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Shadow Cast
Today, we are talking about a heavy topic. We are talking about burden. I will open with the question, What is burden? That which weighs heavily on our minds. The monkey on our back, at times provided to you by others. For me, it is a thing that you must face and you can do…
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Being Overshadowed
Shadows are distorted by the interplay of light being reflected off of other objects. They can even be obscured by the shadow of another, thus we have the idea of being “overshadowed”. The father wanting his son to follow certain traditions simply because they are that. That is an example, yes, but why do we…
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Personal Presence First
Where do we find the experience of self? Personally, only within. Experience is what I see mirrored to me in others. I think in ourselves, and in our interactions with others. When we explore our inner nature, do we discover an alien being? Alien as in foreign? My point is that you find the truest…
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The Only Burden
We are multifaceted beings like little suns of life force. A light source that can cast long shadows, and our full being is like an elemental force. Can we give more than that? Can we give less? I think we are afraid to give too much to the wrong person. There is the sticking point, the…
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First and Foremost a Person
What would the world be like if there were no roles? No rich or poor? No holy or profane? Everyone living with every ugly little detail out for all to see? Burdens are lifted when all is revealed? When all is revealed then we know what we have to work with. How well do you…
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Life Without Burden
I live a life without burden, which doesn’t mean I am no burden to others. To offer my ugly side on the chance it may have worth, I am not adequately able to read other peoples subtle messages, those instinctive signals that make people feel so uneasy around each other. Because I cannot really see…
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Work From Desire
You don’t have to ignore anything, quite the contrary, just choose. Have you ever really been burdened by a choice? Only because you have an idea of “should”, otherwise you work from desire. Does desire care for what you should? Only for shampoo at the drugstore. I have to get the perfect one you know.…
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Trust Feeling
Control is putting the brakes on life. It has limited use. In fact, there is a simple guide for when you actually need to exert control. The same thing that makes you avoid cooking your hand on the stove, makes you avoid being locked into things that hurt you, unless you interrupt this. Common sense?…