Words of wisdom
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dave hyena
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Lord Augustus each time bawling
As he fetched his head a crack
Varus, Varus, General Varus!
Give me my three Eagles back
Lord Augustus tore his bedcloths
Blankets, sheets and counterpane
Varus, Varus, General Varus!
Give me my three Legions again
As he fetched his head a crack
Varus, Varus, General Varus!
Give me my three Eagles back
Lord Augustus tore his bedcloths
Blankets, sheets and counterpane
Varus, Varus, General Varus!
Give me my three Legions again
Silver R. Wolfe
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Vgm22 said:
No way! Karma is something that affects your next life and how that goes, not something that plays an active role in your current life. All the times you do something fucked up, it's gonna wait til you die and are re-incarnated to bite you in the ass.
Silver R. Wolfe
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Vgm22 said:
No, that's just desserts. People just changed the original definition of karma to mean something else. Hence why everyone believes that it has to do with why bad things happen to bad people. (i.e. My Name Is Earl)
Vgm22
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RE: Words of wisdom
I guess it all depends on the person's point of view of what Karma really is that matters. If some want to believe that it's what happens after death or if it's instant, I'm not going to be one to tell them there wrong either way. Let them believe what they want.
silverwolfe said:
I guess it all depends on the person's point of view of what Karma really is that matters. If some want to believe that it's what happens after death or if it's instant, I'm not going to be one to tell them there wrong either way. Let them believe what they want.
Silver R. Wolfe
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Vgm22 said:
I'm just referring to the original definition of karma as it was used in the Buddhist religion.
Silver R. Wolfe
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Vgm22 said:
But you see, the world karma didn't exist until the buddhists used it. So it is buddhist specific, but we've just mis-interpreted the concept of karma and made it out to be what it is today to the mainstream people.
Here is my little part. I will try to post more once i have time to translate it
A butterfly's lesson
Once upon a time, a cocoon gave a crack on the side. A man that was accidentally passing by stood and watched for hours, looking at the fruitless tempts of the butterfly to get herself out of her own cocoon. A lot of time has passed, and butterfly seemed to have given up her atempts to escape her shell - but the crack remained the same size. It seemed the butterfly did all in her powers to get out - and tht she was completly exausted.
So the man decided to help the butterfly by cutting the cocoon open. The butterfly got out a moment after. But her body was feeble and weak, her wings transparent and motionless.
The man stood and waited patiently, expecting her wings to unfold and gain strength - so that the butterfly could take flight. But none such thing happened!.
And for the rest of her life the said butterfly spent dragging her own bloated weak body on the ground, never to fly in her life.
All that is because a man, in his impulsive attempt to help didn't realize that the effort to escape the cocoon is desperatly needed by the butterfly herself, so that the fluids from her body could get transfered to her wings in the process, so that she would be able to fly. Life made butterfly's effort so hard, so that she would be able to grow and develop.
Sometimes it is this particular effort we all need in life. If we were ever allowed to live without facing troubles - we would end up deprived. We would never become be as strong as we are now. We would never be able to take flight....
I prayed for strength... But my life gave me difficult tasks to make me stronger.
I prayed for wisdom.... But my life gave me problems to solve
I prayed for riches... But my life gave me a brain and muscles so that i could work.
I prayed for the ability to fly... But my life gave me obstacles to overcome.
I prayed for love... But my life gave me people, whom i could aid in their problems
I prayed for wealth.... But my life gave me abilities.
I didn't get anything i have prayed for... But got everything i ever needed.
A butterfly's lesson
Once upon a time, a cocoon gave a crack on the side. A man that was accidentally passing by stood and watched for hours, looking at the fruitless tempts of the butterfly to get herself out of her own cocoon. A lot of time has passed, and butterfly seemed to have given up her atempts to escape her shell - but the crack remained the same size. It seemed the butterfly did all in her powers to get out - and tht she was completly exausted.
So the man decided to help the butterfly by cutting the cocoon open. The butterfly got out a moment after. But her body was feeble and weak, her wings transparent and motionless.
The man stood and waited patiently, expecting her wings to unfold and gain strength - so that the butterfly could take flight. But none such thing happened!.
And for the rest of her life the said butterfly spent dragging her own bloated weak body on the ground, never to fly in her life.
All that is because a man, in his impulsive attempt to help didn't realize that the effort to escape the cocoon is desperatly needed by the butterfly herself, so that the fluids from her body could get transfered to her wings in the process, so that she would be able to fly. Life made butterfly's effort so hard, so that she would be able to grow and develop.
Sometimes it is this particular effort we all need in life. If we were ever allowed to live without facing troubles - we would end up deprived. We would never become be as strong as we are now. We would never be able to take flight....
I prayed for strength... But my life gave me difficult tasks to make me stronger.
I prayed for wisdom.... But my life gave me problems to solve
I prayed for riches... But my life gave me a brain and muscles so that i could work.
I prayed for the ability to fly... But my life gave me obstacles to overcome.
I prayed for love... But my life gave me people, whom i could aid in their problems
I prayed for wealth.... But my life gave me abilities.
I didn't get anything i have prayed for... But got everything i ever needed.
Silver R. Wolfe
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If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
You are NOT as fat as you imagine.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
Thank you Baz Lurhman!
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
You are NOT as fat as you imagine.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
Thank you Baz Lurhman!
Not exactly what i wanted to post now, but, oh well,
Excuses
Once upon a time a simple rural fellow decided to visit the city for the first time. On a station platform someone accidentally stepped on his foot and said "Pardon me". Then the fellow went to a hotel to get himself a room of the night , but on the way there someone pushed him and said "Sorry". Then he went to the theatre and even there someone almost knocked him down in the crowd, saying "Sorry" again.
Then the fellow cryed "Hey, this is cool! We at the village never knew of this trick - do all you wish, do it to anyone you desire - and then just give your apologies, and that's that!"
And he punched a passing man in the face with the word "Pardon" on his lips.
If a man steps on someone else's foot in the middle of the market - he politely apologises and explains "Sorry! It is just so many people in here..."
If an senior brother steps on a foot of his younger brother - he just says "Sorry"
If a parent steps on a foot of his child, he doesn't even say anything.
The greatest courtesy is free from any formality.
Impeccable behaviour is not burdened by concerns.
Absolute wisdom is not planned or called for.
True love has no need for evidence.
Complete openness does not guarantee you anything.
Excuses
Once upon a time a simple rural fellow decided to visit the city for the first time. On a station platform someone accidentally stepped on his foot and said "Pardon me". Then the fellow went to a hotel to get himself a room of the night , but on the way there someone pushed him and said "Sorry". Then he went to the theatre and even there someone almost knocked him down in the crowd, saying "Sorry" again.
Then the fellow cryed "Hey, this is cool! We at the village never knew of this trick - do all you wish, do it to anyone you desire - and then just give your apologies, and that's that!"
And he punched a passing man in the face with the word "Pardon" on his lips.
If a man steps on someone else's foot in the middle of the market - he politely apologises and explains "Sorry! It is just so many people in here..."
If an senior brother steps on a foot of his younger brother - he just says "Sorry"
If a parent steps on a foot of his child, he doesn't even say anything.
The greatest courtesy is free from any formality.
Impeccable behaviour is not burdened by concerns.
Absolute wisdom is not planned or called for.
True love has no need for evidence.
Complete openness does not guarantee you anything.