“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” “Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.” “A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.” “Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.” “Life isContinue reading “Marcus Aurelius Quotes from Meditations”
Category Archives: philosophy
Compare
No New World city can compete with the architecture of the Old World. The New World just didn’t go through the architecture phases and the body of thoughts that stand behind the buildings that make Europe so great. The strength The New World embodies, however, is natural beauty. The empty vastness that still exists inContinue reading “Compare”
Emerson
A champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Attacked materialism, opportunism, complacency, parochialism, and conformity. Emerson : “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” Emerson believed intuition should have precedence over intellect. TRUST THYSELF. Emerson: using common sense, a love of nature, and his own particular genius,Continue reading “Emerson”
Transcendentalism
A core belief of transcendentalism is in the inherent goodness of people and nature. Adherents believe that society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, and they have faith that people are at their best when truly “self-reliant” and independent. An ideal spiritual state transcends, or goes beyond, the physical and empirical, and thatContinue reading “Transcendentalism”
The Wisdom of Thoreau
After spending some quality time with the works of Thoreau, I arrived at some poignant conclusions: The inner life can be understood only as part of the larger life of nature. The language of stillness, acceptance, non-resistance rather than militant willfulness. I must receive my life as passively as the willow leaf that flutters over the brook. I will grow as natureContinue reading “The Wisdom of Thoreau”
A samurai’s mind
It is known that samurais didn’t have a religion so much as they had a way of life. As practitioners of Zen Buddhism, samurais trained their minds just as rigorously as they trained their bodies and thoughts about religion were mostly restricted to lessons about how to not fear death. A samurai mind was trainedContinue reading “A samurai’s mind”
Simplify
Several years ago, I cleaned out my mother’s house after she passed away. I had to go through everything, all of it, the whole kit and kaboodle. I couldn’t discern what was once very important to her from what was not. It all looked the same to me. In the end, there was too muchContinue reading “Simplify”
Impermanence
Impermanence is perhaps the least appreciated factor that underscores all existence. With every second, each and every creature has moved on to the next phase of their being, and then again the next second after that. There is no point to holding on to a single second as it exists for the moment, because soonContinue reading “Impermanence”
Western Lamentations
No Longer The old West is not old anymore. The Wild West is no longer wild. The old West is the New West and the New West is empty. Anyone itching to read some FREE poetry today? PAST POETRY is a collection of poems for history lovers, environmentalists, vagabonds, and those with broken hearts. click here forContinue reading “Western Lamentations”
Finding and Losing God in Spain
From the Museum of the Americas, I walked down a fairly major street and carefully dodged the copious amounts of dog poo in an attempt to reach ancient Egypt. Smack dab in the middle of Madrid, there stood an authentic Egyptian temple dedicated to the god Amun called the Temple of Debod. Even after going there,Continue reading “Finding and Losing God in Spain”
Krista Marson 