Hello friends
I read recently an article from someone who commented on why we shouldn’t always read quotes as they could cause harm.
In my humble opinion I think reading quotes takes us to a deeper level, whatever the quotes say surely we should read them and decide for ourselves what they truly mean? To say something could ‘be harmful’ is making a judgement on all of us, we are all individuals with our own ‘take’ on life, we are all connected of course, but that doesn’t mean we all think in the same way. Interpretation is open to us, whatever the thoughts that follow, no-one should instruct us not to read something, saying it could be harmful, that is making a judgement and ego becomes powerful.
With all the media news at the moment, we are relying on guidance from those who we think know better than us, but that doesn’t stop us forming our own opinions does it? We may not have the knowledge and background of Government and scientists, but we do have our own instincts and intuition and most of us rely on these.
Life is all about being true to ourselves, the challenge is always to believe this whether we’re right or wrong. It’s not for anyone to judge us, we stand tall in our belief and being true to who we are will not sway us to think otherwise.
Reiki has all the answers, we just have to practice and be mindful of this fact.
So in conclusion, always think for yourselves, be honest with yourself, be kind, be grateful, feel compassion. Life is one big challenge, but changing our mindset to no anger, no worry and being true to who we are, will be the answer to our problems as long as we have Reiki and our Practice.
I would be interested to know the context in which the opening position for your blog was stated.
I was surprised to learn recently that some schools don’t encourage the “What I did in the holidays” that was a given topic for me on the first day back. The reason given was that not all children will have the same opportunities for exciting experiences as others. If the writer was offering something along that line of commentary I could perhaps understand it. I wouldn’t agree but I could respect a different opinion.
Every blogger, vlogger and pad doodler would have to self censor should their quote cause harm.
The bigger problem that is raised by your thought provoking blog for me is that we seem to have lost the skills and abilities of critical thinking.
Arguably in a five minute attention span society, where every meme is taken as ‘gospel’ and vast swathes of the populace is taken in by fake news, it is probably too much to ask that any thought might be taken to a conclusion.
For every rule of thumb there’s always been an exception to the rule, for every “Gospel” truth there’s a doubting Thomas. When Yoda told me ‘do or do not, there is no try’ it did not make me forsake try try and try again.
If we change our hearts, our beliefs just because they are not popular we end up in a situation where a lot of people will be relying on the “I was only following orders” defence (which is not a defence – don’t quote me!)
“It isn’t that the good guys always have to choose to do the right thing, it’s that choosing to do the right things makes them good.
Millie Morris – Hunters S1 E4 (Amazon prime)
Yes, a thought-provoking blog, Jenny. I do think that lots of people take quotes as gospel, and that can be dertrimental. We seem to have lost our instinct to judge for ourselves, but that isn’t surprising, considering that many of us spend our lives being told what to do by so called experts. This is where Reiki is so valuable, and any philosophical practice that brings us to a point of being able to be true to our own instincts and thoughts. We are shown by the media that anger is acceptable, that fear is inevitable, and it takes a lot to move away from that conditioning , even if we are aware of it.
I can see both sides of the argument, but I agree that it is an ego-driven thing to say ‘you shouldn’t do this or that because it could be dangerous’- we get enough of that already in our lives on a daily basis, especially at the moment.
Blessings to you Jenny. xx