End of the Chrysalis Age

lazyyogi:

To make enlightenment unabashedly your aim in life, you must walk the path like a warrior. This means becoming effortlessly impeccable. Your life may depend on it.

You know what it means to be a warrior.

You don’t remember? You knew it long ago…but I’ll refresh your memory.

1) A warrior…

(Source: lazyyogi)

The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another. But though it is unreal it is not meaningless. It eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the special mental atmosphere that a hierarchical society needs. War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished. In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact.

—1984, George Orwell (via philphys)

lazyyogi:

Just came across this old piece of writing of mine, in response to an old ask. Thought it appropriate to repost:

If you feel offended about something, you haven’t been meditating enough.

If you feel the need to defend yourself, or justify your viewpoints, you haven’t been meditating…

(Source: lazyyogi)