tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post7404983381884597358..comments2023-10-24T11:53:12.980-04:00Comments on Meadowsweet & Myrrh: Choice & DecisionAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-22958577771183725862007-05-13T08:09:00.000-04:002007-05-13T08:09:00.000-04:00You give beautiful expression to some deep and som...You give beautiful expression to some deep and somewhat troubling thoughts. I somehow think of a "decision" as more cerebral, whereas "choice" refers to something heartfelt and often spontaneous. Decisions are made about options which come to us from outside as well as within, whereas choices are our own. I could go on, but I am in the midst of family.Don Thiemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-66789426537819336362007-05-11T09:45:00.000-04:002007-05-11T09:45:00.000-04:00Sadiq,"Be a lamp unto yourself." I think sometimes...Sadiq,<BR/><BR/>"Be a lamp unto yourself." I think sometimes that's the hardest lesson to learn--sometimes it's easier to see the light of others, while we are busy looking down on ourselves or chiding ourselves for not being "good enough." I think it takes a great deal of courage to see clearly, to recognize both the faults and the goodness in ourselves as well as others. Thanks for your response. :)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-10049073759348671332007-05-11T09:42:00.000-04:002007-05-11T09:42:00.000-04:00ClearlyEnlight,Yes, I have read the Gita. It was r...ClearlyEnlight,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I have read the Gita. It was required reading for freshmen at my college, as part of a "Common Intellectual Experience" program to introduce students to a wide variety of philosophies, politics and religions. But I had actually read it before then--I am a great admirer of Gandhi and knew that he drew a lot of inspiration for his commitment to nonviolence and satyagraha from the Gita. I still find it a wonderful Mystery that a "counsel on war" could have inspired some of the greatest truths about the power of love that the modern world has known. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading! I hope you'll share your thoughts again in the future. :)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-33876980707368133512007-05-11T00:44:00.000-04:002007-05-11T00:44:00.000-04:00Hey Ali, I agree with you love is a choice which r...Hey Ali, I agree with you love is a choice which relates to action not just word. The opposite of course is selfishness. We can show love to someone we might not like. Once wisdom is granted and enters, decisions end up in the straight path.<BR/>Have you ever read the Bhagavad Gita?<BR/>The most wonderful reading of scripture.<BR/>The divine resides within. <BR/>I have your blog bookmarked.<BR/>See yaClearlyEnlight,https://www.blogger.com/profile/09923101507501834687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883567827950405204.post-39347740919395523492007-05-10T23:22:00.000-04:002007-05-10T23:22:00.000-04:00lovely thoughts. its a joy to meet spiritual frien...lovely thoughts. its a joy to meet spiritual friends online.<BR/><BR/>as you said,<BR/>my decisions about how the world and how people "ought to be," and how I "out to behave"? - <BR/><BR/>yes if u go for that way, you will only end up suffering, because all ppl will behave accordingly. its yourself, your inner being that has to change. become the change that you wish to see in the world is the ancient wisdom of Buddha.<BR/><BR/>be in bliss. follow your heart. be a lamp unto yourself. trust the hints that Divine send to you and know the Truth.<BR/><BR/>blessings and love.Sadiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979716765564795436noreply@blogger.com