' Knowledge '...
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
....................Isaac Newton
' Buddhist Quotes '...
"If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart."
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
"People with opinions just go around bothering each other."
"The root of suffering is attachment."
"Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self."
"If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way."
"Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded."
"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance."
"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone."
"May all beings have happy minds."
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals."
"Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment."
"A jug fills drop by drop."
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."
' Hinduism - The Vedas '...
The Veda are the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism. They constitute its most foundational work, which every Hindu tradition and sect claims as its source. They also embody the most ancient ritual and spiritual traditions of the world. Hidden within them are a number of secrets which are yet to be fully deciphered and understood. The Vedas are not manmade. They are revelatory scriptures, which exist eternally in the highest world of Brahman. They are considered an aspect of Brahman only. The Vedas are exhaustive scriptures that have not been modified or edited since they were revealed and chanted thousands of years ago. Their sanctity and purity have been ensured by many a lineage of Brahmana families and teacher traditions. According to Hindu beliefs, the Vedas suggest a ritual model used by God to create the worlds and beings. Since the Vedas are necessary to continue and preserve the order and regularity of the worlds, in the beginning of creation, He reveals them to gods and humans for the welfare of the worlds. At the end of creation, He withdraws them again. Some people say that all human knowledge, known and yet to be known, is hidden in the Vedas in symbolic form, including all scientific discoveries and inventions. It is true that the Vedas are not mere books of magical chants. They are loaded with spiritual knowledge, which reveals itself to the degree we are spiritually advanced. Since the Vedas carry a great significance in our study and understanding of Hinduism, we have assembled in this section comprehensive information about the Vedas, Vedic beliefs, practices, gods and goddesses, history and philosophy. To understand the significance of the Vedas you may go through the translations of the four Vedas, or read the hundreds of articles on the subject which are available through the links in this section. ........................... from Hinduwebsite.com
' The Secret Gospel of John '...
The Origin of Reality
[We would know nothing of the ineffable
And nothing of the immeasurable
Without the help of the one who comes forth
from the One who is the Father.
He alone has informed us.]1
The Father is surrounded by light.
He apprehends himself in that light,
[Which is the pure spring of the water of life that sustains all realms].
He is conscious of his image everywhere around him,
Perceiving his image in this spring of Spirit
Pouring forth from himself.
He is enamored of the image he sees in the light-water,2
The spring of pure light-water enveloping him.3
His self-aware thought (Ennoia) came into being,
Appearing to him in the effulgence of his light.
She stood before him.4
This, then, is the first of the powers, prior to everything,
Arising out of the mind of the Father
The Providence (Pronoia) of everything.5
Her light reflects his light.
She is from his image in his light
Perfect in power
Image of the invisible perfect Virgin Spirit.6
She is the initial power
glory of Barbelo7
glorious among the realms
glory of revelation.
She gave glory to the Virgin Spirit
She praised him
For she arose from him.8
[This, the first Thought, is the Spirit’s image.]9
She is the universal womb
She is before everything
She is:
Mother-Father
' The Light '...
If a rock, though extremely hard, can be hollowed out by water, how much more so should it be possible for The Light, which is compared to water, to change my heart. I will begin to study it, and try to become a scholar of The Light.
.............................Rabbi Akiva
' 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
' The Meaning of Life '...
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
.......................Pablo Picasso
' A Happy Marriage '...
The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about.
........................Bruce Forsyth
' Knowledge '...
To know much and taste nothing,,-of what use is that?
..........................Bonaventure
' Ruined Nations '...
Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through its excessive quantity.
.............................Nicolaus Copernicus
' The Beginning of Wisdom '...
The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
.........................Aristotle
' Learning for Understanding '...
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
..........................Baruch Spinoza
' Worship '...
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
....................Emanuel Swedenborg
' Questions '...
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
...........................Francis Bacon
' Kindness '...
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
......................Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' Abortion '...
For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime to rob it of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house than in a field, because a man's house is his place of most secure refuge, it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.
............................John Calvin
' Source Creation '...
God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
..........................Martin Luther
' Enlightenment '...
"All paths are mine,
and all lead eventually to me.
But the shortest way to me,
is the no-path of self-annihilative love."
.............................Meher Baba
in Bhau Kalchuri
_Lord Meher: The Biography of Avatar of the Age Meher Baba_
Asheville, NC: MANifestation, v. 18, p. 6235
' Ramana '...
Talks with Ramana...
D.: There must be stage after stage of progress for gaining the Absolute.
Are there grades of Reality?
M.: There are no grades of Reality. There are grades of experience
for the jiva and not of Reality. If anything can be gained anew, it
could also be lost, whereas the Absolute is central - here and now.
......................Talks with Ramana #139
' Life so Brief '...
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
........................Geoffrey Chaucer
' Honor '...
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
.............................Thomas More
' Most Alive '...
Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.
............... Saint Ignatius of Loyola
' You '...
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.
................... Saint Teresa of Avila
' Source Creates '...
If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?
.............................Martin Gardner
' The Higher-Self '...
I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.
......................Lewis Carroll
' Amazing '...
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
.............................Louisa May Alcott
' Confucius '...
Once Confucius was walking on the mountains and he came across a woman weeping by a grave. He asked the woman what here sorrow was, and she replied, We are a family of hunters. My father was eaten by a tiger. My husband was bitten by a tiger and died. And now my only son! Why don't you move down and live in the valley? Why do you continue to live up here? asked Confucius. And the woman replied, But sir, there are no tax collectors here! Confucius added to his disciples, You see, a bad government is more to be feared than tigers.
.............................Lin Yutang
' Sometimes '...
Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
..........................James Brown
' Be Brave '...
Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you're making it for a good reason.
............................Adele
' Music '...
Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways - it's infinite. It's like God... you know?
...........................Nina Simone
' Joy '...
When God loves you, what can be better than that?
........................Aretha Franklin
' Each Day '...
No matter our circumstances, no matter our challenges or trials, there is something in each day to embrace and cherish. There is something in each day that can bring gratitude and joy if only we will see and appreciate it.
............................Dieter F. Uchtdorf
' Family Success '...
But whatever the era, whatever the times, one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children and you must hug your children and you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House but on what happens inside your house
...........................James E. Faust
' Being Humble '...
Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others
.........................Gordon B. Hinckley
' Good Character '...
A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents. It cannot be created by having extraordinary advantages. It isn't a gift of birth, wealth, talent or station. It is the result of your own endeavor. It is the reward that comes from living good principles and manifesting a virtuous and honorable life.
.................................L. Tom Perry
' Keep Going '...
Stick to a task 'til it sticks to you. . .for beginners are many, but finishers few.
..........................Thomas S. Monson
' Love '...
Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.
...............................Raymond E. Feist
' Real Worth '...
Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
.........................David Gemmell
' Silence '...
There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.
.............................Herbert Marcuse
' A Moment '...
It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.
...........................Erich Fromm
' Solitude and Quiet '...
The person who abides in solitude and quiet is delivered from fighting three battles: hearing, speech, and sight. Then there remains one battle to fight-the battle of the heart.
..........................Anthony the Great
' Present Everywhere '...
When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the Spirit He is present everywhere. He is in all, yet beyond all.
..................................Symeon the New Theologian
' Three Sources '...
...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves.
............................John Cassian
' Doctrines '...
You will realize that doctrines are inventions of the human mind, as it tried to penetrate the mystery of God. You will realize that Scripture itself is the work of human minds, recording the example and teaching of Jesus. Thus it is not what you believe that matters; it is how you respond with your heart and your actions. It is not believing in Christ that matters; it is becoming like him.
...................................Pelagius
' Falling in Love '...
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
.................................Saint Augustine
' Secrecy '...
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man who has been hoodwinked in this fashion; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, whose mind is free. No, not the rack nor the atomic bomb, not anything. You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
.................................Robert A. Heinlein
' Gods '...
So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people down…A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.
.......................Orson Scott Card
' Abandonment '...
Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.
.............................Robert Jordan
' Fantasy '...
Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
..............................Terry Pratchett
' Human Beings '...
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
.............................Douglas Adams
' The Truth '...
The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.
.................................Walt Whitman
' To Be Happy '...
One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.
.......................................William Carlos Williams
' Time '...
There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.
..............................James Joyce
' Stupidity '...
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
.....................Albert Einstein
' Limited Time '...
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
..............................Steve Jobs
' Three Things '...
Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, and Integrity.
If they don't have the last one, don't even bother with the first two.
............................Warren Buffett
' Corruption '...
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
......................Thomas Jefferson
' Humor '...
Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us, crowded into our global concentration camp for the duration. How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves.
.....................................Ogden Nash
' The Nazarene Speaks '...
Through John Smallman......................
Humanity is awakening right now in this moment, the only moment there is – eternity – the time without beginning or end, in which creation is constantly ongoing as Mother/Father/God shares and extends Her nature, which is infinite Love, for the infinite glory of God and All of Her divine creation. Every sentient being is forever One with Her, as well as being an individuated entity with its own self that reflects back God’s glory to Her in every moment. Truly life, existence, aware consciousness, Love, is beyond awesome, and this is what you are awakening into. Your nature is Love, Life, and Joy, and your memory of It, which has never been lost, only mislaid, is about to be fully restored, as you let go of your belief in the limitations in which your human forms appear to enfold you.
You are all unlimited beings, just like God your ever loving Father, but you totally engaged with the game of separation and, as a result, with the limits that are a major aspect of it. Over the ages holy ones, who have often been described or labeled as mystics, are merely ones who have delved deep within themselves and by doing so have become aware of their oneness with Source. Through that awareness they have realized that their inner world – at one with Source – is the only Reality, and that the physical world without is in fact unreal. It is but an individual and very personal appraisal of what the person’s brain/mind believes that it perceives in the physical environment seemingly outside itself.
You can all find the Truth within yourselves if you will take regular quiet time alone, inviting God to fill your hearts with Love. She is with you in every moment, and when you choose not to pay attention to the distractions with which your egos are constantly presenting you, and listen instead to the quiet voice of God within you, you will feel Her Love and therefore know that you and She are eternally inseparable – that She is the One in Whom you exist in eternal Oneness.
For eons, due to the brilliant construction you built in which to experience the unreality of separation, many have convinced themselves that there is a being – a god or idol – to whom they must constantly offer obeisance and sacrifices so that he will not judge them too harshly, or even destroy them. Thus many bought into the idea that there was an overriding authority figure who watched their every thought, word, and action. And then, after a while, a small minority chose to presume that they had been chosen by him to have dominion over everyone else, and from that small group have arisen the systems of governmental or religious authority that still exist in the world today. And most children on Earth are born into cultures that teach them that they must obey “the authorities” or face judgment and punishment.
Over the last few hundred years awareness has started to grow that this cannot possibly be true, because wise ones throughout the ages have regularly demonstrated and shared the falseness of this belief with those who would listen, and then mass communication systems were invented – printing, mail services, telegraph, radio, TV, telecommunications generally, and the worldwide web – making it possible for everyone to learn this truth. And as a result of coming to an awareness of this increasing numbers of people have chosen to honor their own personal sovereignty, instead of continuing to align with the long enforced systems of authoritarian control. By doing so they have been able to eradicate the ingrained and false beliefs within themselves that they were trained as children to accept and respect. This was a necessary step for humanity to take on its path back to awakening, and once taken collectively, as has happened, there can be no regression. This is why there has recently been – over the last several decades – such an intense acceleration in the growth of civil rights for all, no matter what their cultural, religious, or political persuasions may be. It is the realization that the very fact of being born gives every individual an inalienable right to be and express herself in whatever fashion she may choose – as long as she does not cause physical harm to someone else – which may not and must not be overridden by anyone.
So I repeat, you are all divine beings created in Love as eternal and individuated aspects of the One – God, Mother/Father/God, Source, Love, or whatever label you use to address the One – and separation from your Source is utterly impossible! Nevertheless, as humans in form, you do experience yourselves as individual separated beings, and therefore believe yourselves to be susceptible to attack, sickness, injury, and death. And of course your human forms can and do encounter exposure to various dangers, and because nothing in form can avoid aging, decay, and death, the death of your human forms is inevitable.
Those who are reading or listening to this message are aware that they were created by an infinitely wise and loving being – Mother/Father/God – and trust that She will never cease loving them or terminate their existence. However, many still believe that after their physical death that they will be subject to divine judgment, and possibly some form of punishment may then be imposed.
This is most definitely NOT the case. As has been explained to you very frequently: God is Love, and Love is always totally without conditions of any kind, She just IS. Therefore, when you lay down your physical forms, a most glorious and wondrous welcome awaits you, and you will find yourselves embraced by and fully enveloped in the Love that you and God are in every moment of your eternal unbroken and boundless existence. Yes, at that moment, you will experience an entire unabridged review of your human life that has just closed, and every thought word or action in which you have engaged will unfold a bit like a movie in front of you. However, you will experience absolutely no sense of guilt or shame. Mostly you will be amazed when you see the enormous amount of good that you accomplished during that life, and how your loving presence – even though you were unaware of it and received no feedback – uplifted and inspired so many others. Your return from a temporary life in form will unveil for you what was hidden during that time, the complete and full awareness of your unbroken and uninterrupted eternal existence in the Presence of Mother/Father/God. Expect to be overjoyed, and know that what you are going to experience will totally and most gloriously exceed any expectations for which you may be hoping.
Your loving brother, Jesus.
' History '...
What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.
..............................Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
' Freedom of Humanity '...
The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.
.................................Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' Friends '...
Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a single enemy you will find him everywhere. It doesn't pay to make enemies. Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to every one about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.
................................Charles M. Schwab
' Selfish Interest '...
Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
.............................William Jennings Bryan
' Be Real '...
Any man or woman who neglects to maintain inward vigilance, and only makes an outward show of holiness in dress, speech, and behavior, is a wretched creature. For they watch the doings of other people and criticize their faults, imagining themselves to be something when in reality they are nothing. In this way they deceive themselves. Be careful to avoid this, and devote yourself inwardly to His likeness by humility, charity, and other spiritual virtues. In this way you will be truly converted to God.
.................................Walter Hilton
' Enlightenment '...
When love has carried us above all things ... we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us and penetrating us. What is this Light, if it be not a contemplation of the Infinite, and an intuition of Eternity? We behold that which we are, and we are that which we behold; because our being, without losing anything of its own personality, is united with the Divine Truth.
............................................John of Ruysbroeck
' The Fullness of Joy '...
The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.
God is the ground, the substance,
the teaching, the teacher,
the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
.....................Julian of Norwich
' Surrender Ego '...
He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
............................St. Catherine of Siena
' Restored to Source '...
How wide are the horizons of the spinning earth! The moonlight leads the tides and the sun's light will not be confined within the net of heaven. But in the end all things return to the One. The deaf and the dumb, the crippled and deformed are all restored to One's perfection.
..................................Hsu Yun
' The Sensual World '...
The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an end in itself. We no longer expect the sensory world to satisfy us. We no longer demand that sensory consciousness be anything other than an existing condition that we can use skillfully according to time and place.
.............................Ajahn Sumedho
' Mindfulness '...
Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.
............................Nyanaponika Thera
' Success '...
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
....................Vernon Howard
' Self-education '...
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
...........................Isaac Asimov
' This Moment '...
We said, there's another second gone, there's another minute and another hour and another day, when, as a matter of fact the second or the minute or the hour was never gone. It was the same one all the time. It had just moved along and we had moved with it.
........................Clifford D. Simak
' The Impossible '...
Only the impossible has any real charm; the possible has been vulgarized by happening too often.
............................Clark Ashton Smith
' Shadow and Illusion '...
That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.
...........................H. P. Lovecraft
' Suffering '...
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.
...........................Tennessee Williams
' We come,, We go '...
We come. We go. And inbetween we try to understand.
..................Rod Steiger
' Living Consciously '...
Living
consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and
responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the
moment.
......................Sidney Poitier
' Two Ears '...
I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Quincy Jones
' Worry '...
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
...................Corrie Ten Boom
' Silencing Truth '...
If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.
...............................Emile Zola
' Reality '...
Reality is a staircase going neither up nor down, we don't move; today is today, always is today.
........................Octavio Paz
' Generosity '...
Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.
..........................Mario Benedetti
' Don't Talk '...
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
.....................Jorge Luis Borges
' Genius '...
Genius is finding the invisible link between things.
...........................Vladimir Nabokov
' Divine Wisdom '...
The Comparative Religionists consider, on the other hand, that all religions originate from the teachings of Divine Men, who give out to the different nations of the world, from time to time, such parts of the fundamental verities of religion as the people are capable of receiving, teaching ever the same morality, inculcating the use of similar means, employing the same significant symbols. The savage religions — animism and the rest—are degenerations, the results of decadence, distorted and dwarfed descendants of true religious beliefs. Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. The great Teachers—it is alleged by Hindus, Buddhists, and by some Comparative Religionists, such as Theosophists—form an enduring Brotherhood of men who have risen beyond humanity, who appear at certain periods to enlighten the world, and who are the spiritual guardians of the human race. This view may be summed up in the phrase: "Religions are branches from a common trunk — Divine Wisdom". ............................Annie Besant
' Freedom '...
Freedom from all desire is eternity. All
attachment implies fear, for all things
are transient. And fear makes one a slave.
This freedom from attachment does not
come with practice; it is natural, when
one knows one's true being. Love does not
cling; clinging is not love.
.................. Nisargadatta Maharaj
' Controlling Others '...
"Let's see why a man wants to control and influence another person.
He may hope for a material advantage, such as money. But there is
a deeper motive, a dangerously self-defeating motive. By having
power over others, he thinks it confirms his possession of a
separate ego, a separate self - for where there is the commanded,
there must also be the commander. So in order to preserve the
illusion of being a commander, he seeks every opportunity to
control and influence people and events. But since he does not,
in reality, possess a separate self, the whole show is a tragic
delusion. Sooner or later the curtain must come down on the actor,
leaving him frightened and lonely.".....................................
The Esoteric Path to a New Life, p. 34.......Vernon Howard
' Refinement '...
Whether it be in the forms of art, music, poetry, literature, or
those of living, dress, behaviour, manners, or speech, the quality of
a person reveals himself in his coarseness or refinement. By that I
mean whether he is or is not on the quest which is after all an
attempt to refine ourselves from materialism to spirituality and
therefore from low quality thoughts and feelings to higher and nobler
ones.
...................... Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 5: Spiritual
Refinement > # 200........Paul Brunton
' Wisdom '...
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us." - Henry David Thoreau
' Quotes '...
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
.....................Michel de Montaigne
' Wealth '...
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
.............................Henrik Ibsen
' Creation '...
The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
..............................Samuel Beckett
' Strangers '...
We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.
...............................Libba Bray
' Priceless Worth '...
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy.
..............................Arthur C. Clarke
' A Real God '...
So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people down…A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.
.......................Orson Scott Card
' Rational Thinking '...
There seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.
................Robert A. Heinlein
' Life and Death '...
That which is alive hath known death, and that which is dead can never die, for in the Circle of the Spirit life is naught and death is naught. Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.
.........................H. Rider Haggard
' Look Closer '...
Look closer and you'll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed.
..........................Zelda Fitzgerald
' Unlock your Soul '...
Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light.
...................... Saint Ambrose
' Take Care '...
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
.................................Saint Augustine
' 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
' Marriage '...
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
..............................Homer
' What is a Slave ?...
A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
.......................Euripides
' Listening '...
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
........................Stephen Covey
' Time and Money '...
There are only two things you can invest: Time and Money. Of the two, Time is more important.
............................Robert Kiyosaki
' Good People '...
Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.
..........................Zig Ziglar
' Belief '...
If you believe it will work out , you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't you will see obstacles.
......................Wayne Dyer
' Average Mentality '...
The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
.......................William Howard Taft
' One with Source '...
God, is about to envelop you and fill you with joy and wonder.
.................... Through John Smallman .......................
It is now impossible for almost any of you to be unaware that there is a great and much needed awakening unfolding. Signs and indications are appearing all across the world that enormous and totally beneficial changes are occurring everywhere, as Love intensifies the divine and eternal embrace in which She holds everyone of you, all planetary life, and the Planet herself, Gaia. This process has been ongoing for eons as you experience time, although it has been but a moment since it started, and its timeline – versus the numbers of the human population moving towards awakening – which has for all that time been rising in only a very gentle gradient above the horizontal axis, has most suddenly become almost vertical. You are all doing wonderful work in bringing it to fulfillment, and for this you are most highly honored, because without each and every one of you so graciously and magnificently delivering on the promises you made prior to incarnating it would not yet be almost upon you, as indeed it most certainly is.
I repeat: your collective human awakening into fully conscious awareness of your true nature as One with God is about to envelop you and fill you with joy and wonder. You have seemingly been awaiting this divine moment for eons, but when it occurs you will instantly realize that you have only been momentarily in a state of unconsciousness, a state of apparent unreality that has for eons seemed to you to be the only reality.
Your nature, as you have so often been reminded, is Love – Oneness or Union with Mother/Father/God. This has been your nature since the moment of your creation as a beloved child of God, but, as beings in temporary human form, apparently alone, individual, and separate from one another, this knowing is hidden from you by the veil of amnesia that enveloped you at the moment of your birth.
Then the environment in which you found yourselves growing from infancy to adulthood thickened that veil, and you, for the most part, chose to see and experience your environment as only a physical and material one, where you, in your aloneness, had to take full responsibility for caring for yourselves individually because no one else would or could. It is a very confusing state of mind in which you find yourselves, experiencing life as humans in form, as the sense of separation, of one from another, has induced intense fear – a seeming absence of Love – and encouraged you to think defensively, to expect attack, and thus to be distrustful of others who might at any moment betray you. And what you fear and expect is what some of you often experience.
Alternatively, as you choose to be honest with others, you will find that this leads others to be honest with you, and that that kind of interchange breeds communal trust and will thus demonstrate to you that fear is unnecessary. When you then find the courage to let go of fear it will dissolve, and Love will flood in to embrace you.
Many of you found yourselves living in cultural environments that believe in a superior and non physical authoritarian being who could observe your every thought, word, and deed, and to whom you owed obedience. A being that would judge you and punish you severely in the afterlife if you deviated from the required path of extreme reverence, devotion, and fealty required of you during your human lives. Others have chosen to believe that the material world in which you spend your human lives is the only reality, and that the death of your bodies is a terminal event. This belief confirms the sense of separation that all are experiencing and encourages them to live their lives in a manner that they believe serves them well, regardless of the effect that attitude may have on others. Neither of these life paths leads to peace and contentment, instead it drives people to an almost constant need to desperately seek for happiness outside themselves where it can never be found.
Peace and happiness can only be found within, as saints and mystics have been telling you for eons. This is why it is absolutely essential that you spend quiet time alone daily, visiting your holy inner sanctuaries, and while there inviting Love to embrace, reassure, and comfort you so that you can deal lovingly with the issues with which your daily lives present you. Doing so brings to your awareness the confirmational realization that you are most definitely in every moment at one with God. You all need this daily confirmation to assist you to remain steadfast in your faith in Her, because the daily dramas with which the various media shower you constantly tend to stir up any doubts to which you may still be inadvertently clinging about the Reality of Mother/Father/God. Let them go, because they are a major distraction, and make it difficult for you to just be. Truly you are most lovingly blessed and cared for in every moment, and that will never change.
Your loving brother, Jesus.
' The Mind Creates '...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
..............................Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' Start the Day '...
Start the day with love, spend the day with love, fill the day with love and end the day with love. That is the way to God.
...........................Sathya Sai Baba
' Unity within Source '...
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
........................Ramakrishna
' Everything and Nothing '...
Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
.........................Swami Vivekananda
' True Self-analysis '...
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 Yogananda
' Dreams without Movement '...
Dreams without movement are delusions, escapes, kid’s play. You have to put your feet into your dreams if they’re ever going to be reality. The dreamers we know and love today are the ones who worked the hardest
.........................Paul Newman
' Good Advice '...
I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.
.......................Lewis Carroll
' The Subconscious Mind '...
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
..............................Earl Nightingale
' The Stars '...
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
.............................Og Mandino
' You, Yourself '...
You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars.
.............................Origen
' Happiness '...
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
.............................Saint John Chrysostom
' Intuition '...
Intuition is the innate ability in everyone to perceive truth directly - not by reason, logic, or analysis, but by a simple knowing from within. That is the very meaning of the word "intuition": to know, or understand from within - from one's own self, and from the heart of whatever one is trying to understand. Intuition is the inner ability to see behind the outer forms of things to their inner essence.
................................Goswami Kriyananda
' 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
' Life is a Process '...
Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
........................William Faulkner
' The Miracle is Here '...
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
.....................................Marcel Proust
' Lying '...
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.
...................................Fyodor Dostoevsky
' Go Forward '...
Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.
..........................Ivan Turgenev
' Solitude '...
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
......................Nikolai Gogol
' Matter '...
Matter is capable of infinite subdivision...All matter is in a state of perpetual activity [motion], whether the substance under consideration be inanimate or animated, visible or invisible...There is no dividing of matter and force into two distinct terms, as they both are ONE. FORCE is liberated matter. MATTER is force in bondage.
...................John Ernst Worrell Keely
' Magnetic Current '...
Magnetic current is the same as electric current. Current is [actually] the wrong expression. Really it is not one current, they are two currents, one current is composed of North Pole individual magnets in concentrated streams and the other is composed of South Pole individual magnets in concentrated streams, and they are are running one stream against the other stream in whirling, screwlike fashion, and with high speed.
.....................Edward Leedskalnin
' Cosmic Knowledge '...
Knowledge is cosmic. It does not evolve or unfold in man. Man unfolds to an awareness of it. He gradually discovers it.
......................Walter Russell
' Seeking Source '...
My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.
.....................................Nikola Tesla
' Into the Woods '...
Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
.......................Alexander Graham Bell
' Only One '...
"In Reality there is only One. In Illusion there are many. The reason why there
is so much confusion as to whether there is one God or many is because God is so
Infinitely One.
"Even to say, 'There is one God' is wrong. God is so infinitely One that He
cannot even be called One. One may only say, One is. The word 'God' is only an
attempt to give that One a name, for in actuality He has no name."
.............................Meher Baba
The Everything and the Nothing, 55
Beacon Hill, Australia: Meher House Publications, 1963, p. 91
http://www.ambppct.org/meherbaba/online.php
' World War Three '...
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
..........................Frank Herbert
' Happiness '...
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy.
.......................Arthur C. Clarke
' Justice '...
Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected. A miracle is nothing more than dormant justice from another time arriving to compensate those it has cruelly abandoned. Whoever knows this is willing to suffer, for he knows that nothing is in vain.
...................Mark Helprin
' One Great Journey '...
Life's just one great journey. It's a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They're the people who matter.
....................Dr. Seuss
' Healing of the Physical '...
Healing of the physical without the change in the mental and spiritual aspects brings little real help to the individual in the end. How true, because the mind and the body imprint and imitate each other. What we think, we become. What we become, we think. It's an insidious process that can predispose us to illness or it can lead us to health.
.....................Edgar Cayce
' I Am '...
I am the Soul.
I am the Light Divine.
I am Love.
I am Will.
I am Fixed Design.
...............................Alice Bailey
' The Highest Endeavor '...
Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.
............................Rudolf Steiner
' Climate Change '...
Planting and growing increasing quantities of trees is the scientific solution to Earth's environmental dilemma.
.....................Richard St. Barbe Baker
' Finding Ourselves '...
The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life.
.....................Shoghi Effendi
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