Boundaries

 I'm trying to learn how to set boundaries and say no to people I wish I didn't have to say no to.  So far, I just keep changing my own rules so I can just enjoy their company,  Then I get to spend time wishing I'd said no.  Any advice would be helpful.

Alone

 I've been single for several years now, living alone with my young daughter for a lot of them.  I quite enjoy it.  Not because I want to be alone, but because I want the person I share my life with to be someone who doesn't add to my stress, workload, or expenses.  Unless or until I find someone who helps make life better for both of us, like I try to do, I'm very content with my own company.  Isn't it odd how many people expect a woman to be desperate to be with someone just because she's single?  I don't think it's weird to want to retire from taking care of people who don't appreciate it after 30 years.  Do you?

A Promise

 This morning, while meditating, I made a promise to the earth to cut everything unnatural out of my life as soon as I am able.  I truly hope that it happens soon.

Feel the Love

 The earth loves you.  The ether loves you.  If you let go of what's going on around you, let go of what's going on within you, you can feel it.  Reach out with your quiet mind, feel it in your head, feel it surround your body.  If you let it in, you can feel it in your heart.  It has no agenda.  You don't have to question it.  It is just unconditional love in it's purest form.

Reality

 Hello Dear Readers

I wanted to share some things that resonated with me from someone I only recently realized even existed, Max Igan.

We're not fighting the system, we're fighting the belief that the system is real.  We have to be careful of spells and see through the glamour.

We've become so accustomed to doing what we're told that we can't see that governed freedom is still slavery.  Just because a group of people agree to it and write it down, doesn't mean it applies to everyone, it only applies to those who agree to it.  Protesting against it only validates your belief and consent that it is real and that it applies to you.

If nobody acknowledges or goes along with it, it doesn't exist.

Seems really out there, doesn't it?  Especially after spending your whole life being told and taught that the system is necessary in order for people to be civilized.  Lately, though, it seems to me that a LOT of people are treating each other worse than ever.  Regular people are hating each other for simply having different opinions about things.  I've never seen people have so little respect for each other, families are being torn apart because they disagree on who the rulers should be.  It's ridiculous.  

Would life really be worse if there were no people on the hill telling millions, maybe even billions, of their neighbors how they have to live their lives?

It's been weighing heavy on my mind for a good, long while now.

Much love to you all,

MotherTory

Hello Again

 Hello there, lovely readers.

I hope you enjoyed The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.  There sure were a lot of ideas in there that I hadn't thought of, a few that I felt were a bit too much of an idealization of subservience, and a few that I felt very drawn to as possibly the absolute truth.

How did it make you feel?

Now that that's done, I'd like to start sharing some words from some more recent big thinkers.  I'll probably start that series tomorrow or Monday with occasional thoughts of my own.

I hope you enjoy them.

Much love,

MotherTory