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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
I bet that a lot of people around say what you shouldn’t do either, Mr. Coelho, but… it will be a pleasure to hear you as an international voice… lifting your voice not only in philosofical aspects of life but also in real politics, in causes like human rights… talking as a lider you already are in favor of human rights.. freedom of speach and communications.. in places like Cuba… China… Iran.. and having that way the pleasure of doing some politics too, despite some one tells you not to pronounce your self about specific country or dictatorship… you could do it! in the right sense of it, …defending human rights!. Cuba does not have human rights!! and maybe… could say something, specially because you have cuban readers too.
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also a quote from me:(you may use it/publish it)
Life is a bunch of cookies, when you finally figured out how to bake them, each one is gonna taste dilicious.
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thnx for the great quotes! This one has allways been my life motto..
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“Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.” Pythagoras
LOve and Graditude
Annie
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This kind of people are playing the game safely,sometimes we have
to take risks without involving other people
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Dear Paulo,
Yes it is…
-Do what others think is not possible, think what others do is stupid.
-Life is not in forecasting who you will be, life is in casting who you are now.
-God is not THIS or THAT, God is you.
-Those who are fucked up in life, depressed and sad. Let them wake up even though in dark nights because they last very last.
-Divided we are,
Separated we belong,
Love is unexpected,
Might have to live along,
Greatest sins is nothing,
Love and only love,
Will Spring, in Spring
Maybe we will never see,
Maybe we will never touch,
Maybe we will never kiss,
But I will remember what we did
I will remember what we talked,
To find love, My love
God bless you all !
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L’ amore puo’ vincere ogni cosa, questo è certo.Ma come si fa’ a mantenerlo sempre vivo?
ON POSSO CREDER CHE POSSA RIMARE SEMPRE FORTE SOLO L’ AMORE CHE SI NUTRE PER I FIGLI.
amore amore AMORE AMORE AMORE amore amore
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“The Snow Goose does not need to bathe
to make itself white,
Neither need you do anything
but be yourself.”
- Lao Tzu
Love
Hildegarde
xxx
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aditya Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Lao could say it because he knew himslef ! most of us have become so far removed from what we are, we let our lives get dictated by either ‘love’ or ‘hate’ or mostly both, we hardly know ourselves, we hardly know what we want and why we want it. the whole of zen is centred around only one thing to find one’s original face. all meditation is but a preparation for that encounter with oneself. we have become so far removed from ourselves that this quote applies in a diffrent context. first we will have to beleive him and try to be ourselves ( without hurting others ) then this quote may become true for us, when we have enountered that within us which is in us we know and which is diffrent from us our wants, our prejudices, our desires, our mind. ttill we find that centre within which is without too, this quote is not applicable for us, i think !
love
aditya
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Annie Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 11:21 am
” to be ourselves..” The best advice for walking our path…
Thank you dear Hildegarde.. As much as we/others want to change some things on us/others, it is impossible when it is not the true self of us/others..
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Life is too short. Let’s leave “what if,” and get moving. Take the challenge and whatever happens, it’s always worth the effort. You are already a winner when you took the challenge and that’s undescribable pleasure.
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Miracles I can perform immediately… for the impossible, I need a little more time ;-)
If we concentrate on the task at hand with love in our heart… the task becomes a pleasure… (i.e. making my daughter’s lunchbox at 05:30 am… ;-) ♡ Paul
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Cats Reply:
September 13th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
yes you are right…
i think it meant concentrating not on the long term concerns, nor short term anxieties.. but somewhere in between… lol
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Hell one someone of your kids or of your close family or friends is sick.Heaven when the sun rises in winter or when you wake up full of enthousiasm and passion for someone or something…
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yesterday
my father
approached
my step-father
and
talked
to
him.
Hell is now more heaven…
and my father
is
most definitely
the one
surprising.
A ‘miracle’ of sorts
just happened.
Today, they come for coffee….
the miracle continues…
[and God did answer my prayers for this weekend after all... only not the prayer i thought i wanted most for this weekend!!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrADb7CHDsc
[for the tune ;o)] x
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mmi Reply:
September 13th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I’m tuning in.
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Annie Reply:
September 13th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I am so glad you saw the ‘miracles”!!!
I ve been thinking about you yesterday!!!
Thank you for the tune!!!!
Love and Graditude
Annie
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mmi Reply:
September 13th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Tu as pense a moi? C’est gentil ca.
J’ai pense a toi aussi, aujourd’hui.Qu’est ce que tu deviens? Raconte-un peu, je croyais que tu avais disparue. Tu me manquais bien.
Je suis toujours a l’ecoute.
Avec amour et graditude aussi
La musique a besoin de change sur le “mon espace” tu as pas remarque?
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hahaha– i think this was the first fortune from a fortune cookie that i ever saved!
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Unless it is Housework…
;-?
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THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST QUOTES I’VE EVER HEARD…I LIKE IT A LOT…I FEEL INSPIRE BY IT…JD
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And not doing what they want you to do ;-D
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I want to know this pleasure.
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Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Hello Savita. Glad to see you back. Was wondering where you were, if you were ok. With affection, Jojo.
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Annie Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
You can do it!!
or should I say, you cannot, so that you do it ?? ;o)
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Absolutely! People always think that they know you better and will tell you hundred reasons why you should not do things you want to do. They are maybe scared that you would reach what they never could because of a fear or lack of courage. In order to cope with this, we should never forget that where there is a will, there is a way. Then it really makes a pleasure to show that everything is possible…..
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…do what people say you cannot do. How could Kahlil Gibran write and paint as he did with no education? One quote in this video goes;
‘we are born in caves
and laid in rest in castles’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvjN2NK0NvA
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so true…impossible is potential…
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Hildegarde Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Thank you Luminita…to share your beauty!
Love
Hildegarde
xxx
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I started my journey into the academic world 6.5 years ago. I got an undergraduate degree followed by a graduate degree. As proud as I am of these achievements, I am constantly attacked by people’s mean and hurtful words and comments because I have not been able to get into the work force yet. And still, I am being stubborn and want yet another degree in Education because I have finally found my passion. So, all of you who get to read my post. Please do pray for me. I want to succeed in life. And tell all those people criticizing me that I have taken a decision and will stand by it till the end. :)
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Savita Vega Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Count me in. I’m on your side.
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Yannis Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Dear Z.A.,
I don’t think it is necessary for someone to pray for you, for two reasons.
Firstly, the words you wrote above are the best prayer, you could ever plead the Divine Powers.
Secondly, I don’t need to pray for your future success in your life, because you have already succeeded!! Everyday, you succeed, even when you fail or “disobey” others.
I don’t have a problem to pray for you, but I feel my contribution shall be just a drop, compared to the ocean of your real success.
Take care…
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Z.A Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Thank you Savita & Yannis. :) I feel so much better.
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Sometimes is necessary to do what people say you cannot do, as it’s the only way to grow and test yourself.
I recall the time when my father used to tell me that travelling was too dangerous for a young and naive little girl like me (i was 16). For me it was not a prohibition but only an invitation to travel as much as possible.
Then … there are other times when you regret your actions… every time you go to sleep you say: “Never again! It’s too hard to cope with!” But when everything is so thrilling and exciting, that sentence seems so useless. And you continue, continue and continue, maybe till something more thrilling occurs.
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Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Like it Sara how you put it at the beginning. How I see it is sometimes it is to report a little time the satisfaction, and in the meantime to just prepare more the action, to take time to see or vision all the possibilities of an action. And also I like to see that for you that meant yes, you can travel but not just now. Me, when I was young and heard that kind of quote it was again a “no man”s land” to dream, for I interpreted all in a negative way. I think the interpretation differs pertaining to the person’s life history. For you, it would have been you can but not now due to age but for me it would have been you cannot (and in my head because you are a girl and a girl do not dream of that, because you are a girl and missing the force of the male, or capabilities of the male, because you are a girl and will be vulnerable). Thanks for sharing Sara. Cordially, Jojo.
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Sara Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Eh… that man’s world! Sometimes it’s really difficult to survive and to have a personal identity and thoughts! :-)
Thank you for your very kind and special words!
Stay cool! :-)
Sara
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Thank You So Much!
the right quote at the really right time
=)
with love, Amy
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I like the quote from this week,
Defenelly we must do what we want even others think we can’t or wouldnt because usually ppl think you cant do something just because of the fact that they cant or wont, so if we are capable of doing something we want its defenelly a pleasure.
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HOLA COMO ESTAN ES MI PRIMERA VES AQUI, Y ESTOY MUY ENCANTADA CON LOS BLOG Y LAS OPININONES DE LOS DE MAS RESPECTO A MUCHAS COSAS.
QUIERO COMPARTIR ESTA FRACE CON USTEDES.
“NO HAY CAMINO SOLO UN DESTINO, QUE PRETENDE SER ESCRITO CON CORRUPCION Y VICIO, QUE EL MUNDO DE HOY A DECIDIDO´´
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A story of mine about the pleasure of doing one that says you “cannot dot” …
I married a Portuguese born in Québec … but not his parents and others
Let me tell you that me, the wowan “Québécer” and her mother and aunts … well, I many times express different opinions …
At my wedding, her mother was … no words … because I wanted a wedding cake chocolate, inside and outside
I do not like white cake, and I told her “that is my wedding, I like chocolate and I want to eat my cake at my wedding and if I received at my house I would put a chocolate cake on my table”
I received one after the other the “aunts” … so funny, so much referring to this and that, and “that is not a thing to do at a wedding”
Well … I did it
My cake was hum …. So beautiful and so good!
And I would say that everybody liked the originality and the taste!
Even if I could not change the minds of that mother of his and his aunts that that was not to be done at a wedding
Jojo
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Heart Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Hi JoJo!
I had chocolate cake for my wedding too. The problem with it in the USA is; there is this tradition for the married couple, to cut a piece of cake, feed each other with it,and then smash the creamed cake in each others faces! So, for practical reasons, the white cream cake makes less mess.
I had no idea about this tradition, and thanks be to god, my husband resisted doing the smashing part of the chocolate cake. However, we have some photos where after he had cut the piece of cake, and he is thinking about crashing it into my face, and he is just rolling on the floor laughing. I sat there innocent with no fears, and was lucky my husband showed some decency, when the rest of the wedding party wanted him to carry out his American Tradition!
Love and Admiration,
Heart
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Annie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Is this tradition true?? well if I get married to an American guy and does that , I will throw pieces of the cake to the guests of the wedding, to ‘enjoy’ this experience also…It’s all about sharing!!! I wouldn’t want them to miss it!!Haha!!!
Love and Graditude
Annie
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Heart Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Hehe. Yup, looking at ppl’s weddding pics, everybody has one with cake stuffed in their faces. The couple both do it to each other. Imagine with your lovely wedding make up, and have it all ruined by whipped cream. Stupid tradition! Now I’m making a comedy in my mind with Annie throwing cake at wedding guests. Anyway I believe the silly tradition is supposed to bring luck to the couple. You better check the Finland tradition ahead of time if the man of your dream show up. Perhaps cake in the sauna?
Love you sis,
Heart
Carolena Sabah Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 7:22 am
You crack me up Annie!! I could just see that scene… it is QUITE Funny! :D
That would be just hilarious!!
Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
When I received the “protocole of the wedding”, that part of smashing the cake what not in! And if that had been, well, I would have had the pleasure of breaking another rule installed by who knowns and whys … Happy to read that you were spared of that one! You know, even to cut the cake, they were looking for me … they had all the time to come and get me for this, for that, and me to say well, forget about that one, and that one … but not my husband “dance” before he took with his teeth that little thing under my dress … exciting! And there, he broke all records! On Sex Healing you should have seen him … Had to stop him before he took off everything !!! Jojo.
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Heart Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Crossing cultures certainly can bring some surprises here and there. Oh wow, you were wearing the laced garter? I saw this done in another wedding (where the bride was wearing flip flops during the dance, as she would have been taller than the groom in her wedding shoes) Yes, this is another tradition new to me. Now you have me all imagining what happened under your wedding dress!!!…giggles…With the whole family standing around clapping? Oh my goodness!!!
Love,
Heart
Annie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Well, since you did what others told you you ‘couldn’t/shouldn’t’ do, that cake must have tasted even better than chocolate !!!!
I m glad you acted this way!!
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Annie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
In the end, if they were so ‘embarassed’ I ‘d say “Ok, then no cake for you then!!” :D
Annie
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Marie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Johanne, vous m’avez fait beaucoup rire ! J’essayais d’imaginer cette conversation “surréaliste” entre vous et votre future belle-mère au sujet…d’un gâteau !
Vous avez raison, c’était votre mariage et il était important que vous vous sentiez impliqué et si cela passait par un gâteau au chocolat et bien… c’est comme ça aussi la vie !!
Merci beaucoup de votre histoire. Elle met de la bonne humeur !
Amitiés.
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Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Si tu savais Marie … au début, pour moi, un vrai enfer de voir la belle-mère et ses soeurs “outragées” et dans “qu’est-ce que les autres vont dire” … elles m’ont trouvée vraiment “tête dure” … je ne sais pas si tu as vu le film québécois “Mambo Italiano”, mais disons que fréquenter une famille typique portugaise (et dans le film Italiens) c’est quelque chose. Ils sont adorables et en même temps … il faut voir le film pour me comprendre … mon mari est toujours pour ma belle-mère “mon Louis”, comme s’il avait encore 4 ans et dans cette famille si tout va mal bien c’est “l’étrangère” ou l’autre … certainement pas “mon Louis”! Contente de t’avoir fait rire … c’était délirant effectivement en même temps de les voir aller. Jojo.
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Marie Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Johanne, non je n’ai pas vu le film “Mambo Italiano”. Je vais essayer de me le procurer pour me donner une idée du choc des cultures ! ;-))
Me vient à l’esprit une chanson…je te l’offre ;-)
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Et que quelqu’un vous tende la main
Que votre chemin évite les bombes
Qu’il mène vers de calme jardins
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Pour aujourd’hui comme pour demain
Que votre soleil éclaircisse l’ombre
Qu’il brille d’amour au quotidien
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Jojo,
I am very glad you did what you wanted, provided that your mate agreed of course. Besides, it was what you said. IT WAS YOUR MARRIAGE. Why does a marriage has to be like this or that?
If you both decide together and reach a decision, then keep your ears plugged and thus your wedding safe.
I am wishing you the best in your lives…
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aditya Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Hi Jojo !
breaking traditions and enjoing theat too, well u better be doubly sure. marriage is about meeting of families ( it is not betwenn two individuals alone, relatives stand by or are at least expected to stand by in times of need ). u did what u did, but had u followed ‘their’ tradition, won’t they have been happier to accept you on their family. many a times it’s not about doing our own thing, but it is about doing what is right, where while making a decision u don’t take sides, amongst many ’stake holders’ people who will be benefitted or affected by what u do, u too treat your position as another stake holder, and decide without taking sides. well this is also one way.
following traditions blindly is foolish, but breaking traditions without having first understood the true basis for that tradition is equally foolish. look around and see waht we have done, broken relatuonships, broken family structures, a crying earth, a lonly human being.
we all mjst attend annies’ wedding and no harm folks if she throws cake on us, cakes are yummies, so waht if a little bit of contamination happnes with make up etc.
love
aditya
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Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Dear Adyta. After my “Hell” I understood one thing … to think of me! It may sound foolish, but for me I passed near death of the soul too many times. I hear, respect, listen, but if that does not make sense to me, nourrish me also, then, I must respect myself. My first weeding (because that is my second) respected all the ingredients of the Evangelists, and let me tell you that all did not reflect who I was … even did not invite friends because they were not Christians, or because members of AA and had a “bad” language, etc … My second weeding, applauding in church, dancing to the music, chocolate cake, etc … a day to remember for me and all. And all, even the uncle of 80 years old said that they had never been to a wedding of that sort and had so much fun.
I respect my husband’s family (and sometime play the “good” daugther in law who is putting plates in front of the man that are there talking and drinking wine. But as I put the plate, I say to them “Lucky man are you not?”. They look at me and … so funny! Traditions … yes, I have to understand the creation of it and trust myself if I wish to let it be part of me or not. That is my position for the moment. I am opened and vigilant. Hug and kisses. Jojo.
Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Thank you Yannis. And yes, a wedding is a creation that must be related to the soul and not ways of doing that respond to a structure but make no sense for me. With affection, Jojo
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peace Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
DEAR JOHANNE
bon appetite.rare are the people who know how to taste life with all its chocolate cake.
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paulo quando vieni in italia?vorrei tanto dirti grazie di persona
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tutto quello che succede deve sucedere,e il disegno,no.allora dobbimo avere paradiso e inferno insieme.nn esisterebero uno senza l altro
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e da tanto che credo che inferno e paradiso si trovano qui,dentro di noi.e questa lotta continua che si svolge dentro,e la felicita per la vittoria o il terrore della sconfita,e il silenzio prima de la tempesta,e la pace de l riposo o la comfusione della bataglia. sono una ragaza romena emigrata in italia 7 ani fa.voglio solo dire grazie paulo di avermi aiutata a condure un buon combatimento con l aiuto dei 11 dei tuoi libri.un grande imenso grazie
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The slow pace of a tiger is a calculated accuracy at every point in time so please do not underestimate what it can do.
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..to deliver the [so-hailed] undeliverable.
Yes, manna from heaven ;o)
Knowing how to have read the signs and ‘use the force’ ;o))
No wonder, Paulo, you have become an UN Messenger of Peace!!
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Why not this one?
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what your heart/soul tells you to…
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sandra Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:18 am
El cielo y el infierno para mi es el estilo de vida que desde mi interior decido seguir .Mi vida y las luchas en el dia a dia son la que me puede llevar a ser o no la mejor persona o la peor ,y como en el juego de ajedrez una equivocacion puede cambiar el rumbo de lo planeado asi que prefiero vivir en este infierno para ganarme el cielo.La desicion la tiene cada cual posiblemente a su conveniencia lo mas importante lograr salir airoso.
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Yannis Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I cannot follow you Sandra. My sister may be able to assist me with Spanish, but it would be very easier for me to re-write in English, if you please…
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Liina.L Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Yannis, goodle ‘worldlingo’ and You will be able to translate it from spanish to english as a text just as good. :)
Liina.L Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I guess, because it’s not really the same thing…
And maybe, because not always our heart/soul tells us the right thing for us to do - if we are on a wrong path, or if we read our soul/heart in a wrong way (it may happen) perhaps this could do even more damage?
But the other sentence ‘…. doing what people say you cannot do.’
But another thing is, if we know how to read ourselves - then I would by all means love to hear this sentence.
Love,
L.
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Yannis Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Our heart may be wrong, as you said. But how do we know that the heart of others’s is right?
I ‘d rather pay for my mistakes, instead of others’ mistakes.
The word “path”, in my opinion, is quite complicated. Perhaps, there is no good/correct or bad/wrong path; just mine, yours, his etc path, plainly.
In general, I think that making mistakes (ours or others’ mistakes), helps us be in closer contact with our heart; as you said: read ourselves.
Take care, Liina…
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Liina.L Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
How do we know that the heart of other’s is right?
Simply we have to read a person like we would read a Paulos book, and be open to the info that’s hidden inside the little signs that are projected out of a person. Sometimes it’s like a 3rd sense, You just have to trust it if You have it. If You don’t, You have to go back to reading and signs.
Love,
L.
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Exactly Liina. This is the part I was referring to. If you can read your heart well, then you have more chances to read others’ hearts too. But, if you fail understanding yours, what are your chances for understanding and seeing purely your environment? How will you hear your instinct, pointing you the outside path that suits you?
As you said yourself below, if there is purity and serenity inside you, then what you see is “what you see” and not “what you desire to see”.
It’s your life, made by the choices, derived from your heart. You don’t have to shout it out loud. Because, the best living examples are the silent ones.
PS: when I use the word “you”, of course I am not referring to you Liina. It’s just general.
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Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 12:11 am
By the way Liina…
…thanks for the worldlingo. It is really interesting!!
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Liina.L Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Dear Yannis, I agree, that we have to understand ourselves more to be able to read others aswell. I really do believe, that unless we’re trying to figure ourselves out, we will often see our invironment as we wanted it to see. And we would be living as if we lived in a box, or as they say in Estonia, living in Your own bubble.
I understood well, that using the word “you” as You did, did not refer to me, and it was meant in the general - don’t worry so much!
And You are welcome with the worldlingo - I found it out when I googeled for possibilities to translate some of Paulos bloggers texts here, because I simply wanted to understand, and it gave a lot of possibilities. :) I’m glad to share it!
Have a great weekend!
Right now I am enjoying my morning drink, MATE, which I am replacing with coffee today. And I want to say - I really enjoyed this posting of Yours today. If we try to see further than ourselves, the world will become a wider and better understood place…
Much love,
Liina
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Have an excellent weekend you, too, Liina.
And thank you for sharing ideas…
Take care!!
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Liina.L Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I mean, that if we would be able to listen to our heart/soul, then I would prefer the sentence You proposed here.
Love,
L.
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aditya Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
yes yannis
that is the greatest pleasure in life —-
but it is so for ‘evolved’ souls. for the normal people what paulo has quoted is closer to truth. the people who work in line with their heart and soul, life is no more evaluated in terms of pleasure or pain, they both drop away.
love
aditya
Liina,
what does it take to be able to listen to heart and soul.
love
aditya
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Liina.L Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
aditya,
what does it take to be able to listen to my heart or soul or others heart of soul? (There is also a little bit of difference, I believe)
I think it’s hard to describe it, because possibly for different people may work different things that make them see the truth, as You mentioned.
But I will try to describe from my own vision: I think one has to be an open person, honest about themselves and others, possibly has tendency to analyse, to reason, also a sympathetic mind helps, understanding nature’s “laws”.
I think one has to be able to absorb info from the world - pay attention to the surroundings. And I think very important is to be without bigger prejudices - so that we would not think what we WANT to think, but be shown what really IS, as someone said lately. And be able to “let go” (whatever it means for a person, for some, let go of their own personality, for some, let go of a certain thing that happened in their life… something else)
If we have tendency to hide from hurt, build up walls, or defend us in every possible way, and have a short temper about things that happen to us - it’s unable to start to listen to our heart - I think there has to be a calmness about us. (Although maybe some of us tend to get the ‘WHAT IS’ when they are not calm - and I mean calm as a state of mind, when we have a type of awareness, knowledge in us that enables us to stay calm in mind, but not numb.)
And I think that there are ways of thinking to also boost this ability:
To believe, for example, that everything happens for a reason.
To believe, that everything will work out for better.
To believe in miracles and positive outcomes.
Also belief in Yourself. And sometimes others.
And last but not least - we have to be able to love. To let it flow freely, as is described in Paulos books. To hold it only in Yourself is not often enough, but when we share it….
~*~*~*~
I think we actually all have this ability, but the matter is, that we tend to supress it, because we’ve been taught, that doing by what our heart tells us, brings us hurt - maybe even bad luck. Maybe it makes us look weak or strange. We’ve been taught that doing by our heart is not the thing that “SMART” people do, because we should do what our mind tells us (I think it’s the compromise of both - we have to have intelligence of both mind and heart, doing team work, so to say). We’ve been also taught that we should do the things that are only traditional ways (like old days what our parents did for living, we were asked to take over - and some of the older generation thought it was the only “right” way, or at least it seemed to me so).
We have this ability, but for reason, we either try not evolve this (for some reasons) or we suppress it down. . .
I think the biggest thing is to trust Yourself, the world and love.
But honestly, it was very hard to answer to You, because I am me - I tend to answer from my perspective. Although I know that for different people work different things - and yet again I feel like an old grammophone. But I think this is true. But we should indeed be true, be trustful of surroundings, and love. That will eventually lead us the way.
aditya, what works for You?
Love,
Liina
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aditya Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 9:45 am
as u have said it Liina, first of all let me thnak u for the painstaking response, i know it is not easy to talk of things so sublime.
as u have said it, what works for me is similar to what works for you, to be truthful as much as possible, to be courageuous enough to go against popular perceptions, and to have faith. Now this, whether to have faith or not remains a heart decision, mind can never find any justification, explaination for faith, so overruling mind on some issues. to be sincere and wish well of others. In a way they are all diffrent faces of a same state of being. it seems not only for you and me, the basics remain same for everyone.
love
aditya
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Hello Aditya,
I somehow don’t agree with that.
First of all, the word “evolved” is very relevant. Noone is more or less evolved than a child in Africa that is starving to death or someone in a rich counrty who is given all the potentials to be what he wants. I believe that on every “right here, right now” we give our 100%. Our perfomance always changes though, even for our ordinary tasks. But that is normal, since it depends on our intellectual and emotional state. For example, I am sure that if I would have replied tomorrow to your post, I would have given a different answer.
I forgot the second reason for which I disagree, but since your post is very important I will go further.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT (in my opinion of course) when you say that if someone is living with balance with both his mind and soul, in other words, he has found HIS “gold cut”, then yes, pleasure and pain just don’t exist. Moreover, words like clever or fool, easy or hard, brave or coward don’t exist either.
Concerning what it takes to listen to your heart and soul, in my opinion, I think that the first step is to accept and feel your feelings. No matter how horrifying they may seem. What I have written in the topic “Healing wounds” would be more detailed. But, this is just one of the ways, of course.
Thank you for your opinion…
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aditya Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Hi yannis !
however much we may wish it so, their simply does not exist any equality in nature, no two people, places, animals,…. are alike. On a very basic level, all existnace is one, that poor starving child and the affluent honest worker somewhere have teh same soul, the same spark of consiousness in them, but not everyone is on the same level, nature knows things unique not same. A person who just sleep walks through life is not same way eveolved as one who decides to become a wol, and he too is not oj same level as one who actully implements his/her decisions. so my dear yannis ( Oh ! u so much remind of the music of Yanni ) on this i will accept your disagreement and let u know a fundamental assumption u may be making and which may eb wrong ( or i have not understodd it peoperly ). u have said that ” on ever right here right now we give our 100%” well freind it certainly ain’t true for me, for long i never even bothered to check what my 100% may mean, even now i feel such lack of motivation in doing anything in this world that i just. if that 100% happnes to be automatic then i don’t know, but yes to maaintain a 100 % effort rate ( and that includes rests ) is a very consious effort.
love
aditya
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Maintaining and keeping 100% every single minute (I believe) doesn’t take effort at all. Even when you are idle, or when you cope with plenty of errands during a day, you just give 100% (irrelevantly of results).
Maybe it sounds weird, but as a friend of mine (she is a phychologist) told me once:
people just PUT EFFORT for NOT living…Because living is natural. We are born with this potential and because of the “modern” way of living, we lose it in some way…
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Annie Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I think this quote of yours doesn’t negate the other of Paulo’s..Instead it is a complimentary one..What Paulo says,I think, is that it is much pleasure when wefollow our hearts, what WE want, and finally a great pleasure when we understand truly that THIS is what we want, and we are CONTROLLING our lives, not others..we might fail or we might succeed , but we live our life, we make the decisions, not according to what others say.
Love and Graditude
Annie
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Liina.L Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
The quote of this week, indeed, says, in other words, that, we are from that moment on able to do what other people do not believe in us. It is finding our way, and yes, what we REALLY want to do, not to do just to go against this person (although sometimes it just may be that, to prove Yourself to others aswell).
For me, this quote, now that I read it again, brings out the fact, that we have to find that inner strenght, so that if the matters of this situation are that someone is working against us: telling us we can’t do it, we find the inner strenght to do it. And from that inner strenght, or that fact that we were able to do it, we get that pleasure.
But we here, were talking about listening to our heart/soul, which also helps with finding that strenght and finding out what we REALLY want in life.
But for some reason, for me, the quote sounds too harsh, as I mentioned in my earlier posting, it sounds like from a young person who doesn’t control what they do/say yet, because the way it was put, makes me feel this way. Although it wasn’t meant that way. Sometimes the way we put the words can lead to misinterpretations, which author wasn’t trying to apply to.
But the way You described it, I think, was what Paulo actually meant by it. :)
Love,
Liina
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Marie Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Dear Liina,
A friend doctor said to me a day something which I keep for my spirit: ” we do not make projects on the others, we make only projects on itself “.
So, we have a better acceptance of our differences and I understand Paulo’s sentence as it.
I think that each of us in its truth and every fight is the truth what’s the use to prove our sincerity! That or the one who owes knowledge… will know!
Happiness & light,
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Αννα, οταν λες “complimentary”, εννοεις “επαινετικο”;
Γιατι η λεξη “συμπληρωματικο” μου ταιριαζει περισσοτερο. Παντως, δεν μπορω να σκεφτω κατι σαν απαντηση ειτε για την μια ερμηνεια, ειτα για την αλλη. Μου εδωσες “τροφη για σκεψη” οπως λενε και οι ξενοι.
Αν και για καποιο λογο νομιζω πως δεν ταυτιζονται πολυ, ριξε, αν θες μια ματια και στην πρωτη σελιδα, οπου σχολιαζω απευθειας το ρητο της εβδομαδας. Ισως να σου απαντησει στο δικο σου και, αν οχι, περιμενω το σχολιο σου…
Γεια και χαρα!
ΥΓ: παντως σιγουρα δεν αναιρει το ρητο του Coelho.
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Annie Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Γιάννη, εννοουσα συμπληρωματικο..
I made a mistake in one single letter and it ruins what I ve been meaning to say..it is complEmentary!! not complimentary…maybe I was rather hasty…
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:02 am
…εννοω δεν ταυτιζονται πολυ αυτο που εγραψα εγω, με εκεινο του Paulo…
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aditya Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Annie hi !
the peacemaker, the celstial peacemaker ( with wings and all )
I completely agree with what u have said, and after that let me try to bring out a diffrent perspective on this control business ( would appreciate if Thelma, heart, jojo, yannis and fellow wols see this and comments on it, i will read all of them in silence ).
u know in a way what u have said is very egoistical, very irrelegious. releigion says lord we know not anything u are our shepherd, please make me walk that path which u know is good for me, for i know nothing.
and who are these others who are trying to ’say’ things to us, are they not as divine ( or devilish ;-) ) as i am; sure i need not listen or follow them but there cannot be any contempt for them , no vicarious pleasure in winning over them.
annie, don’t hide your wings any more, we can see it, the peacemaker, the celestial peacemaker.
love
aditya
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Annie Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Dear Aditya!
(Clarification: who is the celestial peacemaker?? :D )
Thank you for being the ‘devil’s advocate’ sometimes..truly appreciate it!
you say that this maybe irreligious to say that i know what I want..but why that is?? I mean our heart and soul knows, so if we listen to our heart and soul, we know too..and that soul is from the same source/fountain of Life..we are part of the Universe, and we ‘have the right’ to learn the ’secrets of the Universe’, being part of it..
WHat I think is that God is Love and Love is also about Trust..So He/SHe trusts us our life to walk the path as we believe..
I think it is a ’sin’ not to make the most of it, and neglect it (acting according to what others say) it is like throwing away a gift for another gift that it is not ours..I hope you follow me by now..Yes, I do agree the pleasure is not proving them wrong (winning over them), it is the realization that I am right (they may be right or wrong or whatever, but I am right for me, because it is my life, my path, my ‘gift’) . It is the realization that I like to fly, so I have the courage and faith and I take my wings out of the closet kept there for so long and I use them to fly, not to show off, but because i don’t want to stay grounded/immobilised by their fears and their chains..
Love and Graditude
Annie
aditya Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
dearest anie
who is celstial peacemaker ? good question, i had only u in mind when i wrote, quick search of mythology ( in mind ) reveals some celstial troublemakers ( like narada in hindu mythology ) but no celestial peacemakers.. so dear annie, situation vacant, vacant for long and u seem to be the only canditate;-)))), good luck !
i thought u were being generous when u said ’sometimes’ about me being devil’s advocate,;lately i have been the devil’s advocate or the person trying to see it from a diffrent perspsctive, so often that ( it’s started even messing up my professional life ) i doubt if it’s devil’s influence on me, or worse still if i am not just devil’s advocate but devil itself !! jokes apart. i need to shut up. but before that..
and about that question why ? when our heart and soul knows and if we listen to our heart. there u have teh answer hidden in the question itself. that ‘if’, if we listen to our hearts, how would we know that we are in sync with our heart, that we are in sync with the heart of the universe. how would we know, we would just know ! but there is a simple test also i feel. till we find conflict in nature, on the surafec there are conflicts, but till we find conflcits in nature, till we find conflict between what we want and what we have we are not in sync. one can try for change, for giving a direction to changes, but wilthout any ill will towards what is. something like that.
tell me something, how do i know that what i want is what i should want ? u may answer at your lesisure !
love
aditya
Yannis Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Hi Aditya
Actually, Annie somehow wrote what I would have replied to you, in her own words.
Me, as well, cannot see why what Annie wrote is irreligious, but think of that. You, Aditya, wrote that God is our shepherd and guide. How would God contact us? With what sort of divine “tools” are we equipped to receive His messages?…Perhaps our mind and our heart. So, again we conclude to what Annie and me wrote.
I think that God wants us to believe in Him not by fear, but by pure heart and acceptance. Actually a few days ago, I was discussing with a priest and he told me that the are 3 levels of belief.
#1: belief from fear of punishment
#2: belief because you expext a reward (Heaven)
#3: belief, because you BELIEVE. YOUR WHOLE EXISTENCE IS THAT “BELIEF”. And, in my opinion, if anyone reaches level #3, he won’t realize it. And he will never care anymore…
Annie Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
I think that is a big compliment, dearest Aditya, ‘celestial peacemaker’ Thank you though, since the position is vacant, I ll give it a try!!
I think it is good to question things, even question other questions..We all can be devils and gods..but!the point is to stop questioning at some point, and finding an answer that ’suits you best’, it may not be the best for me, but it might be the best for you…and what is that answer?? Only you can answer that, because what suits you best speaks directly to your heart..
Ok, let’s go to the big question : how do i know that what i want is what i should want ?
I think there is a very big ‘hole’ in itself, made by the word ’should’..WHo defines what you should want?
I think there are no ’should’s when guided by your heart..because when you follow it, everything you do is not by obligation, it is by striving to be what you aspire to be..SO (although I don’t like this should) you should want what you want to be, and move towards that direction..
Being in sync with you heart, is not so dificult, I think! You can be in sync every single minute, knowing what you want..You may have something else in your hands at the moment, but you are in sync with your heart, when you move towards that way and changing what you have.. Your heart would be happy then, at your every step , and you ‘d hear her more and more loudly, at your every step again!
Love and Graditude
The celestial peacemaker!
aditya Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Hi annie,
the celstial peace maker !
all questions are ultimately useless and drop when one is afced with reality face to face, as i am sure everyone os us must have expereinced at least for a few moments. yet we will have to cross through the fire of questions.
and who should decide what is right for us. yes ultimately it is us alone, in a moment of action ( or inaction ) we are on our own, final decision is ours, the buck stops with us. but look at humaity as a whole, look back at your own life. life of your freinds, have we never regretde our decisions. have we never repent ! what does it tell us. being in sync with your heart with awareness that it is so, i have found to be very slippery, maybe it’s not that difficult for you. possible.
enjoy !
love
aditya
aditya Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 10:55 am
yes yannis the divine message is received by our heart and our mind but are we listening to it, at least not everyone, then there won’t be so much strife, pain all around. we need to be very careful, mind finds 1001 justifications to subdue the heart and that little small voice. u know there are certain signs which indicate if one is in sync with one’s soul.
and about what that priest tols u, do u think it is of any use to hold an opinion on any of the three stages; it may be worth to live the three stages but what is the point in hvaing an opinion without experimenting with them. my ‘take’ on the three stages would be, 1 and 2 are same ( two types of people , some see light and some see dark ). third is worth living ( and dying for ), and let’s check our opinions specially the once which are made in haste, have a tendency to be prejudiced. the third category, u say will not know, in fact its them alone who know anything that is worth knowing and u also say they won’t care, zesus, buddha, the whole lot, they did not care ?! that priest also, may be he meant faith, but beleife is a poor sustitute for faith and if some one is suing them synnonymously well….. there can be reasons.
love
aditya
Yannis Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
The point is indeed that humanity doesn’t listen to his mind and soul. We are lost in our so called civilization.
The fact that I didn’t expressed an opinion for the first 2 levels, doesn’t mean that I don’t have one. But I thought it would be more important to say my thoughts for the 3rd. By the way, I believe that #1 and #2 should be reversed, but I am not the one to claim that. If it is no use to hold an opinion, I think it will be proved to me later. For example, your opinion could be a message from God (God doesn’t only use our heart or soul, but also our environment).
I NEVER wanted to judge the other 2 levels, however. There is no point doing so. Remember, what I said before about “evolving”. Since I don’t know and cannot prove the evolution of a soul or that there is reincarnation, the word “evolution” is somehow equivalent to “comparison”. I just believe in different paths.
My dear Aditya, you misuderstood the words “not care”. Actually, I think in such state of being (level #3), words just lose their meaning. In simpler words, these persons are a living example, whatever they do.
I am not sure I understood your last phrases about that priest, but what I know is that he is a good man, irrelevantly how strongly he believes. And his characters is all that matters to me.
Thank you again for your comments.
Take care my friend…
Yannis Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Με εντυπωσιασες Αννα! Κι εγω στην λεξη “should” σταματησα και την αμφισβητησα, πριν διαβασω την απαντηση σου.
Μμμμ…Μου αρεσει αυτος ο συντονισμος…
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Annie Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
;o) Συντονισμος και συγχρονισμος! :o)
Liina.L Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Marie.
I think I did not understand what You tried to say. Would You be willing to try and explain once more?
Love,
L.
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Marie Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Dear Liina,
I’m sorry for the first message. I hope that you will understand my message better!
A friend docteur said to me something wich I keep in my spirit : “ we don’t projects on the others, we make only projects on ourselves”.
When I understood better this quote, I had accept better ours differences. I understand this quote of Paulo as that.
I think that each of us in his own truth. Every battle which we lead leads us towards our own truth. I find that we spend far too many time to wonder if our battle is fair. The look of others is a true brake in this research of the truth. We spend a lot of time to justify our actions to the others. I think that if it’s important to search a sense in ours lifes, it’s also important to find answers to be more consistent with oneself.
Therefore… Let us stop wanting always to clear ourselves! Let us be proud of our researches and of our answers. If some persons know better that you!… take your choices and these persons will also realize it!
Happiness and Light
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Liina.L Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Marie,
I don’t think that the battle is ever fair. How would it be fair to compare a life of a person who lives in a wheelchair their whole life to a person who can walk wherever they want to. Or take any “pair” that doesn’t really “match”. Of course, this does not prevent of the possibilities which kind of a spiritual life a person can have, or how full their life will be. That is another wonderment.
None of us have the same start in life. We all have it different. And I agree with it. I’ve never tried to ‘battle’ against this one. And yes, we all have different ‘truth’ to search for - I agree with that.
I think we don’t have to justify our actions to other people. Not all understand why one or other does a certain thing. Not all know our life and not all even care what we have been through or what we are ‘batteling’ with in our lives. And often this the reason why people are saying: “No, You cannot do this.” Sometimes it it out of jealousy, or anger, or resentment, having the power over another… or whatever feeling someone might have towards us. What is a “problem” to one person, may be a “laughing matter” to other - if they don’t want to understand a person. Not always do we understand, that what may seem easy to us can be a battle to someone else. That’s why I had a problem with this quote - because it shows people like would have to - prove myself.
Why not live for ourselves.
Why not care less about others indeed, and start living on Your own “terms”.
And why not at least try to understand more that surrounds us.
About projecting on others or ourselves.
I never think that the world is black or white. Some philosophical sayings, that may seem well-read, well-understood, seem simple, at first, have often deeper meanings to it. If You say, we are not projecting on others, but we project ourselves, I believe it’s just half of the truth…
To do what we’re told that we cannot do, needs often batteling with ourselves more than others - we have to convince ourselves, that indeed, we can do this. We are doubting? We need convincing of ourselves, not proving that we can to others. But in the end, to ourselves. Proving to others, as I mentioned, can actually be that battle, for a person, on it’s own. I just hope that some day we can do things for the sake of ourselves, not for the sake of proving to others (or us), that we, indeed, can do it.
What I am trying to say, is:
not always is the look of others the break that cancels the truth searching. But it is us, ourselves - if we depend on the looks of others. And in which way we depend on it. Do we acknowledge it, that these people thing we could not do it, and live on without a care. Or do we keep it in our hearts and be afraid that - maybe I can’t? … or something else.
I guess that the lesson is, to always try to go a little further.
Always try to understand a little bit more.
Always try to grow a bit more.
Thank You for Your posting,
Love,
Liina
Para mi entendimiento el cielo y el infierno no existen. Son creaciones que fueron hechas por la religión. Ver el mundo en polaridad es una alternativa poco funcional. El cielo te premia, el infierno te atormenta.
Las cosas buenas, las cosas malas, etc….
El mundo donde vivimos es más que eso… Lo que nos acontece emana de nuetro interior…. En un sentido de introspección el cielo y el infierno estarían dentro de mi ser…. Y mi pregunta es si estos conceptos los entiendo como creaciones entonces si creo en ellos son lo que experimentaré… Una alternativa más es ver la luz que emana dentro de nosotros, la ausencia de esa luz sería la obscuridad, pero por que decidir ausencia si se puede tener la luz?….
Yo trabajaría con la calidad de mis pensamientos y decidir en todo momento actuar bajo la luz…. Verme completa a imagen y semajanza de nuestro ser Divino según como lo coneptualicemos…. y no en ausencia, para que?….
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mywebsite is in development….
Heaven is a portal that Paulo provides for me…evidenced by the post he has just sent. Please understand that that old “red lizard” …(C.S. Lewis’ lizard)was chewing at my soul again. Making me sob with grief and heartache. Paulo’s correspondence hit me on my saddest day of this year which happened to be my birthday. My friends all taunted me about being poor yet so happy. Lost my job and my savings in the financial morass that we are in, It’s been a painful year. I never cared for material things, bu wanted to retire one day and live my dream, of giving back. Though unemployed, I am NOT giving up on that dream. My “friends are horrifued.” Working with disadvantaged children and abandoned seniors is not a wealth building avocational choice…materially. They made me feel awful becuase they are wealthy and selfish. I am poor and will give away my heart if somoneone needs it. Hell for me is that they cannot and will not understand. Today I am thanking Paulo for opening that portal and smacking the lizard away. The sun just came out…
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Dances With Crayons Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Dear Tsia, Your heart is beautiful and thank you for giving back, in sharing this story with all of us.
Yes, the sun just came out.
Thank You!
Much Love to All, Jane : ) xo
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sido66 Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
alléluia
Listen to his heart is still a sun , for oneself and for the other . Then thank be you
Love
Sido
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Dances With Crayons Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Dear Tsia,
Just finished saying a special prayer, and came back to encourage you.
Because suffering is real. This world really, truly needs your dream. I know sometimes other people do not understand. We can pray for them.
I love children and seniors too and agree that giving back to those who need most, is having a great life!! Love makes this world go around.
Thank you again Tsia. It was a huge relief to read that you won’t give up either.
More Love, Jane : )
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My problem is that i don´t use to do what people say i have to do. Ja ja… Regards
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well it seems I put my reply on the incorrect thread, oh well, like Veronika realized at the end of Veronika Decides to Die, who cares what happens as long as it’s well intended.
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My hell
-Good Chocolate (if I eat one I have to eat them all, this only happens with Godiva ones though, luckily I no longer crave the commercial brands because I don’t like the )
-Dessert (White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, Tiramisu for example, same as above)
-Having to keep my house immaculate and thus get very angry when someone makes a mess a little after.
-Working in an environment where the loudest, who interrupts the most, gets listened to first.
-The lack of ethics in the professional world, where the one who whines the most and uses cheap flattery correctly gets rewarded because of the insecurities and ineptitudes of a boss who has climbed the corporate ladder by stepping and back stabbing other people before him.
-The lack of respect for the environment such as people wasting water, the excessive generation of waste, no recycling mentality.
-The lack of love for each other.
-My children getting sick (I’ve been able to control this by changing the wording, now I tell my self “my children are healthy” the mind is a very powerful tool)
My Heaven
-Good Chocolate (let’s face it chocolate is food for the brain)
-Dessert (although it has to be good)
-A Great Book I cannot put down for hours, imagining the characters and the landscapes as described in the book.
-The thought of an All Mighty Creator, who has led all my paths and although in the past I did not always make the right decisions, always brings me back to the light.
-Homeopathy, this is a great one since my children are indeed healthy thanks to homeopathy.
-The ocean with its fascinating greatness and life.
-My mother, who set an example of hard work and righteousness.
-The rain, South Texas has experience a couple of years of drought and it finally started raining again.
-The few friends I have for they are great people to have around
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I find that a greater pleasure is doing what I indirectly or subconsciously (and at many times consciously) say, feel, or carry on that I cannot do. What other people say, however important we may feel it is at the time, is ultimately irrelevant. Personally, I am struggling with letting myself do what I have been telling myself I cannot do for too long.
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why do we care what people think of us? I think the greatest pleasure is when the person thinks s/he cannot do something and yet acheive it.
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Johanne Mercille Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I think we care because we are relational creatures that live and are nourish out of love. So, we care because we need to be loved and to love. But as you say, what love is there if I am loved by all but do not respect love for myself, or am approved by all and do not approve myself, if I am accepted by others and what I am rejects myself? Knowing deep inside that I do not honour and love who I am to satisfy my need of being loved by others, well, that love that comes from restraining myself, from controlling myself, from ignoring myself and rejecting it is a love that never filled and will never fill that special part in me that needs to be nourished and kept alive. I do for the love of myself and by gratitude for the love of the Source for me first, and then fountains of love come and satisfy my thirst. Cordially, Jojo.
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This makes me giggle! Agreed! Even surprising self, too, is a glorious delight.
Much Love To All, Jane : ) xo
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