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Phill4
The Living Force
i found these, that personally have helped me thus far, and consider would be helpful to many.
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings, and all being in his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye" ~ Buddha.
*"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others, He who envies others does not obtain PEACE OF MIND" ~ Buddha
*"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exist only as an idea" ~ Buddha
*"remember that happiness is a way to travel, not a destination" ~ Roy goodman
*"The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials" ~ Confucious
*"Turn you wounds into wisdom" (i lost the author)
*"imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and sense of humor for what he is" ~ Oscar wilde
(there is this one phrase which i would like to make a "bind" with another i have just found):
> "smooth seas do not make skillful sailors"~african proverb --AND-- "After dealing with the conquerors, the sears were capable of facing anything" ~ the fire from within.
*To a man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begin to look as a nail. ~ Abraham maslow (for some reason i kind of got some feeling of: relating this quote to what G. says about machines)
among manny others. :P
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings, and all being in his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye" ~ Buddha.
*"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others, He who envies others does not obtain PEACE OF MIND" ~ Buddha
*"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exist only as an idea" ~ Buddha
*"remember that happiness is a way to travel, not a destination" ~ Roy goodman
*"The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials" ~ Confucious
*"Turn you wounds into wisdom" (i lost the author)
*"imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and sense of humor for what he is" ~ Oscar wilde
(there is this one phrase which i would like to make a "bind" with another i have just found):
> "smooth seas do not make skillful sailors"~african proverb --AND-- "After dealing with the conquerors, the sears were capable of facing anything" ~ the fire from within.
*To a man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begin to look as a nail. ~ Abraham maslow (for some reason i kind of got some feeling of: relating this quote to what G. says about machines)
among manny others. :P
"If it is not only power and coercion that enslave people, then there must be something in their nature that contributes to this downfall; since this is so, the state is not our first and only enemy, but we human beings ourselves harbor an "enemy within"
During the Ba Ha portion of the EE program, this came to my mind:
"How can you promise to give your All to the Universe when you do not yet realize what the Universe has given you?"
But I also think that when one tries to find out the (possible) answers and keys to Life, one is already giving to the Universe as well.
"How can you promise to give your All to the Universe when you do not yet realize what the Universe has given you?"
But I also think that when one tries to find out the (possible) answers and keys to Life, one is already giving to the Universe as well.
Buddy
The Living Force
There Comes
If you do not fight it---if you look, just
look, steadily,
upon it,
there comes
a moment when you cannot do it,
if it is evil;
if good, a moment
when you cannot
not.
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She said,
when from the depth
of our being,
we need, we seek a sound
which does mean
something: when we cry out
for an answer
and it is not granted, then,
we touch the silence of God---
Some begin to talk,
to themselves, as do the mad;
some give
their hearts to silence.
Simone Weil
If you do not fight it---if you look, just
look, steadily,
upon it,
there comes
a moment when you cannot do it,
if it is evil;
if good, a moment
when you cannot
not.
------------------------------
She said,
when from the depth
of our being,
we need, we seek a sound
which does mean
something: when we cry out
for an answer
and it is not granted, then,
we touch the silence of God---
Some begin to talk,
to themselves, as do the mad;
some give
their hearts to silence.
Simone Weil
I couldn't find a thread for poems, so I am posting this here. :) We have a very old framed copy of this poem hanging in our kitchen that I stop to re-read every once in a great while. Last night, I read it again, and thought to share it. Of course, it applies to all the daughters of the world, too!!
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
~Rudyard Kipling
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
~Rudyard Kipling
Andromeda said:
Absolutely amazing Andromeda. I have the french version at work for as long as 25 years and I was reading it again a couple of days ago telling myself to try to find the english version as to be able to post it on the forum. It is such a beautiful poem and such an inspiration.
And here it is.
Thank you
Gandalf said:Absolutely amazing Andromeda. I have the french version at work for as long as 25 years and I was reading it again a couple of days ago telling myself to try to find the english version as to be able to post it on the forum. It is such a beautiful poem and such an inspiration.
And here it is.
Thank you
Hey, that's a pretty cool coincidence! :P Hrm, you aren't by any chance, reading any of my other thoughts?!
Bernhard
Jedi Master
"The process of awakening requires not only an understanding of the constituent forces and laws which govern man's psyche and actions,
but also a deep sensitivity to and appreciation of individual subjective needs and conditions.
In other words, for an effective guidance,the principle or relativity must be recognized in the transmission of the teaching:
individuals must be approached according to their respective levels of development and experience."
~ Jacob Needleman
but also a deep sensitivity to and appreciation of individual subjective needs and conditions.
In other words, for an effective guidance,the principle or relativity must be recognized in the transmission of the teaching:
individuals must be approached according to their respective levels of development and experience."
~ Jacob Needleman
nobodyslave
Padawan Learner
Some of my fav’s
"Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance" – Albert Einstein
"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." – Confucius
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." – Chinese Proverb
'Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy" – Dr Kelso (Scrubs)
"If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it - Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers!" – Homer Simpson
“Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.”- Guillaume Apollinaire
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
"Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance" – Albert Einstein
"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." – Confucius
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." – Chinese Proverb
'Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy" – Dr Kelso (Scrubs)
"If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it - Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers!" – Homer Simpson
“Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.”- Guillaume Apollinaire
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
