her” line of a poem about me means a whole lot to me.

Over time, here, on this forum, I am learning humility, more and more so.

Hope you write more and more…

anita

January 18, 2016 at 9:54 am #92892

Seaisland
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This was so heartfelt and so needed for me personally. It put some distorted but grasp or truths I had together for my head and heart finally together. thanks!!!
Not being pigeon holed into being of a certain religion–being humble, doing good, having intent of treating people, the world, in a loving manner—prayer meditation. that’s what I strive for

I have been around– reading but not logging in. Having some physical therapy on a hurt shoulder, it hurt to type or use right hand, arm….however it did give me an opportunity to listen to what helped and ignore what might help others but wasn’t for me.
thanks ya’ll

Seaisland

January 18, 2016 at 10:08 am #92894

Anonymous
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* Dear Seaisland:

I thought about you, wondering about you and am glad to see you here and that you have been following, taking in what is helpful and not what is … not helpful. This is key: critical reading, choosing to accept or reject… or put on the back burner.

Glad jock is inspirational for you as well!

Hope your shoulder heals….soon!

anita

January 18, 2016 at 6:28 pm #92912

Seaisland
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Thanks anita-
-I missed our personal talks but I was here… I was applying any words of wisdom that applied to me as balms to my old wounds-you are right about the back burner too.
As I am left handed I could write-so I took notes of some things I wanted to ponder over later. Some wisdom I needed right then. Its amazing how we can be there for each other like that here–when it works right.
that energy that connects good intent.

How I got hurt was funny, I fell/slid down the back of an old fort about 25 foot. If I hadn’t been flapping my arms like wings trying not to hit the ground I wouldn’t have gotten so banged up. My friend that was watching me said it really looked like I was trying to fly.

Still enjoying the craziness that is my life
Seaisland

January 18, 2016 at 7:25 pm #92921

Anonymous
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* Dear Seaisland:
Left handed…and not a bird, not one that can fly anyway (attempted joke…) I fell of the deck last year and on a pile of hard wood, on my ribs by the kidney area. It’s been … wait, it’s a year and a half ago. It hurt for months and I learned to walk and move slowly as a result. All this time later and i still walk and move slowly. I didn’t flap my wings when I fell; I screamed like a slaughtered pig (not that I ever heard one, but I think it fits).

anita

January 19, 2016 at 5:13 am #92973

Inky
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Hi Gang,

I know I’m late to the party, but getting back to the Original Post ~ it is SO TRUE that no one has a monopoly on THE TRUTH!! I am tearing my hair out IRL with two of my friends who are so “Right” that no other views are an option! They have thus made everyone else (practically on the planet) “Wrong” and I have seen it lead to prejudice, judgment, anger, craziness in them! I feel like I’m the Interfaith moderate one who brings them back to reality. But that shouldn’t be my job, they are middle-aged and you would think they’d know better! (By now!)

Great Post!

Inky

January 19, 2016 at 6:52 am #92976

Seaisland
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No one has a monopoly on truth. Be the change you want to see in the world. Strive for peace.

I believe anita and I were doing that–exchanging pleasantries –wishing each other well, sharing physical pain of kinship and a smile. Cant imagine Jock chastising us. Cant imagine we were so distracting intent wasn’t seen–intent of acceptance-a kind word.

I was raised (and left) a strict southern Baptist background–anita has certainly shared a completely different background (I wont speak for her) But here on this forum she and I from totally different life starts–connect, wish each other well—I think that was a lot of what this ORIGINAL POST was about.

January 19, 2016 at 7:13 am #92978

Anonymous
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* Dear Seaisland:

Good observation on your part! My hat is off to you for making it! Our exchange, I agree, is about kinship, caring… and this is what the world needs more of (I am adding my thoughts here). The world needs more … love, not more dry, intellectual debate. The latter has a place, of course, but there is so little caring and kinship in the world and this is why there is so much pain otherwise preventable. “All you need is love” again comes to mind.

So I do hope jock is okay with our exchange here, Seaisland.

One more thing, Seaisland: I don’t think Inky meant disrespect to you or me at all. I won’t speak for her though. Every one of us projects into what others say and sometimes we see in it what is not their intention. Our projections are a mix of accurate and inaccurate projections, I have learned. Although I agree with you completely, it is also my understanding that Inky was supportive of jock’s post…

* Dear Inky: no need to talk about you in the third person… I am not the OP but I appreciate your support of his post and keeping it alive!

anita
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