Friday, January 29, 2010

Path to enlightment.

Buddhist monk returns to life after four years in retreat Here!
And...Here!
Enlightenment (spiritual), a final blessed state free from ignorance, desire and suffering.
• Buddhism is one of the world’s most tolerant and logical faiths, marked out by its non-violence and lack of dogma
• There is no worship of a God, Individuals seek their own path to enlightenment, or Buddha-hood
• Buddhists do not believe in a pre-ordained fate, everyone is offered the possibility of change
• Buddhism is essentially positive: it regards people as naturally good
• There are three main aspects to Buddhist practice: doing no harm; wholesome actions; and training the mind through meditation

Day in the life

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Prayer.

This is a prayer posted in St. Peter's Church, St. George, Bermuda, the oldest Anglican Church in the western hemisphere:
"Lord, thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will some day be old. Keep me from becoming talkative, and from the particularly fatal habit of thinking. I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs.
Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details. Give me wings to get to the point. I ask for grace enough to listen to the tales of others' pain. Help me to endure them with patience. Seal my lips on my own aches and pains--they are increasing and my love of rehearsing them is becoming stronger as the years go by.
Teach me the glory lesson occasionally, that it is possible that I may be mistaken. Keep me reasonably sweet, I do not want to be a saint--some of them are hard to live with--but a sour old woman is one of the crowning works of the devil.
Make me thoughtful but not moody, helpful, but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all--but thy knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end."

(from an unnamed Mother Superior)Inspiration Here!

«Молитва человека пожилого возраста».

"Господи, ты знаешь лучше меня, что я скоро состарюсь.
Удержи меня от рокового обыкновения думать, что я обязан по любому поводу что-то сказать...
Спаси меня от стремления вмешиваться в дела каждого, чтобы что-то улучшить.
Пусть я буду размышляющим, но не занудой. Полезным, но не деспотом. Охрани меня от соблазна детально излагать бесконечные подробности.
Дай мне крылья, чтобы я в немощи достигал цели.
Опечатай мои уста, если я хочу повести речь о болезнях.
Не щади меня, когда у тебя будет случай преподать мне блистательный урок, доказав, что и я могу ошибаться...
Если я умел бывать радушным, сбереги во мне эту способность. Право, я не собираюсь превращаться в святого: иные из них невыносимы в близком общении. Однако и люди кислого нрава - вершинные творения самого дьявола.
Научи меня открывать хорошее там, где его не ждут, и распознавать неожиданные таланты в других людях.

Аминь".
Полный адрес материала: Here!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Но я на другой проживаю.

Простите, простите, простите меня!
И я вас прощаю, и я вас прощаю.
Я зла не держу, это вам обещаю.
Но только вы тоже простите меня!

Забудьте, забудьте, забудьте меня!
И я вас забуду, и я вас забуду.
Я вам обещаю: вас помнить не буду.
Но только вы тоже забудьте меня!

Как будто мы жители разных планет.
На вашей планете я не проживаю.
Я вас уважаю, я вас уважаю,

Но я на другой проживаю. Привет!
(А.Володин)

Friday, January 8, 2010

Really?

"I'm really not a nostalgic person...'' Really?

Thursday, January 7, 2010

The flip flop, Fitflops.

Famous classic Walkstar sandal, it’s the flip flop Here!
Inspiration Here!
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Discover music

Sam Phillips
A Boot and a Shoe Here!
And...Melody Gardot (born February 2, 1985 in New Jersey) is an American jazz singer. She was disabled at 19, after being struck by a car while atop her bicycle. The grandmother was a Polish immigrant. Her mother, a photographer, worked and traveled widely.Here!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Car Choice

A car for the head: Mitsubishi Colt that now comes with a diesel engine.
A car for the heart: the Smart. Not the tiny ForTwo, but the larger ForFour.
Car Choice: 'What's good for a long and winding road to Nice?' Here!

Monday, January 4, 2010

"Just drive" The Stuff of Dreams...Chanel No.5...

An 81-year-old Australian man who became lost on an early morning drive to the shops and ended up almost 600 kilometres (370 miles) away told police he failed to stop because he "liked to drive".
Eric Steward was visiting friends in Yass, a country town south of Sydney in New South Wales state, when he left to buy a newspaper at about 7:30am on Monday morning.
But after taking a wrong turn on the highway, he drove for more than eight hours before stopping police to ask for directions near Geelong in Victoria.
He said Wednesday he could not remember what he was thinking during the drive.
"I just went out on the road to have a drive, a nice peaceful quiet drive. I didn't know where I was going but I knew it was somewhere, and with a bit of luck I would eventually find my wife again," he said.
"Although we had to laugh. When we asked him why he hadn't stopped earlier he replied, 'I just like to drive'," he said.
"When you get to 80 and beyond it doesn't matter much. He's out there waiting for us and you just got to wait your turn."
And what about buying a satellite navigation system? "Why would you want one of those? You can't get lost. There is no fun in that."

It is a new advertising film that casts Nicole Kidman as the new face of Chanel No.5.
She leaps into a taxi, which already has a young male passenger in the back seat. Their eyes meet.
"Just drive," she orders the cabbie.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Debussy : Clair de lune

" Debussy : Clair de lune"
...no chance to be born again as "another man'. Tokyo Sonata (トウキョウソナタ Tōkyō sonata) is a 2008 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

По несчастью или к счастью, истина проста...

По несчастью или к счастью,
Истина проста:
Никогда не возвращайся
В прежние места.

Даже если пепелище
Выглядит вполне,
Не найти того, что ищем,
Ни тебе, ни мне.

Путешествие в обратно
Я бы запретил,
Я прошу тебя, как брата,
Душу не мути.

А не то рвану по следу —
Кто меня вернет? —
И на валенках уеду
В сорок пятый год.

В сорок пятом угадаю,
Там, где — боже мой! —
Будет мама молодая
И отец живой.

Геннадий Шпаликов

Friday, January 1, 2010

Этот мир придуман не мной



"Иногда мне кажется, что городов не существует. Существует только наше отношение к ним. Я успел намотать много километров – поездами, самолетами, автобусами, даже междугородними троллейбусами. И новые города воспринимаются мной как сложноорганизованные живые существа.
Я жил в четырех городах, и три города я полюбил, а один – ненавижу.