(무위)

24. Taoist. Farmer. Guru in Training. Newly Sober. ATM I'm learning about environmental sustainability and working on self-love. (currently living in Iowa)

[thoughtkick]

“I am not what happend to me. I am what I choose to become.”

— Carl Jung (via thoughtkick)

[zenmister]

Being Enlightened

If you were to become enlightened, you could experience a profound sense of inner peace, a connectedness to all living things and immense compassion for other’s suffering. This experience would present itself to you and change your outlook on life from that moment forward. It would change the way you think of yourself. It would change the way you perceive others. It would change how you interact with others. When you understand how everybody suffers, and recognize that they don’t even understand why they are suffering, you naturally want to help guide them out of the darkness. You feel joy in your life.

Becoming enlightened is like winning the spiritual lottery. If winning the lottery is your goal, you have to buy a lottery ticket. If becoming enlightened is your goal, you have to be enlightened. Your odds at becoming enlightened are much better than winning the lottery. Enlightenment is your natural state, you just have to fall back into it.

Falling into enlightenment can happen at any time, or never. If you want to become an enlightened being you shouldn’t wait for that spark of realization to change your life. You should just act as though you are enlightened. When you interact with other people, be kind and compassionate. Recognize their suffering. Act as though inner peace is your natural state and take whatever comes your way as it comes. Speak the truth, because that is all that matters. You can go about all of your regular business as an enlightened being, keeping in mind that peace and harmony are more important than most regular goals. When you notice yourself suffering, feel compassion, because that is what everybody else is feeling too. It helps you practice compassion. You can offer your suffering to the world in the name of peace.

It can be a long, hard road to realizing your enlightenment. In the meantime just be enlightened.

[triangleinfinity]

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...man. I read some of my old posts... and boy was that a tough time. Jesus Fucking Christ, lol. I'm still paying for it in more ways than one, and I think the real takeaway from this, and my entire blog, is that "love" is....well, shitty.

If I remember correctly, from the beginning of this blog (which is like 2011?) I am boo-hooing about love like the whole time! In and out of love, hating myself, drinking and drugging away the pain of "not being wanted". And finally I hit rock bottom. All in the name of fucking love! God I remember the pain so crisply, the torture I was constantly putting myself through. And now everything's so different, all because of love-trauma...

Dude... life... crazy... idek

[purplebuddhaquotes]

You’re never too broken to recover.

Justina Butkovic

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[purplebuddhaquotes]

I sympathise with everybody, damn it, and see why they are the way they are.

Kurt Vonnegut (via purplebuddhaquotes)

[utwo]

Iceland

© marcel siebert

[cwote]

be patient, good things are coming your way :)

[mizar113]

[purplebuddhaquotes]

““You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.””

— Albert Camus (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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“Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.”

— Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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lol my friend had this cool hat so I had to do this

[triangleinfinity]

The Tao of Safari [Ep. 1] Channel Restart I restarted my YouTube channel now that I'm in a better place mentally. No longer "Wah, I'm Mentally Ill" and changed to "The Tao of Safari". I left some of the old videos up just to show a starting point of where it allllll started. This channel is meant to document my spiritual growth and be a medium to help anyone out there that struggles with addiction and self-love. So please subscribe, and share with anyone who could benefit!

[just-shower-thoughts]

You’re a different person to everyone. You’re the hero, the villain, the sidekick, the unrequited love, and and an “extra” in other people’s life story

[purplebuddhaquotes]

Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.

Eric Thomas  (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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