2011/09/09
Beyond Achievement
Think of all the great achievements of mankind throughout the ages.
The wheel, the bridge, the plane, computers the Internet ...
The Mona Lisa , the Taj Ma Hal...
In sports, politics and the arts.
All expressions of the beauty and genius of man,
Wonderful yes, but to what avail?
Does one the help the millions worldwide who cannot sleep at night without some kind of medication, the millions suffering depression,starvation ... Is the world a better place for all the emphasis we place on external manifestation?
There is only one positive aspect of the generations of humanities obsessions and that is to realize that true and lasting joy can only be accessed through the heart, inner peace and acceptance that we need not strive to obtain perfection but that we are perfect by nature.
Let us know this by witnessing our minds. Let us realize this is not us, let us trust that our children's purity will show them a better way rather than poison them with our out dated and dysfunctional manias. Let's take heed of our errors and turn them into the gold they really are- pointers towards NOT doing, and simply let are children be.
The way is not clear, yet we must trust that the first step towards simplicity with give rise to the next.
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