' Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (Official Audio) '...
https://youtu.be/5NEkJhBHh54?si=UiyFR61w-Nzf_zQW
' DEEP Southern DELTA BLUES — Gospel Dust, Iron Blues, and Electric Crossroads '...
https://youtu.be/cfgBSf7WW3Q?si=ZJbkB5bbECv9c1_A
' The Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic ✝️ Begin the Day in the Language of Christ ' ...
https://youtu.be/Y9Q0YwIngC4?si=Q8xtPLb5giQqyIrn
' 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
' Surrendering the Ego Desire '...
Once you conquer your selfish self,, all your darkness will change to light.
................... Rumi
' Staying Awake in Consciousness '...
Our determination to imitiate Christ,, should be such, that we have no time,, for other matters.
................. Desiderius Erasmus
' Experiencing Truth '...
Truth can never be reached,, by just listening to the voice of an authority.
.............. Francis Bacon
' The Mind and Manifestation '...
When you can imagine,, you begin to create, and when you begin to create,, you realize that you can create a world,, that you prefer to live in,, rather than a world,, that you're suffering in.
................ Ben Okri
' Reggae Mantras to Boost Your Energy | The Most Powerful Sacred Chants of Krishna ...
https://youtu.be/D8GTN9A2fPY?si=uEtLalssHETT0nsa
' The Soul is Your Teacher '...
You have to grow from the inside out.. None can teach you,, none can make you spiritual.. There is no other teacher, but your own soul.
.................... Swami Vivekananda
' Saying Goodbye '...
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes.. Because for those who love with heart and soul,, there is no such thing as separation.
................... Rumi
' Spreading Light Consciousness '...
There are two ways of spreading light:, to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.
................ Edith Wharton
' Your Angelic Friends '...
Make friends with the angels,, who though invisible are always with you.. Often invoke them,, constantly praise them,, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
................. Saint Francis de Sales
' Forget Enlightenment '...
Forget about enlightenment.. Sit down wherever you are, and listen to the wind, that is singing in your veins.. Feel the love,, the longing and the fear in your bones.. Open your heart to who you are,, right now,, not who you would like to be.. Not the saint, you're striving to become.. But the being right here before you,, inside you,, around you.. All of you is holy.. You're already more and less than whatever you can know.. Breathe out,, look in,, let go.
................. John Welwood
' Alan Watts - Taoist Way Full Lecture - Alan Watts Organization Official '...
https://youtu.be/Ql4wGGTDapA?si=EWkethzLrJIK2BmG
' A Good Reputation '...
A good reputation,, is measured by how much, you can improve the lives of others.
................... George Eastman
' The Mentor '...
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing,, guiding you towards good actions,, telling you what you ought to know,, and showing you the path to heaven.
................... Gautama the Buddha
' Right Actions '...
Never,, never be afraid to do what's right,, especially, if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake.. Society's punishments are small, compared to the wounds, we inflict on our soul, when we look the other way.
.................... Martin Luther King, Jr.
' Kind Words '...
Kind words can be short and easy to speak,, but their echoes are truly endless.
.................. Mother Teresa
' Training the Mind '...
You have to train your brain to be positive,, just like you work out your body.
.................. Shawn Achor
' The Ego Persists '...
I believed,, when I entered this convent,, I was escaping from myself,, but alas,, poor me,, I brought myself with me!
................... Juana Inés de la Cruz
' Self Respect '...
Never stand begging, for that which you have the power to earn.
................. Miguel de Cervantes
' Within You is the Power - THE SECRET POWER OF THE UNIVERSE '...
https://youtu.be/kFbGr1c6XXE?si=BexKCnWRKwvEPs-v
' CAJUN MUSIC... WITH PAYS D'EN HAUT... (TIT GALOP POUR MAMOU) '...
https://youtu.be/AFUl28YWVV4?si=hvrjVYWDGB7bPJPh
' Sufi Islam Quotes '...
“The ego is a veil between humans and God.” – Al-Hallaj----------
“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” – Rumi----------
“The seeker of truth must leave the self behind.” – Abdul-Qadir Gilani-----------
“The lower self is like a wild horse, needing constant taming.” – Ibn Arabi-------
“Until the self is purified, the truth will not be known.” – Al-Ghazali .......
' Becoming Fully Human '...
“Try not to be so analytical that you lose your creative vision,, your soul‘s third eye of innate intuition.. Open your heart.. Be willing to be foolish,, even if it means straying from the mainstream agenda and risking ridicule.. I think we all sense that the world is ready for us, to think outside the box,, because that box of limited,, conventional,, rational thinking, is destroying us.......... (p. 75)”
Miles Neale,, Gradual Awakening:,, 'The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human'...
' Vehicle for Source Consciousness '...
The human body is the temple of God..
One who kindles the light of awareness within,
gets true light..
The sacred flame of your inner shrine,
is constantly bright..
The experience of unity
is the fulfillment of human endeavors..
The mysteries of life are revealed..
........... (Rig Veda)
' The Fear of the Talkative '...
Silence is only frightening to people, who are compulsively verbalizing.
................ William S. Burroughs
' Making Friends '...
Make your mind, learn its way around the heart.
................... Lawrence Ferlinghetti
' The Power of Gratitude '...
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.. It turns what we have into enough,, and more.. It turns denial into acceptance,, chaos to order,, confusion to clarity.. It can turn a meal into a feast,, a house into a home,, a stranger into a friend.
..................... Melody Beattie
' Behind the Magic '...
“The world is magic,, and your job in this world, is to find the magician, behind the magic.”
................... Aiyaz Uddin
' It Is All One '...
“Pani,, Agua, ,Water,, it's all one;,
Ubuntu,, Advaita,, Ahava,, it's all one;,
Creation,, Consciousness,, Evolution,, it's all one;,
To fathom this you gotta unlearn all separatism.”.....
.................... Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One
' A Great Secret '...
“When I run after what I think I want,,
my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety;,
if I sit in my own place of patience,,
what I need flows to me,, and without pain..
From this, I understand that,
what I want, also wants me,,
is looking for me, and attracting me..
There is a great secret here,
for anyone who can grasp it.”
.................. Shams-i Tabriz
' What Thoth Revealed About the Divine Frequency and You | No Gnostic Knows '...
https://youtu.be/bE3DvAa7k1k?si=3Zyr8A5Jf7039Zl_
' The Secret of Simplicity '...
To say more, while saying less, is the secret of being simple.
................ Dejan Stojanovic
' The Joy of Solitude '...
All of our unhappiness,, comes from our inability to be alone.
.................. Jean de la Bruyere
' An Answer to Prayer '...
God may want you,, to be the answer to your own prayer.
................... Anne Morrow Lindbergh
' An Everlasting Anchorage '...
At the end only two things really matter to a man,, regardless of who he is;, and they are the affection and understanding of his family.. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial;, they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice.. but the family is an everlasting anchorage,, a quiet harbor, where a man's ships can be left, to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.
.................... Richard E. Byrd
' The Misfit — 1950s Deep Blues | A Soul That Never Fit In '...
https://youtu.be/sZ7wzHhkTzY?si=ZNINPPSU2sINgehL
' Die Before Death '...
As Jesus said : " Die Before Death ".........In Meditation, Surrender All Desires,, Especially the False Self called Ego.. It Must Be Sincere... You Might Just Awaken, As Divine Consciousness, and Know the True Story................... thomas
' Your Real Life '...
God is life;, and in that life which is God, there are no years. ... The human sense of life, is not your real life.
................. Joel S. Goldsmith
' The Power of Love '...
There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer,, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal,, no door that enough LOVE will not open,, no gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge,, no wall that enough LOVE will not throw down,, no sin that enough LOVE will not redeem.
................... Emmet Fox
' The Whole Thing Is An Illusion - Alan Watts,, ' On Letting Go '...
https://youtu.be/3OUZVMlxiak?si=3zWzo_mVioSVgBVg
' A Belief Has Life '...
Every one is made of matter,, and matter is continually going through a chemical change.. This change is life,, not wisdom,, but life,, like vegetable or mineral life.. Every idea is matter,, so of course it contains life, in the name of something that can be changed.. Motion,, or change,, is life.. Ideas have life.. A belief has life,, or matter;, for it can be changed.. Now, all the aforesaid make up man;, and all this can be changed.
..................... Phineas Quimby
' Love Within Source '...
No one can love you, until you love yourself,, and you cannot love anyone else,, until you love yourself.
.................. Raymond Charles Barker
' A Daily Goal '...
We,, whoever we are,, must have a daily goal in our lives,, no matter how small or great,, to make that day mean something.
................ Maxwell Maltz
' In The Beginning '...
For myself,, faith begins with a realization, that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being, and created man.. It is not difficult for me, to have this faith,, for it is incontrovertible, that where there is a plan,,there is intelligence--an orderly,, unfolding universe, testifies to the truth, of the most majestic statement ever uttered--'In the beginning God.'
................. Arthur Compton (Physicist)
' Silly People '...
Those who say that the study of science, makes a man an atheist,, must be rather silly people.
................. Max Born (Physicist)
' The Only Laws of Matter '...
The only laws of matter,, are those that our minds must fabricate ,and the only laws of mind, are fabricated for it by matter.
............... James Clerk Maxwell (Physicist)
' You Choose Manifestation '...
Everything that exists in your life, ,does so because of two things:,, something you did, or something, you didn't do.
.................... Albert Einstein
' Realization of Self '...
Run forward when possible,, walk ahead when you can,, stagger onward when you must,, but never cease your forward movement.
............... Vernon Howard
' Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (live) '...
https://youtu.be/_I4S61Do-Qs?si=aOa2AjOzJ5aAE5_f
' The Power of Religions '...
Religion is regarded by the common people as true,, by the wise as false,, and by rulers as useful.
..................... Seneca the Younger
' Surrender of the Ego Desire '...
Once you conquer your selfish self,, all your darkness will change to light.
................. Rumi
' The Higher Frequencies of Knowledge '...
Everything in life is speaking,, in spite of it's apparent silence.
.............. Hazrat Inayat Khan
' Controlling the Mind '...
To enjoy good health,, to bring true happiness to one’s family,, to bring peace to all,, one must first discipline, and control one’s own mind... If a man can control his mind,, he can find the way to Enlightenment,, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.............. Gautama the Buddha
' Lost and Found Love '...
Every thing that you love,, you will eventually lose,, but in the end,, love will return in a different form.
................. Franz Kafka
' The Power of Word Imagination '...
Behind every word, a whole world is hidden that must be imagined.. Actually,, every word has a great burden of memories,, not only just of one person, but of all mankind.. Take a word such as bread,, or war;, take a word such as chair,, or bed or Heaven.. Behind every word is a whole world.. I'm afraid that most people use words as something to throw away, without sensing the burden that lies in a word.
................. Heinrich Böll
' Stronger than Death '...
It is love,, not reason,, that is stronger than death.
................. Thomas Mann
' Awakening In Source '...
A mind that is stretched by a new experience,, can never go back to its old dimensions.
............... Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
' That Is Enough '...
Know yourself, to be the changeless witness, of the changeful mind.. That is enough.
.................. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' Happiness Is Your Nature '...
Happiness is your nature.. It is not wrong to desire it.. What is wrong,, is seeking it outside, when it is inside.
.................. Ramana Maharshi
' If You Come to Doubt '...
If you come to doubt,, I'll give you every reason to doubt.. If you come suspicious,, I'll give you every reason to be suspicious.. But if you come seeking Love,, I'll show you more love than you've ever known...
................... Mahavatar Babaji
' Intuition Tells the Truth '...
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
' From the Old School to the Blues — 1950s Blues Inspired by 90s Hip Hop Legends '....
https://youtu.be/09o6KPPdbbU?si=zhYHb0vaKCgKPxN1
' Ordinary Love Is Selfish '...
Ordinary love is selfish,, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions.. Divine love is without condition,, without boundary,, without change.. The flux of the human heart is gone forever, at the transfixing touch of pure love.
.............. Sri Yukteswar Giri
' Do Not Depend on Death '...
Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections.. You are exactly the same after death as you were before.. Nothing changes;, you only give up the body.. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death,, you don't become an angel merely by dying.. If such were possible,, then let us all go and jump in the ocean now, and become angels at once!.. Whatever you have made of yourself thus far,, so will you be hereafter.. And when you reincarnate,, you will bring that same nature with you.. To change,, you have to make the effort.. This world is the place to do it.
................... Paramahansa Yogananda
' Forget Yourself and Be '...
“Forget your voice,, sing!...
Forget your feet,, dance!...
Forget your life,, live!...
Forget yourself and Be!”...
............... Kamand Kojouri
' Different Names '...
“I may be called by different titles in different parts of the world .. in the west,, a humanitarian scientist, or a christian mystic,, in the middle-east,, a sufi, or a pir .. in the east,, an advaitin or a buddha,, but beyond the layers of terminologies,, I am just a human living as human.”
............... Abhijit Naskar
The Temple of Delphi '...
" In ancient times, the Temple of Delphi proclaimed „Know Thyself“.... and the Greek philosophers made it their central theme,, because in the knowing of one‘s True Self,, we discover not a name or a lineage,, but a whole new dimension of what it means to be human.. In our very mortality is embedded something of the eternal.. Encased within the bones and sinews that are destined to disintegrate, is Spirit that comes from beyond, and returns home when we are born into Heaven“ as the Orthodox say,, or when we cross that threshold.. These ideas cannot be reduced to mere belief systems and dogmas.. They have been vividly part of the human experience from the beginning. (p. 8-9)”
.................... Theodore J. Nottingham, Doorway to Spiritual Awakening: Becoming Partakers of the Divine
' Living in Divine Consciousness '...
When the presence of God, emerges from our inmost being, into our faculties,, whether we walk down the street,or drink a cup of soup,, Divine life is pouring into the world.”
.................... Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel
' Your Masterpiece '...
Your gifts lie in the place where your values,, passions and strengths meet.. Discovering that place, is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece,, Your Life.
..................... Michelangelo
' I Hunt Everywhere '...
I hunt everywhere for a life worth living,, and a knowledge worth knowing.. Having roots nowhere,, I have everywhere to go.
.................. Elif Safak
' The Hologram is Finished '...
Our lives pass from us like the wind,, and why
Should wise men grieve to know that they must die?..
The Judas blossom fades,, the lovely face
Of light is dimmed,, and darkness, takes its place.
............... Abolqasem Ferdowsi
' The Nobility of Science '...
Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich,, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars... ‘The scholars‘ he answered ,, ‘are well aware of the use of money,, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science.’
................ Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
' Two Kinds of Humans '...
They all err - Muslims,, Christians,, Jews, and Magians.. There are two kinds of humans, - the intelligent,, who have no religion,, and the religious,, who have no intellect.
................. Al-Maʿarri
' The Purification of Soul '...
My first wish is to be simple in my actions,, truthful in my speech,, honest in my opinions,, and natural in my behavior... In other words,, I want to be clean in mind,, heart,, and body.
................. Ameen Rihani
' The Pain of Separation '...
And ever has it been known,, that love knows not its own depth,, until the hour of separation.
.............. Khalil Gibran
' The Value of Knowledge '...
Knowledge is of no value,, unless you put it into practice.
................. Anton Chekhov
' For some reason,, I never listened to Bob Dylan's,,, Original Knockin' On Heaven's Door '...
https://youtu.be/g84Hz63nVw4?si=8-xlLJ_GRMWiKp0-
' True Contemplation '...
“True contemplation is not a psychological trick, but a theological grace.. It can come to us, ONLY as a gift,, and not as a result of our own clever use of spiritual techniques.”
.............. Thomas Merton
' The Rest of Awareness '...
“I pray you:,, seek more to embody God than to merely have knowledge of God.. For knowledge can deceive us with pride,, but a meek,, loving awareness, will not deceive.. Knowledge puffs up,, but love builds up (I Corinthians 8:1).. Knowledge leads to travail,, whereas awareness leads to rest.”
............ The Book of Privy Counselling
' You Are Free '...
“As your meditation becomes deeper,, it will defend you from the perpetual assaults of the outer world.. You will hear the busy hum of that world as a distant exterior melody,, and know yourself to be in some sort withdrawn from it.. You have set a ring of silence between you and it;, and behold!.. within that silence,, You are Free.”
............... Evelyn Underhill
' The Light of Source '...
“All that is to be understood or desired, is still not God, ,but where mind and desire end,, in that darkness,, God shines.”
................ Meister Eckhart
' The Beginning of Love '...
The beginning of love, is to let those we love, be perfectly themselves,, and not to twist them to fit our own image.. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves,, we find in them.
................Thomas Merton
' Life Amazes '...
Life ... is never the way one imagines it.. It surprises you,, it amazes you,, and it makes you laugh or cry,, when you don't expect it.
.................. Niki de Saint Phalle
' Lovers and Haters '...
Some white people hate black people,, and some white people love black people,, some black people hate white people,, and some black people love white people.. So you see,, it's not an issue of black and white,, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.
................... Eden Ahbez
' Carry On ' .....1980-1970 remix - Crosby, Stills & Nash '...
https://youtu.be/PK2SVE7dTu0?si=sgXBGWE7crnaHqfN
' In Balance '...
We can want peace,, but unless we are spiritually at peace ourselves,, we dont mean it.. It is our thoughts, which keep that part of the universe, where each of us stand out of or in balance.
................. Chief Little Crow
' We Shall Be One '...
I salute the light within your eyes, where the whole universe dwells... For when you are at that center within you, and I am at that place within me,, we shall be one.
................ Chief Crazy Horse
' Peace and Love '...
I am poor and naked,, but I am the chief of the nation.. We do not want riches, but we do want to train our children right... Riches would do us no good... We could not take them with us, to the other world.. We do not want riches.. We want peace and love.
.............. Chief Red Cloud
' The One I Feed '...
Inside of me there are two dogs.. One is mean and evil, and the other is good, and they fight each other all the time... When asked which one wins, I answer,, the one I feed the most.
................ Chief Sitting Bull
' The Fault Within '...
When you rise in the morning,, give thanks for the light,, for your life,, for your strength... Give thanks for your food, and for the joy of living... If you see no reason to give thanks,, the fault lies in yourself.
............. Chief Tecumseh
' The Beauty of Source '...
There is not one blade of grass,, there is no color in this world,, that is not intended to make men rejoice.
................. John Calvin
' Once You Realize, Reality Is NOT What You Think,,,, It Stops Deceiving You '...
https://youtu.be/RmOM2HzJ3_M?si=Pda6tAnXqvhTfzjd
' Ishawashya Upanishad '...
O Almighty!.. You are the infinite;, the universe is also infinite!.. From infinite, the infinite has come out!... Having taken infinite out of the infinite,, the infinite remains!.. O Almighty!,, May there be Peace!,, Peace!,, Everywhere!,, .............. Ishawashya Upanishad
' The Eyes Tell the Story '...
The tongue may hide the truth,, but the eyes—never!
................. Mikhail Bulgakov
' My Reality '...
I'm not strange,, weird,, off,, nor crazy,, my Reality is just different from yours.
.................. Lewis Carroll
' Three Choices '...
When Something Bad happens,, you have Three choices.. You can either let it Define you,, let it Destroy you,, or you can let it Strengthen you.
............... Dr. Seuss
' No One Left Behind '...
You are incarnations of God,, all of you.. You are incarnations of the Almighty,, Omnipresent,, Divine Principle.. You may laugh at me now,, but the time will come, when you will understand.. You must.. Nobody will be left behind.
.................... Swami Vivekananda
' A Mantra for Peacefulness '...
Suffer what there is to suffer,, enjoy what there is to enjoy.. Regard both suffering, and joy as facts of life,, and continue chanting ' Nam-myoho-renge-kyo' ,, no matter what happens.. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law ?..
...................... Nichiren
' The Pain of Anger '...
Sometimes,, it's better to be kind than to be right.. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks,, but a patient heart that listens.. You will not be punished for your anger,, you will be punished by your anger
................. Gautama the Buddha
' Belief In Self '...
One who believes in himself,, has no need to convince others.
............. Laozi
' To be a Baha'i '...
To be a Baha'i simply means,, to love all the world;, to love humanity, and try to serve it;.. to work for universal peace, and universal brotherhood.
................... Abdu'l-Bahá
' Laws of Life '...
The more we search for ourselves,, the less likely we are to find ourselves;, and the more we search for God,, and to serve our fellow-men,, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves,, and the more inwardly assured.. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life.
.................. Shoghi Effendi
' The Soul '... We Are Consciousness '...
https://youtube.com/shorts/_9WioFOy3To?si=7HTAOahTqFfr2uQ2
' Running After Thoughts '...
When you run after your thoughts,, you are like a dog chasing a stick:.. every time a stick is thrown,, you run after it... Instead,, be like a lion who,, rather than chasing after the stick,, turns to face the thrower... One only throws a stick at a lion once.
.............. Milarepa
' Burst Out Laughing '...
Since things neither exist nor do not exist,, are neither real nor unreal,, are utterly beyond adopting and rejecting - one might as well burst out laughing.
............... Longchenpa
' To Be Enlightened '...
The basic nature of all conscious beings, is 'self-existing wakefulness'..
Self-existing, meaning spontaneous or without effort, and wakefulness meaning natural awareness..
To ignore our basic nature,, is to wander in fear and confusion,,
to directly realise, our essential nature, is to be Enlightened.
.............Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
' Effortless Freedom '...
Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment,,
in openness and contentment, I found the Truth in my heart..
By simply relaxing in this uncontrived,, open,, and natural state,,
we obtain the quality of effortless freedom of whatever arises.
................ Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
' Realization of Truth '...
Realization, is not knowledge about the universe,, but the living experience of the nature of the universe.. Until, we have such living experience,, we remain dependent on examples,, and subject to their limits.
............... Namkhai Norbu
' My Advice '...
My advice to you, is not to undertake the spiritual path.. It is too difficult,, too long,, and is too demanding.. I suggest you ask for your money back,, and go home.. This is not a picnic.. It is really going to ask everything of you.. So,, it is best not to begin.. However,, if you do begin,,, it is best to finish.
.................. Chogyam Trungpa
' The Wisdom of the Bhagavadgita '...
The Bhagavadgita portrays in many ways the core beliefs and practices of Hinduism.. It reflects its universality and the ideal vision of God as the center and circumference of all creation.. If Hinduism is a way of life,, the Bhagavadgita suggests how to live it.. Its principles and doctrines are not easy to practice.. They challenge to the core your resolve and commitment to follow a disciplined and virtuous life that guarantees freedom and bliss.. Its message simple,, sacrifice your desires;, but it is very difficult to practice because desires manifest numerously in our consciousness, and we are not always aware of them.. It exhorts those who are thirsty of knowledge, to live selflessly and virtuously with faith,, knowledge,, wisdom,, devotion,, surrender,, and detachment,, and perform their duties dispassionately as an offering to God.. This is in contrast to the egocentric worldly life,, with which we are familiar and in which we pursue our desires rather selfishly,, as part of our conditioning and self-promotion............... From the Book, Essays on the Bhagavadgita, by Jayaram V
' The Tao '...
“Knowing others is intelligence;,
knowing yourself is true wisdom..
Mastering others is strength;,
mastering yourself is true power..”
.......... Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
' The Words of Rumi '...
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” .........
“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.”.........
“Love is the bridge between you and everything.” .........
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” ........
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ........
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” .......
“With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.”.......
' The Honesty of Non-egoic Consciousness '...
Love is honesty.. Love is a mutual respect for one another.
................. Simone Elkeles
' Listening to the Heart '...
There comes a time when the world gets quiet, and the only thing left is your own heart.. So you'd better learn the sound of it.. Otherwise,,you'll never understand what it's saying.
............... Sarah Dessen
' The Most Valuable Thing '...
The free exploring mind of the individual human,, is the most valuable thing in the world.
................... John Steinbeck
' Finding Joy in Work '...
To find joy in work,, is to discover the fountain of youth.
............. Pearl S. Buck
' Die Before Death '...
‘Death would not be called bad,, O people,, if one knew how to truly die...’ – Deep Sikh quote on ego death.
' Control your Mind '...
To enjoy good health,, to bring true happiness to one’s family,, to bring peace to all,, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind... If a man can control his mind,, he can find the way to Enlightenment,, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him............... Gautama the Buddha
' The Greatest Blessing '...
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune,, from sorrow freed,, from defilements cleansed,, from fear liberated,, this is the greatest blessing................ Gautama the Buddha
' OM Reverberates within the Heart '...
Those in whose hearts OM reverberates
Unceasingly are indeed blessed,
And deeply loved as one who is the Self..
The all-knowing Self was never born,,
Nor will it die.. Beyond cause and effect,,
This Self is eternal and immutable..
When the body dies,, the Self does not die.
................. (Katha Upanishad)
' The Inmost Self '...
Of everything He is the inmost Self..
He is the truth;, He is,, the Self Supreme.
.............. (Chandogya Upanishad)
' The Stream of Happiness '...
The one who loves all intensely,,
begins perceiving in all living beings
a part of himself..
He becomes a lover of all,,
a part and parcel of the Universal Joy..
He flows with the stream of happiness,,
and is enriched by each soul..
................ (Yajur Veda)
' Leave the Ego '...
Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter,, sing as if no one is listening,, love as if you have never been hurt,, and dance as if no one is watching.
............... Victor Hugo
' A Perfect Unity '...
All things are in the Universe,, and the universe is in all things: we in it,, and it in us;, in this way, everything concurs in a perfect unity.
.................. Giordano Bruno
' Terrible Misfortunes '...
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes,, most of which never happened.
................... Michel de Montaigne
' Control of Thought '...
You have power over your mind - not outside events.. Realize this,, and you will find strength.
............. Marcus Aurelius
' Real Magic '...
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life.. There's not some trick involved with it.. It's pure, and it's real.. It moves,, it heals,, it communicates,, and does all these incredible things.
...................Tom Petty
' Being Here Now '...
It's being here now that's important.. There's no past and there's no future.. Time is a very misleading thing.. All there is ever,, is the now.. We can gain experience from the past,, but we can't relive it;, and we can hope for the future,, but we don't know if there is one.
...................... George Harrison
' Our Prime Purpose '...
Our prime purpose in this life, is to help others.. And if you can't help them,, at least don't hurt them.
................... Dalai Lama
' Sensational!.... PAUL SIMON..... Diamonds on the sole of her shoes,, REACTION '...
https://youtu.be/oCPpADFA63U?si=h676Kf1amwAyhSj9
' From Happy to Happiness '...
Judge nothing, you will be happy.. Forgive everything,, you will be happier.. Love everything,, you will be happiest..
.............. Sri Chinmoy
'Evolution of Consciousness '...
Evolution of consciousness, is the central motive of terrestrial existence.
................. Sri Aurobindo
' Starving for Truth '...
Man is more miserable,, more restless and unsatisfied than ever before,, simply because half his nature--the spiritual--is starving for true food,, and the other half--the material--is fed with bad food.
................... Paul Brunton
' Infinite Spirit '...
Your True Nature, is that of Infinite Spirit.. The feeling of limitation, is the work of the mind.
................. Ramana Maharshi
' Real Sadhana '...
Love everyone,, including yourself.. This is Real Sadhana.
............. Baba Hari Dass
' Source Consciousness '...
It's better to see God in Everything,, than to try to figure it out.
.................. Neem Karoli Baba
' Miracles Are Everywhere '...
Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water,, a ray of sunshine,, a leaf,, a caterpillar,, a flower,, laughter,, raindrops.. If you live in awareness,, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles.. Eyes that see thousands of colors,, shapes,, and forms;, ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap;, a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos;, a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings.. When we are tired and feel discouraged by life's daily struggles,, we may not notice these miracles,, but they are always there.
.................. Nhat Hanh
' Why Jung said, that the Disciples did not Understand Jesus '...
https://youtu.be/Se6ZWFQnHe0?si=R0aKrmlwO-K_8ooU
' The Fear of Death '...
The Mental Pain of Fear,, Lies Within the Ignorance Taught by Superiors... We As Consciousness,, Have the Ability to Dream and To Awaken................. thomas
' Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Déjà Vu (Full Album) [Official Video] '...
https://youtu.be/dfheqbqoGGg?si=2FjzQ595gICNVP1k
' A Good Book '...
A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book.. A great book, compels you to reread, your own soul.
.............. Richard Flanagan
' Our Experience of Our Hologram '...
The screen is a window, through which one sees a virtual world.. The challenge, is to make that world look real,, act real,, sound real,, feel real............
Ivan Sutherland (Computer Scientist)
' You Are Not the Ego '...
You are not your idea,, and if you identify too closely with your ideas,, you will take offense,, when they are challenged.
................. Edwin Catmull
' Your Time Is Limited '...
Your time is limited,, so don't waste it living someone else's life.. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking.. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.. And most important,, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
................... Steve Jobs
' Educated Mind Control '...
It is what we know already,, that often prevents us from learning.
................ Claude Bernard
' What Happens When Souls REFUSE the Light Tunnel?.... NDE Warning About the Soul Trap '...
https://youtu.be/tI2ZgA6bFV8?si=CQLHPTRwBpedqEVy
' Beginning Today '...
Beginning today,, treat everyone you meet, as if they were going to be dead by midnight.. Extend to them all the care,, kindness, and understanding, you can muster,, and do it with no thought of any reward.. Your life will never be the same again..
................... Og Mandino
' Too Noble For Anger '...
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.. Talk health,, happiness,, and prosperity, to every person you meet.. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them.. Look at the sunny side of everything.. Think only the best,, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.. Forget the mistakes of the past, and press on to the greater achievements of the future.. Give everyone a smile.. Spend so much time improving yourself, that you have no time left to criticize others.. Be too big for worry,, and too noble for anger.
..................... Norman Vincent Peale
' Every Thought is Important '...
Every thought you have, has an energy ,that will either strengthen or weaken you.
................... Wayne Dyer
' Forgiving brings Healing '...
Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception.. It transforms the hurt into healing.
................. Iyanla Vanzant
' Consciousness Expanding '...
The further I wake into this life,, the more I realize that God is everywhere, and the extraordinary is waiting quietly, beneath the skin of all that is ordinary.. Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond,, and music is in both the flowing violin and the water dripping from the drainage pipe.. Yes,, God is under the porch as well, as on top of the mountain,, and joy is in both the front row and the bleachers,, if we are willing to be where we are.
................ Mark Nepo
' The Attitudes of Mind '...
Human beings can alter their lives,, by altering their attitudes of mind.
...................... William James
' Your Aura Is Too Powerful for Most People to Handle ( Alan Watts ) '...
https://youtu.be/QWpPdQQfr2s?si=25KioxTGcDthkcR6
' After Death '...
"After Death,, there is no greater sorrow,, than that of a person who lived in ignorance."
.................. Gautama the Buddha
' The Child of the Moment '...
“A famous aphorism tells us,,"The Sufi is the child of the moment“ (as-sufi ibn al-waqt).. One of its meanings is, that the true Sufi lives in the constant awareness that his self is nothing, but what he is at the present moment.. And since each present moment, is unique,, each moment of the self is unique.. In some Sufi texts,, each moment is called a nafas,, a breath.“.. The Sufis are then called „the folk of the breaths“ (ahl al-anfas),,, because, they live in full awareness, of the uniqueness of the nafs at each nafas,, each breath,, each instant..... (p. 55-56)”
..... William C. Chittick,, Sufism: A Beginner's Guide
' Without Inspiration '...
Without Inspiration, the best powers of the mind remain dormant... There is a fuel in us, which needs to be ignited with sparks.
............... Johann Gottfried Herder
' True Religion '...
Reader!.. To whatever visible church,, synagogue,, or mosque, you may belong!... See if you do not find more true religion, among the host of the excommunicated, than among the far greater host who excommunicated them.
................... Moses Mendelssohn
' The Power Called Truth '...
What is there in man,, so worthy of honor and reverence as this,, that he is capable of contemplating something higher than his own reason,, more sublime, than the whole universe,, that Spirit which alone is self-subsistent,, from which all truth proceeds,, without which there is no truth?..
..................... Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
' Three Stages of Truth '...
All Truth passes through three stages.. First,, it is Ridiculed.. Second,, it is Violently Opposed.. Third,, it is accepted as Being Self-evident..
..................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' Buddha Quotes Meditation | Forest Ambience for Stress Relief and Sleep '...
https://youtu.be/oO3Hqphphfw?si=_42qPMJotIJt_ENG
' A Metaphysical Buddha '...
An act of meditation is actually an act of faith--of faith in your spirit,, in your own potential. Faith is the basis of meditation.. Not of faith in something outside you--a metaphysical buddha,, an unattainable ideal,, or someone else's words.. The faith is in yourself,, in your own 'buddha nature..' You too can be a buddha,, an awakened being, that lives and responds in a wise,, creative,, and compassionate way..
..................... Martine Batchelor
' Visible Spirit '...
Nature is visible Spirit;, Spirit is invisible Nature..........
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
' The Laws of Nature '...
Nature is the system of laws established by the Creator, for the existence of things, and for the succession of creatures.. Nature is not a thing,, because this thing would be everything.. Nature is not a creature,, because this creature would be God.. But one can consider it as an immense vital power,, which encompasses all,, which animates all,, and which, ,subordinated to the power of the first Being,, has begun to act only by his order,, and still acts only by his concourse or consent ... Time,, space, and matter, are its means,, the universe its object,, motion and life its goal..................
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
' Insight into Universal Nature '...
Insight into universal nature, provides an intellectual delight and sense of freedom, that no blows of fate, and no evil can destroy.
.................. Alexander von Humboldt
' Finding Peace Within Nature '...
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.. The winds will blow their own freshness into you,, and the storms their energy,, while cares will drop away from you, like the leaves of Autumn.
.................... John Muir
' Why Some People Wake Up and Others Don’t | Eckhart Tolle '...
https://youtu.be/1r9uxZFariQ?si=bZsJHW5jkba6ksU4
' Worldly Desires '...
When the mind is full of worldly desires,, it is their very nature to confuse the mind.. Withdraw the mind from outer things and turn it inwards.
..................... Anandamayi Ma
' Become Yourself '...
When you know that you are eternal you can play your true role in time.. When you know you are divine you can become completely human.. When you know you are one with God, you are free to become absolutely yourself.
.................... Mother Meera
' Realize '...
Do not pretend - Be.. Do not promise - Act.. Do not dream - Realize.
............... Mirra Alfassa
' A Quiet Mind '...
A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all,, but that these will be on the surface,, and you will feel your true being within,, separate from them,, observing but not carried away..
..................... Sri Aurobindo
' Going to the Temple '...
Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God,, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love.. Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God,, first, remove the darkness of sin from your heart.. Go not to the temple to bow down your head in prayer,, first learn to bow in humility before your fellow men.. Go not to the temple to pray on bended knees,, first bend down to lift someone who is down trodden.. Go not to the temple to ask for forgiveness for your sins,, first forgive from your heart those who have sinned against you.
.................. Rabindranath Tagore
' The Purpose of Life '...
The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.
................ Ramakrishna
' Al-Niffari ~ Stand in Bewilderment ~ Sufi Mystics '...
https://youtu.be/AgJqCLzgDYw?si=s_6-8W8WYF2XvF-C
' A Most Valuable Trait '...
A man's most valuable trait,, is a judicious sense of what, not to believe.
................... Euripides
' Speak Only Truth '...
Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth, and what flies up,, though it be but a spark,, will have light.
.................. Pindar
' Source Consciousness Teaches Wisdom '...
He who learns must suffer.. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart,, and in our own despair,, against our will,, comes wisdom to us,, by the awful grace of God.
..................... Aeschylus
' History Repeats '...
The children now love luxury;, they have bad manners,, contempt for authority;, they show disrespect for elders, and love chatter in place of exercise.. Children are now tyrants,, not the servants of their households.. They no longer rise when elders enter the room.. They contradict their parents,, chatter before company,, gobble up dainties at the table,, cross their legs,, and tyrannize their teachers.
................ Aristophanes
' Empathy '...
Yet,, taught by time, ,my heart has learned to glow for other's good,, and melt at other's woe.
................... Homer
' Belief Moves Mountains '...
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist,, we create it.. The nonexistent, is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
................. Nikos Kazantzakis
' Zen Teaches Nothing '...
"Zen teaches nothing;,,
it merely enables us to wake up and become aware...
It does not teach,, it points.".............
D. T. Suzuki
Moving Forward, Keeping Still: The Gateway to Eastern Wisdom
NY: MJF Books, 1997, p. 371
' Beyond Birth and Death '...
In Reality there is no killing and no dying.. The Real, does not Die, the unreal never lived..
I am told I was born.. I do not remember.. I am told I shall die.. I do not expect it.. You tell me, I have forgotten, or I lack imagination.. But I just cannot remember, what never happened,, nor expect the patently impossible.. Bodies are born and bodies die,, but what is it to me?... Bodies come and go in consciousness,, and consciousness itself, has its roots in me.. I am life,, and mine are mind and body...
You can't help surviving!.. The Real You is timeless and beyond birth and death.. And the body will survive as long as it is needed.. It is not important that it should live long.. A full life is better than a long life..
.............. Nisargadatta Maharaj from I Am That
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