Hand in Hand in 2008

In 2008 ..

I wish that we ALL become calmer and eventually find our inner-peace. I wish that we become more understanding and more compassionate, towards one and other.

I wish that hence the world becomes more peaceful and a bit wiser... I wish..

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The greatest achievement is selflessness.


The greatest worth is self-mastery.


The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.


The greatest precept is continual awareness.


The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.


The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.


The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.


The greatest generosity is non-attachment.


The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.


The greatest patience is humility.


The greatest effort is not concerned with results.


The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.


The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.


Atisha

Can a face see itself without a mirror?

Morpheus:
It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from the truth.

Neo: What truth?

Morpheus:
That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell, or taste, or touch... a prison for your mind.

Agent Smith:
I must get free, and in this mind is the key, my key.

I can open you the door but its up to you to enter!

Let me ask you how can you be so happy and contend with the things you have, when your friend or neighbour or some human being suffers immensely from some misfortune. How is it that we became so Ego centered. Its always me me me me.. Stop it! I can barely hear the silence.. Its so loud!

I feel sad!

Sagen - durfte ich nie das. To say – I could never that.

Sagen - was ich wirklich dachte. To say – what I really thought.

Sagen - was ich wirklich fühlte. To say – what I really felt.

Sagen - was mich wirklich bewegte. To say – what really moved me.

Sagen - was mich ärgerte. To say – what really annoyed me.

Sagen - was mich freute. To say – what made me happy.

Sagen - was mir Angst machte. To say – what I was afraid of.

Sagen - was ich wollte. To say – what I wanted to say.

Sagen - durfte ich immer nur das. To say – I was only allowed to..

Sagen - was andere für richtig empfanden. To say – what others thought of being right.

Sagen - was andere dachten. To say – what others thought.

Sagen - was andere fühlten. To say – what others felt.

Sagen - was andere bewegte. To say – what moved others.

Sagen - was andere ärgerte. To say – what made others angry.

Sagen - was andere freute. To say – what made others happy.

Sagen - was andern Angst machte. To say – what others were afraid of.

Sagen - was andere wollten. To say – what other wanted me to say.

JETZT SAGE ICH WAS ICH WILL !

BUT NOW I SAY WHAT I WANT!

Quote for the YEAR

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are
what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eternal Recurrence

"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine." - Nietzsche (The Gay Science)

The name

NOAH remember !!!

IF...

"Knowledge, skill and ability are conducive to success and benefit, and are auspicious omens, good in their own right regardless of the movements of the heavenly bodies. With the benefits gained from these qualities, one will completely outstrip those foolish people who just sit making their astrological calculations. " And: " If the water in rivers (such as Ganges) could really wash away sins and suffering, then the turtles, crabs, fish and shellfish living in those sacred rivers ought by now to be freed of their sins and sufferings too." And: " If a man could eliminate suffering by making offerings, paying homage and praying, there would be no one subject to suffering left in the world, because anyone somehow can pay homage and pray. But since people are still subject to suffering while in the very act of making obeisances, paying homage and performing rites, this is clearly not the way to gain liberation."

- says Buddha

Undeserving of L O V E

Abandon everything that contradicts logic and experience!

Lost my sense of daily living..

Have I lived up to my own expectations? NO! Have not. Am I unable, is my being unable? So it seems. It seems we are all our worst enemy. Today is an exampalary day..



Everything seems so undeserving to me.. Everything cries and bleeds, with hopeless eyes. This illusion has captured us. We are confused "what is right" "what is wrong", is there such thing. What makes you better than me.. Or better, is there any YOU or ME? Your purity, your calmness, your angelic views of life. Whose is that? Why all of this? Man what is the purpose. We are tired of analysing..



There is no such thing as inherent existence they say. Reflect on it they say. They say you dont exists, neither anyone else. The mind and body exists, but there isnt any you in it. Perception through senses exist, thoughts exists, hence conciousness.. But no U exists. Try to realise this. It currently enwraps my whole being.. I catch myself denying it. Catch myself diving into ignorance. Ignorance is the root of all suffering they say. Learn, understand they say. Abandon all that contradicts logic and experience they say. Dont believe blindly they say. Compassion is the highest good they say. How can they lie? They say everything is conditioned, impermanent. Nothing lasts forever, no happiness, no breath.. Dettach, seclude, concentrate, clear.. Dont get caught in Mayas trap they say.



Do not stress yourself, find your peace. On your own record. Slowly but surely.. they say!



And it confuses me more, makes me cry everyday. Lost my sense for daily things. Cant find myself anymore. What is this all about?

FEAR

"...these fears that fell to my lot out of every day stirred a hundred other fears, and they stood up in me against me and agreed among themselves, and I couldn't get beyond them. In striving to form them, I came to work creatively on them ; instead of making them into things of my will, I only gave them a life of their own which they turned against me..."

-Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

Wei Wu Wei

Of the many earnest, and how earnest, people we may observe reading, attending lectures, studying and practicing disciplines, devoting their energies to the attainment of a liberation which is by definition unattainable, how many are not striving via the ego-concept which is itself the only barrier between what they think they are and that which they wish to become but always have been and always will be?
- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei...

MUST SEE!

For those who want to explore reality from a scientific perspective, I recommend the following Documentary Series:

SPACE

2001 BBC documentary six-part series narrated by Sam Neill

"Star Stuff" - on the origin of the univers, stars and the solar system.

"Staying Alive" - the luck of planet Earth and how it could be destroyed at any moment by Black Holes, Comets and Asteroids.

"Black Holes" - the destructive force that may eventually destroy the Milky Way galaxy.

"Are We Alone?" - the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and human contact with it.

"New Worlds" - terraforming and humanity's colonisation of other planets.

"Boldly Go" - humanity's journey into far space.

THE SWEETEST

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Above all, be the heroine of your life,

not the victim

- Nora Ephron

1999 Harvard Graduation Speech by a Prof

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of 1999

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice, now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind;
you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you`ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can`t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked, Youre not as fat as you imagine.

Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you, Sing. Don`t be reckless with other people`s hearts, don`t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don`t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you`re behind the race is long, and in the end, it`s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.

Don`t feel guilty if you don`t know what you want to do with your life, the most interesting people I know didn`t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don`t.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you`ll miss them when they`re gone. Maybe you`ll marry, maybe you won`t, maybe you`ll have children, maybe you won`t, maybe you`ll divorce at 40, maybe you`ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. what ever you do, don`t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else`s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. don`t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it`s the greatest instrument you`ll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don`t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they`ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you`ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don`t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don`t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you`re 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it`s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Like attracts Like..

.. Its been a long time..

Like to share an article with you.. Easy reading..

You're a Magnet
By Stephen Pierce

When trying to understand the Law of Attraction, it's easiest to think of yourself as a magnet.

As you already know, magnets attract things. But they do it without even trying, right? It's the same for you. You attract things all the time and most of the time, you do it by default. Most of the time, you are not making a deliberate choice in what you are attracting to you. You get up, go to work, take care of the kids, feed the dog, go to bed - you go about your daily business. Maybe while you do it, you are focused on a problem that needs solved or a bad thing that happened or you are just tired or in a foul mood.

So, while you're doing that - focusing on something negative - you're unconsciously attracting negativity to you. No one sets out to attract negativity, of course, but we attract the likeness of what we are thinking about. If you're thinking about a lack of something in your life, for example, you'll continue to attract a lack, just like that magnet attracts metal.

If you consciously make a shift in your thinking, however, to something positive - like seeing yourself with abundance instead of scarcity, you will attract abundance.

The key to successfully doing this sounds a little easier than it is, but with practice, you can do it constantly and effectively. Though life will always through hardships in our way, the key to not letting those hardships stay around and keep you down is to not dwell on them constantly. When one arises, examine it briefly and then figure out how to use it to your advantage or let it go.

People tend to have habits of clinging to the bad things in life, the negative, the things we do not like - we dwell on them in our thoughts, we talk about them to our friends, we focus on what we do not like, because it bothers us.

However, by training ourselves to not cling to that negativity - to let it come up, look at it for a minute and then let it go - we are opening ourselves up and making room for the positive.

Instead of a lack, we will be open to abundance.
We won't be a magnet that is repelling all the good things in life simply because we're in the habit of hanging on to the bad.

Why is it so difficult to concentrate one pointedly?

Fixed Focus is the characteristic of the Concentration Link to Awakening.

Ceasing of distraction, disturbance, diversion, agitation, mental instability and wavering is the purpose of the quality of Concentration. Incisive certainty is the manifestation of the Concentration Link to Awakening. This stability enables breakthrough to Understanding! Some concentration is present in all consciousness. Training anchoring of attention on only 1 object condenses this focus.

The proximate cause of Concentration is Happiness!
The resulting effect of Concentration is Knowledge & Vision!

Concentration comes in increasing grades of intensity:
1: Momentary concentration with few seconds of one-pointedness.
2: Preparatory concentration of longer yet still unstable quality.
3: Access concentration approaching the 1st jhana absorption.
4: Absorption concentration with fixed mental one-pointedness.

Fourfold is the blessing of Concentration:
1: Sublime Happiness here & now through the 4 absorptions.
2: Assured Knowledge & True Vision of things as they really are.
3: Awareness & Clear Comprehension of all transient phenomena.
4: Ceasing of all mental fermentation by absence of clinging.

The Buddha once said: What mental fermentations should be overcome by development?
If one by careful & rational attention develops the Concentration Link to Awakening based on seclusion, based on disillusion, based on ceasing, culminating in renouncing relinquishment, then neither can mental fermentation, nor any fever, nor any discontent ever arise in him.
In one whose body is calm and who enjoys a pleasurable happiness the mind becomes concentrated. The Concentration Link to Awakening arises right there. He develops it, and for him repeatedly meditating it goes gradually to the culmination of its development.
MN118 [iii 85]

There is not such thing as chance!

Have you found your happiness yet?

Or, does it slip away every time you catch it??

....IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY my friend..

BE!!!!

Happiness does not come from outer conditions.

It is a state of mind..

Be YOU!

Every beat of your heart, every move, every spoken or unspoken thought, word, deed continues throughout time.
Have good intentions - In your heart, in ur soul and in ur mind.
Speek rightly, act rightly, dont judge. Everyone is right from their own perspective.
NOW is the time. Past is gone. The future is not there yet. Use this opportunity.
Everything that ever was and ever will be is now.
Choose wisely.
Dont create any more suffering!!
Practise and cultivate unconditional love, infinite Friendship.
Be de-attached, be patient.
Remove! Doubt-Fears-Ignorance-Arrogance-Greed-Jealousy-Inadequancy!
Always remember that u r worth it!
Everyone deserve the best, U includeded. Be the BEST u can.
Be filled with Peace-Harmony-Joy. Open your arms and heart to the Universe.
U r a beacon of love, radiate the love to all sentient beings.
ALL IS WELL!
Everything evolves as it should.
The Universe brings you that wihich you desire most in this moment.
Refuse suffering, dont allow it to be.
You shall have a glorious today, tomorrow & always,.
SIMPLE
Only you can liberate yourself.
BE FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE