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Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 1 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am Shaolin Rainer, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Androidstores. This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way.
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6 Minuten
Are there "sounds"?
Does a tree falling in the forest make a sound even if no one is there and no one can hear it?
Are there any sounds at all if no one can hear them?
No, probably not!
A sound is something that originates in our brain, caused by a physical continuum of vibrations.
It comes to the noise by the perception of the human being who hears it, as a receiver of the sound waves. These waves spread in the air to the ears, are converted into electrical impulses, which are then processed by the brain as sounds.
So without a receiver there is no sound, only waves!
The extraordinary physicist Richard Feynman paraphrased the answer to the above question as "a sensation of noise". According to the brilliant John Locke "things would be able to exist independently of our experience". In the history of philosophy an everlasting dispute broke out around the topic, which seems to be unresolved until today.
If we explain a sound as a pure sense sensation, then contradictions to our "sound by a falling tree in the forest" inevitably arise.
And how does it further behave with "recorded noises", for example the music from a headphone, or if the sound of the falling tree is played back from the tape, that would correspond then to a perception illusion, after all the tree does not fall down "now", it has fallen down much earlier.
In our modern world "sounds" are mostly recorded, manipulated and by means of sound sources (loudspeakers etc.) transmitted "preserves", thus not authentic, we do not "know" what is "real" and what is "false".
In our multimedia new world we have lost the overview, what is reality?
This is also what happens to us when we look at pictures or films! Also these represent only a "beautiful appearance", what we see happens also in these cases not "in reality".
Fluid sounds, shimmering pictures, everything only "sound and smoke".
The "sounds" and "pictures" kidnap us from time and space, lead us into an illusory world, full of false sounds, distorted representation, everything just not real!
If we hear the falling tree, but do not see it, has the tree fallen at all?
What if we explain the "sound" of a falling tree to a blind man who has never heard it fall?
So, dear readers, now we are back to Buddha, because this is a Buddhist blog.
Buddha said that life is only a dream from which to "awaken". Just like the "sounds" and the "images" are just that.
And I am trying to explain "enlightenment" to those who have not yet "awakened".
Do you "hear" the sound, do you see the "image"?
Buddha found "enlightenment" just as Newton found gravity. Neither can be seen, and very difficult to explain.
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt
- Richard Feynman - US physicist - 1918 to 1988
Happiness and unhappiness are two states of which we do not know the extreme limits
- John Locke - English philosopher - 1632 to 1704
What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean
- Isaac Newton - English physicist - 1643 to 1727
How big small sounds become in silence
- Cornelia Funke - German children's author - born 1958
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Does a tree falling in the forest make a sound even if no one is there and no one can hear it?
Are there any sounds at all if no one can hear them?
No, probably not!
A sound is something that originates in our brain, caused by a physical continuum of vibrations.
It comes to the noise by the perception of the human being who hears it, as a receiver of the sound waves. These waves spread in the air to the ears, are converted into electrical impulses, which are then processed by the brain as sounds.
So without a receiver there is no sound, only waves!
The extraordinary physicist Richard Feynman paraphrased the answer to the above question as "a sensation of noise". According to the brilliant John Locke "things would be able to exist independently of our experience". In the history of philosophy an everlasting dispute broke out around the topic, which seems to be unresolved until today.
If we explain a sound as a pure sense sensation, then contradictions to our "sound by a falling tree in the forest" inevitably arise.
And how does it further behave with "recorded noises", for example the music from a headphone, or if the sound of the falling tree is played back from the tape, that would correspond then to a perception illusion, after all the tree does not fall down "now", it has fallen down much earlier.
In our modern world "sounds" are mostly recorded, manipulated and by means of sound sources (loudspeakers etc.) transmitted "preserves", thus not authentic, we do not "know" what is "real" and what is "false".
In our multimedia new world we have lost the overview, what is reality?
This is also what happens to us when we look at pictures or films! Also these represent only a "beautiful appearance", what we see happens also in these cases not "in reality".
Fluid sounds, shimmering pictures, everything only "sound and smoke".
The "sounds" and "pictures" kidnap us from time and space, lead us into an illusory world, full of false sounds, distorted representation, everything just not real!
If we hear the falling tree, but do not see it, has the tree fallen at all?
What if we explain the "sound" of a falling tree to a blind man who has never heard it fall?
So, dear readers, now we are back to Buddha, because this is a Buddhist blog.
Buddha said that life is only a dream from which to "awaken". Just like the "sounds" and the "images" are just that.
And I am trying to explain "enlightenment" to those who have not yet "awakened".
Do you "hear" the sound, do you see the "image"?
Buddha found "enlightenment" just as Newton found gravity. Neither can be seen, and very difficult to explain.
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt
- Richard Feynman - US physicist - 1918 to 1988
Happiness and unhappiness are two states of which we do not know the extreme limits
- John Locke - English philosopher - 1632 to 1704
What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean
- Isaac Newton - English physicist - 1643 to 1727
How big small sounds become in silence
- Cornelia Funke - German children's author - born 1958
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6 Minuten
The earth is slippery
This principle was valid in the belief system of the Aztecs, an advanced civilization that existed between the 14th and the early 16th century.
40 years ago I was in Mexico with my parents, the temples made a great impression on me, until today I can't get the monumental structures out of my head. People, animals and plants adapted perfectly to their habitat, my visits to the pyramids of the past peoples were a "highlight" in my life.
From my visits to Mexico, this sentence has remained in my memory: "The earth is slippery".
According to the beliefs of Mesoamerican civilization, anyone could slip on the slippery earth; "evil," like "good," was not separate from each other in the continuing tradition of indigenous religion, but was directly opposed to each other as part of life. The various chapters of contemporary history have shaped this area; against all odds, the fusion of spiritual influences has enormous presence to this day.
And yes, the earth is slippery, at any time we can slip, fall, hit the ground.
Anyone can slip, but how do we deal with our mistakes?
What do we know about the religion of the Aztecs and the Mayas, the Incas? Little! The conquerors did a great job, had quickly sealed the fate of the New World. Little is left of the culture of the Central American inhabitants, but this phrase has been handed down: "The earth is slippery".
What has this continent seen over the centuries, oppression and enslavement came as original sin by the Europeans, the traumatic background is still not sufficiently processed.
Main god of the polytheistic people was "Huitzilopochtli", the god of the sun and war, mostly represented as a jaguar. Due to the change of the ongoing generations there was the concept of natural selection, the "tree of life" was understood as evolution in their culture!
I liked the spiritual philosophy of the "slippery earth" very much, again and again I have to think about it.
I trust in the future, every person is allowed to "slip" once, because the earth is really very slippery.
Buddha's teaching is very similar to this view, also we today's people should give the fellow human beings who slipped again a chance, we as a part of nature are allowed to make mistakes, our fate is written according to Buddha, therefore we are not at fault.
The transformation to a soul being is based in the concept of "enlightenment", in forgiving, in love and in forgiveness.
Our greatest glory is not to never fall, but to rise again every time.
- Nelson Mandela - former President South Africa - 1918 to 2013
God obviously loved ordinary people, because he made so many of them
- Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States of America - 1809 to 1865
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This principle was valid in the belief system of the Aztecs, an advanced civilization that existed between the 14th and the early 16th century.
40 years ago I was in Mexico with my parents, the temples made a great impression on me, until today I can't get the monumental structures out of my head. People, animals and plants adapted perfectly to their habitat, my visits to the pyramids of the past peoples were a "highlight" in my life.
From my visits to Mexico, this sentence has remained in my memory: "The earth is slippery".
According to the beliefs of Mesoamerican civilization, anyone could slip on the slippery earth; "evil," like "good," was not separate from each other in the continuing tradition of indigenous religion, but was directly opposed to each other as part of life. The various chapters of contemporary history have shaped this area; against all odds, the fusion of spiritual influences has enormous presence to this day.
And yes, the earth is slippery, at any time we can slip, fall, hit the ground.
Anyone can slip, but how do we deal with our mistakes?
What do we know about the religion of the Aztecs and the Mayas, the Incas? Little! The conquerors did a great job, had quickly sealed the fate of the New World. Little is left of the culture of the Central American inhabitants, but this phrase has been handed down: "The earth is slippery".
What has this continent seen over the centuries, oppression and enslavement came as original sin by the Europeans, the traumatic background is still not sufficiently processed.
Main god of the polytheistic people was "Huitzilopochtli", the god of the sun and war, mostly represented as a jaguar. Due to the change of the ongoing generations there was the concept of natural selection, the "tree of life" was understood as evolution in their culture!
I liked the spiritual philosophy of the "slippery earth" very much, again and again I have to think about it.
I trust in the future, every person is allowed to "slip" once, because the earth is really very slippery.
Buddha's teaching is very similar to this view, also we today's people should give the fellow human beings who slipped again a chance, we as a part of nature are allowed to make mistakes, our fate is written according to Buddha, therefore we are not at fault.
The transformation to a soul being is based in the concept of "enlightenment", in forgiving, in love and in forgiveness.
Our greatest glory is not to never fall, but to rise again every time.
- Nelson Mandela - former President South Africa - 1918 to 2013
God obviously loved ordinary people, because he made so many of them
- Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States of America - 1809 to 1865
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6 Minuten
Horror makes us cruel
Many events in this world are horrible to behold, horror and terror accompany the "Homo Mediales", modern man living in a multimedia and virtual world permanent presence.
Misery and violence around us, on TV, on the Internet, in the media, in computer games; everywhere blood, dead, injured, viruses, diseases, dictators, civil wars, riots, lies, cheating, bullying, murder, manslaughter, alcohol, drugs, drug abuse, rapes, catastrophes; humanity has arrived at the edge of evil, the demons that were summoned are now our new reality. The infection is spreading rapidly, soon we will be completely penetrated by the forces of darkness.
We need help, because our society is seriously ill, humanity has become the accomplice of darkness. How can we drive out these demons again, push back the evil? Where is the "good" energy, the "positive" vibrations that could bring about some form of normality?
The constant horror dulls us, CONSTANTLY we are confronted with fears, we brutalize inwardly.
And if we understand such conditions then in the consequence as new normality, then our value conception will adapt to it, we ourselves become cruel, compassion, attentiveness and human values disappear in the nothing. It seems to be so, we see it everywhere, obviously horror and horror, coupled with cruelty, is now the life of us all.
But the "healing" from these conditions is also somewhere here, is already on this world, waits for us!
You may not believe in what I do, "Buddhism" is not everyone's cup of tea! But I know that an improvement can arise only from us. We, the members of society, must leave this unwholesome path, turn back to the "good".
In our new normality, everything around us is in motion, what used to be a certainty is now already lost in the fog of the past. But the words of Buddha are being heard again, society is longing for normality, consistency and peace. Whoever wants to make the Buddha's teachings his own must first find peace and silence.
Don't be distracted, go your way, mindfulness is the new "sexy", not "misery and violence".
Cruelty is one of the oldest festive pleasures of mankind. Consequently, the gods are also thought to be refreshed and in a festive mood when they are offered the sight of cruelty. And thus the idea creeps into the world that voluntary sufferings, the self-chosen torture have a good sense and value.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - German philosopher - 1844 to 1900
The unimaginable eludes our memory, and that is just as well, but once, I believe, the horror must reach us, or there is no further
- Max Frisch - Swiss writer - 1911 to 1991
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Many events in this world are horrible to behold, horror and terror accompany the "Homo Mediales", modern man living in a multimedia and virtual world permanent presence.
Misery and violence around us, on TV, on the Internet, in the media, in computer games; everywhere blood, dead, injured, viruses, diseases, dictators, civil wars, riots, lies, cheating, bullying, murder, manslaughter, alcohol, drugs, drug abuse, rapes, catastrophes; humanity has arrived at the edge of evil, the demons that were summoned are now our new reality. The infection is spreading rapidly, soon we will be completely penetrated by the forces of darkness.
We need help, because our society is seriously ill, humanity has become the accomplice of darkness. How can we drive out these demons again, push back the evil? Where is the "good" energy, the "positive" vibrations that could bring about some form of normality?
The constant horror dulls us, CONSTANTLY we are confronted with fears, we brutalize inwardly.
And if we understand such conditions then in the consequence as new normality, then our value conception will adapt to it, we ourselves become cruel, compassion, attentiveness and human values disappear in the nothing. It seems to be so, we see it everywhere, obviously horror and horror, coupled with cruelty, is now the life of us all.
But the "healing" from these conditions is also somewhere here, is already on this world, waits for us!
You may not believe in what I do, "Buddhism" is not everyone's cup of tea! But I know that an improvement can arise only from us. We, the members of society, must leave this unwholesome path, turn back to the "good".
In our new normality, everything around us is in motion, what used to be a certainty is now already lost in the fog of the past. But the words of Buddha are being heard again, society is longing for normality, consistency and peace. Whoever wants to make the Buddha's teachings his own must first find peace and silence.
Don't be distracted, go your way, mindfulness is the new "sexy", not "misery and violence".
Cruelty is one of the oldest festive pleasures of mankind. Consequently, the gods are also thought to be refreshed and in a festive mood when they are offered the sight of cruelty. And thus the idea creeps into the world that voluntary sufferings, the self-chosen torture have a good sense and value.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - German philosopher - 1844 to 1900
The unimaginable eludes our memory, and that is just as well, but once, I believe, the horror must reach us, or there is no further
- Max Frisch - Swiss writer - 1911 to 1991
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6 Minuten
The power within us
The NOW does not come back, who does not live in the NOW, does not live at all, he only exists!
So many people do not live in the now, some live in the past, others dream of a "better" future.
But "here plays the music", in the "now", in the "today" we live.
Whoever understands that there is only this present moment, is much closer to "enlightenment".
Are you tormented by thoughts from your "past"? What if I had acted differently back then?
Are you always worried about "tomorrow"? Do you fear "the worst" will happen to you?
According to the teaching of the teacher of all teachers it only depends on the "now", the "here" and on the "today". Buddha has shown us with his journey to "enlightenment" how we can finally shake off our worries, our fears and our hardships.
Who doesn't wish for a peaceful life, free from sorrow and pain? How can we overcome the hardships of our existence, how to put down the agony and torment of human existence, how only?
At the beginning of our journey to "enlightenment" is the question: who am I? So the beginning starts with an extensive "self-examination", unsparingly and honestly we have to be to ourselves, otherwise we will not get "on a green branch"!
But how can we manage to stay in the "now" and "here", not to digress, not into the past, and also not into the future?
Quite simply, by inserting something else in place of useless thoughts, something valuable, something with a meaning. Instead, we occupy ourselves with our possible "enlightenment", our very personal "awakening", with our journey in the footsteps of Buddha.
If our thought palace has an interesting topic, which is worth to think about, then also the unpleasant voices in our head will become silent!
This is how we manage to stay in the "now" and in the "today" permanently.
By giving our head a "theme" we set the cause for a better life, we no longer lose ourselves in externals.
This power lies within us, we only have to "release" it, make the decision to do so.
According to the teachings of Buddha, it is already determined whether we will make this decision or not.
Eckhart Tolle, whom I greatly admire, said:
Put the "now" in the center of your life! Always say yes to the present moment
- Eckhart Tolle - Spiritual Teacher - born 1948
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The NOW does not come back, who does not live in the NOW, does not live at all, he only exists!
So many people do not live in the now, some live in the past, others dream of a "better" future.
But "here plays the music", in the "now", in the "today" we live.
Whoever understands that there is only this present moment, is much closer to "enlightenment".
Are you tormented by thoughts from your "past"? What if I had acted differently back then?
Are you always worried about "tomorrow"? Do you fear "the worst" will happen to you?
According to the teaching of the teacher of all teachers it only depends on the "now", the "here" and on the "today". Buddha has shown us with his journey to "enlightenment" how we can finally shake off our worries, our fears and our hardships.
Who doesn't wish for a peaceful life, free from sorrow and pain? How can we overcome the hardships of our existence, how to put down the agony and torment of human existence, how only?
At the beginning of our journey to "enlightenment" is the question: who am I? So the beginning starts with an extensive "self-examination", unsparingly and honestly we have to be to ourselves, otherwise we will not get "on a green branch"!
But how can we manage to stay in the "now" and "here", not to digress, not into the past, and also not into the future?
Quite simply, by inserting something else in place of useless thoughts, something valuable, something with a meaning. Instead, we occupy ourselves with our possible "enlightenment", our very personal "awakening", with our journey in the footsteps of Buddha.
If our thought palace has an interesting topic, which is worth to think about, then also the unpleasant voices in our head will become silent!
This is how we manage to stay in the "now" and in the "today" permanently.
By giving our head a "theme" we set the cause for a better life, we no longer lose ourselves in externals.
This power lies within us, we only have to "release" it, make the decision to do so.
According to the teachings of Buddha, it is already determined whether we will make this decision or not.
Eckhart Tolle, whom I greatly admire, said:
Put the "now" in the center of your life! Always say yes to the present moment
- Eckhart Tolle - Spiritual Teacher - born 1948
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6 Minuten
A "room of remembrance”
Upstairs in the house there was a small room, here she kept all the memories of her late son. All his letters, his clothes and shoes, his music collection, his model cars, photos of him from little boy to grown man, all the things that once belonged to him.
It was his room, he loved the view from the small window, out into the garden with the many trees.
Every time she was up here she thought of her "little boy", of the many stories, the great experiences, in her mind she saw him sitting at the table, the floor full of toys, when she was in this room it seemed to her that he was still alive.
It had been two years since the accident. Right in front of the front door, a car came around the bend, her son was about to leave on his bike, a big bang, lots of blood, the ambulance came quickly, death was faster. The driver was not to blame, it was just a chain of unfortunate circumstances that led to the collision.
The images of that day were immediately burned into her mind, every time she woke up since then the same movie started in her head, she saw the accident again and again. Her ego tormented her day after day with the past, terrible event.
When she became particularly sad she would climb up to his old room, she would fix his bed, air the room, fix his clothes, rearrange things. When she was done, she would sit at the table and look out the window, completely lost in her thoughts.
The pain was strong and did not stop no matter what she did, why only her son, how could this happen?
Her family tried everything possible to distract her, to comfort her, but no one could help her, she didn't want help either, she just wanted to "be with her son". And in his room she felt closest to him.
A light breeze came through the window as her eyes fell on her son's books. A particularly colorful one caught her eye, why had she never noticed this book before? "Buddha" was written on the spine, she sat back down at the table and began to leaf through it. She was a Christian, she couldn't do much with Buddhism, but because it was her son's book she just kept reading.
While she was immersed in the teachings of the Indian prince, she felt a warm wave rising within her, a form of peace spreading through her. How could this be, she asked herself. But she continued to look at page after page, time passed, quickly it was dark, she had to turn on the light. Her husband and daughter came home, calling for her. She closed the book and descended the stairs into the living room, but she kept the volume firmly in her hands. Every day she read that book, the philosophy of Buddha gave her much comfort, she regained her lost security.
Then came the day when she stopped going to the "Room of Remembrance." She had experienced "enlightenment."
THERE IS A BOOK THAT MANY WHO KNOW IT BY HEART DO NOT KNOW
- MARIE VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH - AUSTRIAN WRITER - 1830 TO 1916
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Upstairs in the house there was a small room, here she kept all the memories of her late son. All his letters, his clothes and shoes, his music collection, his model cars, photos of him from little boy to grown man, all the things that once belonged to him.
It was his room, he loved the view from the small window, out into the garden with the many trees.
Every time she was up here she thought of her "little boy", of the many stories, the great experiences, in her mind she saw him sitting at the table, the floor full of toys, when she was in this room it seemed to her that he was still alive.
It had been two years since the accident. Right in front of the front door, a car came around the bend, her son was about to leave on his bike, a big bang, lots of blood, the ambulance came quickly, death was faster. The driver was not to blame, it was just a chain of unfortunate circumstances that led to the collision.
The images of that day were immediately burned into her mind, every time she woke up since then the same movie started in her head, she saw the accident again and again. Her ego tormented her day after day with the past, terrible event.
When she became particularly sad she would climb up to his old room, she would fix his bed, air the room, fix his clothes, rearrange things. When she was done, she would sit at the table and look out the window, completely lost in her thoughts.
The pain was strong and did not stop no matter what she did, why only her son, how could this happen?
Her family tried everything possible to distract her, to comfort her, but no one could help her, she didn't want help either, she just wanted to "be with her son". And in his room she felt closest to him.
A light breeze came through the window as her eyes fell on her son's books. A particularly colorful one caught her eye, why had she never noticed this book before? "Buddha" was written on the spine, she sat back down at the table and began to leaf through it. She was a Christian, she couldn't do much with Buddhism, but because it was her son's book she just kept reading.
While she was immersed in the teachings of the Indian prince, she felt a warm wave rising within her, a form of peace spreading through her. How could this be, she asked herself. But she continued to look at page after page, time passed, quickly it was dark, she had to turn on the light. Her husband and daughter came home, calling for her. She closed the book and descended the stairs into the living room, but she kept the volume firmly in her hands. Every day she read that book, the philosophy of Buddha gave her much comfort, she regained her lost security.
Then came the day when she stopped going to the "Room of Remembrance." She had experienced "enlightenment."
THERE IS A BOOK THAT MANY WHO KNOW IT BY HEART DO NOT KNOW
- MARIE VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH - AUSTRIAN WRITER - 1830 TO 1916
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7 Minuten
8 points for "self-healing
A healing is always a "self-healing"!
When we get sick, our body immediately starts healing, all by itself. The healing powers of nature are tremendous.
However, self-healing is also a question of inner attitude, as strange as it sounds, some people want to be sick. For very different reasons. For example, some sick people just want attention, some flee into self-pity, others even want to die because their life seems "hard" and "pointless".
The majority of people, however, do not want to be sick; the natural healing mechanisms of their bodies function all by themselves.
As Buddhists we know that everything comes anyway exactly as it must come. So it is also already predetermined whether we get sick, and of course whether we get well. This is all already written.
So it is also already written, if you, for example after reading this text, think about your "I", if you reach a positive, creative "state" of your physical, mental and spiritual life.
Health is the wish of most people. But just not from everyone.
If you are suffering from an illness you should ask yourself if you are not "subconsciously" throwing "sand in the gears", question your "I", your goals!
Can it be that the "illness" has its causes in worries, in overload or stress? Or are there other reasons?
You have the power within you to end all negative and self-destructive influences.
You ask yourself how this could work?
1. take away all energy from negative thoughts, take away all power from harmful moods. Instead, focus on the Buddha's teachings, fill your mind palace with the concept of "enlightenment."
2. no matter how bad a thing is, smile, you can't change anything anyway.
3. look for the good in every situation. Everything "bad" contains something "good", and even if they are out of proportion, look for the "positive". Focus exclusively and ALWAYS on the positive aspects of every situation!
4. avoid the disaster news on TV and in the media, do a "news detox". There are not only "bad" things in the world, but positive things do not make good headlines. In a "sick" world, horror and horror just sells a lot better.
5. sort out "negative" from their lives, things and people that burden you are wrong in their environment.
Positive thinking always leads to positive feelings. Not everything is "bad" in life, what is "positive", what have you already achieved, what situations have you already mastered, what comes to mind spontaneously now? Do not be the "victim" of bad moods!
7. set yourself goals, what can you realistically and easily achieve, in the short term, medium term and long term, where should the journey go? Maybe even to your personal "enlightenment"?
8. first accept the situation as it is right now. From NOW on, practice "mindfulness". What is especially good right NOW, in this moment?
The best doctors in the world are: "Dr. Calm, Dr. Diet, and Dr. Cheerfulness."
- Jonathan Swift - Irish Writer - 1667 to 1745
There are a thousand diseases, but only one health
- Ludwig Börne - German Journalist - 1786 to 1837
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A healing is always a "self-healing"!
When we get sick, our body immediately starts healing, all by itself. The healing powers of nature are tremendous.
However, self-healing is also a question of inner attitude, as strange as it sounds, some people want to be sick. For very different reasons. For example, some sick people just want attention, some flee into self-pity, others even want to die because their life seems "hard" and "pointless".
The majority of people, however, do not want to be sick; the natural healing mechanisms of their bodies function all by themselves.
As Buddhists we know that everything comes anyway exactly as it must come. So it is also already predetermined whether we get sick, and of course whether we get well. This is all already written.
So it is also already written, if you, for example after reading this text, think about your "I", if you reach a positive, creative "state" of your physical, mental and spiritual life.
Health is the wish of most people. But just not from everyone.
If you are suffering from an illness you should ask yourself if you are not "subconsciously" throwing "sand in the gears", question your "I", your goals!
Can it be that the "illness" has its causes in worries, in overload or stress? Or are there other reasons?
You have the power within you to end all negative and self-destructive influences.
You ask yourself how this could work?
1. take away all energy from negative thoughts, take away all power from harmful moods. Instead, focus on the Buddha's teachings, fill your mind palace with the concept of "enlightenment."
2. no matter how bad a thing is, smile, you can't change anything anyway.
3. look for the good in every situation. Everything "bad" contains something "good", and even if they are out of proportion, look for the "positive". Focus exclusively and ALWAYS on the positive aspects of every situation!
4. avoid the disaster news on TV and in the media, do a "news detox". There are not only "bad" things in the world, but positive things do not make good headlines. In a "sick" world, horror and horror just sells a lot better.
5. sort out "negative" from their lives, things and people that burden you are wrong in their environment.
Positive thinking always leads to positive feelings. Not everything is "bad" in life, what is "positive", what have you already achieved, what situations have you already mastered, what comes to mind spontaneously now? Do not be the "victim" of bad moods!
7. set yourself goals, what can you realistically and easily achieve, in the short term, medium term and long term, where should the journey go? Maybe even to your personal "enlightenment"?
8. first accept the situation as it is right now. From NOW on, practice "mindfulness". What is especially good right NOW, in this moment?
The best doctors in the world are: "Dr. Calm, Dr. Diet, and Dr. Cheerfulness."
- Jonathan Swift - Irish Writer - 1667 to 1745
There are a thousand diseases, but only one health
- Ludwig Börne - German Journalist - 1786 to 1837
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6 Minuten
Buddha's singing bowl
Buddha lived as a "normal" man about 2500 years ago in what is now India.
Even before the young prince found his "enlightenment" he is said to have been a very extraordinary person.
Again and again the story of the "singing bowl" from his life is told, which I want to reproduce here:
On his many travels, Buddha one day passed a waterfall that fell from a high mountain into a narrow, winding gorge. Next to the water falling in free fall was a shallow bank that invited one to linger.
Buddha decided to meditate here, the place was made for his purpose, he could feel the energy of the magical place. The mysticism and attraction at the waterfall were enigmatic, it felt like a place of healing, surrounded by water; a unique atmosphere, striking rocks enclosed the natural hollow path that led to the grottoes below the waterfall.
He took all things out of his pocket, placed his belongings around him. Thus, he is said to have carried (among other things) a singing bowl with him at all times, which he is said to have used frequently for meditative purposes.
So this singing bowl stood next to him during his meditative exercises, exposed to the sounds of the water. At night, Buddha also meditated, the stars shone clearly in the small gorge, the energy and radiance of the place changed continuously.
After several days he left the place at the waterfall, went down the mountain to the next village. There he found a farmer who offered him lodging. Here Buddha is said to have stayed for several days. The great teacher was very welcome here!
During his next meditation, Buddha struck the singing bowl again. He thought he could hear the sound of the waterfall when the singing bowl had long since fallen silent.
The power place "waterfall" had accompanied him, the sound of the water had entered the singing bowl, accompanied his adventurous journey.
According to this story, Buddha is said to have bowed at that moment before the beauty of nature and the power of water.
We too can hear the vibrations of nature, if we listen.
Everything is in vibration. If we change our vibrations, our life will change too!
Nature must be felt
- Alexander von Humboldt - German explorer - 1769 to 1859
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Buddha lived as a "normal" man about 2500 years ago in what is now India.
Even before the young prince found his "enlightenment" he is said to have been a very extraordinary person.
Again and again the story of the "singing bowl" from his life is told, which I want to reproduce here:
On his many travels, Buddha one day passed a waterfall that fell from a high mountain into a narrow, winding gorge. Next to the water falling in free fall was a shallow bank that invited one to linger.
Buddha decided to meditate here, the place was made for his purpose, he could feel the energy of the magical place. The mysticism and attraction at the waterfall were enigmatic, it felt like a place of healing, surrounded by water; a unique atmosphere, striking rocks enclosed the natural hollow path that led to the grottoes below the waterfall.
He took all things out of his pocket, placed his belongings around him. Thus, he is said to have carried (among other things) a singing bowl with him at all times, which he is said to have used frequently for meditative purposes.
So this singing bowl stood next to him during his meditative exercises, exposed to the sounds of the water. At night, Buddha also meditated, the stars shone clearly in the small gorge, the energy and radiance of the place changed continuously.
After several days he left the place at the waterfall, went down the mountain to the next village. There he found a farmer who offered him lodging. Here Buddha is said to have stayed for several days. The great teacher was very welcome here!
During his next meditation, Buddha struck the singing bowl again. He thought he could hear the sound of the waterfall when the singing bowl had long since fallen silent.
The power place "waterfall" had accompanied him, the sound of the water had entered the singing bowl, accompanied his adventurous journey.
According to this story, Buddha is said to have bowed at that moment before the beauty of nature and the power of water.
We too can hear the vibrations of nature, if we listen.
Everything is in vibration. If we change our vibrations, our life will change too!
Nature must be felt
- Alexander von Humboldt - German explorer - 1769 to 1859
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5 Minuten
The weather
The good weather comes, the bad weather too. Nothing we can do about the weather.
It is of little use to complain about the weather, just as it is of no use to be upset about our lives, or to be sad about events in our lives.
Certainly we can pray to the gods for "better weather," but will this be crowned with success?
As with the weather, so it is with our destiny. Whether we like what is happening in our lives or not, if we accept what is coming and how it is coming or not, we have to accept the weather as well. When we stop questioning our karma, then we have made a big step in our personal development.
Just as Buddha taught us, we must always accept our destiny, no matter how it comes, "good" or "bad", "happy" or "sad".
Do you know the song "I am singing in the rain"? When life seems hard again, the days bring little "happy", then it is exactly the right time for a song.
Just accept your karma, just like the weather, don't worry about the vagaries of fate anymore. Better think about the way out that Buddha advised us to do. His advice to us was to strive for "awakening."
According to his teaching, "enlightenment" lies dormant in each of us, wanting to be discovered.
According to Buddha's teaching, there is no "good" and no "bad" weather, there is simply weather.
SUNSHINE IS DELICIOUS, RAIN IS REFRESHING, WIND IS CHALLENGING, SNOW MAKES YOU HAPPY; BASICALLY THERE IS NO BAD WEATHER, ONLY DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOOD WEATHER.
- JOHN RUSKIN - BRITISH WRITER - 1819 TO 1900
According to the Buddha's teaching, therefore, there are "enlightened" and "unenlightened" beings.
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The good weather comes, the bad weather too. Nothing we can do about the weather.
It is of little use to complain about the weather, just as it is of no use to be upset about our lives, or to be sad about events in our lives.
Certainly we can pray to the gods for "better weather," but will this be crowned with success?
As with the weather, so it is with our destiny. Whether we like what is happening in our lives or not, if we accept what is coming and how it is coming or not, we have to accept the weather as well. When we stop questioning our karma, then we have made a big step in our personal development.
Just as Buddha taught us, we must always accept our destiny, no matter how it comes, "good" or "bad", "happy" or "sad".
Do you know the song "I am singing in the rain"? When life seems hard again, the days bring little "happy", then it is exactly the right time for a song.
Just accept your karma, just like the weather, don't worry about the vagaries of fate anymore. Better think about the way out that Buddha advised us to do. His advice to us was to strive for "awakening."
According to his teaching, "enlightenment" lies dormant in each of us, wanting to be discovered.
According to Buddha's teaching, there is no "good" and no "bad" weather, there is simply weather.
SUNSHINE IS DELICIOUS, RAIN IS REFRESHING, WIND IS CHALLENGING, SNOW MAKES YOU HAPPY; BASICALLY THERE IS NO BAD WEATHER, ONLY DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOOD WEATHER.
- JOHN RUSKIN - BRITISH WRITER - 1819 TO 1900
According to the Buddha's teaching, therefore, there are "enlightened" and "unenlightened" beings.
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6 Minuten
The Unequal Brothers
A very wise father had two sons who could not have been more different. Outwardly they were very similar, but in character they were complete opposites.
One son was an optimist, his brother was basically skeptical. One was always cheerful, the other was taciturn and constantly absorbed in his thoughts.
One brother liked to read a lot, the other did not even look at books, while one brother danced, the other covered his ears. One was cold, the other always had heat, one was good at school, the other had no interest in his education.
Two unequal brothers!
The father decided to analyze the characters of his sons.
When a big party was coming up, the father started an experiment. In the night he went to the rooms of his sons. In the optimist's room, instead of gifts, he laid out old horse droppings, and in the pessimist's room he spread gifts on the floor.
In the morning he heard shouting in the house, he then went to check on his sons.
The pessimist was upset and unhappy, the father asked: "what's wrong, why are you unhappy, don't you like the gifts"? The son answered him: "now I have all these toys, but they will break in the course of time, I will lose them. Therefore I am unhappy"!
The optimist sat in his room and blissfully looked at the horse droppings. The father asked: "what's wrong, why are you happy, you didn't receive a gift"? The son answered him. "if you put horse droppings in my room, it means you are giving me a horse, doesn't it"?
A pessimist is an optimist who has thought too much. Pessimists either experience pleasant surprises or are always right.
Optimists are not always right either, but they live more happily.
A Buddhist, however, is a realist who has gone far beyond pessimism and optimism.
The utopian sees the paradise, the realist the paradise plus snake.
- Friedrich Hebbel - German playwright - 1813 to 1863
Optimist: another word for fool
- Gustave Flaubert - French writer - 1821 to 1880
For myself, I am an optimist - it doesn't seem to do much good to be anything else
- Winston Churchill - British statesman of the 20th century - 1874 to 1965
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A very wise father had two sons who could not have been more different. Outwardly they were very similar, but in character they were complete opposites.
One son was an optimist, his brother was basically skeptical. One was always cheerful, the other was taciturn and constantly absorbed in his thoughts.
One brother liked to read a lot, the other did not even look at books, while one brother danced, the other covered his ears. One was cold, the other always had heat, one was good at school, the other had no interest in his education.
Two unequal brothers!
The father decided to analyze the characters of his sons.
When a big party was coming up, the father started an experiment. In the night he went to the rooms of his sons. In the optimist's room, instead of gifts, he laid out old horse droppings, and in the pessimist's room he spread gifts on the floor.
In the morning he heard shouting in the house, he then went to check on his sons.
The pessimist was upset and unhappy, the father asked: "what's wrong, why are you unhappy, don't you like the gifts"? The son answered him: "now I have all these toys, but they will break in the course of time, I will lose them. Therefore I am unhappy"!
The optimist sat in his room and blissfully looked at the horse droppings. The father asked: "what's wrong, why are you happy, you didn't receive a gift"? The son answered him. "if you put horse droppings in my room, it means you are giving me a horse, doesn't it"?
A pessimist is an optimist who has thought too much. Pessimists either experience pleasant surprises or are always right.
Optimists are not always right either, but they live more happily.
A Buddhist, however, is a realist who has gone far beyond pessimism and optimism.
The utopian sees the paradise, the realist the paradise plus snake.
- Friedrich Hebbel - German playwright - 1813 to 1863
Optimist: another word for fool
- Gustave Flaubert - French writer - 1821 to 1880
For myself, I am an optimist - it doesn't seem to do much good to be anything else
- Winston Churchill - British statesman of the 20th century - 1874 to 1965
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6 Minuten
Trapped in thoughts?
Are you caught in the "thought carousel"?
Constantly brooding, "what if"? Have I done something "wrong"? Is it "up to me"?
NO
Self-criticism is important, but too much of it will lead to depression.
It is always important to question why this thought arises in us right now, what brought us to brooding in the first place, was there a reason for it (and if so, what was it), does brooding have a benefit, how do we feel while we are brooding, what feelings do we experience?
Brooding is always a sign that we are too busy "with ourselves". And in a wrong way "dealing with ourselves", because instead of worrying about "what if", we should center our mental capacities on questions like "who am I", and "what results from this".
Of course, it also helps to distract ourselves first, to clear our minds for "new things". Here it can help to listen to music, to read a book, or to go for a walk. However, we should become really free in the head, otherwise even distractions do not really bring an improvement.
What helps us permanently, however, is to replace the negative thoughts with positive ones.
First of all, we should realize that we can do NOTHING about the past, brooding over it will bring NOTHING. We should make peace with ourselves and our past, everything is good as it is, according to Buddha everything was predetermined anyway, came as it had to come, therefore we are WITHOUT GUILT.
Because if our destiny was already written, then we had to act as we have acted, we had no choice in the consequence. From this insight of Buddha we can draw deep comfort, come clean with our past, rest in ourselves for the future, we can therefore stop brooding now.
If we make wiser decisions from NOW on, then after our destiny is already determined (whatever wiser may be).
Many advisors want to explain to us that we should "think positive", but from my point of view this is completely meaningless. What is "positive", what is "negative"?
It will only help us if we put something "positive" in the place of brooding.
Buddha has exemplified to us the "enlightenment" that MUST take the place of brooding.
Readers of this blog know that, in my view, Buddhist teachings revolve around only one subject, "enlightenment", the attainment of insight, "awakening".
EVERY DAY IS A LITTLE LIFE - EVERY WAKING AND RISING IS A LITTLE BIRTH, EVERY FRESH MORNING IS A LITTLE YOUTH, AND EVERY GOING TO BED AND FALLING ASLEEP IS A LITTLE DEATH.
- ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER - GERMAN PHILOSOPHER - 1788 TO 1860
As described in this quotation of Arthur Schopenhauer we can start completely NEW every day of our life, everything has come as it had to come, what will be tomorrow is also already written, then our karma will bring us tomorrow the possibility to at least think about the "enlightenment"!
Anyway, we are without GUILT, we don't have to brood any more, we can get out of the "thought carousel" with the help of the teacher of all teachers.
If we only want it!
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Are you caught in the "thought carousel"?
Constantly brooding, "what if"? Have I done something "wrong"? Is it "up to me"?
NO
Self-criticism is important, but too much of it will lead to depression.
It is always important to question why this thought arises in us right now, what brought us to brooding in the first place, was there a reason for it (and if so, what was it), does brooding have a benefit, how do we feel while we are brooding, what feelings do we experience?
Brooding is always a sign that we are too busy "with ourselves". And in a wrong way "dealing with ourselves", because instead of worrying about "what if", we should center our mental capacities on questions like "who am I", and "what results from this".
Of course, it also helps to distract ourselves first, to clear our minds for "new things". Here it can help to listen to music, to read a book, or to go for a walk. However, we should become really free in the head, otherwise even distractions do not really bring an improvement.
What helps us permanently, however, is to replace the negative thoughts with positive ones.
First of all, we should realize that we can do NOTHING about the past, brooding over it will bring NOTHING. We should make peace with ourselves and our past, everything is good as it is, according to Buddha everything was predetermined anyway, came as it had to come, therefore we are WITHOUT GUILT.
Because if our destiny was already written, then we had to act as we have acted, we had no choice in the consequence. From this insight of Buddha we can draw deep comfort, come clean with our past, rest in ourselves for the future, we can therefore stop brooding now.
If we make wiser decisions from NOW on, then after our destiny is already determined (whatever wiser may be).
Many advisors want to explain to us that we should "think positive", but from my point of view this is completely meaningless. What is "positive", what is "negative"?
It will only help us if we put something "positive" in the place of brooding.
Buddha has exemplified to us the "enlightenment" that MUST take the place of brooding.
Readers of this blog know that, in my view, Buddhist teachings revolve around only one subject, "enlightenment", the attainment of insight, "awakening".
EVERY DAY IS A LITTLE LIFE - EVERY WAKING AND RISING IS A LITTLE BIRTH, EVERY FRESH MORNING IS A LITTLE YOUTH, AND EVERY GOING TO BED AND FALLING ASLEEP IS A LITTLE DEATH.
- ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER - GERMAN PHILOSOPHER - 1788 TO 1860
As described in this quotation of Arthur Schopenhauer we can start completely NEW every day of our life, everything has come as it had to come, what will be tomorrow is also already written, then our karma will bring us tomorrow the possibility to at least think about the "enlightenment"!
Anyway, we are without GUILT, we don't have to brood any more, we can get out of the "thought carousel" with the help of the teacher of all teachers.
If we only want it!
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6 Minuten
I have a lot to regret!
Or not?
Who has nothing to regret, who is free from mistakes, who casts the first stone!
However, it is important how we deal with our past, do we learn from our history, or do we continue as before?
According to the teachings of Buddha, everything is already written, everything has come exactly as it had to come.
So what can we change for the future? Can we change anything at all?
YES and NO
If we reconsider our behavior for the future, then this is also our destiny, it is written so, whether we act "wiser" from now on, or not.
It is already determined whether we process the experiences of the past intelligently!
Nevertheless we can regret different things from our past, for example why we had not thought about our "I" much earlier, why we had not questioned our actions much earlier.
From the certainty that everything came as it had to come, from this, however, we can draw comfort, we just followed our destiny.
If we regret things, maybe even feel sad about various past events or strokes of fate, then we should not get stuck in this position, but quickly also arrive back at the present.
REGRET DOES NO GOOD IN LIFE. IT BELONGS TO THE PAST. ALL WE HAVE IS THE "NOW".
- MARLON BRANDO - AMERICAN ACTOR - 1924 TO 2004
When we are going through a period of "regret" again, it can help to put the teachings of Buddha at the center of our being. The teacher of all teachers has given us a way to deal with our problems, simply by devoting ourselves to his main theme, "enlightenment". If the negative thoughts are displaced by the positive theme of "Buddhism" we are already on a good path.
So we have nothing to regret!
Authentic regret is as rare as authentic love
- Stephen King - US writer - born 1947
My only regret in life is that I am not someone else
- Woody Allen - US comedian, film director, writer and actor - born 1935
We should all start living before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So is regret
- Marilyn Monroe - US actress - 1926 to 1962
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Or not?
Who has nothing to regret, who is free from mistakes, who casts the first stone!
However, it is important how we deal with our past, do we learn from our history, or do we continue as before?
According to the teachings of Buddha, everything is already written, everything has come exactly as it had to come.
So what can we change for the future? Can we change anything at all?
YES and NO
If we reconsider our behavior for the future, then this is also our destiny, it is written so, whether we act "wiser" from now on, or not.
It is already determined whether we process the experiences of the past intelligently!
Nevertheless we can regret different things from our past, for example why we had not thought about our "I" much earlier, why we had not questioned our actions much earlier.
From the certainty that everything came as it had to come, from this, however, we can draw comfort, we just followed our destiny.
If we regret things, maybe even feel sad about various past events or strokes of fate, then we should not get stuck in this position, but quickly also arrive back at the present.
REGRET DOES NO GOOD IN LIFE. IT BELONGS TO THE PAST. ALL WE HAVE IS THE "NOW".
- MARLON BRANDO - AMERICAN ACTOR - 1924 TO 2004
When we are going through a period of "regret" again, it can help to put the teachings of Buddha at the center of our being. The teacher of all teachers has given us a way to deal with our problems, simply by devoting ourselves to his main theme, "enlightenment". If the negative thoughts are displaced by the positive theme of "Buddhism" we are already on a good path.
So we have nothing to regret!
Authentic regret is as rare as authentic love
- Stephen King - US writer - born 1947
My only regret in life is that I am not someone else
- Woody Allen - US comedian, film director, writer and actor - born 1935
We should all start living before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So is regret
- Marilyn Monroe - US actress - 1926 to 1962
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6 Minuten
When I tried to be someone I am not....
According to Buddha, life is not as it appears to us.
According to Shakespeare, the whole world is a stage, and we are only the actors in it.
We all try to present ourselves as well as possible to the outside world. In doing so, we bend ourselves, because we want to please other people. In any case, we present ourselves in such a way that we believe we can impress others.
But this is wrong.
When we meet a person we want to get to know his real personality, not to experience the role he plays. What we want from others, others want from us. We want to experience the real person, not his (self-chosen) role.
But it takes a lot of courage to show one's true personality openly.
In former times, when I still had "dates", it was very difficult to stand by my mistakes, I tried to "sell" myself as good as possible. This has always avenged itself, I could not hide my true "I" in the long run.
ONE DAY EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD, THAT IS OUR HOPE
TODAY EVERYTHING IS FINE, THAT IS OUR ILLUSION
- VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET) - FRENCH PHILOSOPHER - 1694 TO 1778
It is as it is, it comes as it must come. Things have the habit to hide themselves from us, then come to light with a big bang, have always come in the end as they had to come.
But revealing one's true personality requires knowing it. "Who am I" is the question of all questions.
So I ask my readers: "who are you"? Yes, exactly you, "who are you really"?
If you know who you are, you don't have to try to be someone you are not!
The matter of "enlightenment" can be so simple when you question yourself.
"So who am I?"
The music is not in the notes. But in the silence in between
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer of the Viennese classical period - 1756 to 1791
I believe that the universe is subject to the laws of science. These may have been created by God, but God does not intervene to break these rules.
- Stephen Hawking - British theoretical physicist - 1942 to 2018
Nothing is more obvious than that nature hates reason
- Oscar Wilde - Irish writer - 1854 to 1900
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According to Buddha, life is not as it appears to us.
According to Shakespeare, the whole world is a stage, and we are only the actors in it.
We all try to present ourselves as well as possible to the outside world. In doing so, we bend ourselves, because we want to please other people. In any case, we present ourselves in such a way that we believe we can impress others.
But this is wrong.
When we meet a person we want to get to know his real personality, not to experience the role he plays. What we want from others, others want from us. We want to experience the real person, not his (self-chosen) role.
But it takes a lot of courage to show one's true personality openly.
In former times, when I still had "dates", it was very difficult to stand by my mistakes, I tried to "sell" myself as good as possible. This has always avenged itself, I could not hide my true "I" in the long run.
ONE DAY EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD, THAT IS OUR HOPE
TODAY EVERYTHING IS FINE, THAT IS OUR ILLUSION
- VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET) - FRENCH PHILOSOPHER - 1694 TO 1778
It is as it is, it comes as it must come. Things have the habit to hide themselves from us, then come to light with a big bang, have always come in the end as they had to come.
But revealing one's true personality requires knowing it. "Who am I" is the question of all questions.
So I ask my readers: "who are you"? Yes, exactly you, "who are you really"?
If you know who you are, you don't have to try to be someone you are not!
The matter of "enlightenment" can be so simple when you question yourself.
"So who am I?"
The music is not in the notes. But in the silence in between
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer of the Viennese classical period - 1756 to 1791
I believe that the universe is subject to the laws of science. These may have been created by God, but God does not intervene to break these rules.
- Stephen Hawking - British theoretical physicist - 1942 to 2018
Nothing is more obvious than that nature hates reason
- Oscar Wilde - Irish writer - 1854 to 1900
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Was Diogenes a Buddhist?
Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who propagated the doctrine of "needlessness", i.e. the complete opposite of today's "consumer society".
In his view, man should desire only elementary things. Everything beyond that, the scholar considered "useless", external conventions, such as marriage, he rejected.
For me as a Buddhist, Diogenes' views appear to be of elementary foresight; if I, as a human being, am going to crumble to dust anyway, what good are gold and money to me?
The philosopher is also said to have met the great King Alexander. According to the story, Diogenes was sleeping in an old wine barrel. When the king came to visit (the philosopher's reputation seemed enormous), Alexander introduced himself: "I am Alexander, the great king". To this Diogenes replied: "you stand in the sun for me, go to the side"!
Well, to me also every day many people stand in the sun, but no kings.
The radical way of life of Diogenes, including his hard answer to the king, show similarities with the teaching of Buddha; not only the historical Buddha had reached "enlightenment", already before (and after) him extraordinary people had and have reached this state.
I claim: You can achieve it too, we all can become a Buddha!
According to another story, Diogenes is said to have had little in common with Plato (Greek philosopher, 428 to 348 BC). What a wonderful time this must have been, smart people were exchanging ideas!
IF YOU GIVE EVERYTHING, YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF
- DIRK NOWITZKI - GERMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER - B. 1978
So what do our possessions bring us, what is "in the sun" for us? What are we "fighting" for, what makes up our personality?
We don't have to sleep in an old barrel, nor should we "stand in the sun" of other people.
We could engage in the philosophy of Buddha, peeling back the layers of our personality one by one, coming back to the "core" of being, but do we want that, do you want that?
Well, I do!
Diogenes was a Buddhist!
And I love the rays of the sun.
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Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who propagated the doctrine of "needlessness", i.e. the complete opposite of today's "consumer society".
In his view, man should desire only elementary things. Everything beyond that, the scholar considered "useless", external conventions, such as marriage, he rejected.
For me as a Buddhist, Diogenes' views appear to be of elementary foresight; if I, as a human being, am going to crumble to dust anyway, what good are gold and money to me?
The philosopher is also said to have met the great King Alexander. According to the story, Diogenes was sleeping in an old wine barrel. When the king came to visit (the philosopher's reputation seemed enormous), Alexander introduced himself: "I am Alexander, the great king". To this Diogenes replied: "you stand in the sun for me, go to the side"!
Well, to me also every day many people stand in the sun, but no kings.
The radical way of life of Diogenes, including his hard answer to the king, show similarities with the teaching of Buddha; not only the historical Buddha had reached "enlightenment", already before (and after) him extraordinary people had and have reached this state.
I claim: You can achieve it too, we all can become a Buddha!
According to another story, Diogenes is said to have had little in common with Plato (Greek philosopher, 428 to 348 BC). What a wonderful time this must have been, smart people were exchanging ideas!
IF YOU GIVE EVERYTHING, YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF
- DIRK NOWITZKI - GERMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER - B. 1978
So what do our possessions bring us, what is "in the sun" for us? What are we "fighting" for, what makes up our personality?
We don't have to sleep in an old barrel, nor should we "stand in the sun" of other people.
We could engage in the philosophy of Buddha, peeling back the layers of our personality one by one, coming back to the "core" of being, but do we want that, do you want that?
Well, I do!
Diogenes was a Buddhist!
And I love the rays of the sun.
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5 Minuten
News Detox
Every day we are bombarded with "news".
Politician X demands ....................
Politician Y wants ..................
Politician Z is appalled .......................
I can't listen to it anymore!
So for some time now I have refused to listen to the media garbage that is poured over me.
Imagine it is "peace", there is silence around us, the "concerned" statements no longer reach me.
Therefore, I no longer read news, such or otherwise, I am no longer "reachable".
I don't read (and watch) "news" anymore, WITHOUT ME!
I have "news detox!"
There is no good news. Just because there is bad news doesn't necessarily mean there is good news
- David Benioff - US writer - born 1970
As a child I learned to read from the news of war
- Michael Walzer - US social philosopher and intellectual - born 1935
Headlines mislead us in some ways, because bad news is a headline, but gradual improvements are not
- Bill Gates - US entrepreneur, programmer and patron of the arts - born 1955
I don't even have an email address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive news.
- Umberto Eco - Italian writer - 1932 to 2016
News is always more, but it is only according to those who (let) choose it. The more news about unimportant things, the more important things remain hidden. Worldwide, millions of equally important things are concealed at the same time for millions every day
- Helmut Seethaler - Austrian writer - born 1953
I am accredited, have a camera and a lot of time. That is a deadly combination
- Oliver Pocher - German entertainer, showmaster and comedian - born 1978
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Every day we are bombarded with "news".
Politician X demands ....................
Politician Y wants ..................
Politician Z is appalled .......................
I can't listen to it anymore!
So for some time now I have refused to listen to the media garbage that is poured over me.
Imagine it is "peace", there is silence around us, the "concerned" statements no longer reach me.
Therefore, I no longer read news, such or otherwise, I am no longer "reachable".
I don't read (and watch) "news" anymore, WITHOUT ME!
I have "news detox!"
There is no good news. Just because there is bad news doesn't necessarily mean there is good news
- David Benioff - US writer - born 1970
As a child I learned to read from the news of war
- Michael Walzer - US social philosopher and intellectual - born 1935
Headlines mislead us in some ways, because bad news is a headline, but gradual improvements are not
- Bill Gates - US entrepreneur, programmer and patron of the arts - born 1955
I don't even have an email address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive news.
- Umberto Eco - Italian writer - 1932 to 2016
News is always more, but it is only according to those who (let) choose it. The more news about unimportant things, the more important things remain hidden. Worldwide, millions of equally important things are concealed at the same time for millions every day
- Helmut Seethaler - Austrian writer - born 1953
I am accredited, have a camera and a lot of time. That is a deadly combination
- Oliver Pocher - German entertainer, showmaster and comedian - born 1978
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