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LETTERS TO STRANGERS
...WORDS I HAVE POSTED PUBLICALLY IN VARIOUS PLACES IN RESPONSE TO OTHERS WORDS...

BE YOU
...a friend is a stranger waiting to be met...

Be You


January 3, 2000

>
>In one sense the "I" inside is important,
>to protect and serve,
>nurture and grow.
>It is not selfishness,
>but necessary to look after oneself
>so that independence of spirit is attained
>to be better able to function in society.

>In another sense you must lose the ego
>so that understanding and selflessness
>grows and grows, leaving behind the chains
>that shackle your ability to forgive, forget
>and truly understand.

>The differences that jarr you from others
>are that of polar opposites and basic sense of values.
>You cannot truly understand someone with a different set of values
>than yourself - you're only kidding yourself
>if you think you can.
>With no common frame of reference, how can you
>bridge the gap from one mind to another?

>If you leave your ego at the door
>and sit inside the temple of your soul
>you'll see things in a different light,
>one that defies understanding,
>and see things at a most basic level.
>You'll see that petty things
>have no real value,
>with the ego gone - only really important things matter
>and that is a true understanding of things
>as they really are.

>Truth is so simple,
>why can't you see it?

deep thoughts
can we all agree
good thoughts
can we all agree
right thoughts
can we all agree
if we only did it
and not just agree

this is something I would like to save for myself personally...
and if it goes on the web, I'd like the address to link to...
and if you don't put it on the web yourself, I'd like to...
I think it should be shared with everyone in the world...
if that's ok with you...

thanks for writing and sharing these words,
honest love, ric

"if I told you how to reach the highest high
you'd laugh and say nothing's that simple
but you've been told many times before
messiahs pointing to the door
but no one has the guts to leave the temple"
~ The Who ~

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