Who Am I?

I am your constant companion,
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do might just as well turn over to me
and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.

I am easily managed -
you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done
and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great people;
and alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great,
I have made great.
Those who are failures,
I have made failures.

I am not a machine,
though I work with all the precision of a machine
plus the intelligence of a human.
You may run me for a profit or run me for ruin -
it makes no difference to me.

Take me,
train me,
be firm with me,
And I will place the world at your feet.
Be easy with me,
and I will destroy you.

WHO AM I?

I AM HABIT.

(Author Unknown)

The Mirror Looked Into Itself

“Everyone pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply enough to love.” ~ modified — Claude Monet

Great powers

"Your great powers:
   the power of attention,
   the power to believe,
   the power to identify..."
                         ~Mooji

as you may

"The Ordainer controls the fate of souls in accordance with their prarabdha karma.  Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore is to remain silent." ~Ramana Maharshi

No one can and no one may

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." ― Gautama Buddha

How's the water?

...There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes "What the hell is water?"...

Magic

"Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will."

Равновесие на намерението.

Да искаш, без да желаеш,
да се грижиш, без да се тревожиш,
да се стремиш, без да се увличаш,
да действаш, без да настояваш.

My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless.

“Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not of the East, nor of the West.… My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless.”

Never demand

Never expect, never assume, never ask and never demand.

Just let it be. Because if it's meant to be,

it will happen the way you want things to be.

unnamed

i need you to listen for just a second. i don't care

if you only shop at thrift stores. And i don't care

if you read nothing but classic novels. it is not

important to me whether you are thirteen or thirty

four, foreign or native, thing or overweight. I will

not judge you. it does not matter to me what kind of

haircut you have, what sort of statement you're

making while you lead a vegan lifestyle or if you

love steaks and fried eggs. Love sex, hate drugs, do

cocaine, listen to simon and Garfunkel. I'm not

interested in how superior your taste in underground

music is. I couldn't care less if you're wearing

urban outfitters jeans, thrifted shoes, or a

Hollister polo. It is not important to me whether you

are a writer, a dreamer, a painter, a gas station

clerk, or if you're living off food stamps. I don't

give a shit if you're a hippie, a half-assed hipster,

an atheist, a devoted Christian, wealthy, dirty,

catholic, homeless, jewish, Buddhist, a smoker, a

drinker, clean, or shy, I will not judge you. it

doesn't matter to me how extensive your vocabulary

may be, which independent films you've seen, what

books you've read, how high your IQ is. I will still

open the door for you. I promise. and i will let you

sit near me if another seat is unavailable. Even if

you don't like what I believe in and even if I

disagree with some of your ideas. I will fucking

respect you. I will offer you some common decency.

and not because it's right, and not because you

deserve it, but because that is what makes sense to

me. This is what has always made sense to me. I'm a

shadow. Neurotic, opaque, and drunk with fascination.

I'm your friend. And you don't have to impress me.

because I'm not here to impress you.

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Три неща обременяват душата ти:
негативната нагласа, склонността да съдиш другите и дисхармонията.
Уейн Дайър

Шестте грешки на човека:
1. Заблудата, че личният напредък се постига чрез потъпкване на другите.
2. Склонността да се тревожим за неща, които не могат да бъдат променени или поправени.
3. Твърдението, че нещо е невъзможно, защото ние не сме способни да го направим.
4. Отказът да оставим настрана дребнавите си предпочитания.
5. Пренебрежението към развитието и усъвършенстването на духа и липсата на навика да четем и да учим.
6. Опитите да натрапваме на другите своите убеждения и своя начин на живот.
Марк Тулий

Кишикава-сан

"Никога не обмисляй възможността за успех - мисли само за невъзможността от провал."

"Когато човек е готов да умре, всичко е наред. Остава да се обмисли единствено действието. В такъв случай мисли единствено за успеха, защото провалът сам ще се погрижи за себе си."

...

The direction of the eye, so misleading
The defection of the soul, nauseously quick

Сериозни

По пътя на покоя 
търся истината 
без да бъда път 
защото всички пътища отвеждат 
истината си е тук


(видяно от Beatrix Kiddo)


Не я търси.
Вини 
се сам,
защото другите
са винаги
не там.
Не са и другаде.
Но времето 
за това е,
за изгубване.

:)

        Ако ти дам

Ако ти дам парченце от небето,

поръсено със сребърни цветя.

Ще ми дадеш ли билка за сърцето,

която да помага в любовта?

Ако ти дам парченце от луната

поръсено с блещукащи звезди.

Ще ми дадеш ли светлината,

която да спасява от беди?

Ако ти дам вълните морски,

изплетени от синьо кадифе.

Ще ми дадеш ли ти бедите хорски,

за да ги скрия някъде далеч?

Ако ти дам на огъня искрата,

обвита в златна топлина.

Тогава ще ми сбъднеш ли мечтата,

в света да властва доброта?

А ако ти дам и свойта вяра

и я поръся с чисти намерения.

Ще ми дадеш ли чудна дарба,

с която да лекувам огорчения?

Накрая ще ти кажа свойто име.

Ще го прошепна тихо във нощта.

А ти ако желаеш запомни го,

а ако не - аз няма да тъжа......

(Видяно от lopes, Лейди Брайдин)

That are possessed by what we would possess;

That are possessed by what we would possess;
Held in bondage to earth and vested things by the
attachments we form for them ... even so holy a
thing as a chalice, so slight a thing as a pebble.

The Tao from Kung-Fu

Muddy water

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Losing an illusion

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth

Life

Животът е като партия Го, започва с празна дъска
и така завършва, а междувременно откриваш себе си.


Life is like a game of Go, it starts with empty board
and so it ends, in-between you find yourself.