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Tom, are you trying to make people money or get them enlightened? Or are you trying to make yourself money or get enlightened yourself is probably a better question? If both, which is your top priority?

I'm not convinced that thoughts are the basis of reality any more than action is. Would one ever suggest to be fully active in all we do? Or that more movement improved results?

Is "do" even the right word? Wouldn't "be" be more essential?

In my opinion, emotions are a more concrete basis of reality than thought. Emotions often drive thoughts and thoughts only drive emotions when combined with concerted effort. And then only superficially. There is significant scientific basis for this--dark energy, a complete untangible like emotion, is known to be massively more fundamental in the universe than energy, an intangible like thought. (Or matter, a tangible like action.)

I also think the royal we is bs. If one person is truly exemplary, he or she should inspire others effortlessly.

Slicing and dicing all this I come up with:

"I'm emotionally present". (I took out the time designator because nothing makes one less emotionally present than trying to be one thing all the time. Is being thoughtful always the most thoughtful thing one can do? Obviously not. To be honest, I find overly thoughtful people boring and tepid. I like a good dose of candor and some old fashioned spontaneity--I'm strong enough to take slights or whatever might arise from so-called "thoughtlessness". I'm not sure someone who was thoughtful in all he or she did would be any good on the dance floor or in bed.)

I guess this is a long way to say that if everything else was equal, I'd rather know people who know themselves than people who know me.

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Posted by Eben at October 15, 2008 2:23 PM