Mystics speak of a great sorrow in contemplation. It is very common in our modern times to have an intense aversion to any talk of spiritual sadness as a virtue. We have a prevailing feeling that spirituality must always be uplifting and positive. This tendency arises out of a confusion about what Love truly is. We ...
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Search for Sadness
1962-08-05 Los Angeles, USA / Summertime Sadness / Sommer Traurigkeit / Tristeza de Verão / Tristeza de Verano
Perhaps the most iconic Hollywood actress, Marilyn Monroe is best known for her beauty, talents, and personality. But beneath the looks, glamour, and fame, Marilyn led a dark life that not many knew about. Before overdosing on barbiturates, Marilyn had already been divorced three times and had been fired from several movies because of her tardiness ...
The Sadness of Travel / Die Traurigkeit der Reise / A tristeza da Viagem / La tristeza del Viaje
The more places you see, the more things you see that appeal to you, none of the places has it all. The more you see, each place has a smaller and smaller percentage of the things you love. This drives you subconsciously to keep looking for a place, not that is perfect, but just for a ...
1890-07-29 Auvers-sur-Oise, France / The sadness will last Forever / Die Traurigkeit bleibt für Immer / A tristeza durará para Sempre / La tristeza durará para Siempre
Van Gogh was unsuccessful during his lifetime, and was considered a madman and a failure. He became famous after his suicide, and exists in the public imagination as the quintessential misunderstood genius, the artist where discourses on madness and creativity converge. Born into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh drew as a child and was serious, quiet and ...
Miss Sadness / Fräulein Traurigkeit / Senhorita Tristeza / Señorita Tristeza
A Tristeza é uma das seis emoções básicas junto com felicidade, raiva, surpresa, medo e nojo. A Tristeza é parte do processo normal da criança separ uma simbiose precoce com a mãe e se tornar mais independente. Toda vez que uma criança se separa um pouco mais, ela terá que lidar com uma pequena perda. Se a mãe ...
Tristesse / Sadness / Traurigkeit / Tristeza / Tristeza
La Tristesse est une douleur émotionnelle associée, ou caractérisée par des sentiments de désavantages, à une perte, au désespoir ou au chagrin. Un individu triste fait face à un état léthargique et se replie face aux autres. La tristesse est l'une des sept émotions de base, parmi elle la joie, la colère, la surprise, la peur, le ...
The World is Beautiful / Die Welt ist Schön / O mundo é Lindo / El mundo es Bello
While we feel intense sadness, profound happiness can be just around the corner. One step away. One thought away. One kiss away. If today is not a good day, wake up tomorrow and start a better day. Close your eyes for a minute and open them looking for the beauty that the World is. Forget the ugliness, the adversity, ...
Children need connection and Love / Kinder brauchen Verbindung und Liebe / Crianças precisam de conexão e Amor / Niños necessitan conexíon y Amor
Difference in opinions, personalities, beliefs or values; change in family circumstances like a new baby, separation or divorce; financial problems; alcohol or drug use; mental health problems; bullying or harassment. Family are the most important people to you so any of these relationship problems can be distressing to you and lead to negative emotions like ...
Girl goes to Heaven / Mädchen geht in den Himmel / Menina vai para o Céu / Niña va al Cielo
There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses a child. When our parents die we are orphans. When our spouse dies, we are widowed. When a child dies we are speechless. In the natural order of things, parents are not meant to bury their children. You must readapt to a new ...
Are you awake Now / Bist du jetzt Wach / Você está acordado Agora / Estas despierto Ahora
You go through life with so many false notions – of the World, of spirituality and of yourself. You build up masks and you believe the facades. It is all a charade. It is all based upon illusions and deceit. You deceive yourself at every moment, and the World also deceives you at every moment. You ...
The root of Suffering / Die Wurzel des Leidens / A raiz do Sofrimento / La raíz del Sufrimiento
According to Buddhism, the root of suffering is neither the feeling of pain nor of sadness nor even of meaninglessness. Rather, the real root of suffering is this never-ending and pointless pursuit of ephemeral feelings, which causes us to be in a constant state of tension, restlessness and dissatisfaction. Due to this pursuit, the mind ...
I will Survive / Ich werde Überleben / Eu Sobreviverei / Sobreviviré
Bullying can occur in nearly any part in or around the school building, although it may occur more frequently during physical education classes and activities such as recess. Bullying also takes place in school hallways, bathrooms, on school buses and while waiting for buses, and in classes that require group work and/or after school activities. Bullying in ...
We live on a beautiful Planet / Wir leben auf einem schönen Planeten / Vivemos em um planeta Lindo / Vivimos en un hermoso Planeta
We live on a beautiful planet. Look around you, it is amazing. You live in a breathtaking environment that is full of magic and wonder. Although you can feel intense sadness, profound happiness can be just around the corner. One step away. One thought away. One kiss away. Sources of joy are literally everywhere; you just have to overlook ...
You live on this Rock / Du lebst auf diesem Fels / Você mora nessa Rocha / Vives en esta Roca
The Human mind is simply not capable of understanding the scale of our insignificance. It is magical thinking and delusion to believe that we can. Our minds think linearly, and the only way to come close to conceptualizing the scale of our universe is to use multiple exponential scales. We are not designed to process information ...
Cynicism masks Pain / Zynismus verkleidet Schmerz / Cinismo mascara a Dor / Cinismo enmascara el Dolor
I was just feeling some grief before you came and found me looking out at the water there - birds diving for fish, seals out there - and I just felt such sadness that there are fewer of them than there used to be and someday there may be none.And I thought, 'How important is ...
Peace to mother Gaia / Friede für Mutter Gaia / Paz para mãe Gaia / Paz a la madre Gaia
Thank you for your patience, your fortress, your perseverance, your Love. I apologize, I am sorry for my contribution to your suffering. Dear Mother Gaia, You are the great Earth, you are Terra, you are Gaia; you are this infinitely beautiful blue planet. You are the Earth refreshing Bodhisattva, cool and kind. Your immeasurable patience and endurance makes ...
I have nothing left to Give / Ich habe nichts mehr zu Geben / Não tenho mais nada para Dar / No tengo nada más para Dar
Human greed and the thirst for power. The basic problem is greed and the monetary system that is based on fundamentally flawed and unsustainable principles. It is a complex, messy World you find yourself in. Obsession with perpetual growth and the cracks that are finally appearing in the prevailing economic system is at the root of the ...
2021-09-04 Natal, Brazil / Climb to the Sun / Zur Sonne steigen / Subir ao Sol / Sube al Sol
Reminiscence is the behavior of reflecting on your past, and Nostalgia is the emotional response. Nostalgia is a powerful mix of joy and Sadness. It carries within itself the acknowledgement that the passage of time is unalterable. Nostalgia feels bittersweet, happy and comforting. But with a taste of Sadness that whatever we are remembering is lost in some way. For ...
More beautiful World / Schönere Welt / Mundo mais Lindo / Mundo mas Hermoso
Sometimes you must get lost in order to find your way. African proverb Charles Eisenstein says 'There is a vast territory between what we're trying to leave behind, and where we want to go - and we don't have any maps for that territory.' The story of the past is crumbling away, while the new story has ...
1952-07-26 Buenos Aires, Argentina / Don’t cry for Me / Weine nicht um Mich / Não chore por Mim / No llores por Mi
If one day you wake up and I am gone do not cry, do not grieve, do not write paragraphs about how much you loved me. Because when I was alone in my darkest hours and when I needed you the most, you were not the one that stayed up all night to make sure that ...
2016-07-10 Natal, Brazil / Departure / Abreise / Partida / Partida
My life was changing again, my project was definitely not going ahead and I was definitely not going to Rio de Janeiro. I was definitely not going to live in my small beach house anymore and I was definitely going to live in the apartment of the mother of my baby Matilda. The mother of my daughter had decided to ...
The pain of Separation / Der Schmerz der Trennung / A dor de Separação / El dolor de la Separación
Once longing is awakened within the heart it is the most direct way home. Like the magnet it draws us deep within our own heart where we are made whole and transformed. This is why the Sufi mystics have always stressed the importance of longing. Your whole life must be one of longing. Yet our present Western ...
2016-12-24 Natal, Brazil / They’ve taken the One I Love / Sie haben genommen die ich Liebe / Eles tomaram o que eu Amo / Han tomado la que Amo
I had lots of dreams in my life, beautiful ones but dreaming that my baby Matilda would be taken away was an ugly and unconfortable nightmare. Children are the biggest gift in life. But this dream and my inner fear of losing something important to me became reality today. They have taken the One I love. At this ...
Lovesickness / Liebeskummer / Doente de Amor / Enfermo de Amor
Love is a serious mental disease. Love is a madness. Literature and poetry have often described Love as a kind of madness, and the medical profession takes a similar approach. Passionate Love will almost always fade or turn into melancholy Love, a form of depression or sadness. Lovesickness can be experienced if Love is lost. Passionate Love is ...
Keeping Quiet / Ruhig Bleiben / Mantenha o Silêncio / Mantener Silencio
Keep quiet and still, even just for a second or just for a minute. Take part in nature. Re-encounter your true essences so that you can embrace kindness and respect. And that way, each piece that is out of place will fit in where it belongs. Keep quiet and still is an invitation to stop moving, to ...