Unsere ganze Gesellschaft – und wie mir scheint, weltweit – ist auf das Kämpfen ausgerichtet. “Du musst dich durchkämpfen” – “Ohne Fleiß kein Preis” – Du musst arbeiten, bis dir das Blut aus den Fingern spritzt”  – endlose  Sprüche, auf die schon die Kleinsten im Kindergarten geeicht werden.
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Buddha, like Jesus Christ, said a lot of Universal truths which do not really show up in the religion itself. What he is saying below for example is not practiced. Even if Buddhism is less intrusive than other religions, priests and monks or Lamas have authority or rather take the authority to “know better” – just like the Pope. But the truth is there is only one authority in your life – You! You are the author of your life and it is a question of response-ability to take full authority. Leave all the other “authorities” to their own intents and just follow YOUR heart. Nothing else is required…

Do not believe anything
because it is said by an authority,
or if it is said to come from angels,
or from Gods,
or from an inspired source.
Believe it only
if you have explored it in your own heart
and mind and body
and found it to be true.
Work out your own path,
through diligence.

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In modern educational systems, be it High School, Gymnasium or University, students no longer study universal knowledge so to speak but are rather educated to be specalists. Education has become a kind of apprenticeship to shovel personnel into the corporations.
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Das Wort Ostern leitet sich wahrscheinlich von Ostara ab, eine germanische Frühlingsgöttin. und Ostara bedeutet soviel wie Morgenröte und ist so wieder verwandt mit dem griechischen Eos und dem lateinischen Aurora.
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Die meisten Menschen glauben, dass der Mensch alles Andere als perfekt ist und genau das manifestiert sich auch. Dieser sich selbst erfüllende Glaubenssatz wird von der Wissenschaft noch verstärkt, welche natürlich auch nur im Rahmen der Glaubenssätze operiert. Wenn man aus dieser Schublade ausbrechen will, muss man smartere mentale Werkzeuge nutzen, wie z.B.… Read the rest

Sraddhalu Ranade, a scientist at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, speaks about how to educate the whole person. While the current educational system has its roots in the industrial age and a mechanical mindset, the converging crises of our time call for a new, more holistic approach to learning that supports the unfolding of and integration around each person’s deepest potential.… Read the rest

Some interesting aphorism by Sri Aurobindo and each definition he gives is poetic and wise.  Something to think about…

1. There are two allied powers in man; knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is so much of the truth seen in a distorted medium as the mind arrives at by groping, wisdom what the eye of divine vision sees in the spirit.… Read the rest