I am standing outside on the balcony... a beautiful sunny winter day... How calm is everything, how peaceful is everything I see around me; the trees, the wind, the sun, a few clouds here and there, plains, hills, mountains...
Tomorrow, it is going to snow and everything around me is going to be different, everything is going to change; the trees, mountains and even me. But still, the nature is going to be calm and peaceful ...
An ever-changing nature is always peaceful ...
Just as every single tree around me is just a part of nature, so am I only a part of nature and nothing more... I am one with the nature and there is nothing, but my mind, that prevents me from being just as calm and just as peaceful as the nature...
Accepting the world as it is, living solely in the present moment and being grateful for what I have... Yes, the mind stops preventing me from being peaceful!
There is no tree, there is no mountain, there is no Me. Oh, how magnificent is this Nature!
nedelja, 23. november 2008
nedelja, 9. november 2008
End Of The World?
Question: "What will happen, if it comes to the end of the world? Is the end of the world approaching?"
Answer: "I think this is a nice story, but it doesn't matter to us and our problems not even a little bit. It is only good, because it helps us realize the constant change around us and what really matters is the way you see these constant changes. Just look at yourself when you were 10 years younger and look at yourself now - was that really you? We all change and not just every year but also every second. The world around us also changes - just look at the constant circle of winter, spring, summer, autumn and again winter.
So we see that the world is more than just a change, it is also a never ending circle! We are born, we live, we die and we are born again and so on just like the winter comes after autumn and again summer comes after spring. Night comes after day and day comes after night - it is the same with our lives. Why would it be different if we are a part of nature and a part of this world?
What I am trying to say here is, that if we really manage to destroy our beautiful planet, it will not end this constant circle - it will be just another change. We, however, with all our problems, which we carry on after this human life, will still exist and not a single one of these problems will end with the "end of the world" - we'll just have one more problem!
And the solution in my opinion: Think about yourself, how certain can you be that you will survive another day of this human life??? You cannot be sure! It is also true that everything changes and it is also true that these changes bring you unhappiness, because you loose your loved ones, your beloved objects, you get older and death is nearing, vacation ends, your cat dies, your favorite trip to Himalaya ends, and so on...
So we should focus on how to end this unhappiness and not how the world is going to end! We can only do that by realizing that these changes happen and START NOT TO EXPECT THAT THEY WON'T HAPPEN! Because that is exactly what we do and that is exactly what prevents us from being calm and ultimately happy.
All our problems come from this little fact - we want things to be different than they are. If we except them - where are all the problems now?
Yes, correct - there is no problem anymore, because we ourselves stopped creating problems by excepting the world as it is. In our peaceful mind we are happy and enjoy every moment, being grateful for everything we get!
Question: "Yeah, but this is so difficult to achieve! It is impossible!"
I sure agree that it is difficult, but it is not impossible - just don't let things worry you, but try to look beyond them and think of the many things that could go worse. In reality, this is the hardest thing to do, but hey, why were we given this life and this conscious mind if not for thinking about life and becoming ultimately happy? Aren't we all seeking happiness in life? Of course we do, but the only way we can really be happy is to accept changes and accept the world as it is - we should look above this material world of illusions. Remember, seemingly bad things will always be here with us! What makes the difference is how we perceive them!
End of the world? Does it really matter?
Answer: "I think this is a nice story, but it doesn't matter to us and our problems not even a little bit. It is only good, because it helps us realize the constant change around us and what really matters is the way you see these constant changes. Just look at yourself when you were 10 years younger and look at yourself now - was that really you? We all change and not just every year but also every second. The world around us also changes - just look at the constant circle of winter, spring, summer, autumn and again winter.
So we see that the world is more than just a change, it is also a never ending circle! We are born, we live, we die and we are born again and so on just like the winter comes after autumn and again summer comes after spring. Night comes after day and day comes after night - it is the same with our lives. Why would it be different if we are a part of nature and a part of this world?
What I am trying to say here is, that if we really manage to destroy our beautiful planet, it will not end this constant circle - it will be just another change. We, however, with all our problems, which we carry on after this human life, will still exist and not a single one of these problems will end with the "end of the world" - we'll just have one more problem!
And the solution in my opinion: Think about yourself, how certain can you be that you will survive another day of this human life??? You cannot be sure! It is also true that everything changes and it is also true that these changes bring you unhappiness, because you loose your loved ones, your beloved objects, you get older and death is nearing, vacation ends, your cat dies, your favorite trip to Himalaya ends, and so on...
So we should focus on how to end this unhappiness and not how the world is going to end! We can only do that by realizing that these changes happen and START NOT TO EXPECT THAT THEY WON'T HAPPEN! Because that is exactly what we do and that is exactly what prevents us from being calm and ultimately happy.
All our problems come from this little fact - we want things to be different than they are. If we except them - where are all the problems now?
Yes, correct - there is no problem anymore, because we ourselves stopped creating problems by excepting the world as it is. In our peaceful mind we are happy and enjoy every moment, being grateful for everything we get!
Question: "Yeah, but this is so difficult to achieve! It is impossible!"
I sure agree that it is difficult, but it is not impossible - just don't let things worry you, but try to look beyond them and think of the many things that could go worse. In reality, this is the hardest thing to do, but hey, why were we given this life and this conscious mind if not for thinking about life and becoming ultimately happy? Aren't we all seeking happiness in life? Of course we do, but the only way we can really be happy is to accept changes and accept the world as it is - we should look above this material world of illusions. Remember, seemingly bad things will always be here with us! What makes the difference is how we perceive them!
End of the world? Does it really matter?
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