Greetings readers!
Today is the day, don't let it get away from you.
Today is a very important philosophical matter! If we are without today, then what do we truly have? Todays create our yesterdays and they shape our tomorrows. What is stopping us from living this moment to the fullest extent? Why do people persist on being average? The world's love-affair with average and the relativistic are destroying what beauty we have. What kind of a world do we live in where nobody aspires to strive for excellence simply because everyone is so average that no one needs to be any more than that? We buy into all of the relativistic thinkings of our modern day and age. "The only absolute is that there are no absolutes." We need to step away from this type of thinking! What is it that is holding you back from excellence? We all have excellence in us, because we all have a purpose we are meant to fulfill. Find what is holding you back - that is key in understanding yourself and your life.
Today, we have expanded our technological spectrums to such an extent that we no longer see fit to think about the infinite. I mentioned previously the importance of the soul to our well being. Being one of the most influential, brilliant people I have gotten the honor of studying under, Dr. Wolf, Philosophy professor, speaks every day about the importance of the soul. Our soul can be in harmony with nature and natural laws, or it could be in turmoil. Many of today's people do not take the time to work on the soul and therefore, are more likely to succumb to "bad" things. Working on the soul takes practice, but with more and more time spent on the soul, the more inner peace you can feel. When we don't work on the soul, we have no defense against what situations we have no control over.
To quote from Sharon Lebell's interpretation of Epictetus' work: "When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it. What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance." This quote is absolutely life-changing. In order to be more peaceful and content, we must worry ourselves only with that which is in our control. When worrying ourselves with matters that are completely and entirely out of our control, we let the situation control our lives. How long is this life? It varies! It can be the next ten minutes or the next sixty years. Knowing that life can end at any second, how can we be content with letting a situation control our lives? Take control of your lives and turn your hatred towards a situation into an understanding of it, learn from it, carry out the knowledge you just learned into action. Wisdom - necessary if we plan on living a full life. There is a difference between those who are knowledgable and those who are wise. The knowledgable train their minds and expand their mental capacities. The wise, however, expand their mental capabilities and they convert the knowledge they just learned into action. A knowledgable man can state "striving for excellence is the only way to reach one's full potential." A wise man says nothing but DOES!
As William Hazlitt has stated "contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created." Today Dr. Wolf imparted such a wisdom onto me: "Life is too short to not seek the truth." We should all seek the truth as if it was the last precious drop of water in the desert. Love the truth, for it will be your liberation from the average and will place you amongst the extraordinary! A quote that goes so well with this is spoken by Elie Wiesel, "The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference." Indifference can only cause an imbalance in your soul and you can never be in harmony with what is natural. Seek after truth with all that you are, with all that you have.
"There is a profound difference between having to and wanting to." - Dr. Richard Wolf. We need to want to seek truth and be excellent. We do not have to train our minds, but the desire to want to will absolutely change your life.
Work on your soul today. Start striving for excellence today.
Douglas, I am glad that you have begun your quest!I feel the same way you do about many of the things you have stated in your writing. One thing that really bothers me is how little the minority that actually tries to understand Truth. We have to stick together brother. We are the few who care and strive for excellence. We are the followers of an actual MEANINGFUL cause. We need to stay true to the path and not stray into the median. I'm very glad that I have actually found somebody that sincerely seems to have an interest in actual meaning and thought.. Let's get together soon and discuss!
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