Primal energy... oneness

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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (cont.)

"(...) "Não faz muito tempo, um índio errante foi vender cestas na casa de um advogado muito conhecido na minha vizinhança. "Quer comprar alguma cesta?" perguntou. "Não, não queremos nenhuma", foi a resposta. "O quê?", reclamou o índio enquanto se dirigia ao portão, "está querendo matar a gente de fome?" Tendo visto que seus industriosos vizinhos brancos estavam tão bem na vida — já que cabia ao advogado apenas tecer argumentos e num passe de magia seguiam-lhe a riqueza e o prestígio — dissera a si mesmo: Vou abrir um negócio. Vou tecer cestas, eis uma coisa que posso muito bem fazer. Pensava que ao aprontar as cestas teria cumprido a sua parte e que então caberia aos brancos comprá-las. Não se havia dado conta de que precisava torná-las valiosas para o outro, ou pelo menos convencê-lo de que valia a pena adquiri-las, levando-o a isso." (...)

 

"Cada dia que passa mais as nossas roupas se assimilam a nós, recebendo a marca do carácter de quem as veste, de tal modo que hesitamos ao abandoná-las. Nenhum homem alguma vez perdeu a minha estima por ter um remendo na roupa.  Ainda assim estou seguro de que, geralmente, existe maior ansiedade em estar na moda, ou pelos menos de ter roupa limpa e sem remendos, do que em ter a consciência sã."

- Henry David Thoreau

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"No matter what plans you make, no matter what you acquire, the thief will enter from the unguarded side. Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something less."

- Rumi

... Home ...

"The words you speak become the house you live in."  

- Hafiz

on Love

“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.”

― Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin

The real drive in life, what a beautiful example...

Design your own Life...

A different raison d’être

"(...) We are here because the Earth wants us here. Life requires a very specific kind of environment in order to survive and evolve. Life is a phenomenon that emerges when the right balance of ingredients come together. The right distance from the sun, the right amount of oxygen in the air, the right ratio of salt in the ocean, etc.

We exist because everything is right in this world.

It is only when we start looking for a reason to exist from a culture or society or other people that we open ourselves to suffering and insecurity. Look around. We are all hairless apes in suits and dresses playing out an amnesiac drama. Take a moment to laugh, because it’s pretty funny when you think about and acknowledge that.

The human game is amusing. It isn’t bad or good; nature leaves nothing to be improved upon. The game is for fun. If we can innovate and provide aid to those in need, wonderful. But there is no winning or losing; it’s all just organic chemistry playing around.

Shift your mandate, your raison d’être, from something describable in words to an awareness of your interdependence with nature. You are nature.

When Buddha was grilled about his new state of Being, and about his reason for still being here, he simply touched the ground in response. The cosmos thrummed in reply.
Touch the earth and let go of everything else."

- Namaste, sangha (http://lazyyogi.org/)

More surf phylosophie...

Drowning in negative thoughts...

... and you feel like you're being overwhelmed by your own thoughts. You're drowning in your own thoughts. And it's wave after wave, you think: Damn, I'm getting depressed, but why am I getting depressed, everyone is out there fighting and creating a future and I'm not doing anything, I'm just sobbing, I should be doing this, and that, oh I'm so worthless... and there you are, going down the negative thoughts spiral...

Just as if you're in the water, take a deep breath and wait for the big set to end. Let those big waves come and pound you, and don't fight it, it will just get you even more tired. Talk yourself into a calmer state. Become aware of where they're coming and what you need to do. Breathe deeply, let them crush above, come up to the surface again, get ready for the next one, and the next, until finally you can paddle out of there.

The important thing to also remember is that those waves are not you, you're just experiencing them, but they'll pass and you'll return to a more peaceful place in no time.

So, if you're feeling emotionally overwhelmed, remember to breath deeply and quiet your mind. Take 10 minutes to breathe and to let those waves pass through you. You'll feel better. Guaranteed.

Saltwater Buddha: Jaimal Yogis

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