Wednesday, October 19, 2011

6 Principles in life

1) No point using limited life to chase unlimited money.
2) No point earning so much money you cannot live to spend it.
3) Money is not yours until you spend it.
4) When you are young you use health to chase your wealth. When you are older you use your wealth to buy back your health. The difference is that it may be to late.
5) How happy a man is, is not how much he has but how little he needs.
6) No point working so hard to provide for the people you have no time to spend with.


Monday, October 17, 2011

Manic Screaming

We should make all spiritual talk
Simple today:

God is trying to sell you something,
But you don't want to buy.

That is what your suffering is:

Your fantastic haggling,
Your manic screaming over the price!

Hafiz


What interests me in this piece by Hafiz is how brutally honest it presents the reality in how hypocritical we address the issue of faith. Yes, we claim that faith should be between self and God, yet some still create this delusion of pushing some of the ideas of faith while shoving some other ideas as non relevant. In claiming ownership of God, it would seem that God Himself is not important. It doesn't matter if what God says is important as long as some are comforted that God is on their side, its enough to break some rules.