I often wonder how people can live without expressing the true nature of their being. It makes me so grateful that I have multiple abilities to express my inner-being as extensions of myself, in the things that I do, say, write, and create. I am blessed to have these gifts to share with others, and to help them to become better people. We are bound by duty, to our brothers and sisters, to aid them in their times of need. To move forward together as one, and to embrace each others ideas... To understand rather than be understood is a selfless act, and not to be taken as an easy task. For to put aside the ego, and become a true soldier of the cause to perpetuate the light in others, is a noble and just existence. When you tap into the source within you, the world becomes your oyster, and you become aware that anything you decide you want, will be yours. There is great power in that, and with great power comes great responsibility. My cliche laydened, rantings of a mad man, are meant to connect the reader with simple concepts, hold their attention, and provoke their thoughts. Obviously only those on a certain level of consciousness and awareness will be interested in my work. I recognize that my sometimes seemingly pointless string of complicated vernacular twists, tend to turn a lot of people off. At the same time, I recognize that not everyone is ready to absorb my line of thinking. It is sometimes much easier to stay sleeping in a nightmarish lie, than wake up to the truth. I have been around long enough to come full-circle in my life. The square that I stand on as a man is 90 degrees at each corner. The total of those corners is 360 degrees. I am mindful at all times of the fact that my body exist in a world of the material, but I at the same time connnected to the universal One in the eternal world. My life's intention is to transcend the state of the human condition, and achieve peaceful balance in this world, as well as the eternal. As a human being I aim to unite the people with their own individul purpose. To find the spark that will ignite the flame inside those who would take the journey inward, to uncover their inherent greatness. To act as a guide to the seekers of light, but always being mindful of my duty, to remain a perpetual student of life, love, and understanding. I invite you to take the journey with me, to a place where we can overcome our fears, anxieties, and difficulties. The very same place, so many have spent their life avoiding due to their fear of the unknown... to innet-self, from the outside world. Where truth is the foundation, and consciousness becomes the key. I challenge any man or woman to take that journey, and not feel the Godly power within. It is there, within each of you, patiently waiting to be let out. Only the individual can cause their own evolution, and as such, they must absorb the knowledge from life to have understanding, or their vision will not be clear to see The Path. Take each day as it comes, but know where you are going. Plan for the future, but live for the moment, as it is all we really have. When that moment is gone it ceases to exist expcept for in our memories. Grab hold of loved ones and hold them close to you. Be sure to bless those you love with your energy and good deeds. Transfer the burdon of life's greater purpose to the universe, and trust in your own ability to achieve. Always remember the duty you have as a powerful being, to make this world a better place to exist while we are here.
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I appreciate you support, please share it with your friends. No one knows more about the struggle to maintain balance than a person with ADHD and Bi-polar. I have been dealing with these issues since I was 6 years old, and surely endured many tumultuous times as I repeatedly attempted to acquire control over my impulsive behavior, and natural imbalance in my moods. Staying focused and balanced in mind, body, and soul, became an obsession. For 29 of my 35 years I have been a test subject of trial medications in search for a "cure", and chased my treatment through medication,meditation,mutilation,institutionalization,and deep contemplation. Self defeating behavior became the norm, as impulsive decisions lead me further and further off course from my life aspirations to help people. I am not ashamed of my past, because I believe it is within those moments in darkness when we are defined by epiphanies revealed by our facing the fears that hold us back on our destined path. At one point along the way, I started to realize that there is nothing wrong with me, I am just as I should be. We all have different things that allow for the mind be raised to a level of awareness. This allows the mistakes of the past to be seen in such high definition, we become attuned to the sense of our purpose, and the road we must take to amplify that innate compass of destiny. These days I still struggle daily with the same issues, however I am conscious of the fact that my necessities in life all hinge on my ability to roll with the punches. Lessons are learned or not learned, but one thing you can count on is that they ALL repeat themselves. If you pay close attention to what is going on with your body, and how you feel, you can learn to prevent otherwise inevitable mini-emotional breakdowns. Care for your body and listen to it...Remember, no matter how bad it is, it can always get worse if you don't do anything about it. Find someone that you can talk to about how you feel. There are many local programs that allow those without insurance to gain access to counseling, or maybe just a good friend that has similar issues. By talking things over with someone who understands we allow ourselves the relief of feeling like we are inadequate, and bring in a sense of relief that we are not alone. In my experience the one thing that is probably most important thing in maintaining my sanity is my morning meditation ritual. I sit on my porch and watch the trees blow in the wind, and then close my eyes to listen to the water fountain and the beautiful sounds of life. I remind myself that we are all connected through everything in nature. In those moments I am at peace, and all things are as they should be. That short period of acknowledging the connection of life, brings me the strength to keep on keeping on, so that I might become beacon to those lost in the darkness who don't know there is a way out. Please share your own personal experience with anything I have touched on that you can identify with. The video below is a reference for those wishing to learn more about living with ADHD and Bi-Polar. Please learn to do research on whatever doctor or people tell you. It's your body, so be responsible and learn to read your body, and study new science and psychology information that deals with evidence based studies in the fields of your issues. -MGP One of my favorite transcendentalist writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, often referred to "the enormous force of a few words." If you know me personally, you are reading this out of pure curiosity, of what I would know about the enormous power of a few words. For those of you that don't know me, I say that because I am a known linguist, poet, master of the vernacular, and one of the most long-winded human being on this planet. It's OK I spent many years on a path of self discovery, and many thousands of dollars on therapy; only to find that the power to balance and center myself was always just an acceptance away. I had to embrace who I am, accept all my strengths and weaknesses, and believe in my ability to achieve greatness. Only then could I begin my true journey into self, where I could find peace in purpose and purpose in being. My travels have allowed for me to hone my skills, reducing nonproductive hyper-banter down to strategically chosen messages of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Now when I meet people I find that my interest in what they have to say outweighs my will to speak.. There is one word that consistently remains pinned the the top of my favorites, quintessential...
Quin·tes·sen·tial : /ˌkwintəˈsenCHəl(Adj.) Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class...This is a perfect word to describe the concept of an idea. To give it dimensional value, and paint for the mind with sounds that add color, height, width, and depth to the subject of discussion. When we learn to strip away the non-essential and reduce our thoughts and words to what truly matters, we begin to take hold of the principle of simplicity. With so much to do, and only so little time to do it in, we are left with a constant struggle to prioritize and revamp our schedule to be more efficient with the time we have available during waking hours. Most of us just do the obvious, less sleep more tasks,but is that really the answer? At what point does our schedule become restrictive, and even destructive to our growth as individuals and spiritual beings? I propose to you a challenge. Each day you wake, try to empty your mind and just "BE" in the moment of silence, before your days stresses and struggles begin. Forget about yesterday, focus on the now. Then see your day ahead filled with positive people helping working with you towards common goals. Picture that you are met at every would be obstacle with the helping hand of an associate or even a stranger. See yourself act, instead of react to adversity, allowing a calm mind to make good decisions in the moment; uninstructed by negative emotions, poised and ready for anything. Now carry that over into your speech and writing. Be sure to think before you speak and allow your spirit to guide your tongue not you mind. The mind must be drained in order to allow the true self to surface. Practice refining your words writing a description of something meaningful, then break that down using fewer words with greater impact. Then do it again, then again, until you discover the quintessential essence of the subject. Over time you'll be able to use one powerful word to total up the sum of all it's qualities. Do this for 14 days and I promise you it will impact the way you live in ways that you would never imagine. Please post comments to let me know your experiences with this exercise. -MGP This is one of my favorite metaphors for how meditation sometimes works when I'm emotionally frayed. Imagine you're in a deep bathtub and you can only barely keep your head above water to breath. That would make anyone stressed, anxious and irritable. So, the water is the chaos of samsara and the bathtub is my mind. What meditation does for my troubled mind is drain that dirty bathwater out. As it drains, it takes with it all the grime and grit my confused mind accumulates in samsara--greed, hatred and ignorance. In these moments, gone is the static noise of life that usually prevents me from hearing the Buddha within. It is then that I follow my breath deeper to release all the labels, boundaries and tethers placed upon my mind by the ever cleaver, yet misguided, ego. It is the ego that Christians label "Satan." As a Buddhist, however, I believe that we are the only one's to blame for being influenced by the aforementioned ego. Perhaps that's disconcerting to learn, but that also means we can be our own saviors and chart out own destiny. We don't have to accept the limitations of ego, we can be our own saviors. This is liberating to me. Those precious, moments of meditation enable me to simply "be." In those moments I am at one with all things in the universe, which grounds my spirit and makes me feel whole again. Once all the artificial limits are stripped away, the oneness of the universe envelops me with such joy and freedom that it often brings tears of peace to my weary eyes. Thank-you, dear Buddha, for taking the leap to teach your inspired wisdom on meditation, and the Dharma. Did you know that Buddha almost decided not to share what he learned during his enlightenment within the forests of India? It is out of honor and respect for such an unselfish and generous man that I bow before Buddha statues. It's not worship. It's showing gratitude. It is also bowing to the Buddha within all of us. We practice the Dharma to grow our Buddha within, until it will finally breach the muddy depths of life to open atop the water and bask in the sunlight of awakening. ~i bow to the buddha within all beings~ http://thebuddhistblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-is-one-of-my-favorite-metaphors.html |
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