The reason why certain people turn to philosophy - why I became a philosopher - was that, since I was a little boy, I always felt that existence as such was weird. I mean, here we are - isn’t that odd? Of course it’s odd. What do you mean by odd? Well, it’s what’s different from even. I ...
Selfless / Selbstlos / Altruísta / Altruista
Learning to be selfless in a selfish World. When so many are selfish – and our World has never been so selfish – it is hard not to look inwardly and become selfish too. If you struggle with selfishness, you are not alone. It can be really hard to put others first and yourself second. It takes time ...
Love Now / Liebe Jetzt / Ama Agora / Ama ahora
Real Love you give without expecting anything back, and its the giving that makes you glow inside. Love means patience, Awareness, being present. And also knowing when to receive it too. But do not have any expectations, expectations will make you unhappy. It is magic, but it is not a pill. Treat it as something that is sacred ...
Earth Democracy / Demokratie der Erde / Democracia da Terra / Democracia de la Tierra
We are all members of the Earth community. We all have the duty to protect the rights and welfare of all species and all people. Defending biological and cultural diversity is a duty of all people. No Humans have the right to encroach on the ecological space of other species and other people, or treat them ...
The greatest Skill of All / Die größte Fähigkeit von Allen / A maior habilidade de Todos / La mejor habilidad de Todos
When someone practises their will against the World that is out of rhythm with the cycles of change, they disrupt that harmony and consequences may more likely result rather than the willed outcome. Taoism does not identify one's will as the root problem. Rather, Taoism asserts that one must place their will in harmony with the ...
Lone Traveler / Einsamer Reisender / Viajante Solitário / Viajero Solitario
I am truly a lone traveler and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart. In the face of all these ties, I have never lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude … How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of ...
Return home in Peace / Heimkehr in Frieden / Voltar para casa em Paz / Regresar a casa en Paz
Your vital energy is returning to the source like a flowing stream returning to ocean. Heaven is our Father, Earth is our Mother. All people are our brothers and sisters and all things are our companions. In this gentle, peaceful journey, you are forming one body with heaven, Earth and all things. Entrust yourself in the transforming and nourishing ...
Face the Facts / Sieh den Tatsachen ins Auge / Encare os Fatos / Enfrenta los Hechos
What I think an awakening really involves, is a re-examination of our common sense. We have got all sorts of ideas built into us, which seem unquestioned, obvious. And our speech reflects them; its common phrases. 'Face the facts.' As if they were outside you. As if life were something they simply encountered as a foreigner. ...
Toxic Thoughts / Giftige Gedanken / Pensamentos Tóxicos / Pensamientos Tóxicos
When someone hurts you, they can end up occupying your thoughts for hours, days, months or even years. You can not stop thinking about their behavior, and you constantly remember how they looked and what they said. This happens a lot with couples who end their relationship abruptly and results in a cycle of toxic thoughts. Toxic thoughts ...
End of the Paradigm / Ende des Paradigmas / Fim do Paradigma / Fin del Paradigma
The collapse of Wall Street in September 2008 and the continuing financial crisis very clearly signal the end of the paradigm that puts finance above real wealth created by nature and Humans, and puts profits above people and corporations above citizens. This paradigm can only be kept alive with limitless bailouts. It can only be kept ...
What we Are / Was wir Sind / O que Somos / Que somos
Enormous bang, millions of years ago, billions of years ago, which flung all the galaxies into to space. Well, let’s take that just for the sake of argument and say that was the way it happened. It’s like you took a bottle of ink and you threw it at a wall – Smash – and all ...
Talking to Trees / Mit Bäumen Sprechen / Falando com Arvores / Hablando con Arboles
Many people in today's World have great material wealth, still they remain unhappy in the depths of their souls. They know they have an abundance of things, but they feel they are missing something. Something they can not buy and that is very important, truly momentous: a reason for being. Money is crucial for survival, just as ...
We are the Evil / Wir sind das Böse / Nós somos o Mal / Somos el Mal
The endless reports of suicide bombers, murderers, pedophiles, racists, thieves and bullies is enough to make you lose all hope that Humans are capable one day of living in complete peace and harmony. Are we genetically predisposed towards evil behaviors like selfishness, violence, and cruelty. You are more than our thoughts and more than your desires, but you ...
Economy is Anti Life / Wirtschaft ist Anti-Leben / Economia é anti Vida / Economía es anti Vida
Economy and ecology derived from oikos, which is the Greek word for home or household. Ecology is the science of the household. Economy is supposed to be the management of the household. Aristotle referred to Oikonomia as the art of living and differentiated it from Chrematistics, the art of money making. Today, economy has been reduced to the ...
Scarcity creates Greed / Knappheit schafft Gier / Escassez cria Ganância / Escasez crea Avaricia
Greed is not a fundamental aspect of Human nature. Greed is a consequence of scarcity. If you and I are living in an incredible abundance, such as used to exist 200 years ago - the fish were so thick one the water that it looked like you could walk across the rivers. Under those conditions greed ...
2012-03-11 Natal, Brazil / Hold Me, Love Me / Halt Mich, Lieb Mich / Me Segure, Me Ame / Abrazame, Amame
Have you hugged your child lately? It is most important to show a hugging Love for your child ... not from a distance, not by words only, but love with a hug. Your Love gives your child the foundation of self-confidence, helps your child to view itself positively and try new things, knowing that your Love ...
Be mindful of Death / Sei dir des Todes Bewusst / Esteja atento à Morte / Se consciente de la Muerte
Change, and everything is change, nothing can be held on to. To the degree that you go with a stream, you see, you are still, you are flowing with it. But to the degree you resist the stream, then you notice that the current is rushing past you and fighting you. So swim with it, go ...
1994-03-09 Los Angeles, USA / Notes of a Dirty Old Man / Notizen eines schmutzigen alten Mannes / Anotações de um Velho Sujo / Notas de un viejo sucio
If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could ...
Selfie Obsessed / Selfie Besessen / Selfie Obcecado / Selfie Obsesionado
An increasing number of selfie-obsessed young women are seeking out cosmetic surgery under the guise of female empowerment. More people than ever before are getting plastic surgery. Many are doing so to look better in selfies. Patients are blaming their weird appearance in selfies as a reason to consult a plastic surgeon and seek minor or ...
King of the Losers / König der Verlierer / Rei dos Perdedores / Rey de los Perdedores
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play - Friedrich Nietzsche Many people say that men never truly grow up. A boy gets to play; a man does not. Men do not grow up until they are 43 - a full 11 years after women. Men are immature at least into their ...
Nature of Reality / Natur der Wirklichkeit / Natureza da Realidade / Naturaleza de la Realidad
The deterministic Newtonian worldview has dominated psychology and economics and anthropology and political science for the last four hundred years. But this has been coming to a halt in the last fifty years. The old World is made out of objects. When you look at the World you see these objects. There they are right in ...
Higher purpose of Love / Höhere Zweck der Liebe / Maior finalidade do Amor / Mayor propósito del Amor
The real power of Love is connected to your higher purpose in the World. When you give your life to your higher purpose, real Love will naturally emanate from you. If you neglect this and go against your higher purpose, Love will degenerate into frantic desire and fear. Love’s grace and power will be lost. Many people ...
The real meaning of Life / Der wahre Sinn des Lebens / O significado real da Vida / El verdadero significado de la Vida
The real meaning of life has different definition in the eyes of different people. There is not a clear definition for it. For some, life is all about building a family and leading life as it is. For others, life is all about accumulating wealth. For some, life is all about engaging in academic circles. For others, ...
Checking out of the Game / Aus dem Spiel Aussteigen / Sair do Jogo / Salir del Juego
Now I want to make an observation here about checking out of the game. You can’t be one on your own without great difficulty. Firstly, because you’re a poor consumer. Because they aren’t owning the right sort of cars and therefore the local car salesman isn’t doing business through them. They don’t have lawns and so nobody ...
The acceleration of Time / Die Beschleunigung der Zeit / A aceleração do Tempo / La aceleración del Tiempo
This acceleration of time or complexity shows no sign of slowing down. In fact within the fabric of our own lives we can almost daily, hourly, by the minute feel it speeding up taking hold. It is a cliché that time is moving faster and faster; a cliché of the mass media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwAgrcY-wxw But I want to suggest that ...