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Simple Not Easy





We know what to do. We’ve been told a thousand times.

Love one another.

Everyone, no exceptions.

Give up all expectation of return.

It is not about fairness or expectation of return.

It is about us loving.





What is it, actually, we think we might have to give up?








Living

Living If we are really living, there is no fear of death. There is only making the best possible use of this moment. There is no regret, simply the honoring of great experience. Feeling honored? ...

Being Awake

Being Awake "To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate ...

Breathing

Imagine you have stopped breathing. There is no need to do anything. You have no obligations, responsibilities, debt, nothing to be done tomorrow. What is it you would really love to do? ...

Presence

If the “I” in you doesn’t want to be here, What is it that causes you to stay? ...

Care

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. - Native American Proverb It does not appear that we have been good stewards of that responsibility. What might have happened had we not stolen what was never ours? ...

Affection

What might happen if you gave up any expectation of ever having physical intimacy ever again? Did everything you could to be of pragmatic help to you partner? Never looked to be acknowledged or thanked? Took every opportunity to be kind, affectionate and gentle with no ulterior motive? ...

Status Quo

The world is exactly as we want it to be. How would we behave if that were not the truth? ...

Staying the Course

Oct 27, 1858, Roland Macy opened Macy's Department Store in New York City. It was Macy's eighth business venture -- the other seven failed. Which idea or project of yours is worthy of your best effort? ...

Humility

"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path." — Paulo Coelho ...

Death

An appreciation that this is the only second you have any guarantee of creates the opportunity for deep gratitude for this second. And this one. And this one. Etc ...
It IS Possible





Love, loving-kindness, kindness, presence, equanimity.

All of these words and/or the states of being they represent are considered to be important to individuals and contribute to personal quality of life.





Do you want the people who run your country, company, NGO, the producer of your food or your childcare provider to know, experience and operate from these states of being?








Heart vs. Thinker





Every major religion in the world has been talking about loving people and the need for human kindness. Most of the major military conflicts historically and now are between factions of various “spiritual” groups.

Loving-kindness at an experiential level requires actions and can be felt in ways that can never be described.

What makes us think that words or thoughts make any real difference?

Perhaps because those thoughts originate in our “thinker,” not our heart.