Author Archives: Άιναφετς

Most of us are persistent. We have persistently tried to change what we cannot, usually a circumstance or someone else’s behavior. Take that energy, that persistence, that determination, that almost obsessive resolve, and persevere with the things you can do. Don’t … Συνέχεια →

One of the most powerful Buddhist teachings is that as long as you are wishing for things to change, they never will. As long as you’re wanting yourself to get better, you won’t. As long as you are oriented toward … Συνέχεια →

«Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well». Voltaire ******************** «Η εκτίμηση είναι ένα όμορφο πράγμα.Κάνει αυτό που είναι υπέροχο για τους άλλους να ανήκει το ίδιο και σε μας». Βολταίρος … Συνέχεια →

Goodness can flower only in freedom. It cannot bloom in the soil of persuasion in any form, nor under compulsion, nor is it the outcome of reward. It does not reveal itself when there is any kind of imitation or … Συνέχεια →

“Life always gives usexactly the teacher we needat every moment.This includes every mosquito,every misfortune,every red light,every traffic jam,every obnoxious supervisor (or employee),every illness, every loss,every moment of joy or depression,every addiction,every piece of garbage,every breath. Every moment is the guru.”― … Συνέχεια →

Music is nourishment, and a comforting elixir. Music multiplies the beauty of life and all its values. – Zoltan Kodaly ********************* Η μουσική είναι τροφή και ένα παρήγορο ελιξήριο. Η μουσική πολλαπλασιάζει την ομορφιά της ζωής και όλες της αξίες … Συνέχεια →

If everything is grey in your life,move the elephant! Indian proverb ********************** Αν όλα είναι γκρίζα στην ζωή σου, μετατόπισε τον ελέφαντα! Ινδικό ρητό . Three blind men and the elephant Three blind men are each touching an elephant in … Συνέχεια →

What if instead of biding time waiting for this period to be over, you celebrated all that it has to offer.   What if in your solitude you got quiet and really listened.   Sometimes it takes a great reckoning … Συνέχεια →

When life is ‘enough,’ we don’t need any more. What a good feeling it is when our days are enough. The world is enough. We don’t often let that feeling in. It’s a foreign feeling because we tend to live … Συνέχεια →

This will be a test and a re-ordering, not only of our health and our political and financial systems, but of of our mutual compassion, our willingness to work together and even more perhaps, our willingness to fundamentally change our … Συνέχεια →

If you observe your own mind, you will see how cluttered up and burdened it is with belief, and you think that belief is necessary. You use belief as a hypothesis – which is sheer nonsense. ******************** Αν παρατηρήσεις τον … Συνέχεια →

“Do what you love,love what you do,and with all your heart give yourself to it.” «Κάνε αυτό που αγαπάς,αγάπησε αυτό που κάνεις,και με όλη σου την καρδιά δώσου σ’ αυτό». Roy T Bennett ******************** . . «Η συμπεριφορά είναι επιλογή. … Συνέχεια →

«When death finds you, may it find you alive«. African proverb «Alive means living your own damn life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your … Συνέχεια →

Krishnamurti: I wonder what we mean by a new year. New. Is it a fresh year, a year that is totally afresh, something that has never happened before? When we say something new, though we know there is nothing new … Συνέχεια →

«Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example— I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.» Nazim Hikmet «Ἡ ζωὴ δὲν εἶναι … Συνέχεια →