Lessons from the past History is rich in lessons, one of them is that it repeats itself. Throughout the “human adventure”, powers have imposed themselves on others by force. Tyranny has never totally destroyed the spirit of resistance of the subjugated peoples. Let’s look at 3 ways of resisting a power that we consider unjust. Going underground or the guerrilla…
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Doing nothing is an art, and like any art, it is necessary to be inspired by the masters to progress. What is doing nothing? The frenetic life we all undergo in one way or another makes the concept of idleness (which gave rise to the word leisure) or non-action almost impossible. Our minds are constantly in motion. This activity finds…
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The sun has always been the object of veneration by the ancient peoples. It is much more than a star at the origin of life on earth, it symbolizes one of the manifestations of the divine in the cosmos. The sun “speaks” to us every day as long as we have the will to get up early. Indeed, with its…
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Our daily preoccupations often lead us to have an optimistic approach: we constantly try to optimize our time, our money, our energy etc. This self-interested relationship corrupts somewhat our conception of life and a fortiori our relationship with others. The search for gain and our aversion to loss tend to infiltrate our mental software even in our most familiar or…
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What is divine when we contemplate a landscape is that we admire at the same time a nature that is not aware of itself. The same is true for a talent that expresses itself without the awareness of this beauty interfering in the subject enjoying this gift. Vanity appears when too many praises are pronounced against us and we end…
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Meaning of trust in Cambridge Dictionary: To believe that someone is good and honest and will not harm you, or that something is safe and reliable. We were born naked in complete inability and need, unable to avert environmental hazards and meet our basic needs, still we were lucky enough to be taken care of in warm protective and supportive…
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Our dissatisfaction is both the symptom and the cause of our unhappiness. We are rarely satisfied with what we have, what we are or what we do. The insatiable search for gains and honors leads us to constantly desire an idealized elsewhere. This inability was forged in our earliest childhood: we grew up in an era where the temporal takes…
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Asking Waking up late at night, by feeling a fire in the heart, the pilgrim goes from city to city and from one place to another in search of the breeze that puts out the fire. As the inquiry continues, the fire burns more the false identities that the pilgrim carries with herself, and the coolness of a breeze blows…
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Appreciating the present moment has become a ritual that is difficult to get rid of. Indeed, books and advisors of all kinds make the apology of an existence detached from any torment which finds its source in an ability to live the present moment. How can we adopt such a posture when everything in our daily lives pushes us towards…
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two paths are open to us In our relationship with others, there are very few situations in which we are truly equal. Whether it’s business, work or personal relationships, there is bound to be a slight inequity that can grow over time. When dealing with others, therefore, one can choose between two approaches, that of serving or that of taking…
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