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ESA NOCHE EN LO DE MI ABUELO - del libro CUENTOS DEL MÁS ACÁ Y DEL MÁS ALLÁ. Marina Oppenheimer - Amazon

Mis abuelos vivían a una media hora de mi casa y, cuando niña, solía ir a visitarlos los sábados. A mi abuelo le encantaba jugar a la canasta pero detestaba perder, así que, a pesar de mis pocos años, yo había aprendido a tolerar su frustración cada vez que le ganaba una mano. Ese sábado yo había llegado un poco más tarde que de costumbre y él me estaba esperando con la puerta abierta. En esa época no abundaban los atracos y la gente vivía mucho más confiada que hoy en día. El almuerzo ya estaba listo y mi abuela iba y venía de la cocina con los habituales spaghetti al pomodoro y el bol de queso rallado. Debo decir aquí que mi abuela odiaba la cocina pero, por suerte, mi abuelo no. Nunca en mis largos años de vida comí spaghetti como los de mi abuelo. A pesar de que, en esa época, yo no sabía mucho de cocina me sabía la receta de memoria: un huevo por persona, media taza de harina por persona, sal, y una cucharita de aceite de oliva. Hacer un círculo de harina para encajonar los huevos...

TRUTHS TO THINK ABOUT

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 I have collected these thoughts through years of reading spiritual books. I hope you too will take advantage of their transcendent depth.   We are in this life to learn and to teach, to  observe and find meaning. I am not my story; I am my choices. Our story was created by our parents. We recreate a story line until we have resolved it. If I resent someone, he/she becomes my main relationship. Too long in a negative resolution equals the distortion of reality. Moments are planned by the unconscious long before we step into them. A crisis will destroy us if we don’t let go what is already lost. Being in a crisis is being in a state of transformation. A crisis is the way we evolve when we lack courage. Everything cannot be forgiven. Betraying makes you unable to save your marriage. Adversity teaches us how to enjoy non-adversity. Let’s count our blessings. Attachment arises from the need to forge an identity through association. What the ego...

“THE PROBLEM IS NOT WETHER HUMAN SOUL IS IMMORTAL...BUT WHAT OUR OWN IMMORTALITY WILL BE LIKE". "The Challenges of Life", by Ignace Lepp

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  For some mysterious coincidence, books by authors with my same vision of the Universe very often fall into my lap. Such is the case of Ignace Lepp, originally from Estonia, whose above statement reflects exactly my vision of eternity. In a few words this author describes how the generalities created by different religions leave aside the most important aspect of existence: i.e. that each one of us has the freedom to shape the life that will take place, or not, when we leave this planet. Because although all of us human beings belong to the same race, we are all spiritually different. As a result, not only our path through this life will be profoundly dissimilar from one another, but also our next journey will be like no other. What then is the existential difference between human beings? Even though we all face similar life challenges for survival, the energy with which we face these obstacles cannot be taught nor explained. Each one of us must discover its own path without help....

EL SECRETO DE LA VIDA

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  Al llegar a la tercera edad y a pesar de no creer en religión alguna, admito que me acosa la necesidad de saber qué me espera al irme de este mundo. ¿Pero acaso algo me espera, o simplemente he de perderme en el inmenso vacío del universo? Debo decir que, a través de años de lecturas y reflexiones, solo un concepto me brindó la esperanza de que nuestra visita en la tierra no sea un evento inútil; en realidad, es nuestra ocasión de demostrar lo que valemos. El concepto al que me refiero es el así llamado "karma en acción" que no tiene relación alguna con el volver a nacer en mejor o peor situación terrenal. Cuando pienso en el karma lo que se me ocurre es comparar nuestra existencia con los libros de cuentos, aquellos en donde el caballero solo se hacía digno de la princesa después de vencer arduas pruebas. ¿Pero acaso nuestras vidas no se caracterizan por arduas pruebas que hemos de superar? ¿Entonces, si el caballero vencedor se ganaba el amor de la doncella, ¿cuál es el p...

"EACH ONE OF US ACTS FROM AN UNRESOLVED PAIN." Rafael Santandreu

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  The other day, I heard from Rafael Santandreu one of the wisest phrases I had ever heard: " Each one of us acts from an unresolved pain ." This brings to mind the saying of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung when he states that the deep problems of our life do not have to be solved but overcome through our personal growth. By not overcoming them, these problems will continue controlling our lives. I tried to apply these ideas to my personal life, and I began to realize how much truth they hold. When I use my own life story as an example, one of the situations that disturbed me the most was when someone walked away from me for no reason. On those occasions when I lost a friendship without any possible explanation, I always convinced myself that it was surely my fault. However, I now understand how much more complicated the situation was. If that friend didn't feel comfortable with me because of something I had done, she would have told me openly. By not explaining to me the re...

SOLEDAD EN MIAMI, LONELINESS IN MIAMI, BILINGUAL EDITION

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  This book is the story of a woman who, like many others, one day found herself alone in the city of Miami. Its pages tell how Ana was able to overcome the hurdles that had always prevented her from starting her true journey. This story is written in Spanish and in English, and it is based on true events. Enjoy.

WHO IS REALLY TO BLAME?

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The more I live, the more I realize what a difficult task is the parenting task, and how difficult it is to realize it when we are young and decide to have children. When I was at New York Hospital for the birth of my son, I used to listen to the nurses complain about the mother with whom I shared the room. According to them, this new mother did not provide her newborn with the usual necessary care. At that time, I thought it was just a matter of showing happiness to the newborn; today I know that this woman’s baby did not enjoy the bliss destined for my son. That is how it all begins. Many of us read articles about crimes carried out by young people without realizing that no one comes into this world with criminal tendencies. If we go deeper, we will understand that it is us parents who are responsible for the crimes. Why? For not having being the good teachers all children deserve to have. I do not mean by this that the parents of delinquent children also have a delinquent instinct; ...