Wisdom
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Spirituality is more than meditation and connecting to your heart.It is understanding people's intentions and actions rather than assuming them.It is admitting your mistakes and having compassion for the mistakes of others.It is acknowledging your fears.
Your truth will come to light when you stop forcing your life to become what you think it should be.It comes when you question and detach from your expectations and surrender to what your life brings you.
Loss of virtues are far more detrimental than loss of possessions. Possessions may burn in a fire, but virtues are earned by enduring infernos. Never allow your attachments or one's ignorant cruelty to influence your dignity.
Healing shows you contrast. Distraction is dull and colorless. Grief reminds you of love. Pain reminds you of what it means to feel good. Fear reminds you of stability.
Humility requires self-awareness, self-respect and modesty. It is the acknowledgment that your shortcomings are opportunities for growth and resistance is a sign that you are being redirected towards your highest path.
Empowered empathy is more than recognizing someone's current state of being, it is more than saying "I feel your pain", rather it is saying, "I am going to help you overcome this obstacle and show you how to earn wisdom." It is leading someone through a storm you've weathered.
Silence, as a disciplinary measure, requires mental and emotional maturity. Without emotional stability, self-discipline becomes challenging to attain and maintain; without mental stature, there is always the risk of illusions and lawless concepts.
Learning from mistakes is a process of leading with humility, observing your behavior, evolving your values, adjusting your beliefs and upgrading your code of conduct.What you don’t want to talk about will help you.
Do not be tempted by the criticism and hatred of the ignorant or closed hearts. Sharing truth requires more than an intention to help others and statements of facts, but rather thoughtful actions and words that reveal the values and lessons beneath your circumstances.
Love is needed for growth and evolution.If you keep people in your life out of fear of loss, you are choosing fear over love.Love is the force that will help you face your fear and fuel the creativity you need to endure growth.
Intellectual humility is an underrated characteristic. Being able to backup a strong belief, while being aware of the limits of one's knowledge, accepting the data behind one's perspective could be flawed and being open-minded to learning more is a trait that is in short supply.
For one to receive and endure honest criticism without being stung by it reflects humility and a desire to heal the self. However there is a fine line between attacking someone's character and shedding light on the wound - the differences lies in one's delivery and intention.
Setbacks are simply opportunities for learning how to adapt, walk in the unknown, innovate, trust and detach from outcomes.
Resilience is built by walking through fires, while running on fumes, but learning to trust the process of being in the unknown. Can you attain self-control, while being given more responsibilities? Can you apply the theories that you preach?
Embodying empathy combined with emotional intelligence exemplifies wisdom earned from overcoming intense challenges. It is when one loses control or awareness of their emotions does having empathy become a burden. Empathy is a powerful tool when properly understood.
Purifying your heart does not mean to simply feel good, rather it means to bring awareness to your ego's demands, perceptions and beliefs, see where and how they are limiting you and adjust them based on the meaning you find through your experiences.
Close minded people are afraid to be wrong and will be quick to end conversations. Curiosity does not dwell on the same plane as closed mindedness. Being close minded is closer to fear. Curiosity is closer to love.
It is through taking risks and understanding the mechanics of how you make decisions that you understand what your truth looks like.Honor your experiences and lead with observance, as wisdom is built by learning and applying knowledge.
If you want to be the sun that lights your own inner flame, you have to build resilience and rise above and work through your own problems.Rationalizing, complaining and blaming will burn you out and throw you back into the wave of resistance until you create harmony.
Do not base your decisions solely on the advice of others who do not have to accept the obligations or bear the consequences.
Many will say "ignore your emotions", but the key is to detach and observe.Avoidance numbs pain; detachment and observance allow for information to come to light, so you may move through your experiences and learn to recognize what the best choice for you looks and feels like.
Some people understand concepts, others can explain and apply them. Some people are intuitive and future driven, others are intellectual and focused on the present cycle. Those that refine all of these facilities are successful leaders.
A precise measurement of one’s intrinsic value is indispensable for an expansive, efficient and productive life. When it comes to your investments - whether it be personal, relationships, finances, job, health - your values have to be the starting point.
Wisdom is built by taking the time to reflect on your experiences and being honest and observing your behaviors, attitudes and judgements.Most people would rather allow their pride to stand in the way than acknowledging their faults and developing humility.
While you cannot control other people's behavior, you have the duty and responsibility to decide how their behavior affects you.
In order for a castle to weather any storm, demand attention from its beauty and continue to expand for eternity, it must be built on accountability, sincerity and integrity.One must be willing to weather a storm if they wish to attain victory.
Finding your edge in life and being productive is a result of understanding your desires, as your desires are tied to what you are "willing" to do. Yet you must filter out which desires are coming from greed and those of a higher order.
Earth has equipped you with the tools to support your healing path and foods and herbs are part of it.However everyone has their own unique constitution, so it's important to get to know yourself and/or work with a healer to get to understand your needs and imbalances.
Remember we all dwell on the same Earth, but see the stars differently.Whether it is at work or in your personal life, remember everyone has a different lens in which they see the world. Be open to others perspectives, beliefs and ways of living.
Once you identify frustrations or low emotions, address them.Don’t ignore them. Obstacles and frustrations towards yourself or others don’t disappear.Many neglect them and end up gossiping, inwardly criticize others and poison their own hearts.
If you’ve never experienced something before, how can you say you know how it’s going to turn out?It is far more valuable to understand how to learn from your experiences than to allow your fears and preconceived notions to hold you captive and inhibit your growth.
Remember that wisdom and truth is EARNED. Allow others to go through their paths and earn it too. Drop seeds. Challenge others and be a loving force in other people’s lives.
The Universe, God, your Higher Self will always support your needs when you are serving from your heart.People get tripped up with this concept because they are tied up with their wants and desires.Sometimes your needs look like protection and solitude.
Under the phrase “trust the process” is practicing the virtue of patience. To see your desires actualize, you must learn to endure an event and control yourself. Patience is earned by relinquishing attachments and not being eager and demanding.
Developing values and taste starts with noting what you deem to be beautiful and what feels good to you.Illustrating your own beauty is how you connect with your inner artist and your Soul.
Wisdom is the result of experience and the realization of values.Education does not equate morals and ethics.
Change can lead to growth, but growth is up to you. Growth will show you how to achieve security from within by adjusting your values, beliefs and attitudes.
Trying to find yourself? Start looking at your space, clothes and relationship to art and beauty.Are you just copying the latest style? Where did you just arbitrarily hire a designer to pick your furniture? What are YOUR tastes, values and preferences?
Those who acknowledge their fears and work to consciously overcome them are on their way to becoming more trustworthy people.Fearful people do not live up to their commitments.Get to know people.
Just because the clothes fit doesn't mean you should wear them again.This goes for relationships, spending habits, jobs and behavior.Be open to always evolving and upgrading your ways of living.
Freedom is a level of consciousness that must be earned by learning to not rely on the external world for anything, it is learning to source security, power, stability, love, acceptance and respect from within and allowing others to do the same.
Freedom is not the privilege of getting whatever you want without consequences.Freedom is living with no attachments, not giving into desires or temptations, it is living in the present moment and knowing thyself to the core.
Be present, observe, see where you are attached, be curious, wonder, analyze, reflect and come back to presence.
The root of so much strife and illness on this planet is conflicting belief systems.You want freedom? Allow others to make their own decisions and stop intervening in other people's paths. Be an inspiration and drop seeds.You want peace? Find acceptance of yourself first.
Food should be your medicine. When your body is working harmoniously, medicine is not needed.Earth provides you with the tools and healing modalities to support your life.Medicine will not support you if you are eating foods that pull your body out of balance.