I´ve written a lot during this year.
But as they say in Zen tradition,words do not make the man understand.You must become a man to understand the words.
Occasionally it is necessary to put the word "silence" in our day.
Summer holidays are a good excuse to do so.
Summer is a good time of inner stillness.
Sun light brings me to the rebirth of all things, even of my own attitudes.
That light is calling me.
I will return here in mid-August.
Till then have a nice time.
Friday 29 July 2011
Mind transformation is not an extreme sport
Many who approach me to express their dismay when facing the effort to discipline their mind , complaining about it´s lengthy and setbacks.
Personal transformation is not an extreme sport, a race against time, nor can be the product of a frantic effort.
Who can not remain calm in the face of the mystery of life, savoring and enjoying every little step of this development, risk to live in anguish.
Personal transformation is not an extreme sport, a race against time, nor can be the product of a frantic effort.
Who can not remain calm in the face of the mystery of life, savoring and enjoying every little step of this development, risk to live in anguish.
Thursday 28 July 2011
Use your doubts to challenge yourself
There are people who doubt that they can become Buddhists because they are easily overcomed by negative thoughts and emotions.
Nothing more wrong!
It is precisely this doubt that leads to the demand of Buddhism.
For people who are easily overcomed by negative thoughts and emotions, this doubt certainly corresponds to a inner challenge that opens the inner mind and that should defenetely motivate them to inner growth.
Buddhism never appears out of nowhere.
Take a look at Siddhartha's own example.
Nothing more wrong!
It is precisely this doubt that leads to the demand of Buddhism.
For people who are easily overcomed by negative thoughts and emotions, this doubt certainly corresponds to a inner challenge that opens the inner mind and that should defenetely motivate them to inner growth.
Buddhism never appears out of nowhere.
Take a look at Siddhartha's own example.
Wednesday 27 July 2011
Start by changing yourself
A few years ago I´ve crossed with an old Sufi master from Bangladesh at the airport.
We talked and he told me:
When I was a young man I asked God to give me the power to change the world.
Later I asked God to change my family and friends.
He confessed me with an easy smile that till that moment he had not changed anything or anyone. Then he told me:
Now I pray: "My God give me strength to change myself."
We talked and he told me:
When I was a young man I asked God to give me the power to change the world.
Later I asked God to change my family and friends.
He confessed me with an easy smile that till that moment he had not changed anything or anyone. Then he told me:
Now I pray: "My God give me strength to change myself."
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Send LOVE to NORWAY and to the World
The recent tragedy in Norway and the growing hostility of many people should remind us that we are paying the price of the inability and unwillingness of mankind to be compassionate and tolerant with the differences among us.
For the future let us remember the wise words of Martin Luther King: "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
For the future let us remember the wise words of Martin Luther King: "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Magic is in us
Every moment is the right time to "jump" into us, and get what makes us live!
Energy in its purest form, that makes us feel that life is worth to live, to laugh, to cry , to receive and above all to give.
Believe that magic is in us and it´s up to each one of us to do it and and to feel it in your one way.
Energy in its purest form, that makes us feel that life is worth to live, to laugh, to cry , to receive and above all to give.
Believe that magic is in us and it´s up to each one of us to do it and and to feel it in your one way.
Monday 25 July 2011
Life through binoculars
Tip: Take a pair of binoculars. Look through the inverse side.
This is the perspective of life when we are young. Life seems indefinitely long.
Then look through the binoculars in the normal way.
This is the perspective of life when we are older. Life seems too short.
We begin to realize that life is too short when we start getting older.
Cherish the moment.
This is the perspective of life when we are young. Life seems indefinitely long.
Then look through the binoculars in the normal way.
This is the perspective of life when we are older. Life seems too short.
We begin to realize that life is too short when we start getting older.
Cherish the moment.
Friday 22 July 2011
Living "more or less" is less living!
When we love "more or less" , dream "more or less," think "more or less" positive, are friends "more or less" , enjoy our work "more or less," we "more or less" embrace a cause, we have "more or less" faith , believe "more or less," we seriously risk to become a sort of "more or less" persons...
Thursday 21 July 2011
The powerful surrounding aura of inner peace
When inner peace settles on us shuts up the voices that prevent us from hearing the genuine "Inner Voice".
Inner Peace creates an involvement that leads us to the core of being.
Living the Inner Peace allows us to live the presence of all we love making them part of us even when they are far from us in space and time.
Inner Peace creates an involvement that leads us to the core of being.
Living the Inner Peace allows us to live the presence of all we love making them part of us even when they are far from us in space and time.
Put yourself in order with yourself.
People work too much for "Having" and do little for the "Self".
The result of this option is fatigue,stress and social imbalance.
Some people react to this fatigue in the form of hyperactivity and seem tireless.
Others become depressed or hypoactive.
They are both sides of the same coin.
Both are in internal conflict.
The bottom line to deal with this conflict is first of all to put yourselve in order with yourselve.
The result of this option is fatigue,stress and social imbalance.
Some people react to this fatigue in the form of hyperactivity and seem tireless.
Others become depressed or hypoactive.
They are both sides of the same coin.
Both are in internal conflict.
The bottom line to deal with this conflict is first of all to put yourselve in order with yourselve.
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Let Love decide
Love should decide everything in our Life. To do this we must first listen to the love and hear «it´s voice» above all voices , so that it´s truth can be heard above all truths, it´s reason above all reason, it´s motivation over of all motives. Let love decide, because love heals, saves and frees!
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Be honest and humble with yourselves
No chain is stronger than its weakest link.
No human being is stronger than its strongest weakness.
Let us not be dazzled by our intellectual, professional and social achievements.
We should not create illusions about our strength and determination.
Let us always be honest and humble and measure ourselves by our greatest weakness.
No human being is stronger than its strongest weakness.
Let us not be dazzled by our intellectual, professional and social achievements.
We should not create illusions about our strength and determination.
Let us always be honest and humble and measure ourselves by our greatest weakness.
Be the guardian of your mind gates
Negative feelings do not exist permanently in our minds.
Being aware of the reality is a first step to help us to avoid such kind of emotions.
After all no one comes in our own house without our permission.
We should try to do the same thing with our mind.
When these emotions come we must send them back to their context and analyze the circumstances which led them to knock on our door, and nothing more.
Being aware of the reality is a first step to help us to avoid such kind of emotions.
After all no one comes in our own house without our permission.
We should try to do the same thing with our mind.
When these emotions come we must send them back to their context and analyze the circumstances which led them to knock on our door, and nothing more.
Tear off the mask
Pretend to be what we are not makes us live under tension.
This attitude results from our inner insecurities, we feel the obligation to wear a "mask" to be accepted in the social milieu in which we live and work.
This attitude doesn´t allow us to live quietly and free of any internal tension.
Tear off the masks.
Choose always to be yourselves.
This attitude results from our inner insecurities, we feel the obligation to wear a "mask" to be accepted in the social milieu in which we live and work.
This attitude doesn´t allow us to live quietly and free of any internal tension.
Tear off the masks.
Choose always to be yourselves.
Monday 18 July 2011
Being concerned is useless...
Once someone asked me if I ever let myself be dominated by concern.
I said yes but that I do everything to have days of my week free of concern.
I believe that being concernd does nothing to change something, either from the past or from the future.
It is a useless but a difficult emotion to dominate.
Do yo want to know what day of the week I choosed as a day free of concern?
One of those days was yesterday, and the others today and tomorrow...:)
I said yes but that I do everything to have days of my week free of concern.
I believe that being concernd does nothing to change something, either from the past or from the future.
It is a useless but a difficult emotion to dominate.
Do yo want to know what day of the week I choosed as a day free of concern?
One of those days was yesterday, and the others today and tomorrow...:)
We are Life full time students
We are all enrolled in a full-time informal school.
This school is called Life and lessons are learned every day.
We can like them or think they are irrelevant.
One of the most important lessons is that there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation.
«Unsuccessful» experiences are part of the process, as well those that work well.
Living is learning and teaching every day.
This school is called Life and lessons are learned every day.
We can like them or think they are irrelevant.
One of the most important lessons is that there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation.
«Unsuccessful» experiences are part of the process, as well those that work well.
Living is learning and teaching every day.
Acceptance
We have the habit of refuse to live everything that frightens or dislike us.
This denial of the reality leads to mental distortion.To accept and embrace reality as it is corresponds to a movement from the shallow to the deep, from a shallow life to a richer life , a life much closer to our true being and to the world around us.
This denial of the reality leads to mental distortion.To accept and embrace reality as it is corresponds to a movement from the shallow to the deep, from a shallow life to a richer life , a life much closer to our true being and to the world around us.
Sunday 17 July 2011
Old habits die hard
We live seeking immediate solutions.
Most people give up to make changes after a short time when they start to feel the stress of replacing the old habits, old ways of being for a new behavior, when in fact are these habits that largely determine the quality of life of each.
However, if we persist in the practice of a particular habit for a few minutes a day we can see, after some time that we began to adopt behaviors that are beginning to adjust to us as a second skin.
The important thing is to persist in practice every day for a few minutes.It is commitment and dedication are the key to success.
The rest are "miraculous healings"...
Most people give up to make changes after a short time when they start to feel the stress of replacing the old habits, old ways of being for a new behavior, when in fact are these habits that largely determine the quality of life of each.
However, if we persist in the practice of a particular habit for a few minutes a day we can see, after some time that we began to adopt behaviors that are beginning to adjust to us as a second skin.
The important thing is to persist in practice every day for a few minutes.It is commitment and dedication are the key to success.
The rest are "miraculous healings"...
Living Here and Now is to be free to accept
Living here and now just is not living without thinking about the past or the future.
In the here and now also appear thoughts and emotions associated with past and the future.
Living in the here and now is to be free to look and accept these thoughts in the midst of everything else that exists right now, and watch serenely those thoughts and emotions as part of the experience of this very moment, without clinging to those emotions.
In the here and now also appear thoughts and emotions associated with past and the future.
Living in the here and now is to be free to look and accept these thoughts in the midst of everything else that exists right now, and watch serenely those thoughts and emotions as part of the experience of this very moment, without clinging to those emotions.
Sucess is to achieve human value
One of the biggest mistakes of today´s society is the excessive appreciation of sucess.
World would certainly be different if we tried to be persons of value instead of sucessful persons...
For me the real success in Life is to achieve human value.
World would certainly be different if we tried to be persons of value instead of sucessful persons...
For me the real success in Life is to achieve human value.
Life is meant to be enjoyed
Live your Life pleasantly, filled with emotions of love and gratitude for all the goodness that you see.
Life is meant to be enjoyed.Life is meant to be pleasant.
Enjoy your Life just the way it is.Always allow for the possibility that Life will continue to get better.
Life is meant to be enjoyed.Life is meant to be pleasant.
Enjoy your Life just the way it is.Always allow for the possibility that Life will continue to get better.
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