Basics.

This is going to be controversial(did I say a bit?) so if you choose to read it, do so with at least an open mind. For a while, even within the understanding of the purpose pain and denial play in our faiths and social conditionings I always struggled with the general concept that the only way to earn love and acceptance is through them. That the more you suffer in the name of, the more the reward? I assume there are reasons above my understanding that things work the way they do, but here's what I think. The self-denial of pleasure is actively self-harm. Take, for instance, fasting. It’s lauded in many religious traditions as a way to grow spiritually, to cleanse the soul, or to get closer to God. I get it. But doesn’t denying your body of sustenance which it needs to function, sound like something wrong? Is it just me? There’s something profoundly difficult for me to reconcile here. Fasting, in essence, makes you weak, drained, and at times, irritable, yet somehow, enduring this ...

Might as well be the cracking of the Davinci Code. If you ever honestly want know what's actually going on with  someone( spoiler; the Davinci code is another Basic ) All you have to do is add really . If you ask someone what they're doing and what they're really doing, bet your bottom dollar the answers will vary, and that's just an instance, add really to every question with a possibility of evasion from the actual and you'll see. But I'm going to focus on one question in particular., rather a particular concept. How you are,how you feel so, "How are you, really ?/what's wrong,  really ?/is anything the matter,  really ?" along a bunch of same concept questions posed. Now the twist here becomes, instead of you posing this question to someone else or somebody posing it to you, you're asking yourself how am I  really . I'll get to why in a short while. Little detour. Let's agree on a few things.it's alright to react, it's...