' Darkness to Paradise '...
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise.
The first step was a good thought,
the second, a good word;
and the third, a good deed.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
' Keep Your '...
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
-Mahatma Gandhi
' Tasting the Truth '...
Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance.
We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know.
When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives.
But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better.
In fact, you want more!
It's true that many people around you now may think you are weird or even a danger to society, but you don't care.
Once you've tasted the truth, you won't ever want to go back to being ignorant..
-Socrates
' Future Fuel '...
I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel,
that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it,
used singly or -together,
will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light,
of an intensity of which coal is not capable.
Jules Verne
' Gravity '...
Gravity explains the motions of the planets,
but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
-Isaac Newton
' Perfection '...
It is all right to make mistakes;
nothing is perfect because with perfection,
we would not exist.
-Stephen Hawking
' Thoughts on a Friday Night '...
So many souls that I spoke to today..
So many that do not know why they exist..
They suffer with gambling and drink..
They keep searching for meaning..
All good people..
They just suffer each day searching for enjoyment and prosperity..
None of the material dream is Real..
This is why Mystics appeared to Awaken You..
Joy and Happiness is within your power..
First,, Feel Unconditional Love...
-thomas
' Out There '...
When we finally give up the struggle to find fulfillment "out there," we have nowhere to go but within.
It is at this moment of total surrender that a new light begins to dawn.
-Shakti Gawain
' What is the 'I'? '...
I know that I exist;
the question is,
What is this 'I' that 'I' know.
-Rene Descartes
' Who Are We ?'...
We are the Illusions and Manifestations of Dreams..
We only continue to exist because of Free Will..
The Ego is strong and Death of Ego is Feared...
-thomas
' The Simple Path '...
He is the real Guru Who can reveal the form of the formless before your eyes;
who teaches the simple path, without rites or ceremonies;
Who does not make you close your doors, and hold your breath, and renounce the world;
Who makes you perceive the Supreme Spirit whenever the mind attaches itself;
Who teaches you to be still in the midst of all your activities.
Fearless, always immersed in bliss, he keeps the spirit of yoga in the midst of enjoyments.
-Kabir
' I Am the Watcher '...
When sadness comes, just sit by the side and look at it and say,
"I am the watcher, I am not sadness," and see the difference.
Immediately you have cut the very root of sadness.
It is no more nourished.
It will die of starvation.
We feed these emotions by being identified with them.
-Rajneesh
'Love Everything '...
Judge nothing, you will be happy.
Forgive everything, you will be happier.
Love everything, you will be happiest.
-Sri Chinmoy
' Annamalai Swami Quotes and Sayings '...
1.Your ultimate need is to get established in the changeless peace of the Self. For this you have to give up all thoughts.
2.Remember that nothing that happens in the mind is 'you', and none of it is your business. You don't have to worry about the thoughts that rise up inside you. It is enough that you remember that the thoughts are not you.
3. If you can hold on to this knowledge 'I am Self' at all times, no further practice is necessary.
4.Tayumanuvar, a Tamil saint whom Bhagavan often quoted, wrote in one of his poems: 'My Guru merely told me that I am consciousness. Having heard this, I held onto consciousness. What he told me was just one sentence, but I cannot describe the bliss I attained from holding onto that one simple sentence. Through that one sentence I attained a peace and a happiness that can never be explained in words.'
5.There are so many thoughts in the mind. Thought after thought after thought. But there is one thought that is continuous, though it is mostly sub-conscious: 'I am the body'. This is the string on which all other thoughts are threaded. Once we identify ourselves with the body by thinking this thought, maya follows. It also follows that if we cease to identify with the body, maya will not affect us anymore.
6.If you are having trouble with your enthusiasm for sadhana, just tell yourself, 'I may be dead in seven days'. Let go of all the things that you pretend are important in your daily life and instead focus on the Self for twenty-four hours a day. Do it and see what happens.
7.Go deeply into this feeling of 'I'. Be aware of it so strongly and so intensely that no other thoughts have the energy to arise and distract you. If you hold this feeling of 'I' long enough and strongly enough, the false 'I' wll vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent 'I', consciousness itself.
8.Sadhana is a battlefield. You have to be vigilant. Don't take delivery of wrong beliefs and don't identify with the incoming thoughts that will give you pain and suffering. But if these things start happening to you, fight back by affirming, 'I am the Self; I am the Self; I am the Self;'. These affirmations will lessen the power of the 'I am the body' arrows and eventually they will armour-plate you so successfully, the 'I am the body' thoughts that come your way will no longer have the power to touch you, affect you or make you suffer.
' Love can Blossom '...
In a world of noise, confusion and conflict,
it is necessary that there be places of silence,
inner discipline and peace.
In such places love can blossom.
-Thomas Merton
' IF '...
If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ...
if you can dream, and not make dreams your master;
if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim;
if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same;
... yours is the earth and everything that's in it...
-Rudyard Kipling
' Supernatural Evil '...
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
-Joseph Conrad
' Mind-Manipulation '...
The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim.
To him, the walls of his prison are invisible,
and he believes himself to be free.
-Aldous Huxley
' Walking on the Moon '...
It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon.
But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.
-Neil Armstrong
' Negative and Positive '...
God never ends anything on a negative;
God always ends on a positive.
-Edwin Louis Cole
' Most are going to experience a new sense of freedom, of sovereignty. by John Smallman '...
Despite the so-called pandemic and the global lock-down, all is well! Humanity is awakening, just as divinely planned. Life in the illusion is finally proving to be completely unacceptable for the vast majority of people, and rightly so. As a result of the changes that are happening worldwide all will share in a far more equitable dispersion of Earth’s abundance, while at the same time taking action to massively reduce the current despoliation that drilling, mining, and blasting has caused. The time has come for humanity to stand up and become true care-givers for the planet – Gaia and all who live on her and within her in symbiotic interdependence – treating her with the honor and respect due to her for so lovingly supporting you all so beneficially for so long. It is time to give thanks to Gaia, on whom all sentient life forms depend, and to do it daily, for it has long been neglected and doing so is long overdue.
Humanity’s govern-mentally demanded population confinement or lock-down has given people time to meditate frequently on how they want to live their lives, what changes they wish to make in their daily routines, and how they will deal with any relationship issues that have arisen, when the confinement comes to a close. Many will be discovering that they now have a vastly different perception of how they want to move forward with their lives, now that they have, in effect, spent a long period of time in retreat allowing unaddressed or denied issues to arise into their conscious awareness to be acknowledged and dealt with. Then, with the wisdom that a sustained period of quietness provides, releasing the ones that no longer serve them, and which may have greatly troubled them, with love and gratitude.
Life as a human presents people with many lessons that they chose – prior to incarnating – to experience in order to further their spiritual evolution. However, many of them went unrecognized because of the pressures and stresses of daily human life, but the pain or suffering that developed because they went unrecognized and, therefore, despite being unseen or ignored, still had to be dealt with. This lack of awareness often results in anger, judgment, and bitterness, leading to unhappy and unsatisfactory lives. Now, with the insights that so many have gained as a result of being confined, without easy access to the distractions that so many had come to rely on to avoid dealing with their issues, many will be making the kind of life-enhancing changes that are essential for them to complete their awakening process. Most are going to experience a new sense of freedom, of sovereignty, as they take control of their lives instead of allowing others to direct and manipulate them.
You were created free, and because Love honors and respects the freedom of all created beings, you know, deep within yourselves, that freedom is your natural God-given state. However, within the game that you have been playing, awareness of your divine sovereignty has been hidden from you, and thus the individual paths that each of you planned before incarnating, and which were designed to assist you to uncover or rediscover your true nature, have until now remained hidden. The time that has been unexpectedly made available to you over the last few months, time that you did not seek or ask for, has presented you with a marvelous opportunity to make enormous personal progress in remembering who you really are. As you come out of confinement you will find that many have used this time very creatively and successfully to practice loving acceptance of whatever arises in their lives, enabling them to strengthen their sense of self, while at the same time strengthening and empowering their relationships with their partners, families, and friends, as an increasing awareness has developed of humanity’s mutual interdependence – of your Oneness with one another, and with Source.
To actually, and with great certainty, know that You are One, that there is only One, even though that One also appears as many, is extremely empowering. It dissolves your fears, and establishes within you a wonderful state of peace and self-acceptance that brings you to a state of acceptance and love for all that arises in your life, whether you are living alone with yourself, or in the company of others. You consent to life as it happens in each moment. You may not like what it offers you, but, because you accept it lovingly, you find that you can deal with it. As you start to experience this on a regular basis your self-confidence, your confidence that you – the I, or Me with which you identify – are fine, are OK, increases. As a result of this you will find yourselves in a state of peace more and more frequently, for longer periods of time, and able to deal rationally and practically with whatever arises, instead of being overcome by uncontrolled emotions which can direct you, or seemingly force you to say or do something that is inappropriate, and which, as you review it later when you have calmed down, you may very intensely regret.
Despite the fear and anxiety that many have been feeling as the COVID-19 virus has spread across the world, negatively affecting a very large proportion of humanity, it has led people on an intense and essential inner journey of self-discovery. Many have been able to let go of long held feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness – something the vast majority experience for much of their lives – which has prevented them from sharing the wonder of themselves with others. Yes, the “wonder of yourselves!” You are each wonderful divine beings, and when you can allow yourselves the freedom to present yourselves and your individual creative abilities to all with whom you interact, instead of presenting only that aspect of yourselves that your upbringing has led you to believe is acceptable, you will find yourselves actually enjoying being you, instead of finding yourselves anxious and afraid that others will be judging you, your behavior, and your life styles negatively.
When you accept yourselves, and present those selves to all others without being concerned about their opinions of you, you will find that the vast majority with whom you interact will also accept you, in fact they will admire and honor you for who you are, because they will now see the real you, the divine being, the eternally beloved child of God shining out from you as you set and live the intent to be only loving whatever arises.
Whatever the mainstream media may be telling you about the Corona Virus, and the effects it is having worldwide, just accept and know – as you truly do at the depths of your being – that you are in this present moment precisely where you are meant to be, experiencing precisely what you need to experience, as you move forward rapidly and most effectively on your path to awakening. And also accept that by doing so you are beautifully alerting all others with whom you interact in any way at all to the Reality of the awakening process, thereby massively assisting them as they also move toward awakening.
Right now you are exactly where you are meant to be, where you intended to be as you planned this life path before incarnating, in order to magnificently assist in humanity’s awakening process. There is nowhere else that you could be right now in order to better assist in this process, so even if it seems that you are on a path with very little meaning, a path on which you get practically no encouraging feedback, or even none at all, know, as truly you do, that you are each doing wonderful work to bring the awakening process to its most amazing and divinely intended conclusion – FULL CONSCIOUS AWARENESS of your eternal Oneness with Mother/Father/God. REJOICE, because you, just like me, are One with God.
Your loving brother, Jesus.
' Happiness is Beauty '...
Happiness lies in thinking or doing that which one considers beautiful.
Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
What is really good? The answer is, there is no such thing as good or evil.
There is beauty. That which is beautiful, we call good. That which is ugly
compared with the beautiful, we call evil: whether it is custom, idea, thought
or action. This shows that this whole phenomenon of the universe is the
phenomenon of beauty. Every soul has an inclination to admire beauty, to seek
for beauty, to love beauty, and to develop beauty. Even God loves beauty.
In all ages the various religions have given different standards of good and
evil, calling them virtue and sin. The virtue of one nation has been the sin of
another. The virtue of the latter is the sin of the former. Travel as we may
through the world, or read the histories and traditions of nations as we may, we
shall still find that what one calls evil, another calls good. That is why no
one can succeed in making a universal standard for good and evil. The
discrimination between good and evil is in man's soul.
Every man can judge that
for himself, because in every man is the sense of admiration of beauty. But he
is not satisfied with what he does himself, he feels a discomfort, a disgust
with his own efforts. There are many people who continue some weakness or some
mistake, or who are intoxicated by some action which the world calls evil or
which they themselves call evil, yet go on doing it. But a day comes when they
also are disgusted. Then they wish for suicide. There is no more happiness for
them. Happiness only lies in thinking or doing that which one considers
beautiful. Such an act becomes a virtue or goodness. That goodness is beauty.
Man is always seeking for beauty, and yet he is unaware of the treasure of
beauty that is hidden in his own heart. He strives after it throughout his whole
life. It is as if he was in pursuit of the horizon: the further he proceeds, the
further the horizon seems to have moved away. For there are two aims: the one is
real, and the other false. That which is false is momentary, transitory, and
unreliable - wealth, power, fame, and position are all snatched from one hand by
the other. ...
Man wants something in life upon which he can rely; and this
shows, whether he believes in a deity or not, that he is constantly seeking for
God. He seeks for Him not knowing that he is seeking for God. Nevertheless,
every soul is pursuing some reality, something to hold on to; trying to grasp
something which will prove dependable, a beauty that cannot change and that one
can always look upon as one's own, a beauty that one feels will last forever.
And where can one find it? Within one's own heart. And it is the art of finding
that beauty, of developing, improving, and spreading that beauty through life,
allowing it to manifest before the inner and outer view, which one calls the art
of the mystic.
' Divine Grace '...
If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious.
How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights!
No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him,
if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men.
-Saint Rose of Lima
' Don't Give Up '...
“You are the community now.
Be a lamp for yourselves.
Be your own refuge.
Seek for no other.
All things must pass.
Strive on diligently.
Don’t give up.”
― Gautama the Buddha
' Be Real '...
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
-Charles Dickens
' Never Judge '...
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone.
Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
-Oscar Wilde
' Karma '...
Karma belongs to the 'false self' that You Believe that You Are..
It does not belong to the Divine Consciousness that You Really Are..
therefore, Reincarnation is a scam to keep You within the Dream of Separation from Source...
-thomas
' Trust the Heart '...
In the small matters trust the mind,
in the large ones the heart.
-Sigmund Freud
' Possessed by Demons '...
We live in an age which is so possessed by demons,
that soon we shall only be able to do goodness and justice in the deepest secrecy,
as if it were a crime.
-Franz Kafka
' Erasing the Truth '...
The past was erased,
the erasure was forgotten,
the lie became the truth.
-George Orwell
' Destroying a Culture '...
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop reading them.
-Ray Bradbury
' Life and Death '...
Manifestation originated from Nothingness,,
why are you afraid to return Home ?...
-thomas
' The Hypothesis of One '...
My writing is an answer to the partisans of the many and it returns their attack with interest,
with a view to showing that the hypothesis of the many,
if examined sufficiently in detail,
leads to even more ridiculous results than the hypothesis of the One.
-Zeno of Elea
' Science '...
Science is a perception of the world around us.
Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.
-Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
' The Greatest Gift '...
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
-Brian Tracy
' Free of Fear '...
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil,
when one feels tranquil,
one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings
; when one has these feelings and appreciates them,
one is free of fear.
-Gautama the Buddha
' Man and Wife '...
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife,
confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
-Homer
' The Great Spirit '...
The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship,
their oneness with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center of the universe
dwells the Great Spirit,
and that this center is really everywhere,
it is within each of us.
-Black Elk
' Brevity '...
For the sake of brevity,
we will always represent this number 2.718281828459... by the letter e.
-Leonhard Euler
' Music '...
Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul,
which does not know that it is counting.
-Gottfried Leibniz
' Integrity '...
It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
-Francis Bacon
' Dhammapada '...
“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful,
loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
― Dhammapada, The Sayings of Gautama the Buddha
' Retire into Love '...
Let love lead your soul.
Make it a place to retire to,
a kind of monastery cave,
a retreat for the deepest core of your being.
-Farid al-Din Attar
' Faultless Friends '...
If you are looking for a friend who is faultless,
you will be friendless.
-Rumi
' Deciding To Be '...
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Three Educations '...
We receive three educations,
one from our parents,
one from our school-masters,
and one from the world.
The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
-Baron de Montesquieu
' The Controlers '...
If you want to know who controls you,
look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
-Voltaire
' Participating in Divinity '...
Anyone who has had an experience of mystery knows that there is a dimension of the universe that is not that which is available to his senses.
There is a pertinent saying in one of the Upanishads:
When before the beauty of a sunset or of a mountain you pause and exclaim, ‘Ah,’ you are participating in divinity.
Such a moment of participation involves a realization of the wonder and sheer beauty of existence.
People living in the world of nature experience such moments every day.
They live in the recognition of something there that is much greater than the human dimension.
-Joseph Campbell
' Laws '...
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies,
but let wasps and hornets break through.
-Jonathan Swift
' The Media '...
I tell kids, don't trust the media.
The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country,
helping destroy the human race.
It's the plug-in drug.
-Pete Seeger
'True Friends '...
True friends are like stars;
you can only recognize them when it's dark around you.
-Bob Marley
' The Quality of Actions '...
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone,
the courage to make tough decisions,
and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
He does not set out to be a leader,
but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
-Douglas MacArthur
' Miracles '...
As for me, I know nothing else but miracles,
Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,
Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,
Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water,
Or stand under the trees in the woods,
Or talk by day with any one I love,
Or sleep in bed at night with any one I love,
Or watch honey bees busy around the hive of a summer forenoon...
Or the wonderfulness of the sundown,
Or of stars shining so quiet and bright,
Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring...
What stranger miracles are there?
-Walt Whitman
' Keep Good Company '...
Keep good company,
read good books,
love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can..
-Louisa May Alcott
' Create Thoughts '...
You create your thoughts,
your thoughts create your intentions,
and your intentions create your reality.
-Wayne Dyer
' Simple Truth '...
The truth is simple.
If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.
-Walt Whitman
' Worldly Success '...
If you wish to be a success in the world,
promise everything, deliver nothing.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
' Everything '...
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.
Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
-Marcus Aurelius
' Just Be '...
Be Yourself.
Life is precious as it is.
All the elements for your happiness are already here.
There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle.
Just Be.
-Nhat Hanh
' Love without Stopping '...
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business.
What we are asked to do is to love,
and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.
-Thomas Merton
' Loss of Freedom '...
If our nation is ever taken over,
it will be taken over from within.
- President James Madison
' From Nothingness '...
We come from an inconceivable nothingness.
We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable,
only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.
-Peter Wessel Zapffe
' The Meaning of Life '...
What is there to understand?
The significance of life?
How long will it take to understand the significance and the meaning of life?
20 years? 30 years? And the same question will be here in another 20 years, I guarantee you.
Until you stop asking that question.
When that question is not there, you are there.
So that's the reason why you keep asking the question:
you do not want the question to come to an end.
When that comes to an end, there will not be anybody, left there,
to find out the meaning, the purpose and the significance of life.
-U.G. Krishnamurti
' 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
' Speaking about Christ '...
When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ.
When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ.
When we speak about justice, we are speaking about Christ.
When we speak about peace, we are speaking about Christ.
When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking about Christ.
-Saint Ambrose
' Take Care '...
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever;
and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
-Saint Augustine
' Stop Acting '...
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal.
Live this day as if it were your last.
The past is over and gone.
The future is not guaranteed.
-Wayne Dyer
' Transcending the Mind '...
( Astavakra Gita, 18 / 39 )
"The knowledge of the post alone can bring peace to the mind that is agitated with the illusion of the ghost.
Realization of the Self alone can fill the personality of a Sage with "peace that passeth all understanding."
The fool wants to "get peace," and therefore, he struggles to control his mind.
He misses it totally.
The very struggle in him brings conflicts in himself.
If peace is something to be attained, it will then, certainly, be lost also!
The fool desires to gain peace, as though it has to be gained as a reward for his efforts in controlling his mind!
The very struggle in controlling the mind feeds the mind and makes it strong.
It is like trying to put down fire with petrol, misunderstanding it to be waters! Mind can never be controlled by the mind.
By rising above the mind-intellect alone can the equipment can be controlled.
The Wise-one, experiencing for certain the Self, in his direct vision, "is ever tranquil in his mind"--because he has transcended his mind."
- Swami Chinmayananda
' What Is Consciousness ?'...
Consciousness was Created by Nothingness..
What was before Consciousness?..
Obviously, Nothing ...No-Thing
Therefore, Nothingness is Our Home..
The Birth of Mind..
The birth of Dreams and Manifestations..
The birth of you,
this ego called false self..
-thomas
' Hard to Find '...
If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay.
Who watches out or you and wants the best for you.
Who loves and respects you.
Don't let them go.
People like that are hard to find.
-Franz Kafka
' True and False '...
If we are true to ourselves,
we can not be false to anyone.
-William Shakespeare
' Enlightenment '...
In my experience, I have found Enlightenment to be the Student of Wisdom, still Desiring , keeping the illusions alive,
and quickly forgetting the Dream called Earth..
There is no 'You',, that is just another egoic separation..
There is only One Consciousness , but the Dreams continue..
Get Beyond Dreams ..
The Actor must Die...
The first step is to examine the thoughts of humility...
-thomas
' Failure '...
Falling down is not a failure.
Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.
-Socrates
' NO '...
The word ‘no’ is a great time-saver.
Say no to anything that is not the highest and best use of your time.
-Brian Tracy
' Who Are We ?'...
We are the Illusions and Manifestations of Dreams..
We only continue to exist because of Free Will...
-thomas
' The Final Reality '...
Entering Enlightenment is leaving the earth ego behind as just another Dream,
You find Self as Creator of Manifestation and Love but even this Personality must be surrendered to be Free from Division called ego..
This stage of melting into the Nothingness of Pure Awareness without any sense of Identity is the Final Reality and is called Love...
-thomas
' Finding Yourself '...
Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself,
and that, and only that,
can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.
-Pablo Neruda
' Constant Learning '...
A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself.
A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame.
The teacher who has come to the end of his subject,
who has no living traffic with his knowledge but merely repeats his lesson to his students,
can only load their minds, he cannot quicken them.
-Rabindranath Tagore
' Nobody 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
' The Most Dangerous Condition '...
The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual.
Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?
-Arthur Conan Doyle
' If I Tried '...
"It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried".
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
' Unhappiness '...
Why are you unhappy?
Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think,
And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.
-Wei Wu Wei
' Nothing is Born '...
The body is a fortuitous concourse of atoms.
There is no death for the body, only an exchange of atoms.
Their changing places and taking different forms is what we call 'death.'
It's a process which restores the energy level in nature that has gone down.
In reality, nothing is born and nothing is dead.
-U.G. Krishnamurti
' Delusion and Error '...
It is the duty of every man,
as far as his ability extends,
to detect and expose delusion and error.
-Thomas Paine
' The Symbol of Democracy '...
That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or laborer's cottage is the symbol of democracy.
It is our job to see that it stays there.
-George Orwell
' One Word of Truth '...
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.
"One word of truth outweighs the world ".
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
' You Are Life '...
You are not separate from the whole.
You are one with the sun, the earth, the air.
You don’t have a life.
You are life.
-Eckhart Tolle
' Love '...
Love is not what you want, it is what you are.
It is very important to not get these two confused.
If you think that love is what you want, you will go searching for it all over the place.
If you think love is what you are, you will go sharing it all over the place.
The second approach will cause you to find what the searching will never reveal.
-Neale Donald Walsch
' Mental Energy '...
Thoughts are mental energy; they're the currency that you have to attract what you desire.
You must learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don't want.
-Wayne Dyer
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