il dolce di far niente
"...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they are immune to your consultations, they know exactly what they are going through..."
D.B
"How many times have I wondered it it is really
possible to forge links with a mass of people when one
has never had strong feelings for anyone, not even
one's own parents: if it is possible to have a
collectivity when one has not been deeply loved
oneself by individual human creatures. Hasn't this had
some effect on my life as a militant - has it not
tended to make me sterile and reduce my quality as a
revolutionary by making everything a matter of pure
intellect, of pure mathematical calculation"
antonio gramsci, 1926
....cut out part of her Starbucks's cup,and mailed it to me. On the front of the cup, it says: The Way I See It # 31 'Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.' -Rita Golden Gelman Author of Tales of a Female Nomad. She has had no permanent address since 1986.
".....Otherwise I seem to have no problems. There is a certain freedom. I feel happy, young. When I see all these old people I ask myself, am I going to end up like that? They seem to have had good careers or to have done something they wanted to do but in spite of that they become dreary, dull, and they seem never to have excelled in the deeper qualities of the brain. I certainly don't want to be like that. It is not vanity but I want to have something different. It is not an ambition. I want to have a good career and all that business but I certainly in no way want to be like these old people who seem to have lost everything they like....
These young people want to become something - lawyers, engineers, politicians and so on; there is the urge, drive of ambition for power, money. That is what those old people whom you talk about have been through. They are worn out by constant conflict, by their desires. Look at it, look at the people around you. They are all in the same boat. Some leave the boat and wander endlessly and die. Some seek some peaceful corner of the earth and retire; some join a monastery, become monks of various kinds, taking desperate vows. The vast majority, millions and millions, lead a very small life, their horizon is very limited. They have their sorrows, their joys and they seem never to escape from them or understand them and go beyond. So again we ask each other, what is our future, specifically what is your`future? ..."
Krishnamurti
D.B
"How many times have I wondered it it is really
possible to forge links with a mass of people when one
has never had strong feelings for anyone, not even
one's own parents: if it is possible to have a
collectivity when one has not been deeply loved
oneself by individual human creatures. Hasn't this had
some effect on my life as a militant - has it not
tended to make me sterile and reduce my quality as a
revolutionary by making everything a matter of pure
intellect, of pure mathematical calculation"
antonio gramsci, 1926
....cut out part of her Starbucks's cup,and mailed it to me. On the front of the cup, it says: The Way I See It # 31 'Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.' -Rita Golden Gelman Author of Tales of a Female Nomad. She has had no permanent address since 1986.
".....Otherwise I seem to have no problems. There is a certain freedom. I feel happy, young. When I see all these old people I ask myself, am I going to end up like that? They seem to have had good careers or to have done something they wanted to do but in spite of that they become dreary, dull, and they seem never to have excelled in the deeper qualities of the brain. I certainly don't want to be like that. It is not vanity but I want to have something different. It is not an ambition. I want to have a good career and all that business but I certainly in no way want to be like these old people who seem to have lost everything they like....
These young people want to become something - lawyers, engineers, politicians and so on; there is the urge, drive of ambition for power, money. That is what those old people whom you talk about have been through. They are worn out by constant conflict, by their desires. Look at it, look at the people around you. They are all in the same boat. Some leave the boat and wander endlessly and die. Some seek some peaceful corner of the earth and retire; some join a monastery, become monks of various kinds, taking desperate vows. The vast majority, millions and millions, lead a very small life, their horizon is very limited. They have their sorrows, their joys and they seem never to escape from them or understand them and go beyond. So again we ask each other, what is our future, specifically what is your`future? ..."
Krishnamurti
posted by Ubiquarian at 03:27
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