The lower man soul, the higher nose up. He reaches with his nose to where his soul has not grown.
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Can only be shown to sighted people. Sing the song only to those who can hear. Give yourself to someone who will be grateful, who understands, loves and appreciates you.
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You can’t look into tomorrow today, just the thought of it makes your chest feel painful. Who knows how many days you have left to live? Don't waste them, be prudent.
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The time of quiet love is more of a concern to catch it in the eyes, to understand it at a glance. After all, love, oddly enough, is a big job if you value it and don’t want to lose it.
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Good does not put on the mask of evil, but often evil, under the mask of good, does its crazy things.
Who said these words?
The words “It is better to starve than to eat anything”, “it is better to be alone than among people unequal to you” belong to the pen of the famous oriental poet Omar Khayyam.
He was originally from Persia, lived about a thousand years ago, and glorified himself as a famous mathematician and astronomer. Throughout his life, Omar Khayyam wrote short quatrains called rubai.
In these poems he expressed his life philosophy. Being a poet of Muslim culture, he did not share some of the tenets of this religion: he was skeptical about the divine plan of Allah, indulged in pessimism, observing examples of injustice and vice in front of him.
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* * * Don’t make others angry and don’t be angry yourself. We are guests in this mortal world. And if something goes wrong, accept it! Be smart and smile. Think with a cool head. After all, everything in the world is natural: The evil emitted by you will certainly return to you.
* * * If you become a slave to base lust, you will be empty in old age, like an abandoned house. Look at yourself and think about Who you are, where you are and - where then?
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To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot.
Remember two important rules to begin with: It’s better to starve than to eat anything, And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
* * * Life will fly by like one moment. Appreciate it, draw pleasure from it. As you spend it, so it will pass. Don’t forget: she is your creation.
* * * “Hell and heaven are in heaven,” say the bigots. Having looked into myself, I was convinced of the lie: Hell and heaven are not circles in the palace of the universe, Hell and heaven are two halves of the soul.
* * * It’s hard to comprehend God’s plans, old man. This sky has neither top nor bottom. Sit in a secluded corner and be content with little: If only the stage was at least a little visible!
* * * Nobility and meanness, courage and fear - Everything is inherent in our bodies from birth. Until death we will become neither better nor worse. We are the way Allah created us! * * * In this vicious circle - twist it or not - It will not be possible to find the end and the beginning. Our role in this world is to come and go. Who will tell us about the goal, about the meaning of the path?
* * * Life will fly by like one moment. Appreciate it, draw pleasure from it. As you spend it, so it will pass. Don’t forget: she is your creation.
* * * It is known that everything in the world is just vanity of vanities: Be cheerful, don’t worry, this is the light. What happened is past, what will happen is unknown, so don’t worry about what doesn’t exist today.
* * * Of those who have walked the length and breadth of the world, Of those whom the Creator doomed to search, Has at least one found anything that we did not know and that was useful to us? * * * Life is imposed on us; its whirlpool Stuns us, but one moment - and now it’s time to leave, not knowing the purpose of life... The arrival is meaningless, the departure is meaningless!
* * * Once you become a beggar dervish, you will reach heights. Having torn your heart to blood, you will reach heights. Away, empty dreams of great achievements! Only by controlling yourself will you reach heights!
* * * Don’t share your secret with people, Because you don’t know which of them is mean. As you yourself act with God’s creation, expect the same from people.
* * * Wine is prohibited, but there are four “buts”: It depends on who drinks wine, with whom, when and in moderation. Subject to these four conditions, wine is permitted to all sane people.
* * * You must be good with both friend and enemy! He who is good by nature will not find malice in him. If you offend a friend, you will make an enemy; if you hug an enemy, you will gain a friend.
* * * It is better to fall into poverty, starve or steal, Than to fall into the number of despicable dish-lickers, It is better to gnaw at bones than to be seduced by passions, At the table of scoundrels who have power. * * * You must be good with both friend and enemy! He who is good by nature will not find malice in him. If you offend a friend, you will make an enemy; if you hug an enemy, you will gain a friend.
* * * Do not mourn, mortal, yesterday’s losses, Do not measure today’s deeds by tomorrow’s standard, Do not believe in the past or the future, Believe in the current minute - be happy now!
* * * Don’t envy someone who is stronger and richer. 3and sunset always comes with dawn. Treat this short life, equal to a sigh, as if it was given to you on loan.
Philosophy of the Eastern poet
In his life position, he is most likely close to the figures of the Renaissance, who also sought with their whole lives to prove the right of man to independently build his own destiny and change the world around him.
As a matter of fact, Omar Khayyam’s poems received a kind of “rebirth” precisely in the Western world, when one of the Western poets began to translate them into English the century before last. Thanks to interest in the personality of the distant Persian author, his mathematical and astronomical achievements were rediscovered, so today the name of this man is known to any educated lover of literature.
“It’s better to starve than to eat anything”: is it better to be alone? What does this phrase mean?
The Little Rubai of O. Khayyam, which states that you need to carefully choose your circle of friends, has been the subject of controversy for quite some time. After all, man is a social being, he lives in communication with his own kind, so loneliness is often unbearable for him.
Why does the ancient poet offer solitude as a saving island of peace for each of us?
Let's try to answer this question.
Note that this poem (as the work of a true philosopher) contains a logical dilemma: “to be with just anyone” or “to be alone” (let’s quote the last line of the poem: “It’s better to be alone than with just anyone”).
Of course, there is a worthy alternative: rather than communicate with those who will never understand or appreciate you, isn’t it better to remain silent and reflective? After all, this option will be the best for everyone, isn’t it?
Sometimes O. Khayyam is accused of excessive arrogance, because his phrase: “It is better to starve than to eat anything” does not make anyone better. What? Is the poet really calling us to abstain from food?
No, he most likely teaches us to be picky about food (which is generally very relevant for us people of the 21st century). It is better to go hungry than to eat GMO foods, it is better to abstain from food than to eat goods from McDonald's.
You need to be picky in food and in choosing friends, then serious illnesses will not await you and the people who are next to you will not betray you in difficult times.
The poet is right after all. And this is wisdom coming from the depths of centuries.
You'd rather be alone than with just anyone...
I would like to return to the topic of loneliness, because I consider it a factor that contributes to a person’s personal growth, if used correctly.
Everyone around is constantly talking about their personal life, telling how great it is to find a loved one, how wonderful it is to do everything together. I don’t argue, it’s great and wonderful. But not for everyone and not in all periods of life. Let's think sensibly: everyone has different needs for communication. Some need more, some need less. It’s like with sleep: some people get enough sleep in five hours, while others need at least eight to feel healthy. But for some reason no one makes touching films about how bad it is for those who sleep only five hours. And if someone is not in a relationship, he seems unhappy to others and, worst of all, he seems unhappy to himself. The idea that the meaning of life is love is literally hammered into the heads of people (especially girls) from a very young age. Look around you: a lot of couples are together just because being single means being a loser. Which means it’s better to be at least with someone than to be alone. I'm sure this is not true. “You’d better be alone than with just anyone...” I’ll correct the brilliant phrase of Omar Khayyam: you’d rather be with yourself than with just anyone...
Loneliness is painful when we lack something. And what exactly? Love? Which one? Parental? Brotherly? Physical? If there is not enough parenting, and we rush to look for a soul mate, we ruin the relationship before it even begins. Because from this same half we will expect and demand precisely fatherly or motherly love. What if there really isn’t enough fame? Or approval? Or even full-fledged work on our complexes? So, maybe it’s better to find a psychologist right away? It will be simpler, cheaper and more effective. And at the same time, you will not ruin the life of yourself and your partner.
Let's talk seriously. A person is born and dies alone. No one will ever be able to get into your head and see the world the way you see it. No one can become you except yourself. You are unique. There are no people like you, there never were and there never will be. You are the greatest treasure that can never be duplicated. And if you can sparkle only when there is someone else with you (in the rays of this other or, conversely, against the background of his fade), this is your misfortune.
All human culture promotes relationships in various forms. And, as in any advertising, love is idealized in it. Let's take a look at what a relationship is made of. From the time you spend together. Of the efforts you put in to make sure everything goes well. From the money (yes, let's not forget this aspect) that you spend. To put it cynically, love is work, hard work, for which you yourself pay. And as in the movies - beautiful and romantic - it happens, but rarely and not for long.
A true relationship is when two are stronger than one. If this is not so, then why such a relationship?
Look at loneliness from a different angle: you can handle most of your problems yourself, you are not obliged to solve anyone else's problems, you are absolutely free to move, you can watch and read whatever you want, you can devote time to yourself and your ideas, when you need it, you don’t suffer from jealousy (your own or your partner’s), you can experiment as you want and with whomever you want.
You can be happy alone. A huge part of life cannot be shared with anyone. You can’t read a book together (except out loud or take turns, but this makes the process much more difficult), you can’t run on a treadmill together, you can’t take an exam together. You can't even love together. Everyone loves from themselves and through themselves.
We differ from animals if only in that we build our own lives. Our instincts tell us: “Come on, multiply, leave behind children!”, but our true desires may be completely different.
We set our own goals. And there are many options: financial well-being, career growth, creative self-realization, fame, travel, sports achievements, scientific degree... the list goes on. The main thing is that you can achieve all this and be a happy person. And for all this you don’t have to be in a relationship. Moreover, often these very relationships can get in the way. How to go on a trip around the world if your significant other does not want to leave their hometown? How to perform on stage if your spouse thinks it's a waste of time? How to earn your first million if your partner demands on every date that you devote maximum time to him and not to business?
It's normal to be afraid of loneliness. But not productive. Left alone, you can look into yourself and understand that, in fact, you are quite comfortable in this state. At this stage or for life, it doesn’t matter. It is important that loneliness has its own joy. And this is the time when all your strength and energy can be directed towards personal growth, self-development and self-improvement!
How relevant is Eastern wisdom today?
Wise quotes and aphorisms are always relevant - both 1000 years ago and today, in our age of computer technology. A person remains a person, therefore the quiet rubai of O. Khayyam will always find their reader. And in our time, when short statements are perceived much better than the multi-volume works of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, even more so.
Therefore, read the immortal Persian poet and enjoy his works! And most importantly, look for a circle of true friends who would understand and appreciate you!
