अहिंसा the Yoga of Consumption
Ahimsa, non-violence, the determination not to harm people or animals is much more complex today in a world with plastics.
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Stuck in traffic
by Lygia Lima “No way, Doc! I don’t have that disease. Go find something else for me to have. I’m crazy, but not that crazy to have created such a disease!” I could understand why the doctor smiled. A scientist by nature, he is a man who has studied many, many things, but not necessarily […]
Read MoreParada no trânsito
por Lygia Lima “Doutor, eu não tenho essa doença não! Vai buscar outra coisa pra eu ter porque…eu sou louca, mas minha loucura é outra, e não criei isso não!” Entendi o sorriso do médico, por natureza, uma pessoa científica. Uma pessoa que estudou muita coisa, mas não necessariamente um estudo que contempla donde vem […]
Read MoreA Lógica da Fé
E se você é como qualquer um dos meus muitos amigos racionais, eu provavelmente já lhe forneci informações suficientes para reforçar sua crença de que tal peregrinação é mais um ato inútil de loucura religiosa. Mas eu não seria tão rápido em sacar a arma afiada da lógica. Você pode descobrir que tem, nas suas mãos, uma faca muito mais cega do que imaginava.
Read MoreThe Logic of Faith
I have probably already supplied you with enough information to reinforce your belief that such a pilgrimage is yet another pointless act of religious craziness. But I would not be so quick to draw your sharp weapon of logic. You might discover it is much blunter than you had imagined.
Read Morethe 4th of July
Since I do not think there is anything to be gained by believing in mere coincidence, this book cover staring at me from my shelf this morning of the 4th of July was all the more startling. The words of Swami’s intro to the classic Ātmabodha by Śri Śankara reminded me that democracy isn’t just […]
Read MoreHAPPY MAHASHIVRATRI!
Smashing and DESTROYING things, the way that I seem to have a talent for, reveals a truth that – like all truths – might be easily revealed, although it is not easily digested before becoming knowledge. It is an assimilation that takes time. Take a clay pot: Is it a pot or is it clay? […]
Read MoreHOLDING YOUR TONGUE: This year’s most difficult posture
Although it remained unpronounced, Jackass was the insult that surged from inside me, when judging an acquaintance of mine who professed that the world was actually not round; it was flat. He spoke with such absolute certainty that he even held the knot of his tie when he explained that this world-is-round bull was just a myth for the meek.
Read MoreSEGURAR A LÍNGUA: a postura mais difícil do ano
Já sabemos muito bem o que acontece com os fatos quando a convicção está reinando: quanto mais repudiava o falso conhecimento dele, falso por ter base nenhuma – nem teoria nem prática que desmente a redondeza do mundo e que tampouco agrega nada, nem sugere uma outra explicação do mundo físico ao nosso redor – mais crescia a teimosia dele sobre um mundo plano.
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