What can Lao-Tzu mean in this enigmatic and magnificent aphorism? In Taoism, not acting does not have the same meaning that we find in yogic (Vedic) philosophy, which is more literal for the latter. The Taoist non-action is the action in tune with the Wu-Wei, that is, the spontaneous and natural action.
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A contemporary young person might think that the current Olympics are a sporting event and not an entertainment show and an indoctrination as they have actually become. A sort of Sanremo festival.
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The Olympics, even more than any other sporting event, should be a celebration of sporting values. These values should transcend wars and fads of the moment. They should be a celebration of virtues (a word that derives from "virtus" or virility) or courage, pride, a sense of belonging, beauty and honor, which net of healthy competitiveness, should concern the winners as well as the losers.
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The Bhagavad Gita, like many ancient religious texts, is a source of remarkable insights that must be reviewed with the sensitivity of a matured conscience and a changed linguistic figure. What follows is an interpretation of one of the most remarkable verses of the text.
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As I watch educated writers speak, I notice that more and more often they have planned speeches that I am unable to ignore. When a question or something comes up that is out of what they expect, they always respond with the "drivel" prepared totally out of context.
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I realize with amazement how difficult it is for people to be silent. We live in an era characterized by horizontal or superficial hyper-communication, where there is no time (silence) to deepen anything.
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This aggressive religion called science is moving further and further away from empiricism and into mere rationalism. Its increasingly forceful priests ask the empire's subjects to kneel before their dogmas.
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I believe in the exclusivity of important feelings such as love and friendship. I am convinced that those who say they love everyone, the famous inclusives, have never really loved anyone and have no idea of the depth of some feelings.
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Amor Fati is the love of one's own life in all its manifestations, representing that irrational impulse to embrace every experience: from illness and depression to health and ecstasy, from joy to pain, from dramas to moments of exaltation.
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Lightness is undoubtedly one of the many qualities lost in our time, which I call "posthuman". They are all serious, sullen, unable to express themselves with irony or to know how to grasp it. If you smile and express a sense of lightness with your being, you are looked upon by the "undead" with suspicion.
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I've come to the realization that people find it difficult to keep up with change. I happen to come across people not so young anymore who have remained where they were ten years ago and much younger people who do not have the ability to understand the "now".
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I imagine what we are as a mixture of a past heritage: our ancestors, cultural and racial family heritage; and what we then absorb after birth is obviously strongly influenced by the choices we make. The whole thing held together by a magical aura that perhaps could be defined as soul.
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