07-31-2014, 03:14 PM
(07-28-2014, 01:29 PM)Gemini Wolf Wrote: My dog Loki is lying down on the floor.
I just had the bad thought of stepping on his leg and breaking it.
I then said "I would never do that."
The thought made me feel bad and sad.
Where do thoughts like this come from?
They come from you. Every moment an infinite number of emotions and personalities are waiting to spring forth. This is your potential. Will you choose the one that steps on dogs legs and breaks them? Or will you choose the one that lies down with dogs and snuggles them? Or any others.
To me this is the most empowering realization there is; a truely eternal battle of good vs evil, self service or other service. A battle of fear and love. It makes every moment in which I choose love feel like a great victory.
Once you realize you contain fear, love, and every other form of those 2 within yourself, a harmony takes hold. The battle is over (almost), and you act as you choose. You think with purpose, "why would I break this dogs leg? Why would I snuggle him. What is it I seek in this moment". Also, when you act with purpose, any bubble up emotions are easier to interpret and grow from. There is always a reason these thoughts occur, always something to learn from them.
The battle is never truely over for a human, and perhaps that is the point. Light can only be perceived as light once one has known dark. And the darker you've seen, the more brilliant the light you can see.
The dark is no less brilliant than the light, it simply is. Reflect on this, understand it, experience it. Only then can you accept who you are in all your beauty and infinity. To deny the dark side of you is to deny YOU, it's all you or none of you.
Abhor nothing, for are you not everything.