An aphorism refers to a short statement that can reveal a fresh perception, an insight, a simple and significant truth.
I have written seven aphorisms - one for each day of the week.
You might take time to spend in silence to reflect on one or two, listen deep within, so an insight or inspiration reveals itself - related or unrelated to the aphorism.
Photo shows Titmuss family. Photo taken 1945 right after the war. Left to right. Harry, grandma, Bert (at back) and Norman Titmuss (stepfather, 1919 - 1990. Sent to France in 1940, aged 21, after six weeks of army training). Grandmother had six brothers, aged in their teens or early 20s. All her brothers were killed in the trenches of France in World War 1 (1914-1918). Her husband, traumatised by what he witnessed in the battlefields of France, committed suicide some years after the so-called Great War. We have at home a newspaper cutting of his death.
War consists of the powerful, rich and old telling the powerless, poor and young to go and murder and maim people/families much like themselves.
Difference between pleasure and happiness. Pleasure is the pursuit of sensations through the senses, memory and imagination. Happiness arises unexpectedly revealing the absence of problematic pursuits, a sublime receptivity and respectful engagement.
Nothing and nobody are worth clinging onto because nothing and nobody stays constantly the same.
Freedom does not depend on being in the here and now. Freedom does not depend on not being in the here and now.
You might be fortunate to get what you don’t want, rather than what you want.
Fear of death can become intense when one has not lived.
Taking an exam in chemistry is a picnic compared to taking chemotherapy. That’s the reality.
May all beings live in peace.
May all beings live with compassion
May all beings live with wisdom.