The goat and the rose bush -- a story of human nature

Goats love just being themselves.

This is both a story of goats' behavior, and of human nature- read on to learn.

Goats are the most wonderful of creatures, intelligent, agile, investigative, and responsive.

 They love company, and with that security show an admirable attitude of independence.

Goats being goats, prefer foraging in places that are interesting, being attracted
 to the sights, scents, and activities of places people may be too.

Meaning your planted trees or gardens; they having watched you carefully tend these, they begin to think -'this might be good', and of course, you have tended these beauties just for them.

If they are in a fenced area, their primary mission in life is to seek the areas outside that fencing; if they notice a fenced area that they may not be allowed in, it is theirs to make their way into.
If they are tied up, there aim is to become released.


They will, watch for you, if you are in their sight and leave, they will seemingly casually make their way to your garden, and begin - and notably probably finish off the the parts they have pre-selected.
And a few more for measure, then they'll move away - as if to say -'It wasn't me.'
If you chose to sleep in a little longer, as the sun warms the ground, they will naturally use this time effectively.

Effective boundaries are really the only way to stop it; no matter how much they are educated of right and wrong, they still will pursue the rose -  and change the landscape as they desire.

How many lessons for you life can you see in this story?

There are positive attributes of always seeking, independence, persistence, awareness, looking out of standard boundaries, finishing what you started, - while you have the chance, giving the appearance of being cool/calm/collected, taking chances, appreciation of a value, and using your time wisely etc etc.

Of course there are negative aspects too. Choose the attitude/lense that you think will help you.


 Focus on building your self esteem by realistically identifying your good qualities - The goat does. 

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The source of luck - reaping the fruits of success.

As the fruit to the tree and the water to the source, so results are to thoughts.

In nature it's the result of to us, of a silent growth; a process which has long been gathering force.

 The fruit of the tree and the water from the mountains are the effect of a combination of natural processes in the air and earth which work together to produce them, and some say the gift of their god.


If one allows a thought to enter his mind; and a second and a third time he welcomed it, and then allows it to remain, gradually he gets used to it, and being cherished, and fondled, and tended; it grows, until it becomes a part of the self; and at last it gains a strength and force that it attracts to itself the opportunity which allows it to burst forth and ripen into results.

The source of luck.

You must be careful- if you build your castles of thought on the shifting sands. the foundations will be gradually give way, so at last falls any strong man who allows corrupt thoughts to creep into his mind.

Guard well your thoughts, for what you really are in your secret thoughts today, be it good or not, you may in some form become, sooner or later.

Using Your Mental Attitude

 

As a being of thought, your dominant mental attitude will determine your condition in life. It will also be the gauge of your knowledge and the measure of your attainment.

 You are the thinker of your thoughts and as such you are the maker of yourself and condition. Thought is causal -(not casual) and creative, and appears in your character and life in the form of results.

A woman or a man thinks, and their life appears. 

You imagine your circumstances as being separate from yourself, but they are intimately related to your inner world of thought. Nothing is fated, everything is formed.  
The offering of fate is either an acquiescence, or a dictator's tool of control.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. You can alter your thoughts, and in time alter your condition.

You will often come to the place where your most abiding and intense thoughts have a sense of internal security.

You are as powerful to obey as you are to disobey; as strong to be pure as to be impure.

Ideally no man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself.

Yet. you must be careful- deceitful and insecure people will constantly try to unsettle you, so they are in a position of control.

Your mental attitude towards others will faithfully react upon yourself, and will manifest itself in every relation of your life.

(Use the pointing of the index finger while the other 3 fingers point back towards to you, to be reminded of that).

As the father-mother of your thoughts, and your children's if you have them. you are the maker of your/their state and condition.

When you know yourself, you will perceive, that every event in your life is weighed in a faultless balance.

As you begin to understand the law within your mind you will begin to regard yourself as an maker of circumstances, and will in time become the strong and seeing master of your reality, getting the results you want.


 
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Another Plato inspired story

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Who determines what is good? Looking out for the ideal.

Mom, Dad, God, the Lord Krishna,Allah, your teacher, king, queen or you?

Throughout recorded human history there are many many different ways of seeing the philosophy or ideal of good.

Every  generation and culture throughout time has proposed their idea of good.

What indeed is your perception of it? Do take a week and write it down each night to distill it.


This one solid belief you may hold, can be the key to why you act in the way you do.

Sadly authorities and their servants have often used the bias they promote for their own life value increase, at your expense.

You must continuously quietly question the status quo - today's values may be in fact tomorrows wrongs.

Yesterdays wars were for what? Half or part truths? A power or negative empowerment issue likely.

If we look at the over reaction of many world leaders to threats to their standing- was it really all worth it. At the time it may have seemed it- not really though.

In fact who cares who is world's superpower- or the world's greatest religion. Only those that gain their importance (read taking in of an external value), from belonging to that group.

I have been there, and still have those challenges too.It seems to come from a cognitive dissonance by my internalization of culture wide influences.

You can become what you are around.

The key thoughts are that you are influenced by who or what you are around,and to take on the amended 'kaizen'* approach of continuous personal improvement- questioning your god/s, and their messengers.  


*Simplified Kaizen

Kai, Zen. (change-good)

• Good processes bring good results
• Go see for yourself to grasp the current situation
• Speak with data, manage by facts
• Take action to contain and correct root causes of problems

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Truth by assessment.

The truth as seen in reality

I had long before remarked that, in relation to practice, it is sometimes necessary to adopt, as if above doubt, opinions which we discern to be highly uncertain, as has been already said; but as I then desired to give my attention solely to the search after truth, I thought that a procedure exactly the opposite was called for, and that I ought to reject as absolutely false all opinions in regard to which I could suppose the least ground for doubt, in order to ascertain whether after that there remained aught in my belief that was wholly indubitable.

 Adapted from  the great philosopher Rene Descartes.

 Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences, part iv.from The Project Gutenburg.



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