The Butterfly Circus

The Butterfly Circus

Transformation Of The Heart Blow after blow, we rise from the ashes of our never-dying ego. At times, there is an impression that a collapse is imminent, and then it seems that everything is going to be okay. Only through such gradual, step-by-step development do we become aware that we must change. The internal collapse we don’t wish to experience but are all subject to is necessary solely in order to pull us out of our own swamp, elevate us, and force us to start thinking. As a matter of fact, a consistent painful experience is but a persistent call to change.  All trials and tribulations gradually pull a person out of himself, meaning out of his or her ego. With each new step “out of ourselves” that we take, we process another type of egoism, its greater part. Repeated blows to the ego still don’t let us feel the difference and realize that with each time, our egoism goes through greater transformation and teaches us about who we are. It is extremely diverse and adapts to any situation. It always seeks how to benefit… There is nothing accidental; nothing happens just “because”. Egoism helps us to evolve, and therefore, we cannot skip the stages of our development until the ego reaches its height and alters, or rather, transforms in order to use its own energy to act altruistically – for the good of all. But before we are conscious and mature enough to realize our altruistic potential, we have to swallow every pill, which is the only way to learn. There is no other option. Then, when we...
Together We Can Change the World

Together We Can Change the World

To change the world together – sound like a great idea! But the world changes through us, people who live in it; therefore, we must understand how the world is currently changing and what we wish it to be. By changing ourselves to become an integral part of the entire system called Universe, we change the world. Nature has always driven us forward. We thought that we were changing the world, but in reality, we were simply pushed toward trying to reach happiness and more happiness or run from misfortunes and suffering. And ultimately, we have come to such a condition where we improve the world only by improving ourselves with our awareness, a rational understanding of nature, and with our connection and balance with it.  ...