Comments on: honesty and integrity http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/05/24/honesty-and-integrity/ a gift to you and me accidently on purpose somewhere but mostly in the city Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: xtie http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/05/24/honesty-and-integrity/#comment-473 Sat, 30 May 2009 01:34:04 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/05/24/honesty-and-integrity/#comment-473 it is good to be reminded of fromm's contribution to thoughts on freedom and you remind me that i will have to go back and read marcuse as well now that i am older and have a more nuanced life perspective. really, what purpose is served if you judge others for their failings as humans ... we all have our weaknesses- you and me both. to me, in someways being disappointed in others is assuming a position of superiority because one does not know what a human will do to survive. just a thought. i have always resisted thinking about how others lack honesty and integrity and reflect instead on my own state of being and whether this is my issue. it is good to be reminded of fromm’s contribution to thoughts on freedom and you remind me that i will have to go back and read marcuse as well now that i am older and have a more nuanced life perspective. really, what purpose is served if you judge others for their failings as humans … we all have our weaknesses- you and me both. to me, in someways being disappointed in others is assuming a position of superiority because one does not know what a human will do to survive. just a thought. i have always resisted thinking about how others lack honesty and integrity and reflect instead on my own state of being and whether this is my issue.

]]> by: Omar K. http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/05/24/honesty-and-integrity/#comment-469 Mon, 25 May 2009 00:50:57 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/05/24/honesty-and-integrity/#comment-469 " Etre ensemble Selon la philosophie soufie, l'une des premières règles du bonheur consiste à s'asseoir avec des amis ou des gens qu'on aime. On s'assoit, on ne dit rien, on ne fait rien. On se reargde ou on ne se regarde pas. Toute l'extase vient du plaisir d'être entouré de gens avec lesquels on se sent bien. Plus besoin de s'occuper ou d'occuper l'espace sonore. On se contente d'apprécier cette muette coexistence." Bernard Werber; Encyclopédie du Savoir Relatif et Absolu, Editions Albin Michel "Livre de Poche", page 187. ” Etre ensemble

Selon la philosophie soufie, l’une des premières règles du bonheur consiste à s’asseoir avec des amis ou des gens qu’on aime. On s’assoit, on ne dit rien, on ne fait rien. On se reargde ou on ne se regarde pas. Toute l’extase vient du plaisir d’être entouré de gens avec lesquels on se sent bien. Plus besoin de s’occuper ou d’occuper l’espace sonore. On se contente d’apprécier cette muette coexistence.”

Bernard Werber; Encyclopédie du Savoir Relatif et Absolu, Editions Albin Michel “Livre de Poche”, page 187.

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