A brave man who is passionate will either kill or be killed, but a man who is brave and still, might preserve his own life and the lives of others. Such know reason, and stay balanced in mind and in body.

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Stupidity is your fault because it is a fault; and it is yours. Therefore, no one else should be made to feel responsible for someone else’s stupidity, lack of knowledge, or their fear of any change that their improvement might bring about.

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1.6.2011

The Caulbearers of The Way retain a sense of awe, and of propriety. He* does not intrude into others’ homes; and does not harass them, nor interfere without request, unless they damage others. So it is that they return to him. Though the Master knows himself, he makes no show of it; he has self-respect, but is not arrogant, for he develops the ability to let go of that which he no longer needs.

*refers to either sex

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To lack knowledge has been thought to be due to being ignorant. And this is correct, because if you choose to ignore whatever knowledge is around, you then shall lack in that knowledge.

The saying that he or she is ignorant, is said in such a way as to purely demean, and to suggest that you are in some way beneath par as a human being, whilst in fact suggesting something else, and being correct in direct interpretation. Interpretation can be direct, or it can be altered in order to make whatever to look like something else.

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31.5.2011

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We are all afraid in the darkness simply because we cannot see. Men who lack knowledge are always afraid, because there is so much that is out of their vision. They are afraid, most of all, of being found out to be lacking.

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30.5.2011

To acknowledge one’s lack of knowledge shows strength of personality, but to ignore wisdom is a sign of weakness. To be sick of sickness is a sign of good health; therefore the wise man grows sick of sickness, and sick of being sick of sickness, ’til he is sick no more. Those who love sickness love themselves too much, and that in itself is a sickness that is not always recognized, because it is well disguised. It never the less is self love, and, with such all consuming love, such people can love no one except themselves.

 

“To the unreasoning, interpretation has many laces, and can be knotted in many ways that offer convenience to the truly evil.”

Joshua Ben Miriam (from The Hallowed Book of Man)

A man has no knowledge of that which he does not know. He is oblivious to what there is to be known when he has no knowledge of its existence. In other words, you don't know that you don't know, what you don't know.

Knowledge is gained slowly and is sharpened by age, experience and time. The learning of one more thing, no matter how small, allows us to expand beyond our previous horizons. We do not appreciate sight because we have never been blind. Neither do we appreciate knowledge or experience that we have never known or experienced. But then again, mankind appreciates little that requires effort of thought.

© R. G. Crosbie

30.5.2011

Justice is a conception not able to be born, as it has not yet been conceived in the minds of the powerful.

© R. G. Crosbie

9.10.2003

• Fiona Harvey, Environment correspondent
• guardian.co.uk, Sunday 29 May 2011 22.00 BST
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Economic recession has failed to curb rising emissions, undermining hope of keeping global warming to safe levels Photograph: Dave Reede/All Canada Photos/Corbis

Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, according to unpublished estimates from the International Energy Agency.

 

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