I exist nowhere in the Universe / but in the Universe there is nothing which is not me.

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East, Bae Yong-kyun (1989)

Forget your perfect offering.

There's a crack in everything /
That's how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen

Frank Malina

La Academia de las Musas, José-Luís Guerín, 2015

enlaçam-se os homens no mau tempo

assim como os peixes que se pescam com a rede maligna, e como os passarinhos que se prendem com o laço, assim se enlaçam também os filhos dos homens no mau tempo, quando cai de repente sobre eles.

Eclesiastes 9:12

Assim vingar o corpo.

Tantas vezes o amor
foi óbvio como semear a terra
e tantas vezes semeei a terra
com violentos golpes de foice
como se me vingasse e a terra,
também ela vingativa, restituiu-me
as suas ossadas mais persistentes.

Daniel Francoy

 Enchanted Island (Allan Dwan, 1958)

La rose de fer (Jean Rollin, 1973)

“Esta noite os meus nervos estão mal. Sim, mal. Fica comigo.

Fala comigo. Por que é que nunca falas? Fala.

Em que é que estás a pensar? A pensar o quê? O quê?

Nunca sei o que estás a pensar. Pensa.

Penso que estamos no beco das ratazanas

Onde os homens mortos perderam os seus ossos.”

T.S. ELIOT

( só o silêncio / encontro nenhum // cuida-te de mim amor meu )

“Explicar con palabras de este mundo que partió de mí un barco llevándome.” 
 Alejandra Pizarnik, Árbol de Diana

Bas Jan Ader

Axis

Worldly Desires (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2005)

Para um deus será simples: cantar é existir

Soneto a Orfeu, Rainer Maria Rilke

The Jains / MUTUAL ASSISTANCE TO ALL BEINGS

Parasparopagraho Jivanam 
The function of souls is to help one another

the motto of Jainism

''The outline of the symbol is defined as the universe (Lok). The lower part of the symbol represents the seven hells (Naraki). The middle part of the universe contains the Earth and the planets (Manushyalok). The upper part contains the heavenly abodes (Devlok) of all the celestial beings and abode of the Siddhas (Siddhashila). Jains believe that this universe was neither created by anyone, nor can it be destroyed by anyone. It may change its form, but otherwise, it has always been and will always be here.

The raised hand means stop. The word in the center of the wheel is "Ahimsa". Ahimsa means non-violence. Between these two, they remind us to stop for a minute and think twice before doing anything. This gives us a chance to scrutinize our activities to be sure that they will not hurt anyone by our words, thoughts, or actions. We are also not supposed to ask or encourage others to take part in any harmful activity. The wheel in the hand shows that if we are not careful and ignore these warnings and carry on violent activities, then just as the wheel goes round and round, we will go round and round through the cycles of birth and death.

The four arms of the swastika remind us that during the cycles of birth and death we may be born into any one of the four destinies: heavenly beings, human beings, animal beings, (including birds, bugs, and plants) and hellish beings. Our aim should be the liberation and not the rebirth. To show how we can do this, the swastika reminds us that we should become the pillars of the four fold Jain Sangh, then only can we achieve liberation. The four pillars of the Jain Sangh are sädhus, sädhvis, shrävaks, and shrävikäs. This means that first, we should strive to be a true shrävaks or shrävikäs, and when we can overcome our social attachments, we should renounce the worldly life and follow the path of a sädhu or sädhvi to be liberated.

The three dots above the swastika represent the three jewels of Jainism: Samyak Darshan (Right Faith), Samyak Jnan (Right Knowledge), and Samyak Charitra (Right Conduct). We should have all three: right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct together, then only can we achieve the liberation. The right knowledge means having the knowledge that soul and body are separate and that the soul, not the body attains the salvation. The right faith means one must have faith in what is told by Jinas, who were omniscient. The right conduct means that our actions should be void of attachment and hatred.

At the very top part of the Jain Universe symbol is a small curved arc. This arc represents the abode of the Siddhas. It is known as the Siddhashila. It is the final resting place of the liberated souls. The dot represents a siddha. In order to achieve this stage, a soul must destroy all attached karmas. Every living being should strive for this state of the Salvation or Liberation.''

Per Umbras, Insomnia

ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbras
they went dimly on in the lonely night through the shadow

VIRGILIO

“What hath night to do with sleep?” 

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

solitário.

	The Transfiguration, Michael O'Shea, 2016

Da chama à espada
o caminho é solitário.

Eugénio de Andrade

do latim beātitūdō = felicidade

''Não te esqueças de viver!'' - Maria Filomena Molder, 8/2/2016