Once Buddha came to a lecture holding a flower in his hand. He remained silent for a long time until someone dared to ask him why he was silent. Buddha smiled and said: “This flower I hold in my hand speaks more than I could ever tell you, more than can be expressed in words. … Read more
A mighty king fell ill with a strange sickness and melancholy, and no longer knew what he loved or desired in this world. The great king began to wither away, and the court dignitaries and advisors were concerned and tried to figure out how to cure him of this affliction that struck both the poor … Read more
Omar Khayyam (Abul-fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam) is a famous Persian scientist, philosopher, and poet. He was born in 1048 in the city of Nishapur, in the Persian province of Khorasan, one of the cultural centers of the East at that time, where he also died at the age of 83. The Islamic world was … Read more
Ancient Egypt has always been mysterious and incomprehensible to the mentality of Western civilization. One important reason for this is the long time span between the collapse of the Egyptian civilization and the beginning of the development of the first civilization on European soil. Although the Egyptian state formally lasted until Cleopatra’s death in 30 … Read more
The Blue Cave, Biševo For those of you with a hint of an explorer’s spirit within yourselves and a desire to see, discover, and understand, prepare yourselves as we descend into the world of darkness… Here, in eternal darkness, the life of stone endures, a life measured in centuries and millennia. Crystals grow here and … Read more
The Egyptian civilization was exceptional in every way. Herodotus writes: “Everything there is different.” And indeed, Egypt has always been associated with mystery and enigma. The Egyptians were believed to have knowledge of hidden forces of nature and knowledge that surpasses our understanding today. Every form of magic (however we imagine it!) is connected to … Read more
Today I saw the sea… A solitary figure, with rolling capital letters, Mother, Mothers – Mayas, Marys – reflected in the primal and watery substance that holds within its deep bosom the concealed origin of the most primitive forms of life. They say that Nature preserves symbols powerful enough to awaken the dormant souls of … Read more
“When God created time, he said nothing about hurry, African proverb says. However, regardless of that, the fact is that time escapes us. We suffer from a chronic lack of time. Our time is measured by a chronometer, or a clock, while in other cultures time was weighed, which was the task of Kairos, the … Read more
Which knowledge can alleviate pain? Many teachings, both philosophical and religious, teach us that suffering ends with knowledge. This claim, which we at least want to partially understand, leads us to ask some questions: which knowledge can alleviate pain? What are the limits of this knowledge? It is obvious that not every knowledge serves to … Read more
