“If our thoughts are slumping down into a muddling pie of oblivion, we must empower our minds to go beyond vain details or useless conventions. Scanning the reach on the horizon and challenging our imagination can allow us to recognize the essentials of our human condition and achieve harmony in our lives. ("Dirty bike)” MindImaginationEssentialsThoughtsHarmonyVainHuman ConditionOblivionChallengeConvention Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When eagerness and passion vanish, desire is deserting a weary mind. The power of craving is reaching, then, a twilight zone: The twilight of desire " ( “Crépuscule du désir “ )” MindDesirePassionDesertTwilightWearyCravingEagerness Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Things as they appear every day and as they are engraved in our memory, facts and occurrences as they are perceived by senses, create an intricate labyrinth in the mind. The way how things are experienced in our environment and how they react in the arsenal of our imagination, creates a torrent of inspiring ideas that flood the speedy highways of our brains. ( " Labyrinth of the mind " )” MindIdeasImaginationEnvironmentMemorySensesLabyrinthBrains Author:Erik Pevernagie
“In the beginning was the word and the word was love and love was imagination. When love takes us through the sun-dappled garden of our imagination, no stalking horses can perturb the rainbow in our mind or fade out its bright colors reflecting in the blue sky of our memory. ("Alpha and Omega")” LoveMindImaginationGardenMemoryRainbowColorsBlue SkyBrightReflectAlpha And OmegaIn The BeginningThe WordFade OutPerturbStalking HorsesSun Dappled Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we walk through life, fleeting emotional episodes may keep on twinkling, curl up in the hive of our recollection and enrich our imagination. In the same vein, esthetic allurement and poetic gracefulness may possess us, besiege our mind, light up our thinking and shape our future. ( Über alle Gipfeln ist Ruh”)” MindImaginationEmotionalPoeticFleetingRecollectionTwinklingGracefulnessHiveEsthetic Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Whereas some dwell on the bright side of life, enjoying an exciting spectrum of contingencies, and get all the breaks, others live in the confined inner court of their being, cramped within the fence of their mind. Only imagination may arouse a spark of expectation, stir up resilience and create an equitable prospect.” MindImaginationResilienceSpectrumExpectationBright SideContingencyEquitableGet All The BreaksInner Court Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Everything is in the mind, and the power of our will constructs our future. Let us, therefore, honor our brainpower and stimulate our imagination's vibrancy to create the ideal rhythm and perfect quality of our life pulsations.” MindImaginationFutureRadioRhythmWillVibrancyBrainpowerLife Pulsations Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not can and store preconceived ideas in our minds. A freewheeling imagination can only function or reach its real height if it is liberated from canning ”old thinking” and adopting imposed “packaged mental trips.” ("Ready-to-wear thinking")” ThinkingMindImaginationPackagedPreconceivedReady To Wear ThinkingCanned ThinkingFreewheelingMental Trip Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Our imagination enhances our mental resilience, boosts our creativity, and furthers significance amid chaos, letting our minds create space for shelter, clarity, and direction. ( "The umbrella of our imagination")” MindImaginationCreativityChaosClaritySignificanceDirectionMental ResilienceThe Umbrella Of Our ImaginationSpace For Shelter Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By assembling in our mind all the consequential facts we have lived through and by reviewing, appraising or sometimes idealizing the numerous key points of the past, authenticity may gradually mutate and actuality decay at last. At that point in time we are to experience a maimed factuality. ("Labyrinth of the mind")” MindSometimesFactsPastExperienceAuthenticityDecayLabyrinthActualityReviewAppraiseNumerousGraduallyAssembleAt LastMaimedConsequentialFactualityIdealizeKey PointLive ThroughMutate Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We may wonder what is going on in the back of the mind and what betides in the mood of some people who live on the edge of isolation and emotional poverty. They belong to life’s outcasts: deserted by affection, deprived of physical or lingual contact and finally reduced to silence. ("Why didn't he ask ? ")” LifeMindSilencePovertyEmotionalAffectionMoodContactIsolationDeprivedDesertedPhysicalEdgeOutcasts Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not keep on walking on the broken glass of despair with bleeding words of grief but transcend the viscous discomforts of life and clear out the mountains of clutter in our mind. ("Halt in flight")” MindGriefDespairClutterBroken GlassTranscendDiscomforts Of LifeViscousBleeding Words Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Since we live in a world of appearances, people are judged by what they seem to be. If the mind can't read the predictable features, it reacts with alarm or aversion. Faces which don’t fit in the picture are socially banned. An ugly countenance, a hideous outlook can be considered as a crime and criminals must be inexorably discarded from society. ( "Ugly mug offense" )” PeopleWorldMindSocietyCrimeFitUglyCriminalsFeaturesLiveJudgedOffenseReadOutlookPredictableHideousFaceCountenanceAversionBannedPictureAppearancesReactConsiderTo BeAlarmDiscardSeemSociallyInexorablyTo Fit In The PictureUgly Mug Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Fear can be a source of facial discrimination because faces, which we are not used to, can be frightening, deviant or weird. Since the human brain permanently processes countenances, it identifies who is who, who is foe, who is friend, and who could constitute an imminent danger. Only, when the mind has become accustomed to the various facial types, people might drop their prejudices and their fear. (- "Ugly mug offense" )” MindFearDangerHuman BrainCountenancePrejudicesDeviantFacial DiscriminationUggly Mug Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Art can blow us out of our pigeon hole. In deafness it may shout or scream, in blindness it may arrest our attention, in numbness it may shake up our mind. If we don’t sense anything at all and take everything for granted, art can kick us in the ass, give a conscience and make us aware. ("When is Art?")” MindArtAttentionConscienceBlowAssScreamBlindnessSenseNumbnessAwareDeafnessArrestShoutKickTake For GrantedShake UpNothing At AllPigeon Hole Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some don’t even watch art with their eyes nor with their mind, but with their ears, ever since they judge art by the sound of money. ( “Money rocking and rolling”)” MindArtSoundMoneyEarsEyesRock And RollJudgeWatch Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we remain humble and grounded in nature's wisdom, our mind will guide us safely through the confines of unawareness and the blindness of ignorance. ("Why step out of nature ?")” MindWisdomNatureIgnoranceHumbleBlindnessGroundedGuideUnawarenessConfines Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Through art, we learn to understand ourselves and light up the veiled angles in our minds. It teaches us how to get hold of life and get a sense of the shades in the wild richness of the abundant diversity that stretches through our daily experience. It gives us a foothold in the estranging landscapes we cross during our life journey and helps us figure out the wisdom behind the countless signs and tokens. (Stilling our mind)” MindArtWisdomDiversityLife JourneyTokensSignsShadesStilling The MindUnderstand Oneself Author:Erik Pevernagie
“There is nothing either ' good or bad ' but ' thinking ' makes it so. It is the "perception" that makes things what they are. Good and bad is in our mind. It is our mindset, our mental attitude that determines how we will interpret and respond to situations. Erik pevernagie - ("Is that all there is ?")” ThinkingMindPerceptionMindsetGoodBad Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Material and technical changes are mostly quite visible. But less visible are the changes in the mind of the people, their way of thinking, their conception of the world and the quality of their fears. ("Horizon and Vision" )” ThinkingMindVisionVisibleHorizonConceptionFearsChangesMaterialTechnical Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Even if we have bad feelings about our past and it causes a sense of alienation, it belongs to our history. Its benchmarks are stored in the granary of our mind and crucial evaluations for the future cannot be made without consulting the archive of our memory. ( “Not without the past”)” MindPastHistoryFutureMemoryCrucialAlienationEvaluationConsultingArchivesBenchmarkingStoreBad FeelingsGranary Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we go down the rabbit hole of our unconsciousness and try to unravel the knotty points of our life story we may encounter a bunch of hidden niceties or emotional stowaways. Forgotten details in the windmill of our mind may daintily reveal, where things might have gone wrong. (“I wonder what went wrong.”)” MindWonderForgottenDetailsBunchLife StoryTryHiddenRevealEncounterNicetiesRabbit HolePointsGo WrongUnravelWindmillEmtionalKnottyKnotty PointsStowawaysUnconscioussDaintilyWindmill Of The Mind Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When love is roaming in our mind, looping in the deepest fringes of our heart, undreamt spaciousness emerges, repealing the constraints of triviality and letting stifling narrowness fade away. While our mindset is besieged by a revolving burst of emotion, our world is ultimately opening up. (Cape of good hope)” WorldLoveMindHeartMindsetDeepFringeConstraintsFade AwayTrivialityRoamingRevolvingSpaciousnessLoopLetEmergeNarrownessUltimatelyOpen UpBesiegedStifleRepealCape Of Good HopeBurst Of EmotionUndreamt Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When our mind is in shambles and we dare to reflect on the story of our life, we may discover, in the stream of our thoughts, the fault line between what we have underfelt and what we have overthought on our way. (“Axel Red”)” MindDareStoryDiscoverReflectFault LinesOn Our WayStream Of ThoughtIn ShamblesOverthoughtUnderfelt Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we don’t want life to pass us by, while the world is swiveling around us, let’s look inwards and turn things upside down in the inner chambers of our mind. Only after reshuffling our rooted values we can look outwards, find out the fascinations of life, and rediscover our selves, layer after layer. (“Finally unbend « )” MindFascinationUpside DownLook InwardLook OutwardReshuffleRooted ValuesRediscover One SelfInner ChambersSwivel Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we make a fly-on-the-wall review of our history and connect the significant scenarios from our memory, we can develop a comprehensive pattern of our identity that throws a whirl of light on the secreted framework of our life. ("Labyrinth of the mind")” MindIdentityMemoryFrameworkComprehensiveLabyrinthPatternScenarioFly On The Wall Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Indicting red squiggly lines in our thoughts may besiege our mind at some point. Before they take possession of the framework and the outlines of our lives, we must endeavor, from the outset, to track down the upsetting causes in the blurred trenches of our inner selves. ("Unfulfilled meeting")” MindThoughtsFrameworkOutlinesTrenchesBlurredInner SelvesBesiegeIndictSquiggly Line Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While times are changing at a lightning-fast pace, new rules exact inexorable adjustments, in line with our encounters, consistent with our experiences, and in step with our needs. If they appear, however, to be incompatible with our inner self, they may raise a hell of a war in our mind and compel us to take to the hills. (“If he doesn't play ball»)” MindWarEncountersRulesInner SelfExperiencesIncompatibleAdjustmentsPlay BallTake To The Hills Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Meditation means stirring the pool of the lame ducks in our minds and removing the slurry in the stagnant water of our thoughts.( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place",)” MindMeditationThoughtsMeditation QuotesStagnant WaterLame Ducks Author:Erik Pevernagie
“From the chronology of our time perception we keep garnering fetching and enticing instants of our life story, still abounding in our mind. As they emerge like lucky sparkles of our unyielding awareness, we hold them dearly in the treasury of our remembrance. ("Just for a moment")” MindAwarenessLuckyRemembranceMomentLife StoryChronologyEmergeTime PerceptionGarner Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we can tame or restrain our addiction to the blinding overabundance of technical widgets, we can “tool down” our mental frame. It’s, by opening our mind to the infinite potential of the world around, that we can take time for the others and learn to listen and interpret their captivating stories. ("Should I shave first?")” MindAddictionPotentialTake TimeTameOverabundanceThe OthersMental FrameworkTechnical WidgetsTool Down Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The butterfly's wing beat of love can engender a mystical attraction in the neural meanders of our mind and generate emotional torments with a single stroke. ("I seek you")” LoveMindEmotionalButterflyNeural NetworksTormentsI Seek YouMeanderMystical AttractionWing Beat Author:Erik Pevernagie
“By uniting the thirst of our mind with the pureness and wellness of the air we are breathing, we can take possession of the most profound fibers in our being, imbibe its hidden primal forces, and transcend all irrelevant trivialities. ("My radio")” MindAirBreathingWellnessIrrelevantTranscendPurenessTrivialitiesMy Radio Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If our mind remains freeze-framed by inhibiting and hampering habits, in an ever-changing world, we won’t be able to get rid of that weird feeling of not belonging anywhere and not taking part in authentic life challenges. ("Not on the shortlist")” WorldMindBelongingFeelingHabitsWeirdLife ChallengesAuthentic LifeGet Rid OfEver ChangingFreeze FrameHamperingInhibitingTake Part In Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When our consciousness has become a haven of illusions, our mind may have a hard time to fight the maze in our thinking. Only anchor points from our past and the innocence of our childhood might give back the core of what we are. (“Not without the past”)” ThinkingMindPastConsciousnessChildhoodCoreInnocenceFightIllusionsHavenMazeGive BackHard TimeAnchor PointsNot Without Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Recognizing a problem may help us to understand and solve a problem. Rather than lying down and selling our sound judgment short, let us appeal to the opulent granary of our memory and explore the green pastures lingering in our mind. ("Prêt-à-penser")” MindProblemMemoryUnderstandExploreLingeringRecognizeLying DownSound JudgmentGreen PasturesOpulentSolve A ProblemGranaryPrêt à PenserAppeal ToSell Short Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Ever and again, our mind may become befuddled when we have to find out what is heads or tails. Ever and again, bewilderment may strike our brain when we have to interpret the contrasts between the dark and the bright sides of things when we have got to read complex cases and assess the divergences between the iridescent outward appearances and the grisly undercurrents of particular characters. (‘"Côté cour…Côté jardin" )” MindBewildermentDivergenceIridescentContrastsHeads Or TailsUndercurrentOutward AppearancesBefuddledGrisly Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When love slides into the edge of unconcern or vanishes in the cornfield of forgetfulness, our mind must loosen the knots that tie us to the barren fields of a lost past. ("The Internet rescue")” LoveMindPastInternetForgetfulnessKnotsUnconcernLoosenBarren FieldsCornfield Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we care to listen to the secrets of our body and the riddles of our heart, we can balance the surfing flow between the wants of our mind and the needs of the flesh. ("Disruption" )” NeedsMindHeartBodyCareListeningFleshDisruptionRiddlesSurfing Flow Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Meditation is cleaning up clutter in the backyard of our mind, triggering a shift in our thinking, and reshaping a drained logic in our mental network, giving voice to fresh concepts and new emotions. (The rabbit hole of Meditation)” MindMeditationRabbit HoleMental NetworkDrained LogicFresh ConceptsNew EmotionsShift In Our Thinking Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When our thoughts are stammering in our mind, and memorial failure dumbs down our passion for life, a deep dive in the brainwaves can be the lever that lifts our sense of self. ("Walking down the memory lane" )” MindMemorialSense Of SelfPassion For LifeStammeringMemory LaneLeverDeep DiveBrainwaveThougths Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not be afraid of “saying” what we are “seeing” without censoring anything, or looking away and playing hide and seek. By naming things well, we avoid clutter in our mind and torment in the world. ("Man without Qualities" )” MindSeeingTormentClutterSayingCensoringHide And SeekName Things Well Author:Erik Pevernagie
“As we go back in time, we can revisit unsuspected scenes of the narrative of our life and perceive forgotten details in the rear window of our mind, throwing new light on our instilled certainties and consolidated opinions.” MindDetailsRear WindowRevisitStilling The MindConsolidated OpinionsInstilled Certainties Book:Stilling our Mind Source: Stilling our Mind
“The mind can put us back on track, but not the mind of algorithms and consumption, or the selfish mind of control and conquest. Only the inner compass, the intuitive mind, can lead us through the fog of unawareness toward reconnection. (“Rain Man - With a sky out of control“)” MindConsumptionUnawarenessReconnectionInner CompassIntuitive MindSelfish MindThe Mind Of Algorithms Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Since prejudices are shallow or false judgments, infiltrating our mind in the absence of dynamic reflection, we have got to coach ourselves to prevent intense emotional discomfort or irreparable harm. ("The day the mirror was talking back")” MindReflectionJudgementPrejudicesCoachIrreparable HarmEmotional Discomfort Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Are we victims of destiny, or is it all mere determination? Suppose we do not just want to blame ourselves for not being lucky. In that case, we must endeavor to be imaginative and empower our dreams to take shape. ("Camera obscura of the mind")” MindDestinyDreamsDeterminationBlameEndeavorImaginativeEmpowerCamera ObscuraBeing Lucky Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Supplying correct information and providing adequate tools to restructure the eroded parts in the minds of the people should be a primary condition for a well-oiled society. Fine-tuning the factuality and accuracy of issues is a paramount civic duty of each responsible individual. ("Labyrinth of the mind")” MindSocietyInformationToolsResponsibleAccuracyLabyrinthRestructureFactualityEroded Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Beauty is not a warrant for wellbeing and so does happiness not hinge on social success, but is only tangible via intricate, meandering discovery journeys in the mind. ("Absence of beauty was like hell")” MindHappinessBeautyHellDiscoveryAbsenceTangibleWellbeingIntricateJourneysMeanderingWarrantSocial SuccessHinge On Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Relationships may become wrecked by a quirky syndrome: the “Ain't broke, don't fix”-syndrome. When there is no interaction in the neural network and no breakthrough into the mind but only a shallow skin experience, living together might be very torturous. If a heartfelt bond has not been molded, nothing can be broken and thus nothing needs to be fixed. (“I wonder what went wrong.”)” MindRelationshipsWonderBrokenExperienceInteractionShallowBreakthroughMoldHeartfeltQuirkySkinBondLiving TogetherNetworkFixSyndromeWreckedGo WrongTorturousNeuralIt Ain T Broke Don T Fix Author:Erik Pevernagie
“All incidents which we experience are warily interpreted and translated in the dark chamber of our mind. They inspire us how to behave, how to think, how to act and prompt our predilections and our way of visualizing the world. The mind opens itself then to welcome the enchantments of life or to tear up destructive thinking patterns. The brain becomes truly a precious resilient partner. ( "Camera obscura of the mind" )” LifeMindBrainBehaveIncidentsResilientCamera ObscuraPredilectionDark Chamber Of The Heart Author:Erik Pevernagie