There is no nobility in poverty
Sofar what i got from the movie
Sofar what i got from the movie
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He washed the feet of the ones who’d walk away.
He broke bread with the one who’d break Him.
That’s not weakness that’s divine love.
-- John 13:5
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He broke bread with the one who’d break Him.
That’s not weakness that’s divine love.
-- John 13:5
@chrstian_316
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Enlightenment(רְאוּבֵן)
THE WISE DON’T HAVE “PROBLEMS” “This is why we say that nothing happens to the wise person contrary to their expectations.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 13.3b
Hesiod, the poet, said that “the best treasure is a sparing tongue.” Robert Greene considers it a law ofpower: Always Say Less Than Necessary.
We talk because we think it’s helping, whereas in reality it’s making things hard for us. If our spouse isventing, we want to tell them what they should do. In fact, all they actually want us to do is hear them. Inother situations, the world is trying to give us feedback or input, but we try to talk ourselves out of theproblem—only to make it worse.
So today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of theworld or drown it out with more noise?
We talk because we think it’s helping, whereas in reality it’s making things hard for us. If our spouse isventing, we want to tell them what they should do. In fact, all they actually want us to do is hear them. Inother situations, the world is trying to give us feedback or input, but we try to talk ourselves out of theproblem—only to make it worse.
So today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of theworld or drown it out with more noise?
What you see in this satellite image is a mass grave of people killed by RSF attackers in the El Fasher area of Sudan within the past two days! The satellite photo even zooms in to show pools of blood and piles of bodies! Yes — this is still Africa.
A continent where people say, “I am holy; I have higher moral values than the rest of the world,” yet here we are — Africa!
A continent where people say, “I am holy; I have higher moral values than the rest of the world,” yet here we are — Africa!
Enlightenment(רְאוּבֵן)
What you see in this satellite image is a mass grave of people killed by RSF attackers in the El Fasher area of Sudan within the past two days! The satellite photo even zooms in to show pools of blood and piles of bodies! Yes — this is still Africa. A continent…
When I see what Africans are living through and where they are today, it reminds me of Europe’s Dark Ages — only this time, it’s Africa’s turn. I ask myself, “Why don’t we learn from history?” And before I can find an answer, I drift into another thought.
What amazes me most is that those same Europeans — the ones we say have lost their morals — are now a hundred times more civilized than we are! The countries that once tried to cleanse the world of peaceful nations — the Scandinavian and European nations — have reached a stage where people live happily.
Then I say, “Alright, they are healthy and fine,” but still, not much has changed. As I pause to think, seeing Europe’s elegance, I can’t help but wonder — have the thoughtful, moral Europeans of today become better than their faithful ancestors?
And I question: could it be that freedom breeds cruelty, and that thinking too deeply leads to suffering? Where, I wonder, did those philosophers who said such things even get their ideas from? I kept pondering deeply...
What amazes me most is that those same Europeans — the ones we say have lost their morals — are now a hundred times more civilized than we are! The countries that once tried to cleanse the world of peaceful nations — the Scandinavian and European nations — have reached a stage where people live happily.
Then I say, “Alright, they are healthy and fine,” but still, not much has changed. As I pause to think, seeing Europe’s elegance, I can’t help but wonder — have the thoughtful, moral Europeans of today become better than their faithful ancestors?
And I question: could it be that freedom breeds cruelty, and that thinking too deeply leads to suffering? Where, I wonder, did those philosophers who said such things even get their ideas from? I kept pondering deeply...
Enlightenment(רְאוּבֵן)
When I see what Africans are living through and where they are today, it reminds me of Europe’s Dark Ages — only this time, it’s Africa’s turn. I ask myself, “Why don’t we learn from history?” And before I can find an answer, I drift into another thought.…
The freedom mentioned here is not a freedom we know but the freedom the weapon gives them.
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TRY THE OPPOSITE “What assistance can we find in the fight against habit? Try the opposite!” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.27.4
Viktor Frankl, the brilliant psychologist and Holocaust survivor, cured patients sufering from phobiasor neurotic habits using a method he called “paradoxical intention.” Let’s say a patient couldn’tsleep. The standard therapy would have been something obvious, like relaxation techniques. Franklinstead encouraged the patient to try not to fall asleep. He found that shifting focus off the problemdeflected the patient’s obsessive atention away from it and allowed them to eventually sleep normally.
Fans of the TV show Seinfeld might remember an episode called “The Opposite” where GeorgeCostanza magically improves his life by doing the opposite of whatever he’d normally do. “If everyinstinct you have is wrong,” Jerry says to him, “then the opposite would have to be right.” The largerpoint is that sometimes our instincts or habits get stuck in a bad patern that pushes us further from ournatural, healthy selves.
Now you shouldn’t imediately toss out everything in your life—some stuff is working (you’re reading this blog!). But what if you explored opposites today? What if you broke the patern?
Fans of the TV show Seinfeld might remember an episode called “The Opposite” where GeorgeCostanza magically improves his life by doing the opposite of whatever he’d normally do. “If everyinstinct you have is wrong,” Jerry says to him, “then the opposite would have to be right.” The largerpoint is that sometimes our instincts or habits get stuck in a bad patern that pushes us further from ournatural, healthy selves.
Now you shouldn’t imediately toss out everything in your life—some stuff is working (you’re reading this blog!). But what if you explored opposites today? What if you broke the patern?