We are incredibly conditioned creatures, far more than we are consciously aware and our minds control almost everything we see, hear, experience and do. If we learn a new word, something unusual that has caught our interest, so we remember it, we begin to see or hear this particular word much more frequently in the … Continue reading Mind imposed order
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Unconditional
We are complex creatures. We think, we analyse, we feel emotions at in-depth levels and we can abuse our ‘intelligence’ all too easily through mis-use. We only have to look at the use of the media, and advertising in particular, to see how manipulative humans can be – and at times it is very blatant, … Continue reading Unconditional
The quick of life
What makes a man? Is it his mind, his thoughts? If we took away his capacity for thought, would he still be a man? And what when we're asleep? Are dreams our thoughts, or does the mind rest? Either way we are not thinking as we do when awake, yet we continue to exist. What … Continue reading The quick of life
Laws of Physics
What do we know about the laws of physics? Gravity, time, space, atoms, molecules, particles, pressure, waves, energy...all this is relative. There are enough anomalies if we want to see them, to realise that we don't know, but generally we don't even know that we don't know, so we think we know. How can we … Continue reading Laws of Physics
To succeed is always to fail.
This notion may seem shocking, yet that is only because of our conditioning. In reality there is no success or failure, there is only the present moment, and the present moment cannot be a success or a failure. It just is. What are you striving for? More. More of what? The more you succeed in … Continue reading To succeed is always to fail.
Zen musings 