A hectic life is what is touted everywhere, whether in movies, contemporary music or social networks. But is living at a hundred miles an hour really reasonable? Are we made for permanent intensity? Isn’t there a risk of losing our skin or our soul? Let’s see all the reasons that push us to slow down and reconsider our relationship with…
+Category: Spirituality
How to act if there is a destiny?
We are destined to fulfill our destiny. How can we act knowing that there is a destiny written in stone? Some religions readily admit the existence of destiny. What is the best attitude to have if we admit the postulate of its existence? Let’s look at several possible scenarios. The hedonistic temptation “Let’s let our instincts do the work since…
+Making the world a little better
Do not let yourself be contaminated by bitterness Confronting the world on a daily basis leaves us with traces that take the form of bitterness that we detect in people’s eyes. To continue to live with a fresh and optimistic mind, we sometimes have to go against a whole bunch of negative energies that can leave us destitute. Do we…
+Beware Of Distorting Mirrors
“Hell is other people” Jean-Paul Sartre The relationship with others is necessary because it is the basis of life in society. It helps us to build our identity, which is done in suffering because to look at the other is to see oneself as an object and not as a subject. The other is not neutral, he projects on us,…
+Intention is the true value of action
Action is only worthwhile if it ultimately produces a positive effect. Positive is the look that sees beauty everywhere. Everywhere you go, you have the choice to seek to improve a situation, to leave it unchanged or to degrade it. Degraded are the thoughts that do not manage to generate a favorable outcome for oneself and for others. Others bring…
+The light is the face of our own innocence
Innocence can manifest itself when we lose self-awareness. The self is both our ally and our worst enemy. The enemy is that other self that we look at with envy. Envy is nothing but the symbol of our own lack. Lack appears when we try to satisfy an unlimited need in something finite. That which has clear boundaries is finite.…
+Quotes to be wiser
“It is to have made a great step in wisdom to have no need of society in the evening” Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly “If there is in the sublime of man three quarters of folly, there is in wisdom three quarters of contempt” Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom” William Blake “If the fool…
+Some thoughts on how to be happier
How to live well when you are dying Every second that passes brings us closer to the inevitable outcome of death. It seems to be far away, yet it is advancing at a rapid pace without us realizing it. How can we make the most of each moment so that we don’t feel like we are wasting our time? In…
+Satisfaction, the pillar of our life
A human being can trivially be defined by a sum of desires. What makes us valuable, in the end, is the arrangement of these desires and the quality of these desires. If it is of course difficult to always control our desires, there are nevertheless ways to make them less toxic for us, in that they develop a higher dimension…
+Do you let Tama into your life?
According to the Hindu tradition, there are 3 gunas, three natural inclinations present in each of us: tama, raja and satva. Each of these 3 gunas makes us tend towards ignorance (/ indolence), desire and harmony respectively. Someone who aspires to progress on the path of wisdom and spirituality must minimize the traces of tama and raja to leave only…
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