I just found out some disconcerting news about someone on this site I was kinda close to for a small period of time and it's affecting me, ngl. Gonna go be sad now.

So many people fear even the very thought of becoming "selfish" when in reality, that is precisely what is necessary in the path of becoming truly unselfish. Understanding what you need and loving yourself helps you more than any other way could in understanding what others may be seeking in terms of desire and fulfillment, and you may also find that the ways you treat yourself come from sources that appear to be entirely external from you. Food, sleep, lust, all of these sorts of pleasurable things are in a sense, "other" to you. So you love yourself by participating in passions outside of you? Well, that doesn't make much sense; furthermore, I find that the only way one can truly be selfish is in the constant seeking of approval from another. What will this approval give you, but a version of yourself that is entirely a facade, a persona? In other words, you without your being aware of it or not, become a liar; a liar not only to others but to yourself. And that is why you feel so consistently at odds with your own inner being because you refuse to accept the truth within; the most important truth, yours.

It's interesting how so much can feel different with just a simple change in perspective. It is like a drop of dew in how it reflects the other drops of dew in a garden, thus creating seemingly infinite reflections; out of all those perspectives that you could see through, why look through the one that consistently hinders your growth?

What is better when you are broken; to assume the hopeless stance that you will never be better, or to adopt the hopeful one that you have the potential of repairing?

I know which one personally resonates better, that's for sure.

A structure full of clutter will not properly resonate its sound, but a clear construct will produce the most beautiful of acoustics.

Like the bodies of water, there is a time to be still, and there is a time to rush; it is all part of the flow, so go with it!

Become as effortless as the change-of-seasons; it does so simply because it does so.

The sign to step outside of a comfort zone is when that zone no longer brings one comfort.

When one is confused by another's behaviour, it is like someone whistling a tune that is unfamiliar to the other, and if they don't know the melody, they most certainly don't know the whole composition.

Don't take off your wet shoes if you have to put them back on before they dry. Yeesh!

Love without logic is blind, and one without logic will eventually commit a hateful action in the name of "love".

Embrace your emotion whatever it may be; the only way out, is in.

One should not take offense to a word or a series of words, they are merely just sounds at the end of the day in the right perspective.

If another is in sadness, look on them with sympathy, and if they are in bitterness, look on them with pity.

Live in logical love instead of unbridled hate, for the latter does nothing but expend energy.

~ These thoughts are for me mainly, but I also felt compelled to share.

In my moments of translucency, I made the mistake of anticipating someone else to notice, but the only thing that seemed to change was my own vision, and it felt as if others were merely waiting for me as well, it was even as if they were where I was at; heaven, hell, purgatory, satori. The moments I felt fear is when I would "drag myself back down", so to speak, and that is also okay; fear is a natural response when dealing with the unknown. It is like the monkey eventually noticing that the "other" they see in the mirror is merely their own "self" reflected back at them, and there never was anything to truly fear.

What people think true enlightment looks like:

vs

What it actually looks like:

Wait a second... *triumphant music plays* Was the 𝑴𝒆𝒏✨ inside me all-along? Yes, this is it! The feeling of ultimate, self-sustaining, Homo🌌Energy! Yes... Yes!... YESYES!! I can feel the power of 𝑴𝒆𝒏✨ coming inside me!!! I am becoming Super Gaiyan!!!! HEEAAAAAGGHHH!!!!!

🔥HEEEERRAAAAGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!🔥

Ok, but if you know it was bad to grow up this way, why are you putting others through the same thing? Surely you can do better than this sort of thinking? If you know your guardians did wrong by you, why would you imitate their actions?