zondag 31 mei 2020
Eindelijk heb ik wat ik wenste.
Ben ik gelukkig?
Ik geloof van niet.
Wat
ontbreekt me dan?
Mijn geest kent niet meer die prikkelende activiteit,
die door de begeerte werd gestimuleerd en die toenam, naarmate de hoop
op genot haar vervulling naderde.
Werkelijk, ik maak me niets wijs, niet
het genot zelf maakt me gelukkig maar de jacht.
- Beaumarchais -
There is no finish line to learning.
There is no point where we're done growing, and all we will ever do is look down upon others who are behind us. No one is ever at the top. We are all growing at our own rates, and no matter how terrible or how enlightened we fancy ourselves to be today, the future will be sure to give us a different perspective.
There is really no use in comparing yourself to others. There will always be someone ahead and someone behind, and there will be dozens (if not hundreds) of different scales and gradients to be behind and ahead on.
To be number one is never final. It is and always will be a momentary, fleeting instant. But to be a growing version of yourself? That, you can be. You can be that every single day.
There is no point where we're done growing, and all we will ever do is look down upon others who are behind us. No one is ever at the top. We are all growing at our own rates, and no matter how terrible or how enlightened we fancy ourselves to be today, the future will be sure to give us a different perspective.
There is really no use in comparing yourself to others. There will always be someone ahead and someone behind, and there will be dozens (if not hundreds) of different scales and gradients to be behind and ahead on.
To be number one is never final. It is and always will be a momentary, fleeting instant. But to be a growing version of yourself? That, you can be. You can be that every single day.
-
You are what you’ve been looking for. The
answer is always in you alone. There is nothing in the external world.
For the external world is an emanation of your own mind, your own
thinking and your own imagination. You created this world.
Your mind has created your world, the world that you believe in. Things that you see in this world, things you feel, your frustrations, your happiness, your joys, your miseries, whatever you think is real for you, you have created yourself.
Otherwise where would it come from?
You get involved
in your own projections and you worry endlessly.
When your mind is empty everything happens by itself. Reality shines forth. When your mind is full of garbage, you become belligerent, arrogant, wild and you have no peace. Observe yourself, watch your thoughts. See where they lead you. Take control of them and become free.
One of the most significant negative
habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to
run off into the future…
Carried away by our worries, we’re unable to
live fully and happily in the present.
Deep down, we believe we can’t
really be happy just yet - that we still have a few more boxes to be
checked off before we can really enjoy life.
- Thich Nhat Hanh -
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