' The Human Condition '...
I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists.... Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any of you. You overrated bunch of charlatans deal with the grammar of human problems, and the writers I've mentioned with the essence.
............................ Mordecai Richler
' The Same Question '...
What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.
...................... Margaret Atwood
' Finding Peace '...
You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight when the dew is falling and the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with the little land it loves. You find your soul then. You realize that youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
............................. Lucy Maud Montgomery
' Have Courage '...
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
................................... Laura Ingalls Wilder
' Meaningful Entertainment '...
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.
..........................Michael Landon
' The Mystery of Human Existence '...
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
....................... Fyodor Dostoevsky
' The Soft Voice of Truth '...
Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.
.......................... J. M. Coetzee
' The Hunger for Truth '...
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
................... Nadine Gordimer
' Immune from Indoctrination '...
People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.
......................... Doris Lessing
' An Authentic Seeker '...
Who is an authentic seeker, but someone who has understood that there is nothing else to do but practice? Enthusiastic or discouraged, he or she continues, no matter what.
........................... Lee Lozowick
' A Higher Purpose '...
We are all capable of greatness when we know without any doubt that we are directly connected to a higher purpose.
......................... Andrew Cohen
' Devoid of Form '...
When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form... this is wisdom, When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object... this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form... this is leela.
.......................... Eli Jaxon-Bear
' Peace of Mind '...
If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace!
........................... H. W. L. Poonja
' Prisioner of the Mind '...
To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.
................ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' Truth will be Revealed '...
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
............................. Kabir
' The Only Reality '...
NOW is the only reality. All else is either memory or imagination.
................... Rajneesh
' The Path Within '...
Seek the Path, do not seek attainment, Seek for the Path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth from others, nor to see it, or read it in books. Look for the truth in yourself, not without yourself.
.............................. P.D. Ouspensky
' A Cosmic Force '...
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
.......................... G. I. Gurdjieff
' Dissolved Veils '...
Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.
..................... Idries Shah
' Peer Pressure '...
If you spend too much time being like everybody else, you decrease your chances of coming up with something different.
......................... Robert E. Ornstein
' Cognitive Laziness '...
Not wanting to see, not wanting to be in touch with one's experience is something akin to cognitive laziness, an eclipse of the experiencer or inner witnessing in the person.
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' A Competition for Existence '...
The life contest is primarily a competition for available energy.
................. Ludwig Boltzmann ( Physicist )
' A Contented Mind '...
What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God.......... What is most powerful? - Necessity; because it triumphs over all things.......... What is most difficult? - To know one's self....... What is most easy? - To give advice.... What method must we take to lead a good life? - To do nothing we would condemn in others.... What is necessary to happiness? - A sound body and a contented mind.
............................ Thales
' Mind is Infinite '...
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
' After the Transition '...
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
................................ Pericles
' The Joy of loving '...
Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.
.......................... Zoroaster
' Hunger for Truth '...
What I have seen in the past 10 years of traveling- performing at a church one day and a casino the next- is that a lot of people in the church want to be entertained, and people in casinos want to be ministered to. That's hard to understand, but I see a hunger in the world that I don't see in the church.
..................... Ricky Skaggs
' The Holy Spirit '...
Holy Spirit, the life that gives life: You are the cause of all movement. You are the breath of all creatures. You are the salve that purifies our souls. You are the ointment that heals our wounds. You are the fire that warms our hearts. You are the light that guides our feet. Let all the world praise you.
............................... Hildegard of Bingen
' Only Love can enter Complete Love '...
In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
....................... Saint John of the Cross
' Our Job is to Love '...
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.
............................. Thomas Merton
' Character or Reputation '...
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
......................... John Wooden
' Transcendentalism '...
Transcendentalism is closely related to Unitarianism, a religious movement in Boston in the early nineteenth century. It started to develop after Unitarianism took hold at Harvard University, following the elections of Henry Ware as the Hollis Professor of Divinity in 1805 and of John Thornton Kirkland as President in 1810. Transcendentalism was not a rejection of Unitarianism; rather, it developed as an organic consequence of the Unitarian emphasis on free conscience and the value of intellectual reason. The transcendentalists were not content with the sobriety, mildness, and calm rationalism of Unitarianism. Instead, they wanted a more intense spiritual experience. Thus, transcendentalism was not born as a counter-movement to Unitarianism, but as a parallel movement to the very ideas introduced by the Unitarians.......................... from Wikipedia
' The Voice of Truth '...
"The Voice of Truth calls to human beings throughout history to turn around completely toward their own True Source, to plunge wholeheartedly into prayer each day, and to offer constant tenderness and assistance to those in any kind of need. This is the single Religion of Truth, natural to the human soul, which transcends all religious factions with its perfect clarity and directness."
...........................Lex Hixon in The Heart of the Quran
' Quotes from Gautama the Buddha '...
“Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.”
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”
“You don’t have a Soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
“If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.”
“All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.”
“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.”
' Vedanta Teachings '...
1. “You are not the body, mind, or senses; you are the eternal, blissful consciousness.”
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2. “Realize that you are the essence of divinity, limitless and eternal.”
3. “The ultimate goal of life is to realize your true self and attain liberation from the cycle of birth and death.”
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4. “The world is an illusion; only the Self is real.”
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5. “You are not separate from the universe; you are interconnected with all beings and things.”
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6. “Let go of attachments and desires; they bind you to suffering.”
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7. “True happiness is found within, not in external possessions or achievements.”
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8. “Meditate on the Self and experience the profound peace that surpasses all understanding.”
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9. “Identify yourself with the unchanging consciousness, not with the ever-changing body and mind.”
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10. “Ignorance is the root cause of suffering; knowledge of the Self leads to liberation.”
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11. “The mind is the cause of bondage and liberation; master your mind, and you will be free.”
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12. “Do not let the past define you; you have the power to create a new reality in each moment.”
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13. “Love is the essence of all religions; love everyone unconditionally.”
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14. “See the divine in all beings and treat them with love and respect.”
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15. “Surrender your ego to the higher power and experience true freedom.”
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16. “The purpose of life is to realize your divine potential and serve humanity selflessly.”
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17. “Do not identify with your roles and responsibilities; they are temporary and ever-changing.”
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18. “Practice self-inquiry and ask yourself, ‘Who am I?’ to realize your true nature.”
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19. “Wisdom lies in realizing that you are not separate from the source; you are the source itself.”
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20. “Let go of fear and embrace love; it is the ultimate power that can transform your life.”
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' 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
' Wise Words '...
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
....................... Edward Thorndike
' When Education Begins '...
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
........................... B. F. Skinner
' Nothing works without Source '...
I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.
....................... James Clerk Maxwell
' The Bumblebee '...
According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. The bumblebee doesn't know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway.
.................................. Igor Sikorsky
' The Escape from Captivity '...
The whole reason for Spiritual Knowledge is to find an escape from the pains of life and the repetition of this experience called Reincarnation... The ego character that you play is established by the educational system and soon seems real,, and accepted as Self... this self must be mentally sacrificed to Awaken into Reality................... thomas
' The Philosophy of Nonviolence '...
I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohammed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This the legacy of change I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.
.......................... Malala Yousafzai
' A Contribution for Peace '...
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
............................ Aung San Suu Kyi
' Your Story '...
Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.
........................ Michelle Yeoh
' Time to Meditate '...
Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate
.......................... Jet Li
' To Sacrifice for Another is Love '...
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
........................ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
' No Limits '...
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
....................... Bruce Lee
' The Meaning of Life '...
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
.................... Pablo Picasso
' Christian Mystics '...
Christian mystics have described the stages of the return of the soul to God in a variety of ways. According to the Belgian Jesuit Joseph Maréchal, Christian mysticism includes three broadly defined stages: (1) the gradual integration of the ego under the mastery of the idea of a personal God and according to a program of prayer and asceticism, (2) a transcendent revelation of God to the soul experienced as ecstatic contact or union, frequently with a suspension of the faculties, and (3) “a kind of readjustment of the soul’s faculties” by which it regains contact with creatures “under the immediate and perceptible influence of God present and acting in the soul” (Maréchal, Studies in the Psychology of the Mystics). This final stage, which almost all of the greatest Christian mystics have insisted upon, belies the usual claim that mysticism is a selfish flight from the world and an avoidance of moral responsibility....................... from Brittanica
' What Exists '...
We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous.
........................... Parmenides
' Your Character '...
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
............................. Heraclitus
' The Evil of Slander '...
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
....................... Socrates
' Three Steps '...
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
.............................. Friedrich Nietzsche
' Friendships '...
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
........................... Baron de Montesquieu
' The Trap of Desires '...
All Wishes will be manifested as it is a Dream and contains many lives within this Hologram... these desires must be fulfilled as You are the Consciousness of Dream.. therefore, trapping the ego within the circles of pain called Reincarnation................. thomas
' Who watches the Mind ?'...
The Other is a higher Consciousness,, does it call itself,, Soul ?... I doubt that it has a name or nomenclature.. Does It see itself as Source Light ?... the Final Reality is often spoken of as Pure Awareness... that State of Nothingness.... the Original Dreamer....................... thomas
' Your Neighbor Does '...
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
................. Martin Luther
' Finding Salvation '...
The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.
.............................. Francisco Goya
' The Hope of Love '...
Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette, there is but one single colour that gives meaning to life and art–the colour of love
...................... Marc Chagall
' The Peace of Soul '...
Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.
..................... Paul Gauguin
' Seeking Union '...
I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.
....................... Peter Paul Rubens
' To Dissolve Ego '...
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
....................... Saint Ignatius of Loyola
' Living in Fear '...
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
....................... Les Brown
' The True Joy of Life '...
Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.
...................... Shunryu Suzuki
' Waking Up '...
Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be
..................... Alan Watts
' Whatever You Do '...
Be creative. Don`t be worried about what you are doing - one has to do many things - but do everything creatively, with devotion. Then your work becomes worship. Then whatsoever you do is a prayer. And whatsoever you do is an offering at the altar.
........................ Rajneesh
' Start the Day '...
Start the day with love, spend the day with love, fill the day with love and end the day with love. That is the way to God.
......................... Sathya Sai Baba
' What Remains ? '...
Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
......................... Ramana Maharshi
' Too Much Future '...
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
..................... Eckhart Tolle
' The Goal '...
The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.
...................... Deepak Chopra
' Participating in the Dream '...
All the world is a stage and we are merely players.
.......................... William Shakespeare
' To Sleep is to Dream '...
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
.................. Nelson Mandela
' 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
' To Accept Nothingness '...
I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.
........................... Jacques Derrida
' Free Education '...
Schools serve the same social functions as prisons and mental institutions- to define, classify, control, and regulate people.
............................. Michel Foucault
' Breathing Love '...
To love very much is to love inadequately; we love-that is all. Love cannot be modified without being nullified. Love is a short word but it contains everything. Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe the air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us. Love is not a word; it is a wordless state indicated by four letters.
............................ Guy de Maupassant
' Unconditional Love '...
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
............................ Alphonse de Lamartine
' Esoteric and Exoteric Knowledge '...
Esoteric and Exoteric Knowledge.... some are not awakened and can understand only simple stories... this is what Yeshua said about this subject.... " I speak in Parables for those that Know,, and the others,, just think it a good story "..................... thomas
' Magic '...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
....................... Arthur C. Clarke
' Where is Happiness ? '...
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.
........................... Denis Waitley
' 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
' An Inside Job '...
Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve you have to win the war in your thinking first.
..................... Brian Tracy
' 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
' Human Dignity '...
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
............................. President Herbert Hoover
' He Is Happiest '...
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
.......................... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' Rituals instead of Freedom '...
Many Religions are controlled by power and money... God can never get enough of the 'green stuff'....... Spirituality is the Personal Experience of Unity with Source Consciousness................. thomas
' Being Attacked '...
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
....................... G. I. Gurdjieff
' Mental Pain '...
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
................................ Vernon Howard
' Acting '...
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
................................... Fanny Brice
' When I Die '...
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
................ Will Rogers ( Humorist )
' Every Single Soldier '..
I would like to see every single soldier on every single side, just take off your helmet, unbuckle your kit, lay down your rifle, and set down at the side of some shady lane, and say, nope, I aint a gonna kill nobody. Plenty of rich folks wants to fight. Give them the guns.
..................................... Woody Guthrie
' May You '...
May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.
............................... Bob Dylan
' The Healing Force '...
I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music can work on many levels, and nothing I know of possesses the healing force that exists within music.
.................................. Burning Spear
' I Am Good '...
I am good. I live good. I think good. I don't have to feel good to be good, I take my goodness wherever I go.
................................ Peter Tosh
' Science is confronted with Truth '...
The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.
....................... Louis Pasteur
' The Language of Mystics '...
I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
.............................. Michael Faraday
' The Secrets of the Universe '...
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
....................... Nikola Tesla
" The Children Will Lead Them " ...
So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.
.......................... Stephen Hawking
' The Thoughts of Mind '...
Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.
......................... Albert Einstein
' One More Time '...
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
........................... Thomas A. Edison
' Know your Ego '...
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
................. Sigmund Freud
' The Emotions of Composing Music '...
I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.
.............................. Giuseppe Verdi
' Only Source Knows '...
Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.
........................... George Frideric Handel
' Who makes the Music ?'...
I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.
........................... Johann Sebastian Bach
' The Veils are Lifted '...
But music, don't you know, is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's the feeling itself.
............................ Claude Debussy
' Heart and Soul '...
Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music.
........................ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
' The Reason for Music '...
What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.
........................ Ludwig van Beethoven
' The Best of Teachers '...
Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.
........................... Frederic Chopin
' We are Hypocrites '...
We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.
............................ Jose Emilio Pacheco
' Destroying Vanity '...
In my opinion, better far it be To destroy vanity within my life Than to destroy my life in vanity.
........................... Juana Inés de la Cruz
' The Most Difficult Lesson '...
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
............................... Miguel de Cervantes
' Uncensored Voices '...
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.
.................... Voltaire
' It's Not '...
It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
.......................... Francis Bacon
' Only a Phenomenon '...
From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon.
............................ Wilhelm Dilthey
' The Art of Living '...
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.
................................. James A. Michener
' The Birth of Motion '...
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
.......................... Isaac Newton
' The Hologram '...
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
............................. Democritus
' The Wise Choice '...
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
......................... Aristotle
' An Art '...
An art, which has an aim to achieve the beauty, is called a philosophy or in the absolute sense it is named wisdom.
........................ Al-Farabi
' Above the Ego '...
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
............................ Al-Ghazali
' The Joy of Silence '...
I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
...................... Umar
' A Natural Instinct '...
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing.
.............................. Nancy Leigh DeMoss
' My Weakness '...
My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.
............................. Joni Eareckson Tada
' The Eternal Existence '...
However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
....................... George Orwell
' Practice any Art '...
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
' Ready to Learn '...
People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.
....................... John Irving
' Precious '...
But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?
................................ Haruki Murakami
' Hard to Find '...
If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don't let them go. People like that are hard to find.
................................ Franz Kafka
' The Present Moment '...
There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.
.......................... James Joyce
' The Hardest Challenge '...
The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.
.............................. e. e. cummings
' Ask a Question '...
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
....................... Confucius
' History '...
What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.
........................ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
' Veils of Ignorance '...
Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon then from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins the journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of the crowd, and by choosing knowledge over veils of ignorance.
............................. Henri Bergson
' The End of this Manifestation '...
The "end of a world" never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion
.................... Rene Guenon
' Worship '...
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
........................ Emanuel Swedenborg
' Personal Advancement '...
For our personal advancement in virtue and truth one quality is sufficient, namely, love; to advance humanity there must be two, love and intelligence; to accomplish the Great Work there must be three love, intelligence, and activity. And yet love is ever the root and the source.
.......................... Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
' Immortal Life '...
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
......................... Pindar
' Over the Door '...
Over the door of the library in Thebes is the inscription "Medicine for the soul.
............................. Diodorus Siculus
' Ambition '...
Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is, therefore, nothing more profitless than ambition.
............................... Theophrastus
' Poor Health '...
When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless.
............................ Herophilos
' Realizing Divinity '...
Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.
............................ Avicenna
' What We Are '...
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
' Tell Me '...
Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.
...................... Carl Schmitt
' Time and Space '...
Love is the time and space where "I" give myself the right to be extraordinary.
........................ Julia Kristeva
' Without Language '...
Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula.
..................... Ferdinand de Saussure
' The Attack on Truth '...
The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed as lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world - and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end - is being destroyed.
.............................. Hannah Arendt
' Divine Love '...
Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love.
.............................. Sri Yukteswar Giri
' Know the Source of Love '...
Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world - so make the acquaintanceship of God now.
......................... Lahiri Mahasaya
' Courage is Important '...
Courage is the most important thing...Wake up yourselves and others. Control your mind and have firm determination... Be firm like a rock, deep and serious like the sea. Think of the earth as a mother. Have great courage and patience - and be not afraid of water, fire or great storms - face them bravely. Face the fire and it will turn to ice. This requires control of mind and a firm determination.
......................... Haidakhan Babaji
' Divine Happiness '...
Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and finds one's Self-this is supreme happiness. When it is found, nothing else remains to be found; the sense of want will not awaken anymore, and the heart's torment will be stilled forever. Do not be satisfied with fragmentary happiness, which is invariably interrupted by shocks and blows of fate; but become complete, and having attained to perfection, be YOURSELF.
....................... Anandamayi Ma
' See the Source of Love '...
It's better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.
........................ Neem Karoli Baba
' Let It Be '...
When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say. It's not a matter of letting go - you would if you could. Instead of "Let it go," we should probably say "Let it be"; this recognizes that the mind won't let go and the problem may not go away, and it allows you to form a healthier relationship with what's bothering you.
............................ Jon Kabat-Zinn
' Practice Stopping '...
Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.
......................... Nhat Hanh
' The Power of Belief '...
Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won.
...................... William Shakespeare
' A Strong Heart '...
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
............................... Charles Dickens
' Just Beyond your Grasp '...
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
........................... Nathaniel Hawthorne
' Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires '...
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
............................ John Steinbeck
' Act of Ingratitude '...
There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.
................... Lin Yutang
' The Smallest Deed '...
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
......................... John Burroughs
' A Sentient Being '...
To be Conscious as a Sentient Being ,, the Key Word 'Being ',, must be found within the Mind of Source found in Nothingness as It Is the Creator of Dreams in which we have consented to explore the Virtues and Vices of Division from the mind of Conscious Source... This Awakening from this Dream is found when all desires, especially the desire for existence are surrendered to the Universe.. and a Hurricane of Love knocks you to the ground... It then all becomes Clear and the human dream quickly fades................. thomas
' Happiness is NOW '...
Happiness is NOW! It isn't tomorrow. It isn't yesterday. Happiness is like a morning glory: Yesterday's won't bloom again; tomorrow's hasn't opened yet. Only today's flower can be enjoyed today. Be happy this very moment, and you'll learn how to be happy always.
............................. Goswami Kriyananda
' Being Present '...
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. . . Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.
.......................... Paramahansa Yogananda
' Becoming One '...
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
' I Am ',, Blessed '...
This deep sense of feeling that, 'I am' blessed can help you overcome any obstacle in life. It gives you courage and confidence and it will open you up for grace to pour in.
............................. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
' The Darkness Disappears '...
Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.
........................ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' Be the Observer '...
The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.
................................. Deepak Chopra
' The Vision Change '...
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
..................... Wayne Dyer
' Illusion as Illusion '...
If you can recognize illusion as illusion, it dissolves. The recognition of illusion is also its ending. Its survival depends on your mistaking it for reality.
......................... Eckhart Tolle
' Your Sanctuary '...
Within you,, there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself
......................... Hermann Hesse
' Lying 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
' Sometimes '...
Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.
........................ Albert Camus
' Consequences '...
Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.
.................. Jean-Paul Sartre
' The Large Matters '...
In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.
............................. Sigmund Freud
' It was there all the Time '...
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
........................... Anna Freud
' Another Person '...
Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.
...................... Heinz Kohut
' I Control Myself '...
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
................... Michel de Montaigne
' True Greatness '...
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
.............................. Nicholas of Cusa
' The Unity of Source '...
All things are in the Universe, and the universe is in all things: we in it, and it in us; in this way everything concurs in a perfect unity.
.............................. Giordano Bruno
' True Knowledge '...
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
........................... Nicolaus Copernicus
' Live your Life '...
Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation
.................... Isaac Newton
' Except Life '...
When we have found how the nucleus of atoms is built up we shall have found the greatest secret of all — except life. We shall have found the basis of everything — of the earth we walk on, of the air we breathe, of the sunshine, of our physical body itself, of everything in the world, however great or however small — except life.
............................ Ernest Rutherford
' Unreality '...
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
.......................... Niels Bohr
' I Still Possess '...
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
................................... Martin Luther
' What is a Successful Person ?'...
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
......................... Robert Louis Stevenson
' Attainments of the Human Mind '...
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.
........................ James F. Cooper
' Write on your Heart '...
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
............................ Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Light entering Mind '...
I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.
.................... Edvard Munch (painter)
' Increase in Consciousness '...
Great things do not just happen by impulse,
but as a succession of small things linked together.
................. Vincent Van Gogh
' Try to do Something '...
You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.
....................... Fannie Lou Hamer
' Enthusiasm '... (within Thus)...
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
....................... Winston Churchill
' Worst thing of War '...
The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.
..................... Immanuel Kant
' The Meaning of Soul '...
The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.
............................... Otto Rank
' Listening with Empathy '...
We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.
........................ Carl Rogers
' To Penetrate the Mystery '...
Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.
......................... Ivan Pavlov
' Speaking to the Ego '...
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.
....................... William James
' Language '...
Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
...................... Paul Tillich
' Bitterness '...
Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.
............................ Harry Emerson Fosdick
' Look Within '...
Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
.................... Galileo Galilei
' Enjoy Thinking '...
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
..................... Aristotle
' The old Student '...
The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.
..................... Plato
' Know your Self '...
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
.................... Thales
' Love and Hate '...
There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the decomposition of things.
.................... Empedocles
' All is Perishable '...
There are many worlds and many systems of Universes existing all at the same time, all of them perishable.
.............................. Anaximander
' Skepticism '...
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance.
........................ Sextus Empiricus
' 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
' That's my Religion '...
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
.................... President Abraham Lincoln
' The Teacher '...
Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
............................. Victor Hugo
' The Mystery of Existence '...
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
.......................... Fyodor Dostoevsky
' Be my Friend '...
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
...................... Albert Camus
' New Eyes '...
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
......................... Marcel Proust
' Ram Tzu Speaks '...
Ram Tzu knows this
.......................
The fear never leaves you.
It is part of you
As tied to your center as your breath.
.........................
Touch it,
Stroke it,
Get to know it well.
As long as you are,
It will be with you.
.....................
You scream,
You shout,
You rage,
You want quit of it.
You push it away with all your strength.
..................
But hear this;
......................
It thrives on all this exercise
You give it.
It gets stronger when
You give it something to push against.
......................
Left alone, it will wither and die.
......................
But you know you can not leave it alone.
You must always fight the fear.
It is your nature to always fight.
.................
Yet sometimes, there is Grace,
You disappear into it
And there is no longer a battle.
..........................
The warrior is gone.
..................................
''''''''''''' Ram Tzu
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No Way for the Spiritually "Advanced"
Ram Tzu
Advaita Press, 1990
' Understanding Self '...
The problem lies within the definitions of self and non-self..
The first Reality is to acknowldge that You are not the false self called ego
and that You are actually Divine Consciousness..
This is called Enlightenment and requires the surrender of egoic consciousness..
This is our natural state and contains no ego but does contain 'Personality'..
This 'Personality' is called God and is the source of manifestation..
This 'Personality' is Us..
The Final Reality is the state of Nothingness or what is called 'Pure
Awareness'..
This is the Void of non-ego and non-Personality..
This is the place that some are speaking of..
This place is rarely achieved by humans while in the manifestations..
It is easier to surrender the 'Personality' of Divine Consciousness while within
the state of 'Divine Consciousness'..
This is the "Crucifixion of Self"..
The Ending of Separation..
Complete Freedom of Non-existence..................
namaste, thomas
' This Impresses Men '...
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
............................ Thucydides
' Mind or Matter '...
If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
.......................... Cato the Elder
' The Duality of Justice '...
Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
............................... Juvenal
' Above the Ego '...
Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
................................ Catullus
' The Greatest Wealth '...
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
...................... Lucretius
' Reading Literature '...
Through reading literature we can make ghosts speak to us, and we can speak back to them.
.......................... Stephen Greenblatt
' Our Responsibility '...
Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
............................ Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
'The Power of Silence '...
“Silence is a source of Great Strength.”
“To a mind that is still,, the whole universe surrenders.”
“Those who know do not speak.. Those who speak do not know.”
“Be still.. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity”
........................Lao Tzu
' Set your life on Fire '...
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire.
........................... Rumi
' Science and Wisdom '...
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
..................... Immanuel Kant
' Injustice '...
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
.............................. Voltaire
' The Face of God '...
When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.
...................... Walt Whitman
' Past and Future '...
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
................................ Oscar Wilde
' True to Self '...
If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.
...................... William Shakespeare
' Honor '...
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
............................ Pierre Corneille
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