Is there one among us who would not give all their gold, for a moment, in their arms, their loved ones one last chance to hold?
Now ask yourself; Of what does life's true worth consist? Of what it is the value LOVE that no being can long resist?
The answers for me are these...
Life's true and only worth; is the LOVE given and LOVE returned.
And love's value is beyond measure of any paper, stone or metal, hoarded treasure...
just LOVE...
Kip Baldwin
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"When we say, then, that pleasure is the end and aim, we do not mean
the pleasures of the prodigal or the pleasures of sensuality, as we are
understood to do by some through ignorance, prejudice, or willful
misrepresentation. By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body
and of trouble in the soul. It is not an unbroken succession of
drinking-bouts and of merrymaking, not sexual love, not the enjoyment of
the fish and other delicacies of a luxurious table, which produce a
pleasant life; it is sober reasoning, searching out the grounds of every
choice and avoidance, and banishing those beliefs through which the
greatest disturbances take possession of the soul." ~ Epicurus 341
B.C.-270 B.C.
Love Loneliners...
Fear is to denial, complication and quagmire, as LOVE is to acceptance, simplicity solution...
LOVE; Life Overcoming Vanity to Evolve...
Ascension is remembering in every moment to LOVE more and fear less...
just LOVE...
Kip Baldwin
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"If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the
thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would
think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include
also his ability to find a peaceful solution." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Let
go your finite expectations of what LOVE and life should be and
surrender to the infinite experience of what LOVE and life is; give up
your illusions of control and allow yourself to freely flow, to soar;
for we are like baby birds pecking our way out, bit by bit, cracking
through our shell of fear, so that we may one day emerge, to fly free on
wings of our eternal bliss, through the endless skies of LOVE...
just LOVE...
Kip Baldwin
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“As spiritual searchers we need to become freer and freer of the
attachment to our own smallness in which we get occupied with me-me-me.
Pondering on large ideas or standing in front of things which remind us
of a vast scale can free us from acquisitiveness and competitiveness and
from our likes and dislikes. If we sit with an increasing stillness of
the body, and attune our mind to the sky or to the ocean or to the
myriad stars at night, or any other indicators of vastness, the mind
gradually stills and the heart is filled with quiet joy. Also recalling
our own experiences in which we acted generously or with compassion for
the simple delight of it without expectation of any gain can give us
more confidence in the existence of a deeper goodness from which we may
deviate. (39)” ~ Ravi Ravindra
