' The Short Path '...
What is the key to the Short Path?...It is threefold.. First, stop searching for the Overself since it follows you wherever you go..
Second, believe in its Presence, with and within you..
Third, keep on trying to understand its truth until you can abandon further thoughts about it..
You cannot acquire what is already here..
So drop the ego's false idea and affirm the real one..
................. Paul Brunton
' God is Realised '...
"There are three different paths to reach the ideal, the path of 'I', the path of 'Thou', and the path of 'Thou and I'..
According to the first, all that is, has been, or ever will be, is I myself..
In other words, 'I am, I was, and I shall be, to all eternity..'
According to the second, 'Thou art, O Lord, and all is Thine..'
And according to the third, 'Thou art the Lord, and I am Thy servant or Thy son..'
In the perfection of any one of these three,
God is realised.".................
Sri Ramakrishna
_Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna_
Calcutta: Advaita Ashram, 1997, p. 31
' Consciousness '...
Before the world was, consciousness was..
In consciousness it comes into being, in consciousness it lasts and into pure consciousness it dissolves..
At the root of everything, is the feeling 'I am'..
The state of mind:
'there is a world' is secondary, for to be, I do not need the world, the world needs me...............
.Nisargadatta Maharaj
' The Absurdity '...
Man frees himself from the world,
its ills,
its suffering, its chaos,
simply by seeing
the absurdity of it all.
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"A Net of Jewels"
Ramesh S. Balsekar
' Blind and Insane '...
"A totally unmystical world would be a world totally blind and insane."
......................... Aldous Huxley
' Something Divine '...
"There is something divine, mystical, magical and unexplainable in the universe that is listening and responding to each of us."
........................... Bryant McGill
' The Mystical Experience '...
"The mystic lives and looks; and speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience."
..................... Evelyn Underhill
' What is Life ? '...
Life is a challenge, meet it!.. Life is a dream, realize it!.. Life is a game, play it!.. Life is love, enjoy it!
....................... Sathya Sai Baba
' Dissolving the Ego '...
The question 'Who am I?'.. is not really meant to get an answer, the question, 'Who am I?'.. is meant to dissolve the questioner.
........................... Ramana Maharshi
' There is only Now '...
No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.
......................... Eckhart Tolle
' Happiness is Thought '...
Most people are searching for happiness.. They're looking for it.. They're trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves.. That's a fundamental mistake.. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.
........................... Wayne Dyer
' Because '...
Because I have known despair, I value hope.. Because I have
tasted frustration, I value fulfillment.. Because I have been lonely, I value love.
......................... Leonard Nimoy
' The Benefits of Awakening '...
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
............................. Josephus Daniels
' We Become our Thoughts '...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.. The mind is everything.. What we think, we become.
........................ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' The Ailment of Poverty '...
For each of the four hundred and four bodily ailments celebrated physicians have produced infallible remedies, but the malady which brings the greatest distress to mankind - to even the wisest and cleverest of us - is the plague of poverty.
....................... Ihara Saikaku
' What do Mystics Seek ? '...
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.. Seek what they sought.
......................... Matsuo Basho
' Silence becomes Music '...
Touch your inner space, which is nothingness, as silent and empty as the sky; it is your inner sky.. Once you settle down in your inner sky, you have come home, and a great maturity arises in your actions, in your behavior.. Then whatever you do has grace in it.. Then whatever you do is a poetry in itself.. You live poetry; your walking becomes dancing, your silence becomes music.
.......................... Rajneesh
' Seeking Happiness '...
Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings.. You will not have to run after happiness.. Happiness will run after you.
....................... Sri Chinmoy
' Only One Being '...
The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.
........................ Swami Vivekananda
' Recognize Error '...
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error.. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
......................... Swami Vivekananda
' The Perfect Mystic '...
The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true saint" goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment.
........................ Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr
' Ecstatic Motion '...
Stop acting so small.. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
....................... Rumi
' Your Remedy '...
Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it..
Your Sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it..
You Presume you are a small entity,
But within you is enfolded the entire universe..
You are indeed the evident book,
By whose alphabet the hidden becomes the manifest..
Therefore, you have no need to look beyond yourself,
What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.
........................... Ali ibn Abi Talib
' At the End '...
“In the end, these things matter most: How well did you love?.. How fully did you live?.. How deeply did you let go?”..........Gautama the Buddha
' Gautama Awakening '...
Reaching Enlightenment..................
While he sat under the Bodhi tree, he had to overcome a demon named Mara, who attempted to “steal” Buddha’s enlightenment.. When Mara challenged him, Siddhartha touched his hand to the Earth, asking it to bear witness to his wisdom.. At that moment, Mara left his mind, and Buddha reached nirvana or the final stage of enlightenment.
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After this, Siddhartha got the answers to all the questions he had about the universe and found the ultimate way to release himself from suffering. At this moment, Siddhartha truly became Buddha or the enlightened one..................... from The Power of Positivity
' The Failure of Education '...
Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children.. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.
.................. Thomas Sowell
' Eternity '...
There is no end and there is no beginning.. There is only eternity.. Eternity can be warm.. eternity can be cold and ruthless.
....................... Frederick Lenz
' Courage, Faith, and Hope '...
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going.. What you need, is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
.................... Thomas Merton
' I Really only Love '...
I really only love God as much as I love the person, I love the least.
............. Dorothy Day
' Changing the World '...
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.
.................. William Faulkner
' Starting Over '...
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be.. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
............................. F. Scott Fitzgerald
' The Mask '...
Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off.
..................... Haruki Murakami
' A History of Spiritism in Brazil '...
n Brazil the ideas that gave rise to Spiritism date back to the early experiences with the so-called "vital fluid" (animal magnetism, mesmerism) by practitioners of homeopathy, namely the physicians Benoît Jules Mure, a native of France, and João Vicente Martins, from Portugal, who arrived in the country in 1840 and applied it to their patients...[2] Among the personalities interested in the study of the "vital fluid" were José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, the patriarch of Independence, also a cultivator of homeopathy, and Mariano José Pereira da Fonseca (Marquis of Maricá), who published a work with spiritualist teachings in 1844...[3] The oldest group of these scholars and practitioners was formed in Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of the Empire of Brazil, around the figure of the physician and historian Alexandre José de Mello Moraes, [4] and included Pedro de Araújo Lima (Marquis of Olinda), Bernardo José da Gama (Viscount of Goiana), José Cesário de Miranda Ribeiro (Viscount of Uberaba), and other prominent figures of the Second Reign. ................ from Wikipedia
' Politics and Morality '...
Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.
...................... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' Knowing Yourself '...
The first thing you have to know is yourself.. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.
................ Adam Smith
' True Peace '...
So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, and live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or government.
....................... John Stuart Mill
' The Reformation '...
From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.
........................... Martin Luther
' The Hudson Valley'...
I think this land may bee profitable to those that will adventure it.
................. Henry Hudson
' The Flat Earth Fiasco '...
The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round.. For I have seen the shadow of the Earth on the moon, and I have more faith in the shadow than in the Church.
......................... Ferdinand Magellan
' To Conquer the Ego '...
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
.............. Edmund Hillary
' The Apostle of Brazil '...
The man known as the Apostle of Brazil, Saint José de Anchieta (d. 1597), was one of the earliest missionaries to the country.. José was born in the Canary Islands of Spain, became a Jesuit priest, and first served as a teacher.. But he eventually became a great Brazilian linguist and writer.. José learned the native Tupí language, wrote a book of grammar explaining it, and became fluent enough to serve as an interpreter.. Taken hostage at one point, he used his five months in captivity to compose a lengthy poem in honor of the Blessed Mother, writing out the verses on the sand since he had no paper.. Fortunately, he had an excellent memory and wrote down all 5,800 lines of his poem when he was released.................. from the Catholic World Report
' Within Higher Consciousness '...
I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.
................. Peter Paul Rubens
' The Body of Life '...
Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.
.................... Rembrandt
' The Artist '...
A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.
..................... Eugene Delacroix
' Recognizing Truth '...
Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.
................... George Sand
' Called Love '...
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
....................... Honore de Balzac
' Take Responsibility '...
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.
.................... Leo Tolstoy
' A New Path '...
I do what I feel is right.. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.
.................... Aamir Khan
' Waking to Reality '...
Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and finds one's Self-this is supreme happiness.. When it is found, nothing else remains to be found; the sense of want will not awaken anymore, and the heart's torment will be stilled forever.. Do not be satisfied with fragmentary happiness, which is invariably interrupted by shocks and blows of fate; but become complete, and having attained to perfection, be YOURSELF.
.................... Anandamayi Ma
' Knowing Truth by Intuition '...
Intuition is the innate ability in everyone to perceive truth directly - not by reason, logic, or analysis, but by a simple knowing from within. That is the very meaning of the word "intuition": to know, or understand from within - from one's own self, and from the heart of whatever one is trying to understand. Intuition is the inner ability to see behind the outer forms of things to their inner essence.
............................. Goswami Kriyananda
' Change the World '...
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world
....................... Paramahansa Yogananda
' Never my Silence '...
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
..................... Xenocrates
' Bring Joy Back '...
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
.............................. Jean Shinoda Bolen
' Your Enemy '...
Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.
.......................... Guy Finley
' Leaving the Hologram '...
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
.................. Vernon Howard
' To Infuse Truth '...
Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain.. It's something you have to find out for yourself.
........................ Noam Chomsky
' Unknown Knowledge '...
Not only is the Universe stranger than we think,, it is stranger than we can think.
..................... Werner Heisenberg
' The Only Source of Knowledge '...
Information is not knowledge.. The only source of knowledge is experience.. You need experience to gain wisdom.
.......................... Albert Einstein
' Discovering Silence '...
Learn to be silent.. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
.................... Pythagoras
' The Divine Light '...
One may conceive light to spread successively, by spherical waves.
................... Christiaan Huygens
' The Language of Math '...
The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
.................... Galileo Galilei
' Astounding '...
If we did all the things we are capable of doing,, we would literally astound ourselves.
.................... Thomas A. Edison
' What is Love ? '...
Love is the non-existence of the 'false-self' called ego... It is that Easy........... thomas
' Dissolving to Nothingness '...
With repeated meditation practice
the expanse of the visible universe
with all its qualities dissolves
to nothing, to where there is
only health and great joy.
.................. Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic
' What is Sacred '...
We use this word constantly, but, what does it mean?... Sacred is something that
is Holy.. What is Holy?.. Holy means Love.. What is Love?, Love is Non-ego..
Love in non-separation.. Love is caring about others more that you care about
your self.. What does non-ego have to do with Sacred?.. Sacred is Devine
Consciousness.. Sacred is Us.. Sacred is Reality.. Sacred is All.. There is
Nothing that is not Sacred.. The belief in the ego is preventing us from Knowing
that We are Sacred.. Become Sacred.. Become Real.. Become Your
Self......................... namaste, thomas
' Freedom from Desires '...
Freedom from all desire is eternity.. All
attachment implies fear, for all things
are transient.. And fear makes one a slave..
This freedom from attachment does not
come with practice; it is natural, when
one knows one's true being.. Love does not
cling; clinging is not love.
.................. Nisargadatta Maharaj
' The Mystical I '...
When the Spirit of the Lord is upon you, you are ordained, but you are not ordained to be set apart.. You are ordained to heal the sick, to comfort, to feed, to forgive.. That is the purpose of ordination,, not that you may be glorified but that you may be better equipped to give more abundantly, to share more freely, to understand more universally that it is not only the children of your flesh who are your children, but that all children of this world are your children, and you have an equal responsibility to share with them..
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You must be able to look out upon this world and say unto it: "The Spirit of God in me is your Father. You may look to the Father within me for substance and sustenance.. You, friend or so-called foe, may look to the Spirit of God in me, the fatherhood of God in me, for your care."
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Then you will understand this relationship that has been kept secret from the world, the invisible bond that exists among all mystics. The visible and invisible mystics of the world who have recognized I standing at the door of their consciousness, are eternally united in consciousness, sharing with one another.
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I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.
... Revelation 3:8
........... Joel S. Goldsmith, The Mystical I
' The Kingdom is Within '...
I have not come to teach you that which you know not; I have come to deepen in
you that wisdom which is yours already.................
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN
' The Divine Reality '...
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters, compared to what lives within us." ................. Henry David Thoreau
' Two Ways to be Fooled '...
There are two ways to be fooled.. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
....................... Soren Kierkegaard
' The Blood of Life '...
One cannot be strong without love.. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life.
..................... Paul Tillich
' Radical Amazement '...
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
......................... Abraham Joshua Heschel
' The Journey to Love '...
If one completes the journey to one's own heart,, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.
....................... Thomas Keating
' The Present Moment '...
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going.. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
....................... Thomas Merton
' Know Thyself '...
Intelligent people know others.. Enlightened people know themselves.
....................... Laozi
' You are my Life '...
One day you will ask me which is more important?,, My life or yours?.. I will say mine, and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
................................. Khalil Gibran
' Except Yourself '...
In oneself, lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn.. the door is there and the key is in your hand.. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
........................... Jiddu Krishnamurti
' Returning Home '...
You are a divine being.. You matter, you count.. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.
......................... Terence McKenna
' The Evolution of Humanity '...
Evolution of mankind is paralleled by the increase and expansion of consciousness.
...................... Albert Hofmann
' Information is Power '...
Information is Power.. Think For Yourself.. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved in serious financial profit from a brainwashed and enslaved population.. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges popular views of the world.
........................... Timothy Leary
' Relief from Existence '...
And so it is that we do not exist until we do;.. and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence shall take us back from existence, and that nameless spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild circus.
.......................... Malaclypse the Younger
' The False Self '...
Waking up to who you are, requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be
..................... Alan Watts
' Surrendering the Ego '...
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
....................... Joseph Campbell
' Having a Human Experience '...
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
........................ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
' Living in the Hologram '...
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
...................... Democritus
' Using Information '...
There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book,, than in being the first author of the thought.
............................. Robert Boyle
' The Understanding of Source '...
By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists. All these attributes are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that they could have originated from me alone. So, from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists.
........................ Rene Descartes
' My Soul '...
My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
.................... Jim Carrey
' Solitary Learning '...
You can get help from teachers,, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself,, sitting alone in a room.
......................... Dr. Seuss
' Your Thoughts '...
The happiness of your life,, depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
..................... Marcus Aurelius
' The Man of Action '...
The man of reflection discovers Truth; but the one who enjoys it and makes
use of its heavenly gifts is the man of action.
...................... Benito Perez Galdos
' The Egoic Desires '...
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
................... Miguel de Cervantes
' Wealth '...
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel.. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
....................... Henrik Ibsen
' Personal Divine Experience '...
Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with Him.. Theological insights are gained not only from between two covers of a book, but from two bent knees before an altar.. The Holy Hour becomes like an oxygen tank to revive the breath of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the foul and fetid atmosphere of the world..
...................Fulton J. Sheen
' Finding Peace '...
“Love is the key to ending hatred and finding peace.”................. Gautama the Buddha
' Zoroaster Teaching '...
“The greatest act of worship is to strive for truth and righteousness.”................
For Zoroaster, true devotion and worship were not merely through ritualistic practices, but through the pursuit of truth and righteousness in every aspect of life. This quote reminds us that living a life of integrity, sincerity, and moral conduct is the highest form of reverence. It calls upon us to prioritize the cultivation of virtues and the pursuit of wisdom, as these are the most valuable offerings we can make to the divine..................... from Quotesanity
' What is Love ? '...
Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
..................... Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
' The Divine Law '...
The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of the Self.. Then you will no longer have to seek God.. God himself will come to you.. This is the Divine Law.
.............................. Asaram
' Why you are Unhappy '...
The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.
........................ Jaggi Vasudev
' The Mind is a Robot '...
The mind is a mechanism.. It has no intelligence.. The mind is a bio-computer.. How can it have any intelligence?.. It has skill, but it has no intelligence; it has a functional utility, but it has no awareness.. It is a robot; it works well but don`t listen to it too much because then you will lose your inner intelligence.. Then it is as if you are asking a machine to guide you, lead you.. You are asking a machine which has nothing original in it.
......................... Rajneesh
' The Hunger for Truth '...
People often claim to hunger for truth,, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.
............................ George R. R. Martin
' Recognition of Divinity '...
Don't shine so that others can see you.. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM.
..................... C. S. Lewis
' It Is in your Hands ' ...
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
...................... J. R. R. Tolkien
' The Truth will be Revealed '...
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body.. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything.. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
.......................... Kabir
' The Image of Source '...
Mortals are known by their actions; this is the way it has to be.. They should show goodness, and not be deformed by their actions; this is how they are called beautiful.. Whatever they desire, they shall receive; O Nanak, they become the very image of God.
........................ Guru Angad
' Everything will Dissolve '...
Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.
...................... Franz Kafka
' False History '...
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten,, the lie became the truth.
...................... George Orwell
' The World is a Stage '...
The world is full of actors pretending to be human
................ J. D. Salinger
' Be Yourself '...
The easiest thing to be in the world is you.. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be.. Don't let them put you in that position.
........................... Leo Buscaglia
' She is Beautiful '...
She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines.. She was beautiful, for the way she thought.. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved.. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad.. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks.. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.. She is beautiful.
............................... F. Scott Fitzgerald
' The Best People '...
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
......................... Ernest Hemingway
' You Become your Thoughts '...
The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
...................... Nathaniel Hawthorne
' Two Classes of Poets '...
There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.
.................... Ralph Waldo Emerson
' True Respect '...
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
....................... Bryant H. McGill
' To See the Sacred '...
The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common
.................... John Denver
' What Touches You '...
If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things... Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.
............................ Martha Beck
' The Divine Presence '...
It is the Divine Presence that gives value to life.. This Presence is the source of all peace, all joy, all security.. Find this Presence in yourself and all your difficulties will disappear.
....................... Mirra Alfassa
' Be the Observer not the Ego '..
In order to see,, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
................... Sri Aurobindo
' Never say No '...
Never say NO,, Never say, 'I cannot',, for you are INFINITE... All the power is WITHIN you.. You can do anything.
..................... Swami Vivekananda
' The Awakening to Reality '...
The world,, like a dream full of attachments and aversions seems real until the awakening.
................... Adi Shankara
' What Remains '...
Thoughts come and go.. Feelings come and go.. Find out what it is that remains.
.................... Ramana Maharshi
' Owning Yourself '...
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened.. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
...................... Rudyard Kipling
' The Pain of Worry '...
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow.. It empties today of its strength.
...................... Corrie Ten Boom
' The Beloved Embrace '...
"The lover of God will cry and weep, until he finds rest in the Beloved's embrace."
...................... Rabia al-Basri
' Speak from the Heart '...
"If words come out of the heart,, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue,, they will not pass beyond the ears."
................................. Al-Suhrawardi
' Seek the Truth '...
"There is a force within that gives you life.. Seek that."
........................ Jalal ad-Din Rumi
' Free of the 'I' ...
“He who has let go of hatred
who treats all beings with kindness
and compassion, who is always serene,
unmoved by pain or pleasure,
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free of the "I" and "mine,"
self-controlled, firm and patient,
his whole mind focused on me ---
that is the man I love best.”
.................... anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita
' Eligible for Freedom '...
“Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization, and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness, is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”
...................... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada... the Bhagavad Gita
' The Doors of Perception '...
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
........................ William Blake
' To Reason '...
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
.................... Lord Byron
' The Power of Prayer '...
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
.................. Alfred Lord Tennyson
' Awake or Asleep '...
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love,, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
.................. Geoffrey Chaucer
' Talk to Your Self '...
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.
......................... William James
' An Act of Kindness '...
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.
.................. Jackie Chan
' Dissolving Desires '...
Only by letting go,, can we truly possess what is real.
.......................... Chow Yun-Fat
' Courage at the End '...
One cannot choose how one's life begins,, but one can choose to face the end with courage
......................... Jet Li
' Put God First '...
Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.
......................... Denzel Washington
' Learn to Listen '...
I like to listen.. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.. Most people never listen.
........................ Ernest Hemingway
' Sacred Positivity '...
The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle,, the order as a foundation,, and progress as a goal.
........................... Auguste Comte
' The Person You Are '...
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be... The person you want to be... The person you are.
.............................. H. G. Wells
' Speaking without Fear '...
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.
......................... George Orwell
' A True Religion '...
“If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God.. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion.”
.................. Sri Chinmoy
' Decision for Action '...
The most difficult thing is the decision to act.. The rest is merely tenacity.. The fears are paper tigers. .You can do anything you decide to do.. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure.. The process is its own reward.
.......................... Amelia Earhart
' The Heart Feels '...
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
.................................. Helen Keller
' Nuring is an Art '...
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit?..It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
............................. Florence Nightingale
' What you See '...
It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us... The question is not what you look at but what you see.
................................. Henry David Thoreau
' To Silence the Mind '...
The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.. The challenge is to silence the mind
......................... Caroline Myss
' Amazing Conscious Awareness '...
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get.. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.
........................ Conan O'Brien
' To Be Successful '...
Success, is not the key to happiness..Happiness is the key to success... If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
.................. Albert Schweitzer
' Knowing the Character '...
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
.......................... Maya Angelou
' The Prison of War '...
People who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken - what needs to be outlawed is war.
........................ Leslie Groves
' The Atomic Bomb '...
We knew the world would not be the same.. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita;.. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.".. I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
.......................... J. Robert Oppenheimer
' Do your Best '...
Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.
..................... President Harry S. Truman
' Occupy your Mind '...
Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
....................... Thomas More
' All is One '...
Remember that all is One... and what you do to your neighbor, your friend or your foe, is a reflection of what you think of your Creator.
.................... Edgar Cayce
' Seek the Path '...
Seek the Path, do not seek attainment, Seek for the Path within yourself.. Do not expect to hear the truth from others, nor to see it, or read it in books.. Look for the truth in yourself, not without yourself.
...................... P.D. Ouspensky
' What it means to be Human '...
Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe happiness comes from pleasure, or from getting things or power over people or money or fame or even health and survival.. None of these sometimes very good things can bring ultimate meaning to our lives.. We are born to be deeply conscious, inwardly free and deeply capable of love.. The longing for these things is the definition of what it means to be human.
.......................... Jacob Needleman
' Already Dead '...
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead... It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it.. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.
........................ G. I. Gurdjieff
' Take Heart '...
Never take a path that has no heart in it.. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you can't win if your heart is not in it.
............................... Carlos Castaneda
' True Knowledge '...
To know that we know what we know,, and to know that we do not know what we do not know,, that is true knowledge.
.......................... Nicolaus Copernicus
' How Smart are We ?'...
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
.......................... Isaac Newton
' The Book of Nature '..
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
................................ Michael Faraday
' The Secrets '...
If you want to find the secrets of the universe,, think in terms of energy,, frequency and vibration.
.......................... Nikola Tesla
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