Phrases For Fat People

Quella volta in cui Richard Gere cercò di convertirmi al buddismo (e non ci riuscì)

Maybe he does it on purpose, but Richard Gere has the habit of making the poor feel frivolous journalist came to interview him. The first time was in Venice, two years ago. He was the star of The hunting party, the war in Bosnia. I, as he had full delirium Brad and Angelina, I wanted to know what it feels like to be the most beautiful couple in the world by a marriage in the short term with Cindy Crawford has been the prototype Bangelini of all to come here. There was no way to get an answer. On the other hand there is much talk of the Olympics in China, Buddhism, meditation techniques. All interesting things to charity, but since nothing is nostalgic and interesting as our sixteen and since I was sixteen or so I had his poster in bedroom, it is understandable that the first are in front of my curiosity is not his meetings with the Dalai Lama. Two years later he goes a bit 'better. Different are the upcoming movie, but two. The first is entitled Amelia , history of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, the first woman to have flown over the Atlantic Ocean (played by Hilary Swank). The other is the film that you would expect from someone like him, talking about the past. It's called Hachiko: and your best friend is from a true story, that of a dog who waited ten years for the master died in the place where he would meet him every day after work. A story that moved all over Japan, and that brought the film, he kept all the tenderness and the original ability to make you cry (never seen so many red noses in the room). White hair, dark suit, physical dry, Richard Gere answers every question with long monologues in which, sooner or later, glimpsed in any order, Buddhism, happiness, the ability to open up to others. For example, talking about the main character, the dog Hachiko, Gere compares him to a Yogi, "It's there waiting for her master, not suffering, not hope, do not ask for anything, not brooding about the past. Wait, that's all. This is exactly what you do during the meditation. "
The world of men there is a good figure when compared to that of animals: it seems that only the latter are capable of pure feelings?
"Even the animal world can be cruel and ruthless, not to mention that there are animal species that practice cannibalism. But I understand that there is the temptation to look for animals or to envy their simplicity, lack of responsibility. Alla fine però credo che appartenere al genere umano sia ancora preferibile e le spiego perché. Primo, perché noi, a differenza loro, possiamo farci domande sullo scopo della vita, sulla direzione che vogliamo prendere, su cosa vogliamo diventare. Secondo, perché noi soffriamo e sbagliamo,  e sono proprio le nostre sofferenze a darci l’energia per realizzare grandi cose».
Ammetterà però che un tipo di amore così incondizionato come quello di Hachiko verso il suo padrone è sempre più difficile da trovare nella nostra società?
«È vero. Compriamo e vendiamo amore come se fosse una merce di scambio. L’unica forma di amore ancora sincero is perhaps one of the parents towards their children, especially mothers. "
and selfishness that prevents adults to love each other in a sincere manner?
"It's hard not to love if you let go completely. We adults are all well-protected behind barriers that we ourselves have built. We are always on the defensive, unable to get naked, show us. We will succeed only when we are faced with a child or, more exactly, a dog. "
She has learned to get naked?
"Let's say I get by with old age even more."
Really? I thought it was the opposite?
"More as we age we have the experience necessary to understand what is important and what is not. Be cool, detached, or pretend to be cool are just attitudes. There is nothing wrong with being seen vulnerable, if this serves to make you feel really alive. "
Buddhism has helped her in this?
"Buddhism has certainly helped me, but has done much to life itself, is a natural process, I think."
Buy a dog can help people develop the kind of unconditional love that we spoke of before?
"I'm sure that Hitler was very attached to his dog and treated him very well. You see, What is interesting is that this kind of love is present in all of us. That is we are not able to transfer this feeling in everyday life. We see this behavior among peoples, for example: The Chinese, Tibetans, Palestinians with the Israelis. At the level of individuals have the same problems, the same concerns, same expectations for our children. The problem is that we focus on the little things that divide us instead of focusing on that big that we have in common. "
First, speaking of meditation, he said that the main feature is to have no expectations or regrets about the past. Can she really?
"No, but I learned to have a different perspective: I try not to see the people around as an entity distinct and separate from me as if everyone lived a life unique and encapsulated. It is important to understand that we are all part of the same story. "
About the past: what effect does it have to rethink the beginning of his career? Meet again in those early films?
"I feel affection and sympathy for the boy. I love him like a little brother. "
meditation is difficult to reconcile with the fact of working in an industry like Hollywood?
"You know, this question makes me only in Europe? But that vision you have in Hollywood, as a kind of Sodom and Gomorrah? To be an actor also means waking up at five, be on the set until it gets dark, living away from your family for weeks. It is a beautiful work, but I assure you that it is very hard and the world I live in is one, not two parallel universes. What unites them is the motivation with which we do things: to reach serenity. "
There are films which shot them to repent?
"No, because I never accepted a movie thinking it was a bad movie."
Should indicate what has changed my life, what would you say?
" Days of Heaven: was not a commercial success, but he did so I became part of the category of real actors, one of those serious"
I said "Pretty Woman " .
'too. Thank Pretty Woman can go anywhere in the world, even in the jungles of Borneo, and be recognized. "