"Sedi. Naslajaj se s svojim življenjem."
Veliki zen učitelj Thich Nhat Hanh je čudovito pisal o tem, zakaj se učenje ljubezni do drugih začne z učenjem ljubezni do sebe – občutek, ki bi ga reaktivni sodobni cinik morda zavrgel kot prazno živilo knjig o samopomoči, a ki se ob bolj premišljenem razmisleku pokaže kot globoko resnično in globoko neprijetno. Kaj navsezadnje sploh pomeni ljubiti sebe – še posebej, če si prizadevamo biti nesebični in radodarni ter prerasti iluzorno lupino ega, ki ji pravimo jaz ?
To je tisto, kar karibski pesnik in dramatik Derek Walcott (roj. 23. januarja 1930) – pisatelj s tako izjemno pesniško spretnostjo, da se zdi, da njegova Nobelova nagrada za književnost leta 1992 ni povsem zadostno merilo njegovega mojstrstva in hipnotičnosti – obravnava s svetlečim stranskim sijem v pesmi z naslovom »Ljubezen za ljubeznijo«, ki jo najdemo v njegovih Zbranih pesmih: 1948–1984 ( javna knjižnica ).
V arhivski epizodi oddaje On Being z naslovom »Odpiranje v naša življenja« pionir čuječnosti Jon Kabat-Zinn bere Walcottovo mojstrovino – nedvomno eno največjih in najbolj dušo pretresljivih pesmi, kar jih je bilo kdaj napisanih. Uživajte:
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Found it! https://flic.kr/p/5Ugepo
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Haven't contacted the photographers, but descriptions on Flickr indicate San Francisco, CA, Land's End
Is it possible to find the credit for the photo of the labyrinth by the sea that illustrates the soundcloud reading of the poem? I hope to find out more about where that photo was taken, and if it is possible to visit that location. Thanks
That I'm busy reposting every article that I read on your site - says it all !
Hello,
Great site. Look forward to the daily post. Only to add (if it doesn't, delete) to the front page quote by Shakyamuni Buddha it's interesting that it's a transliteration of the Pali Canon:
Searching all directions
with one’s awareness,
one finds no one dearer
than oneself.
In the same way, others
are fiercely dear to themselves.
So one should not hurt others
if one loves oneself.
The subtle difference is that self-hate is pretty much unknown outside the West. Thank you.