Monthly Archives: June 2012
When Do You Decide Enough Is Enough?
I’ve been wondering all day what makes one say “Enough is enough”?
When does one draw the line between what’s been going on in the past and what will happen in the future?
Where does the decisions to stop accepting old patterns, conjure up a long-awaited strength, and look for a better alternative, come from?
Does it come from our hearts, minds or souls? Or is it a mixture of all?
I recall in the past that whenever I didn’t listen to my intuition, which was telling me to do or reject doing something, I always ended up regretting it. Therefore, a long time ago, I learned that whenever there was a contradiction between my heart and mind, to always follow my intuition (i.e. heart or hunch).
The mind can be tricked yet it is there to serve a purpose. Most people across history have believed that emotions are there to delude us; that following them leads to misery. Therefore, mind has always been given the preference and the value to be labelled as ‘the decision-maker’ and the ‘manager’ of everything that has been going on in our brains.
Yet, what is science is proving nowadays is that the most authentic resource of our true preferences towards matters comes from our emotions. They are like miraculously individual inner compasses that are not lured or affected by opinions, appearances, benefits, etc. Each person has an inner compass that points in an independent direction that is not ruled by society or one’s mind. It talks to us through the inner hunches we may experience. That is why it is such a waste of resource and chance for authenticity to ignore those hunches, and follow what you think is ‘logical’, just because your mind is telling you so.
Listening to one’s mind is like relying on a traffic controller to shepherd your thoughts through directions it thinks they logically fit into. However, combining both, emotions and mind power, one can harness two key resources that can best lead us toward what we really want and align them with where we truly wish to go.
Our minds may force us to accept ‘realities’ as a given, and they may lead us to seek and follow a path that deep inside we may not want to be moving in. Our emotions never sleep or lie. They’re always there, and they tell us what our honest attitudes are toward things, yet we mostly choose not to listen to them out of fear to lose our way. Society has created this fear, but has it really allowed us to listen to our own intuition about things? Are we aware enough of our values and life purpose, to an extent where we’d prefer to listen to our inner compasses as opposed to just go with the flow or moving on autopilot?
I believe that no matter how much we may repress our inner hunches (intuition, true selves, etc.), they eventually come forward in a form of rebellion against our own brains and lives. This is where we may choose to draw the line between what we thought was good, and what we really want to be doing instead.
So what do you think? When would you draw the line and decide enough is enough?
Contradiction, Propaganda, or Irony of Fate?
I was talking with some friends today who came from different cultural backgrounds. One of them, who came from a ‘third world’ country, was telling us about a conversation he had with a Western guy he worked with. They were both talking about wars, and how the Western world has been invading countries for many years and controlling or confiscating their resources. So the first guy was wondering what the logic behind doing that. So the Western guy answered: Isn’t it better that our countries invade those other countries, use their resources for the sake of research and development and make better use of it, than to keep them in the hands of their tyrant leaders?
So the guy remained silent after hearing his answer, and said: I was speechless! I couldn’t argue with him!
So we all stayed quiet for a few minutes then one of the group said: How come the Western world has run miles in progress, and came up with huge technologies, yet has been a main part in polluting the environment of the world we live in today?
Another guy replied: That’s true. How come throughout the centuries, other civilizations had come up with remarkable technologies that did not pollute the environment? Are we really more civilized than them? If so, why are we killing more animals on land and in the sea each year because of the polluting ‘mistakes’ we hear about in the news?
I thought to myself: How come we’re so advanced medicinally and personally health aware yet our societies suffer from cancers, heart attack, poisoning, etc.?
The conversation was very interesting. Is it contradiction, propaganda or irony of fate that we live in?
How come people around the globe are more sick than ever, live shorter than ever, and our resources (which have survived centuries) are being depleted worse than ever?
How come our lives are run by time-and-effort-saving technologies yet we suffer from a constant detachment from reality and reasoning? How come we’re constantly distracted and rushing in a hurry to get somewhere or do something? How come our civilizations have human-rights entities yet our troops end up abusing other nations or themselves? How come our needs are more than satisfied yet we are least happy with what we’ve got?
Really, do we live in contradiction, or is it a propaganda that we have learned to live by, or is it simply an irony of fate?
What do you think? 
What Makes Us Tick?
What makes you tick? Is it anger, provocation, a rude attitude by someone you never respected, or a repeated mistake?
What makes your heart beat faster? Fear or love?
Is it devotion that you feel every time you remember a loved one (a mother, a partner, a sister, etc)?
Why do we still continue to go about our lives neglecting our simplest yet most significant emotions, thinking that there would always be time to sort them out later?
Why do most of us ignore their emotions altogether? Is it busyness that keeps us from giving value to our emotions or is it something deeper?
Perhaps it is an underlying belief and an almost absolute perspective on a particular subject that leads you to eventually ignore your true feelings towards it?
Are we really the person who is living our life? Or do we constantly envisage another world, through which you see yourself differently from the way we see ourselves?
Are we stuck in a particularly unsatisfying zone? Where do we wish to leave it for?
All these questions make me wonder what is really the end point, at which we stop tolerating the abuse (whether we cause to ourselves or allow others to cause upon us). If we are aware of the answer, then what are we waiting for?
A savior? But who is a better savior for you than yourself?
A savior is a perspective in the mind, which leads us to refuse a wrong situation we are in, and choose one that allows us to flourish and prosper. If we couple positive perspective with productive action then we’re bound to get to where we really wanna be. Only there, no one and nothing can make us tick, for we won’t be feeling on the edge anymore, and the peace we feel then can spread around contagiously inspiring other success stories with the people we share our success with.
What do you think?
Comedy Unites Us In Universal Humor
I came across this hilarious clip by George Carlin. Oddly, his humor really unifies all people in one universal sense of humor. We are all equal.
Warning: Some strong language and cursing is included.
