“Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.” Husbandry = cultivation. This word choice is intentional. You are farming your life. Every day. Whether you are conscious of it or not. You are: And then […]
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Joy and suffering are fruits
“Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.” Let’s gets uncomfortable. Our emotional experience of lifeis tied to our thought patterns. Not just our circumstances. Two men can perform similar actions. One experiences joy. One […]
Act is the blossom of thought
“Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.” Thought leads to action. The invisible becomes visible. A blossom is visible, but it’s temporary. It signals that something has already taken root beneath the surface. The […]
As a plant springs from the seed,
As a plant springs from the seed, and could not exist without it, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. The Seed Is Invisible You don’t see the seed once the plant grows. You see the strong stem. You see vibrant colors […]
A Man Is Literally What He Thinks
The wording here is straight forward. I feel like James Allen removed metaphorical thought and he kind of goes straight for the jugular. He’s saying: He is saying, We are our thoughts. This means our identity is not something separate from thought. Our identity is the pattern of thought stabilized over time. If a man […]