Life is not as it is. Life is as you are.
Life is not as it is. Life is as you are. — reality is slippery and personal. This scares a lot of people, who crave fitting in.
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Here’s a “Life is as you are” quote from the old TV show, “Third Rock from the Sun.”
Mary: “Dick, you are just going to have to accept that there are some things in life you are not going to understand.”
Dick: “Oh, I accept it — BUT WHAT ARE THEY, AND WHY DON’T I UNDERSTAND THEM?”
Here on The Pathless Path, we haven’t got much use for “understanding” what is “true.” Most of the time, seeking truth and understanding is a useless pastime. Please note! I’m referring to inter and intrapersonal understanding, not, for example, the rules of the road. Because we all need to stop at stop signs and drive on the side of the road appropriate to where we live.
At the interpersonal level, there’s this: many years ago I was doing some business consulting, and someone warned me: “Well, asking questions in a meeting probably doesn’t fit within the protocols of our company.” The explanation was that the president thought he was really smart (not quite a stable genius, but…
