“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” ~ Buddha
What we are today comes from or thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life for tomorrow:
our life is the creation of our mind.
If a man acts or speaks with an impure mind,
suffering follows him as the wheel of the cart follows
the beast that draws the cart.
What we are today comes from the thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:
our life is the creation of our mind.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind,
joy follows him as his own shadow.
The DHAMMAPADA vs 1-2
The DHAMMAPADA
Instead of choosing to be a Victim: Victim Thinking = Victim Behavior =Victim Reality = Victim Thinking = Victim Behavior = Victim Reality->
We can choose success: Success Thinking = Success Behavior = Success Reality = Success Thinking = Success Behavior->
(You must come up with your own definition of success)
This is not a secret and it is not easy. changing ones belief systems can take hard work and many years of practice. Many of the great minds throughout the history of time integrate improving ones self through Learning, Self introspection, Application and Wisdom.
Only when we learn something can we see where we can improve, applythe areas that we want to do better and then become master of ourselves, thoughts, actions and circles of influence.
Seek after edification, understanding and wisdom
We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. ~ Joseph Smith
Experience as education
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God . . . and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven”
–Orson F. Whitney
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