Reflections: Meditations
The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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"Why is the Bible story of The Prodigal Son true?"
The Bible story is about the Prodigal Archetype.
The Prodigal Archetype is true in that it exists.
The Prodigal Archetype story is a true narrative of the Prodigal Archetype and their story.
This story is objectively, empirically true, factually true. Not at a matter of faith or belief.
It is
Whenever you are in love, in compassion, ego is not there.
"Right now as I am speaking, you can observe the fact that if you are silent, totally alert, you are there, but with no feeling of `I’. And just the contrary happens: if you are troubled, in conflict, in anxiety, you feel a centered ego within you. When you
I am not going to negotiate who I am with you.
I am not going to negotiate who I am with you. - Brené Brown
Tao Te Ching - Verse 38
When the Tao is lost, there is goodness.
When goodness is lost, there is morality.
When morality is lost, there is ritual.
Ritual is the husk of true faith,
the beginning of chaos.