Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was my base while I explored the Balkans. I enjoyed daily walks through its streets, often coming across protests and other social and political gatherings. I have never been in a place where people protest so much. But, I did notice that between 2011 and 2014, these protests started becoming smaller. Perhaps, due to broken promises.
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Aesthetics of Longing – Oswald Spengler on Purpose of Life
Oswald Spengler on purpose of this life on earth and on eternity.
Aesthetics of Longing – “Men Have Forgotten God”
Solzhenitsyn often repeats that when he was a child old people used to say that the Russian Revolution, and all the other bad things that have happened, were a result of the fact that:
“Men have forgotten God.”
Aesthetics of Longing – Solzhenitsyn on Freedom & Home
Aesthetics of Longing – Solzhenitsyn on Missing the Point
Aesthetics of Longing – Solzhenitsyn on the Meaning of Earthly Existence
Decani Monastery (14th Century) vespers. As a theatre director, I realised that all stage performances were fake and meaningless when compared to the Liturgy, which allows us to become a part of eternity and find meaning in this earthly existence.
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