Thinking about the people in this floating world something must be wrong somewhere" — I think it’s in between their ears.
One day is exactly the same for me as any other day. I’m neither happy nor unhappy about the coming year. So instead of saying ‘Happy New Year’ to you, I would rather say ‘Happy every day’, if such a thing could be. It is the same for me with my birthday; I don’t know why I should feel happier on my birthday. But I don’t mind people saying ‘Happy Birthday to you’.
One day is the same as another. Sometimes I lose track of what day, date or month it is. Sometimes I don’t look at a calendar for weeks to check. Time goes by unnoticed; days slip away quietly. Very soon this life will be over. But don’t worry, you’ll have many more lives. So take your time, take it easy. Why be in such a hurry?
This insight gives me tremendous energy (psychological); it makes me alert. I am an explorer travelling into an unknown territory. Being careless is something I cannot afford. I’m always observant, always taking bearings; always careful about every move I make, and always making adjustments.
"I’m aimless. It took me a while to realise I was lonely." Well, I think you are not alone in that. There are billions who are aimless and lonely. Most of them are not aware of it and the rest are denying it or covering it up with something (job, sense pleasures, etc.).
It’s hard to accept that I’ve nobody on whom I can depend, who will understand my loneliness, but a little bird told me, "Such is life, don’t carry all the past memories and all the future cares in your mind. Live each and every moment mindfully. The future will take care of itself."
I’m doing a lot of ‘doing nothing’ here. It’s great, and people support me just for that. Thanks to the culture, and thanks to the philosopher, too, who made it possible.
"To dare not to be ahead of others." I like that.
In the end you must decide what you want to do. Nobody can decide for you what you should do. You cannot live my life and I cannot live your life. It’s hard to be an adult. We cannot rely on anybody. Self-reliance is the best.
Nobody and no place is perfect. A perfect place, a perfect community, or a perfect teacher are nowhere to be found.
I know many people but I haven’t found anybody who is peaceful except U I.; he is uneducated but he knows how to live peacefully.
We are not all-wise. So sometimes we make mistakes. I don’t think we have to feel guilty for the rest of our lives for the misdeeds we have done in the past.
Forgive yourself. Let yourself be a new person. We confirm ourselves as this or that sort of person. Others who know us also confirm us as such and such a kind of person, but what you are is always changing. You are not the same person as you were ten years ago; you have changed quite a lot; you are always changing. Allow yourself to change, to become a different person.
Life is an experiment, an adventure. It is risky. Take the risk but make sure that your decision comes from a quiet mind.
When I was a kid I thought life was like a mathematical formula. Now that I am older I see that life is like a poem.
I’m trying my best to make my life tolerable. Sometimes I am in bliss, sometimes desperate.
You won’t think I have suffering. You think my life is unending bliss? It is sadness on top of sadness; a different kind of sadnessa though, but sadness nonetheless. I endure it; I work on it; I have to pay the price. I suffer but I don’t complain. I hope I am worthy of my suffering, suffering observed calmly.
A life which is really fulfilling does not need advertisement. If your life is really fulfilling you don’t feel the need to prove that.