Why we Live, Why I Muse…

Why do we have to spend the better parts of our lives preparing to live? Why do we have to measure our success by the amount of materials we have amassed? Why do we have to measure our abilities by the number of degrees we have? And why do we have to rate our levels of intelligence by how good we are at Standard Exams? Do we really have to determine how true things are by how much they conform with our beliefs? Or how right others are by the number of times they agree with us? Why do we live in such a way that we are guided, not by the desire to live, but by the desire to please? And do we have to live only for ourselves? Of what use are we if all we do is think and work for the Self? Why are we many if all we do is form patterns of similarities? Why are there human rules if all we do is conform? All these, I ask Why? Live free, Live Happy. Live!

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Art that Lives..

What defines transcendence? What gives near-eternity life to art? Isn’t it mystery? Doesn’t what we understand come across as something we easily assume? Or let go? What  lingers far longer in our minds, and the minds of others, than things we do not fathom?
If you really want to make  your drawings, your writings, your poems, your pieces of art transcend time, add to it huge doses of mystery, add many faces, add meaninglessness, add ambiguity; Give your readers something that arouses their imaginations, make them think and wonder and marvel! Create Art that lives beyond the ends of time!

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The Power of Words

Words are powerful.
Words are meaningless.
It follows that the most powerful words are also the most meaningless.
Revolutionary words are notorious for being ambiguous, and that gives it the Meaninglessness that makes it all more Powerful.

A story is told of a young Kenyan Student leader nick-named “Karl Marx” who would lead riots by only standing up and shouting loud the powerful words “Lets go!”…

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Words and Meaning…

Words are Meaningless! Can you recall even only one moment when words have fully represented the meaning that which you intented to pass? Action too is meaningless, but not to the extend words are! Its only thoughts that can fully explain the meanings we create as we think, and feel, and experience.

If words can fully represent that which you think or feel, know that you are not doing something right!

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I Write of the Art of Writing

I just realized that its easier and more fulfilling for me writing more and more about Writing, instead of simply writing about every other thing. I write of the art of writing, of the thoughts of thought-less writers. I write of questions writers ask as they write, and of how they write and why they write. I rarely write of what they write except that they write their thoughts.

Isn’t it amazing that its only writers that always get away with making public their thoughts? That writers are almost never ashamed of letting readers walk around their minds every other time? Or is it not often that readers wander in the thoughts of writers? Finding bliss in the imaginations put in writing? Isn’t it awesome that readers too always get away with swimming in the dreams writers dream up? And writers love it, writers enjoy when others find pleasure in walking, swimming and even flying through what they dream up, or think, or simply write!

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We are Cloth..

It is like washing. Life is like washing..And washing is a Process. When we wash, like I was doing a couple of minutes ago, we squeeze, scrub, add detergent and scrub the more then rinse. The harder the squeeze and  the stronger the detergent, the cleaner our clothes are.

When all seems impossible, when life is all pain and problems, when the climb looks steep, know that you are being squeezed and scrubbed, when school or work or business seems to be going tough on you, know that thats your detergent and Ultimately, you’ll come out the cleanest.

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Freedom: Slavery Rebranded

Are we really free even if we chose to be reckless in that “freedom?” Is it of any good that we are at liberty to destroy our own lives? And even when risking those of others around us? To what extend is freedom “Freedom” before it makes us our own slaves?

Sometimes when sitting back and watching, I realize that it is always very good to be protected even at the expense of some of our own “liberties”, which we think is always good for us. It reminds me of children, whose freedom is limited, but happiness so unlimited. To make it simple, Freedom without Responsibility is not Freedom, it is an euphem for modern slavery.

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Of What Use Am I without you Readers?

Of what meaning are words if they are not said?
Or articles if left unwritten?
Of what essence is meaning if its not shared?
And of what importance is knowledge if it remains hidden?
Of what good is potential if it is left untapped?
Of what value is our lives if left unlived?
Or of happiness if left unseeked? Of what use are we if our lives have no meaning?
Or of Unity if we live in scatters?
Of what use is Love if all we do is hate?
Or of generosity if all we do is think of self?
Of what good are our brains if we do no think at all?
Or of courage if all we do is let fear control us?
Of what meaning are ideas if left unimplemented?
Or my blog-post, if left unread? Unshared?

Or of what importance are questions if left unasked?

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The Asset Called Patience

There is one thing about business that starters never seem to understand, that business is more like planting a mango seed: It needs alot of water and patience to germinate and break out of its hard seed cover, years to grow big and a lot of care to bear mangoes (fruits).

Sometimes a mango seed fails to germinate, sometimes the cover becomes too hard when there is no water, sometimes it grows but wilts in drought, some other times it fails to bear fruits even after taking years of growth. But with all these, sometimes it grows into a fruitful tree. The earlier people start appreciating this, the earlier they begin to understand the great important of including patience as an important part Capital.

On Plans and Ambitions..

Life is two way:You either become a slave to
your own ambitions, or suffer the indignity of having to be directionless. Many usually say its advisable planning every step of the way but I believe that sometimes, we should just know where we are headed and allow ourselves to be suprised by how we get there. Isn’t it very boring knowing they way and the destination? Knowing what to expect and what not to?

PS: This is terrible advise for business people, dont listen to it!

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