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Creating
Problems or Solving Problems?
The Answer to Every Problem in
the World
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What Has Already Been Said
"A
human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited
in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings
as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of
consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us
to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to
us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our
circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of
nature in its beauty... We shall require a substantially new manner of
thinking if mankind is to survive." - Albert Einstein
"You
must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Problems
cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." -
Albert Einstein
"The key to growth is the
introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."
- Lao Tzu
"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon
as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines
clear." - Mahatma Ghandi
"Men occasionally stumble
over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if
nothing had happened." - Winston Churchill
Recontextualizing What Has
Already Been Said
Most
of the information that is about to be presented will probably
be blantantly obvious when read but if we look
at the state of the world today it's pretty clear that the majority of
the population on Earth is not aware of the obviousness of this
information. Take the time to fully absorb
and understand what is written here and then realize that it's not just what you are
aware of, but what you ARE. It's
a matter of living this, not just understanding it.
And on that note...
What's
the
answer to every problem in the world?
Hopelessness or
hope?
Doubt or trust?
Pessimism or optimism?
Negatives
or positives?
Force or power?
Falsehood or truth?
Ignorance
or awareness?
Closed-mindedness or
open-mindedness?
Rigidness
or flexibility?
Intolerance or tolerance?
Ego or
egolessness?
Pride or humility?
Righteousness or
acceptance?
Control or freedom?
Controlling or
allowing?
Changing others or changing
oneself?
Blaming
or taking responsibility?
Resentment or forgiveness?
Revenge
or letting go?
War or peace?
Fighting or embracing?
Cruelty
or compassion?
Anger or love?
Weakness or strength?
Shame
or confidence?
Fear or courage?
Worry
or caution?
Frustration or
patience?
Anxiety or serenity?
Grief or relief?
Stress
or calmness?
Dis-ease or ease?
Illness or health?
Toxins
or nutrients?
Contamination or purity?
Artificial or
natural?
Inorganic or organic?
Imitation or authentic?
Fake
or real?
Foreign or belonging?
Causing or creating?
Victimization
or mastering?
Addiction or release?
Indulging or
avoiding?
Attachment or non-attachment?
Imbalance or
balance?
Excess or moderation?
Wasting or utilizing?
Apathy
or willingness?
Irresponsibility or
responsibility?
Me
or us?
Mine or ours?
Selfishness or selflessness?
Greed
or sharing?
Getting or giving?
Unfair or earned?
Competition
or co-operation?
Anti-socialism or participation?
Obscureness
or normalness?
Differentiation or sameness?
Separation
or Oneness?
Relevant or Absolute?
Limitations or
possibilities?
Lack or abundance?
Finite or infinite?
Imperfection
or perfection?
Quantity or quality?
Content
or context?
Partiality or
wholeness?
Some or All?
Incompletion or completion?
Neediness
or contentment?
Boredom or happiness?
Searching
outwardly or realizing within?
Reading this once or reading
this regularly?
The Nature Of It All
All
the negatives are interconnected and
feed off of each other. All the positives are also interconnected and
are the
nature of one common, single, Absolute Truth... "Is".
It may appear that this is a
list of opposites but in actuality there are no opposites in the
universe. There are only varying degrees of things like on a
thermometer. There are different levels of happiness, anger, freedom,
peace, truth, etc. just as there are different levels of hot and cold,
with warm (neutrality) in the "middle". It's not possible for there to
be opposites, or an "other" when All is One, because One is all there
is. It's not possible for anything to exist outside of Existence
because then it woulnd't exist. Even what we consider or conceptualize
as being "nothing" is still part of All of Existence.
The negatives
are the ABSENCE of the positives. Contemplate
what that means for a moment. We can't focus on the negative
and somehow expect the "opposite" to happen. If you don't want the positive,
you can't have/be the positive. Whatever
you put your focus on, you recieve. Focusing on illness or hopelessness
will only bring more illness or hopelessness. Focusing on health or
happiness will bring more health or happiness. "What you resist, will
persist." "What we think, we become." "Wherever attention goes, energy
flows."
World Peace
Every
individual has to change oneself in order to change the world.
Rather than thinking that
others need to change themselves to suit your opinions, change
yourself, and those opinions.
World peace cannot be forced
upon anyone. It will happen when every individual is at peace within
their own mind.
Conflict in the mind creates
conflict in the world.
Peace of mind creates peace in
the world.
"Truth is its own reward." -
Plato
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