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TIS' BUT TRUTH IN MASQUERADE.
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"You are what you believe yourself to be."
Friday, August 13, 2010 "But at the same time we feel afraid. Surrendering completely to love, be it human or divine, means giving up everything, including our own well-being or our ability to make decisions. It means loving in the deepest sense of the word. The truth is that we don't want to be saved in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion. It isn't like that with love -it arrives, moves in, and starts directing everything. Only strong souls will allow themselves to be swept along, and Athena was a strong soul. So strong that she spent hours in deep contemplation.." - "And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking? After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony. All right then, peace. Peace? If we look at the Mother, she's never at peace. The winter does battle with the summer, the sun and the moon never meet, the tiger chases the man, who's afraid of the dog, who chases the cat, who chases the mouse, who frightens the man. Money brings happiness. Fine. In that case, everyone who earns enough to have a high standard of living would be able to stop working. But then they're more troubled than ever, as if they were afraid of losing everything. Money attracts money, that's true. Poverty might bring unhappiness, but money won't necessarily bring happiness. I spent a lot of my life looking for happiness; now what I want is joy. Joy is like sex -it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contented, but happiness? I no longer fall into that trap." - "Don't be like those people who believe in "positive thinking" and tell themselves that they're loved and strong and capable. You don't need to do that, because you know it already. And when you doubt it -which happens, I think, quite often at this stage of evolution -do as I suggested. Instead of trying to prove you're better than you think, just laugh. Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humour. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it." - above were some quotes from 'The Witch of Portobello' by Paulo Coelho. Yet again, it's another good read; the novel itself is so beautifully written. There's so many points made along the way, and it's just so uplifting. I love it. |
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