Wholly dependent
How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though…
frases & reflexões
Obsessed with the self
First people are obsessed with their parents. Then they are obsessed with their partner. Then they are obsessed with their children. But who is…
Truth is truth.
“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the…
secret destinations
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” ~ Martin Buber (*)
what actually happens
What people expect to happen is always different from what actually happens. From this comes great disappointment; this is the way the world works….
transcendental clarity
There is no other task but to know your own original face. This is called independence; the spirit is clear and free. If you…
Your Yoga, by Sri Aurobindo
“Accepting life, he has to bear not only his own burden, but a great part of the world’s burden too along with it, as…
God, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God…
the lord of the chariot!
“Know the Self as lord of the chariot, The body as the chariot itself, The discriminating intellect as charioteer, And the mind as reins….
“E é por isso que devemos olhar para os céus…”
“Você deve entender a vida inteira, não apenas uma parte. É por isso que você deve ler, é por isso que você deve olhar…
Feelings, conditions, decisions
“Sadness, illness, and despair, are less conditions, than they are decisions – to see yourself as less than you really are.” ~ the Universe
Kerry on “certainty”
“But this issue of certainty. It‘s one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and be wrong. It‘s another to be certain…
It will be in mountains
“We walk on frosted ground praising chrysanthemums bordering fields; sit on the edge of the woods waiting for the moon to rise. Not having…
Krishna’s here and now.
“In the whole galaxy of religious luminaries, Krishna is the sole exception who fully accepts the whole of life on this earth. He does…
From irritation to perfection
“In a general and almost absolute way anything that shocks you in other people is the very thing you carry in yourself in a…
Studying Zen
Studying Zen, learning the way, is originally for the sake of birth and death, no other thing. . What do I mean by other…
You cannot have everything
You cannot have everything. I mean, where would you put it? ~ Steven Wright
A meditação, por Jiddu Krishnamurti
“A meditação, quando a compreendemos deveras, é uma das coisas mais maravilhosas deste mundo; mas não tendes possibilidade de compreendê-la se não tiverdes terminado…
My soul, Socrates
“I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind…
Pio XII & new media?
“It is not an exaggeration to say that the future of modern society and the stability of its inner life depend in large part…