I didn´t have a choice
2014/05/10 Leave a comment
It is not the critic who counts
2013/11/25 Leave a comment
It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs,
who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
(Through T)
Man of today – a shameless and infantile narcissist
2013/11/21 1 Comment
Jack Saunsea:
“If we do not stop to see through our thoughts (thoughts of course are also words, most of the time) then it is like we are talking to ourselves non-stop and never take the time to listen to what the world around us is saying.”
Me:
Truth of the matter is that the “modern” man takes Thought and Idea for life,
to such a degree that life itself becomes a constant threat to keep away from.
Thus the ceaseless thinking and talking, this non-stop inner noise, makes
impossible a true and unmediated contact with the living, to the extent that
everything has become fake…Nothing feels real anymore.
Such a curse: life is not life, life is what I think it is…– such shamless and infantile narcissism.
He sees nothing, he hears nothing. He is not even aware that he is on the verge of ruining himself.
His ideas are “alive” while he – the real man – is dead.
Disunity and isolation – the greatest Illusion of them all
2013/11/19 5 Comments
Angela:
The body itself, the flesh and blood of us, wants lots of things, food, warmth,,,then the ego individual of us wants recognition, comfort, status, in short whatever feels good…… but if there is a part of us that says, “all fine and good, and even necessary, but is there not more?” then things become shaky and uncomfortable.
I think depressions, addictions and such, either come from the ego who is not satisfied with ego wanting, or it can also come from the spirit of a person who is searching for more than ego satisfactions, in other words a soul who seeks a meaning to life itself, asks the big questions, …..like what is that spark of consciousness who is conscious of itself and yet feels so isolated? Longing for a greater unity?
Me:
The point is:
WHO in us feels isolated?…How come we feel isolated in a Universe which is anything but “isolated”…? This Isolation we feel, is it true…? Or eventually Isolation is Fear – this terrible illusion which is taken for true by millions of people.
This Illusion of isolation is the terrible dream of disunity,
of Unhappiness – can you see that?
Think it over:
Who is uncomfortable, who in us wants “more”… is there such thing as “more” when you are at ease, completely present and absorbed in What is? – that is, when you are Unity, at one with all there is?
Can you see that this entity who dreams the dream of Isolation is Ego…?
All depressions, addictions, satisfaction-craving, entitlement-issues is Ego – dissatisfaction remaining dissatisfied no matter what…
There is meaning-seeking as long there is Ego…- that because Ego as such is a total failure, spooky meaninglessness ultimately.
It is Ego asking “the big questions”, whereas in reality from the perspective of Self, of the true Spirit, there are no questions – because:
WHO is there to ask? And who is there to answer…?
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The key to it all – Wonder
2013/10/19 Leave a comment
Aniketan K :
What else can be the ultimate source other than Self? How all these
manifestations to know thySelf? Wonder!
Me:
That´s it: Wonder.
You see, to be honest, I can take more inspiration from watching a sparrow, or from observing in great detail all the shades of light and shadow, than being together with people…It is sad, because true togetherness is a blessed thing…
Unfortunately, people in the West purposely lead a boring and terribly shallow
life, keeping at due distance anything which reminds them of a truly lived life…
Life is unfathomable wonder, but humans simply discard this simple but overarching truth…
How that is possible, why they refuse to be moved and be alive is actually
the question I ponder on most…
If you want to know, you have to even let go of your yearning
2012/12/20 5 Comments
Heartflow:
My process has been one of realizing that my deepest yearning is to deepen my experience from moment to moment of what I (and many others) call the NOW. This space of the NOW, for me, has the meaning of entering each new moment in this mysterious life with an untouched direct perception, not tinged by past experiences, be they pleasant or painful. It also means to not waver from this immersion in this NOW and entertain mental images about what we call the “future”.
Me:
What many people call “now” is oftentimes another illusion.
NOW has nothing to do with “yearning”, “deepening” or “experience”.
The hardest one is that if we yearn, we will have even more yearning but not the object of yearning…
Now is inconsistent as It exists in non-existing.
It is like trying to seize a dream. How can we then long for something non-existent?
Can experience ever know anything about something which is totally unknown,
outside its “tinged” range of perception?
When we become immediately aware of this subtle insight, only then
What Is Beyond Dream can make Itself known.
Julien Matei
