40 rules of love

How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.

Old lesson from a cracked glass cup!

I opened the hot water tap and placed my glass cup beneath the flow of the water and let it remain under the hot stream, my intention was for the cup to get hot to kill-off any tiny insect that might have found its way in… when i was satisfied, i immediately removed the cup and place it under the cold water i was to drink just to find out that; as the cold water entered into the cup the cup immediately started cracking. I dawned on me that it was the effect of the two extremes that made my cup crack, but all this same, i was shocked.

The old lesson in question; the middle way from eastern philosophy.

The Buddha describes the middle way as a path of moderation, between the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification. This, according to him, was the path of wisdom. These two extremes ought not to be practiced by one …

This made me reflect and know i know the difference between knowing a truth mentally and having an experience of it.

Fortunately, my cup still holds water without licking, with the cracks a constant reminder of the lesson for as long as the cup would hold together.

Quotes from my father