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The Path of Life:

THE BEGINNING

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The Path of Life: THE BEGINNING

This short and sweet book is called The Path of Life: The Beginning. The Beginning

is a free, (meaning both: gratis ‘for zero price’, and libre ‘with no restriction’) and

introductory way of getting you to where you need to be, right now. It exists toteach of a perspective that is capable of

anything. This outlook and state of mind can

set you free from pain, guilt, sadness,

depression, and any persistent feeling that

keeps us from experiencing life to the fullest.

This vantage point can be applied to bring

about peace, harmony, joy, happiness, and

anything you can imagine. The state of mind

we are pointing to can bring about a state of being that can cultivate the greatest of human experiences. How you reach it and

when you reach it will be up to you. You hold the power and are not dependent

upon us for the knowledge and wisdom that pertains most deeply to You.

This point of view is simplistic in nature and ordered simply, in order to bring

about the state of mind and being that is necessary to fully master life. Although

all of our problems can seem complex and very detailed or even isolated from the

whole of life, we will find that in reality this is not so. As humans, we are limited in

perspective and it is in this lack of self-awareness that we are bound to thehuman condition of suffering. In a practical way, we will realize the path that we

are on, and have always been on. In seeing, experiencing, and knowing this, we

will find our way.

The ideas presented here are not absolute truths, yet they are meant to point

towards deeper truths. Truths simply do not have words. Reality is not made up

of words. Human thinking, rationalization, and classifications are where our

reality gets caught up in words. Words, concepts, and even mental images (in the

form of memories) can only describe reality. The sooner and easier we start to seewhat is, as it actually is without labeling it, the easier and more smoothly life

tends to flow.

This book is for people of all races, creeds, intelligence levels, religions, etc. It was

written with love and meant to transmit this love into your very essence. Open



speculate about later) to see similarities in ourselves and others. We are afraid to

be unique. However, it is a fact of life that you are the only person that could

possibly ‘know’ You fully. We are not building up your ego here. In fact, we will

work on the opposite of that soon. By the end of this book, you will realize your

greatness internally. You will realize your Path in life. This is but the first step toawareness and realization.

Your Path is the one that you have been on, the life you have been living. This

very moment as you read, it unfolds. We do not need to change the past. We

simply need to acknowledge THIS MOMENT as it is. The first step is to truly

realize your path. By definition, the Path needs no definition for it is your very

reality. It does not need described. It just is. It is a fact of life. IT IS LIFE. It is yours

and it is the greatest gift of all. No matter what you have done in your past, it is

no longer something to run from or hide from.Karma will manifest in the present as it always

has, but it is not something to resist. It is OKAY to

be you, and to carry the burden of the past.

Everyone has to. As unique as we are, the

paradox is that we are all living in the same

human condition. We all have different

challenges that we face, but we share that common condition of ignorance that

brings about suffering. ‘Ignorance’, you say? We are conditioned to put labels on

ourselves and yes the meaning or connotation behind ‘ignorant’ may seemnegative. Fear not, the fact is: we are all ignorant since we are not all-knowing.

You will learn to no longer cultivate suffering on your Path. You will learn to no

longer be fearful of what we do not understand. We are intelligent beings and no

longer need our fearful mindset to keep us safe.

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Human Condition and YouYou are human, and if nothing else, we all share this fact...

You are very familiar with the human condition, although you may not be aware

of it. Although yours is specific to you, we all share a universal ‘human-ness’. We

are born to a unique mother and father. We are then tossed into a very much

unknown situation to us as we begin to experience the world as no one else has



before. We may have siblings, parents, grandparents, or pets as we begin.

Modern psychology has always seen the first few years of a person’s life as that

which shapes the rest of your life, to some capacity. We store memories from our

very first years in order to learn about the world around us. How would these

NOT affect our lives? If we have abusive parents, we may learn that the world is acruel place. If we have loving parents, we may see the world as being supportive,

even overly so at some times. Your situation and the complex past you have is

unique to you in every detail, but likewise could be seen as something we all go

through without the conscious mind we have today. In a way, you might see this

as You being placed into a situation that you had virtually NO conscious control

over. After all, You didn’t pick your face, your body, your genes, your mind, etc.

We are a learning species. We learn through snapshot

experiences and our perceptions of reality in thosemoments of time. We use all of our senses to form

memories, as well. Our muscles form memories, (aptly

dubbed ‘muscle memory’) so that we can ride a bike

easier and easier as we undertake more practice at

doing so. We store these memories, and derive a

sense of self from a combination of past experiences.

We also learn throughout our lives to be fearful of

many, many things. This conditioning of fear is part of

our defense mechanisms. However, we often fear change and anything we do notunderstand. A new understanding can set us free and let us see new possibilities.

We are conditioned to think in concepts and words. We are conditioned through

the use of language. Words do not describe reality in absolution. They can help us

communicate concepts and they do that, to a point. But words are labels that are

man-made. We need these labels for communication, but word/labels can only

point to the truth. Words can only describe reality. Certain loaded labels with

polar opposites can condition us to think in black and white. That is, we see reality

as either one way or the other. In reality, there is typically a spectrum rather than

disconnected extremes. There is a lot of gray area especially when it comes to ourinner world. We will expand upon language in later Levels.

Once again, only you can see your reality. Only you can recall the memories and

experiences you had in your past that are being recalled for your present day. It is

the unique You, that can see beyond all this and see yourself in a new way. You



As said previously, you are on a Path already. You do not have to be religious or

spiritual to understand this. By reading this, you have taken a conscious step on

your unique Path that you are on. There will be many levels to come and we hope

that you join us in this journey. Self-improvement is something you have already

utilized in many ways already. If you want more growth and would like tocontinue reading about the Path, see Level 2 which is about the Ego and who we

think that we are.

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