Various doctrines throughout history have understood and expounded that the central problem of human existence is to justify it, which is only done through life itself, through acts that serve as answers. The terminologies vary, as do the recommended paths; what does not vary is the notion of the need for this individual awareness and its implications, that is, the need to act in accordance with the aspirations of one’s intimate nature. Only in this way is possible an affirmation that is worth to the human being as a universal balm. Therefore, by the most diverse means, what the great doctrines teach is the orientation of life around a purpose—and man, defining it, has the mission to strive for its fulfillment.
Tag: philosophy
It Is Really Admirable the Way Swami Vivekananda…
It is really admirable the way Swami Vivekananda interpreted and exposed Hinduism, integrating it, widening its arms and turning it into a legitimate catalyst of positive transformations for the human being. His Raja Yoga is the externalization of a noble, courageous, and stimulating philosophy. Very few authors are capable of deeply understanding the human condition and offering a solution that does not imply forced repression or the fading of the will. Swami Vivekananda, instead of leading to an aggravation of tensions or an eclipse of consciousness, proposes an active mental conduct directed to the elevation of one’s own nature. It builds, magnifies, encourages overcoming. What a great man!
Anger, Anger…
“Nothing clutters thought like an access of anger.” It is not only tranquility that is lost, but the construction of long efforts, of long improvement that materializes into a seemingly stable state, collapses entirely and abruptly. It is mental progress that returns to square one. From this, it is repeating the whole process. Buddhists assure us that a lifetime of meditation is lost in one of these impulses. If it is not so, it is certain to spoil before and after. Oh, sadness! Oh, the urge to cry!
The Best Decisions Come After Long Meditation…
The best decisions emerge after long, albeit shapeless, meditation, which is slowly concentrated to a point where it violently spills over into an impulse that, by volitional action, is immediately allowed to flow out: it materializes in this impulse, and continues to bear fruit. Intuition, taken in the Jungian sense, when developed, is capable of manifesting itself laden with a certainty that surpasses reasoning. It is the flash of a precious faculty. To go against it, in these cases, is to squander it. That is why patience in important decisions is right—but sometimes the most profitable thing is to have the courage to follow the intuition.