' It's Human '...
Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.
...................... Desiderius Erasmus
' Origins '...
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
........................... Dante Alighieri
' There are Doors '...
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
...................... William Blake
' Reality '...
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
......................... John Keats
' Every Day '...
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
.......................... Emily Dickinson
' Belief '...
Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.
............................. Edgar Allan Poe
' The Beginning '...
The Universe began when Nothing saw itself in the mirror.
.................... Tor Nørretranders
' It Is Remarkable '...
It will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the scientific conclusion that the content of the consciousness is the ultimate universal reality
.................... Alain Aspect
' All Linked Together '...
We are all linked by a fabric of unseen connections. This fabric is constantly changing and evolving. This field is directly structured and influenced by our behavior and by our understanding.
............................. David Bohm
' The Greatest Acts '...
Seeing, observing, listening, these are the greatest acts
....................... Jiddu Krishnamurti
' The Attitude of Happiness '...
The happiness you are seeking is not to be found in the flow of life, but in your attitude toward whatever life brings.
...................... Ramesh S Balsekar
' It 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
' The Grace From Source '...
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.
............................. Frederick Buechner
' Shakespeare '...
Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.
.......................... Laurence Olivier
' Life is a Struggle '...
Life is an endless, truly endless struggle. There's no time when we're going to arrive at a plateau where the whole thing gets sorted. It's a struggle in the way every plant has to find it's own way to stand up straight. A lot of the time it's a failure. And yet it's not a failure if some enlightenment comes from it.
........................... Arthur Miller
' Our Whole Being '...
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
............................. Henrik Ibsen
' People should be Beautiful '...
People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
........................ Anton Chekhov
' Write '...
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone.
........................... George Bernard Shaw
' 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
' Our Greatest Foes '...
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
.............................. Miguel de Cervantes
' Knowledge and Wisdom '...
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
................................... Michel de Montaigne
' True Happiness '...
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
.......................... Seneca the Younger
' Three Degrees of Knowledge '...
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
................................ Plotinus
' Bethlehem '...
What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?
.................................... Origen
' Prayer '...
In prayer, more is accomplished by listening than by talking.
................................ Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
' Everybody '...
Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going, his own scenario, and everybody is acting his movie out like mad, only most people don’t know that is what they’re trapped by, their little script.
.............................. Tom Wolfe
' Seasons and Cycles '...
All human life has its seasons and cycles, and no one's personal chaos can be permanent. Winter, after all, gives way to spring and summer, though sometimes when branches stay dark and the earth cracks with ice, one thinks they will never come, that spring, and that summer, but they do, and always.
.................................... Truman Capote
' Truth is Important '...
I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance.
....................................... Babe Paley
' The Education System '...
Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.
.................................... Harvey Cushing
' Listerine '...
But when it has been shown by the researches of Pasteur that the septic property of the atmosphere depended not on the oxygen, or any gaseous constituent, but on minute organisms suspended in it, which owed their energy to their vitality, it occurred to me that decomposition in the injured part might be avoided without excluding the air, by applying as a dressing some material capable of destroying the life of the floating particles. Upon this principle I have based a practice.
................................. Joseph Lister
' Study Nature '...
The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.
............................ Louis Pasteur
' The Nazarine Speaks '...
Love is stirring in the hearts of all.
Through John Smallman...........................
As many of you prepare to celebrate the two thousand and twenty third anniversary of my birth, I want to thank you all for the enormous amplification you are each adding to the Tsunami of Love that is flooding the Earth by daily resetting your intent to be only loving whatever arises in your daily human lives. You have no idea of the power of your intentions as you so positively encourage the flood tide of Love to embrace all of humanity without any exceptions. Love is stirring in the hearts of all, even those who appear to be most deeply incapable of experiencing or expressing It. Truly, you are all, each and every one of you, abundant receptacles of Love which you keep on sharing and extending freely and continuously. You are bringing humanity’s collective awakening, humanity’s collective remembrance of its true nature to fruition. Without you it would not happen. But of course your heavenly Father knew that He could rely on you because you are such stalwart, loving, and dependable expressions of Himself, as you constantly intend to align your wills with His. Your success is therefore divinely assured.
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As you well know, I spent forty days in the desert in a prolonged meditation to find my purpose, and to awaken and know the Love that I am because I am the son of God. Then I spent the rest of my life, a few short years, extending and sharing that Love freely among all those with whom I interacted. That was my purpose, namely to live a life of Love and thus demonstrate how to offer Love to all without exception.
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You may remember that shortly before my death I told my disciples to love one another as I loved them, and now each one of you has chosen to be on Earth at this moment to do likewise, and you are doing so most beautifully. You can have no idea how pleased our heavenly Father is with you all, as you live in form through these difficult but unreal times prior to the awakening, and as you share and extend Love freely and generously, just as I did, and as He would want you to.
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Please let go of any remaining doubts you my have about your worthiness to engage in and successfully complete the personal tasks you each chose to undertake before you incarnated, they are utterly invalid. Accept that you areeach undergoing a state of amnesia that is a necessary aspect of the human lives you are leading. It is not a fault or disability, it is a major aspect of your awakening process. As you continue to move forwards so lovingly – along with taking time out daily to enter and relax within your holy inner sanctuaries – invite Mother/Father/God to fill your hearts with awareness of Her Presence and Her Love for you, and accept and allow yourselves to feel that Presence, because you are completely worthy of enjoying and being uplifted by that experience.
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As you do you will begin to find your memories of who you truly are returning, and any feelings of doubt, unworthiness, or sinfulness will dissolve, being replaced by totally valid feelings of self-acceptance and unconditional love of yourselves. Remember that giving and receiving are one and the same, as you give so you receive, and as you receive so do you give, and the knowing of the oneness of that will embrace you, and you will most positively come to know, without any possibility of doubt, that you and your Father are indeed eternally One, in the most beautiful state of divine Union. Knowing this is what your awakening is giving rise to.
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Love is the infinitely vast field, area, space – there is NO word in any language that can in any way define It – in which God and all of Her divine creations are eternally vibrantly alive and present. As you know – GOD IS! Anything that is not God does not exist. Whatever you may experience as life in your human forms, in however a wonderful or horrific manner it presents itself to you, is unreal. You constructed an unreal and illusory environment in which to experience the impossible, separation from your holy and divine Source.
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But, because God, at the moment of your creation, empowered you with All that She IS, you were able to use that immense power to establish an environment that is totally unreal, and yet it is an environment that nevertheless has utterly convinced you that it is real. So seemingly real that many of your intellectually most brilliant human scientists have succeeded in convincing themselves, and much of humanity, that materialism is the only reality. And from their point of view it does appear limitless and infinitely vast, with life but an aberrant and extremely short-lived event that terminates quite naturally with the death or failure of the human or non human forms in which it appears to exist. They believe that life is unreal, unusual, and unfree, and that therefore that it should be used while it lastsin any manner that appeals to a person’s fear-driven ego consciousness. Insanity run rampant! No wonder you experience disagreements, war, sickness, injury, and death.
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However, many of those brilliant ones are now digging deeper into the physics of the material universe, and discovering that it is vastly more complex than they had thought was possible. They are, often rather unwillingly, coming to the realization that there absolutely has to be a source, a higher power that is guiding and directing it, that it is utterly impossible for it to be a random and meaningless contingency or event that arose, that ‘just happened to happen.’ And some are even choosing, with reluctance, to call ‘it’ God.
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Therefore take heart in the knowing that you are and have been experiencing an illusory state of unreality, and that your awakening is absolutely inevitable. You are divine beings who have fallen very temporarily asleep, and Mother/Father/God is gently nudging you awake so that you once more enjoy the absolute fullness of Life at One in endless Union with Her.
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As you wait hopefully and expectantly for the grand awakening event to fill you all with intense joy, please celebrate my approaching birthday with enormous Love and goodwill for all of humanity, knowing as you do that All are indeed One, and know that God’s divine plan for humanity is precisely on schedule, because all of you are perfectly fulfilling your pre-incarnational intentions to greatly assist humanity to awaken. Your LOVE is bringing about wonders way beyond your ability to conceive of. Trust in Mother/Father/God, and let the Love that you are flow fast, freely, and abundantly as It continues to envelop and embrace everyone without exceptions, and is bringing your awakening to a most magnificent state of radiant fruition.
............................. Your loving brother, Jesus.
' Responsibility '...
We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.
...................................... Maimonides
' Knowing how to Love '...
How sad, a heart that
does not know how to love, that
does not know what it is to be drunk with love.
If you are not in love, how can you enjoy
the blinding light of the sun,
the soft light of the moon?
.......................... Omar Khayyam
' Diseases '...
There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge.
.................................. Avicenna
' The Study of Matter '...
As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.
................................. Max Planck
' Light Waves '...
We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.
......................................... Albert Einstein
' Love '...
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
................................ Wayne Dyer
' Within You '...
Within you is the kingdom of serenity that can create all the prosperity you could ever want.
............................ Wayne Dyer
' Nothing Real '...
Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.
.......................... Helen Schucman
' Find Within '...
You have so little faith in yourself because you are unwilling to accept the fact that perfect love is in you, and so you seek without for what you cannot find within.
............................. Kenneth Wapnick
' All Negativity '...
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
............................... Eckhart Tolle
' Common Fellowship '...
May the partisans of all doctrines in all countries unite and live in a common fellowship. For all alike profess mastery to be attained over oneself and purity of the heart.
..................................... Ashoka
' Loss and Betrayal '...
Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.
........................Gautama the Buddha
'' Rumi and Mary '...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The great medieval Muslim mystic and poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273), interpreted the birth of Jesus as an allegory of the soul. Rumi was born in Balkh in northern Afghanistan, but his family fled the Mongol invasions and settled in Konya in what is now Turkey. Rumi was a refugee child. Anatolia had been Byzantine territory and in Rumi’s time Konya still had a substantial Greek-speaking Christian population that celebrated Christmas all around him.
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Both the Christian and the Muslim traditions honor Mary the mother of Jesus and it was natural that Rumi should think about the spiritual significance of the Nativity.discussed last year, the Qur’an tells the story of the virgin birth in Chapter 19, entitled “Mary.”
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The Chapter of Mary, 19:16-23, says (my interpretation):
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And mention in the Book Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern place.
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And once remote from them, she hid behind a screen. Then we sent to her our spirit, who took the shape of a well-formed man.
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She said, “I take refuge in the All-Merciful from you, if you are pious.”
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He said, “I am but an angel of your lord, come to bestow on you a son without blemish.”
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She said, “Will I have a son, when no mortal has touched me, and I was not rebellious?”
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He said, “So it is.” He said, “Your Lord says, it is easy for me. We will make him a sign for the people and a mercy from us. The matter has already been decreed.”
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So she bore him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
And the pangs of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, “I wish I had died before now, and had been forgotten in oblivion.”
Rumi in chapter 5 of his Arabic treatise “In it What is In It,” translated by AJ Arberry as “Discourses of Rumi,” makes this mention of the pangs of childbirth his starting point for considering the spiritual message of this event. I will interpret from the original Arabic text.
' Where is your 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
' NOW '...
NOW is the only reality. All else is either memory or imagination.
................................ Rajneesh
' True to Yourself '...
If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you're here to touch, those who believe in you.
............................... Allison DuBois
' Our Own Path '...
We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else's idea of life.
..................................... James Van Praagh
' love and Approval '...
Always speak and think kindly about yourself, because your soul needs your love and approval.
.................................... Doreen Virtue
' Change '...
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
.............................. Wayne Dyer
' Christmas by Rumi '...
There is a morning where presence
comes over you, and you sing
like a rooster in your earth-colored shape.
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Your heart hears and, no longer frantic,
begins to dance. At that moment
soul reaches total emptiness.
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Your heart becomes Mary, miraculously pregnant,
and body, like a two-day-old Jesus,
says wisdom words.
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Now the heart turns to light,
and the body picks up the tempo.
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Where Shams Tabriz walks, the footprints
are musical notes, and holes
you fall through into space.
' The Soul is Life '...
“The soul is life, it never touches death. Death is its illusion, its impression, death comes to something which it holds, not to the soul itself. The soul becomes accustomed to identify itself with the body it adopts, with the environment which surrounds it, with the names by which it is known, with its rank and possessions, which are only the outward signs that belong to the world of illusion. The soul absorbed in its childlike fancies, in things that it values and to which it gives importance, and in the beings to which it attaches itself, blinds itself by the veils of its illusion. Thus it covers its own truth with a thousand veils from its own eyes.”
....................................... Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Heart of Sufism: Essential Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan
' The Supreme Purpose '...
The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.
.............................. Ramakrishna
' Don't 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
' 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
' A Still Mind '...
When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
................................... Sri Aurobindo
' The Teacher '...
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
' Sufi Islam '...
1. “The death of the heart is ignorance and life of the heart is knowledge.”
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...................Imam Ghazali.
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2. “Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God wil open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that has been denied.”
........ Elif Shafak.
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3. “Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.”
........ Rumi.
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4. “If u make a frequent practice of invoking blessing and peace on him, perhaps you will attain the station of witnessing him.”
.................. Imam Al-Sha’rani.
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5. “My Beloved is always with me.”
- Rabia al-Basri.
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6. “Experience shows that the spirit is nothing but awareness. Whoever has greater awareness has greater spirit…When the spirit becomes greater and passes beyond all bounds, the spirits of all things become obedient to it.”
........... Rumi.
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13. “You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.”
............ Kamand Kojouri.
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14. “If someone remarks: “What an excellent man you are!” and this pleases you more than his saying, “What a bad man you are!” know that you are still a bad man.”
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....... Sufyan Al Thawri.
' The Greatest Fear '...
The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.
......................................... Rajneesh
' 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
' The Greatest Art of Progress '...
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
.................................. Paramahansa Yoganand
' A Great Purpose '...
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.
............................... Patanjali
' Peace '...
Peace comes not from doing, but from undoing; not from getting, but from letting go.
.................................... Swami Satchidananda
' Music can be Healing '...
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.
........................................ Cat Stevens
' The Blessings of Solitude '...
May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.
.................................... Leonard Cohen
' Forever Young '...
May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.
...................................... Bob Dylan
' Being Honest '...
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones
................................. John Lennon
' The Illusion of Freedom '...
The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.
............................................ Frank Zappa
' The Stars '...
Everything passes away-suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes toward the stars? Why?
..................................... Mikhail Bulgakov
' The Hebrew Mystic '...
At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and [he] was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and the other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. And those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship.
.............................. Josephus the Historian
' War Mongers '...
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.
....................................... Tacitus
' Six Mistakes '...
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
..................................... Marcus Tullius Cicero
' Goals '...
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
........................................ Bo Jackson
' Happiness '...
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing,
but in finding what is present.
.............................. Tara Brach
' Mindfulness '...
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.
..................................... Jon Kabat-Zinn
' Losing Heart '...
The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering—yours, mine, and that of all living beings.
.......................................... Pema Chodron
' Negative Behaviors '...
People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression.
....................................... Byron Katie
' Gratitude '...
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
............................................. Eckhart Tolle
' 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
' Islamic Quotes about Love '...
No religion encourages showing affection, mutual love, and intimacy like Islam. Love in Islam is all encompassing, it promotes healthy and halal relationship between men and women, towards family, friends, and to your neighbor.
Love in Islam can be categorized in a hierarchy with 3 distinct categories.
Love for Allah SWT
Love for his Prophet (may peace be upon him).
Love for others for the sake of Allah. This includes your spouse, friends, family, and strangers.
True love is based in spirituality whereas false love is based on short-term fulfillment. We’ve all experienced extreme happiness when we were excited in purchasing something of intense desire. However, as times passes us by, we become insensitive towards it, whatever it may have been. This is false love. Attraction between men and women based on physical appearance, that is also a short-term experience and false.
In this article, we’ll explore true love based on spirituality. We’ll cover many beautiful Islamic quotes about love from Quran, Hadith, and from famous scholars and poets. By the end you’ll have more knowledge on Islamic viewpoint on love, marriage, and towards life.
Table of Contents
Beautiful Islamic Quotes on Love
Quotes on Love, Life, and Marriage
Islam Quotes For Husband
Love For Allah Quotes
Beautiful Islamic Quotes on Love
Beautiful Islamic Quotes About love Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should not hurt his neighbor and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should speak what is good or keep silent.” Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 6136 In-book reference: Book 78, Hadith 163
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Anas narrated that the Prophet(s.a.w) said: “None of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” At Tirmidhi Grade : Sahih (Darussalam) English reference: Vol. 4, Book 11, Hadith 2515 Arabic reference : Book 37, Hadith 2705
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Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself.” Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 13 In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 6
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Narrated Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Everyone will be with those whom he loves.” Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6168 In-book reference : Book 78, Hadith 194
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Always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them -Mufti Ismail Menk
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Loves Quotes From Quran
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful. Quran 4:36
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi
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“Whoever kills a person [unjustly]…it is as though he has killed all mankind. And whoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved all mankind.” Qur’an 5:32
' Men in Power '...
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
.................................... Boris Pasternak
' Seize the Moment '...
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.
......................................... Leo Tolstoy
' Feast on the Moment '...
But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.
..................................... Virginia Woolf
' Lighten the Load '...
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
................................. Charles Dickens
' Source of Evil '...
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
.......................................... Joseph Conrad
' The Bhagavad-Gita '...
In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny and trivial.
.................................... Henry David Thoreau
' Human Mistake '...
“Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's?
A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.”
............................... Idries Shah, Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
' A Useful Learning '...
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
..................................... Antisthenes
' The Soul of Man '...
The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
................................... Pythagoras
' Excellence '...
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
.................................. Aristotle
' All Truths '...
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
................................. Galileo Galilei
' The Human Body '...
The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
................................... Paracelsus
' Unhappiness '...
The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.
............................... Jaggi Vasudev
' Truth cannot be Given '...
Truth cannot be given to you; especially if you are following an organized religion, then truth will be as far from you as darkness is from light. Truth is not found by observing rituals, undertaking pilgrimages or reading the scriptures. It is simply a waste of time.
................................. Anandmurti Gurumaa
' Beginning of Knowledge '...
Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
................................ A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
' Chanting '...
Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It's an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it's a way of being present in the moment.
.................................... Krishna Das
' Good is Good '...
On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win…life is self-correcting.
................................... Deepak Chopra
' Controling the Media '...
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.
............................ Jim Morrison
' True Happiness '...
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
...................................... Swami Vivekananda
' The Heart is Temple '...
“I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.”
...................................... Rumi
' Love is the Answer '...
Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.
................................. Ray Bradbury
' Reading and Writing '...
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.
............................................ Kurt Vonnegut
' Honest Minds '...
We can speak our honest minds without compromise and without censorship and to each other and to our people. We can take our message directly to our people.
......................................... Glenn Miller
' Quality of Life '...
Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.
................................... Jaggi Vasudev
' The Greatest Fear '...
The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.
..................................... Rajneesh
' Self-Identification '...
Ego means self-identification with thinking, to be trapped in thought, which means to have a mental image of "me" based on thought and emotions. So ego is there in the absence of a witnessing presence.
......................................... Eckhart Tolle
' Happy Thoughts '...
Thinking happy thoughts literally creates a positive chemical change in the brain which stimulates both positive physical and psychological benefits.
.................................. Deepak Chopra
' Finding Fulfillment '...
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
' They call that Peace '...
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.
.................................... Tacitus
' Living the Life '...
We used to hate and destroy one another and refused to associate with people of another race or country. Now, because of Christ, we live together with such people and pray for our enemies.
.................................... Justin Martyr
' Spiritual Reading '...
You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement, who is not given to spiritual reading.
................................. Athanasius of Alexandria
' Your Thoughts '...
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
................................... Marcus Aurelius
' A Most Valuable Trait '...
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
................................... Euripides
' 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
' Negativity '...
The negative is not of God's creation, It is the creation of
the "False Ego", this is the power of "Free Will" that we have been
given.. negativity is Selfishness, The "Power of One"(God) is
Complete Unselfishness,otherwise known as "Love"...... Reality has
always existed, but we have chosen to ignore Reality and create our
own experience due to the false ego... This is the Fall of Souls that
you have read about... The entry into reality is gained when we have
defeated the false ego, which is the illusion of duality... you can
sit and do nothing because you believe that their is nothing to do
except know Reality.. If this works for you, then continue, but for
the mass of humanity, work is required to "Wake Up" and begin to
abolish the illusions that keep us in darkness,pain, and
duality...................... thomas
' Listen,, O'Drop '...
“Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,
and in exchange gain the Ocean.....................
Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,
and in the arms of the Sea be secure....................
Who indeed should be so fortunate?..............
An Ocean wooing a drop!.....................
In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once!.................
Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.”...........
....................................... Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
' Buddha Quotes '...
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.".................
"The root of suffering is attachment."..........
"Nothing is forever except change.".................
"Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself."............
"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone."................
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."....................
"Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.".......................
"May all beings have happy minds.".....................
"True love is born from understanding.".........................
“Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.”..........
' Wisdom '...
Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.
..................................... Wayne Dyer
' Positive Thoughts '...
Think positive thoughts, intensely. Grow enthusiastic images, boldly. Speak only wonderful words to yourself, constantly. Feel fantastic, NOW! This colors your view of the world. Like a magnet, you attract the resources necessary to manifest the world you desire.
..................................... Mark Victor Hansen
' Life is an Echo '...
Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you.
.................................. Zig Ziglar
' True Happiness '...
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
...................................... Og Mandino
' Christmas by Rumi '...
There is a morning where presence
comes over you, and you sing
like a rooster in your earth-colored shape.
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Your heart hears and, no longer frantic,
begins to dance. At that moment
soul reaches total emptiness.
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Your heart becomes Mary, miraculously pregnant,
and body, like a two-day-old Jesus,
says wisdom words.
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Now the heart turns to light,
and the body picks up the tempo.
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Where Shams Tabriz walks, the footprints
are musical notes, and holes
you fall through into space.
' The Divine Fuel '...
“And when your soul, the flame, the spark, meets with the divine fuel that is so pure and so strong, it results in immense enlightenment: the enlightenment of God. Light upon light, Noorun Alaa Noor.”
....................................... Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
' Fear of Death '...
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
...................................... Martin Heidegger
' 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
' Thoughts become Perception '...
Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.
................................ William James
' The Wise Man '...
The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.
............................. Umberto Eco
' A Simple Step '...
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.
.................................... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
' Wisdom '...
Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.
.................................... Krista Tippett
' Giving Attention '...
The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
..................................... Dallas Willard
' The Real Questions '...
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love?' These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will be many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
..................................... Henri Nouwen
' Live your Life '...
Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit.
..................................... Anthony de Mello
' Noise,, Confusion,, and Conflict '...
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
' Knock... and the Door shall be Opened '...
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
...................................... Alexander Graham Bell
' The Observers '...
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
....................................... Albert Einstein
' Love All '...
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
................................. William Shakespeare
' Life and Love '...
And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
..................................... William Wordsworth
' Seeing Ourselves '...
Oh would some power the gift give us,
to see ourselves as others see us!
................................. Robert Burns
' Two Roads '...
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
...................................... Robert Frost
' Responsibility '...
It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.
....................................... Sylvia Plath
' Conclusion '...
This World is not Conclusion. A Sequel stands beyond- Invisible, as Music- But positive, as Sound.
.......................................... Emily Dickinson
' Smash the Jug '...
Smash the jug;
you’re the water, not the jug.
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Let go of yourself;
you are the ocean,
not the stream.
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Take a journey beyond your self;
you will see Oneness.
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Leave behind “I” and “you”;
you will see you are Him.
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How long do you continue to travel around the world?
Start your journey from your self,
and travel within.
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Though you have been a seeker for years,
you have never sought Him
in yourself.
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Take a step beyond your self,
and you will find the crown of spiritual poverty
on your head.
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How could you travel towards His District?
You are still a child chasing the bat and the ball.
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Become polished like a mirror
to reflect the Friend;
don’t be a hypocrite with two sides,
like a piece of paper,
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Oh Meghrebi, you will not gain the bounty of His union
until you let go of your self,
…completely.
..............................Meghebi
' Feelings '...
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
...................................... Maya Angelou
' God is Love '...
When God loves you, what can be better than that?
........................... Aretha Franklin
' Your Now '...
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
.......................... Janis Joplin
' The Power of Love '...
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
........................................ Jimi Hendrix
' Forever Young '....
May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.
........................................... Bob Dylan
' There's only Now '...
These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.
............................................. Van Morrison
' Your Deepest Fear '...
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
........................ Jim Morrison
' The Greatness of Life '...
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.
.............................. Gottfried Leibniz
' Three Elements of an Idea '...
Three elements go to make up an idea. The first is its intrinsic quality as a feeling. The second is the energy with which it affects other ideas, an energy which is infinite in the here-and-nowness of immediate sensation, finite and relative in the recency of the past. The third element is the tendency of an idea to bring along other ideas with it.
........................................ Charles Sanders Peirce
' The Taste of Words '...
All words have the "taste" of a profession, a genre, a tendency, a party, a particular work, a particular person, a generation, an age group, the day and hour. Each word tastes of the context and contexts in which it has lived its socially charged life.
................................... Mikhail Bakhtin
' Schools '...
Schools serve the same social functions as prisons and mental institutions- to define, classify, control, and regulate people.
.................................. Michel Foucault
' The General Population '...
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.
............................ Noam Chomsky
' The Mark of Wisdom '...
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
.................................. Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Learning '...
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
............................. Vernon Howard
' Kindness '...
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
.................................... Mark Twain
' Know Thyself '...
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
.................................... Laozi
' Finding Peace '...
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
............................ Marvin Gaye
' A Wise Man '...
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
............................. Gian Carlo Menotti
' 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
' I Am Within '...
“There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved.
And a voice answered and said, 'Who is there?'
The lover replied, 'It is I.'
'Go hence,' returned the voice;
'there is no room within for thee and me.'
Then came the lover a second time and knocked and again the voice demanded,
'Who is there?'
He answered, 'It is thou.'
'Enter,' said the voice, 'for I am within.”
........................................ Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Way of the Sufi
' The Soul Flame '...
“And when your soul, the flame, the spark, meets with the divine fuel that is so pure and so strong, it results in immense enlightenment: the enlightenment of God. Light upon light, Noorun Alaa Noor.”
................................ Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
' This is the Way '...
“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”
................................ Jalalu'l-din Rumi
' Intelligent People '...
Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.
...................................... Albert Einstein
' Study with Nature '...
Do not wonder that I am so religious. An artist who is not could not produce anything like this. I like praying there at the window when I look out on the green and at the sky. I study with the birds, flowers, God and myself.
................................. Antonin Dvorak
' Speak without Fear '...
All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.
................................ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
' The Beauty of Art '...
An art, which has an aim to achieve the beauty, is called a philosophy or in the absolute sense it is named wisdom.
............................. Al-Farabi
' Natural Science '...
Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.
............................ Albertus Magnus
' The Divine Embrace '...
For when one considers the universe, can anyone be so simple-minded as not to believe that the Divine is present in everything, pervading, embracing and penetrating it?
................................. Gregory of Nyssa
' Humility '...
Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.
................................. John Climacus
' Prayer '...
When you begin to read or listen to the Holy Scriptures, pray to God thus: "Lord Jesus Christ, open the ears and eyes of my heart so that I may hear Thy words and understand them, and may fulfill Thy will." Always pray to God like this, that He might illumine your mind and open to you the power of His words. Many, having trusted in their own reason, have turned away into deception.
........................... Ephrem the Syrian
' Seeing Christ '...
If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.
................................. Saint John Chrysostom
' Death '...
Death is a bridge which expands the passage for a lover to reach his beloved (God).
..................................... Khwaja Gharib Nawaz
' For True Success '...
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
.............................. James Allen
' The Law of Spirit '...
It is the law of Spirit that we must be that which we would draw to us. If we would draw to us love, we must be love, be loving and kind; if we would have peace and harmony in our environment, we must establish it within ourselves.
.................................. Charles Fillmore
' Love is Within '...
Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us.
Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer.
Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again.
Love heals, forgives, and makes whole.
................................... Ernest Holmes
' Hold Steadfastly '...
Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.
................................ Mary Baker Eddy
' Self-Worth '...
Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
................................... Wayne Dyer
' The Deepest Truth '...
The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.
................................... Heinrich Heine
' Consider your Origins '...
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
................................... Dante Alighieri
' Human Minds '...
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth..
.................................. Desiderius Erasmus
' Five Enemies of Peace '...
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
..................................... Petrarch
' My Conscience is Captive '...
Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.
.................................... Martin Luther
' Rejoice '...
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
..................................... John Calvin
' Rats and People '...
The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.
......................................... B. F. Skinner
' The Opposite of Courage '...
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
................................... Rollo May
' The Mystery of Despotism '...
The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation.
.................................... Baruch Spinoza
' Reaching Truth '...
Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.
.................................... Francis Bacon
' A Wise Man '...
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
...................................... David Hume
' Discovering the Truth '...
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.
.................................... Immanuel Kant
' Education '...
I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.
................................. Mark Twain
' To Blame Others '...
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
' Tempus Fugit '...
If the years of youth are experienced slowly, while the later years of life hurtle past at an ever-increasing speed, it must be habit that causes it. We know full well that the insertion of new habits or the changing of old ones is the only way to preserve life, to renew our sense of time, to rejuvenate, intensify, and retard our experience of time - and thereby renew our sense of life itself. That is the reason for every change of scenery and air.
....................................... Thomas Mann
' Invincible Love '...
My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. Truly yours, Albert Camus..
................................................Albert Camus
' What is Life ?'...
What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.
.................................... Jean-Paul Sartre
' Solitude '...
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
.......................................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' The Concept of Yourself '...
You are more than you think you are. There are dimensions of your being and a potential for realization and consciousness that are not included in your concept of yourself. Your life is much deeper and broader than you conceive it to be here. What you are living is but a fractional inkling of what is really within you, what gives you life, breadth, and depth.
............................................ Joseph Campbell
' Christmas by Rumi '...
There is a morning where presence
comes over you, and you sing
like a rooster in your earth-colored shape.
..............................................
Your heart hears and, no longer frantic,
begins to dance. At that moment
soul reaches total emptiness.
..............................................
Your heart becomes Mary, miraculously pregnant,
and body, like a two-day-old Jesus,
says wisdom words.
..............................................
Now the heart turns to light,
and the body picks up the tempo.
..............................................
Where Shams Tabriz walks, the footprints
are musical notes, and holes
you fall through into space.
' Stability '...
There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than
one rooted in pavements.
.............................. Aldo Leopold
' Church '...
I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.
................................ John Muir
' Own the Day '...
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
.................................. Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Some Believe '...
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay small acts of kindness and love.
................................... Peter Jackson
' Following the Light '...
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
................................... J. R. R. Tolkien
' The Department of War '...
The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
........................ George Orwell
' The Curious Paradox '...
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
............................. Carl Rogers
' Between Stimulus and Response '...
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
.................................. Doctor Viktor E. Frankl
' Trust your Intuition '...
By learning to trust your intuition, miracles seem to happen. Intuitive thoughts are gifts from the higher self.
........................................ Susan Jeffers
' The Power of Belief '...
When you believe something is impossible, your mind goes to work for you to prove why. But when you believe, really believe, something can be done, your mind goes to work for you and helps you find the ways to do it.
.......................................... David J. Schwartz
' Tranquility '...
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
...................................... James Allen
' Three most important Virtues '...
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
........................... Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
' The Greatest Danger '...
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
.................................... Michelangelo
' Find your Gift '...
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
............................... Pablo Picasso
' All your Heart '...
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
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' Being Remembered '...
I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.
...................................... Muhammad Ali
' Success is a Journey '...
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.
.................................. Bruce Lee
' Stupidity '...
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress and one path, and is always at a disadvantage.
........................................ Robert Musil
' War is Cowardly '...
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
.................................. Thomas Mann
' Commitment '...
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
........................................... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' Humility '...
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
............................ William Shakespeare
' Trust Source '...
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
............................ Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Relative Ignorance '...
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
' I Do the Same '...
Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups... So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing.
.....................................Philip K. Dick
' The Clock '...
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.
.....................................H. G. Wells
' Jesus through John '...
Here in the non-physical realms we watch with intense joy as humanity’s collective awakening proceeds rapidly towards its magnificent divine conclusion. Your awakening, as you have been told so often, is absolutely assured, so release any doubts to which you may be clinging, or which may be arising unbidden to disturb or undermine your trust in God. All is well, God is with each one of you in every moment, because separation never happened, and never could happen because you are eternally in Union with Mother/Father/God............................................
Your eternal life, your life right now as you read or listen to this message, is being lived in the loving Presence of your divine Creator. However, what you are experiencing as a life in form, with all the anxieties, fears, pain, and suffering with which it presents you is a pure and utterly unreal illusion. It is a state that you each chose – using your God-given and completely powerful free will – to experience. While you are in form it does seem totally real because that was your intent when you entered into it. And, yes, it is presenting you with lessons and experiences that you have chosen to undergo for your own benefit and for the benefit of all those with whom you interact. And yes, you make mistakes – another aspect of being human – and you knew, before incarnating, that this too would happen. And the whole purpose of this exercise is to bring you back into mindful awareness that you are Love, and only Love, just like your ever-loving Father...................................................
Again, all is well. Rejoice, because you are returning Home. In other words you are awakening from the dream or terminating your intense focus on the game with which you have been engaged, and as you do so all your fears, pain, and any sense of unworthiness will dissolve in the pure joy of knowing yourselves once more as One with Mother/Father/God.InUnion with God is where you always have and always will live, eternally and uninterruptedly. It is your true and only nature to be at One with, in Union with and yet live as a differentiated or individuated expression of Mother/Father/God, bringing you and Her an inconceivable intensity of joy.............................................
If you will just allow yourselves to know and be consciously aware, as you always are deep within yourselves, that you are in every moment One with God; that Love is your only nature, your only Reality, you will discover that your one and only desire is to please your heavenly Father as He so perfectly supports and loves you in every moment. All your fear, doubt, anxiety, anger, resentment, and need to judge and blame others will just fall away............................................
You will find yourself living consciously aware of loving all with whom you interact in any manner at all. You will have no need to judge or blame anyone as you recognize that you and all others are the perfect and utterly beloved children of God. You will recognize that those whose behaviors you would previously have judged and condemned, and whom you would therefore have wished to see punished, are all truly doing their best, that they are at present, just as you were a moment ago, utterly lost and convinced that the illusion is real. They are responding to the intense fear that they are experiencing – and which they are mostly denying – and thus allowing their egos to direct their attitudes and behaviors in order to keep them safe from their imagined enemies......................
You have NO enemies, and this is so simply because All are One!....................................
Yes, to restrain those who would hurt and abuse others is fair, but it must be done compassionately and lovingly with the understanding that they are living in and operating from an intense sense of fear and self-doubt. When your own little children are fearful you comfort and protect them. Well those adults who are in fear also need your comfort and protection, protection from themselves and from those other fearful ones who would punish them. Love is the way, the only way to your awakening. Only Love is Real.................................................................
As your conscious awareness of the Reality of your True nature becomes ever more apparent to you, and as you more frequently reset your intent to be consistently mindful as you think, speak, or take action, you will find yourselves increasingly at peace as you accept more fully that you are, in every moment, precisely where you you are meant to be, doing or being exactly what you incarnated for. Your self-acceptance will grow, and you will no longer be disturbed by thoughts about how others may judge you. Your increased knowingness of your divine uniqueness will provide you with complete faith that God trusts you in every moment, and knowing that you will no longer feel any need to defend yourselves if others disagree with you. Any need to obey any kind of dogmatic rules and regulations – whether from political, scientific, governmental, military, business, or religious organization – requiring everyone to hold the same views and beliefs as a prerequisite for acceptance in that society will just dissolve as you come to trust yourselves in the certainty that the only guide you need is Love, in which you are enveloped in every moment.......................................
When you take your essential daily quiet time, alone and One on One with Mother/Father/God in your holy inner sanctuaries, remind yourselves that it is God’s Will and yours that you be incarnate as a human at this moment. Your presence on Earth now is essential and divinely meaningful. You are precisely where you now are physically to beautifully and most competently assist in humanity’s awakening. You chose to be here out of love and compassion, having made a very courageous choice to do so, knowing full well that you too would suffer an intense amnesia, and thus be often, and maybe for a very long time, totally forgetting of your true purpose on Earth. You did know, however, that despite the human life commitments for which you were likely to become responsible, you would eventually come to awareness of the true meaning of your life on Earth at this time, and that you would be divinely guided to follow it perfectly, even though you would at times be distracted by events and relationship issues that would arise in your daily human lives...................................
So I confirm for you that each and every one of you is exactly where you need to be and chose to be to magnificently assist in the collective awakening. Trust in God’s love and guidance in every moment, trust your own divine intuition as you live your daily lives, and be at peace even when others may not be. Being at peace comforts and supports others, and this is your divine purposeinwhich you are fully and most competently engaged..............................
Your loving brother, Jesus.
' The Wilderness '...
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
................................... Robert Louis Stevenson
' A True Genius '...
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
................................. Jonathan Swift
' My Brain '...
My Brain is the key that sets me free.
................................. Harry Houdini
' Our Path '...
We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else's idea of life.
..................................... James Van Praagh
' Peace Within '...
When you make peace with yourself, the world will mirror back that same level of peace.
................................... Debbie Ford
' The Goal of Peace '...
You must make a daily effort to look upon others without condemnation. Every judgment takes you away from your goal of peace. Your ego loves your judgments, because with them you remain in a constant state of anguish and remorse. Keep in mind that you do not define anyone with your judgment; you only define yourself as someone who needs to be judged.
....................................... Wayne Dyer
' Temporary Security '...
He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.
.................................... Benjamin Franklin
' Never Forget '...
If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.
................................... Dale Carnegie
' Making a Life '...
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
................................ Arthur Ashe
' Buddha teaches Dhamma '...
Buddha teaches Dhamma. He does not establish any particular religion or sect.
On one occasion, while explaining Dhamma to some people, Buddha said:
"I am not interested to make you my disciples. I am not interested to snatch you away from your traditional gurus. Your aim is to become liberated from misery. I am not interested to take you away from that aim. Everyone wants to come out of misery. Nobody wants to live a miserable life. I am here to help you fulfill your aim, to come out of misery. I have a technique for doing that. Give it a trial.”..........................
This was Buddha’s way of teaching. He was so detached!
...................... Acharya S. N. Goenka
Note : Dhamma teaches two universal and secular truths : samsara (cycle of birth and death) and Nirvana (liberation from cycle of birth and death). As such, it is free from all sectarian views, doctrines, philosophies and the like. Religions are not free from sectarian views.
' Pick & Choose '...
The fact that both Jews and Christians ignore some of God's or Jesus's commands, but scrupulously obey others, is absolute proof that people pick and choose their morality not on the basis of its divine source, but because it comports with some innate morality that they derived from other sources.
................................... Jerry A. Coyne
' Source Awakens '...
It is easier to believe that there was nothing before there was something than that there was something before there was nothing.
.................................. Julian Huxley
' A Mob '...
Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice.
.......................................... Aldous Huxley
' Laws not Needed '...
Where love rules, laws are not needed.
............................ Annie Besant
' Unique Individuals '...
Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.
............................. U.G. Krishnamurti
' The Reflection '...
Realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and stop finding fault with the reflection. Attend to yourself, set yourself right; mentally and emotionally. The physical self will follow automatically.
..................................... Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' Attain the Supreme '...
Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.
....................................... Adi Shankara
' Most Important '...
Most important, do not ever think that you and God are separate. Think always, "God is with me; He is inside me; He is around me. All there is is God. I myself am God. I am the Infinite, the Eternal. I am not two; I am one, only one. There is no one else besides me. I and God are one and the same." To realize this Unity, the first step is to develop Self-confidence. It comes when you realize that God is not outside of you.
...................................... Sathya Sai Baba
' Little Success '...
There is little success where there is little laughter.
.................................. Andrew Carnegie
' The Definition of 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
' Awakening '...
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
............................. G. I. Gurdjieff
' Origins of Zoroastrianism '...
By Catherine Beyer
Updated on April 23, 2019
Zoroastrianism is arguably the world’s oldest monotheistic religion. It centers on the words of the prophet Zarathushtra, called Zoroaster by the ancient Greeks, and focuses worship upon Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom. It also acknowledges two competing principles representing good and evil: Spenta Mainyu (“Bounteous Spirit”) and Angra Mainyu (“Destructive Spirit”). Humans are intimately involved in this struggle, holding off chaos and destruction through active goodness...............................
Origins of Zoroastrianism.............................
The prophet Zarathushtra—later referred to by the Greeks as Zoroaster—founded Zoroastrianism about 3500 years ago. According to texts from the period, Zoroaster may have been born in 628 B.C., in Rhages, Iran, and may have died on or near 551 B.C. These dates, however, are very rough; some researchers believe he may have lived as much as a millennium earlier or later.................
Indo-Iranian religion in Zarathushtra’s time was polytheistic (meaning that people worshipped multiple gods). While details are scarce, Zoroaster probably elevated an already existing deity into the role of supreme creator, thus creating the world’s first monotheistic religion (a religion worshipping one creator). Zoroastrianism therefore has some similarities with ancient Vedic beliefs; for example, the ahura and daevas (agents of order and chaos) in Zoroastrianism compare to the asuras and devas who compete for power in Vedic religion..............................
Zoroastrianism expanded to become one of the most important religions in the ancient world. From 600 B.C. to 650 C.E. it was the official religion of Persia (ancient Iran). Today, there are only about 190,000 Zoroastrians around the world.
Zoroastrian Customs.............................
While there are Zoroastrians temples and many events during which believers worship together, most Zoroastrian worship takes place in the home. Worship focuses on the central ethical values of Good Words, Good Thoughts, and Good Deeds. Many Zoroastrians pray several times a day, always facing a source of fire or light. Though it is not required, some practitioners wear a knotted cord called a kusti; the kusti is knotted three times to symbolize the three Zoroastrian values. ...................
Zoroastrian temples keep a fire burning at all times to represent Ahura Mazda’s eternal power. Fire is also recognized as a powerful purifier and is respected for that reason. The holiest temple fires take up to a year to consecrate, and many have been burning for years or even centuries. Visitors to fire temples bring an offering of wood, which is placed in the fire by a masked priest. The mask prevents the fire from being desecrated by his breath. The visitor is then anointed with ash from the fire.....................
The Zoroastrian coming-of-age ceremony is called The Navjote, or Sedreh-Pushi. Children between the ages of 7 and 12 participate in ritual washing and perform rituals on their own for the first time. ........................
Zoroastrian weddings include a marriage contract and celebrations which can last as long as seven days. Married female relatives hold a white scarf over the couple’s heads while cones of sugar are rubbed together to sweeten the marriage. The ends of the scarf are later sewn together to symbolize the unity of the married couple.........................
Ahura Mazda, the Zoroastrian Supreme Creator, is the only god worshiped, although the existence of lesser spiritual beings is also recognized. The overriding ethical principle of Zoroastrianism is Humata, Hukhta, Huveshta: “to think good, to speak good, to act good.” This is the divine expectation of humans, and only through goodness will chaos be kept at bay. A person’s goodness determines their ultimate fate after death..................
' Buddha Quotes '...
“Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.”......................
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”...............
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”...................
“You don’t have a Soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”..............................
“If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.”..............................
“All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.”
“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”................................
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”......................
“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.”
' Truth is One '...
The Vedas declare that truth is one only. Water is called by different names in different languages. In Telugu it is neeru, in English it is water, in Hindi it is pani, in Tamil it a thanni, and in Sanskrit it is vari. Though the names are different, water is one and the same. Likewise, all hearts are full of compassion. Every thought should be filled with compassion. We use the word ‘mankind’. He who has kindness is man. What is the use of life without kindness? One who is filled with kindness is near the Divine. A man of kindness is a friend of God. Such a person considers God as their mother, father, wealth, knowledge, and everything. Knowledge also emanates from the heart. ..................................... Sri Sathya Sai
' Free Knowledge '...
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.
................................... Rabindranath Tagore
' 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
' Success '...
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
............................................ Robert Louis Stevenson
' Stop Saying '...
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
...................................... Charles Dickens
' Propagandist '...
The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
................................ Aldous Huxley
' Hinduism '...
Hinduism is so elastic and subtle that the most profound Methodist and crudest Idolator are equally at home with it.” .......... George Bernard Shaw
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“The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths.
It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond to those of modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles run from our ordinary day and night to a day and night of Brahma, 8.64 billion years long. Longer than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about half the time since the Big Bang.”
.......... Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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“The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.” – Radhanath Swami
' Truly Human '...
I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don't be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it even with everything that burdens love or, i could say it better, responsibility is actually love, as Pascal said: 'without concupiscence' [without lust]... love exists without worrying being loved.
................................. Emmanuel Levinas
' Acknowledge Death '...
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
.............................. Martin Heidegger
' The Present '...
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
................................ Gottfried Leibniz
' Man is never Happy '...
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
................................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' Buddha and Christ '...
The Golden Rule
Buddha Jesus
Consider others as yourself. (Dhammapada 10:1)
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Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:31)
Love Others
Buddha Jesus
Let your thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world." (Sutta Nipata 149–150)
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This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12)
Love Your Enemies
Buddha Jesus
Overcome anger by love, overcome evil by good. Overcome the miser by giving, overcome the liar by truth. (Dhammapada 1.5 and 17.3)
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Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. (Luke 6.27–30)
Turn the Other Cheek
Buddha Jesus
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If anyone should give you a blow with his hand, with a stick, or with a knife, you should abandon any desires and utter no evil words. (Majjhima Nikaya 21:6)
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If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. (Luke 6:29)
Help Others
Buddha Jesus
If you do not tend to one another, then who is there to tend you? Whoever would tend me, he should tend the sick. (Vinaya, Mahavagga 8:26.3)
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Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. (Matthew 25:45)
Do Not Judge Others
Buddha Jesus
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The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of oneself is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides. (Dhammapada 252)
Judge not, that you be not judged … and why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? (Matthew 7:1–5)
Disdain Wealth
Buddha Jesus
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Let us live most happily, possessing nothing.(Dhammapada 15:4)
Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. (Luke 6:20)
Do Not Kill
Buddha Jesus
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Abandoning the taking of life, the ascetic Gautama dwells refraining from taking life, without stick or sword. (Digha Nikaya 1:1.8)
Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword. (Matthew 26:52)
Spread the Word
Buddha Jesus
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Teach the dharma which is lovely at the beginning, lovely in the middle, lovely at the end. Explain with the spirit and the letter in the fashion of Brahma. In this way you will be completely fulfilled and wholly pure. (Vinaya Mahavagga 1:11.1)
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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. (Matthew 28:19–20)
' Light a Lamp '...
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
........................... Gautama the Buddha
' Loving Kindness '...
Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. It means we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is not to try to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
.................................... Pema Chodron
' Sing of Love '...
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.
............................. Franz Schubert
' A True Friend '...
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
............................... Franz Schubert
' Truly Knowing '...
We can admire what we see, but we can only love what we truly know.
............................ Tyga
' No-One '...
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
................................ Carol Burnett
' Deterioration of Government '...
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
.................................. Baron de Montesquieu
' Doubt All Things '...
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
............................. Rene Descartes
' The Nazarine Speaks '....................... by John Smallman...
Here in the nonphysical realms our joy is growing as we observe the power of your love flowing through the collective awakening process as it unfolds so perfectly, precisely as Mother/Father/God intends, to bring you all into full awareness of your true nature at One with and eternally in the Presence of our ever-loving Father. Love is . . . and you are becoming more and more aware daily that there is no other Reality than this. Hold firmly to your faith in the infinite power of Love, and remind yourselves regularly that you do know this, even though you cannot be unaware of the vast number of places on your beautiful planet where this most definitely does not seem to be true. But, truly, there is only Love, anything else is unreal and is in fact dissolving or disintegrating from the egoic aspects of your minds as you turn more and more frequently to the true knowing of your hearts. God is with you always, and you are beginning to feel Her Presence more and more frequently as you go within, to your holy inner sanctuaries, and invite Her to fill your hearts with the warmth and complete acceptance of Her Love for each and every one of you. Keep on doing this, it is a very effective and powerful awakening tool, and an essential part of your awakening process.
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As I have often told you . . . you all incarnated to BE! Being is extremely effective and potent. You knew that to focus on doing this would be the best way for you to assist in humanity’s collective awakening process, and your main pre-incarnational intent was to assist. However, on arrival you did fall, like all who incarnate into human form, into the deep sleep of amnesia, and so you too are in the process of awakening and finding that living it is difficult at times. Your egos are constantly attempting – often rather too skillfully (don’t underestimate this) – to distract you from your true life purpose by fully engaging you with obtaining the essential requirements of material life, food, shelter, and clothing, for yourselves and for those who depend on you.
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Nevertheless, your awakening process is intensifying and unstoppable because for you all to awaken is God’s divine and most loving intent, and therefore you are awakening. There is no other option. You are eternally in the Presence of Mother/Father/God, and She is nudging you – now . . . and now . . . and now – towards full and complete wakefulness. Trust your Mother, Her Will is always in your best interests, and is most carefully designed to deliver to each of you personally exactly what you desire and need, namely your full awareness and the resultant joy of just Being . . . as you reside permanently in Her loving Presence, where you are enthusiastically and happily at Home.Life is Love, the eternal state of being in which you were created, and the moment when you lay your bodies to rest – and in doing so thank them for their loving service – is but a transition back into the awareness of the state of Reality in which you have your eternal existence.
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To be incarnate as a human in form is an extremely short term experience, an experience you chose to undergo in order to greatly assist in humanity’s awakening. As you know from your world history humanity’s presence on Earth is something that happened very recently when compared to the age of your planet, or of the universe. When humans first arrived on Earth they felt lost and abandoned because of their amnesia, and so they had no memory of Reality. Without awareness of Mother/Father/God, the divine Being who cares for you all in every moment, and due to the fear engendered by that state they felt an extremely strong need for their own personal god. Because of the limitations that being in form imposed upon them they were only able to conceive of and invent an authoritarian figure, such as a father who would obviously demand their subservience and obedience, rather like, but seemingly much more impressive and powerful than any male family or tribal leader they had experienced in their own lives. Over time various tribes and cultures established their own imaginary god-figures and invented a set of dogmatic rules that he demanded that they honor and obey . . . or else!
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Your collective choice to awaken is as a result of your growing awareness of the power of Love and of your growing realization that only Love is REAL – that It is God! And in that awareness you have of course realized that Love is totally accepting and totally without judgment. This realization is a massive accomplishment after eons of fearful subservience to the various idols of different nations, cultures and religions.
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Mother/Father/God has been waiting patiently for this awareness to arise and flourish within you all. There have been previous moments when this realization almost occurred, but Now, finally, it is firmly established, and so your collective awakening is assured. It has always been divinely assured, but now it is coming to its most amazingly beautiful fruition.
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For the mass of humanity to once more know and recognize that there is only the ONE – Mother/Father/God – which includes, without exception, every sentient conscious and aware being in divine Union with Itself for all eternity, is an experience of ceaseless immortality in infinite peace and joy. Knowing that, while you are still experiencing the temporality of physical life in form, is bringing to each of you, as your awareness strengthens and intensifies, comfort and the kind of revelation you have heard of but most likely never yet experienced. As I have said before: Humanity is on a roll!
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Focus your attention as often and as intently as you can on Reality, on Love, because doing so powerfully strengthens your awareness of your Oneness with It. Whatever you have been experiencing as humans in form has been – as your egos have always intended – very effective in distracting you from regularly taking the necessary quiet time to allow yourselves to access your deep inner knowing of the reality of Who You truly are. You do know who you are, but your experiences as humans growing up in a culture that demands – even if very gently – your acceptance of it and engagement with it, have very frequently led you, even encouraged you, to feel unworthy, incompetent and ashamed of yourselves. Those feelings are utterly and completely invalid. However, because of the competitive nature of most cultures you are often encouraged to compare yourselves to others which adds to your sense of personal inadequacy, leading you to live lives struggling and striving to do better, or lives of depression and misery.
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Do not compare yourselves to others. You are each totally unique expressions of God, shining examples of differentiated beings inseparably in Union with Her. Her Will for you is that you be fully and completely yourselves, and thus expressing Her as only you can. And your individual will is in complete alignment with Hers when you allow yourselves to be true to yourselves, and itis why you experience stress and confusion when others demand that you conform to a set of arbitrary rules instead of just being the creative expressions of God’s Love that you each are. What you truly want for yourselves is always also the divine Will.
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BE YOURSELVES!
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Your loving brother, Jesus.
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