Richard Longworth Turning the Self Inside Out
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Kindness Acts

 

The 14th Dalai Lama says, "My religion is kindness."

"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What act of kindness would you suggest we all can do? 

1.       What would it be like if there were no countries, no religion, living life in peace? What on earth are you doing for heaven's sake?

2.       How can we become integrated, experience oneness, without conflict, arguing?

3.       Ask an impossible question & the mind has to find an answer in terms of the impossible. Most discoveries are made this way.

4.       Do you argue to belittle the other person, and if so why do you do it?

5.       Why do some people argue for arguments sake?

6.       Do you realise sometimes you are wrong in the middle of an argument, yet continue to argue?

7.       What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?

8.       In order to discover God, must not the mind be free of all conditioning, accumulation, & particular patterns?

9.       While knowledge is necessary, could it also be a hindrance when it shapes or conditions the mind to a particular pattern?

10.   Where would we really be if knowledge weren't possible?

11.   Does belief bring about enmity, division, destruction which is obviously not religion?

12.   If we learn how to think & not what to think (free of dogmas, superstitions, ceremonies) would then we find true religion?

13.   Does religion make one a better person?

14.   What on earth are you doing for heaven's sake?

15.   Is inner beauty more important than outer beauty?

16.   How can we be free of dependence as long as we are tethered by society?

17.   We all know what we do but how do we find who we really are?

18.   Isn't the true purpose of education to discover and not to imitate?

19.   Does education have any meaning, unless it provides an understanding of the vast expanse of life and all its subtleties?

20.   What changes would come about if you had the patience of Job?

21.   Would your life change if you were doing something with your whole being and not because you want to get somewhere?

22.   Why can't people be held responsible for their emotions?

23.   If Life has no meaning, then what does?

24.   By what criteria should success be measured?

25.   What is considered good and what is considered evil?

26.   What is the origin of desire?

27.   Why are we never satisfied?

28.   Can we exist without time?

29.   Should not the primary purpose of education be helping young people, and imparting knowledge secondary?

30.   Does discontent prevent clear thinking?

31.   If there are so many points of view why do we argue the point?

32.   What is eternal?

33.   Do you know the truth when you hear it?

34.   How can we stop 'bullying' in schools?

35.   Isn't the motivating factor of all human action a means to achieve pleasure or avoid pain?

36.   What is the meaning of all of life's struggles?

37.   What results would we witness if most actions, deeds and intentions were based on the whole rather than the one?

38.   What action, thought or deed do you do every day to bring happiness to people around you?

39.   What would happen if everyone meditated at least 15 minutes each day?

40.   What relationship has challenge with character?

41.   What relationship has ego with knowledge?

42.   Why are we so unhappy when everything OK.

43.   Why are we so unhappy when everything OK.

44.   Would you say, there is intelligent life on this planet?

45.   Does the mind live by time or time live in the mind?

46.   Can war ever bring peace?

47.   Is it possible to live happily and peacefully from this day forward?

48.   Has your life thus far been an 'interesting story'?

49.   What would happen if we could rid the self of the ego?

50.   Are each of us here for a reason? And if so what part do we play?

51.   Is most of our struggle a conflict between what we are and what we want to be?

52.   If there were no human life on earth, what would be the purpose of trees, butterflies, the sky?

53.   If there was no darkness, would lightness exist?

54.   Do you have a soul? How do you know?

55.   What is true freedom?

56.   Do you believe you are what you think?

57.   Do you have any control over the thoughts that enter into your mind?

58.   Do you know the truth when you hear it?

59.   If instead of asking what is best for us, what would occur if we ask what is right for the whole?

60.   Do you have the will to align yourself with a higher truth?

61.   Do you think people are any happier today than in the previous generation?

62.   Would you know what light is if there was no darkness?

63.   Is there a way to find out what I should be doing with my life?

64.   Why do dreams exist?

65.   Why do wars persist when a majority seek peace?

66.   Dare we compare thoughts as manifested matter in the universe with meditation (thoughtless) as a black hole?

67.   "You" were 13.7 billion years in the making, how are you making the best of it?

68.   What is the impulse that created the Big Bang?

69.   Psychologists tell us the greatest detriment to the human condition is fear. How then can we overcome our fears?

70.   Why does the ego prevail, even when we want otherwise?

71.   Most relationships are formed in order to get something. Why not enter a relationship as a means to give not take?

72.   What is the purpose of life?

73.   Why is the human condition, such that all routine, no matter how bizarre, soon becomes normal accepted procedure?

74.   Why is it I can tell my hand what to do and it will obey, but my mind wont do as I ask?

75.   Will the future be better for the next generation?

76.   Since all things are interpretations at a given time, should we not question the truth of everything?

77.   What would happen if when listening to someone you gave them your complete undivided attention?

78.   Why do we spend most of our time on doing, and so little on being?

79.   What would our reality be like if our speech, action, deeds were based on the good, the true, the beautiful?

80.   What would happen if we could rid the self of the ego?

81.   What would it be like if there were no countries, no religion, living life in peace?

82.   Do you believe we all inhabit a radically different reality and that all relationships are just a construct of the minds desires?

83.   "Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing." - Oscar Wilde. Would you argue with that?

84.   Are all morally good acts morally right?

85.   Why do we ask "What have you done for me lately?" when we should be grateful for what has not been done to us?

86.   Do you contemplate the wonders of life on a regular basis?

87.   Each night do we feel the happiness & find great joy knowing life has given so much to us this day?

88.   Each morning when u awake, do u truly appreciate the abundance of life and feel the power that u can literally choose to be happy this day?

89.   "Is it futile to talk facts to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance?" (Thomas Sowell)

90.   Do you believe that your body, mind and soul are separate?

91.   Does religion have answers for your soul-questions?

92.   What happens to your body, mind, soul when you die?

93.   Should we not celebrate death?

94.   Science tells us energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Therefore, is death just a rebirth into an unmanifested state?

95.   Which is more important to you, high IQ or high EQ?

96.   Do u agree that to be successful outwardly a high IQ is necessary, but to be happy within a high EQ is required.

97.   Does society place too much emphasis on IQ and too little on EQ?

98.   Can you find happiness or is it a state of mind?

99.   Why do we seek fame?

100. If we really loved what we are doing would we be concerned whether we are famous or  not? 

101. Does our present education teach us more to love success rather than what we are doing?

102. Isn't showing kindness to others without expecting anything in return, a true act of love?

103. Are you aware of your thoughts?

104. Do you believe, "You are what you think?"

105. Can we be consciously aware of our thoughts, and if so, what affect would it have on our lives?

106. What is your description of a perfect relationship?

107. Why do we have so many problems with relationships?

108. Why do we have so many problems with relationships?

109. How can you foster stronger relationships with people you know?

110. What is the cause of our life problems?

111. What is the cause of our life problems?

112. Is our reality an illusion?

113. What is a "being" person vs. a "doing" person?

114. Is conscious awareness a blessing or a hindrance to life?

115. Is conscious awareness restricted only to our life form?

116. Are you consciously aware of your thoughts?

117. Which would you choose, "Knowledge or wisdom?"

118. What are the attributes of positive thinking? Do you reflect most of these?

119. Would you give up emotion to gain intelligence, or intelligence to gain emotion?

120. Is the adage "Just be yourself," good advice?

121. Is it dangerous to live as a true existentialist?

122. What is and what does inner noise imply?

123. What questions would e ask ourselves to determine whether we have found the meaning of life?

124. They say we are not the body or the mind. Then who are we?