' The Beloved Embrace '...
"The lover of God will cry and weep, until he finds rest in the Beloved's embrace."
...................... Rabia al-Basri
' Speak from the Heart '...
"If words come out of the heart,, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue,, they will not pass beyond the ears."
................................. Al-Suhrawardi
' Seek the Truth '...
"There is a force within that gives you life.. Seek that."
........................ Jalal ad-Din Rumi
' Free of the 'I' ...
“He who has let go of hatred
who treats all beings with kindness
and compassion, who is always serene,
unmoved by pain or pleasure,
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free of the "I" and "mine,"
self-controlled, firm and patient,
his whole mind focused on me ---
that is the man I love best.”
.................... anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita
' Eligible for Freedom '...
“Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization, and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness, is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”
...................... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada... the Bhagavad Gita
' The Doors of Perception '...
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
........................ William Blake
' To Reason '...
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
.................... Lord Byron
' The Power of Prayer '...
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
.................. Alfred Lord Tennyson
' Awake or Asleep '...
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love,, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
.................. Geoffrey Chaucer
' Talk to Your Self '...
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.
......................... William James
' An Act of Kindness '...
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.
.................. Jackie Chan
' Dissolving Desires '...
Only by letting go,, can we truly possess what is real.
.......................... Chow Yun-Fat
' Courage at the End '...
One cannot choose how one's life begins,, but one can choose to face the end with courage
......................... Jet Li
' Put God First '...
Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.
......................... Denzel Washington
' Learn to Listen '...
I like to listen.. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.. Most people never listen.
........................ Ernest Hemingway
' Sacred Positivity '...
The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle,, the order as a foundation,, and progress as a goal.
........................... Auguste Comte
' The Person You Are '...
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be... The person you want to be... The person you are.
.............................. H. G. Wells
' Speaking without Fear '...
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.
......................... George Orwell
' A True Religion '...
“If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God.. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion.”
.................. Sri Chinmoy
' Decision for Action '...
The most difficult thing is the decision to act.. The rest is merely tenacity.. The fears are paper tigers. .You can do anything you decide to do.. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure.. The process is its own reward.
.......................... Amelia Earhart
' The Heart Feels '...
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
.................................. Helen Keller
' Nuring is an Art '...
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit?..It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
............................. Florence Nightingale
' What you See '...
It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us... The question is not what you look at but what you see.
................................. Henry David Thoreau
' To Silence the Mind '...
The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.. The challenge is to silence the mind
......................... Caroline Myss
' Amazing Conscious Awareness '...
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get.. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.
........................ Conan O'Brien
' To Be Successful '...
Success, is not the key to happiness..Happiness is the key to success... If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
.................. Albert Schweitzer
' Knowing the Character '...
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
.......................... Maya Angelou
' The Prison of War '...
People who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken - what needs to be outlawed is war.
........................ Leslie Groves
' The Atomic Bomb '...
We knew the world would not be the same.. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita;.. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.".. I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
.......................... J. Robert Oppenheimer
' Do your Best '...
Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.
..................... President Harry S. Truman
' Occupy your Mind '...
Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
....................... Thomas More
' All is One '...
Remember that all is One... and what you do to your neighbor, your friend or your foe, is a reflection of what you think of your Creator.
.................... Edgar Cayce
' Seek the Path '...
Seek the Path, do not seek attainment, Seek for the Path within yourself.. Do not expect to hear the truth from others, nor to see it, or read it in books.. Look for the truth in yourself, not without yourself.
...................... P.D. Ouspensky
' What it means to be Human '...
Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe happiness comes from pleasure, or from getting things or power over people or money or fame or even health and survival.. None of these sometimes very good things can bring ultimate meaning to our lives.. We are born to be deeply conscious, inwardly free and deeply capable of love.. The longing for these things is the definition of what it means to be human.
.......................... Jacob Needleman
' Already Dead '...
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead... It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it.. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.
........................ G. I. Gurdjieff
' Take Heart '...
Never take a path that has no heart in it.. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you can't win if your heart is not in it.
............................... Carlos Castaneda
' True Knowledge '...
To know that we know what we know,, and to know that we do not know what we do not know,, that is true knowledge.
.......................... Nicolaus Copernicus
' How Smart are We ?'...
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
.......................... Isaac Newton
' The Book of Nature '..
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
................................ Michael Faraday
' The Secrets '...
If you want to find the secrets of the universe,, think in terms of energy,, frequency and vibration.
.......................... Nikola Tesla
' Follow the Heart '...
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
.............. Albert Einstein
' The Joy of Love '...
To love someone is nothing,, to be loved by someone is something,, to love someone who loves you is everything.
........................ Bill Russell
' Character Knowledge '...
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
.............. Robert Fulghum
' The Mirror '...
Your fellow man is your mirror.. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless.. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering - you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
......................... Baal Shem Tov
' Everything is Phenomenal '...
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted... Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually... To be spiritual is to be amazed.
..................... Abraham Joshua Heschel
' The Concept of Brahman in Hindu Philosophy '...
Brahman is the ultimate reality in Hindu philosophy, characterized by its infinite, transcendent, and immanent nature. It is the source of all existence, encompassing everything that is and will ever be. Hinduism posits that understanding Brahman is central to spiritual enlightenment......................
The key characteristics of Brahman include::::
Transcendence: Beyond the physical universe...
Immanence: Present within all beings and things...
Unity: The essence of all existence is interconnected...
Moreover, Brahman is distinct from Atman, the individual soul. While Brahman is the universal spirit, Atman represents the essence of the individual. The realization of the relationship between Brahman and Atman is crucial for spiritual growth..........................
' Quotes on Enlightenment and Spiritual Awakening ',,,,,, by Gautama the Buddha ...
“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
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“Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.”
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“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.”
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“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
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“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
' Life is a Challenge '...
Life is a challenge, meet it!.... Life is a dream, realize it!... Life is a game, play it!.. Life is love, enjoy it!
...................... Sathya Sai Baba
' Leave Everything Behind '...
Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you.. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world - so make the acquaintanceship of God now.
........................ Lahiri Mahasaya
' 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
' Human Conduct '...
Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine.. Everything in the future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.
............................. Sri Yukteswar Giri
' Feelings and Emotions '...
You cannot live by feelings and emotions; you have to live by your intuition and consciousness.
.......................... Harbhajan Singh Yogi
' You are the Cause '...
You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery.. You hold that power.. You are your own friend and your own enemy.
......................... Swami Satchidananda
' 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 Yogananda
' Our Breath '...
Our breath, like our heartbeat, is the most reliable rhythm in our lives.. When we become attuned to this constant rhythm,, our breath can gradually teach us to come back to the original silence of the mind.
......................... Donna Farhi
' Be the Observer '...
The mind is like a river.. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water.. We are submerged in that water.. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.
........................ A. G. Mohan
' The Sublime Within '...
Master your breath,, let the self be in bliss,, contemplate on the sublime within you.
...................... Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
' Where Life Exists '...
Yoga takes you into the present moment,, the only place where life exists.
....................... Patanjali
' Take Your Time '...
The light is within.. It is already there.. Take your time to see it.
...................... Swami Satchidananda
' Objectivity '...
The fact of being based on facts,, and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings:
' False History '...
If history is deprived of the Truth,, we are left with nothing but an idle,, unprofitable tale.
..................... Polybius
' A Curtain Between '...
There is a curtain,, thin as gossamer,, clear as glass,, strong as iron,, that hangs forever between the world of magic and the world that seems to us to be real.
............................ E. Nesbit
' A Blessed Soul '...
A blessed thing, it is for any man or woman to have a friend,, one human soul whom we can trust utterly,, who knows the best and worst of us,, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
...................... Charles Kingsley
' The Lords Prayer '...
The Lord's Prayer may be committed to memory quickly,, but it is slowly learnt by heart.
...................... Frederick Denison Maurice
' Be You '...
Be what you are.. This is the first step, toward becoming better than you are.
...................... Julius Charles Hare
' A Successful Marriage '...
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
.................... Mignon McLaughlin
' Keep Dreams Alive '...
Keep your dreams alive.. Understand to achieve anything requires Faith and Belief in yourself,, vision,, hard work,, determination,, and dedication.. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
.............................. Gail Devers
' The Mystical Death '..
The truth of your own nature, the mystics all testify, is that you are nothing, which reveals that you are everything. In your deepest essence, you are identical with God or ultimate reality. Your real Life is the birthless and deathless Life of God, and the Life of God embraces the whole of creation. But as long as your identity is centered in the limited life of the ego, you cannot live in full consciousness of this Life..... Thus, you must die to your self-centered life in order to awaken into the Life of God.... As Rumi says, “You want Reality unmasked? Choose death! Not the death that drags you to the tomb—the death that is a transmutation, so you at last change into the Light” (Rumi, Odes)... Or, as Jesus says, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matt. 16:25-26)..... Thus, the genuine mystic lives in and as God only insofar as the life in and as the ego is dead.... It is the ego’s delusion of grandeur that imagines you can escape suffering and attain immortality, when in fact your life centered in the ego must be completely sacrificed in the mystical death.... Any teacher or teaching that is not clear about this just feeds the ego’s propensity for megalomania and self-deception.... The genuine mystical path involves the perpetual surrender and sacrifice of all self-centered egoistic activity, up to and including the complete sacrifice of ego-centered life itself.... Thus all genuine mysticism teaches the cultivation of selflessness, love, and compassion.................from integralscience.org
' Accomplishment '...
Man has always to be busy with his thoughts,, if anything is to be accomplished.
................ Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
' The Illusions of Life '...
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
..................... Niels Bohr
' Transformation '...
Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed
................... Antoine Lavoisier
' Happiness '...
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
...................... Democritus
' The Contemplation of Reality '...
Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.
........................ Albertus Magnus
' Your Jihad '...
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
...................... Al-Ghazali
' The Best Relationship '...
Health is the greatest gift,, contentment the greatest wealth,, faithfulness the best relationship.
.................... Gautama the Buddha
' A Plausible Explanation '...
What do you want to call 'Creator'... Obviously the 'Nothingness' contains All of the 'Thingness'.. The Brain is just a portable computer mostly wasting your time with ego-guidance... The Nothingness is Alive with Thought.................. thomas
' Life is Simple '...
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
............... Confucius
' Life-Time '...
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
................... Ali ibn Abi Talib
' The Super-Natural '...
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
............. Elbert Hubbard
' Conversations with a Ghost '...
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
................... Rene Descartes
' True Wisdom '...
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
............. Socrates
' Looking Forward '...
We must enhance the light,, not fight the darkness.
............. A. D. Gordon
' Rules '...
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
.................. Douglas Bader
' The World of Lies '...
Welcome to the World of Lies... You are experiencing the Opposite of Reality... But,, It was You that wanted to Know... So,, We sent a few Mystics to open the minds of the sufferers... Surrendering the Egoic-Attachment is the Last Trial to Attain Liberation from the World of Lies...................... thomas
' Lies and Truth '...
The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed as lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world - and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end - is being destroyed.
......................... Hannah Arendt
' Manifestation of Source '...
A person is neither a thing nor a process,, but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.
...................... Martin Heidegger
' Rules for Happiness '...
Rules for Happiness: something to do,, someone to love,, something to hope for...
....................... Immanuel Kant
' The Formula of Positivism '...
The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.
.......................... Auguste Comte
' Lacking Interior Autonomy '...
Fashion is the playing area for individuals that lack interior autonomy and need more support points, but who nonetheless feel the need to stand out, to be paid attention to and be considered apart from the rest Fashion elevates the insignificant by making it in the representative of a totality, the particular incarnation of a common spirit. Its function is to make possible the kind of social obedience which is at the same time individual differentiation It is the mixing of submission and the feeling of domination that is in action here.
.......................... Georg Simmel
' Contempt before Investigation '...
There is a principle which is a bar against all information,, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance,,that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
................... Herbert Spencer
' Attraction and Repulsion '...
Even though flowers fall, don't regret it. Even though weeds grow, don't hate them. Don't arouse the passions of attraction and repulsion, hating and loving. If only we don't arouse the passions, the falling of flowers and the growing of weeds as they are is manifest absolute reality.
................. Hakuun Yasutani
' Trust Yourself '...
Have good trust in yourself,
not in the One that you think you should be,
but in the One that you are.
.................... Taizan Maezumi
' The Belief in Duality '...
Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is a big one—trying to get ahead of others, stepping on each other. We become frustrated and angry with each other. We try to control others; we condemn them. All of these things stem from one false belief, “I am apart, separate from everything else.
......................... Dennis Merzel
' The Modern World '...
If I were a teacher, I would recommend that all my students very hurriedly read most of Orwell's books,, especially 1984 and Animal Farm, because then they'd begin to understand the world we live in.
...................... John Pilger
' A Personal Experience '...
Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain.. It's something you have to find out for yourself.
..................... Noam Chomsky
' Gray on Gray '...
To become imperceptible oneself, to have dismantled love in order to become capable of loving. To have dismantled one's self in order finally to be alone and meet the true double at the other end of the line. A clandestine passenger on a motionless voyage. To become like everybody else; but this, precisely, is a becoming only for one who knows how to be nobody, to no longer be anybody. To paint oneself gray on gray.
................ Gilles Deleuze
' Veils of Ignorance '...
Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon then from birth through social conditioning.. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers.. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to,, and so begins the journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of the crowd,, and by choosing knowledge over veils of ignorance.
.......................... Henri Bergson
' The Truest Education '...
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
........................... William James
' No Thanks '...
I prefer to do right and get no thanks, than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
..................... Cato the Elder
' The Art of Healing '...
The art of healing comes from nature,, not from the physician... Therefore,,the physician must start from nature,, with an open mind.
................... Paracelsus
' Mathematical Truth '...
So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.
................... Tycho Brahe
' Uncovering Truth '...
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
................. Galileo Galilei
' One Way Out '...
The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.
....................... Rene Descartes
' Freedom to Refuse '...
There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.
................... David Hume
' Will Power '...
You have no control over the hand that life deals you,, but, how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
.................. Voltaire
' Stuck on Fashion '...
Don't be a slave to style. Don't take more from the world than you're willing to give back. And learn to undo the perceptions-so heavily promoted by the media-that shopping is a form of therapy and that a purchase is nothing but a victory or a gain.
..................... Thanissaro Bhikkhu
' Surrender the Egoic-Desire '...
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
.......................... Ajahn Chah
' A Perfected Being '...
If you can sit quietly after difficult news; if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm; if you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealousy; if you can happily eat whatever is put on your plate; you can fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill; if you can always find contentment just where you are: you are probably a dog.
......................... Jack Kornfield
' That which is Within '...
If you bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you Will be your salvation. If you do not bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you Will destroy you. —THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS
........................ Peter A. Levine
' Authentic '...
When we no longer are afraid of who we are,, we act from integrity and authenticity.
...................... Richard Strozzi-Heckler
' Alone in the Universe '...
If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life; it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.
............................. Mitsugi Saotome
' True Victory '...
True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart.
.................. Morihei Ueshiba
' Suffering '...
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
......................... Nhat Hanh
' Seeking Happiness '...
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
........................ James Oppenheim
' Within Us '...
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Thomas Browne
' 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
' Yesterday '...
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
.......................... Rumi
' To Acquire Knowledge '...
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
........................ Marilyn vos Savant
' Two Important Days '...
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
...................... Mark Twain
' The Ego Deceives '...
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
.................. Benjamin Franklin
' Dhammapada Quotes '...
“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
........ The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
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“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
.................... Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada
' Learning from the Past '...
The past will not tell us what we ought to do,, but... what we ought to avoid.
........................ Jose Ortega y Gasset
' Freely Thinking '...
Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.
........................ Oswald Spengler
' Live the Questions '...
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
....................... Rainer Maria Rilke
' Your Self '...
To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
................... e. e. cummings
' The Eternal Present '...
There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.
............... James Joyce
' Anxiety '...
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
.......................... Khalil Gibran
' A Distressing Affliction '...
It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.
...................... Naguib Mahfouz
' No Worldly Fear '...
He who searches for his beloved is not afraid of the world.
............. Nizami Ganjavi
' I Call it You '...
What is the heart?... It is not human, and it is not imaginary... I call it you.
.................. Rumi
' The Righteous Soul '...
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
' Honesty is the Best Policy '...
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones
...................... John Lennon
' The Strength of a Society '...
The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation's spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by the most perfect government structure or by any industrial development. A tree with a rotten core cannot stand.
........................... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
' A Polished Mirror '...
"Dear friend, your heart is a polished mirror...
You must wipe it clean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it,,
because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets."
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Al-Ghazali
in J. Fadiman and R. Frager, Eds.
Essential Sufism
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997, p. 124
' Why does Evil Exist ? '...
Evil was invented by the Ego... as Everything is a Dream,, the pain felt in this Hologram will be seen as just a scene in a Play and actually never happened except in Dream... but, much is learned by experiencing the Opposite of Reality................. namaste, thomas
' Consciousness ' ...
Before the world was, consciousness was.....
In consciousness it comes into being,, in consciousness it lasts,, and into pure consciousness it dissolves...... at the root of everything, is the feeling 'I am'...
The state of mind:::
'there is a world' is secondary, for to be, I do not need the world, the world needs me.
..................... Nisargadatta Maharaj
' Quotes on Wisdom and Understanding '...... by Petrina
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“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
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“To understand everything is to forgive everything.” – Buddha
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“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha
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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” – Buddha
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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” – Buddha
' It's Crazy !'...
It's crazy, if you think about it.. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love... And what is our typical response?.. We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
................... Francis Chan
' Creating the Character '...
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
................... John Ortberg
' Did I Forgive ? '...
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
' From Fear to Trust '...
Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity... As we start to really get to know others, as we begin to listen to each other's stories, things begin to change... We begin the movement from exclusion to inclusion, from fear to trust, from closedness to openness, from judgment and prejudice to forgiveness and understanding... It is a movement of the heart.
........................ Jean Vanier
' Our Job '...
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.
............................. Thomas Merton
" The Question is, " What is Love ?"...
The lack of egoic desires are the power that we call love... It is that easy... To surrender the desire for separate existence is the act of Love... Selflessness is also a word to describe Love... Source is that State of Non-ego that we call God... Yeshua once said that We are All Gods... This just means that We are Love... Grasp this meaning... We exist as Frequencies of Holograms... We Are Consciousness... The Creator Self is Divine Consciousness... Upon understanding this fundamental of existence, we realize that We are the Dreams of Divine Consciousness and upon leaving this stage, We realize that We Are Source without separate ego.. we are Free...................thomas
" In the Light '...
" In the "Light " The Consciousness sees only Itself,,,,, The Flow of the Frequencies of Love and Wisdom generated by Self... but with some personality left as Creator of Dreams..... thus,, the next step is Dissolving into the Pure Awareness of non-ego called Nothingness..... Complete Freedom is Found.................... thomas
' NOW '...
No matter how long your journey appears to be,, there is never more than this:, one step, one breath, one moment... Now.
....................... Eckhart Tolle
' No Space for Us '...
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
...................... Nhat Hanh
' The Sound of Actions '...
Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.
.................... Anthony of Padua
' Remember '...
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.
................... Saint Francis of Assisi
' The Egoic Attachment '...
The root of all evil is 'I', 'Me' , 'Mine'.
.................. Pio of Pietrelcina
' A Small Sacrifice '...
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
............... Saint Therese of Lisieux
' The Soul's Language '...
Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.
.................... Fulton J. Sheen
' Yeshua speaks with Hillel '...
9. Rabboni, I would like to talk with you; I am disturbed about this service of the pascal feast. I thought the temple was the house of God where love and kindness dwell.....
10. Do you not hear the bleating of those lambs, the pleading of those doves that men are killing over there? Do you not smell that awful stench that comes from burning flesh?.....
11. Can man be kind and just, and still be filled with cruelty?.....
12. A God that takes delight in sacrifice, in blood and burning flesh, is not my Father-God.....
13. I want to find a God of love, and you, my master, you are wise, and surely you can tell me where to find the God of love.
14. But Hillel could not give an answer to the child. His heart was stirred with sympathy. He called the child to him; he laid his hand upon his head and wept.....
15. He said, There is a God of love, and you shall come with me; and hand in hand we will go forth and find the God of love.
16. And Jesus said, Why need we go? I thought that God was everywhere. Can we not purify our hearts and drive out cruelty, and every wicked thought, and make within, a temple where the God of love can dwell?.....
17. The master of the great Sanhedrim felt as though he was himself the child, and that before him stood Rabboni, master of the higher law.........
18. He said within himself, This child is surely prophet sent from God.....
19. Then Hillel sought the parents of the child, and asked that Jesus might abide with them, and learn the precepts of the law, and all the lessons of the temple priests.....
20. His parents gave consent, and Jesus did abide within the holy temple in Jerusalem, and Hillel taught him every day.
21. And every day the master learned from Jesus many lessons of the higher life.....
22. The child remained with Hillel in the temple for a year, and then returned unto his home in Nazareth; and there he wrought with Joseph as a carpenter.....................The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi
' Focused Mind '...
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
............................. Swami Vivekananda
' Creating Holograms '...
There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe.
.................... Swami Vivekananda
' The History of Enemies '...
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
...................... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
' Belief Sustains '...
Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up
.................... Ralph Waldo Emerson
' The Love of Money '...
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
......................... Benjamin Franklin
' The Anxiety 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
' Know Thyself '...
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
.................... Thales
' The Content of Character '...
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
................... Heraclitus
' A Balanced Budget '...
The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
..................... Marcus Tullius Cicero
' Quality of Thoughts '...
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
................... Marcus Aurelius
' What Is True ?'...
It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you....That is a safe and easy way of existing;.
but that is not living...To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
....................Jiddu Krishnamurti
' The Mystic Death '..
The truth of your own nature, the mystics all testify, is that you are nothing, which reveals that you are everything. In your deepest essence, you are identical with God or ultimate reality. Your real Life is the birthless and deathless Life of God, and the Life of God embraces the whole of creation. But as long as your identity is centered in the limited life of the ego, you cannot live in full consciousness of this Life..... Thus, you must die to your self-centered life in order to awaken into the Life of God.... As Rumi says, “You want Reality unmasked? Choose death! Not the death that drags you to the tomb—the death that is a transmutation, so you at last change into the Light” (Rumi, Odes)... Or, as Jesus says, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matt. 16:25-26)..... Thus, the genuine mystic lives in and as God only insofar as the life in and as the ego is dead.... It is the ego’s delusion of grandeur that imagines you can escape suffering and attain immortality, when in fact your life centered in the ego must be completely sacrificed in the mystical death.... Any teacher or teaching that is not clear about this just feeds the ego’s propensity for megalomania and self-deception.... The genuine mystical path involves the perpetual surrender and sacrifice of all self-centered egoistic activity, up to and including the complete sacrifice of ego-centered life itself.... Thus all genuine mysticism teaches the cultivation of selflessness, love, and compassion........from integralscience.org
' 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 Hindu Scriptures '...
Lord Shri Krishna, also known as Makhan Chor, Govinda, Mukunda, Madhusudhana, or Kanha’s birthday is celebrated with full fervor and devotion in Hindu Religion.
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We believe Krishna is the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu and he inspires us in many ways. Krishna, more than a Hindu God, is a true spiritual guru; he educated the world about devotion and dharma.
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The most famous book of India–The Bhagavad-Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit. It is a part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, where during the war between Pandavas and Kauravas in the battle of Kurukshetra, Lord Krishna enlightens Arjuna with His Wisdom. It teaches many lessons that we should apply in our daily lives...............Shri Krishna believes in selfless love, and his life was all about divine love. He did not only bless his devotes, but also those that offended him. It is something amazing that we should practice in our life................... by Mrunmay Arbune
' Burying 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
' The Friendship of a Cat '...
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat.. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
....................... Theophile Gautier
' I AM '...
I am the wound and the knife!...
I am the slap and the cheek!...
I am the limbs and the rack,
And the victim and the executioner!...
I am the vampire of my own heart............... Charles Baudelaire
' Love or Hatred '...
Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.
.................... Honore de Balzac
' Stop Blaming 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
' Possibilities '...
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
' Every Saint has a Past '...
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
.......................... Oscar Wilde
' Discover Yourself '...
Discover yourself, otherwise you have to depend on other people's opinions who don't know themselves.
.................... Rajneesh
' True Diversity '...
Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others.
......................... Ashoka
' To Know Character '...
Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.
.................... Laozi
' To Find a Heart '...
How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
................... Khalil Gibran
' The Reply to Violence '...
This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.
....................... Leonard Bernstein
' Harmony '...
If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.
...................... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
' The Dreams of Source '...
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on: and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
...............The Tempest (Prospero, Act 4 Scene 1).. Shakespeare
' The Hindu Religion '...
“Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being and becoming ........... Swami Vivekananda
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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
' The Eternal Religion '...
“That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others” ................. Aurobindo
' The Root of Suffering '...
35. "The root of suffering is attachment."
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36. "Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened."
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37. "As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard or the sensed."
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38. "It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse."
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39. "All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind."
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40. "Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another."
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41. "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
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42. "Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas."................ Gautama the Budddha
' I Am the Truth '...
Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj known as al-Hallaj (the wool-carder), he was put to death in Baghdad for having uttered ana 'l haqq (I am the Truth):......................
I am He whom I love,
and He whom I love is I:
We are two spirits
dwelling in one body...
If thou seest me,
thou seest Him,
And if thou seest Him,
thou seest us both...
....... al-Hallaj, Kitab al-Tawasin, in The Mystics of Islam, by Reynold A Nicholson
' Pursuit of the Friend'...
The heart left,
and the Friend is (also) gone..
I don't know whether I should go after the Friend
or after the heart!...
A voice spoke to me:
"Go in pursuit of the Friend,
because the lover needs a heart
in order to find union with the Friend...
If there was no Friend,,
what would (the lover) do with (his) heart?".....................
Sheikh Ansari - Kashf al_Asrar, Vol. 1, p. 628 - 'Maqulat-o Andarz-ha - Sayings and Advice' - A.G. Farhadi
' You Are the Ocean '...
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” – Rumi
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This quote encapsulates a core tenet of Sufism: the oneness of existence.. It teaches us that each individual contains within themselves the essence of the universe.. We are interconnected beings contributing to a vast tapestry of life........................ from Reality Pathing
' How Little We Know '...
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent,, of what nature has revealed to us.
.................... Albert Einstein
' Our Greatest Enemy '...
Each step may seem to take forever,, but no matter how uninspired you feel,, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently... This is how we can use our greatest enemy,, habit, against itself.
......................Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
' Attaining Liberation '...
Retreating from the world
will not liberate you..
Happiness is not found in
a secluded forest hut or isolated cave..
Enlightenment comes when you
connect to the world..
Only when you truly connect with everyone
and everything else do you become Enlightened..
Only by going deeply and fully into the world
do you attain liberation.
............... Guo Jun
' Your Path '...
Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go on its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you.
.................... Sheng-yen
' The Wise Will Understand '...
When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes.. When you must walk, then walk.. When you must sit, then sit.. Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life, unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood... When you're tired, lie down.. The fool will laugh at you,, but the wise man will understand.
..................... Linji Yixuan
' One's Self-nature '...
Seeing into one's self-nature is seeing into nothingness. Seeing into nothingness is true seeing and eternal seeing
..................... Shenhui
' Inner Peace '...
To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind...
The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to be carried away by the circumstances we are in.. Those who are able to keep their mind unperturbed, irrespective of circumstances, have attained Inner Peace.
........................... Huineng
' See Your Nature '...
Unless you see your nature, you shouldn't go around criticizing the goodness of others. There's no advantage in deceiving yourself. Good and bad are distinct. Cause and effect are clear. But fools don't believe and fall straight into a hell of endless darkness without even knowing it. What keeps them from believing is the heaviness of their karma. They're like blind people who don't believe there's such a thing as light. Even if you explain it to them, they still don't believe, because they're blind. How can they possibly distinguish light?
............................... Bodhidharma
' The Unaware '...
Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally... Nothing other people do is because of you.. It is because of themselves.
...................... Miguel Angel Ruiz
' The Character of Love '...
Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love
...................... Bhagat Singh
' Watching the Mind '...
Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words... Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions... Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits... Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values... Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.
.............................. Mahatma Gandhi
' Turning a life Around '...
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
............................... Leo Buscaglia
' The Ego Death '...
If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die.
................. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
' The Right Question '...
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
.................. Plato
' Humility Alone '...
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
....................... Nicholas of Cusa
' Seek the Truth '...
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
......................... Nicolaus Copernicus
' Life is Simple '...
Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff.. Most fails.. Some works..
You do more of what works.
................. Leonardo da Vinci
' Necessary to Love '...
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
......................... Claude Monet
' The Purpose of Education '...
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
....................... Malcolm Forbes
' Source is All '...
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
' An Air of Novelty '...
When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.
..........Clement of Alexandria
' Bargaining with Ego '...
Those who give, hoping to be rewarded with honor, are not giving,, they are bargaining.
...................... Philo
' Yeshua Ben Yosef '...
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 (Historian of Rome )
' Thoughts of Evil '...
To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.
....................... Claudius
' Finding Strength '...
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
.................. Marcus Aurelius
' The Spiritual Path '...
I feel like any other Brazilian citizen, I have a lot of happiness in me. I thank God for showing me the path to follow.
..................Neymar
' Surrender your Ego '...
14. “See the divine in all beings and treat them with love and respect.”
15. “Surrender your ego to the higher power and experience true freedom.”
16. “The purpose of life is to realize your divine potential and serve humanity selflessly.”
17. “Do not identify with your roles and responsibilities; they are temporary and ever-changing.”
18. “Practice self-inquiry and ask yourself, ‘Who am I?’ to realize your true nature.”
19. “Wisdom lies in realizing that you are not separate from the source; you are the source itself.”
20. “Let go of fear and embrace love; it is the ultimate power that can transform your life.” ........ vedas
' The Spirit Will Awaken '...
Look here – we shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only, meanness will vanish from you, practicality in work will come, you will get new vigor in mind and body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they have really got something uplifting from you.................Swami Vivekananda
' The Greatest Adventure '...
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
..................... J. R. R. Tolkien
' Freedom of Speech '...
Free speech is my right to say, what you don't want to hear.
...................... George Orwell
' The Spiritual Path '...
" It doesn t matter if it takes a long time getting there; the point is to have a destination ".
.................. Eudora Welty
' You find your Soul '...
You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight when the dew is falling and the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with the little land it loves. You find your soul then. You realize that youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
.......................... Lucy Maud Montgomery
' If Only You Reflect '...
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
' Everything is Speaking '...
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.
.................... Hazrat Inayat Khan
' The Eloquence of Stillness '...
In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.
.................... Rumi
' Character is Higher '...
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
..................... Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Your Choice '...
We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.
........................ J. K. Rowling
' Spiritual Life '...
Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.
....................... C. S. Lewis
' Living in the Now '...
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
................... Rose Kennedy
' Change your Destiny '...
Every thought is a cause, and every condition is an effect... Change your thoughts, and you change your destiny.
............................. Joseph Murphy
' 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
' Feel Universal Power '...
All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.
...................... Ernest Holmes
' Gradual Growth '...
We can gradually grow into any condition we desire, provided we first make ourselves in habitual mental attitude the person who corresponds to those conditions.
.......................... Thomas Troward
' Transformation of Mind '...
All transformation begins with an intense, burning desire to be transformed. The first step in the 'renewing of the mind' is desire. You must want to be different [and intend to be] before you can begin to change yourself. Then you must make your future dream a present fact. You do this by assuming the feeling of your wish fulfilled. By desiring to be other than what you are, you can create an ideal of the person you want to be and assume that you are already that person. If this assumption is persisted in until it becomes your dominant feeling, the attainment of your ideal is inevitable.
........................... Neville Goddard
' Change your Thoughts '...
Change your thoughts, and in the twinkling of an eye, all your conditions change. Your world is a world of crystallized ideas, crystallized words. Sooner or later, you reap the fruits of your words and thoughts.
........................... Florence Scovel Shinn
' Self-Control '...
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
........................ James Allen
' The Enlightenment Experience '...
Although the Apostles had their Awakening together called 'The Epiphany' ,, most Enlightenment experiences must be experienced between you and the Consciousness of Source.... Yeshua in the Desert and Gautama in the Forest... It usually takes years of meditation for the ego to seek freedom of non-existence but Gautama and Yeshua did it in forty days...................... thomas
' What is the Source ? '...
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
...................... Isaac Newton
' Consciousness is Fundamental '...
I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness.
.................... Max Planck
' New Regions of Knowledge '...
The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and... there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.
...................... Louis de Broglie
' Everything is an Opinion '...
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
.................. Democritus
' Be a Free Thinker '...
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
........................ Aristotle
' Desires '...
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
...................... Al-Ghazali
' Pray for Strength '...
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one
...................... Bruce Lee
' Regret '...
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
..................... Sydney J. Harris
' Aristotle '...
Aristotle (born 384 bce, Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece—died 322, Chalcis, Euboea) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Classical antiquity and Western history.... He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the framework and vehicle for both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy.... Even after the intellectual revolutions of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, Aristotelian concepts remained embedded in Western thinking.
' The Capacity for Contemplation '...
... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.
...................... Josef Pieper
' Only Source Remains '...
Everything in this life passes away — only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of this world, of the society that surrounds us, and thereby find ourselves outside of God; or to choose the way of life, to choose God Who calls us and for Whom our heart is searching.
....................... Seraphim Rose
' Surrendering the Ego '...
Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be
...................... Alan Watts
' What We Wish '...
We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.
....................... Carl Jung
' A Making Evident '...
Why in the case of the ear, is there withdrawal and turning inward, a making resonant, but in the case of the eye, there is manifestation and display, a making evident?
........................ Jean-Luc Nancy
' Opinion and Truth '...
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
..................... Marcus Aurelius
' Coptic Orthodox Church '...
Also Known As: Coptic Church; Copts; Egyptian Church.
Known For: Ancient Oriental Orthodox Church originating in Egypt and led by the Pope of Alexandria.
Founding: The church traces its beginnings to the evangelist Mark (John Mark).
Region: Primarily Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Middle East.
Headquarters: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo, Egypt...............
Worldwide Membership: Estimates of Coptic Church members worldwide vary widely, between 10 million to 60 million people.
........Leader: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria ........... From Learn Religions
' The Teachings of Zoroaster '...
Zoroaster, the ancient Persian prophet, was known for his wisdom and teachings. His words continue to inspire and offer guidance to people around the world. Here are some powerful quotes from Zoroaster that can help us navigate through life:
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“Choose the path that leads to wisdom.” Zoroaster emphasized the importance of making wise choices in life. It is crucial to think critically and consider the consequences of our actions before making decisions.
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“Do good to others.” Zoroaster believed in the power of kindness and emphasized the concept of treating others with compassion and respect. By putting goodwill into action, we can create a positive and harmonious world.
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“Seek knowledge.” Zoroaster encouraged his followers to constantly seek knowledge and to never stop learning. Education and acquiring wisdom are essential for personal growth and understanding the world.
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“Be just in your thoughts, words, and deeds.” Zoroaster emphasized the importance of living a balanced and righteous life. Practicing justice in our thoughts, words, and deeds is essential for maintaining harmony and peace.
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“Strive for self-improvement.” Zoroaster believed in the constant pursuit of self-improvement. By continuously working on ourselves, we can become better individuals and contribute positively to society.
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“Live in harmony with nature.” Zoroaster recognized the interconnectedness of all living beings and stressed the importance of living in harmony with nature. Respecting and protecting the environment is vital for the well-being of present and future generations.
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Zoroaster’s wisdom is timeless and offers valuable insights into leading a purposeful and meaningful life. By incorporating these teachings into our lives, we can create a better world for ourselves and others.................. from Quotesanity
' Real Christians are actually Buddhists '...
Yeshua was a student of Buddhist Philosophy ,, The Christian Religion was born from these Teachings... the only difference was that Yeshua spoke of Divine Consciousness in a term that the listeners could understand and that He called it Father.... Gautama never spoke of gods because He Knew that We and Divine Consciousness have never separated... But, Yeshua once said " Let the Dead bury the Dead "... Perhaps sometimes the Mystic Language must be translated to exoteric listeners.................. thomas
' Dreams are the Seedlings '...
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
..................... James Allen
' Building Happiness '...
Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
...................... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' The Fear of Truth '...
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
.......................... Friedrich Nietzsche
' The Heart Controls the Mind '...
Love of others and love of ourselves are not alternatives. On the contrary, an attitude of love towards themselves will be found in all those who are capable of loving others.
..................... Erich Fromm
' Anxious or Depressed ? '...
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb the inner peace that I already have?"
.............................. D.T. Suzuki
' Reality Depends on You '...
When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
........................ Bodhidharma
' The Ego Blinds '...
Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making.
..................... Gautama the Buddha
' What is Love ? '...
Love is the nomenclature of a Bonding Element... The Feeling of Joy when their is no egoic control.. The Freedom of Surrendering the Desire for Separation ... This is the Born Desire for Happiness ....................thomas
' Vibrational Beauty '...
To me physical beauty is not the issue, vibrational beauty is and the most beautiful people I meet are those who are radiating the love and wisdom of the Divine force that breathes them.
........................... Jasmuheen
' Your Natural Divinity '...
I just refer to myself as being Spirit, Mind and Body like everybody else and working toward the mastery of my natural divinity and the healing of my emotional mind.
............................... Leonard Orr
' A Pure Heart '...
Nothing can be achieved without knowledge and yet everything can be achieved just through a pure heart.
....................... Haidakhan Babaji
' Human Conduct and the Divine '...
Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine. Everything in the future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.
........................ Sri Yukteswar Giri
' If you come to Doubt '...
If you come to doubt, I'll give you every reason to doubt. If you come suspicious, I'll give you every reason to be suspicious. But if you come seeking Love, I'll show you more love than you've ever known
.............................. Mahavatar Babaji
' Life is a Dream '...
Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!
......................... Sathya Sai Baba
' The Great Use of Life '...
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
....................... William James
' The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ '...
Life and Works of Jesus in Tibet and Western India.
CHAPTER 36.... The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ...
Jesus in Lassa. He meets Meng-ste who aids him in reading the ancient manuscripts. He goes to Ladak. Heals a child. Relates the parable of the king’s son.
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In Lassa of Tibet there was a master’s temple, rich in manuscripts of ancient lore.
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2 The Indian sage had read these manuscripts, and he revealed to Jesus many of the secret lessons they contained; but Jesus wished to read them for himself.
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3 Now, Meng-ste, greatest sage of all the farther East, was in this temple of Tibet.
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4 The path across Emodus heights was difficult; but Jesus started on his way, and Vidyapati sent with him a trusted guide.
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5 And Vidyapati sent a message to Meng-ste, in which he told about the Hebrew sage, and spoke for him a welcome by the temple priests.
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6 Now, after many days, and perils great, the guide and Jesus reached the Lassa temple in Tibet.
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7 And Meng-ste opened wide the temple doors, and all the priests and masters gave a welcome to the Hebrew sage.
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8 And Jesus had access to all the sacred manuscripts, and, with the help of Meng-ste, read them all.
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9 And Meng-ste often talked with Jesus of the coming age, and of the sacred service best adapted to the people of the age.
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10 In Lassa Jesus did not teach. When he had finished all his studies in the temple schools he journeyed toward the West. In many villages he tarried for a time and taught.
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11 At last he reached the pass, and in the Ladak city, Leh, he was received with favor by the monks, the merchants, and the men of low estate.
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12 And in the monastery he abode, and taught; and then he sought the common people in the marts of trade; and there he taught.
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13 Not far away a woman lived, whose infant son was sick nigh unto death. The doctors had declared, There is no hope; the child must die.
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14 The woman heard that Jesus was a teacher sent from God, and she believed that he had power to heal her son.
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15 And so she clasped the dying infant in her arms and ran with haste and asked to see the man of God.
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16 When Jesus saw her faith he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,
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17 My Father-God, let power divine o’ershadow me, and let the Holy Breath fill full this child that it may live.
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18 And in the presence of the multitude he laid his hand upon the child and said,
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19 Good woman you are blest; your faith has saved your son. And then the child was well.
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20 The people were astonished and they said, This surely is the Holy One made flesh, for man alone cannot rebuke a fever thus and save a child from death.
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21 Then many of the people brought their sick, and Jesus spoke the Word, and they were healed.
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22 Among the Ladaks Jesus tarried many days; he taught them how to heal; how sins are blotted out, and how to make on earth a heaven of joy.
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23 The people loved him for his words and works, and when he must depart they grieved as children grieve when mother goes away.
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24 And on the morning when he started on his way the multitudes were there to press his hand.
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25 To them he spoke a parable; he said, A certain king so loved the people of his land that he sent forth his only son with precious gifts for all.
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26 The son went everywhere and scattered forth the gifts with lavish hand.
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27 But there were priests who ministered at shrines of foreign gods,67 who were not pleased because the king did not through them bestow the gifts.
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28 And so they sought to cause the people all to hate the son. They said, These gifts are not of any worth; they are but counterfeits.
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29 And so the people threw the precious gems, and gold and silver in the streets. They caught the son and beat him, spit upon him, drove him from their midst.
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30 The son resented not their insults and their cruelties; but thus he prayed, My Father-God, forgive these creatures of thy hand; they are but slaves; they know not what they do.
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31 And while they yet were beating him he gave them food, and blest them with a boundless love.
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32 In certain cities was the son received with joy, and he would gladly have remained to bless the homes; but he could tarry not, for he must carry gifts to every one in all the king’s domain.
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33 And Jesus said, My Father-God is king of all mankind, and he has sent me forth with all the bounties of his matchless love and boundless wealth.
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34 To all the people of all lands, lo, I must bear these gifts—this water and this bread of life.
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35 I go my way, but we will meet again; for in my Fathers land is room for all; I will prepare a place for you.
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36 And Jesus raised his hand in silent benediction; then he went his way.
' The Whole '...
You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.
............................. Eckhart Tolle
' The Pains of Worry '...
The voice in your head also creates a huge amount of problems that aren't really problems. They're just things that haven't happened yet, things that could happen tomorrow or next week. Listening to unreal problems has another name: worrying. That's what the voice in your head does. It what-ifs. It frets. It agonizes, and you can no longer sense the joy of life.
...................... Eckhart Tolle
' Refining Consciousness '...
All the ups and downs are grace in different wrappings, sent to refine consciousness. Say thanks to them all.
......................... Mooji
' Shiva '...
The word Shiva is used as an adjective in the Rig Veda (c. 1700–1100 BCE), as an epithet for several Rigvedic deities, including Rudra.[32] The term Shiva also connotes "liberation, final emancipation" and "the auspicious one"; this adjectival usage is addressed to many deities in Vedic literature.[30][33] The term evolved from the Vedic Rudra-Shiva to the noun Shiva in the Epics and the Puranas, as an auspicious deity who is the "creator, reproducer and dissolver".[30][34]............. from Wilipedia
' Hebrew Mysticism '...
The role played by Kabbala and Hasidism in the thought and spirituality of contemporary Judaism is far from insignificant, though its importance is not as great as in former times........... Although there is hardly any living Kabbalistic and Hasidic literature, the personal thought of religious writers such as Abraham Isaac Kook (c. 1865–1935)—spiritual leader, mystic, and chief rabbi of Palestine—remains influential. Furthermore, religious thought in Westernized Jewish circles between the two World Wars received a powerful stimulus from the philosopher Martin Buber, whose work is in part devoted to the propagation of Hasidic ideology as he understood it......... “Neo-Orthodoxy,” the theological system founded in Germany by Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–88), was indifferent to mysticism at the outset, but it too came to be influenced by it, especially after the rediscovery of living Judaism in Poland during World War I by Western Jewish thinkers. Also significant is the work of Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–72), a Polish Jewish theologian of distinguished Hasidic background and dual culture—traditional and Western............... from Britannica
' The Gates of Paradise '...
Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise.
.................... Zoroaster
' Understanding Self '...
The problem lies within the definitions of self and non-self..
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The first Reality is to acknowldge that You are not the false self called ego
and that You are actually Divine Consciousness..
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This is called Enlightenment and requires the surrender of egoic consciousness..
This is our natural state and contains no ego but does contain 'Personality'..
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This 'Personality' is called God and is the source of manifestation..
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This 'Personality' is Us..
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The Final Reality is the state of Nothingness or what is called 'Pure
Awareness'..
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This is the Void of non-ego and non-Personality..
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This is the place that some are speaking of..
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This place is rarely achieved by humans while in the manifestations..
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It is easier to surrender the 'Personality' of Divine Consciousness while within
the state of 'Divine Consciousness'..
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This is the "Crucifixion of Self"..
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The Ending of Separation..
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Complete Freedom of Non-existence..
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.................... namaste, thomas
' The Breath of Knowledge '...
Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.
............................. Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
' The Great Unveiling is Now '...
The human drama is reaching its denouement. The great unveiling is approaching, a time when the power structures of the world begin to crumble and people of the heart sing out a new truth. Many voices are joining the chorus, many feet are walking the path, many minds are dreaming possibilities for a magnificent future. For beneath the crises that are looming at every level of civilization, the global heart is awakening, beating out the rhythm of a new and glorious dance, calling us to a better way of living.
........................ Anodea Judith
' Two Ways to be Fooled '...
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
....................... Soren Kierkegaard
' The Wise Man '...
The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.
................... Immanuel Kant
' Surrender to Reality '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
.......................... Baruch Spinoza
' Reading '...
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
........................ John Locke
' Who Controls You ? '...
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
.................. Voltaire
' The Gospel of Thomas '...
Jesus says:
(1) “If those who lead you say to you: ‘Look, the kingdom is in the sky!’ then the birds of the sky will precede you.
(2) If they say to you: ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fishes will precede you.
(3) Rather, the kingdom is inside of you and outside of you.”
(4) “When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will realize that you are the children of the living Father.
(5) But if you do not come to know yourselves, then you exist in poverty, and you are poverty.”
................... Saint Thomas the Apostle
' The Aspect of Life '...
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
....................... Isaac Asimov
' Being Deeply Loved '...
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
........................... Laozi
' An Open Mind '...
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
....................... Gerry Spence
' Remain in Stillness '...
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
.......................... Deepak Chopra
' Stronger than Death '...
It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.
.................. Thomas Mann
' Seeding 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 Only Rescue '...
Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.
........................ Leo Tolstoy
' The American Elite '...
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . .
Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable of discerning right from wrong.
Everything can be explained away, especially by journalists.
Life is one great moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay.
The ordinary citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes....
It is they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while their 'betters' were derelict.
.............. Charles Dickens....Born: Feb 07, 1812
Died: Jun 09, 1870
' Feelings and Emotions '...
You cannot live by feelings and emotions; you have to live by your intuition and consciousness.
......................... Harbhajan Singh Yogi
' You Are the Cause '...
You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery. You hold that power. You are your own friend and your own enemy.
.......................... Swami Satchidananda
' Yoga shows the Way '...
Health is wealth. Peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way.
.......................... Vishnudevananda Saraswati
' The Beginning of your Freedom '...
The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own Inner Self, the Divinity within you. Tap the source through looking within. Improve yourself. Build your character. Purify the heart. Develop the divine virtues. Eradicate evil traits. Conquer all that is base in you. Endeavor to attain all that is worthy and noble. Make the lower nature the servant of the higher through discipline, Tapas, self-restraint and meditation. This is the beginning of your freedom.
......................... Sivananda
' 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
' 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
' Does Love Fail '...
Love does not fail for you when you are rejected, betrayed or apparently not Loved. Love fails for you when you reject, betray and do not love. Therefore .. Love.
..................... Adi Da
' The Pathway to Enlightenment '...
The pathway to enlightenment leads to states of ecstasy, knowledge, and a pretty ironic sense of humor.
.................... Frederick Lenz
' The Holy Passion of Friendship '...
“The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.” .............Mark Twain
' Gain Knowledge '...
“My father used to say, ‘Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.'” .............Archbishop Desmond Tutu (January 2008)
' Seeking Love '...
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
' The Guru Granth Sahib '...
The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred scripture that contains the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. It is considered the eternal Guru and offers guidance on how to live a fulfilling and meaningful life. Here are some key teachings from the Guru Granth Sahib:
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Oneness of God: The Guru Granth Sahib emphasizes that there is only one God, who is formless, timeless, and beyond human comprehension. Sikhism teaches that all religions lead to the same divine truth.
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Equality: Sikhism promotes the idea of equality among all human beings, irrespective of their caste, creed, gender, or social status. The Guru Granth Sahib teaches that all individuals are equal in the eyes of God and should be treated with respect and dignity.
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Service to Others: The Guru Granth Sahib teaches the importance of selfless service to others. Sikhs are encouraged to help those in need and perform acts of kindness and compassion.
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Love and Devotion: The Guru Granth Sahib emphasizes the importance of love and devotion in one’s spiritual journey. Sikhs are encouraged to cultivate love for God and develop a deep sense of devotion through prayer, meditation, and selfless acts.
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Honesty and Integrity: Sikhism places a strong emphasis on honesty and integrity. The Guru Granth Sahib teaches the importance of living a truthful and ethical life, and Sikh principles encourage individuals to be honest in their dealings, speech, and actions.
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These teachings from the Guru Granth Sahib serve as a guide for Sikhs to lead a righteous and compassionate life and to strive for spiritual enlightenment.................. from Quotesanity
' All Rules are Unnecessary '...
For those who can practice Self-enquiry, all rules and discipline are unnecessary........... Ramana Maharshi
' The Essence of Being '...
The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.
.......................... Swami Vivekananda
' Nothing but Love, itself '...
When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren't creating anymore conflict in our mind.
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Then our mind can for the first time relax and be still.
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Then for the first time our consciousness can become whole and unfragmented.
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Then total attention can be given to all of our thoughts and feelings. And then there will be found a gentleness and a goodness in us that can embrace all that is been given in the world.
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Then a deep love for everything will be the result of this deep attention.
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For this total attention,
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this soft and pure consciousness that we are,
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is nothing but Love itself.
..........................Jiddu Krishnamurti
' The Love of Animals '...
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
........................ Anatole France
' The Caged Bird Sings '...
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings- I know why the caged bird sings!
....................... Paul Laurence Dunbar
' Peer Pressure '...
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
' Integrity '...
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
...................... Jack London
' Politicians and Diapers '...
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
.................... Mark Twain (Humorist)
' Fear of Challenge '...
Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing
.......................... Soichiro Honda
' End on a Positive '...
God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
.................... Edwin Louis Cole
' Enlightenment '...
The suicide of the Ego is an interesting experience... Suddenly,, a voice within your consciousness warns you of the Pain of the Death experience... .. This Voice also appeared with Yeshua in the Desert and Gautama within the forest.. the same voice and the same warning.... You Must at this point choose the Material Dream or the Reality of Nothingness....................thomas
' The Most Beautiful Moments '...
The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
........................... Jaggi Vasudev
' Learn to Laugh '...
Learn to laugh. Seriousness is a sin, and it is a disease. Laughter has tremendous beauty, a lightness. It will bring lightness to you, and it will give you wings to fly.
.......................... Rajneesh
' Change Yourself '...
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
.................................. Rumi
' Wise or Not ? '...
By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not.
............................ Han Fei
' Awaken all Humanity '...
If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.
............................ Laozi
' Strong Determination '...
Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.
..................... Gautama the Buddha
' The Real Secret of Life '...
This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
.............................. Alan Watts
' He will be at Rest '...
Jesus said, “Let the seeker keep seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will be disturbed. When he is disturbed, he will be amazed. When he is amazed, he will be invincible to everything. And when he is invincible to everything, he will be at rest.”.......... from the Gospel of Thomas the Apostle
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