Riddles Control Our Thoughts

Our thoughts are cliches, overused to the point of losing their originality, and becoming unproductive. we are merely repeating conventional understanding and so, our thoughts are not our own and we live a narrow existence. We actually talk in riddles, thus maintaining circling confusion.

Interpreting these riddles – such as “Are we created, or do we create ourselves?” – results in speaking in tongues, making hollow sounds with no substance.

When we can experience the rawness of life for ourselves, the question arises, “How do I feel about this?” There is no immediate answer, as there is a cause to discover. When we no longer have to believe in others’ habitual riddles, the mind opens up to all possibilities.

As the Buddha said, “Do not take my word for truth; test it for yourself.”

The word ‘riddle’ shares its origin with the word ‘read’, both stemming from the Germanic verb rēdaną, which meant ‘to interpret, to guess’.

Know the mind,
and know how whatever’s in it got there.
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