“Let us not still our anger against indifference and inattention and let us not glitziness, superciliousness and mumbo jumbo slither into our thinking and our actions, if we don’t want our conscience to be backfired on. (“Twilight of desire”)” ThinkingDesireConscienceAngerIndifferenceTwilightActionsInattentionMumbo JumboSlitherSuperciliousnessBackfire OnGlitzinessTo Still Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When a storm of harassment disturbs our thinking and brings us down to our knees, the umbrella of our imagination can shield us against destructive aggression. It is offering shelter and is teaching us how to conquer ourselves, train our resilience, and grit our teeth. We better learn to adopt the virtue of endurance, as life consists of both ‘passion’ and ‘patience.’ ("The umbrella")” ThinkingPassionImaginationPatienceResilienceEnduranceAggressionShelterUmbrellaHarassment Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let the panther of our imagination not be encaged by the mechanics of despotic thinking short-circuiting our hunches and blocking our intuition. ("Into a new life")” ThinkingImaginationIntuitionHunchesPantherMechanicsDespoticEncageShort Circuiting 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
“If we cannot start up to the sky of our dreams with the bluebirds of ecstasy or soar along on the rhythm of the humming bumblebees of our imagination, we must dare to think and apprehend what is hindering us, trying to capture the wonders of the moment. ("Waiting for Mr. Out-placer")” ThinkingImaginationRhythmEcstasyHummingWondersBluebirdsBumblebeeHindering Author:Erik Pevernagie
“An insipid voice message or an incongruent emergence from the “other” world may disrupt our whole thinking system. If we are not able to deal with the fragmentation of our self and assess the deconstruction of our identity, a corny incident could easily capsize our being. A misinterpretation of facts and expectations may perturb our awareness and unsettle our perception. When “I” and “me” don’t get along very well, the road to oneness may be very often bumpy. (“Alors, tout a basculé”)” ThinkingSelfFactsVoiceAwarenessIdentityPerceptionExpectationsOnenessBeingCornyRoadEmergenceMeIMessageInsipidDeconstructionFragmentationMisinterpretationDisruptIncidentOther WorldAssessGet AlongDeal WithIncongruentPerturbUnsettleBumpy RoadCapsizeThinking System Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Knowing, or thinking we know, can lead to many commotions. What we believe, we know, is maybe a mere illusion. Crucial elements might have disappeared from our mind file and lost in the mist of our memory until suddenly, some bells start ringing. These bells may remind us of correcting our knowledge profile and call us to order. ("The past was her best friend")” ThinkingKnowingIllusionMemoryBells RingingCommotionMind FileCall To OrderKnowledge Profile Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Many men remain spoiled boys that have never grown up. Women are prepared to raise them and take pain with patience, both as a condescendant contribution to supercilious compassion and as a proof of the eminence of their sense of worth. ("Prêt-à-penser" / "Ready-to-wear thinking")” ThinkingMenPainWomenCompassionBoysPatiencePreparedProofContributionSpoiledEminenceRemainRaiseBothSuperciliousNever Grow UpSense Of WorthReady To WearPrêt à PenserCondescendant Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While meditating, we are 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. ("An egg every day?")” ThinkingMeditationEmotionsLogicCleaning UpEggClutter In The MindMental Network Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If thinking and reason crack under pressure of emotional convulsions or when commissioned facts are resulting from fibs and fake constructions, truth may be in great peril. ( ”Blame storming”)” ThinkingReasonFactsTruthEmotionalPressureFakePerilCrackUnderConvulsionsBlame StormingFibsConstructionsResultingCommissioned Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The traps of unbridled passion that drive us to hold back the truth and hamper us from speaking candidly and truthfully must not invade our thinking. Living on lies and denying irrefutable facts to attain power or glory condemn anyone to walk on bumpy paths with awkward pitfalls and embarrassing wrangles. ("The power and the glory" )” ThinkingTruthPitfallsPower And GloryUnbridledBumpy PathsIrrefutable FactsLiving On LiesSpeaking CandidlyWrangles Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Instead of breaking or cherry-picking the rules, many just follow the inner rules, which have been instilled during their lifetime and have subtly permeated their thinking. They value rules, as it offers the ravishment of a securing, ceremonial rhythm in life and it prevents them from breaking free from their cocoon, all the more because freedom can be so scaring and exhausting. ("When forgetting the rules of the game" )” ThinkingLifeFreedomLifetimeValueRhythmRulesForgettingGameInstillFollowBreakingOfferPreventBreak FreeCocoonPermeateCherry PickingScaringSubtlyExhausingRavishmentCeremonialInner RulesSecuring 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
“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
“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the fresh energy of new boundaries and at the same time pick the blossoms of poetry welling up along the path of our life, and enjoy the innocence of the little wonders of every day. ("A Thousand times touched." )” ThinkingPoetryWonderBoundariesInnocenceFeelingBlossomsSelf GratificationSubsideSingle Mandatory Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we are able to convey ‘meaning’ to things and to actions, we may dominate part of the obscure world of ignorance. When we try to give sense to our life, we can come to ‘awareness’ and fill some of the numerous black holes of witlessness in our thinking. We may, then, defy and dam the existential void, down the stretch. ("Not without my shadow")” ThinkingAwarenessShadowMeaningVoidExistentialBlack HolesDefyDamWitlessness Author:Erik Pevernagie
“People may implant their footprints in our walk of life and engrave their seal in our thinking; and their shadow may escort us throughout our whole life, remaining steady companions or permanent witnesses. They can, then, become points of reference that we can consult at any time. ("Not without you")” ThinkingShadowFootprintsEngraveSealEscortWitnessesWalk Of LifeImplantPoint Of Reference Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Better thinking out loud than suffocating from frustration. ("The upper lip must never tremble" )” ThinkingLoudFrustrationSuffocatingTrembleLipUpper Lip Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The timeless moments between ‘being in the nick of time’ and ‘missing out’ may captivate our thinking and arouse a spell of time traveling. Those moments may be unsuspected anchor points in our lives, confer an astounding depth to our daily experiences and throw a stunning light on the history of our being. ("All the words he always wanted to tell her." )” ThinkingDepthMissing OutSpellTime TravellingAnchor PointsTimeless MomentsIn The Nick Of Time Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the brain becomes too tired, the mind stops decrypting the perceptions in our mental world and surrenders willingly to the unguarded moments of life. For some time, the safeguards of our thinking pattern weaken and discontinue the decoding of the chips of daily reality. The mind picks the instants which are above suspicion, pure and innocent. ("Uber alle Gipfeln ist Ruh" )” ThinkingWorldLifeMindRealityTimeBrainPureTiredSurrenderInnocentInstantSuspicionMentalMomentDailyPerceptionsPatternPickWeakenWillinglyChipDecodingSafeguardsUnguardedDecryptingDiscontinue Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we are able to break free from the imprisonment of our little, small self-thinking and dare to face the essence of life, we recognize we are never at home with ourselves. We are always on the road. By challenging the unknown and the unidentified we are capable of opening our skyline. ("Transcendental journey")” ThinkingDareChallengeUnknownImprisonmentEssence Of LifeRecognizeBreak FreeOn The RoadSkylineAt HomeUnidentified Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Better than merely "seeing" the "sense" of people's actions is "feeling" the sense of what they are doing. Going along with the line of their wordings and nonverbal cues helps us gain a deeper understanding of their thinking and intentions. We can thus interpret their message and respond to their expectations. (“The infinite Wisdom of Meditation“)” ThinkingIntentionsInfinite WisdomNonverbal CuesFeeling The SenseInterpret A MessageSeeing The SenseThe Line Of The Wordings Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we are really ready for thinking, not the traditional, conventional, rehashed thinking, but the exploratory and adventurous thinking, we can move forward and discover the astounding appeal of new mind-blowing visions. ( "Ready-to-wear thinking")” ThinkingTraditionalConventionalAdventurousVisionsMind BlowingAstoundingReady To Wear ThinkingExploratory ThinkingRehashed Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we do not hesitate to set sail for the deep waters of our thinking and take the time to cultivate the right words that we need to conceive and express what we feel, we can avoid many misconceptions. ("Life was a misunderstanding")” ThinkingMisunderstandingRight WordsExpressCultivateMisconceptionsConceiveHesitateDeep WatersSet Sail For Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some seem to be desynchronized in their relationships. They feel oppressed, because they cannot move forward together and at the same pace. Their thinking is often incongruent, their motivation disparate. The phone could be a mediator, as it creates an impression to be a perfect reliable friend. However, in the end, it causes rather a sense of isolation, since it divides more than it unites. Eventually it appears not to be such a good friend but only a ghost friend. ( "Kein Schwein ruft mich an" )” ThinkingMotivationRelationshipsImpressionIsolationPaceFriendOppressedPhoneIncongruityMediatorDisparate Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When grief impounds our thinking and eats our brains, it seeps through all the cracks of our daily living. Only the soothing wind of comforting words may counter the withering twilight and the frostiness of darkness. ("All the words he always wanted to tell her.")” ThinkingGriefDarknessWindWordsCracksTwilightComfortingSoothingDaily LivingBrainsWitheringCounterFrostinessSeepImpound Author:Erik Pevernagie