Spread this piece of truth

150 years ago, people who believed that humans flying through the air would become possible, were considered illogical unrealistic dreamers. Flying has been always possible, throughout history. We just did not manage to put things together in a certain order to allow us to fly.

Now, people who believe in a society where everyone is honest, and everyone is caring and kind, seem like unrealistic dreamers who are in urgent need of a reality check.

Let me tell everyone, I am among these. Not only because it is the most logical thing to happen, but because it is slowly happening already. We are in the slow part of the exponential curve. People have become gentler, kinder and more loving, honest and caring over many years.

Why did I say it is the most logical thing to happen. Because kindness is the most authentic source of true happiness and peace of mind. In an age, when a majority of people get neurotic and stressed and in an age where media successfully instill limitless anxiety at the cues of politicians, we need peace of mind more than ever

The way to get it, is to stop listening to the mass media. To stop listening to politicians. To stop swallowing unfiltered what big corporations want to tell us. It is time to start spreading the message of kindness and love.

There are a multitude of messages and videos already available. Let us make a million more!

There are already societies focusing on how to spread kindness. Let us create many more

Let us create the true news, the giant truth that kindness works. It certainly works for making anyone happy, especially the doer. It works for peace. It works for so many things, perhaps even our health will improve if we manage to set aside all media reports and get fully focused living a life filled with kindness.

It is a revolution. Be part of it. Enjoy it. Spread the kindness, spread the news.

 

We're here to help

 While the title of this message has been like a big part of my life and a big part of my philosophy, only yesterday, I, a kind of, became fully aware that this may the main and perhaps only purpose of our life. If we help each other, we feel good. It lifts up our mind, heart and spirit. It puts in an upward spiral. 

 

 Pushing other people down, having our small mean victories, makes us feel good as well, we feel better than the other, but the good feeling lacks the completeness of the feeling we get when helping others. The good feeling after small mean victories is partial and short lasting and in the long run it puts us in a downward spiral. 

 

 We have evolved as humans, from survivors of difficult circumstances, to social beings. We have evolved from lives of struggle to lives of a certain comfort and opportunities to help each other. Every opportunity taken to help, and even graciously accepted help from others, lifts us up. It is the true (and perhaps only) purpose of our life. 

 Let us do it today. Be fully alert for any opportunity to help. Even the opportunity is surrounded by uncertainty, just help a bit, as we feel is right. Let us throw away the fear to be taken advantage of. Enjoy the peace of mind of a helpful soul, a helpful heart, a helpful intelligence.

A silent wish

Peace be with you

What a nice greeting!

Better than 'hi'

Better than the 'how are you'

 

When I pass a stranger, sometimes I wish him or her silently peace.

Not with spoken words, but with words in my mind, from my heart

 

Not sure it has any effect on them

But it surely has an effect on me

As with anything we give away,

be it a rose, be it a thought, a wish,

some fragrance sticks to the giver. 

 

Let us try tomorrow, or even today,

to wish everyone we meet 

silently in our mind, from our heart

Peace, or love, or both

Beauty or happiness, or both,... 

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Safe links to other blogs/sites that may be worth a bit of your time:

 

A look at some beautiful skies: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/mysite-1/skies-seen-by-hans 

Beautiful flowers: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/flowersbyhans

 

Inspirational poetry https://aufiezophypoems.blogspot.com/

Some beautiful inspirational quotes:  https://quotesfromhans.blogspot.com/ 

A fantastic short story: https://afishwithawish.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-fish-with-wish-whole-story.html

Simply some essays about good things: https://abcofvirtues.blogspot.com/

Small prayers for a big world: https://smallprayersforabigworld.blogspot.com/

Prayer

All we need to do is to try and tune in

 

Once me manage to make it silent within

 

Once we manage to stop all noise

 

We will hear His ever-present voice

 

 

Philosophers gone mad

Sophy is "wisdom". Philo is "love for".

So philosophy means love for wisdom.

 

While the title of this posting, may sound cruel and arrogant, it is an undeniable fact that the branch of philosophy as it has been practiced for thousands of years, by thousands of philosophers has failed to make us all a little bit wiser.

 

It was psychology after many years of focusing on psychopathology, that took up the wisdom that is dealing a bit with our daily happiness. I think people like Seligman, a psychologist who really focused so much on positive psychology or the using the mind for creating a happy life, is much more of a philosopher than Nietzsche, Camus, Descartes and a lot of others carrying the label 'famous philosophers' all together.

 

While these people who called themselves philosophers and whom we still call so, were having deep thoughts about the reasons for being, wondering whether the life is absurd or merely a virtual reality, they forgot and failed to convince the world about the most basic wisdom about human nature: the wisdom of kindness. 

 

The wisdom that the world needed over the centuries and most of all now, is exactly the wisdom of kindness. 

 

You and me and by far most of the people on earth, feel really good and experience a great level of peace of mind if we perform simple acts of kindness. If we had had over the centuries only ONE philosopher who could have brought this to the world in and effective and simple way, our world would not be in a crisis of greed that has been build up since thousands of years. 

 

I was lucky enough to have an extremely caring mother. I learned the pleasure of caring for others from her. I learned the happiness and peace of mind that lies in kindness. The days I manage to go the extra mile to create a simple smile for a friend or stranger, are the best days of my life. THIS is wisdom!

 

From my limited reading of many of the philosophers from the Western part of the world, it seems they hated wisdom more than loving it. How can you be called wise if you write books about the absurdity of life? Life becomes absurd if we allow ourselves to be imprisoned by the feelings of greed, by the absurd ideas that we need alcohol to have fun (instilled, indoctrinated by the industry selling alcoholic drinks), by the crazy money making mass media distorting reality to attract more viewers and thus more money. 

Let us take a break from the crazy stinking philosophy that tries to make life absurd. Let us turn for a while to the true wisdom of kindness and spread it throughout the circles of our own family, our own friends. That will change the world. If enough people absorb the true wisdom of kindness and spread it locally, it will soon become a global wave of true love of wisdom. 

 

Let us practice all the wisdom that carries the amazing fragrance of kindness. 

Let us ignore the stupidity of greed and the absurdity imposed on us by mass media. 

 

Here follows a simple poem, that you may enjoy:

 

 

 While taking a walk, I heard a squeak
I looked and there right at my feet
Was a tortoise who seemed very slow
Why it squeaked, I didn't know

I looked it into the eyes for awhile
And tried to please it with a smile
The tortoise looked up and said with a wail
'Just now, my friend, you stepped on my tail'

"Oh, did I? " My voice was filled with regret
I should better look where my feet, I set
I expressed how I felt sorry,
And asked it to please forgive me

'Of course, I will forgive you
Even if not asked for, I always do
Forgiveness is an integral part of me, you see
I am the wisdom tortoise, that's what they call me'

"Wow", said I, "so you must love philosophy"
'Oh no', she cried, 'that is not for me'
"But love of wisdom is what means philosophy"
'If that's so, it has disintegrated terribly'

'The wisdom that I love and adhere to
May be far too simple for you
It is all about loving and being kind
Since that is what brings us peace of mind'

'I do not bother about the reasons for being
Neither about the ghosts some of us are seeing
It is all so simple for me
Unconditional kindness is the way to be'

"Oh wisdom tortoise, what a pleasure to meet you here
Wisdom and kindness is also to me extremely dear
I believe that the next step in the evolution
Is a wisdom and kindness revolution"

The tortoise nodded and agreed with this
Kindness simply means happiness and bliss.
I thanked the tortoise and there our ways did part
To meet her again is still a wish sitting in my heart.

 

Aufie Zophy