Philosophy: Simplify !
"He who does not love, does not know God, for God is love."
1 John 4:20
Philosophy from Greek: φιλοσοφία, philosophia, 'love of wisdom'
Philosophy is just a way one likes to think. Thinking is the hardest thing people can do and therefore often avoided. Out of the Mud the Lotus blossoms.
Freedom is your Birthright
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." - Goethe
You were born free, yet most of us live in chains. Religions and ideologies (~isms) limit your freedom and shape your life according to their plans. Governments can't give you freedom, you are born free. Their job is to protect your freedom.
Who Controls Your Mind?
LUCK: Labouring Under Correct Knowledge
FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real
Government: To govern the mind, mental control.
TV Programme: It's called programming for a reason.
If your mind would obey you, this morning did you tell it to create happiness or anxiety? Or did you listen to the news on TV or radio? If you do not control your mind, someone else will. It might be me while you're reading this. If you don't have a plan, you become part of someone else's plan.
Relative Truth
- I do not take it to be true
- I do not take it to be false
- I do not say it is true or false
- I do not say you're wrong
- I do not say you're right
India
Although I've never been to India (yet),
most of my spiritual education and thinking comes from there.
This ancient wisdom appealed to me as it not coercive, but simply inviting.
It doesn't condemn or try to convert.