Ship's Log, 8.11.2013
Published: 2013-11-08
Translation
This is a translation of a Bulgarian-language post. It conveys the content faithfully but is not the author's original English writing.
Good morning, friends,
Recently, with friends from the valley, we discussed my favourite topic lately — the early Bulgarians. I would like to recommend the book by Spas Mavrov — Bulgarian Sacred Tales. I would be even happier when there is no Bulgarian who does not know words like ORENDA, SARAKT, TANGRA. In this connection I warmly recommend the "Tangra" series by Tokoraz Isto, and I ask all the broken philosophers, washed by the forces that do not wish us Bulgarians to exist in this world, to stop seeing history as a gelded mule — because our history is a spirited stallion that prefers an honourable death to a life on its knees.
Before I invite Svileto into the studio, I want to make an announcement: Happy Horses has a small office/club in Sofia, where anyone could get to know our "Forward to Nature" agency, taste what Bulgarian agricultural producers make, and borrow from the library, in which we want to gather the most valuable Bulgarian texts. In this connection we are looking for a host for the club. Suitable are people with the universal capacities of creators, and with one single quality: love of the Earth. The salary, if there is one at all, will not be enough for you. Working hours — "one life alone is not enough…". Job description — to be ready to serve in achieving the happiness of the happy horses and their friends among people. That is all. A CV is not necessary. An interview and a riding lesson are mandatory for applicants. 😃
— Hello, Svile, how do you imagine the Bulgarian people overcoming the crisis we are witnessing today?
— In the ideal scenario, the Bulgarian would take stock of how many of the things they "want" and "must have" are truly necessary, and how this chimera of more opportunities and a better life in the big city and abroad is just a trap aiming to enslave them even more; and instead of letting themselves be swallowed by this maw of the system, they would return to their true roots — to the village. They would find joy in small things and live happily, providing for their own livelihood by working together with their family — because over the centuries they have proved they know how to do this. 😃 But this is, after all, the ideal scenario, and unfortunately, in reality, for this to happen, our collective consciousness needs to be of a higher vibration, the achievement of which takes quite some time — but I am sure that we will grow up to that point too.
And for now, we could survive by using the proven law of attraction — we concentrate on the good things that happen to us and manage to attract more and more of them. Separately, we must stop forever blaming someone else for the situation we are in — the world crisis, the politicians, the boss, the wife/husband, the children… If we manage to take full responsibility upon ourselves and ourselves alone, then from now on we will be able to make more conscious and wise choices. And if to this we add the ancient practice of waking and going to sleep with the word "thank you" on our lips — which is sometimes equivalent to meditation — then our success is guaranteed.