I am a firm believer in living in the present and focusing on the now, but sometimes thinking about your great purpose. Your project and what it is you really want to achieve with your life is helpful when you know which step to take next. Be humble, stay open to lessons you have not learned yet, ...
Green Peace / Grüner Frieden / Paz Verde / Paz Verde
Greenpeace has been sailing the World's oceans protecting our planet and fighting for environmental justice. From obstructing nuclear tests in the Pacific, to documenting plastics in our oceans. From conducting research into the effects of climate change in the Arctic, to stopping shiploads of illegal timber leaving the Amazon. From bringing humanitarian relief to communities devastated by extreme ...
You have become the Selfie Generation / Du bist die Selfie-Generation Geworden / Você se tornou a Geração Selfie / Te has convertido en la generación Selfie
There is a new bright trend in modern Society. People value experiences over products. People are more willing to share than to own. People are shifting away from Western capitalism to Zen-Buddhist communalism. What a heart-warming vision of humanity. Is it really happening? Of course not. It is only a fantasy. We are as selfish and shallow as ...
Upgrade your Brain / Rüste Dein Gehirn Auf / Aprimorar seu Cérebro / Potenciar tu Cerebro
Not only is it possible to hack your reality, but it is also possible to hack your mind. Mind hacking works with simple daily exercises that can alter your states of Consciousness into doing exactly what you want. Binaural beats are specifically designed to target brain waves and induce different states of Consciousness. You might know the 4 brain ...
Drink to get Drunk / Trinken um sich zu Betrinken / Beber para ficar Bêbado / Beber para Emborracharse
Alcohol has the magical ability to change a person completely. One moment you are hiding in the corner, next thing you know you are dancing on the bar. You like to get drunk because alcohol smacks your brain around in a number of ways that feel pleasant, or at least different, or at the very least better ...
Dancing in the Rain / Im Regen Tanzen / Dançando na Chuva / Bailando en la Lluvia
Rain can be romantic and cleansing - mostly in our imagination. Rain can mean gray skies and dark moods - mostly in our imagination. You can not avoid the rain, and you can not change the weather. Your life goes through seasons and change, just like the weather - coldness and warmth, sunshine and rain, storms ...
1977-12-25 Rheydt, Germany / The Suburb Crocodiles / Die Vorstadtkrokodile / Os crocodilos do Subúrbio / Los cocodrilos del Suburbio
Der Niederrhein ist meine Heimat, da komme ich her, da gehe ich auch immer wieder gerne hin. Getreidefelder, grüne Weiden, grasendes Vieh, schwielige Männerfäuste, geraden Sinn, aufrechte Art, Schwarzbrot, den Schalk im Nacken und ungebrochener Optimismus. Der Niederrheiner an sich ist zu allem unfähig: Er weiß nix, kann aber alles erklären. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDKrdPMntD4 Der Niederrhein, ist eine an die Niederlande grenzende Region im Westen des ...
When the going gets Tough / Wenn es hart auf hart kommt / Quando as coisas ficam Difíceis / Cuando las cosas se ponen Difíciles
It is not easy to stay positive when life is really, really tough and if you are struggling with life; when getting out of bed in the morning feels like a real struggle. And you feel you cannot win that struggle and you will suffer alone for a long time. You feel more and more disconnected, ...
There are two types of People / Es gibt zwei Arten von Menschen / Existem dois tipos de Pessoas / Hay dos tipos de Personas
There are two types of people in the World. Only two. That's it. Two only. Either you are This, or you are That. Which kind are you? Where do you stand? The categorizing of people is dangerous. It has divided culture. It has led to deep resentments, persecution, harassment, firings, riots and sometimes bloodshed. One category of ...
What kind of people are We / Was für Menschen sind Wir / Que tipo de pessoas nós Somos / Que tipo de personas Somos
Porn is linked to a host of social ills including depression, addiction, deviance, violence and human trafficking. And if it is true that so many people today affirm porn and use it regularly, then our culture is facing a crisis. Like so many other vices, people turn to pornography to relax and relieve stress. But research links porn ...
1996-12-20 Seattle, USA / Pale Blue Dot / Hellblauer Punkt / Ponto azul Pálido / Pálido punto Azul
Carl Sagan was an American astonomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. Carl Sagan is best known as a science popularizer and communicator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcCVe5MamN4 In 1980 Sagan co-wrote and narrated the award-winning 13-part television series 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage', which became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television. The ...
Let happiness find You / Lass das Glück Dich Finden / Deixe a felicidade te Encontrar / Deja que la felicidad te Encuentre
If you do everything for the purpose of finding happiness, you may achieve much, but you are not likely to find happiness. The higher the value you put on being happy, the more likely you are to be unhappy. Encouraging a mindset to maximize happiness may be counterproductive. To find happiness you must not seek it. You are ...
In those Days / Zu jener Zeit / Naqueles Dias / En esos Días
With the coming of Jesus Christ into the World, the days of fulfillment, proclaimed by all the prophets, began. And ever since the first Christmas we have been living in those days. The 'last days' foretold by the prophets. The last days started two thousand years ago. And in those days people will be lovers ...
Exercise for your Brain / Übung für Dein Gehirn / Exercício para o seu Cérebro / Ejercicio para tu Cerebro
Meditation exercises the brain in the same way an aerobics class exercises the body. The benefits for both are tangible and comparable. A complete fitness plan includes exercising the mind. A healthy body means little without a healthy mind. Exercise reconnects you with your body and you recognize the relationship between mentality and physicality. Fine-tuning the body ...
Kiss and say Goodbye / Kuss und sich Verabschieden / Beijou e dizer Adeus / Beso y decir adios
Close your eyes, and think about the first time you kissed someone special. Now try to remember a last kiss. That is much harder. This sort of memory does not come so easily. It can be painful, awkward or sad. More often than not, it is something you would rather forget. The only kiss that is more meaningful ...
Let’s listen to the Silence / Hören wir uns die Stille an / Vamos ouvir o Silêncio / Escuchemos el Silencio
Silence. Silence is home. Silence is where you find yourself, where you find truth, where you find wisdom. Keep listening to the sound of silence in everything, staying completely relaxed. There is no sound whatsoever, and when you listen, you listen to the sound of no sound. Hear the silence in the mountains and rivers, the ...
Fate of the whole Planet / Das Schicksal des ganzen Planeten / Destino de todo o Planeta / Destino de todo el Planeta
Climate change affects everybody. It does not care if you are black or white, rich or poor, male or female. Climate change affects everybody, and the notion that we can ignore it is just foolish. We are talking about the fate of the whole planet. There are five countries that disproportionately hold the fate of life ...
Tired of playing a Game / Müde ein Spiel zu Spielen / Cansado de jogar um Jogo / Cansado de jugar un Juego
This is the secret - you must remember, you can’t make a mistake. Now that’s a very difficult thing to do. Because from childhood up we have had to conform to a certain social game, and if you are going to conform to this game you can make mistakes or not make mistakes. And so, this ...
How soon is Now / Wie bald ist Jetzt / Quão breve é Agora / Que tan pronto es Ahora
The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. - Albert Einstein Time is an illusion, which makes being controlled by time delusional. The past does not exist and neither does the future. The only true reference point you have to this moment in time and to this thing you call existence, is ...
Against all Odds / Gegen alle Widrigkeiten / Contra todas as Probabilidades / Contra viento y Marea
If I had played by the rules, listened to the oddsmakers and given up when everyone said I was going to lose, I would not be where I am right now. If I had listened to all the people who said that there was no way I would make it because of my personality or my ...
Finding comfort in Pain / Trost finden in Schmerz / Encontrar conforto na Dor / Encontrar consuelo en Dolor
The death and loss of a child is the ultimate tragedy. Nothing can be more devastating. It feels unnatural to outlive a child. This grief over the loss of a child comes with feelings of injustice - the understandable feeling that this loss never should have happened. Coping with the death and loss of a child ...
No one would miss Me / Niemand würde mich Vermissen / Ninguém sentiria minha Falta / Nadie me Extrañaría
This is what your brain is telling you. But it is a myth. A lie. It can be so intense, so convincing, and you probably struggle to keep yourself from following through, 'Nobody likes me'. There is perhaps no more painful thought in the World than 'Nobody likes me'. It is an easy feeling to ...
1980-12-08 New York, USA / Give Peace a Chance / Gib Frieden eine Chance / Dê paz uma Chance / Dale a paz una Oportunidad
John Lennon will be known for many things that he did with the Beatles but something that he will also be remembered for is his ideas about peace. He took a very active role in trying to persuade people to protest against the Vietnam War, by doing many different things. John Lennon taught us to stand up for ...
The play of the Seeker / Das Spiel des Suchenden / A peça do Buscador / La obra del Buscador
But since any change can be perceived only by virtue of a changeless background, who or what notices the coming and going of the sense of Being. This presence is the bottomless ground of everything, the unknown source of Awareness itself, so perfectly whole, full and non-dual. It has no need whatsoever to divide itself in two ...
2017-12-06 Paris, France / Alone / Allein / Sozinho / Seul
Hallyday was married five times - including twice to the same woman - with the first four marriages ending in divorce. His last marriage was his longest, lasting twenty-one years. His first marriage was to French singer Sylvie Vartan, lasting fifteen years from 1965 to 1980. Son David was born in 1966. His second marriage to Babeth Étienne ...