What is the meaning of our existence? What is our purpose in life? We all find ourselves confronted with these questions throughout our lives. We come by them in various ways. Many of us likely first heard of these questions from schooling and socialization in our faith traditions. For example, our elders taught us our […]
An important aspect of the LLP mindset is that it acts as if it is radiating outwards from ourselves. This is perhaps the easiest to see with respect to love. We naturally start off with caring more about ourselves and those most closely related to us. As we progress in awakening our LLP mindset, our
Love To love is to have deep-seated compassion for others. The highest forms of love would have us give ourselves entirely without an expectation of reciprocity. In our adult lives, we all too often confuse – and even conflate – romantic love and physical relationships and thereby only allow ourselves to see one manifestation of
“Are you a god?” they asked. “No.” “An angel?” “No.” “A saint?” “No.” “Then what are you?” Buddha answered, “I am awake(conscious).” How easy is it to live consciously? Isn’t it our natural condition? Yes, but we start losing it as we grow up and instead we start living compulsively due to the socialization process
