An Unconditioned Mind Cannot Handle Greatness.

[River McTasney]

So one of my good friends is going through a bad time. (A break up). She is understandably in a victim mindset saying things like, “I’m unhappy because I have let so many shitty people into my life and ended up in so many unfair situations”. You know the typical. Considering I have recently been through and recovered from a familiar situation I came up with a response that I think accurately describes my beliefs now.

Now I’m not trying to debate or push religious beliefs (fill in with the higher power you believe in.) I am just stating what I believe now. I believe my response can be applied to many things and more importantly I know this opportunity just opened my eyes. I figured I’d share and see the forum’s thoughts.

My response was as follows:

“An unconditioned mind cannot handle greatness. I think God knows this. Ever heard of a great kid/person that was raised easy?
He gives us the free will to respond to the condition of our situation. He says nothing about not giving the condition to respond to.
I ask for greatness, he gives it, but it does not come without the hardships it demands. It’s time we humans stop asking why and start saying thank you for what makes us who we are.”

I ended the conversation by stating, “pastures grow back greener by burning them in the winter when they are brown.”

I’m new here and I have yet to bring some kind of value to the forum. Maybe something of value can come from this.

I live by what my mother says, “take what you can learn from it and do away with the rest.” That being said I understand I am young and have much to learn. Let’s learn.

Thanks,
Riv

 

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[River McTasney]

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Tu upi ug nz huuf gsoipft ot huoph vjsuahj e cef voni. (E csiel aq). Tji ot apfistvepfecmz op e wodvon nopftiv tezoph vjopht moli, “O’n apjeqqz cideati O jewi miv tu nepz tjovvz qiuqmi opvu nz mogi epf ipfif aq op tu nepz apgeos tovaevoupt”. Zua lpux vji vzqodem. Duptofisoph O jewi sidipvmz ciip vjsuahj epf siduwisif gsun e genomoes tovaevoup O deni aq xovj e sitqupti vjev O vjopl eddasevimz fitdsocit nz cimoigt pux.

Pux O’n puv vszoph vu ficevi us qatj simohouat cimoigt (gomm op xovj vji johjis quxis zua cimoiwi op.) O en katv tvevoph xjev O cimoiwi pux. O cimoiwi nz sitqupti dep ci eqqmoif vu nepz vjopht epf nusi onqusvepvmz O lpux vjot uqqusvapovz katv uqipif nz izit. O gohasif O’f tjesi epf tii vji gusan’t vjuahjvt.

Nz sitqupti xet et gummuxt:

“Ep apdupfovoupif nopf deppuv jepfmi hsievpitt. O vjopl Huf lpuxt vjot. Iwis jiesf ug e hsiev lof/qistup vjev xet seotif ietz?
Ji howit at vji gsii xomm vu sitqupf vu vji dupfovoup ug uas tovaevoup. Ji tezt puvjoph ecuav puv howoph vji dupfovoup vu sitqupf vu.
O etl gus hsievpitt, ji howit ov, cav ov fuit puv duni xovjuav vji jesftjoqt ov finepft. Ov’t voni xi janept tvuq etloph xjz epf tvesv tezoph vjepl zua gus xjev nelit at xju xi esi.”

O ipfif vji dupwistevoup cz tvevoph, “qetvasit hsux cedl hsiipis cz caspoph vjin op vji xopvis xjip vjiz esi csuxp.”

O’n pix jisi epf O jewi ziv vu csoph tuni lopf ug wemai vu vji gusan. Nezci tunivjoph ug wemai dep duni gsun vjot.

O mowi cz xjev nz nuvjis tezt, “veli xjev zua dep miesp gsun ov epf fu exez xovj vji sitv.” Vjev cioph teof O apfistvepf O en zuaph epf jewi nadj vu miesp. Miv’t miesp.

Vjeplt,
Sow

O xepv eff e movvmi nusi vu vji metv tipvipdi ug vji gostv rauvi, “ov’t voni at janept tvuq etloph xjz epf tvesv tezoph vjepl zua gus xjev nelit at xju xi esi epf xju xi esi vu ciduni.”