Non violenza

Tutti noi possiamo praticare la non violenza.
Si comincia col riconoscere
che nel profondo della nostra coscienza abbiamo sia i semi della compassione sia quelli della violenza.
Prendiamo consapevolezza che
la nostra mente è come un giardino che contiene in sé semi di ogni genere:
semi di comprensione, semi di perdono,
semi di presenza mentale e anche semi di ignoranza, di paura, di odio.
Ci rendiamo conto
che in ogni singolo momento possiamo comportarci in modo violento oppure compassionevole, a seconda della forza che hanno quei semi
dentro di noi.
I semi della rabbia, della violenza e della paura in noi,
innaffiati svariate volte al giorno, crescono e si rafforzano; allora non
riusciamo più
ad essere felici,
ad accettarci:
soffriamo e facciamo
soffrire coloro che abbiamo attorno.
Invece quando sappiamo coltivare
in noi tutti i giorni i semi dell'amore, della compassione e della
comprensione questi si rafforzano, mentre i semi della violenza e
dell'odio diventano sempre più deboli.
Sappiamo che se annaffiamo i semi della rabbia, della violenza e della paura in noi perderemo la pace
e la stabilità, soffriremo e faremo soffrire le persone che abbiamo intorno;
se invece coltiviamo
i semi della compassione alimentiamo la pace in noi e intorno a noi.
Se lo capiamo siamo già sulla via degli
operatori di pace.

di Thich Nhat Hanh
(monaco zen vietnamita)
da facebook


☮️


Non-violence

We can all practise non-violence.
We begin by recognising
that deep within our consciousness we have both the seeds of
compassion and those of violence.
We become aware that
our mind is like a garden containing seeds of all kinds:
seeds of understanding, seeds of forgiveness, seeds of mindfulness, and also seeds of ignorance, fear and hatred.
We realise
that in every single moment we can behave violently or compassionately, depending on the strength of those seeds within us.
The seeds of anger, violence and fear within us,
watered several times a day, grow and strengthen; then we
can no longer be happy or accept ourselves:
we suffer and cause
those around us to suffer.
On the other hand, when we know how to cultivate
the seeds of love, compassion and
understanding within us every day, they grow stronger, while the seeds of violence and
hatred become weaker and weaker.
We know that if we nurture the
seeds of anger, violence and fear within us, we will lose our peace
and stability, we will suffer and cause those around us to suffer;
if, on the other hand, we cultivate the seeds of compassion, we nurture peace within us and around us.
If we understand this, we are already on the path to becoming
peacemakers.

by Thich Nhat Hanh
(vietnamese zen monk)
from facebook

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Saturday, 14 February 2026
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We are all human beings, which means we are all imperfect.
We all make mistakes and say things we don't mean.
The truth is that perfection does not exist.
It is a fairy tale we tell ourselves to help us find our place in the world.
And it is our imperfections that make us real, understandable human beings.
If you really care about someone, those imperfections shouldn't matter because it is precisely in those flaws that we find authenticity.
When we accept each other for who we are.
That is when a deep connection is sparked.
Perfectly imperfect.
That is who we are.

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What does happiness mean to you?
When we were little, we were told that we would be happy when we grew up. Now that we are twenty, we are told that we will be happy when we have a job, a house, someone by our side, and so we spend our lives chasing something that seems increasingly distant.
But perhaps happiness is not a destination, perhaps it is not a goal to be achieved, but a feeling that comes over you without warning.
A laugh that makes your stomach ache, a sunset that surprises you on your way home on nights when you talk to someone until you lose track of time.
In moments that seem small but that one day you will remember as the greatest.
The truth is that you don't need to have everything to be happy.
You need to stop believing that happiness is always elsewhere.
Because life doesn't wait for you, and if you don't learn to recognise it now in the simple things, you risk chasing it forever without realising that you have already experienced it.

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You are not a bad person.
You are a very good person to whom bad things have happened.
Do you understand me?
We all have both light and darkness within us.
What matters is which side we choose to act from.
That is who we are.

A wise man once told me:
"You are not changing.
You are simply returning to being yourself, after years of confusion."

And I nodded silently.

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You are what you think.
Change your thoughts and you will change your life.
Emotions are not your enemies, they are your compass.
Anger tells you that someone has crossed your boundaries.
Fear signals that something is important.
Anxiety arises when you live in the future instead of staying in the present.
Habits are stronger than motivation.
Do you really want to change your life?
Change your habits.
Your past is like a book.
You can reread it, but you cannot live in it.
Other people are mirrors;
what annoys you about them often reflects something unresolved in yourself.
Control is an illusion.
The only thing you can truly control is your decisions.