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The world is a different place today. For about 30 years it pretty much stayed about the same. I had several jobs but they were all the same Jobs in different companies. I had many relationships but they were all the same woman with a different name. I lived in many places but no place felt like home.
It all changed. Things used to happen to me. Then I took some personal responsibility and started to make things happen. I had some questions.
1.) Who am I?
2.) What do I do?
3.) Who do I do it for?
When I meet new people they always ask the same questions. "So what do you do?" I talk a lot. That's what I do. I will talk to anyone who will listen.
You see, life is not about what you think it is. Its all an illusion that we all mostly agree on on.. Now If I hit you in the head with a baseball bat it would be a very painful illusion so please don't take what I say literally.
Harvard did a study. The project has followed 724 men since they were teenagers in 1938.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-secret-to-happiness-heres-some-advice-from-the-longest-running-study-on-happiness-2017100512543
They would check in with the men every two years and ask them questions about their lives....They wanted to know what was important to them. As the men got older their ideas about happiness changed. I think the results were interesting and insightful. Hint Money and Power didn't make the list for most at the end of their lives.
American author Richard Rohr talks about having two halves of our lives. In the first half of our life, we build our container.. who we are. I am White, Male, Christian, Blue Collar, Democrat, American, etc etc... In the 2nd half of our lives, we step outside of the container and get to the truth about who we really are... For most this happens in their 50's. For some, it happens earlier, and for some, it never happens...
The world is an evil place. Greed and selfishness is the law of the land. People do horrible things.
The world is an amazing place. Nature has a complete system. Everything is born, dies, and reborn again. every creature serves a purpose that contributes to the ecosystem
Both statements are true. You can try them on like a pair of glasses. What do you see when you try on each pair? Imagine if you had a choice, every day about which glasses to put on... Guess What you do...! We all collectively wake up each morning and put on the glasses that we have been conditioned to put on.
we do this unconsciously without thinking.
Some of us don't like what we see in the world and it makes us angry. Somehow we all caught amnesia. We forgot that We create the illusion and we choose what glasses to put on. We are not victims and we dont need anyone to come saves us.
We just need to wake up!