The value of silence

Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?"

The question got me thinking. Noise lets us ignore our most difficult struggle and our most precious possession: our true and profound self. Very often, it is painful to face one's true inner core. It is hard to be absolutely honest with oneself.

Shakespeare writes in Hamlet, "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day," but we often fail in this regard.

We fool ourselves, and the noise and distractions of life help us in this effort. Constant external stimuli and occurrences allow us to avoid dealing with our inner being.

When we're alone in the car, do we immediately reach for the radio? Is it any wonder that talk radio is such a booming international business? We are so afraid of silence, so fearful of the opportunity to be with ourselves and penetrate our inner world.

Genuine spiritual heights can only be managed through introspection, which only comes by impression of the medium of silence.

Silence allows our spiritual dimension to regain control. Since the spiritual mode of man is silence, quiet allows the spiritual to lead the physical, while speaking gives the physical the leading role. The best thing for the body is when it is guided by the soul. Thus, there is nothing better for the body than silence.

Why is speech derived from the physical facet of man? How is silence the mode for the soul? Silence allows us to remove all of the external and physical distractions in our lives and lets us focus upon the essence of our being; the soul! How is silence good for the body? Why not say that silence is good for the soul or for a person in general?

Setting specific times to be alone with our thoughts and ourselves will help us probe our inner world. It is at these times that we pierce our deeper selves and grow in immense ways.

When you look into the mirror...

When you look into the mirror, guess what you see?
Tan, makeup or just plan old you?

You look into the mirror, does it lie?
No, it doesn't, even though you make it try.

You look into the mirror, what do you get?
Frowns, sadness discontent?
Happiness, gratitude or just plan old fret?
This is your reflection, and its what you'll get.

You are not stunning nor are you a not,
You are nothing to you, but to yourself a lot.

For you believe that beauty isn't skin deep,
For you searched for yours and landed in a heap.

You hate your nose, and the mirror doesn't lie,
You hate your legs, o god you could cry.

When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
Wrinkles, spots? Your beauty's free!

When you look in the mirror, IS skin deep, but you could not see,
For you are shallow, and forever you will be.

You look in the mirror, what do you see?
A beautiful person staring back at you?

For we all a beautiful, if not in face but deep down inside,
You have to be beautiful, but without losing your pride.

You look in the mirror, what do you see?
Both of us young, pretty and carefree.

For you are told you are beautiful, but you're shallow inside
You wear makeup, and you wont change your mind.

You are only 25 and already you fret,
That your looks will die, but you must never forget.

The beauty is skin deep, and we are all beautiful inside
So stand up straight and release your pride!

It's Not What Happened.. it is what you do about it..

It's Not What Happened...
It's What You Do About It That Makes The Difference!

A major reason a lot of people don't go after their dreams is they spend too much of their valuable time dwelling on what has happened in the past. They use up their precious, present moments mulling over the things they can't do anything about.

It doesn't matter whether the events that took place in your past were good or bad, favorable or unfavorable, there's absolutely nothing you can do to change them now.

The most productive thing you can do with past events is to accept each one as a learning experience, and use the lessons to help you make better decisions and take better actions toward your goals and aspirations.

If you don't learn from your past mistakes and experiences, you'll likely end up committing them again. One of the most harmful things you can do is to repeat a past mistake because you didn't learn from it the first time. It's fine to make mistakes. That's how we, as human beings, learn and grow.

Remember, it took Thomas Edison more than 10,000 tries before he invented the incandescent lamp (light bulb). This great inventor knew it was OK to make mistakes, as long he learned from each one. Can you imagine where we would be today if he hadn't learned from his past errors and kept repeating them 10,000 times? We might still be using candles.

Please always remember these two universal truths:

1. The past is the past and it's gone forever. There's nothing you (or anyone else) can do to bring it back.
   
2. The only things that will make a difference in your life are the actions you take today. Examine your past events, learn from each one of them, and then take new actions to create the future of your dreams.

I know it's easier said than done. You may be saying, "There's no way I can forget what that person did to me in the past." I understand how you feel. But you know what? One of the main reasons you're having such a hard time letting go of the past is that you dwell on it so much.

You see, whatever you focus on, you'll get more of it. So if you constantly think about the things you don't want, you'll just end up receiving more of what you don't want. The first step toward getting what you want is to be proactive. If you start focusing on the things you want more of, eventually, you'll have more of them.

If you really want to change your life, then adopt the belief that...

"It's Not What Happened To Me, It's What
I Do About It That Makes The Difference!"

When you begin living your life with this new, empowering belief, you'll notice some very positive, even significant, changes right away.

Today, instead of getting frustrated at past events, I simply accept each one of them as a learning experience, and I use this newfound knowledge to create my ideal future. You can also use this mighty belief to build a better life, now and in the future.

Beware of your Gunless friend!

The dangerous people are not the ones
Who hit you with clubs and rob you with guns!
The thief won't attack your character traits
Or deride your abilities to your face!
It likely will be a well-meaning friend
Who merely crushes your will to win.

No, he doesn't rob you, at point of gun,
He simply says, "It can't be done."
When pointed to thousands who already are
He smiles and says, "They're superior!"
Personality-wise, and abilities, too,
They're way ahead of what others can do!"

It matters not that his words are untrue
For, you feel "others" must know you!
So, you're robbed of your hopes, your dreams to succeed.
Robbed of the material blessing received,
Robbed of your faith that says, "I can."
And robbed by an ignorant, gunless friend.

So, the deadliest of men is not he with a gun,
But the one who tells you "It can't be done!"
For that taken by burglars can be gotten again.
But, what can replace your will to win?

Thay mirror!

I sometime wonder who the guy is whose face I examine every morning in the large mirror when I shave before I go to work. In some ways I do feel as if I know him, but only on a superficial level: the same way we think we know the actors in our favorite soap operas. We may know every explicit detail of the lives of the characters, but the true personality of the actor themselves is a huge mystery which we have little or no hope of ever solving.

A mirror's sole purpose is to reflect. In my case, though, as I would say in most cases , mirrors seem to reflect my/our persona rather than my/our personality. This, thankfully, indicates that the mirror sees only what the rest of the world does; exactly what I/we want to be seen.

The mirror is important in everyones life. This is not to say that most of our spare time is spent gazing lovingly into it, rather that it is with the help of our mirror that we adopt our outward persona every morning. While standing in front of it I transform myself from the everyday world-face me to the outgoing, bubbly, mature creature I wish I really was everyday.

Take the mask away people. Thay mirror will help you. Let me see the blood pouring out your face, from the real you. I can taste from here the smell of the inner you, the smell of inner me.

It hurts.

it feels good.

I will enjoy it.

...so let's fall in love, shall we?

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask: -"Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me: - "Oh GOD..., this is going to take more than one night" Hehehe

Oh well I say and keep thinking what she said to me: - "You will never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, - "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why in the GOD's name would I want someone like you again"

Hahah...

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain.

...so lets fall in love, shall we?

Give me, woman, thy little truth!

Everything in woman is a riddle, and everything in woman hath one solution- it is called pregnancy. Man is for woman a means: the purpose is always the pleasure and than the child. But what is woman for man? Two different things wanted the true man: danger and diversion. Therefore He wanted thy woman, as the most dangerous plaything. Man shall be trained for war, and woman for the recreation of the Warrior: all else is folly.

Too sweet fruits - the warrior didn't like it. Therefore he liked thy woman; - bitter is even the sweetest woman. Better than man doth woman understand children, but man is more

childish than woman. In the true man there is a child hidden: it always wants to play. Up then, ye women, and discover the child in man! A plaything let woman be, pure and fine like the precious stone, Illumined with the virtues of a world not yet come.

Let the beam of a star shine in your love! Let your hope say: - "May I bear the Superman!" In your love let there be velour! With your love shall ye assail him who inspired you with fear!

In your love be your honor! Little doth woman understand otherwise about honor. But let this be your honor: always to love more than ye are loved, and never be the second.

Let man fear woman when she loved: then makes she every sacrifice, and everything else she regarded as worthless. Let man fear woman when she feel angry: for man in his innermost soul is merely evil; woman, however, is mean. Whom hated woman most? - Thus spoke the iron to the loadstone: - "I hate thee most, because thou attracts, but art too weak to draw unto thee."

The happiness of man is, "I will." The happiness of woman is, "He will."

"LoL! "LoL! Now hath the world become perfect?"- Thus thought every woman when she obeyed with all her love. Obey, must the woman, and find a depth for her surface. Surface is woman's soul, a mobile, stormy film on shallow water.

Man's soul, however, is deep, its current gushed in subterranean Caverns: woman surmised its force, but comprehended it not. Strange! How little we know about woman, and yet how right we are about them! Doth this happen, because with women nothing is impossible? And now accept a little truth by way of thanks my followers!

"Give me, woman, thy little truth!

"Thou goes to women? Do not forget thy whip!"-