Doing things Differently

"The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds."

- William James

I realized that the more awakened you become the more you understand the world. And the less you conform to the society's level of thinking, because you understand how the power of your thoughts affect things and the world around you.

Since you understand the natural order of things, the less you criticize, the less you see and respond to the negativity around you. Because, things are not what they seem. The eyes and words are a bit primitive way of communicating information.

Most people would rather follow the herd. Since the rest of mankind would fight, hate, condemn, criticize, be right, than live differently. And it's sometimes hard to stand alone when everybody around you is doing the same things.

From womb to tomb, not a lot of people are taught how to control their feelings and that is the danger lies. School, parents, church, religion, government, media will not teach you how to control your feelings they will teach you just to obey and not question authority.

And people who do not know how to control their feelings is in a bad way, because they will easily give into feelings of hate, irritation, criticism anger and what-not. They would easily be swayed to what the rest of the world is doing, even if in their heart they know its wrong.

Sometimes its a bit challenging to live in a society where you see a lot of chaos and most especially ignorance, because nobody wants to question what their parents, families, school, government, religion have taught them. Most people would rather allow other people to do the thinking for them, than think for themselves. Which is maybe, one of the reasons, why there are some people who choose to live a monastic life.

But I believe we have the power to change things. And that a developed man is not somebody who is well read, intelligent, speaks well or possesses the most skill or riches.

The developed man is the one who spends most of his attention in improving himself than improving other people. He focuses in the higher virtues of Life (love, peace, understanding, tolerance, giving) than that of the physical senses (fear, irritation, criticism, hate, selfishness).

Because he understands and do thinks differently than the rest of the world. He maintains obedience with the higher laws in every area of his life, even if he is alone. Because he doesn't conform, he do things differently.

And I believe that when you use your thoughts in ways such as these you will become a bonfire of blessing in your corner of the world.

You can't change other people, you can only change yourself. And when you change everything around you changes.