You are addicted to socializing online and it distracts you from being and living. You are addicted to Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook; you have a craving to know everything about everyone, but what benefit does this bring to you as a person. You should stay connected to the real-world and not let it pass you by. ...
Look Up / Schau nach Oben / Olhe para Cima / Ojo hacia Arriba
A spoken word film for an online generation. ‘Look Up’ is a lesson taught to us through a Love story, in a World where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY I do not want you to stop using social media or smartphones. It is ...
Anti-social Network / Anti-soziales Netzwerk / Rede Anti-Social / Red Antisocial
Social media is doing no less than ripping apart the social fabric of how Society works. The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops they have created are destroying how Society works. This is not an American problem and this is not a Russian problem. This is a global problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4VW91Vl-78 Social media was used to influence elections in at least 18 ...
Nobody cares about what you Post / Niemand interessiert sich dafür, was Du Postest / Ninguem se importa com o que Você Publica / A nadie se importa lo que publicas
There is a very simple reason a like on social media feels so good. It gives you a high - a real, physiological high - and it is fundamentally the reason you keep going back to it. It is a reward cycle, you get a squirt of dopamine every time you get a like or a ...
The stillness is You / Die Stille bist Du / A quietude é Você / La quietud eres Tu
You are constantly looking at your smartphone, you are up all night on social media, you are low on energy, you have a busy mind and you are considering doing meditation to find more balance in life. You have heard a lot about meditation but you are just not sure what it is all about. ...
Are you awake Now / Bist du jetzt Wach / Você está acordado Agora / Estas despierto Ahora
You go through life with so many false notions – of the World, of spirituality and of yourself. You build up masks and you believe the facades. It is all a charade. It is all based upon illusions and deceit. You deceive yourself at every moment, and the World also deceives you at every moment. You ...
Happiness does not Wait / Das Glück wartet Nicht / A felicidade não Espera / La felicidad no Espera
The best time to be happy is always now. You want the future to come, because it is better there. The future is an illusion. It is just a concept in your head. When it arrives, it will arrive as the present moment. If you are not here and now, you will miss it. You will keep ...
More important than Happiness / Wichtiger als Glück / Mais importante que a Felicidade / Mas importante que la Felicidad
The stereotype of world travelers is the upper-middle-class kid who goes to some random, third-world country, sees a bunch of poor, half-naked kids joyfully playing in sewage puddles with toys made out of string and broken sticks. And suddenly has the life-changing epiphany that, 'No', you do not in fact need an XBox 360 and 24-hour ...
Success is not Happiness / Erfolg ist kein Glück / Sucesso não é Felicidade / Exito no es Felicidad
You may confuse happiness with accomplishments. When you achieve something new, when there is a new accomplishment to add to your success list, you probably feel happy. Only for a while. You tend to forget every one of your accomplishments very quickly and every failure sticks with you much longer. Your brain prefers to remember all your failures rather than ...
Create Yourself / Erschaffe Dich Selbst / Crie você Mesmo / Créate a ti Mismo
If you can not find what you want, create it. If you can not find yourself, create yourself. Be somebody who reminds everybody of nobody. Be brilliant. Be the first. Be interesting. Be unusual. Be an expert. Always be better than yesterday but never as good as tomorrow. Make an impact. Leave a mark. Show ...
Grow in wisdom and Compassion / Wachse in Weisheit und Mitgefühl / Cresça em sabedoria e Compaixão / Crecer en sabiduría y Compasión
The accumulation of material wealth and large bank accounts mean nothing at the moment of death. In actuality, the entirety of life is a preparation for dying. Living totally in the present moment allows you to create a fulfilled life and to face your impending death openly and with dignity. The realization that death can arrive ...
Hate is a Desease / Hass ist eine Krankheit / O ódio é uma Doença / El odio es una Enfermedad
Hate is a disease you catch from others who are already infected. It is contagious, virulent, and can be fatal. As with most diseases, the earlier it is discovered the better the prognosis for recovery. The patient must take active steps to remove the infection through diligent efforts and repeated application of antidotes as well as avoid ...
Desiring not to Desire / Wunsch, nicht zu Wünschen / Desejando não Desejar / Deseando no Desear
If the cause of suffering is unfulfilled desire, the solution to the problem must be to stop desiring. There are two ways of stopping desire: one either gets out of sight of the objects of desire (seclusion) or one tries to beat desire (asceticism). However, neither of these two approaches really work as the Buddha found out ...
Be the Rhythm / Sei der Rhythmus / Seja o Ritmo / Se el Ritmo
When you really tune into life, you can feel the ebb and flow of creation itself. The in-breath of constriction and the out-breath of release. And if you look deeper within your own physiology, even your own body performs this same breathing rhythm to sustain your very life. So, do not ever let anyone tell you ...
You are not your Mind / Du bist nicht dein Verstand / Você não é sua Mente / No eres tu Mente
Your mind is a funny thing. On one hand, it is awesome, on the other, it can pulverize you more quickly and ruthlessly than anything else. Your mind is inherently scared. That is its job, to be cautious, to keep you alive, to have you cross roads safely and not get eaten by a lion. ...
Calm Your Mind / Beruhige deinen Geist / Acalme sua Mente / Calma tu Mente
Now as you do this, you begin to notice a rather curious change in your general feeling of life. You notice that there ceases to be what I would call an interruption or an interval between your experience and yourself.You see, in our ordinary way of using our minds the chronic sense of strain, the ...
Simplify your Life / Vereinfach Dein Leben / Simplifique sua Vida / Simplifica tu Vida
A simple life has a different meaning and a different value for every person. It means eliminating all but the essential and spending your time doing what is important to you. It means getting rid of many of the things you do so you can spend time with people you love and do the things you ...
Environmental Consumerism / Umweltkonsum / Consumismo Ambiental / Consumismo Ambiental
You know that you should purchase environment-friendly products and choose environment-friendly packaging when you go shopping. However, agreeing that this is a good idea does not necessarily mean that you do it. You base your consumer choices on the prices or packaging of products, unaware or unmindful of their environmental impact. If you want to change ...
Are animals Conscious / Sind Tiere Bewusst / Animais são Conscientes / Son conscientes los Animales
Animals seems to have emotions, intentions, plans, and personalities, all things we Humans associate with Consciousness. Animals do not think in words. This means that cats and dogs and horses do not possess anything quite like Human intelligence or reflective self-consciousness, which is dominated by language. Animal Awareness, whatever it is like, must be more immediate and reactive. Humans ...
Decline of Animal Species / Rückgang von Tierarten / Diminuição de espécies Animais / Disminución de especies Animales
Nature is essential for our well-being, as it provides food, clean air, and clean water. We talk about sustainability, national issues and so on, but the fact of the matter is that Humans are the biggest factor and danger for animals. In the past 50 years, population has gone from 3.3 billion, to 7.4 billion. In ...
A plentiful Feast / Ein reichhaltiges Fest / Uma festa abundante / Una fiesta abundante
Historically, the oceans were considered limitless and thought to harbour enough fish to feed an ever-increasing human population. 3 billion people in the World rely on both wild-caught and farmed seafood as their primary source of protein. 10% of the World's population, the very poor often rely on fishing as a primary source of income. We are ...
The plants Return / Die Pflanzen kehren Zurück / As plantas Retornam / Las plantas Vuelven
The presence of plants help keep people calmer and make them feel good. People who feel at home with plants in their working environment are less likely to be ill and therefore take less time off work. They manage stress more effectively and their productivity is better. The ability of living plants to filter the air in ...
Nature is a Teacher / Die Natur ist ein Lehrer / A natureza é um Professor / La naturaleza es un Profesor
Nature teaches. Pay Attention. Observe. Reflect. Learn. Honor Nature. - Nature teaches you through direct observation, through scientific research, through spiritual practice, through mystical experience. Nature teaches you about the circle of life. Nature teachs you about birth and beginnings, about growth and development, about death and endings, about rebirth and renewal. Nature teaches you about ...
Earth – The Unseen / Erde – Das Ungesehene / Terra – O Invisível / Tierra – Lo Invisible
For generations, Humans have been degrading the environment in pursuit of personal and financial gains. In some cases, they do not know the effects of their actions. But often times, they simply do not want the consequences of their actions on the environment known to the public. Humans justify these actions of dominance and superiority over the ...
Seven worlds, one Planet / Sieben Welten, ein Planet / Sete mundos, um Planeta / Siete mundos, un Planeta
The combination of environmental change and diversity loss increases the risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible ecosystem collapse. The time has come to stop talking in terms of distinct crises, be it climate or biodiversity, we need tackle them all as one, with total system change ... ... transformative change, including changing global economic, financial and social ...