#paradise
A quotation from Russell, Bertrand
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Interview by Seth King, New York Times (1961-05-18)
#quote #quotes #quotation #evil #happiness #humanity #malice #meme #oppression #paradise #selfinterest #unhappiness
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/32487/
"When pain, fear, anger, jealousy, confusion, etc is washed out of you (a cleans, a meditation, a bath in pure love, a surrender and state of acceptance - self induced or otherwise) - then you will see that you are whole, you can recognize your soul - you can realize who and what you are and how that fits into the greater hyper-dimensional reality. You can #experience true #bliss, #calmness, #peace, #contentment, #love => let's call that #paradise. Once you recognize that, you can have moments of bliss throughout the day, #anywhere, #anytime, if you just stop to #remember that it is there.
It seems obvious that most #human #beings are being kept from having this feeling, which is why paradise seems an unreachable concept, instead of a matter of course, as it could be."
#quote from #pa
Shore leave and a visa to Aeden, the Paradise Planet. I couldn’t believe my luck as we descended through green skies towards the space port.
After landing, I followed the signs to the human processing area. A deep, robotic voice directed me to one of a row of doors. I stepped into a small room with the sterile feel of an operating theatre, and the door closed behind me. I’d heard of Aeden’s rapid vaccination procedure, but didn’t know much about it.
On a table was something that looked like a hospital gown with a harness.
“Put it on,” the voice instructed.
I undressed and put the gown on. I heard a whirring noise above my head and looked up. A metallic arm descended towards me out of a complex array of machinery. It held a large syringe.
“Relax your right arm,” said the voice.
I did my best.
I felt a cold scratch.
Seconds later, I felt dizzy and feverish. Suddenly, my stomach lurched and I gagged. I doubled over and threw up violently. And again. Then I lost control completely and vile liquids came out of all my orifices. It went on and on. I was on my hands and knees, drained, when it finally stopped. I felt sweaty and weak, like a fever breaking after a severe illness. An illness fast-forwarded.
I felt a click behind me and I was lifted in the air by the harness, the soiled gown falling away. Hoses sprayed from several directions, cleaning me and the floor.
A door I hadn’t seen before opened, and I was deposited in a shower cubicle. Warm water flowed pleasantly from above, and a shelf to my right held colourful gels and shampoos.
“You have been successfully vaccinated against 4,252 pathogens dangerous to one or more of the species who visit Aeden. You may proceed.”
I towelled dry, feeling the colour return to my face. I wasn’t even surprised when another previously unseen door opened. I entered a larger sunlit room, a high, wide window showing the pale green sky.
Beachwear sat neatly folded on a chair. On a small table nearby sat an oval glass with a deep orange liquid, a straw and the fruity smell of a cocktail.
“Welcome to Aeden. Enjoy your stay.”
#microfiction #writing #sci-fi #ScienceFiction #paradise #vaccination
Thieves’ Paradise in Kiev — IMF Admits It Doesn’t Know How Much Ukraine Has Received of $35 Billion in Promised Foreign Cash, or Where the Money Was Spent
#Thieves ’ #Paradise in #Kiev — #IMF Admits It Doesn’t Know How Much #Ukraine Has Received of $ #35 #Billion in Promised #Foreign #Cash , or Where the #Money Was #Spent #civil #war #US #NATO #Russia #EU #Europe #politics
The separation of post-mortem scenarios is artificial.
https://notesandsilence.com/2022/08/08/existence-levels/
#death #paradise #soul #mindfulness #conscience #silence #spirituality
Cacao Paradise !! Watch first 4 minutes..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4in7Qn9cXE
#rainforest #paradise #chocolate
Paradise Lost
Lost Paradise
Listening to this old record on vinyl. Just wanted to share with you too.
#music #Death-doom #Gothic-metal #Paradiselost #paradise #gloom #1990
Steueroasen an den Kragen
Die #PandoraPapers haben den Steuerbetrug der Superreichen aufgedeckt. Die Enthüllungen sind ein Gesamtkunstwerk internationaler Journalist:innen. http://www.taz.de/Enthuellungen-durch-Pandora-Papers/!5804007/ #taz #tazgezwitscher #tageszeitung #Steueroase #Paradise #Papers #Panama #Papers
#dwr #foto #fotografieren #mywork #goodmorning #fbg #fbd #jamendo #CC
#Tousled #Crane on #Tour
Guten Morgen #Welt!
#Death in #Paradise
Zumindest im #Autofahrerparadies!
Ich weiß nicht, ob er durch oder mit #Autos ums #Leben gekommen ist, aber ich habe seinen kleinen #Körper dann mal in den #Wald gelegt.
Die gute #Nachricht am #Montag:
Ich lebe noch und dass mit zwei #Impfungen und ich mach dann mal #Kaffee!
Kommt gut in die #Woche!
Bleibt senkrecht und gesund!
Don't ignore the very things that lie within your grasp. We don't value them. We even curse them. Consider your eyes. How can we take some thing as wonderful as our eyes for granted? Yet we do. We don't look deeply at these wonders. We ignore them, and, as a result, we lose them. It's as though our eyes don't exist. Only when we are struck blind do we realize how precious our eyes were, and then it's too late. A blind person who regains her sight understands the preciousness of her eyes. She has the capacity to live happily right here on earth. The world of form and color is a miracle that offers blissful joys every day. After we have this realization, we cannot look at the blue sky and the white clouds without smiling. The world constantly reveals its freshness and splendor. A blind person who regains her sight knows that paradise is right here, but before long she too will start to take it for granted again.
— Thich Nhat Hanh in Fragrant Palm Leaves - Journals 1962-1966
#mindfulness #eyes #color #nature #paradise #ThichNhatHanh #buddhism
