Do you believe in fate?
I've fallen sick - and in a decision hopefully longer-lived in duration, given up drinking.
A famous philosopher/writer (I forget) once said that we are not bodies with souls, we are souls with bodies. This quote started to make a bit more sense to me recently.
To me, people have different types of qualities; those that are superficial and those that go to their core. Our sense of mindfulness, the way we act, speak and interact with others, are characteristics that make up the shells of who we are - our souls lie deeper; and are comprised of our underlying motives, goals, our deeper perspectives on life, love and compassion.
While fate may push us in strange directions, it has acted with more significance on who I am on the inside; at the same time it has changed my soul surprisingly little. Outside qualities develop organically from inner ideas and change constantly, radically and at times inconsistently. What a shift in the soul promises is emotional emancipation - the freedom to think and view the world in an entirely new way.
I've referred to our outer qualities as including 'mindfulness'; a sense of control over our actions and thoughts. I've decided to abstain from alcohol for some time - it has proven costly, removes mindfulness, and seems unnecessary in changing my character, even temporarily. Using alcohol to take away inhibitions or to gain confidence could weaken my natural confidence and decisiveness; by providing an alternate path to an uninhibited night, I could become a more inhibited person when sober.
These thoughts are all hypothetical of course - I will wait and see how things pan out.
I realize that my posts have become more oblique. This is in recognition of a greater audience; deeper messages may be read between the lines.
<3 Del
I've fallen sick - and in a decision hopefully longer-lived in duration, given up drinking.
A famous philosopher/writer (I forget) once said that we are not bodies with souls, we are souls with bodies. This quote started to make a bit more sense to me recently.
To me, people have different types of qualities; those that are superficial and those that go to their core. Our sense of mindfulness, the way we act, speak and interact with others, are characteristics that make up the shells of who we are - our souls lie deeper; and are comprised of our underlying motives, goals, our deeper perspectives on life, love and compassion.
While fate may push us in strange directions, it has acted with more significance on who I am on the inside; at the same time it has changed my soul surprisingly little. Outside qualities develop organically from inner ideas and change constantly, radically and at times inconsistently. What a shift in the soul promises is emotional emancipation - the freedom to think and view the world in an entirely new way.
I've referred to our outer qualities as including 'mindfulness'; a sense of control over our actions and thoughts. I've decided to abstain from alcohol for some time - it has proven costly, removes mindfulness, and seems unnecessary in changing my character, even temporarily. Using alcohol to take away inhibitions or to gain confidence could weaken my natural confidence and decisiveness; by providing an alternate path to an uninhibited night, I could become a more inhibited person when sober.
These thoughts are all hypothetical of course - I will wait and see how things pan out.
I realize that my posts have become more oblique. This is in recognition of a greater audience; deeper messages may be read between the lines.
<3 Del
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