It's just another day for me. I was surprised when I looked up Friday the 13th to see the number of people who do have reactions to the date. The only time I think of 13 at all is when I purchase donuts or bagels. Is it a bakers dozen or a dozen for that price?
Dark chocolate is my favorite as well. I agree totally unadulterated chocolate is the only way to go. My husband teases me about a purist. My ice cream unadorned, my coffee black... no sweeteners or creamer for me.
"It would almost be arrogant to assume that out of countless billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, and an increasing number of confirmed exoplanets, Earth is the only place where life has emerged." I have this argument with my mother constantly
A major Buddhist principle is that something cannot become nothing. So after death, not only does the spirit transform, the body does also in the endless cycle of transformation.
Take a candle for example. Once you light it, it begins to melt and eventually disappear.
But the elements of the candle have scattered into other forms and are absorbed into other things in their endless journey of transformation.
In other words, not a single element has disappeared.
So the problem for us becomes one of the spirit. If the spirit, too, follows the principle of cause, effect, and transformation, how are we supposed to conduct ourselves?
Today's world is filled with misdeeds. But those who are conscious of the principle of cause-and-effect would not commit any of them. Karma is what we do and what we get for it in return. So it becomes radically clear that we should lead noble lives.
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