Intelepciune din Orient

* comparatie superba

Know the Self as lord of the chariot, The body as the chariot itself, The discriminating intellect as charioteer, And the mind as reins. The senses, say the wise, are the horses; Selfish desires are the roads they travel. When the Self is confused with the body, Mind, and senses, they point out, he seems To enjoy pleasure and suffer sorrow.

- Katha Upanishad

 

 

 

 

* india antica avea o schema psihologica corecta

When one lacks discrimination And his mind is undisciplined, the senses Run hither and thither like wild horses. But they obey the rein like trained horses When one has discrimination and has made The mind one-pointed. Those who lack Discrimination, with little control Over their thoughts and far from pure, Reach not the pure state of immortality But wander from death to death; but those Who have discrimination, with a still mind And a pure heart, reach journey's end, Never again to fall into the jaws of death. With a discriminating intellect As charioteer and a trained mind as reins, They attain the supreme goal of life To be united with the Lord of Love.

- Katha Upanishad

 

 

 

 

EGOTISM

"The spiritual 'I' gives, the ego takes.  The destructiveness of the ego is immediately evident in social terms: everyone wants to take, to have, and the result is discord and warfare.  Today we are experiencing the collapse of a social system based on egotism both in the East and in the West.  Long ago the fanatic belief of economic liberalism (that if the individual strives for maximum economic prosperity the result will be maximum prosperity for all) has been shown to be wishful thinking, an ideology meant to somehow socially justify gross egotism.  The answer to liberalism was hardly better. Marx never discovered that individual egotism cannot be overcome through class egotism.  Class egotism, national egotism or the egotism of the individual: they all lead to a general defeat in a war of all against all.  No social contract helps here… Ambition against ambition, greed against greed will-to-power against will-to-power – how can this lead anywhere but to continual conflict?"

Georg Kuhlewind, "From Normal to Healthy – Paths to the Liberation of Consciousness"

 

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Life Is a 
Gift 



Today 
before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't 
speak. 



Before 
you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone 
who has nothing to eat. 



Before 
you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone 
who's crying out to GOD for a companion. 



Today 
before you complain about life - Think of someone who went 
too early to heaven. 



Before 
whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who 
walks the same distance with their feet. 



And when 
you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the 
unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your 
job. 



And when 
depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on 
your face and think: you're alive and still 
around. 



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I PRAY 
THIS MOVES AROUND 



THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE...

 

 

 

 

* gita

Good people come to worship me for different reasons. Some come to the spiritual life because of suffering, some in order to understand life; some come through a desire to achieve life's purpose, and some come who are men and women of wisdom. Unwavering in devotion, always united with me, the man or woman of wisdom surpasses all the others. To them I am the dearest beloved, and they are very dear to me. All those who follow the spiritual path are blessed. But the wise who are always established in union, for whom there is no higher goal than me, may be regarded as my very Self.

- Bhagavad Gita 7:16-18

 

 

 

 

 

* Constienta

The 8 States of Consciousness
Every day we normally experience three states of consciousness: Waking, dreaming and sleeping...

 

 

 

 

* hinduism

They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego-cage of "I", "me", and "mine" to be united with the Lord. This is the supreme state. Attain to this, and pass from death to immortality.

- Bhagavad Gita 2:71

 

 

 

 

* selful suprem-Dumnezeu

The supreme Self is neither born nor dies. He cannot be burned, moved, pierced, cut, nor dried. Beyond all attributes, the supreme Self Is the eternal witness, ever pure, Indivisible, and uncompounded, Far beyond the senses and the ego. In him conflicts and expectations cease. He is omnipresent, beyond all thought, Without action in the external world. Without action in the internal world. Detached from the outer and the inner, This supreme Self purifies the impure.

- Atma Upanishad

 

 

 

 

* spiritul

"We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being."

- Deepak Chopra

 

 

 

 

* brahma,krishna & shiva

This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva. And if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Shiva in him, without thinking of his caste or creed or race or anything, with him Shiva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples.

- Vivekananda

 

 

 

 

 

* da ca sa primesti!

"As long as you're giving, you will be receiving."

- Deepak Chopra

 

 

 

 

* empatie

To get a better understanding of the other person, try putting yourself in their shoes. This will give you a better understanding of their point of view and behavior.  Maybe the person in question was in a lot of pain. This doesn't justify their negativity, but it will help you understand it. The more you understand the other person and their behavior, the easier it is not to let go of a grudge.

 

 

 

 

* nesiguranta ajuta

Uncertainty is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom."

- Deepak Chopra