I woke up today, after some feverish dreaming, wrestling with the following thoughts trying to find a connection between that makes sense to me. For now, I just wish to record them:
A man's most troubling questions - "Who am I?" "Why am I here?" "What's it all mean?" "What's my purpose in life?"
There is magic in names: the power to control; and, the power to call into being.
Fear = False Evidence Appearing Real
Fear profits man nothing.
We live in fear: fear of dying; fear of aging; fear of pain; fear of suffering; fear of violence done against us; fear of change; fear of success; fear of recognition; fear of starting; fear of finishing; fear of failure; the list goes on... We fear to live.
The Kingdom of Heaven is within.
We are all gods.
We use barely 10% of our brains; it is in the other 90% that the power of the divine resides.
Nirvana is a state of mind.
Silence is golden.
From out of the void (the silence) came the Word.
The child within must die so that the man within may live.
The manner in which we die, dictates how well our deeds in life, are remembered.
I stand for the possibility of Integrity and Empowerment.
The aim of close order drill is to develop in the individual soldier a sense of instinctive obedience which will assist him at all times in the carrying out of his orders.
Strength, Guts, Determination.
What does it mean, "to suffer?"
What is discipline?
