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On my mind, May 1, 2012.

    Our human desire to control our surroundings brings us much suffering. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, nothing comes from all our hard work and clear planning.

    We are blocked or derailed or criticized for our successes as well as our failures.  We reach a pinnacle and are immediately knocked down. We create a pleasant world only to have it crumble into chaos at an intake of breath.

    This is the way of the world, of the Universe. What is created is soon destroyed and then creation begins again.

    Nature holds the power, not man. Man is simply a component of nature, not the Lord of the Manor called Earth.

    The best man can do is to work cooperatively to bring creation into being. By being self obsessed and combative as individuals and as groups of individuals, we simply become one with the chaos. When we become one with the chaos, we are left behind when chaos ends and creation begins. We become part of the detritus and are simply swept up and moved aside.

    The best of mankind do not take from the weak and give to the strong. They do not tear down or destroy, but come up with fresh ideas for building up and healing the torn.

    Those who ride the wind as it blows by find that they are soon left up a tree with no way to come down. They are stuck, in one passing fad or another, unable to see through the dust in their eyes.

    You have spoken to many who seem to stay at the same mental view that they had as adolescents. It is a great trial for humanity to have so many afraid of their present and living in their past. The past is fleeting. They are already gone.

    So many pursue fame, fortune, power, wealth, eternal youth, when wisdom could tell them that such things are fleeting, and that wisdom itself is the best human goal.

Om Mani Padme Hum.

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