No such thing as a dispassionate observer

Don't try to fool yourself by getting involved in a situation and saying "I'm just a dispassionate observer."

There has never been a human being created whose observations do not affect their psyche in some way. 

Be prepared to be changed. The hotter the situation, the faster the change will make its mark on you. 

Like a tuning fork, you will find yourself resonating with the emotional waves about you. 

This means that you should be involved with helping others only if you are prepared to learn, and change with them. 

Is it fun yet?

The purpose of all life:                                             

(1) Learn

(2) Enjoy

We must love ourselves, teach ourselves, learn from ourselves, teach others, learn from others, and have a good time if we can. 

Remember that, when you feel like crying, the most potential for learning exists. 

"Is it fun yet?"

"Pain makes man think, 
Thought makes man wise, 
Wisdom makes life endurable. "

John Patrick: The Teahouse of the August Moon

"Be careful what you wish for. You might get it!"
(my mother)

Teacher and Student Both

As our own best teacher, we excel beyond all expectations. 

Observe the number and variety of scenarios we will create, over and over, in order to learn one small painful lesson. 

Sometimes it is painful to observe what slow learners we can be, at the same time that we are such clever teachers! 

How marvellous to be god and mortal in one. 

Teachers everywhere

As we become ready for new lessons, teachers appear. Keep in mind that the true lesson is not the one you expect, nor even the one the teacher has in mind!

Can we accept real love?

As we aspire to greater understanding of the mysteries of life, we must be prepared to get answers to our questions. Sometimes the answers will be as painful as the problem that stimulated us to question.

The mark of our advancement may be our ability to break out of old cycles - pain, hurt, despair, more pain ...

When we can love ourselves and others enough to accept anything we and they might do, then maybe we have advanced another step. If we keep trying to love, we might eventually rise out of the power of the wheel of life. 

Tough Choice

As she wandered along the beach, our heroine found a crippled bird. Cradling it in her arms she hurried home to tend to its wounds. On the wet sand lay yet another crippled bird. Unable to carry two struggling, injured creatures, she left one behind, in order to attempt to save the other.

Should we be angered by her lack of compassion, or by the difficulty of the circumstances that caused one injured bird to be washed out to sea on the tide?

Will we be godly enough to love someone who would make such a cruel reality for themselves?

Slaves to a busy nature

We rarely consider the nature of any alternative to the busy life we have created for ourselves; our enslavement is so complete. 

Would we give it up even if we knew?