non sense

if you can master nonsense as well as you have already learned to master sense, then each will expose the other for what it is: absurdity. from that moment of illumination, a man begins to be free regardless of his surroundings. he becomes free to play order games and change them at will. he becomes free to play disorder games just for the hell of it. he becomes free to play neither or both. and as the master of his own games, he plays without fear, and therefore without frustration, and therefore with good will in his soul and love in his being

in Principia Discordia

a descoberta

the stones of salamanca keep thousands of stories

under the milky way

i dream of someone who dreams [with] me. it's that simple

[thank you JGT]

i still haven't found what i'm looking for

zen philosophy says that once you stop looking for what you earn so much, your greatest desire will find you [i stopped looking…]

renouncement [like so many people]

mónica é uma pessoa tão extraordinária que consegue simultaneamente: ser boa mãe de família, ser chiquíssima, ser dirigente da "liga internacional das mulheres inúteis", ajudar o marido nos negócios, fazer ginástica todas as manhãs, ser pontual, ter imensos amigos, dar muitos jantares, ir a muitos jantares, não fumar, não envelhecer, gostar de toda a gente, gostar dela, dizer bem de toda a gente, toda a gente dizer bem dela, coleccionar colheres so séc. xvii, jogar golfe, deitar-se tarde, levantar-se cedo, comer iogurte, fazer ioga, gostar de pintura abstracta, ser sócia de todas as sociedades musicais, estar sempre divertida, ser um exemplo de virtudes, ter muito sucesso e ser muito séria.

tenho conhecido na vida muitas pessoas parecidas com a mónica. mas são só a sua caricatura. esquecem-se sempre ou do ioga ou da pintura abstracta.

por trás de tudo isto há um trabalho severo e sem tréguas e uma disciplina rigorosa e constante. pode-se dizer que mónica trabalha de sol a sol.

de facto, para conquistar todo o sucesso e todos os gloriosos bens que possui, mónica teve que renunciar a três coisas: à poesia, ao amor e à santidade.

a poesia é oferecida a cada pessoa só uma vez e o efeito da negação é irreversível. o amor é oferecido raramente e aquele que o nega algumas vezes depois não o encontra mais. mas a santidade é oferecida a cada pessoa de novo cada dia, e por isso aqueles que renunciam à santidade são obrigados a repetir a negação todos os dias.

isso obriga mónica a observar uma disciplina [muito] severa....

Sophia de Mello Breyner in Contos Exemplares

NYC marathon...

...there is nothing like a little healthy obsession to put your mind off certain things

tempus fugit

i've lost...

what it was,
i'm not even sure.
[but i definitely lost]

i'm not that boy

don't dream too far,
don't lose sight of who you are
don't remember that rush of joy

don't wish, don't start
wishing only wounds the heart
i wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
there's a [boy] i know
[she] loves [him] so
i'm not that [boy]…

it is in your happiness...

... that i'll find mine.
you have no idea what you mean to me

los sueños existen...

...y vuelan entre nosotros

arid land

even the most beautiful and wildest of roses needs sun, water and roots to grow [the thorns are a completely different story]

serendipity

we don't always get to choose what we love

Scott Westerfeld in The Last Days

impressão digital

i am all the strangers i’ve met, all those who shared a moment, not to be remembered nor recalled for life, the tellers, the waiters, the doctors, and the million faces parade that march everyday in my life

i am all the women that i loved, all the smiles that lit a day, and all the tears that went away. i am all the friends that i cherished, and even those that i lost, the lifes that i borrowed, and watched, the feelings that i nurtured and those left to fade

i am my father, my mother, my brothers and sisters, and even my pets
the parties, the laughs, the pains, the lazy days, the sports, and the music

the sleep that i had, and the nights i stayed awake.
the dreams that i shared and the fears that don’t fade

i am all the experiences i lived, the paintings that touched me, the books that i read, and even the movies that inspired or bored me. the trips that fascinated me, and those that lead to nowhere.
the sights, colours, the scents and flavours, the kisses, hugs, the talks, and the walks,

the silences and the notes, the sound of a piano or a string of a guitar, the warmth of the wind or a sight of a star

i am the clothes that i wear, and even the way i comb my hair. the houses where i lived, and the cities that were there

i am no one, but i am all.
and in the figure of a boy, lost in a world full of magic to see,
look into my eyes, and you’ll just see me

descoberta

i love to teach...

does your path have a heart?

you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. to have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. only then will you know that any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do.

but your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition.
i warn you. look at every path closely and deliberately. try it as many times as you think necessary. then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one question.

this question is one that only a very old man asks. my benefactor told me about it once when i was young, and my blood was too vigorous for me to understand it. now i do understand it. i will tell you what it is: does this path have heart?

all paths are the same: they lead nowhere.
they are paths going through the bush, or into the bush.

in my own life i could say i have traversed long, long paths, but i am not anywhere.
my benefactor's question has meaning now. does this path have heart?

if it does, the path is good;
if it doesn't, it is of no use.
both paths lead nowhere; but one has heart, the other doesn't.
one makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it.
the other will make you curse your life.

one makes you strong; the other weakens you.

Carlos Castañeda in "the teachings of Don Juan"

benjamin

for what it's worth: it's never too late (…) to be whoever you want to be.
there's no time limit, start whenever you want.

you can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing.
we can make the best or the worst of it.
i hope you make the best of it.
i hope you see things that startle you.
i hope you feel things you never felt before.
i hope you meet people who have a different point of view.

i hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find that you're not, i hope you have the strength to start all over again

a star is born, a wedding gift exists [thank you galileo]

gede [n.p.m. gódê]

you know, i may be very simple but, for me, Karma is like this:
imagine you plant rice, what do you get? rice, right? imagine that you plant well, you will get many seeds for then to plant even more rice.

such is karma, whatever you seed, sooner or later you will harvest. also important to know, karma and reincarnation are together, they are one. so i may get the karma tomorrow, or only on another life time.

take for example, that girl over there. her parents wealthy. she got to go to nice school, go to college, and get good job. I am poor and need to work hard to get what i need. why is that? she is already collecting the good karma she planted in another life. i still need to plant more.

and don't forget, very, very important: karma works both ways, if you plant good, you will harvest good. if you plant bad, you will harvest bad