The pearl from the shelf:
”I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of following my fancies as a butterfly, and was unconscious of my individuality as a man. Suddenly I awaked, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I [...]
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Consideration
Most of us love gossip magazines, gossip blogs, etc. Why is so? Because when we read about the big mistakes that celebrities make, we feel better…
Yes, when somebody has not accomplished anything, but she concludes that she has nicer knees than Angelina, she will feel better!
Check the popularity of the gossip media and you will be able to conclude how many individuals require to see the errors of others in order to feel better with themselves…
The pearl from the shelf:
“To take the master’s journey, you have to practice diligently, striving to hone your skills, to attain new levels of competence. But while doing so – and this is the inexorable fact of the journey – you also have to be willing to spend most of your time on a plateau, [...]
The pearl from the shelf:
“When was the last time you really saw your partner, your child, your friend? We can get so caught up in what we want from them or fear from them, that we really never see them. And by this we mean first of all, literally seeing, just taking in the visual [...]
The pearl from the shelf:
”…I’m sure that drawing a person from memory was very difficult for you… The reason is simply this: Drawing a person from memory brings forth a memorized set of symbols, practiced over and over during childhood… You knew that you weren’t making the image that you wanted to, but you couldn’t [...]
The pearl from the shelf:
“-’My sight is failing’, she said finally… But it appears to me that that wall looks different. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?
For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing [...]
The pearl from the shelf:
”Reverence is an attitude of honoring Life… Whether a person is reverent depends essentially upon whether he or she accepts the principle of sacredness of Life, any way that he or she defines sacred…
Reverence is not respect. Respect is judgement. It is a response to the perception of qualities that we [...]
