Aimen Rahman
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C. JoyBell C.:
I feel like I am on a blue azure sky and all the ravens of the century are trying to peck me of my identity. Anyhow, the question is how do I get to know what is my identity? And how do I erase all those ravens from my sky? And basically what do you do when you suddenly realize that everything is going to the end one day and you are going to dissolve into oblivion.
C. JoyBell C.
Hi, Aimen! Thank you for your question! :)
The ravens are always going to be there. The key is to become an eagle. Because eagles are more powerful than ravens.
Ironically, we often find out who we really are, by identifying the traits that the "ravens" (I'm just using your own term here) are trying to steal from us. "Ravens" try to steal from us the best qualities about us; trying to make us bitter, angry, vengeful... in the presence of those things, we cannot see who we are! In the absence of vengeance, anger and bitterness, our eyes are clouded to what we really are. And if we pay attention to the traits in us that are attacked by those "ravens", then we can know which parts of us to protect. In my case, the "ravens" in my life were always attacking my sense of peace and contentment. They made me angry and vengeful. What is the opposite of anger and vengeance? Peace and contentment.
I do not believe that, "everything is going to end one day" and that I am "going to dissolve into oblivion". :)
Feel free to ask more questions in the future!
Sincerely,
C. Bells
Hi, Aimen! Thank you for your question! :)
The ravens are always going to be there. The key is to become an eagle. Because eagles are more powerful than ravens.
Ironically, we often find out who we really are, by identifying the traits that the "ravens" (I'm just using your own term here) are trying to steal from us. "Ravens" try to steal from us the best qualities about us; trying to make us bitter, angry, vengeful... in the presence of those things, we cannot see who we are! In the absence of vengeance, anger and bitterness, our eyes are clouded to what we really are. And if we pay attention to the traits in us that are attacked by those "ravens", then we can know which parts of us to protect. In my case, the "ravens" in my life were always attacking my sense of peace and contentment. They made me angry and vengeful. What is the opposite of anger and vengeance? Peace and contentment.
I do not believe that, "everything is going to end one day" and that I am "going to dissolve into oblivion". :)
Feel free to ask more questions in the future!
Sincerely,
C. Bells
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