In light of recent events in human history, it's evident that there are things going on in and around us that the word irony just isn't a strong enough term to use to describe them. Here are some comical examples as to how the universe, the collective consciousness, is in fact f#*king with you.
The more you focus on your problems, the more problems you will have.
What you think about expands. Wherever your thought and focus is, that is what will be attracted to you. If you wire your brain to always focus on problems, then you will find a problem for every solution.
Your life isn't just for you, it's for others too.
One of "the three purposes of life" is to help others through it. It is through selfless service that you will find your own sense of completion. In short you need people and they need you. The real trippy part of it is that if you pay attention you will find that you are them and they are you. Let that sink in.
People will come into your life when you are ready.
There's an old saying, "when the student is ready the teacher will appear." Some will teach you patience. Some will teach you love. Some are there to challenge you, but everyone is there for a purpose whether you see it or not. Which brings me to the next gag...
Not everyone who treats you well is your friend and not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
Sometimes people will use you for whatever reason they feel like you are useful to them. When times are bad and you're down and out, look who is still there. Those are true friends. On the flip side, the people who give you a hard time, consider them to be your Zen teachers. Often times people show us how to treat people and just as often people teach you how not to treat others. The lesson is yours...
Life lessons will be repeated until they are learned.
If you have ever found yourself in reoccurring circumstances, be it in the kinds of people you date, or the same misfortunes are finding you, odds are there is a lesson to be learned. It is up to you to be humble enough to learn it. Part of your journey here is spiritual growth. Like in most schools, you can't go to the next grade until you complete and pass the grade you are in.
Attachment is the root cause of suffering.
You heard it from Buddha first, folks. The more you white knuckle things, pursue things, and work to keep things, you will inevitably suffer. Anxiety, worry, stress, and labor are all side effects of attachment. What you really seek is joy, completion, purpose, and love. All of these things just so happen to be inside of you already. (Face palm!)
There is no need to "find" God.
So many sects of religions tell us that we need to seek salvation and find God. As I have stated above, what you seek is already inside you. God isn't sitting on a cloud and there's nothing that you need to be saved from. No one is coming to save you. You must save yourself. God is "hiding" in plain sight inside you and me and outside of you and me. Figuring that out seems to be the hard part for many people.
You are wired to take on a false identity.
When we look in the mirror we see us, right? Not so fast. What you are really looking at is an organic, decomposing, group of atoms that have inside them a collection of thoughts, tastes, and habits that are program to survive no matter what. That's not you. You are an eternal consciousness that exists outside of time. You have an EGO that tells you all kinds of misleading information about you that shapes your perspective and forms your idea of your self. The trick is spot that EGO and tame it.
Namaste
Namaste
