Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 06/05/2015

“É curioso ver que muitos não aprendem com suas desilusões e fracassos nos relacionamentos, e seguem acreditando que obterão felicidade através do outro. Essa fantasia se mantém por algum tempo, enquanto cada um vive sua vida e o casal se encontra de vez em quando. Mas, quando resolvem morar juntos, a verdade aparece. Logo a relação vira um campo de batalha. Isso ocorre porque as pessoas não querem alguém para amar, elas querem alguém para satisfazer suas necessidades e caprichos. Elas querem se tornar donos do outro. E o pior é que a grande maioria acredita que essa obsessão em possuir é amor.”

“Es curioso ver que muchos no aprenden con sus desilusiones y fracasos en las relaciones, y siguen creyendo que obtendrán la felicidad a través de otro. Esta fantasía se mantiene durante algún tiempo, mientras cada uno vive su vida y la pareja se encuentra de vez en cuando. Pero cuando resuelven vivir juntos, la verdad aparece. Pronto la relación se convierte en un campo de batalla. Esto ocurre porque las personas no quieren alguien a quien amar, ellas quieren alguien para satisfacer sus necesidades y caprichos. Quieren volverse dueños del otro. Y lo peor es que la gran mayoría cree que esta obsesión de poseer es amor.”

"It’s curious to see that many people do not learn from their deceptions and failures in relationships, and still believe that they will attain happiness through the other. This fantasy is maintained for some time, while each partner lives their own life and the couple only meets up from time to time. But when they decide to live together, the truth appears. Soon after, the relationship becomes a battlefield. This is because people do not want someone to love; they want someone to satisfy their needs and whims. They want to own the other. The worst part is that the vast majority of people believe that this obsession with possessing is love.”

Via Daily Dharma


How to Develop Motivation | May 6, 2015


In Buddhist thinking, motivation is a matter of desire, more specifically the desire to act accompanied with a sense of purpose. Say, in the case of being more compassionate, it's by making emotional connection with compassion and its objectives that we arouse in ourselves the desire to act. And it's through seeing the benefits that we acquire a sense of purpose in being more compassionate.

- Thupten Jinpa, "Turning Intention into Motivation"