' Read a Little '...
“Throw everything out of your mind. Read a little, sleep. The world will still be here when you wake up, and there'll still be everything left to do.”
........................... James Baldwin
' Truth '...
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. ................Saint Augustine
' Someone Loved Me '...
When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.
..................................... William Shakespeare
' The Manifestation of the Absolute '...
A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.
................................ Martin Heidegger
' Thoughts '...
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. 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. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.
....................................... Heraclitus
' Recognition of Wisdom '...
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
........................... Xenophanes
' The Source of Creation '...
The source from which existing things derive their existence is also that to which they return at their destruction.
................................. Anaximander
' Conquering the World '...
Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
....................... Zeno of Citium
' Cultivate Truth and Justice '...
There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
.................... Emperor Marcus Aurelius
' The Color of your Thoughts '...
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
.................................... Marcus Aurelius
' Creation is Endless '...
The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
.............................. Samuel Beckett
' My Destination '...
My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.
.............................. Marcel Proust
' A Cowardly Escape '...
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
............................ Thomas Mann
' Be True to Self '...
I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.
............................... Hermann Hesse
' True Happiness '...
Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline.
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' Being Truthful '...
American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.
......................................... Edward R. Murrow
' My Philosophy '...
My philosophy is:...
"What people say about me, is none of my business.
I am who I am and do what I do.
I expect nothing and accept everything.
And that makes life easier.--
We live in a world where funerals are more important than the deceased, marriage is more important than LOVE, looks are more important than the SOUL.
We live in a packaging culture that despises content."
....................... Sir Anthony Hopkins
' The Soldier Prays '...
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
.................... General Douglas MacArthur
' The Measure of a Man '...
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
.......................... Reverand Martin Luther King, Jr.
' Negative or Positive Thoughts '...
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
............................... Willie Nelson
' Total Security '...
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
...................... President Dwight D. Eisenhower
' A Happy Marriage '...
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.
......................... Ruth Graham
' A Wonderful Play '...
I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.
...................................... Shirley MacLaine
' The Fountain of Youth '...
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
............................ Pearl S. Buck
' Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon '...
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (born April 13, 1648, Montargis, France—died June 9, 1717, Blois) was a French Roman Catholic mystic and writer, a central figure in the theological debates of 17th-century France through her advocacy of Quietism, an extreme passivity and indifference of the soul, even to eternal salvation, wherein she believed that one became an agent of God.
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At age 15 she married Jacques Guyon, lord du Chesnoy, and began to raise a family, but, at the death of her husband in 1676, she turned completely toward the mystical experiences she had long felt. Led through a long cycle of personal religious developments by Barnabite Friar François Lacombe, she left her children and began travels with Lacombe to Geneva, Turin, and Grenoble (1681–86). In these cities she began to write on the suppression of individual desire and self-awareness. She also began to offer informal spiritual instruction to visitors in her home. Moreover, she claimed personal apostolic authority, an assertion that frequently aroused the suspicions of local bishops, forcing her to move on. During this period she published the most important of her many writings, Moyen court et très facile de faire oraison (1685; “Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer”), and began to write her autobiography and an extensive biblical commentary.
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In 1687 Madame Guyon moved to Paris. There her teachings faced even stronger criticism after the issuance by Pope Innocent XI of Coelestis pastor, a bull rejecting as heretical the Quietism associated with the Spanish priest Miguel de Molinos. Guyon’s detractors claimed that her writings exhibited several of the positions condemned in this bull; however, she denied any familiarity with Molinos’ teachings. Meanwhile, Lacombe was imprisoned. Guyon was arrested in 1688 but was released after a few months at the intervention of Madame de Maintenon, second wife of King Louis XIV. Maintenon also secured a teaching position for her at Saint-Cyr, a prestigious school for young noblewomen. There she began to teach her methods of silent contemplative prayer and of passive acceptance of God’s initiative in one’s moral transformation, which was in stark contrast to the traditional emphasis on the active cultivation of piety and morals.
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About the same time, Guyon attracted her greatest disciple, the influential writer (and later archbishop) Franƈois de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (1651–1715). Fénelon, having found in her teachings the answers to some of his own spiritual dilemmas, became her regular correspondent. In 1693, however, Guyon lost both her position at Saint-Cyr and the favour of Maintenon after some of her students claimed that they had acquired exalted spiritual states and declared a preference for their own moral judgment, shaped by God in prayer, over obedience to conventional rules. By 1694 Fénelon’s writings, coloured by Quietism, had generated a great alarm. In the midst of complicated political and religious maneuvers, a conference met at Issy the following year, at which Fénelon defended Guyon’s teachings. Her leading critic at Issy was the prominent bishop of Meaux, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, who preferred a more intellectual approach to theology. Bossuet also emphasized the monastic ideal of enduring hardship en route to spiritual perfection over the noncloistered, universally available mysticism that Guyon championed. Whereas Guyon’s characterization of the highest spiritual states emphasized the annihilation of the individual’s will in an act of sustained submission to the will of God, Bossuet argued that such exalted states as Guyon had taught were only rarely achievable, and he doubted that Guyon herself had experienced them. The Articles of Issy (1695) that resulted from the conference did not formally condemn Guyon’s views but rather expressed a conservative position on mystical theology that Bossuet took to be incompatible with her published writings.
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Seeking to distance herself from Guyon’s teachings, Maintenon lobbied the king to issue a warrant for Guyon’s arrest. Guyon was accordingly arrested and imprisoned again in December 1695 on the authority of the king. She remained confined in various prisons, including the Bastille, until 1703. The final part of her autobiography (which was discovered in an archive in the 1980s and published for the first time in 1992) describes her ordeals during this period, which included verbal and physical abuse, poor living conditions, denial of the sacraments, and attempted poisonings. Fénelon continued to defend her against Bossuet’s attacks but was himself officially condemned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1699.
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After she was released from prison, Guyon lived and wrote quietly at Blois. She began to correspond with an international following of like-minded mystics, especially in England, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Germany. Although she continued to correspond with Catholics, many of whom were friends and supporters (including Fénelon, with whom she communicated in secret), she also gained a following among Protestants. Her biblical commentary influenced German Pietism, and her mystical writings were widely translated and anthologized by other Protestant groups, particularly the Society of Friends (Quakers). Her writings were originally published from 1712 to 1720 (45 vol., reprinted 1767–90)......................................................... from Britannica
' Education '...
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
............................... Bertrand Russell
' Truth '...
Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.
..................................... Charles Sanders Peirce
' The Greatest Revolution '...
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
...................................... William James
' Freedom '...
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
.......................................... Sigmund Freud
' Perfection '...
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
............................ Salvador Dali
' Follow your Path '...
Follow your path, and let the people talk.
................................. Dante Alighieri
' Politicians '...
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
........................... William Shakespeare
' Human '...
When you say Human,, you really mean the false belief that You are Separate from the Consciousness that Creates the Atomic Illusion of Solidity... We call this false belief... Ego................................thomas
' The Divine Creator '...
Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.
........................................ Stanislav Grof
' Authentic Spirituality '...
Authentic spirituality is revolutionary. It does not legitimate the world, it breaks the world; it does not console the world, it shatters it. And it does not render the self content, it renders it undone.
.................................... Ken Wilber
' Non-Duality '...
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
' You Exist '...
When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist
............................. Friedrich Schiller
' One who Knows '...
I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.
.................................. Hermann Hesse
' The Dragons in our Lives '...
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.
................................... Rainer Maria Rilke
' My Lover and the Sky '...
My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky
........................................ Nizar Qabbani
' Changing Opinion '...
The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.
............................... Immanuel Kant
' Continue '...
“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”
....................... Jalalu'l-din Rumi
' The Undisturbed Balance '...
Love is the undisturbed balance that binds this universe together.
............................... Mahavatar Babaji
' Observation of Mind '...
Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.
................................ Rama Swami
' The Highest Yoga '...
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
.................................... Sivananda
' Surrender to Reality '...
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
' A Calm Mind '...
When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
............................. Paramahansa Yogananda
' Be Sincere in Thought '...
Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
.............................. Sri Chinmoy
' There is only Eternity '...
There is no end and there is no beginning. There is only eternity. Eternity can be warm. eternity can be cold and ruthless.
............................................. Frederick Lenz
' A Real Seeker After Truth '...
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
................................... Rene Descartes
' What is Life ? '...
What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.
................................. Jean-Paul Sartre
' Acknowledge Death '...
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
.................................... Martin Heidegger
' Seeking Truth '...
When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
............................... Edith Stein
' We Become What We Love '...
We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God's compassionate love for others.
.................................. Saint Clare of Assisi
' Divine Grace '...
If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men.
............................... Saint Rose of Lima
' Jean-Paul Sartre................ French philosopher and author
Sartre took over the phenomenological method, which proposes careful, unprejudiced description of the phenomena of conscious experience, from the German philosopher Edmund Husserl and used it with great skill in three successive publications: L’Imagination (1936; Imagination: A Psychological Critique), Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions (1939; Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions), and L’Imaginaire: Psychologie phénoménologique de l’imagination (1940; The Psychology of Imagination).................. But it was above all in L’Être et le néant (1943; Being and Nothingness) that Sartre revealed himself as a philosopher of remarkable originality and depth............ Sartre places human consciousness, or no-thingness (néant), in opposition to being, or thingness (être)......... Consciousness is not-matter and by the same token escapes all determinism................... The message, with all the implications it contains, is a hopeful one; yet the incessant reminder that human endeavour is and remains useless makes the book tragic as well........................ from Britanica
' The mind is Trained '...
The mind is trained from a very young age to think that life moves from one worry to the other or from one pain to another, never from one joy to another. If you feel there is something wrong with what you are seeing, then you should look back in at yourself because what you see outside is only a reflection of what is inside you.
................................... Swami Nithyananda
' True Self-Analysis '...
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
................................... Paramahansa Yogananda
' The Quality of Life '...
The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our minds.
........................ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
' The Greatest Healing Energy '...
Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
...................................... Sai Baba
' Three Identities '...
You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are.
........................... Sathya Sai Baba
' When the Ego Dies '...
All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
....................... Ramakrishna
' Never say NO '...
Never say NO, Never say, 'I cannot', for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
............................ Swami Vivekananda
' Knowledge and Wisdom '...
Knowledge is telling the past. Wisdom is predicting the future.
............................... W. Timothy Garvey
' Conflicted '...
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
.................................... Upton Sinclair
' Humor '...
If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.
................................. Amber Valletta
The Source of Knowledge '...
The only source of knowledge is experience.
............................... Albert Einstein
' A New Nation '...
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.
................................... President James Madison
' Kindness '...
There's a saying I read recently; I painted it on the fireplace and in my studio: "Be kind to everyone you meet, for everyone is fighting a great battle." We all are. Everyone.
........................................ Gloria Vanderbilt
' Silence '...
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
................................... Leopold Stokowski
' My Own World '...
Whatever way you put it, I am here only because my world is here. When I took my first breath, my world was born with me. When I die, my world dies with me. In other words, I wasn't born into a world that was already here before me, nor do I live simply as one individual among millions of other individuals, nor do I leave everything behind to live on after me. People live thinking of themselves as members of a group or society. However, this isn't really true. Actually, I bring my own world into existence, live it out, and take it with me when I die.
.................................................... Kosho Uchiyama
' The Ultimate Truth '...
Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
........................................... Dogen
' Nobody is Normal '...
Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people's minds are running all the time. Their perceptions of the world are partial, incomplete. They are eaten alive by their egos. They think they see, but they are mistaken; all they do is project their madness, their world, upon the world. There is no clarity, no wisdom in that!
............................................ Taisen Deshimaru
' Separation '...
Separation is the absence of Love, and Love is the absence of separation.
.................................. Ramesh S Balsekar
' Love is Always Present '...
The love that you search for everywhere is already present within you. It may be evoked by any number of people or events. But finally, you must realize you are this love. The source of all love is within you.
.......................................... Gangaji
' The Highest Understanding '...
The one who follows the thought is also a thought! The one who follows the thought IS in thought. When you know that both are thoughts, you are home. You are not at home, you ARE home. Then allow thoughts to arise and allow them to be followed. You remain as That unmoved and unconcerned Being. This is the highest understanding.
.......................................... H. W. L. Poonja
' Lost '...
Having never left the house you are looking for the way home
...................................... Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' In the Morning '...
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
............................................... Marcus Aurelius
' Love is a Fire '...
Love cannot be seeded into someone. It is a fire that is difficult to kindle but once it takes on, it is equally difficult to extinguish.
............................................. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
' The Subject of Poetry '...
The true subject of poetry is the loss of the beloved.
.......................... Faiz Ahmad Faiz
' Nations '...
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
.................................... Muhammad Iqbal
' Seeking Truth '...
When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it.
............................................. Rumi
' Consciousness watching the Ego '...
When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking. When you notice that voice, you realize that who you are is not the voice - the thinker - but the one who is aware of it.
................................................ Eckhart Tolle
' Reactions from the Ego '...
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
............................................ Vernon Howard
' Unhappy '...
Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make others happy.
........................................ Charlie Chaplin
' Happiness or Suffering ?'...
“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching.”
......................................... Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness
' The Way '...
“The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.”
........................... Gautama the Buddha
' Smile '...
“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.”
............................................. Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
' Worthy of Honor '...
What is there in man so worthy of honor and reverence as this, that he is capable of contemplating something higher than his own reason, more sublime than the whole universe- that Spirit which alone is self-subsis-tent, from which all truth proceeds, without which there is no truth?
.......................................... Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
' Intellectual Daring '...
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.
............................................ Immanuel Kant
' Stupid Laws '...
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
................................... Edmund Burke
' Americans are Good '...
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
............................................... Alexis de Tocqueville
' Replacing Fear '...
By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us.
................................................ Alan Watts
' Here and Now '...
Yesterday, you were thinking about today, because then it was tomorrow; now it is today and you are thinking about tomorrow, and when the tomorrow comes, it will become today- because anything that exists, exists here and now, it cannot exist otherwise.
...................................... Rajneesh
' 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
' When I Look Inside '...
When I look inside and see that I'm nothing, that's wisdom. When I look outside and see that I'm everything, that's love. And between these two, my life turns.
........................................... Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' Correcting Oneself '...
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
.................................. Ramana Maharshi
' Reality '...
"Reality is not composed of discrete, separate parts, but is instead a continuous and interconnected vibratory field. What we perceive as solid and static is actually our brain's interpretation of these vibrational patterns. Consciousness might not just passively perceive the world but actively interact with these vibrations, influencing or co-creating reality."............................................... Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, Cambridge University,
' Listen to the Silences '...
Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
............................. Samuel Beckett
' Mystical Language '...
Poetry is what makes the invisible appear.
...................... Nathalie Sarraute
' New Vision '...
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
............................... Marcel Proust
' The Mystery of Existence '...
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
........................................... Fyodor Dostoevsky
' Two Types of People '...
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
................................. Friedrich Nietzsche
' Natural Freedom '...
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
........................................ John Locke
' Public Safety '...
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
..................... President Thomas Jefferson
' The Best Example '...
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
.............................. Saint Teresa of Avila
' Men in Power '...
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
................................... Boris Pasternak
' Peace in Nature '...
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
.................................... Lord Byron
' The Game of War '...
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
.............................. Walter Scott
' Religions '...
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
..................................... Jonathan Swift
' Good and Bad Times '...
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone.
................................... George Bernard Shaw
' Speak from the Heart '...
People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
.......................................... Marianne Williamson
' The Illusion of Life '...
I see this life to be like an illusion and a dream, and I cultivate compassion for sentient beings who do not realize this.
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To me, life is like an illusion, a dream that we are all living in. It is a temporary state of existence, a fleeting moment in the grand scheme of things.
And yet, many of us get so caught up in the material world, in our desires and attachments, that we forget to see the bigger picture. We become consumed by our own personal struggles and forget to look beyond ourselves..............................................
But for those who are able to see through the illusion, to realize the impermanence and transience of life, there is a sense of freedom and clarity that comes with it. ..................................
This is where compassion comes in. It is the recognition that we’re all in this dream together, and that many sentient beings are still asleep, unaware of the truth. And so, we cultivate compassion for them, knowing that they too will one day awaken and see the world for what it truly is..................................
It is through this compassion that we can spread love and understanding, and help others on their journey towards enlightenment.
Life may be like an illusion, but the love & compassion we show towards others is very real, and has the power to make a lasting impact on the world around us..................................
Therefore, let us continue to cultivate love & compassion for all sentient beings....................Isabel Arsenault..........
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' Find Someone who makes you Smile '...
If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don't let them go. People like that are hard to find.
................................... Franz Kafka
' Do No Wrong '...
Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done, and establish a rule the dictates of reason and conscience, rather than of the angry passions.
.................................... James Joyce
' The Noble People '...
Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.
................................. Saul Bellow
' Know Oneself '...
[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .
.................................... Flannery O'Connor
' Never Fear Honesty '...
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
.............................. William Faulkner
' The Best People '...
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
.................................... Ernest Hemingway
' Practice Arts '...
Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.
................................. Kurt Vonnegut
' Losing the ego '...
I remember the first time I had this astonishing experience. I was fond of disappearing from London whenever the weather allowed and wandering alongside the river Thames in its more picturesque country parts. If the day was sunny I would stretch my feet out, lie down in the grass, pull out notebook and pen from my pocket--knowing that thoughts would eventually arise that would have for me an instructive or even revelatory nature, apart from those ordinary ones which were merely expressive.
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One day, while I was waiting for these thoughts to arise, I lost the feeling that I was there at all. I seemed to dissolve and vanish from that place, but not from consciousness. Something was there, a presence, certainly not me, but I was fully aware of it. It seemed to be something of the highest importance, the only thing that mattered.
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After a few minutes I came back, discovered myself in time and space again; but a great peace had touched me and a very benevolent feeling was still with me. I looked at the trees, the shrubs, the flowers, and the grass and felt a tremendous sympathy with them and then and then when I thought of other persons a tremendous benevolence towards them.
.......................................... Paul Brunton
' Ideas '...
For if you are caught up in ideas, then you will be caught up in the
self... And even if you are caught up in ideas about nothingness, you
will still be caught up in the self... That's why we should not get
attached to the belief that things either exist or do not exist... This
is the hidden meaning when I say that my teachings are a raft to be
abandoned when you see true being.
......................Gautama the Buddha.... Diamond Sutra
' Help Yourself '...
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
.............................. Aeschylus
' Hell '...
Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden.
.................................... Virgil
' Friendship '...
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
.................................. Plutarch
' Giving '...
Those who give,, hoping to be rewarded with honor, are not giving, they are bargaining.
.................................. Philo
' Ignorance and Fear '...
Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves.
............................. Ameen Rihani
' Love your Enemy '...
And God said, Love your enemy, and I obeyed Him and loved myself.
............................... Khalil Gibran
' Great Teaching '...
You teach best what you most need to learn.
....................... Richard Bach
' Intellectual Courage '...
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.
........................................ Immanuel Kant
' The Highest Activity '...
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
................................... Baruch Spinoza
' Three Degrees of Knowledge '...
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
.................................. Plotinus
' Liars '...
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
................................... Aristippus
' Anger '...
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
............................. Epictetus
' Live Now '...
Never worry about anything. Live in the present. Live now. Be happy.
..................................... Marsilio Ficino
' Integrity '...
It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
........................................ Francis Bacon
' 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
' The Present Moment '...
My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.
................................... Rumi (The Masnavi – Book I, Story I, 1258 – 1273)
' A Dream '...
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
................................ Edgar Allan Poe
' Diapers '...
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
................................. Mark Twain
' Sincere Respect '...
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
................................ Bryant H. McGill
' Devotion '...
People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.
................................. Luciano Pavarotti
' The Givers '...
I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully - through me, a little - the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.
............................. Maria Callas
' Inspiration '...
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
................................... Giacomo Puccini
' When I Sing '...
When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white - I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.
............................................ Marian Anderson
' Two Miracles '...
Only two miracles are worth seeing: The miracle of loving And The miracle of forgiving.
......................................... Sri Chinmoy
' The Pathway to Enlightenment '...
The pathway to enlightenment leads to states of ecstasy, knowledge, and a pretty ironic sense of humor.
................................. Frederick Lenz
' Freedom of Speech '...
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
' Source '...
There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.
........................................ Nathaniel Hawthorne
' Remain Yourself '...
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
.................................. Ralph Waldo Emerson
' This is my Symphony '...
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
....................................... William Ellery Channing
' Intelligent People '...
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
..................................... Bryant H. McGill
' Relax from the Ego '...
The force that is running inside you is the same force running the solar system... the moment you relax from the 'I' the 'other' will disappear... you become 'one' with the truth.
...................................... Swami Nithyananda
' The Rebirth of Civilization '...
If we believe in the rebirth of our civilization... then clearly this renaissance must begin in the chambers of our own hearts... We cannot wait for society to change, or for our institutions to be renewed. We, as individuals, must assume responsibility for our own personal transformation.
..................................... Georg Feuerstein
' 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
' Become Yourself '...
When you know that you are eternal you can play your true role in time. When you know you are divine you can become completely human. When you know you are one with God you are free to become absolutely yourself.
................................... Mother Meera
' Quiet the Mind '...
Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.
................................. Ma Jaya
' Everything is Source '...
It's better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.
................................ Neem Karoli Baba
' Incarnations of Source '...
You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
................................... Swami Vivekananda
' Tough Times '...
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
............................. Robert H. Schuller
' Trust '...
When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!
.................................... John C. Maxwell
' For Things to Change '...
For things to change, YOU have to change. For things to get better, YOU have to get better. For things to improve, YOU have to improve. When YOU grow, EVERYTHING in your life grows with you.
...................................... Jim Rohn
' The Strangest Secret '...
The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.
.......................... Earl Nightingale
' True Happiness '...
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
.................................. Og Mandino
' Government '...
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
.................................... President George Washington
' Darkness '...
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
..................................... Martin Luther King, Jr.
' The Happiest People '...
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
............................... Booker T. Washington
' A Brahmana '...
While residing at the Veluvana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (408) of this book, with reference to Thera Vaccha, who was also known as Thera Pilindavaccha, due to his offensive ways.
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Thera Pilindavaceha had a very offensive way of addressing people: he would often say, "Come here, you wretch", or "Go there, you wretch" and such other things. Other bhikkhus reported about him to the Buddha.
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The Buddha sent for him, and spoke to him on the matter. Then, on reflection the Buddha found that for the past five hundred existences, the thera had been born only in the families of the brahmins, who regarded themselves as being superior to other people.
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So the Buddha said to the bhikkhus, "Bhikkhus! Thera Vaccha addresses others as 'wretch' only by force of habit acquired in the course of his five hundred existences as a brahmin, and not out of malice. He has no intention of hurting others, for an arahat does not harm others."
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Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 408: Him I call a brahmana, who speaks gentle, instructive and true words, and who does not offend anyone by speech."
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---Gautama the Buddha
Dhammapada, verse 408
' The Present Moment '...
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment
.............................. Gautama the Buddha
' Overcoming Hatred '...
Once you overcome the hatred within your mind, you will discover that in the world outside, there is no longer any such thing as even a single enemy.
................................. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
' Original Ideas '...
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
................................. Rollo May
' Trauma '...
I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening - a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation. I have little doubt that as individuals, families, communities, and even nations, we have the capacity to learn how to heal and prevent much of the damage done by trauma. In so doing, we will significantly increase our ability to achieve both our individual and collective dreams.
................................. Peter A. Levine
' The State of Pure Presence '...
Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.
................................... Jamgon Kongtrul
' Remain in the Present '...
Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.
....................................... Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
' Ordinary People '...
We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer, more spiritual, more insightful. If we can accept our imperfections as they are, quite ordinarily, then we can use them as part of the path. But if we try to get rid of our imperfections, then they will be enemies, obstacles on the road to our ‘self-improvement’.
......................................... Chogyam Trungpa
' Someday '...
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. .................... Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
' Perspective '...
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Oscar Wilde
' Humility '...
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, William Shakespeare
' The Mistakes of Science '...
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
.................................. Jules Verne
' The Condition of the World '...
The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?
....................................... Arthur Conan Doyle
' I Don't Like Work '...
I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.
........................... Joseph Conrad
' The Master Work of Wisdom '...
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
..................................... Herman Melville
' The Sacred Tears '...
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
.................................... Washington Irving
' Opportunity '...
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
.................................... Thomas A. Edison
' What Are We ?'...
We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.
..................................... Albert Einstein
' A Ruler's Intelligence '...
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
.................................... Niccolo Machiavelli
' Free Choice '...
Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but still remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness.
................................ Wilhelm von Humboldt
' War '...
War is an unpredictable beast. Once unleashed, it runs like a rabid dog, ravening friend or foe alike. It can drag on for years, a slow attrition of nerve and fortitude, or be over in one brilliant flash, an extravagant conflagration of flame and blood and waste.
.................................... Kate Forsyth
' Friends '...
He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you
.......................... Wilhelm Grimm
' Enjoy Life '...
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
......................... Hans Christian Andersen
' Imagination '...
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
................................. Albert Einstein
' The Mess that we Are In '...
If we really want to know who is responsible for the mess we're in, all we have to do is look in the mirror. You and I own this country, and we are responsible for what happens to it.
..................................... Ross Perot
' Corporations '...
The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
....................................... Ralph Nader
' Two Sets of Principles '...
There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege, it will always be at the expense of truth and justice
................................ Chris Hedges
' They don't Know '...
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.
................................... Noam Chomsky
' Good and Decent '...
When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.
...................................... Abraham Maslow
' Character '...
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
.................................... Horace Greeley
' Nothing will be the Same '...
...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again.
.................................. William P. Young
' Live Now '...
Here's what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.
........................................... Max Lucado
' Change your Routine '...
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.
......................................... John C. Maxwell
' Believe You Can '...
Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
............................... Norman Vincent Peale
' The Power of a Touch '...
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
'What is Christ Consciousness ?'...
The term “Christ” means a person whose conscious of their behavior and actions, and can give/receive love and compassion without wanting anything back in return.“Christ Consciousness” means, a person who embraces and demonstrates divinity. Divinity refers to the highest characteristics, personal qualities of the absolute divine. Therefore, a “Divine Person” means an individual that can demonstrate and project the attributes of unconditional love and compassion consciously through their thoughts, actions and behavior. Christ refers to the understanding and awareness of the divinity and your primary purpose as a spiritual being. When you have found your spiritual connection with the universe and with the Creator, this will manifest outwardly as unconditional love, joy and compassion. When an individual consciously demonstrates these divine attributes this is known as “Christ Consciousness.” When we speak of the second coming of Christ, it means we will be returning back to the vibration of God Source, the frequency associated with the Absolute Divine; Christ Consciousness...................... Sanjay
' Obstacles '...
If you believe it will work out , you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't you will see obstacles.
.................................... Wayne Dyer
' Suffering '...
Everything you have done and been through is valuable and important. In order to be who you are, to know what you know, to be where you are in this moment, you needed to go through what you went through.
......................................... Iyanla Vanzant
' Happiness' ...
You don't need others to change in order to be happy.
............................... Deepak Chopra
' While in Walden '...
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagvat Geeta, since whose composition years of the gods have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conceptions. I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Bramin, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water jug. I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges.”
.............................. Henry David Thoreau, Walden
' Mistakes '...
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
................................... Tony Robbins
' Helping Others '...
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
.......................... Zig Ziglar
' Work Hard for Easy Life '...
Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.
................................. Les Brown
' Truth '...
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
................................. Blaise Pascal
' The Fact-finders '...
Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
................................. Denis Diderot
' Power '...
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
............................... Baron de Montesquieu
' A Wise Man '...
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
................................ David Hume
' The Greatness of Life '...
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.
......................................... Gottfried Leibniz
' Worship '...
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
...................................... Emanuel Swedenborg
' Bravery '...
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
.................................... Omar N. Bradley
' The Bhagavad Gita '...
The Bhagavad-Gita
Translated by Dr. Ramananda Prasad
Courtesy of The International Gita Society
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Universal Form of the Lord Krishna INTRODUCTION
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The Gita is a doctrine of universal truth. Its message is universal, sublime, and non-sectarian although it is a part of the scriptural trinity of Sanaatana Dharma, commonly known as Hinduism. The Gita is very easy to understand in any language for a mature mind. A repeated reading with faith will reveal all the sublime ideas contained in it. A few abstruse statements are interspersed here and there but they have no direct bearing on practical issues or the central theme of Gita. The Gita deals with the most sacred metaphysical science. It imparts the knowledge of the Self and answers two universal questions: Who am I, and how can I lead a happy and peaceful life in this world of dualities. It is a book of yoga, the moral and spiritual growth, for mankind based on the cardinal principles of Hindu religion.
' Compassion '...
You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The practice should open us up, and crack open our hearts again and again.
.................................... Judith Hanson Lasater
' Stillness '...
Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action. It can be experienced whenever there is total, uninhibited, unconflicted participation in the moment you are in—when you are wholeheartedly present with whatever you are doing.
....................................... Erich Schiffmann
' The Beginning of Love '...
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
....................................... Thomas Merton
' Pure Love '...
Pure love ... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.
......................................... Mary Faustina Kowalska
' Seeking Truth '...
When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
.................................. Edith Stein
' Let Nothing Disturb You '...
Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.
.............................. Saint Teresa of Avila
' Thoughts on a Friday Night '...
I live near New York City, the leading member of the Lost Lives of the World..
But, I do not fear death..
There is nothing that does not Die within an Illusion..
All Manifestation returns to Dust..
Many Souls fear the end of Manifestion and Egoic-desire..
When you no longer fear the loss of a Dream, You are Free..
So many Spiritual Masters speak to us of Love..
This has always been the Secret of Freedom..
Those that spoke of Love were usually Killed..
You exist within a Dream of Egoic-desire and Material Desire..
It is not too late to Awaken..
Living or Dying is a Win-Win experience..
.................................... thomas
' Mathematics '...
This therefore is Mathematics: She reminds you of the invisible forms of the soul; She gives life to her own discoveries; She awakens the mind and purifies the intellect; She brings light to our intrinsic ideas; She abolishes oblivion and ignorance which are ours by birth.
...................................... Proclus
' Beholding Beauty '...
The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.
........................... Plotinus
' Attentiveness '...
Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.
.................................. Nicolas Malebranche
' Struggle to Live '...
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
' One Story Left '...
There is one story left, one road: that it is. And on this road there are very many signs that, being, is uncreated and imperishable, whole, unique, unwavering, and complete.
......................................... Parmenides
' Your Mistakes '...
Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
.................................... Pythagoras
' Awareness of Ignorance '...
Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
............................. Socrates
' Find Your Voice '...
Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.
..................................... Quentin Tarantino
' Patience '...
Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.
............................... Immanuel Kant
' Nature '...
Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
.............................. Baruch Spinoza
' This Material World '...
We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains.
................................... Nicolas Malebranche
' Common Sense '...
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.
.................................... Giambattista Vico
' You Are More '...
You are more than you think you are. There are dimensions of your being and a potential for realization and consciousness that are not included in your concept of yourself. Your life is much deeper and broader than you conceive it to be here. What you are living is but a fractional inkling of what is really within you, what gives you life, breadth, and depth.
................................. Joseph Campbell
' Not Hurt Another '...
You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.
................................. Stevie Ray Vaughan
' Consciousness '...
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
..................................... Stevie Wonder
' The Purpose of Art '...
The purpose of art is to stop time.
............................. Bob Dylan
' The Power of Love '...
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
.................................... Jimi Hendrix
' True Vision '...
Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.
................................. Ray Charles
' Speaking without Fear '...
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.
................................... Voltaire
' Some Meaning '...
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
............................... Friedrich Nietzsche
' Living Well '...
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
..................................... Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Finding Beauty '...
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
.................................. Louisa May Alcott
' A Wise Man '...
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
................................ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
' Men Walking Through Hell '...
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.
...................................... Dan Lipinski
' Ignorance '...
Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.
...................................... Karl Popper
' Social Justice ?'...
The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.
.......................................... Friedrich August von Hayek
' Gold '...
A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.
..................................... Adam Smith
' Life is Education '...
All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.
................................... Abraham Maslow
' Unhappiness '...
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.
...................................... William James
' The Purpose of Life '...
If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is. Each must find out for himself, and must accept the responsibility that his answer prescribes. If he succeeds he will continue to grow in spite of all indignities.
....................................... Gordon Allport
' Greed '...
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
.......................................... Erich Fromm
' Recital of the Sarmoun Brotherhood..(Sufi Mystics)'...
He who knows and does not know that he knows:
he is asleep. Let him become one, whole.
Let him be awakened.
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He who has known but does not know:
let him see once more the beginning of all.
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He who does not wish to know, and yet says that he needs to know:
let him be guided to safety and to light.
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He who does not know, and knows that he does not know:
let him, through this knowledge, know.
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He who does not know, but thinks that he knows:
set him free from the confusion of that ignorance.
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He who knows, and knows that HE IS:
he is wise. Let him be followed.
By his presence alone man may be transformed.
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I who know, and do not know that I know:
let me become one, whole.
Let me be awakened.
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I who have known, but do not know:
let me see once more the beginning of all.
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I who do not wish to know, and yet say that I need to know:
let me be guided to safety and light.
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I who do not know, and know that I do not know:
let me through this knowledge, know.
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I who do not know, but think that I know:
set me free from the confusion of that ignorance.
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He who knows, and know that HE IS:
he is wise. Let him be followed.
By his presence alone man may be transformed.
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We who know, and do not know that we know:
let us become one, whole.
Let us be transformed.
who have known, but do not know:
let us once more see the beginning of all.
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We who do not wish to know, and yet say that we need to know:
let us be guided to safety and light.
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We who do not know, and know that we do not know:
let us, through this knowledge, know.
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We who do not know, but think that we know:
set us free from the confusion of that ignorance.
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He who knows, and knows that HE IS;
he is wise. Let him be followed.
By his presence alone man may be transformed.
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As with our forebears
So with our successors.
So with us.
We affirm this undertaking.
So let it be.
He who knows and does not know that he knows:
he is asleep. Let him become one, whole.
Let him be awakened.
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He who has known but does not know:
let him see once more the beginning of all.
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He who does not wish to know, and yet says that he needs to know:
let him be guided to safety and to light.
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He who does not know, and knows that he does not know:
let him, through this knowledge, know.
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He who does not know, but thinks that he knows:
set him free from the confusion of that ignorance.
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He who knows, and knows that HE IS:
he is wise. Let him be followed.
By his presence alone man may be transformed.
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I who know, and do not know that I know:
let me become one, whole.
Let me be awakened.
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I who have known, but do not know:
let me see once more the beginning of all.
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I who do not wish to know, and yet say that I need to know:
let me be guided to safety and light.
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I who do not know, and know that I do not know:
let me through this knowledge, know.
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I who do not know, but think that I know:
set me free from the confusion of that ignorance.
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He who knows, and know that HE IS:
he is wise. Let him be followed.
By his presence alone man may be transformed.
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We who know, and do not know that we know:
let us become one, whole.
Let us be transformed.
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We who have known, but do not know:
let us once more see the beginning of all.
...........................................
We who do not wish to know, and yet say that we need to know:
let us be guided to safety and light.
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We who do not know, and know that we do not know:
let us, through this knowledge, know.
.............................................
We who do not know, but think that we know:
set us free from the confusion of that ignorance.
............................................
He who knows, and knows that HE IS;
he is wise. Let him be followed.
By his presence alone man may be transformed.
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As with our forebears
So with our successors.
So with us.
We affirm this undertaking.
So let it be.
' Learning to Die '...
Learning to live ought to mean learning to die - to acknowledge, to accept, an absolute mortality - without positive outcome,or resurrection, or redemption, for oneself or for anyone else. That has been the old philosophical injunction since Plato: to be a philosopher is to learn how to die.
.................................... Jacques Derrida
' Eternal Life '...
The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.
.......................... Ludwig Wittgenstein
' Lonely '...
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
............................... Jean-Paul Sartre
' Mind-Manipulation '...
The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
......................................... Aldous Huxley
' There is only Now '...
Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
.................................... Christopher Paolini
' 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
' Fear '...
Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.
.................................... James Stewart
' Lead fron the Heart '...
I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.
............................... Princess Diana
' Only Now Existence '...
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Gautama the Buddha
' Know Thyself '...
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
............................ Thales
' The Infinite Mind '...
All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.
.................................. Anaxagoras
' Your Choice '...
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
' Good Health '...
If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
.......................................... Hippocrates
' Saving Hand '...
Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.
..................................... Angela Merici
' The Storm '...
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
....................................... Haruki Murakami
' Love will Return '...
Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.
........................................ Franz Kafka
' The Present Moment '...
But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.
..................................... Virginia Woolf
' Happiness '...
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
.................................... Charles Dickens
' lieing to Yourself '...
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.
....................................... Fyodor Dostoevsky
' The Strongest Man '...
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
................................ Henrik Ibsen
' Carpe Diem '...
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
................................... Horace
' ASK '...
If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
................................... Seneca the Younger
' Retrace the Path '...
Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden.
......................................... Virgil
' Free Speech '...
A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
.......................... Euripides
' Only Source Exists '...
“All praise is due to Allah. Allah is the One Reality, and that Reality is Love. We humans are love returning to Love. Sufis have taught great wisdom to humanity regarding the clearest ways to make that “return.” The finest way is through remembering (dhikr) Allah at all times, and knowing that Allah alone exists.”
...................................... Laurence Galian
' The Art of Dying '...
“As we know, bears hibernate in caves. They appear almost lifeless. This is an analog to the practices of ancient shamans, and to Sufis who practice the forty-day halvet (retreat), in which the Shaman would enter a cave, have an experience of dying, explore the spiritual realms, and then is reborn as the Initiate or Master (just as the bear is reborn each spring as it “wakes up” and leaves its cave).”
......................................... Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis
' Who Am I ? '...
“Not a believer in the mosque am I,
Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.
I am not the pure amongst the impure,
I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
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Not in the holy books am I,
Nor do I dwell in bhang or wine,
Nor do I live in a drunken haze,
Nor in sleep or waking known.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
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Not in happiness or in sorrow am I found.
I am neither pure nor mired in filthy ground.
Not of water nor of land,
Nor am I in air or fire to be found.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
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Not an Arab nor Lahori,
Not a Hindi or Nagouri,
Nor a Muslim or Peshawari,
Not a Buddhist or a Christian.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
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Secrets of religion have I not unravelled,
I am not of Eve and Adam.
Neither still nor moving on,
I have not chosen my own name!
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
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From first to last, I searched myself.
None other did I succeed in knowing.
Not some great thinker am I.
Who is standing in my shoes, alone?
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Bulleh, I know not who I am.”
........................................ Bulleh Shah
' The Universe has a Purpose '...
There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there just somehow by chance. Some people take the view that the universe is simply there and it runs along-it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe, I think that there is something much deeper about it, about its existence, which we have very little inkling of at the moment.
...................................... Roger Penrose
' The Most Noble Attribute '...
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
............................... Charles Darwin
' Men of Character '...
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
..............................'Alfred Adler
' Based on Your Belief '...
The energy you give off based on your beliefs... your emotions... your behavior... the vibrational frequency you give off is what determines the kind of reality experience you have... because physical reality doesn't exist except as a reflection of what you most strongly believe is true for you. That is all that physical reality is. It is literally like a mirror.
.................................. Darryl Anka
' In Physical Existence '...
You are in physical existence to learn and understand that your energy, translated into feelings, thoughts and emotions, causes all experience. There are no exceptions.
.......................................... Jane Roberts
' Your Creator '...
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
' Being 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
' Finding Happiness '...
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
................................. Arthur Schopenhauer
' One Person '...
To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.
....................................... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' The Divine Suffices '...
Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.
............................... Saint Teresa of Avila
' The Master Mystic '...
He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
........................................... St. Catherine of Siena
' Refuge '...
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
...................................... Maya Angelou
' One Hour per Day '...
One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.
................................... Earl Nightingale
' Without Doubt '...
Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.
........................................... Napoleon Hill
' Enjoying Life '...
The secret to enjoying life is to take an interest in it.
................................. Thomas Troward
' The Law of Spirit '...
It is the law of Spirit that we must be that which we would draw to us. If we would draw to us love, we must be love, be loving and kind; if we would have peace and harmony in our environment, we must establish it within ourselves.
........................................... Charles Fillmore
' Love is a Sharing '...
For above all, love is a sharing. Love is a power. Love is a change that takes place in our own heart. Sometimes it may change others, but always it changes us.
......................................... James Dillet Freeman
' Do not be Impatient '...
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.
................................ Vernon Howard
' The Other Side '...
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
.............................. Jack Canfield
' Conquer Fear '...
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
............................. Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Our Love '...
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
.............................. Nhat Hanh
' A Purpose '...
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
........................... Kurt Vonnegut
' Our Subconscious Mind '...
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
........................... Earl Nightingale
' Evils in Government '...
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
............................ President Andrew Jackson
' A Smile '...
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
................................. Joseph Addison
' Human Curiousity '...
God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.
...................................... Robert Boyle
' The Supreme Spirit '...
The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.
.................................... Dmitri Mendeleev
' Nothing is Lost '...
Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed
.................................. Antoine Lavoisier
' The Public Road '...
Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
..................................................... Alexander Graham Bell
' Success in Life '...
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
........................................ George Washington Carver
' Light '...
Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.
.................................. George Eastman
' Extraordinary '...
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.
..................................... Robertson Davies
' Responsibility '...
We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.
................................ Maimonides
' The Light of Source '...
If a rock, though extremely hard, can be hollowed out by water, how much more so should it be possible for The Light, which is compared to water, to change my heart. I will begin to study it, and try to become a scholar of The Light.
............................... Rabbi Akiva
' Let Them Go ! '...
Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.
......................................... Gamaliel
' Time '...
For most men, time moves slowly, oh so slowly, they don't even realize it. But time has revealed itself to me in a very special way. Time is a rushing, howling wind that rages past me, withering me in a single, relentless blast, and then continues on. I've been sitting here passively, submissive to its rage, watching its work. Listen! Time, howling, withering!
..................................... Barnabas
' Love is Patient '...
Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own [will], is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
...................................... Paul the Apostle
' Take Care '...
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
.................................. Saint Augustine
' Six Mistakes of Humanity '...
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
........................................ Marcus Tullius Cicero
' Evil '...
To do nothing evil, is good; to wish nothing evil, is better.
................................. Claudius of Rome
' Opinions '...
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
...................................... Marcus Aurelius
' Stillness to Supreme Reality '...
Q: Beloved GM,
You say, "That Stillness is only the beginning..."
What do you mean by this?
What is beyond Stillness?
GM:First know that you are Consciousness only at present..
In your 'I amness' Consciousness only everything is perceived just now !
Your Consciousness does not know that it is Consciousness only at present.
Unnecessarily it is trapped at the personality level identity as it is always identifying all the outer happenings to be more real....
By not going inwardly...
Only when your Consciousness goes Inwardly....
it knows that it is Consciousness only ....!
By closing eyes your Consciousness knows the stillness within.!
This stillness cannot be underestimated as it Contains all that perceived in space in nascent stage.
This Stillness is Unmoving...
Unchanging....!
You find Peacefulness in this Stillness.
This Stillness is not moving....
Every movement begins in Stillness only just now.!
In this Stillness...there is no movement...
So the frequency of movement is Nil...
in Stillness.............................................
Where as every movement in space begins from this Stillness only.
This you can know by abiding in Stillness consistently....and Observing Silently...
I say this Stillness is only the beginning of the Consciousness and not the end....
My question is who is the Observer of this Stillness within?
The Observer is beyond Stillness...just now.!
You are asking
What is beyond Stillness?..................................
The Absolute Observer is prior to Stillness.
The Absolute Observer is Non Dual...!
The Observer Observes the Stillness within...as well all the Sound and movements that happen in space silently.
The Observer is prior to Consciousness.!
Light is Consciousness!................................
Stillness is only the beginning of Consciousness within.!
Stillness indicates the light within!
The Observer is the Source of Light itself!
You are That.!...........................................
You get to know your Supreme Reality beyond duality only through stillness...
Hence knowing the Consciousness is most important in this inner journey...
Only through Stillness your Consciousness starts waking up...
Better know the stillness within and Observe Silently to know the Absolute Observer in you just now.!
Will you?
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' Law of Attraction '...
She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.
................................ Zelda Fitzgerald
' She Was Beautiful '...
She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.
................................... F. Scott Fitzgerald
' One Day '...
One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.
.................................. J. D. Salinger
' When Two People Meet '...
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.
............................... John Steinbeck
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