The innate violence of modern life
The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be…
frases & reflexões
– Ele não gosta de ópera?
– Somos amigos, meu caro Wolfgang, e sinceramente faço questão de felicitá-lo. Como estou feliz por constatar que continua a ser um cristão fiel,…
The ‘making of’ Discontent (J. Krishnamurti)
Do livro “The Book of Life“, de Jiddu Krishnamurti, escrito por volta de 1920, capítulo intitulado “Discontent has no answer“. What is it that…
Que tens tudo em ti mesma?
“Alma minha! Quando serás finalmente boa e simples, sem dúvidas nem dissimulação? Quando serás mais visível e mais fácil de conhecer que o corpo…
The most difficult path
It is said that the most difficult path to walk on is the one that leads to the Divine. Despite that, we must walk…
The world, according to people.
“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.” ~ Wayne Dyer (for my friend Tom, the…
RT @dailyzen: Tension and relaxation
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” ~ @dailyzen
“Emotionally intelligent signage”
Essa série de posts sobre “sinalização emocionalmente inteligente“, do blog de Daniel Pink, é um alento. Mr Pink, autor do ótimo “A Whole New…
These things will destroy the human race
“These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship…
Qualquer partícular tem o direito
“Qualquer partícula tem o direito de ser considerada como onda.” ~ Artigo 9 da “Declaración Universal de los Derechos Físicos” via Chèz Orofëa
A thief sneaks into the hut of a zen master
A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was…
Deep technical competency is overrated
“Deep technical competency is overrated compared with the ability to make excellent decisions and to create a culture where forward motion is valued and…
By the dharma is meant the heart
By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is not dharma apart from the heart. ~ Huang Po
On the heard 2008 “inflicted upon us”
“Liberation is for those who react correctly to given reality, not to their own, or other people’s notions and fancies. Enlightenment is not for…
Illusion of a lasting pleasure – pain = Samsara
Thinking that we can find some lasting pleasure and avoid pain is what we call Samsara, a hopeless cycle that goes round and round…
quand le conducteur ne regardent pas la route
“Je n’aime pas dans les vieux films américains quand les conducteurs ne regardent pas la route.” ~ Amélie Poulain, em “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie…
Einstein e Buddha também não jogam dados
“Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world”. ~ Einstein…
Jung e a coisa mais aterrorizadora na vida
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely” ~ Carl Gustav Jung
Wei Wu Wei e estar “mais próximo de casa”
As long as there is a ‘you‘ doing or not-doing, thinking or not-thinking, ‘meditating’ or ‘not-meditating’ you are no closer to home than the…
O “perdão” do Vɐticano depois de 42 anos
Aparentemente é um fato verídico do mundo não-surreal. E quem perdoa o Vɐticano por achar, até hoje, que Lennon ter dito que os Beatles…