Some Rogue Thoughts From Me and more

More Rogue Thoughts from me and a friend.
Enjoy!


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"I don't feel like my time is short. I feel an intense need to prepare. I want to be self sustaining. For example, growing my own food, educating my children, staying out of the city, not having to rely on commercialism....etc." ~ Me


"This is the first year, I haven't self destructed. I haven't torn everything in my life apart to start over.  It feels really good." ~Me


"People that think that we are alone in the Universe are blind and arrogant." ~Me


"I am easily entertained. Always have been." ~Me


"I don't like teaching my kids to believe in Santa Claus and the like. But I do enforce the tooth fairy. Ha! I still believe in fairies, even though I am putting the money under the pillow!" ~Me


"Change is coming fast, behind it fear of the unknown, but in front of it, excitement." ~Me


"You are healing and growing very fast.... Concentrate here." ~Me


"Bless the sickness...it is an ill feeling safe guard of sort." ~My friend


"I am so used to being reclusive....it feels like the first day of school" ~My friend


"You must consciously accept what subconsciously seem like a defeat." ~My friend


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So with all that said....
I was reading some things this morning that have nothing to do with the above said things.
Enjoy some much higher wisdom below.


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"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.  

If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.  

There is always a lord of death.  

He who takes the place of the lord of death is like one who cuts with the blade of a master carpenter.  

Whoever cuts with the blade of a master carpenter is sure to cut his own hands." 

~Tao Te Ching, 74th Verse

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"In a world become blind,
I beat the drum of the Deathless."

~Buddha

"Everything changes, nothing remains without change."

~Buddha

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"If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 

The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.  

The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 

As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 

And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 

For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 

“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 

“Where, O death, is your victory? 

Where, O death, is your sting?”

 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.  

But thanks be to God! 

He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. 

Let nothing move you. 

Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 

1 Corinthians 15:45-58

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Words That Aid My Healing

Here are some quotes that aid me in healing and knowing that what I have chosen to do (so far) is good and right for myself and the people in my life that I love and love in return.
It is amazing to me that grieving takes so long.  As soon as I think I am done and ok, it knocks me down again.

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"Grief is the other side of Love." John Edward


"We glibly use the expression "the truth will set you free" but this may not be correct in all circumstances. It isn't just the truth that sets you free, it is knowing the truth and then applying it that sets you free.
The truth is there at all times – whether or not we recognize it – but unless we know the truth, and apply it, truth itself is powerless." (Graham Pockett)


"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."  ~Peter Ustinov


"Who, being loved, is poor?"  ~Oscar Wilde


"Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict."  ~Rabindranath Tagore


"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28


"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.  Cast all your anxiety (cares) on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7

Solitude Quotes

I am at my best when I am alone....and I am not the only one that desires solitude as much as I do!!!

Enjoy.

• A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.... Percy Bysshe Shelley
• In solitude, where we are least alone.  ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
• Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.  ~Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
• Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.  ~Pearl Buck
• The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.  ~Voltaire
• No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.  ~Jack Kerouac
• For those uneasy with the world, solitude is the only guarantee of confidence.  ~Terri Guillemets
• You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room.  You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet corners.  ~Robert Brault
• I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.  We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.  ~Henry David Thoreau, "Solitude," Walden, 1854
• Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone.  And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.  ~Paul Johannes Tillich, The Eternal Now
• I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.  ~Henry David Thoreau
• It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.  ~K.T. Jong
• “I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other”....Rainer Maria Rilke
• “It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it” Rainer Maria Rilke
• Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss. Guru Nanak
• As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. Henry David Thoreau
• Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)

Some good quotes to share

They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others. -Sanskrit poverb


Nobody said that loving would always be easy.


The first proof of God's presence is an ineffable peace. -Paramahansa Yogananda


Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. - Albert Einstein


It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive." -Pema Chodron

‎"The number one, you are one, I am one, we are one world, one life, one heart, one love. One is such an amazing number, the correlation relationship between you and life is so simple. What you give to life, you get right back, if you get rid of negativity, hatred, drama, and abusive relationships and keep your life simple, you will live the most beautiful life, with more respect, more truth, and unconditional love, one love." -Lee Held

"To Be Aware Is To Be Awake" By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

‎"To be aware is to be awake. 


Unaware means asleep. 


You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be. 


What you need is to be aware of being aware. 


Be aware deliberately and consciously, broaden and 


deepen the field 


of awareness. 


You are always conscious of the mind, but you are not aware of 


yourself as being conscious."




~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Yeah, What he said....(Updated)

Somethings that a friend of mine (Chad) said.....


"Yes, I am crazy.  Yes, you are too.  We talked about this before... You are too beautiful to be this down.  (Actually) I don't think that we are (crazy).  I think that we are more aware."


"I want to know all that you are thinking.  I would rather hate you for everything that you are, than love you for something you are not. (and vice versa)"


"I don't have time to sit around hating everybody. If I really dislike someone that much
then I'd rather not let them rent space in my head or heart."


"I think that the inherent darkness comes out in you as well as in me.  I think that is one of those things that we have in common and that is rare."


"I wish that I could set fire to all the results of all the bad decisions that I have made.  Fire cleanses all."


"The most important thing that I learned from you is that there is a lot more world out there that I haven't experienced yet."


"A secret that I want to share with you is...I am weird and paranoid. And I follow the 5 second rule."


 "(However) if I could have a wish granted, I would wish for clarity and the courage to follow through (with) whatever path is clarified; if that makes sense. I crave to alleviate this inner emptiness,fear,doubt and pain. ...  What I really wish for right now is a cheeseburger; that sounds good."


"...but let us digress, I wish and long for the clarity that you seem to have. I know and agree with you when you say that you are a prize to be won, but so am I baby and I need to be one. So if you're a winner win me. I love you."


"Just flow with it"


I am sure that I will find more things that my friend, Chad said.  I really miss him.