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Tiger philosophy lesson 146: My view on the Dutch-mentality part 1

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I told my neighbor  that I had climbed our roof to inspect for  damage. I discovered that  the leaves where blocking the rainwater from draining into the pipes. This was causing the water to leak in the house.

The first thing my neighbor said, “next time I will  climb the roof  and inspect it. This way we can divide the inspecting load equally among each other”. His statement did two things to me. First of all it made me conscious of Him and I and secondly  it created a disappointment of short sidedness in me. This part of the Dutch-mentality I always had difficulty coping with.

What he communicated to me where two things. First of all he assumed that his inspecting the roof and sharing the burden will also be seen fair  to me. His assuming  shows a certain arrogance in his (Dutch) behavior.  Secondly  what he communicated was  his conditional pattern thinking. You do this then I will do that, one time you clean next time I will clean, one time you help me next time I will help you, one time you pay next time I will pay. This behavior has become so much part of the  Dutch-mentality  that these principles are being  applied to the most intimate  relationships. You love me then I will love you,  you give me this much I will give you so much. Nothing seems to be unconditional in the Dutch-mentality. Everything is weighed and calculated towards a perfect harmonious  balance.

A average non Dutch-mentality person has difficulty in coping with this attitude. I see many  non-Dutch’s, specially who are born here  adopting this attitude which is in my opinion an degradation in  values. Also I must express that I feel this attitude is responsible for  major development of the Dutch society. it is a very effective working mechanism. It has provided the Dutch-mentality with lot of benefits, I wonder at what cost… ……………….??

For past 25 years I have lived with the Dutch people and tried to understand them. I think that I understand the Dutch-mentality better than the Dutch person understands himself. Because a healthy person will not try to figure out what is health. A happy person will not try to define what is happiness. A fish in the ocean will not search for water. The person who is in need will investigate.

My love for Dutch-mentality makes me say things about the Dutch culture. A Dutch person cannot appreciate the Dutch-mentality as much I can. A Dutch person cannot condemn  other cultures as much I can. It is my love-hate relationship with this Dutch-mentality which provokes me to speak.

My neighbor

 

Tiger philosophy lesson 145:Sharing my passion!

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There are 4 things I need to do everyday, which really bring happiness into my day to day  life. This can be for everybody totally different but for me here are the following.

One I need to be totally alone for at least 1 hour  every day, in this hour I feel a deep sense of belonging  and acceptance. In these moments I experience a deep aloneness something which could be  described as a near death experience. After this experience a certain Pease prevails one me.

Second thing which makes me happy, is at least one hour of reading every day. Reading gives me an experience of  pregnancy, it makes place for new ideas, it creates insight, it creates newness in my thinking and understanding of myself and my surrounding.

Third thing which makes me happy is at least 1 hour of   intense physical activity. In which I allow my body to totally exhaust, that not a single breath or level of energy remains in me for doing something else . This gives a certain rush of liveliness, an  experience comparable  with  using drugs. The feeling of blood rushing  through my veins, this creates a strong connection with my body. Majority of us do not experience our body we only experience our head as our total body. But our head/brains/mind is just a part of the total body.

Fourth thing which makes me happy is being productive. That could be in form of work, accomplishments, helping someone, writing this tiger philosophy. Being productive is like giving birth to something new. Is like leaving something of yourself into this world.

Being  in search for  pleasure or happiness is childish. They are by product of our activities.. In search for pleasure or happiness is like a dog that is chasing his tale, not knowing that he will never be able to catch it. Because it is against it’s law of nature. When we pursue what we love, that could be something very very small happiness and pleasure follow us like the tail of the dog.

Sharing my passion!

What makes you happy?

 

Tiger philosophy lesson 144: Watching the river!

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Have I ever told you the story of my friend, who used to sit on the banks of the river? Let me tell you something about this remarkable man.  I never knew him personally. I never even spoke a word to him, but still I consider him the most valuable friend I ever had. He was my self-proclaimed friend.

He used to sit beside the river and watched the river with great intensity. Whenever I saw him he was looking at the river. I saw him sitting next to the river in the cold mornings, during the hot days in the soft evenings, in the rain, under the moon light at the rising of the sun. In the winter, in the summer in the spring . I saw him watching the river when it was crowded, I saw him watching the river when it was dried I saw him watching the river when it was flooding and violent. It was like he became part of the river when he sat there. Like a tree sitting just sitting for no reason at all.  I was passing this river for  years but I never could see the river with the same intensity.

After 10 years he suddenly  disappeared. I did not know where he came from, where he went why he sat there, what was he looking for. He used to sit there for  hours and hours. He was  just gone from  one day to another.

After him I stopped seeing the river. I still sometime go to the same place, but I just can’t see the river like I used to ; alive, radiant, magnificent, glorious and beautiful . I can’t see the river like that without him!

The deeper  layers!

Tiger philosophy lesson 143: New years eve

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Once again we are at the crossroad of the new year. It is a beautiful moment to stop and look inside ourself to evaluate if we are heading in the right direction. To awaken ourself from a dream state and be present in this moment. To reflect, to ponder upon and  to ask the most significant question of all, “How has my life been meaningful so far? ”.  This is not a question for some but for all of us! This question arises in us when we are acting from a responsible position in life.

What has happened in all my honesty to me in the previous year? I have felt fear, frustration, rejection,  sadness, disappointment. Despite everything I have kept my focus  onto that I truly desire in life. I have gained many insights during this journey. I have learned that I can be happy and peaceful despite  problems, difficulties, disappointments, deceases, fears, rejections…  A discontinuity from the outside factors in relationship to  my inner Pease.

I have learned that I have always the choice to choose for that which is in alignment with my deepest desires at any given moment. Continue reading →

Tiger philosophy lesson 142: The art of love!

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The very base of true love is nourished out of self-love. Can we truly give something to others what we do not possess our self? Can a bagger really provide to those who are in real need? The more one has the more one can give away, the more one becomes the more one can lead the way.

Self-love start with fully accepting our self at the physical level. This has nothing to do how the world perceives us how the others look at us and how the mirror images us. This is you accepting your perfect self.

Start accepting your face, head, hairs, brows, eyes, nose, teeth’s, mouth, lips, ears, chin, neck, shoulders, breast, arms, hands, belly, hips, butt, genitals, legs, feet’s, look at everything about your body, look at your weight, length, body smells, all the shortcoming all the handicaps all the deformations of your body, look at them part by part and except them fully as they are.

There is no question of beauty or ugliness here, this is beyond the judgment of the perceiver. You may be bold or have long hair, you may be thin or very fat, you may be young or very old, whatever you are, you are absolutely perfect.

Path towards true love starts with self-love. Self-love starts with accepting oneself. Accepting oneself starts at the outer edge of our being that is our physical body.

This may sound unpractical to many, but in our neurotic society we believe that we need to be/do something to accept ourselves. We are learned to be ashamed as we are, we are learned to disapprove our self.

I heard one’s a mother whispering into the ears of her deformed child, “I love you for you, you are my best and absolutely perfect creation ever”.

I accept myself that only qualifies me to accept the other!

The art of love!

Tiger philosophy lesson 141: Who am I?

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Who am I? who am I? Who am I? WHO am I? who AM i? who am I? who AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I?

MEIN KON HUN? MEIN KON HUN? Mein KON hun? Mein kon HUN?  Mein KON HUN 

WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun? Mein kon hun? Mein kon hun? Mein kon hun?  Wie ben ik? Mein kon hun?  Wie ben ik? who AM i? who AM I? Wie ben ik ? WIE BEN IK? WIE BEN IK? WIE BEN IK? WIE BEN IK? MEIN KON HUN? MEIN KON HUN? MEIN KON HUN? Mein kon HUN?

Mein kon HUN?  Mein kon HUN?  Mein kon HUN?  Who am I? who am I? Who am I? WHO am I? who AM i? who am I? who AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I?

Who am I? WIE BEN IK? WIE BEN IK? ? Wie ben ik ?  who AM i? who am I? who AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? Who am I? who am I? Who am I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun?  Mein kon hun? Mein kon hun? Mein kon hun? WHO am I? who AM i? who am I? who AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I?

Asking the right question!

 

Tiger philosophy lesson 140: Love after first sight

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At every new encounter  there is a new disappointment. At every attempt to discover somebodies world there  is an experience  of  deep emptiness.  Each and every time I feel cheated by the other,  from the outside they seemed so beautiful so promising so alluring.  From inside they are rotten, there thinking,  there  vision is so poor and outdated.

They have invested all there investment on the outside. It  looks  shining and promising from the distance but from inside they  all are  beggars bagging for their little happiness.  All they are doing is Running away from  Pain and time not knowing pain is inevitable  and the time will eventually outran them.

Maybe it is my own hollowness, emptiness, meaninglessness,  purposelessness, senselessness, ugliness, stupidness, pittyness  which is reflected back to me through  the other what I am experiencing in these moments of meeting  from moment to moment.

Love after first sight

 

Tiger philosophy lesson 139: Official week against loneliness

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It is said that 25% of Dutch population suffers from loneliness. According to my understanding 100% of us are lonely, depressed and are at the edge of insanity. The only difference in between those who really experience it and those who APPARANTLY don’t is the strategy they are using.

Why do we feel lonely ? Those of us who are not feeling lonely jet, have occupied our self with so much garbage that we never are really confronted with our loneliness. We are busy all the time, with our work, studies and our social activities. We have no time to get in contact with our loneliness. It is a strategy and a fear at the same time to avoid contact with our self.

If we would take away all our activities just for one month and bring us in a situation in which we are confronted with our self. Where we would be forced to look at the poor quality of our most important relationship, the relationship with our self. We would notice it is a marriage which has become suicidal.

For me it is not a small accusation on a society in which it is said that 25% of the people are lonely!

How can we feel lonely even when we are surrounded by 1000 of people continuously? It is like one loneliness is meeting other loneliness in all our activities. One of the root causes we feel lonely is the superficiality of relationship we experience. It is not so strange that we admire programs like“friends” , “sex and the city” and a like. They represent a higher form of superficiality with which we as society have started to identify. We need to look carefully at how we relate to each other. The quality of relationships at society level can only increase if we are ready to improve our relationship with our self .

If we do not increase the quality of relationship with our self we as society are bound to become lonely , depressed and insane.

Official week against loneliness.

(I am interested in your opinion about this tiger Philosophy, please let me know what are your thoughts about it)

Tiger philosophy lesson 138: The hierarchy of pain!

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As I was walking on the street, I saw a small kid crying. He was bleeding on his knees. I sat down to comfort him. As I sat next to him this tiger philosophy arouse in me. I grabbed the opportunity to think about my philosophy and comfort the young boy.

Thus I begun and the young listener listened. “There are 3 levels of pain one can experience”, I said to the young listener. There is pain of poor person, there is pain of rich person and there is pain of the higher self. Whenever you have to choose among these pain choose thehighest pain, because only through highest pain you can grow toward your final destination.

The poor man experiences what is described as “pythra” which expresses itself in physical body. It is always concerned with survival, hunger, wealth, status, desire with all our very basic needs.

“What about the pain of the rich man”, asked the young listener? The rich man experiences pain in the psychological body. He experiences a deep sadness, a sense of meaninglessness to his existence. That is called “dukkha”. It is the flowering of a seed in a never ending stream of void. He has all the reason to be happy, exactly therein lies the very root of his unhappiness. He has experienced wealth, health, love, there is nothing more to achieve for this person, he has everything his heart desires, still he experiences unhappiness.

“Interesting”, said the young listener! The higher- self experiences pain, which is neither physical nor psychological of nature, his pain manifests itself through itself at a compassionate level. There is a BIG difference in the first two and the last form of pain. The first two are concerned with you as a person. The pain of higher-self is only concerned with the state of other beings. It feels pain because others are in pain, it is not an ego based rather egoless pain. He feels pain because he is dis-attached, disconnect, distanced from the society. The mundane language does not support him to describe his higher experiences. The ears of the society are not ready to hear his voice, in this adequacy lays his pain.

The young listener had calmed down and I had my tiger philosophy for today, so here our paths separated again!

The hierarchy of pain!

Tiger philosophy lesson 137: Proposition of the devil!

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One night when I was sleeping my deepest sleep, the devil descended upon me and offered me a proposition. Before he started he said, “here is the deal, you have to choose me instead of god to be your savior”. He seemed serious and I was interested in his proposition. I said to the devil, “ it all depends on the proposition you offer. I am like a prostitute, for enough money I will do anything”.

The Devil continued…..

Devil: I will make you feel loved by the whole of the humanity, I will give you true love which you cherish so much!
Me: Will everybody love me for no reason, will I abide in the hearts of strangers, will I feel absolutely unity with my love, where there is no question of “you” and “I” but only “we” exists as a single entity?
Devil: yes

Devil: I will make you the most intellectual person of the world, , all the knowledge will be in you!
Me: Will I know answer to everything that is to know, will I not struggle to get answers to the deepest questions of life, will I lead a life of all knowing in this ignorant world?
Devil: Yes

Devil: I will make you the happiest man of the world, full of joy, full of self-confidence and without any doubt or fear!
Me: Will I be able to do anything I like, without any hesitation without any fear, will I never experience insecurity, will I stand among the bravest man of the world?
Devil: Yes, much higher then the bravest of them!

Devil: I will create greatest friendships and relationships for you!
Me: Will I have no doubt on any of my friendships anymore, will I know that I have full support of all the –ships, will I never have to worry that somebody will leave me alone ?
Devil: Yes

Devil: I will make you achieve any goal you set your hearth upon, you will be the best in anything you touch.
Me: Will I never fail or lose a challenge, will I not know what is disappointment ever, will I never shed tears of failure because I wanted it so badly.
Devil: Yes

Devil: I will create paradise for you everywhere you go, you will experience eternal peace and pleasures in any directions your feet set off!
Me: Will I never be bored again, will I always have fun and experience enjoyment, will I never feel depressed or unhappy, will I not wonder how it would be if I had more?
Devil: Yes yes

Devil: I will make you the healthiest man of earth, you will not experience old age, you will enjoy eternal youth.
Me: Will I not even grow one day older for all the eternity, will no cell in my body die or decay, will I not experience decease’s of any kind, will I be for eternity attractive healthy and youthful, will I not experience death, pain or misery?
Devil: Yes yes yes

“Choose now or remain silence for all it’s eternity”, the devil vanished after these last words.

Proposition of the devil