Human Genome Project & God
As the director of the Human Genome Project, I have led a consortium of scientists to read out the 3.1 billion letters of the…
frases & reflexões
“Flexible and flowing” (Tao)
“Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.” ~ Tao Te Ching
16 coisas que a maioria de nós leva 50 anos pra aprender
São duas listas rolando com esse nome: a mais recente é a linkada pelo Kottke (aqui), mas eu gostei mais da original. Meus top…
A prece de Matthew Henry
Do blog do Paulo Coelho no G1: Matthew Henry é um conhecido especialista em estudos bíblicos. Certa vez, quando voltava da Universidade onde leciona…
“A finalidade da educação”
“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one”. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
Palavra-metade
“A palavra é metade de quem a pronuncia, metade de quem a escuta.” ~ Montaigne (da Gixx)
“Buddhas and sentient beings”
“Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are great deluded about realization are sentient beings.” ~ Dogen (Soto Zen)
Make something happen today.
“Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call…
“Losing individuality”
“Some people are so afraid of losing their individuality. Wouldn’t it be better for the pig to lose his pig-individuality if he can become…
The end and the butterfly (Lao Tse)
“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” ~ Lao Tzu
The whole universe (vs. limited things)
“They alone live whose lives are in the whole universe, and the more we concentrate our lives on limited things, the faster we go…
E quando o mundo é apenas o meio…
“What is material and what is not material? When the world is the end and God the means to attain that end, then that…
“Nós somos os demônios vivos”
“Seja forte! Não fale de fantasmas e demônios. Nós somos os demônios vivos. O sinal da vida é força e evolução. O sinal da…
Onde estão as oportunidades
“Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.” ~ (anônimo)
Outside & Inside (the mistery)
“Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery — the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets — is this: that for…
Darkness and God, the meeting (the fable)
There is an old fable…. Darkness approached God and said, “Enough is enough! Your sun goes on haunting me, chasing me. I can never…
Vivekananda on ‘Fearlessness’
“The moment you fear, you are nobody. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that…
Você não pode dizer verdadeiramente que “isso é o que eu sou, não faz o menor sentido”: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
‘I am’, is enough to heal your mind and take you beyond. Just have some trust. Stop searching, and see — it is here…
Sobre as estrelas
“Não declare que as estrelas estão mortas só porque o céu está nublado” ~ provérbio árabe
O filme e a explicação
As pessoas reclamam quando chovem sapos do céu. Na tela. Ou quando os elefantes são contagiosos. Nas palavras. Menos David Lynch. “Inland Empire” deve…