the moon wanes

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Friedrich Nietzsche

the toa

What is here, this natural state, is a living thing. It cannot be captured by me, let alone by you. It's like a flower. (This simile is all I can give.) It just blooms. It's there. As long as it is there, it has a fragrance which is different and distinct from that of every other flower. You may not recognize it. You may or may not write odes or sonnets about it. A wandering cow might eat it, or it may be chopped down by a haycutter, or it fades and is finished -- that's the end of it. It's of no importance. You can't preserve its perfume; whatever you preserve of this is only a synthetic, a chemical perfume, not the living thing. Preserving the expressions, teachings or words of such a man has no meaning. This state has only contemporary value, contemporary expression.

-u.g. khrisnamurti

new site look!!!!!!!!!!!!!

after long nights the new site is up. i just had to improve the navigation. now if only i could do this with my life;)
Here's a pic from my window. It just started snowing again:)

prayer from Jan

We give thanks for our friends.
We anger each other.
We fail each other.
We share this sad earth, this tender life, this precious time.
Such richness. Such wildness.
Together we are blown about.
Together we are dragged along.
All this delight.
All this suffering.
All this forgiving life.
We hold it together. (© Michael Leunig)

the death of theory

“The years are flying past and we all waste so much time wondering if we dare to do this or that. The things is to leap, to try, to take a chance.” -L Cohen

get the balance right

i guess there are two important things regarding development. How much we develop in one aspect and how well we use or intergrate all the aspects we already have. The more stable/powerful is of course to have things in balance and the more risky/adventurous is to put all your effort into a few areas.

what does is profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul