Friday, October 30, 2009

Total Thoughts (September 20, 2009) - In Pursuit of Higher Values

Total Thoughts:

In Pursuit of Higher Values (On Wings and Wheels pages 28 - 31)
  • Just as the majority of an iceberg is unseen so too the majority of our personality is unexpressed - by developing more awareness we are able to purify the subtler layers of our personality
  • Most of us claim to live a life based on values but when push comes to shove do we still uphold these values - through introspection do we come to understand what we really base our lives on
  • If we all cultivated 'big picture ethics' then 'little picture ethics' would be absorbed into this - in the same way, when our vision is of Oneness, our egos would dissolve
  • Values are a means and not an ends in themselves - we abide by values to make us eligible to abide in our Infinite Nature
  • Most of the education society propagates is towards valuables (limited) and not values (limitless) - is it a wonder then that unnecessary conflict is ever present
Foundation for our upcoming discussion:  Values of Life (On Wings and Wheels pages 31 - 35)
 
' I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life.  But I can renounce all at the time of need and that is the real sacrifice. ' --- Bhagat Singh
 
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