Tag: behavior

Modern man has a taste for comfort, and all he does not want are experiences that shake him up and force him to move. And when we analyze his days, his years, we see how regrettable the effects of mediocrity, convenience and idleness are. It is curious to note the frequency of extreme experiences in great souls, whose character seems to be consolidated precisely by them. Sublime or harsh, they mark less by nature than by intensity, representing the transformative essence that modern custom wants to avoid.

It is a beautiful thing to see the serenity that springs from a proper, and therefore stimulating, routine. Very often, impatience is nothing more than a symptom of a clear maladjustment. Once it is corrected, it ceases and brings with it the other collateral factors that make a man believe he is wasting his life. But not only that: as if by magic, previously unthinkable qualities emerge, giving rise to the right manifestation of the personality and resulting in the serenity that brings about a real transformation.

The biggest problem with teaching is that its results are dependent on the student, who only really learns what he wants to learn. It is curious because, if the student is genuinely interested, he does not need a teacher. And then we can imagine how much less difficult the path of learning would be for him, how useful it would be to provide him with shortcuts beforehand, point out the solution to expected obstacles and offer him an itinerary that only prolonged study is capable of outlining. All this is true, but it is true as long as we consider the ideal student. Serious study is never imposed on the average student. And the ideal student, who only comes across the teacher by chance, will perhaps also by chance be compelled to take the difficult path that only he will follow.

The aim of a social organization of any kind should be, first and foremost, to establish an environment of mutual cooperation, so that, together, its members could perform whatever functions they might have better than they could on their own. After all, why else would the organization be justified? But it turns out that, despite the obviousness of what has been said, such an environment is almost never found, and it is with astonishment that the individual accustomed to the usual organizations, whose members compete, scheme, envy and harm, overcomes his mistrust when he comes across someone sincerely willing to help him. When this happens, it is hard to explain what is experienced, but the certainty that it is possible to live a better life springs to mind.