THE WAY

When we follow The Way we are participating responsibly in nature and acting with care of ourselves. The Way is an attitude towards life and our responsibility to all things.

What we allow our minds to latch on to, consumes us, even for the briefest of moments. Emotions generated from this consumption elicit good or bad feelings. These feelings can create feedback loops that make us remember good or bad things which make us feel better or worse. The Way is the practice of using your Mindfulness and Meditation practices advocated in this book to carve a path of least emotional resistance in your life.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes the plans we make get in the way of life? Sometimes the best plan is to not have a plan. Take time to relax and use your intuition. Wait. Then act. Follow your gut and trust your instincts, the worst we have to lose is our lives. If that is an impossibility in your plans or action, then all that remains is a good story or a life lesson.

When we are divorced from reality, we cannot accurately guide our lives with the proper intent. Sometimes we are blinded by what we don’t know. Other times we may be blinded by what we do know. Sometimes too much knowledge is a bad thing. This is why we must know ourselves as much as know about the world. We must explore the depths of ourselves as deeply as any book.

We must treat ourselves with the same reverence as we do our planet and nature. You must live your life with a Pro-Future mindset, attitude, and follow up with proper action. Is what you do today borrowing from the future? Is your seven-bedroom home worth the wealth preservation or could those resources be used more wisely and benefit someone less fortunate? Human-first thinking, adhering to limitless progress, and profits over eco and social responsibility are Anti-Future.

We must accept the duality/polarity that exists within ourselves, others, nature, and the universe. As the Hermetic saying goes, “As Above, So Below” which refers to this duality from many different perspectives. This duality is not limited to night-day, peace-war, good-bad, gender-agender, hot-cold, life-death, Yin-Yang, and so many more. In many instances, these dualities blend long before they are absolute in certainty for which we must use the Middle Way.

We must know ourselves, so we know others. We must live our lives simply so our future selves can live. Understanding this and following these lessons is following The Way.