Yin Yang

“All can know good as good only because there is evil.” Pg 4

When I first read it gave me a sense of what we are getting at with the Tao Te Ching, it is like a yin yang type of thing. One completes the other. We only know what is good because we have lived or seen evil, if evil didn’t exist neither would good so that is when he yin yang situation comes in they need each other to balance out you could see the examples through chapter 2.

Our Thoughts Are The Most Powerful Things On Earth

If someone told you that you have the power to control your own destiny, would you believe them? You don’t have to find a magic genie, all you have to do is attract it to your life, it’s called the law of attraction “like attracts like” This theory has been known for century’s buts it’s now that we discover, “The Secret”.

Most of the people ask them self’s why bad things happen to them? And it’s because they attract them. It’s the law of attraction: everything that happens to you good or bad- it’s because you attract it to yourself. Most people focus in what’s wrong in their life, the more you think about this the more you attract that [negativity]. Your thinking I don’t sit in a chair and think “I want bad thing to happen to me” but you doubt every good thing that is coming your way, you need to grow spiritually, not in a religious way but to find your own identity. And most important yet, people forget to be grateful for the things they already have.

All your thoughts, feelings, and action have to be pointing to the same goal; the feelings that you thoughts make is what attracts your goals, all you have to do is give it an extra push with your actions. Let’s say Julian wants to lose 15 pounds before the end of the year, what Julian has to do is think positively “I lost 2 pounds already” she can’t say “ I only lost 2 pounds?” the positive thoughts will make good feelings, thinking about the future like how good she will look in her brand new bikini. She can’t stay home and watch T.V that’s not helping she has to go to the GYM and do some exercise she’s not going to lose the weight over night, this is the action she most do for her goal to be accomplished.

Remember our thoughts is what controls the word use them wisely.

Confcius Knows Best

Confucius always did make a difference and grew as a person, because learning was something he loved as he said In 7.12 “I prefer to follow that which I love.” The last generations on earth have decided they were already perfect and didn’t need to learn anything new, but Confucius takes his opportunity every second of his life to learn something new to change his ways, and grow as a person. This is something I admire out of every situation he learns from it he strived to be like those who he admired, and he changed himself by the mistakes that others did he at no point wants to stop learning he says school isn’t over, it just beginning (life). “When walking with two other people, I will always find a teacher among them. I focus on those who are good and seek to emulate them, and focus on those who are bad in order to be reminded of what needs to be changed in myself.” 7.20

When Are We Going To Start?

“To make a mistake and yet to not change your ways- this is what is called truly making a mistake.” 15.30 If we have done something wrong we have to recognize it, if not we are doing something worse than a mistake we are not growing as a person, because we choose not to recognize our mistakes. If we were to grow as a person, our community would change, and our country would change, and finally the world would change. So if every human change something that is morally wrong our world would become a different place to live for the future generations. We already had our chance and the people who made this possible are 5 generation behind then so let’s look for a brighter future and start changing.

Can you Level With Me?

“Remaining silent and yet comprehending, learning and yet never becoming tired, encouraging others and never growing weary”7.2 This is the definition of what a full and wise person is. Why people don’t get there is very simple they are selfish, you need to become selfless and start thinking of others before you think of yourself. This will make you grow as a person, you will understand the meaning of life and its faces. I think that after you have understood all this you can finally rest in peace. I believe that every life you have is like a video game level, you can pass each level by learning something new, getting the mission accomplish, and when you complete all these levels you don’t reincarnate you just become a higher being, a new video game.

Did you hear them ?

Can You Hear Them?

“Observe closely the sort of mistakes a person makes- then you will know his character.” 4.7 While reading I came to find this, it caught my attention and I came to ask myself if all the mistakes I had made on this earth, had made me the person I ‘m today. It’s true, it’s human nature to do mistakes after all were not perfect, so most of humans learn from their mistakes and grow as a person, but the number of people who do learn from their mistakes and grow are decreasing. Every generation has lower values and they are making assumptions that they don’t have to grow as a person because they don’t need it. And they leave this earth without making a difference. People have come to realize this and these are the people who have made a big difference this last century, they have come to share the message with the world “We need change”.


“If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living.”
Gail Sheehy quotes

HISTORY

Barack Obama is a true speaker apart from saying what the people want to hear, his enthusiasm towards each subject he addresses shows he is a true believer in what he is planning to do. His charisma, his love for his country and for his family, shows us indeed that when he commits, he is committed. The tone of voice he uses delivering a speech is incredible it keeps the audience captivated, you could see his passion for his country, he knows how to use different tones to captivate us., and apart from the change he is proposing, and the charisma his form of talking of delivering a speech is what made him the 44th President of the United States Of America. Obama is very effective in persuading his audience to trust him, he uses his charisma, and ethos to do his. He uses Pathos a lot in his speeches when he talks about the America it is and what it should be. In this speech especially he uses forensic because he is taking about the future of what’s to come.

Is Anyone Their?

“How I sympathized with Job! I did not deny God’s existence, but I doubted His absolute justice” Pg 42 When I was reading Night I didn’t have Job in mind but as I read this part I came to understand. What had Job done to deserve the fate he got yes at the end he gets it all back and more, but what did the Jewish people done to deserve any of this if all that I have read in the bible were the Jews suffering. And what did they get in return? Anger, long sleepless night, they didn’t go to the life they had then it’s not a fairy tale ending for them. Job and Night is the same thing but in different events and a different outcome. HUMAN SUFFERING why does God let us suffer? Where is God?

What Now?

Job showed constant love towards God, even thought his wife and his friends told him to curse him, he would not. He served God, and God did recognize this and he gave Job his children, and all his wealth, with interest. “And the Lord turned the captivity of job when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave twice as much as he had before.” (Job 42:10)

Gob sounds like a commercial “trust in me and I will give what you want, and more” no better yet it sounds like a politician offering the people what they want, for their vote. But Job didn’t know what he would get. So what are we suppose to do with religion, trust in something we don’t see, or not trust in anything at all? I think we can trust ourselves with such an important matter.

If we were to trust in something we don’t see, we would surly ask ourselves: where is God? And most people can’t answer, they say they are believers, but they are not. If we chose not to believe in anything at all then we will look towards science something to describe all the natural phenomenon’s and ourselves, but truly nobody can rely on science, at one point all that knowledge will contradict each other.

The string theory is a very good contradiction of science it selves because a lot of people say it exits but they can’t prove it so no one accepts it. In a few years when they have the technology they will prove this theory and people will freak out and the foundation of science will start to break. It’s the same thing with religion when someone proves there is a higher being than us, one that we should follow, the foundation of our civilization will crack.