Wisdom is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, insight, understanding and common sense. Wisdom has been regarded as one of the four cardinal virtues. Wisdom is a habit or disposition to perform the action with the highest degree of adequacy under any given circumstance with the limitation of error in any given action. This implies ...
2014-05-11 Singapore – Washington D.C. / Was it You / Warst Du Es / Foi Você / Eras Tú
VERNON LEWIS September 28, 1977 - May 11, 2014 Beautifully remembered by his wife Kristiina; mother Gwen; sister Ellaina; brother Todd (Chris); grandparents, Bishop and Mrs. Harvey Lewis; and all his family and friends. The Stuntman, Comedian, Husband, Son, Brother and Friend to people of the World over passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014. He made the world ...
1976-05-09 Stuttgart, Germany / Broken English / Gebrochenes Englisch / Inglês Quebrado / Inglés Chapurreado
Anyone engaged with global issues of Human well being, the distribution of resources, or the future of Society is doing moral philosophy. Being self conscious about principles and premises, improves moral thinking. What are you thinking? What are you fighting for? The problem of well being in today's Society is challenging in all ways. Why should you care ...
Tathātā / Tathata / Tathātā / Tathata
Tathātā is translated as ‘Suchness’ or ‘As-is-ness of the moment’. It is a central concept in Buddhism, it expresses the appreciation of reality within a unique moment. Tathātā is often best revealed in the mundane, such as noticing the way the wind blows through a field of grass, or watching someone’s face light up as they smile. If ...
Life Is Beautiful / Das Leben ist Schön / A Vida é Bela / La Vida es Bella
It is a challenge for scientists and philosophers to define life. This is partially because life is a process, not a substance. The definition of life is controversial. For some, life is beautiful will mean that life is enjoyable. For others, it will mean that life is good. Yet for others, it will mean that life ...
2016-05-07 Natal, Brazil / Relax / Entspannen / Relaxar / Relajar
I hope you remember this impact, in every moment and every aspect of your life, not just now, but for the rest of your life and in everything you do. - Be kind, above everything else and be understanding of yourself and others. Do the right thing, even when it is hard. Love yourself, others and your ...
Golf ball sized Consciousness / Golfballgroßes Bewusstsein / Consciência de uma bola de Golfe / Conciencia de una pelota de Golf
Awareness is the ability to directly know and perceive, to feel, or to be cognizant of events. More broadly, it is the state or quality of being conscious of something. Awareness is a relative concept. Awareness may be focused on an internal state or on external events by way of sensory perception. Popular ideas about Consciousness suggest the phenomenon ...
Dreams of past Times / Träume vergangener Zeiten / Sonhos de tempos Passados / Sueños de tiempos Pasados
When you dream about someone you like, the most probable would be that, you have been thinking about that person way too much. And it is very likely that you were thinking about that person when you fell asleep. This creates an imprint of your thoughts on your subconscious mind, which gets reflected in your dreams. When you ...
2014-05-04 Natal, Brazil / My Oh My / Mein Oh Mein / Meu oh Meu / Mi Oh Mi
Wasn’t hard to love you - Didn’t have to try - Wasn’t hard to love you - Didn’t have to try - Held you for a little while - My Oh My Oh My - Drove you to the station - Never asked you why - Drove you to the station - Never asked you why - Held you for a little while - My Oh ...
1953-05-04 Havanna, Cuba / The Old Man and The Sea / Der alte Mann und das Meer / O Velho e o Mar / El viejo y el Mar
The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with ...
Scientific Dictatorship / Diktatur der Wissenschaft / Ditadura Científica / Dictadura Científica
We must be alert to the danger that public policy could become the captive of a scientific technological elite. The roots of the Scientific Dictatorship can be traced to the works of Plato some 2,000 years ago. In truth, humanity has been battling the formation of this tyranny for much of known history. Modern forms of scientific power ...
Call it Grace / Nenn es Gnade / Chame isso de Graça / Llámalo Gracia
What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know. - Grace strikes you when you are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes you when you walk through the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life. Grace offers the possibility of sudden transformation - an awakening, similar to ...
2017-05-03 Asheville, USA / Want to go with Me / Willst Du mi mir Geh’n / Você quer ir Comigo / Quieres ir Conmigo
Willst du mit mir gehn, wenn mein Weg ins dunkel führt? - Willst du mit mir gehn, wenn mein Tag schon Nachtwind spürt? - Wenn ich nicht mehr Vagabund sein will, baust du mein Haus, - Und ruhst du mir, mit mir vom Leben aus? - Willst du mit mir gehn, Licht und Schatten verstehn? - Dich mit Windrädern drehn, ...
Ideology is Toxic / Ideologie ist Giftig / Ideologia é Tóxico / Ideología es Tóxica
I think ideology is toxic, all ideology. It’s not that there are good ones and bad ones. All ideology is toxic, because ideology is a kind of insult to the gift of Human free thinking. If you adopt some ideology, Leninism, Mormonism … then you have all the answers. You just go and look into ...
2013-05-01 Natal, Brazil / Love is a Stranger / Liebe ist ein Fremder / O amor é um Estranho / El amor es un extraño
Love drunken men and women show all the basic symptoms of addiction. The lover is focused on his/her drug of choice, the Love object. The lover thinks obsessively about him/her and often compulsively calls, writes, or stays in touch. Lovers distort reality, change their priorities and daily habits, experience personality changes and do inappropriate or risky things ...