We live in a state of constant longing. The current moment
seems never to be enough. When we’ve reached one thing, we
immediately long for something else. The grass is always
greener on the other side. The main idea here is that we are
wanting: always and for something. But what are we longing
for?
Our yearning is a sensation [...]

To be,
how we are supposed to be,
believe the way we ought to be,
see what we want to see,
and pretend to be,
the one we have learned to be,
but that’s not me.

So be,
and purely be,
without hesitation,
just be,
but realize to be,
truly,
simply,
be cause,to be.

Tags: existence, expectations

It’s amazing that there is enough of everything on our planet.
The thing is that we create the scarcity situation with our own
behavior. There is enough food to feed every hungry person
and give each one a shelter, and even provide basic health care
and education for everyone. These are the basic requirements
for human life and they are [...]

How can we learn about ourselves? By facing the Other.
Some time ago, I wrote about relationships and referred to
Martin Buber. Emmanuel Levinas was inspired by the work
of Buber and became one of the greatest French philosophers
of the twentieth century. Levinas pointed out that we can
only learn about ourselves by facing other beings that are [...]

Why are we sad?
Because we are not happy.
Why are we excited?
Because we are not bored.
Why are we in love?
Because we are not lonely.
Why are we upset?
Because we are not content.
When we realize,
Then we only are.

Tags: dualism

We are captured in duality. Space and time are our destiny. As
long as we are learning this lesson, we are under the role of
dualism. Life and death, day and night, good and bad. Action
and reaction. Everything we do or think causes a reaction—
and the action has its consequences.
As long as we have meanings and [...]

Our communication is mainly verbal—at least the visible one.
We speak, read, and think in words all the time.
Let’s get the basics sorted out first. We need conventions
in order to communicate with each other. In traffic, we use
traffic signs and lights to signal. We agree that some sign or
mark means something and then everybody gets [...]

Owning means that the owner of something has the right to
exclude others from using it and has a title to control the sub-
ject. How much can we really own and is ownership freedom?
Some time ago, I wrote about the concept of ownership.
Because of the current discussion in politics, it’s interesting to
consider the other aspects [...]

We need dualism to live and experience. The list of examples
is basically infinite: day and night, good and bad, dark and
light, male and female, healthy and sick, and so on. Without
the opposite concept, we would not recognize the difference;
all would be the same. And when there is nothing else, we
cannot imagine or appreciate anything else—it [...]

Why do two people live together? This question came up
today when my friend had some issues with his spouse.
The framework Martin Buber created in his famous book
I and Thou in the 1920s is one way to treat the subject. Most
of the time we are living in an I—It relationship with our
world. The world around [...]