Se serrer la main, fêter le départ d’un collègue autour d’une verrée, lire une histoire à ses enfants le soir… ces gestes et événements sont à première vue anodins, comparés aux cérémonies comme les obsèques ou le mariage. Sont-ils au…
Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who…
O cemitério não é mais a única e “ultima morada”. Dispersão de cinzas na natureza, em uma casa de férias, enterro da urna em uma floresta ou mesmo transformar as cinzas em diamante: a lista de possibilidades parece infinita. Essa…
Rien ingurgiter durant la journée, ce n'est pas difficile, commence-t-il une fois la serveuse partie. Mais suivre le jeûne à Genève, c'est pénible. Dans cette société de surconsommation et d'hédonisme exacerbé, on est en permanence en porte-à-faux. Lui-même hédoniste le reste…
Ces sites funéraires permettent d’ensevelir les cendres de défunts au pied d’arbres spécialement choisis…Une forêt « officielle » offrirait un cadre sécurisant et un ancrage, répondant au besoin d’une offre alternative et proche de la nature. Read the entire article
In the hinduist religion and indian philosophy is crucial and continuously flashing the concept of Ṛta ऋतं, the cosmic order , the order which coordinates the universe splits in its two components of natural and moral order. Ṛta is derived…
Il importe de permettre à chaque habitant de ce pays de faire tout ce qui lui semble nécessaire pour que ‘son’ mort soit bien…. Nous sommes citoyens d'une culture: par-delà nos idées individuelles, nous portons aussi un héritage culturel collectif,…
Il cimitero non è più l’unico luogo di “dimora eterna”. Disperdere le ceneri nella natura o in una residenza di vacanza, seppellire l’urna in un bosco o perfino incastonare le ceneri in un diamante: la lista delle possibilità sembra infinita.…
Pas de dogme, beaucoup de flexibilité, des lieux parfois insolites, des textes et de l’amour sont quelques ingrédients d’une célébration laïque de mariage. La cérémonie est sans valeur juridique, elle sert à marquer le coup entre la Mairie et le…
La «naming ceremony» est en plein essor aux Etats-Unis, au Royaume-Uni et en NouvelleZélande, selon des chiffres publiés avant-hier par le «New Zealand Herald». Ce terme désigne une «cérémonie du nom», soit une sorte de baptême non religieux animé par…
金継ぎ (kintsugi) also known as 金繕い (kintsukuroi), recalls the japanese tradition and art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. It expresses a deep philosophy concerning embracing damage, seeing the breakage and the repair as steps of an object’s life…
It’s a practice which expresses "a means of accomplishing something", undertaken in the process of goal reaching. Thus, a sādhaka, or practitioner, is someone who cleverly applies mind and intelligence aiming at a specific spiritual goal. This process brings to…
It is interesting to note that the Arabic word for human being is 'insan' which is derived from the word 'nasiya' which means 'to forget.' This indicates that it is in human nature to forget and make mistakes and so…
Nyēin chān yēi recalls a image of a “peaceful, calm and untroubled” situation which was first used in the golden settings of Myanmar. It’s composed by the word nyēin, meaning ‘to die out or be extinguished (as of fire)’, or…
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” ~ J. Campbell He grew up in a family dedicated to humanitarian aid, spending most of his life in war-torn countries and he dedicated his early…
Since the 15th century, this concept has been inspiring people finding beauty in imperfections, as a wider acceptance of the cycle of life and death. Wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a way of living based on the acceptance of transience and imperfection,…
It’s a Japanese concept, meaning "continuous improvement”. The real kaizen 改善 is a Chinese word that has been adopted into Japanese and Korean (and possibly other languages). Its first character kai 改 carries the general meanings "reform, renew, change, make". Its…
