THE STATE OF MIND

 On the rough waves of the boundless ocean, anger rolls a ship.  A battle seemingly lost perhaps is the beginning of a great transformation of the boundless ocean into unbroken waters of peace.  *** Today a few words about anger. It came out that way :-) Like everything that appears in my blog spaces so today's post is dictated by life and my observations of it. Sometimes I get angry. It probably happens to all of us sometimes. There comes a moment of eclipse of the mind and we are shrouded in a fog of madness. There are usually reasons behind this fog. They can be various. The car in front of us is driving slowly while we are in a hurry, we felt we were treated unfairly, we ourselves are sometimes the cause of our anger. We get angry at children who, not following our instructions, choose their own path.  Today I am wondering what it is like not to feel anger. What it's like to rid myself of anger and live in harmony. With yourself, with others, with the world aroun...

  When the grayness of the day eats away imperiously at our being, and with grim Schopenhauerian acquiescence we take on one blow after another from ourselves, somewhere in the spaces a fissure opens from which a spark emerges. This small prey, a pearl in the crown of existence that can awaken you from a crippling slumber, a frown. And once it reaches you with its indestructible light you look into the mirror of Wonderland and see yourself on the other side. “There reach where sight does not reach, break what reason will not break”.... Today's post is based on a glimpse. A single moment that I tried with poor success to keep with me only to find out that the attempts are doomed to failure. But is it for sure? So what is this glimpse, this SPARK? It is an indescribable experience. A breathtaking awareness of the magnificence of existence. The essence of Being. It's the moment when suddenly the traffic around you dies down and something makes you in the middle of another reality....

 In recent days I have been reflecting on the great impact on us and our loved ones of the moments in which we decide to make decisions.  As in every case, this blog post was preceded by some existential thoughts laced with real-life events. How many of our behaviors and decisions we make affect not only us, but also our environment. Once these decisions are better, other times worse. But the fact remains that with every decision, even the smallest one, we change the environment around us. Being parents, we change the reality of our children. Being in any friendship relationships we will change those relationships as well. Being married we change the reality around the relationship with our spouse. I would like to believe that these decisions are made based on rationale that has been carefully analysed and thought through.  However, I am more inclined to believe that our decisions are often ill-considered and driven by the moment. And somewhere in the distance there are v...

 Somehow it has worked out lately that all my posts treat death in a way. Today will be no different. It will be very similar. Today I would like to write about loss.... Each of us at some point in our lives has felt the taste of loss. Not the ordinary kind. The kind that is the worst. One after which nothing is ever again as it was before.  At a certain point, time stops its doors to make us realise how insignificant we are in the face of mortality. Death made a mockery of being 28 years ago. It brazenly laughed in the faces of the mortal and mocked those who planned.  “Mors Est Quies Viatoris, Finis Est Omnis Laboris” proclaims an ancient Latin proverb. “Death is rest for the traveler and the end of all work.” This is translated into English.  ***********************************************************************************Death leaves us with a loss. Sometimes an irreparable one. One after which there is nothing left. A huge void is left. Nothingness. Absence. A...

 A new year, a new beginning. What for many remains a cause for smiles and derision, for others it is another opportunity presented by life. I won't dwell here on what kind of New Year's resolutions we have and what their meaning is.  This entry will be about something completely different.  About the passing of time. “Memento mori”.  I'm reading an interesting book at the moment, and I think it influences my thoughts and, in a way, what today's entry is about. We don't think about the fact that our time is finite. Or in other words, we push this thought away from ourselves.  Mindlessly losing ourselves in the distractions of everyday life.  “Time is money” proclaims the adage. In a way I agree, but I will change it slightly for the purposes of today's entry. “Time is currency. The most valuable one we have. It's worth leaning on this statement for at least a moment and thinking. We have a limited amount of our currency. How do we spend it?  How much o...

Life is full of experiences. Today we will talk a little about them... Each of us experiences life in different forms every day. The wealth of experience is enormous. We experience a huge amount of emotions every day. Joy, sadness, anger, delight. But do we do it consciously? Do we choose our emotions? Do we let them choose us? When driving a car, I often encountered situations when I got angry at the way the driver in front of me  driving. I feet angry and I swear. It was usually a reflex emotion. Over time, however, I noticed these emotions and asked myself what the purpose was? My swearing and anger or frustration will not help me control another driver's driving. The frustration will only grow due to the fact that I have absolutely no influence on how the driver in front of me is driving. And I wish I had it! We would like to control things, people and phenomena so much that we put ourselves in an emotional state far from the one we would like to be in. We would like to control...

 Inspirations arise in unpredictable moments. You don't wait for inspiration. Inspirations arise somewhat by accident. They are a byproduct of the exercise of mindful observing. Today's entry is about dreams. I do not know why. I was inspired by Jacek Walkiewicz. The man who appeared on TedxWSB on February 13, 2013 (the speech can be watched on YT). This twenty-minute performance, which I watched only recently (sometime around 2019-20), had a fundamental impact on my perception of the world. I highly recommend it to anyone who will spare 20 minutes of their precious time to watch this speech. Full power of possibilities What are you dreaming about? This is a very simple question and it wasn't easy for me to find the answer. Due to the fact that I had difficulty finding the answer to this question, I decided to ask other people as well. I wonder how everyone approaches their dreams. Do we dream materially? About a lot of money that, in our opinion, will solve many problems? ...