Some Meditations for Today
Sep. 24th, 2019 12:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
causticusNone of these are my original ideas, save the way I have worded them today; rather these concepts are just regurgitations of wisdom that's been expresses over and over again throughout the ages:
1. The universe is under no obligation to cater to our notions.
2. Our everyday experiences are but momentary flickers of ever-changing sense impressions; everything we hold near and dear in the Mundane mode of living are but fleeting moments.
3. The following things are not You: your physical body, your sensations, your emotions, your worldly identity in this life, your beliefs and opinions; among other things.
4. That much-talked-about All-God of everything in existence, i.e. what in the most intellectually honest manner we can call “the Good” or “the One,” is too abstract and far-removed from everyday experience and knowledge for the vast majority to make any coherent sense of, much less worship in any meaningful manner; and thus a personal-god-proxy (a Patron of good repute) is an appropriate substitute for this highest principle; alternatively, a pantheon of gods is also suitable, with each representing virtues and cosmic principles.
5. The Gods you chose for spiritual work should represent virtues and principles that are conducive to spiritual growth and virtuous living.
6. Mundane living is the mode of everyday existence in this world which involves nothing sacred, be it in thought, word or deed; Sacred Living is the mode of existence in this world whereby every single day involves the sacred in some capacity, be it in thought, word of deed; a lapse for even a day in the way of Sacred Living means the Mundane creeps back in and takes over our lives; the Mundane mode is the mother of stagnation and spiritual amnesia; it’s what keeps as passive passengers of life rather than pilots.
7. To blame the world or the universe for your sorrows or misfortunes is to surrender one’s own agency and thus render oneself an object, as opposed to being a subject.
8. Talking the talk is to talk about virtues, right conduct and divine principles; walking the walk is to be a walking example of virtues, right conduct and divine principles; virtue is certainly not the mere act of talking about virtue, as anyone can talk a good game; be skillful and excellent without fanfare.
9. If a person, a teacher, a daemon/genius/vaettir, or a god/deva is not reputed to embody anything in the way of virtues, right conduct and divine principles, then simply pay them no heed.
10. To maintain a daily regimen of Sacred Living, abide by a list of precepts which encourage the practice of virtues and right conduct and the avoidance of bad habits and damaging interactions; keep to those precepts daily as best you can.
1. The universe is under no obligation to cater to our notions.
2. Our everyday experiences are but momentary flickers of ever-changing sense impressions; everything we hold near and dear in the Mundane mode of living are but fleeting moments.
3. The following things are not You: your physical body, your sensations, your emotions, your worldly identity in this life, your beliefs and opinions; among other things.
4. That much-talked-about All-God of everything in existence, i.e. what in the most intellectually honest manner we can call “the Good” or “the One,” is too abstract and far-removed from everyday experience and knowledge for the vast majority to make any coherent sense of, much less worship in any meaningful manner; and thus a personal-god-proxy (a Patron of good repute) is an appropriate substitute for this highest principle; alternatively, a pantheon of gods is also suitable, with each representing virtues and cosmic principles.
5. The Gods you chose for spiritual work should represent virtues and principles that are conducive to spiritual growth and virtuous living.
6. Mundane living is the mode of everyday existence in this world which involves nothing sacred, be it in thought, word or deed; Sacred Living is the mode of existence in this world whereby every single day involves the sacred in some capacity, be it in thought, word of deed; a lapse for even a day in the way of Sacred Living means the Mundane creeps back in and takes over our lives; the Mundane mode is the mother of stagnation and spiritual amnesia; it’s what keeps as passive passengers of life rather than pilots.
7. To blame the world or the universe for your sorrows or misfortunes is to surrender one’s own agency and thus render oneself an object, as opposed to being a subject.
8. Talking the talk is to talk about virtues, right conduct and divine principles; walking the walk is to be a walking example of virtues, right conduct and divine principles; virtue is certainly not the mere act of talking about virtue, as anyone can talk a good game; be skillful and excellent without fanfare.
9. If a person, a teacher, a daemon/genius/vaettir, or a god/deva is not reputed to embody anything in the way of virtues, right conduct and divine principles, then simply pay them no heed.
10. To maintain a daily regimen of Sacred Living, abide by a list of precepts which encourage the practice of virtues and right conduct and the avoidance of bad habits and damaging interactions; keep to those precepts daily as best you can.
