I cobble from anywhere and everywhere, Christianity, Buddhism, Nature, Paga/wiccan stuff, self help books, any other religions/ spiritual speakers/ books or poetry that say anything meaningful that seems helpful.
My philosophies are based on kindness, forgiveness, truth, honestly, being the best we can be, being sympathetic rather than judgemental of others. Trying to forgive self for failing too. Trying to find inner peace. The value of meditation. The value of wishes of seeking wisdom of prayer. Of time out to just BE and feel and live and observe without judgement. Just to experience openly.
A life outside standard social conventions; where one has thought about what is right and wrong rather than been guided by peers or convention. Where things are considered and intelligent.
I seek inner peace, and to be the best person I can be.
For the greater good. Do as you will so long as it harm none. Love thy neighbour as thyself. Be the bigger person, seek to be the giver of all good things, not the reciever.
Have patience, tolerance, wisdom, and kindness.
Feel the magic of life, the interconnectedness of all things, the splendour and wildness of nature. The beauty of the mechanics of the machine we live in.
I want to be a good person. I will look into and think about anything that could help me get there.
I am not there yet; and I am learning to be patient and kind to myself; having reserved the worst judgement and criticisms for me before and learnt the hard way being unkind to myself does not help me to be a better person, just a small hurt needy one.
I want all the lessons I can get, but I weigh and judge them to see if I agree rather than blindly believing. Whilst I crave wisdom of others I do not trust so easily, and many texts seem more relevant for their time than ours, so I make my own way. And often stumble and fall, but keep looking for the best path through.
Sometimes there is not a right answer. Just a myriad of imperfect options, and we must try to pick the least bad way...
I cobble from anywhere and everywhere, Christianity, Buddhism, Nature, Paga/wiccan stuff, self help books, any other religions/ spiritual speakers/ books or poetry that say anything meaningful that seems helpful. How do you ensure that the result is cohesive? Do you go by a gut feel or do you have a more methodical way to collecting/sifting?
I am learning to be patient and kind to myself; having reserved the worst judgement and criticisms for me before and learnt the hard way being unkind to myself does not help me to be a better person, just a small hurt needy one
This is so hard and a lesson I am currently trying to absorb.
cohesive... hmm I'm not sure it is; well except it must be. I guess I must have some innate 'do no harm, be good to others and the planet' sort of philosophy and I judge whether things fit into that and analyse whether a rule is relvant or meaningful in todays world and in my life and try to figure out WHY the text says what it does, judge what the good and bad of it is if you do/don't follow it. And to be honest this gets a high percentage discarded. I have to understand the point before going along with something I guess.
My philosophies are based on kindness, forgiveness, truth, honestly, being the best we can be, being sympathetic rather than judgemental of others. Trying to forgive self for failing too. Trying to find inner peace. The value of meditation. The value of wishes of seeking wisdom of prayer. Of time out to just BE and feel and live and observe without judgement. Just to experience openly.
A life outside standard social conventions; where one has thought about what is right and wrong rather than been guided by peers or convention. Where things are considered and intelligent.
I seek inner peace, and to be the best person I can be.
For the greater good.
Do as you will so long as it harm none.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Be the bigger person, seek to be the giver of all good things, not the reciever.
Have patience, tolerance, wisdom, and kindness.
Feel the magic of life, the interconnectedness of all things, the splendour and wildness of nature. The beauty of the mechanics of the machine we live in.
I want to be a good person. I will look into and think about anything that could help me get there.
I am not there yet; and I am learning to be patient and kind to myself; having reserved the worst judgement and criticisms for me before and learnt the hard way being unkind to myself does not help me to be a better person, just a small hurt needy one.
I want all the lessons I can get, but I weigh and judge them to see if I agree rather than blindly believing. Whilst I crave wisdom of others I do not trust so easily, and many texts seem more relevant for their time than ours, so I make my own way. And often stumble and fall, but keep looking for the best path through.
Sometimes there is not a right answer. Just a myriad of imperfect options, and we must try to pick the least bad way...
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I cobble from anywhere and everywhere, Christianity, Buddhism, Nature, Paga/wiccan stuff, self help books, any other religions/ spiritual speakers/ books or poetry that say anything meaningful that seems helpful.
How do you ensure that the result is cohesive? Do you go by a gut feel or do you have a more methodical way to collecting/sifting?
I am learning to be patient and kind to myself; having reserved the worst judgement and criticisms for me before and learnt the hard way being unkind to myself does not help me to be a better person, just a small hurt needy one
This is so hard and a lesson I am currently trying to absorb.
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hmm
You're making me think - thank you!
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