Thursday, January 9, 2025
Problems are thoughts. Without thoughts, problems can’t live. The ego can’t be sustained without thoughts either, but that’s for another time. But since problems are thoughts, it’s hard to solve them with more thoughts. Thoughts have a hard time taking the blame – that’s why. We think we’re going to solve problems with more thoughts, but problems are solved with some action or change in circumstance. A change comes at the appointed time. Chances are, we’re just ahead of our problems, and they don’t need our attention right this very second. I’m not sure problems are even real. They seem to come and go and depend on the sustenance of thought.
A problem is perceived need. If you couldn’t perceive need, then the problem would never exist. But the good news is that behind every perception is a duality or a shadow. For instance, you have a shadow. It’s called your ego. This is the faux part of you that is sustained by a story of “me” and “my life.” Most people don’t even realize they have a shadow, and that’s a problem in and of itself. If you can perceive the need, then the shadow is its solution.
Problems create solutions and solutions create problems. In duality, problems and solutions are co-conspirators. In a sense, they create each other. So, if you can perceive the problem, you have implicitly perceived its shadow – the solution. They come together like known and unknown. To know implies something that is to be known. No need to think about problems all the time. It’s all good, and in due time, some action, opportunity, or even doing nothing will “solve” your problems. There are no problems without a shadowy overside solution; and no solution without a shadowy underside problem. It’s all shady if you ask me. Might as well drop it all together.