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The mind is odd. I have to get it off my chest.
The mind allows oneself to shift into many odd forms, with which anything created in the mind.. is reality itself. But it can also hold a very strange tool.
It is like a geared sight, when you focus in on something, it embarks a layer to a reality.
THIS.. I want to witness this. I want to know why this odd loophole in reality exists. I want to gain meaning from this tool. But what meaning is this? and how factual is it truly going to be? How do I find these truths, these facts of the self, of the reality?

Its strange. With questions I am continuously shifting. its such an odd sensation.. to believe, which inadvertently shifts me. I have noticed that I aim to explain the minuscule nothings. These rotton nothings that have been implanted into my very basis of reality. Its strange to think, how I have been grown, without a second thought, that a chair is a chair, an elephant is an elephant, a spoon is a spoon. These words, passed down through the grapevine of society.. implanted into me, into my unconscious.. I dont have to think why I know these images when these words are said. I just do, and I accept.
But then I research meaning for my many many questions, and the awareness.. what is it? what am I becoming aware of?
suffering? attachment to transient things? are these truly the reasons why I was raised to accept most things taught to me? so that I could be spared of suffering? and be attached, and rooted to something or anything?

I read about seeking truths, I read how I should not want the physical objects that surround me, to not want these implanted ideas. But what is the alternative? nothingness? to accept nothing and be nothing, which in tern is accepting everything and being everything?

In a greater sense suffering and objects are the two main creators of perception and in tern create a pathway to belief. Belief in anything.
This lack of understanding. The lack of the mind itself is attached to so many things. desire, passion, ardour, pursuit of wealth and prestige, striving for fame and popularity, or in short: craving and clinging. But doesn't this mean that because the objects of our attachment are transient, their loss is inevitable? thus suffering will necessarily follow? is this a truth? I need to strike away this idea of a "self". Its is a delusion, because there is no abiding self. What we call "self" is just an imagined entity, created by surroundings. All we are is merely a part of the ceaseless becoming of the universe, and with this thought I can breathe easier.

Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often.
The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.
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Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path.
Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem
from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.
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Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others
to make your path for you. It is your road, and
yours alone. Others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you.
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Treat the guests in your home with much consideration.
Serve them the best food, give them the best
bed and treat them with respect and honor.
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Do not take what is not yours whether from
a person, a community,the wilderness or from a
culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.
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Respect all things that are placed upon
this earth – whether it be people or plant.
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Honor other people’s thoughts, wishes and words.
Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them.
Allow each person the right to personal expression.
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Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative
energy that you put out into the universe
will multiply when it returns to you.
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All persons make mistakes.
And all mistakes can be forgiven.
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Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind,
body and spirit. Practice optimism.
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Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us.
They are part of your worldly family.
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Children are the seeds of our future. Plant
love in their hearts and water them with
wisdom and life’s lessons. When they
are grown, give them space to grow.
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Avoid hurting the hearts of others.
The poison of your pain will return to you.
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Be truthful at all times. Honesty is the
test of one’s will within this universe.
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Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental self, Spiritual
self, Emotional self, and Physical self – all need
to be strong, pure and healthy. Work out
the body to strengthen the mind. Grow
rich in spirit to cure emotional ails.
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Make conscious decisions as to who
you will be and how you will react. Be
responsible for your own actions.
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Respect the privacy and personal space of
others. Do not touch the personal property of
others – especially sacred and religious
objects. This is forbidden.
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Be true to yourself first. You cannot
nurture and help others if you cannot
nurture and help yourself first.
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Respect others religious beliefs.
Do not force your belief on others.
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Share your good fortune with others.
Participate in charity.

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