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Parables and anecdotes in advanced alchemy || Las parábolas y anécdotas en la alquimia avanzada [ENG-ESP]

We have talked many times about the process of materializing our desires into reality; and alchemy essentially and fundamentally represents that. So understanding

El hombre más rico de Babilonia: Reseña | The richest man in Babylon: Book review (No spoiler) [ESP-ING]

¡Hola queridos hivers! Es todo un placer estar de vuelta! 👋 Hello dear hivers! It's a pleasure to be back! Me emociona hablarles hoy sobre "El hombre más rico

I bet I can show you the meaning of love in one photo.

Hello everyone! You read the title so you know whats going on. (That sounded kinda sassy lol) I really think that this photo makes a lot of sense. I can't really

Snake Bite

A man who has experienced a snake bite is always afraid of the earthworm. A man who has been hurt before will always be scared of whatever looks like his past

Old truths, laws, friends, books and wine are best.

This parable by polish is a verity in this age even though the minds of men is not set upon this fact. Though it is true that as life evolves the people should keep

Converted to what?

"13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the

Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings-3) The Parable Of The Fallen Leaf.

                    "Life begins on the other side of despair." Sartre... The problem of evil in a Godless

Wild Rose.

Wild Rose. Many scientists consider the mountainside of Iran and the Himalayas to be the birthplace of wild rose. Now, the dog rose has spread across almost the

Happy and Sad

As the parable goes... A man was out walking in the desert when a voice said to him, "Pick up some pebbles and put them in your pocket, and tomorrow you will

Martial Artist - A Parable

Imagine a marital artist, after years of relentless training, finally kneeling before his master in a ceremony to receive the coveted black belt. “Before I grant

A Zen Parable

Once upon a time, a monk and a novice monk were travelling together. They came to the bank of a river and found that the bridge was damaged. So they had to wade

A Farmer's Donkey - A Parable

This is a simple parable but the moral of the story is very meaningful, and more complex. Perhaps that is what makes it a beautiful parable. One day a farmer’s donkey

Some of my modern proverbs

Life is practice Life is practice. A pro-bowler only stops when he retires from bowling. The living should continue to practice their life until they retire. What

83 Problems

I have been studying Buddhism for most of my life at this point. At first much of my study was from books. Later, I gained direct teachers. In the US I studied under

The book of Enoch Parables or The Similitudes of Enoch

Put Down Your Burden - A Parable

Different versions of this story has been making the rounds on the internet. You may have heard of it before. It is still good to read it again, to remind ourselves

An Imperial Message (Parable by Franz Kafka)

THE EMPEROR, so a parable runs, has sent a message to you, the humble subject, the insignificant shadow cowering in the remotest distance before the imperial sun;

Before the Law (Parable by Franz Kafka)

BEFORE THE LAW stands a doorkeeper. To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country and prays for admittance to the Law. But the doorkeeper says that he cannot

Enough is Enough

A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his knight that if he could ride on his horse across as much land as possible, then the Emperor would give him the

The Buddha Was Just a Guy Who Got Woke – The Parable of Two Arrows

A real photo of me not suffering* In life there is pain and there is suffering. What is the difference? The Buddha was a man who look deeply into the nature of reality