i'll get better

i'm just not good at listening

@Mr. Badger how am i? Not good.

so getting to know yourself isn't just doing the silent prayer?

You will figure that out for yourself eventually. Other people like me will just try to fool and manipulate you.

If people see weakness, they will instinctively take advantage.

Conversely, displaying strength at the wrong time shows the need of approval sometimes.

If you need the approval of others, then they are your God.

That said, if you serve God, others may naturally approve, but if not, don't worry about it.

To chase approval is a waste of time because if you get that kind of approval, its like giving others power over you.

If you need advice, maybe rather ask the ancestors. They wrote copious holy scriptures.

I could think i am giving good advice, but i could be unconsciously trying to sabotage.

I tried to keep writing but Discord put me on slow mode

Got a suggestion to add to my Amazon list of books I'll probably never read?

Like ancestral wisdom wise

The translations differ wildly

I will say Bhagavad Gita, someone else would say the King James Bible, or perhaps the collected works of Blake

Have you heard of the lessons of history by will Durant?

No

William Blake?

Yeah

Sounds like a radical liberal according to the discription

Hm well he was married and believed in God

Hm probably was a free thinker, i havent read much by him,

Im told Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is good

Stoicism

Already own it

Guess I could give it a read

Bingo

Blake was on another level than just a liberal, he was on the level of prophet. Good or Evil i dont know, but at least he believed in Jesus and God and seems to be in love with spirit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_The_Emanation_of_the_Giant_Albion

Is this like don Quixote?

Ah but as for advice, maybe not

Blake seems to be trying to illustrate the ineffable

Its artsy

To say what cant be said

Maybe one day

The Gita is rather dope. Found it at Airborne school in the 1990s, looked at it for a half an hour. Thought it was weird, put it down. Now its dope though. Just a dude having an existential crisis and God is answering all his questions.

The issue is translations. The one the hare Krishnas sell is fine, but they have a personal agenda to promote their brand. There are translations that are more fair out there.

Plenty on amazon

As long as it has the original sanskrit and transliteration you can look at that to infer the meaning if the translation doesnt sit right.