living reflection from a dream

more that you should strive to settle all questions through debate.
imo

 

Yeah.....the one thing I avoid debating is religion. It's seriously so touchy and no matter what, each side is so firmly held to their beliefs that it just goes in circles.

 

sometimes i love listening to music and just listening to music and listening to music.

 

Questioning the questions: observing the self evident answers such as "No I really don't want to have sex with a mule" but it's ok because I'm stoned and I think I'm a mule? ... and this will pass.

 

not doing something because everyone else is doing it but because you want to do it

 

seeds can suck my ass....didn't want to create a new thread

 

why? why not just go plant it in someone's vegetable patch or something. a seed has so much potential.

 

because i don't live in a spot that i can grow shit....people being caught all around me

 

Why is it that we don't succeed in enjoying the lasting happiness that we are seeking? And why are we so often faced with suffering and misery instead? Buddhism explains that our normal state of mind is such that our thoughts and emotions are wild and unruly, and since we lack the mental discipline needed to tame them, we are powerless to control them. As a result, they control us. And thoughts and emotions, in their turn, tend to be controlled by our negative impulses rather than our positive ones. We need to reverse this cycle, so that our thoughts and emotions are freed from their subservience to negative impulses, and so we ourselves, as individuals, gain control of our own minds.
— from Transforming the Mind: Teachings on Generating Compassion