Recollections May Vary
People can mistake a narrative (often political in nature) as truth.
But truth in this context has a context which is socio-political.
Different Perspectives on Reality
Many of the causes of dissatisfaction and depression come from failure to comply with and enact perceived social norms.
The mismatch between imagined peer reality and personal actuality can cause dis-ease for the mind.
Comparison is a major factor in mental malaise.
No Way Forward No Way Back
“True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Types of Knowledge
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
Brian O'Driscoll
What is an Emanation ?
In a strict sense, tulku is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit nirmāṇakāya, which refers to the "transformation" or "emanation body" of a Buddha.
Tulku is therefore the physical "form in which a Buddha appears to ordinary beings.”
What is Important to You?
„Wir können Probleme nicht mit derselben Denkweise lösen, durch die sie entstanden sind.“
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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
The Owls are not what they seem
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“Through the darkness, the call of the owl invites us to reflect, to meditate, in that suspended moment where time seems to stop.”
David Passarelli
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“Don't count your owls before they are delivered.”
J. K. Rowling
Not Enough Gravitas
Said it was 96 degrees in the shade
Ten thousand soldiers on parade
Taking I and I
To meet a big fat boy
He was sent from overseas
The queen employ
William Alexander Clark / Stephen Haldane Coore / Michael Kenneth Cooper (Third World)
Occult Knowledge and Siddhis
In Indian religions, Siddhis (Sanskrit: सिद्धि siddhi; fulfilment, accomplishment) are material, paranormal, supernatural, or otherwise magical powers, abilities, and attainments that are the products of yogic advancement through sādhanās such as meditation and yoga.
Could You Recognise a Buddha?
The word Buddha is derived from the Pali word ‘budh’ meaning to wake up, perceive, become aware. The Buddha is one who has transcended attachment, ill will, and ignorance (sometimes referred to as greed, hatred and delusion), who has perceived impermanence, dukkha, and selflessness, and attained Enlightenment and realized Nibbana (Nirvana). It is a state of consciousness when the individual is aware of absolute reality. It is a generic name and applies to all persons who have reached this stage.
The Buddhist society web site.
Shaolin or CIA?
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. He is also popularly regarded as the founder of Shaolin kung fu, an idea popularized in the 20th century, but based on the 17th-century Yijin Jing and the Daoist association of daoyin gymnastics with Bodhidharma.
How Strong is Your Nutter Magnet?
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Quantifiably Insignificant
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
Robin Williams
Right Under Your Nose
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.
Khalil Gibran
The SPG dem a Murderer
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
The Cubic Centimetre of Chance
“All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimetre of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimetre pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up.”
Carlos Castaneda
The Mirror of Galadriel
THIRD APPARITION
Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are.
Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him.
Macbeth - Act 4, scene 1
William Shakespeare