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@rookie54
So I’m supposed to keep answering and your not going to? Please answer directly to my post in your own words it’s more interesting and productive that way.

dear @mike69

you have not been asked any questions that you are required to answer
i have not been asked any questions that i am required to answer

we are not the same

After thinking and praying I want to apologize for my lack in understanding, my one sidedness in thought, action in your thread and of the true meaning of this forum.

I will answer with respect from my heart and nothing else and would appreciate the same. We could possibly find there are things to connect from instead of separate for continued growth and understanding. I feel the answers are spread out for understanding and total truth as we were displaced with many languages. This can only happen with a heart of peace and love and the needle will start moving. When we pull them all together for insight/understanding is when we and the world will truly grow and possibly a world for the meek.

And most importantly, Humbleness.

Even in daylight some humans seek the Sun.
Even when earthbound some humans seek the Ground.
Give a cat a marble and it will remain a Cat for life.

"The Harsh Sutra"

Who argues with me, argues with the Truth.
Who does not argue with me, also argues with the Truth.

Who argues with me thereby does not argue with me,
and who does not argue with me thereby does argue with me.

If you do not accept my assertions, you will die.
If you do accept my assertions, you will also die:
What did you expect at this stage of the game?!!

Why can't you just be happy that you were even here in the first place?
You are both an ungrateful [changeling], and a grateful template-follower
who was both expected and unexpected by your decent parents.

The cat will never forgive you.
The cat has already forgotten.

So it is written, therefore it must be true.
Exactly because it is written, this must be a scam.

Treat emotions like visitors
Let them come, sit with them, let them go
They require no reaction

"Have you been entertaining impure thoughts?"

asked by a character in Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

@rookie54 said
dear @mike69

you have not been asked any questions that you are required to answer
i have not been asked any questions that i am required to answer

we are not the same

people ask me all the time, what is the tao?
so i tell them all the time,
when someone writes something disingenuous,
and you ignore it,
that's the tao

What reason is there
That these cherry petals fluttering
With such unsettled heart
Should symbolize the essential color
Of the soft tranquility of spring?

Dogen (1200-1253)

1) BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2) DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3) DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4) ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.

~ don Miguel Ruiz

To cling to oneself as Buddha,
Oneself as Zen or the way,
Making that an understanding,
Is called clinging to the inward view.
Attainment by causes and conditions,
Practice and realization,
Is called the outward view.
Master Pao-chih said, “The inward view
And the outward view are both mistaken.”

Pai chang (720-814)

@mike69 said
@rookie54
So I’m supposed to keep answering and your not going to? Please answer directly to my post in your own words it’s more interesting and productive that way.