Religion
Milagres: entre a fraude e a maravilha
Data da publicação: 19/07/2019
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Castaneda and Don Juan
Cycles of Recapitulation
Data da publicação: 18/07/2019
There are two basic rounds to recapitulation; the first is called formality and rigidity, and the second fluidity. Recapitulating an event starts with one’s mind arranging everything pertinent to what is being recapitulated. Arranging means reconstructing the event, piece by piece, starting by recollecting the physical details of the surroundings, then going to the person with whom one shared the...
Psychology
Dangerous Men
Data da publicação: 17/07/2019
The focus of this article is not on the murderer, the rapist, or the torturer. The daily news already speaks plenty of these characters and they are adequately covered by the Brazillian penal code. There are men who practice a more subtle, more intelligent kind of violence which does not leave scars upon the body but in the person’s interior being, invisible, impalpable, yet often very painful. It is...
Daily, Nelson Rodrigues
Nelson Rodrigues – Quotes 1 – The Brazi...
Data da publicação: 09/07/2019
The Brazilian What gets in the Brazilian’s way is the Brazilian himself. What a formidable Brazil it would be if Brazilians liked other Brazilians. Our fiction is blind to the national lust. For example: you will not find in the work of Guimarães Rosa, not one sexual plundering. The Brazilian goodness is deteriorating. Every fifteen minutes that goes by increases the wear and tear of our gracefulnes...
Castaneda and Don Juan
Self-importance, Humility and Impeccability
Data da publicação: 05/07/2019
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it–what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. The new seers recommend that every effort should be made to eradicate self-importance from the lives of warriors. I followed that recommendation, and much of my effort with you has b...
