' Master the Breath '...
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 New World '...
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.
.................... Patanjali
' Love and Lust '...
Love is not lust. The two (love and lust) are poles apart.. Love liberates while lust binds.
................... Narayanananda Swami.
' The Heart is Innocent '...
The heart is a gate-less gate to divinity.. Move to the heart.. We are all hung up, stuck in the head - that is our problem.. The only problem is that we think too much.. There is only one solution - get down from the head to the heart.. All your problems will disappear. Problems are created by the head.. The heart is innocent.. The heart is a fountain of love.
........................ Vasant Lad
' Mental Peace '...
No one can please everyone.. Your mental peace is more important.. If you are in peace, then others around you will feel peace.. So your best effort should be to work on yourself.
................... Baba Hari Dass
' All Is Source '...
It's better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.
.................. Neem Karoli Baba
' You Are Perfected '...
When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path.. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.
...................... Meher Baba
' To Be Beautiful '...
To be beautiful means to be yourself..You don't need to be accepted by others.. You need to accept yourself.. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower.. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life.. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
.................... Nhat Hanh
' Not Enough Presence '...
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
' My Life Turns '...
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
' Unhappy ? '...
Why are you unhappy?.. Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.
................... Wei Wu Wei
' Seeking Happiness '...
The happiness you are seeking is not to be found in the flow of life, but in your attitude toward whatever life brings.
................ Ramesh S Balsekar
' I Changed '...
I was neurotic for years.. I was anxious and depressed and selfish.. Everyone kept telling me to change.. I resented them and I agreed with them, and I wanted to change, but simply couldn't, no matter how hard I tried.. Then one day someone said to me, Don't change.. I love you just as you are. Those words were music to my ears: Don't change, Don't change. Don't change . . . I love you as you are. I relaxed. I came alive.. And suddenly I changed!
......................... Anthony de Mello
' A Walk with Divine Consciousness '...
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.. I do not see the road ahead of me.. I cannot know for certain where it will end.. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following Your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so.. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You.. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
........................... Thomas Merton
' Everyone is Alone '...
Everyone is alone and yet nobody can do without other people, not just because they are useful... but also when it comes to happiness.
......................... Maurice Merleau-Ponty
' Life is an Interruption '...
What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.
......................... Jean-Paul Sartre
' Finding your Way '...
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
.................... Hermann Hesse
' Wealth '...
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel.. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
......................... Henrik Ibsen
' The Pain of Greed '...
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
........................ Erich Fromm
' The Source of Happiness '...
But I think happiness springs from another source,, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will, because it comes from love.
............................. Henryk Sienkiewicz
' The Nectar of Life '...
The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.
...................... Adam Mickiewicz
' The Power of Love '...
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.. Never underestimate the power of love.. The way to love anything is to realize it may be lost.. The heart has its reasons that reason does not know at all.. Music is love in search of a word.. There is pleasure in the pathless woods; there is a rapture on the lonely shore; There is society, where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar.
.............................. Lord Byron
' The Best Things of Life '...
To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things of life.
........................ Algernon Charles Swinburne
' The Joys of Now '...
Be happy for this moment.. This moment is your life.
.................. Omar Khayyam
' The Equation '...
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence.. This is the equation.
....................... Averroes
' Abandon Desires '...
Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you.. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.
...................... Ibn Majah
' The Pains of Attachment '...
If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to.. And he will be betrayed by it.
.......................... Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
' The Poetry of Music '...
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest,, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
............................. Andres Segovia
' Understood by the Heart '...
The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart.
............................ Gioachino Rossini
' Dancing for Joy '...
When I think of my God,, my heart dances within me for joy,, and then my music has to dance, too.
.......................... Joseph Haydn
' Music as a Means '...
Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.
............................. Dmitri Shostakovich
' Without the Heart '...
Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music.
...................... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
' The Silence Within '...
The music is not in the notes,, but in the silence between.
..................... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
' Painter '...
It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory.. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.
.............................. Edgar Degas
' The Light Within '...
I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells.. For when you are at that center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one.
......................... Crazy Horse
' Wisdom and Peace '...
Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.
.............................. Geronimo
' Thought before Speech '...
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner.. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer.. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation.. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech."
................................. Luther Standing Bear
' The Voice of Source '...
The voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds,, the rippling of mighty waters,, and the sweet breathing of flowers.
............................. Zitkala-Sa
' The Meaning of Life '...
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
.......................... Joseph Campbell
' Changing your Life '...
You change your life by changing your heart.
.................... Max Lucado
' The Wonders You Seek '...
All the wonders you seek are within yourself.. We should seek to discover our own special light.. Know how to live within yourself; there in your soul lives a whole world of mysterious and enchanted thoughts; they will be drowned by noise of this world.. Be still and listen to their singing and be silent.
.............................. Fyodor Tyutchev
' The Darker the Night '...
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
.................. Fyodor Dostoevsky
' What is Hell ? '...
Hell is the suffering of being unable to love.
..................... J. D. Salinger
' Aspiration '...
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
........................... Khalil Gibran
' Sufism '...
Rejection of the Hadith, the words of our master the most holy Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alaihi wasallam) is the very antithesis of Sufism... If you read about the great Sufi saints you will realize they were lovers of Hadith, constantly quoting from it and teaching it to others... I don't think it is possible to be a Sufi and a Hadith-rejecter at the same time... This is because Sufism is very much about love and devotion to the most holy Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alaihi wasallam)... The Hadith-rejecters are a modern-day phenomenon and regarded as heretical by mainstream Sunni Muslims... They are particularly disliked because they don't have much regard for our master the most holy Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alaihi wasallam)... When they speak of him they simply say "Muhammad" without invoking any salawat, as though to them he is just any ordinary man..................... Yirmeyah786
' Brahman,, The Highest God Of Hinduism '...
Brahman the Absolute God of Hindus, is a very mysterious Being.. In Hinduism He occupies the highest place, as the creator and enjoyer of all creation. He is the Light and Delight of the Universe, the Ruler and the Lord, without a beginning and without an end, indestructible, indescribable, blissfully immersed in Himself and all by Himself... The concept of Brahman and His relationship with individual souls and Nature and His manifestations are the subject of many schools of Hindu philosophy... Some schools believe that He is both the efficient and material cause of creation... Some believe that He is only an efficient cause and that Prakriti is the material cause... There is also considerable speculation about the relationship between Brahman and the individual souls... Some believe that both are the same and some believe that they are different................ Hinduwebsite.com
' Zoroastrian Beliefs '...
Zoroastrian doctrine holds that, within this cosmic dichotomy, human beings have the choice between Asha (truth, cosmic order), the principle of righteousness or "rightness" that is promoted and embodied by Ahura Mazda, and Druj (falsehood, deceit), the essential nature of Angra Mainyu that expresses itself as greed, wrath, and envy... Thus, the central moral precepts of the religion are good thoughts (hwnata), good words (hakhta), and good deeds (hvarshta), which are recited in many prayers and ceremonies.[5][12][13] Many of the practices and beliefs of ancient Iranian religion can still be seen in Zoroastrianism, such as reverence for nature and its elements, such as water (aban). Fire (atar) is held by Zoroastrians to be particularly sacred as a symbol of Ahura Mazda himself, serving as a focal point of many ceremonies and rituals, and serving as the basis for Zoroastrian places of worship, which are known as fire temples......................... from Wikipedia
' The Baháʼí Faith '...
The teachings of the Baháʼí Faith are derived from the writings of Baháʼu'lláh, its founder.. A corpus of Baháʼí literature include books and writings of the Báb and Baháʼu'lláh, along with the public talks and writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the founder's son.. A central tenet of the Baháʼí Faith is the unity of the world's major religions (Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam) as part of a single plan overseen by one God.. The teachings also address theological subjects including the oneness of God, humanity and religion, as well as aspects of human life such as the harmony of science and religion, elimination of extreme wealth and poverty, universal compulsory education, and the equality of all people equality, regardless of gender, race, nationality, colour, or social class..................... From Wikipedia,
' Three Educations '...
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world.. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
................................... Baron de Montesquieu
' Keep it Simple '...
Keep it simple and focus on what matters.. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
...................... Confucius
' The Real Traveller '...
The real traveller is the one who continues his journey even when the road ends!
........................... Mehmet Murat Ildan
' The Way to Happiness '...
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry.. Live simply, expect little, give much.. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others.. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
.................................... Norman Vincent Peale
' Excellence '...
We are what we do..
Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit..
........................ Aristotle
' Compassionate Thought '...
I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is.. It is something that only we human beings can develop.. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well.. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent.
............................... Dalai Lama
' 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
' Heart to Heart '...
Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
....................... Hafez
' The Deeper Language '...
Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.
................ Meister Eckhart
' The Gospel of Mary Magdalene '...
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[The disciples asked:] "Teach us about the material world. Will it last forever or is everything impermanent?" The Saviour answered: “All that is created, everything that is formed, every natural thing, all exist interdependently in and with each other. Then each will be dissolved again back into its own roots. It is [the way of] nature that everything will eventually decompose back into its own elements. Those who have ears, let them hear.”
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Peter said to him: “While you are explaining everything to us, tell us one more thing: What is the sin of the world?” The Saviour answered: “There is no such thing as sin, you only make it appear when you act according to the habits of your adulterated nature: that is how what you call 'sin' manifests. This is why the Good has come into your midst, pursuing [the Good] which is in everyone’s true nature, to restore it inward to its root.” Then he continued, saying: “This is what sickens and destroys you: it is your love for the things that deceive you. Those who have ears, let them hear. Whoever can understand, let them understand!"
' Always Remember '...
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
................................ Rumi
' The Songs of Birds '...
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
......................... Al-Ghazali
' Be Self Sufficient '...
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
.......................... Ibn Taymiyyah
' The Removal of the Veil '...
Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty.. It is only removal of all camouflage................. Ramana Maharshi
' Filled with Source '...
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.......................... Augustine of Hippo
' Enlightenment '...
Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life................ William Blake
' Spirituality '...
Spirituality: the art of keeping your internal fire alive...................... Maxime Lagacé
' You have a Choice '...
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it................... Thich Nhat Hanh
' Awakening '...
Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not..................... Deepak Chopra
' The Mysterious '...
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science...................... Albert Einstein
' The Privilege of Life '...
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
......................... Carl Jung
' Love without Reward '...
Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God.. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.
.......................... Emmanuel Levinas
' How Trust is Created'...
Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.
......................... Simon Sinek
' Religion as Power '...
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
........................ Seneca the Younger
' To Govern Truthfully '...
Hide nothing from the masses of our people.. Tell no lies.. Expose lies whenever they are told.. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures.. Claim no easy victories.
................................ Amilcar Cabral
' I may follow him '...
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong,, or to expose him and win victory over him.. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue,, and so that if truth is on my side,, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side,, I may follow him.
............................ Al-Shafi‘i
' 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 Land of Love '...
If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?
.................... Yunus Emre (The Drop that Became the Sea)
' The Veil '...
Hide not behind the veil, my love, I long to have a glimpse of you.
......................... Bulleh Shah
' Wise People '...
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
....................... Aristophanes
' Be a Free Thinker '...
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth.. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
........................... Aristotle
' Love is just a Word '...
Love is just a word, until someone comes along and gives it meaning.
..................... Paulo Coelho
' The Power of Truth '...
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.
...................... Daniel Webster
' Inner Peace '...
The most evident sign of having found the Truth is the inner peace.
...................... Amado Nervo
' You Are Consciousness '...
You are a Universe of Universes And your Soul a source of Songs.
................... Ruben Dario
' The Last Day '...
If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord be the keeper of your soul.. If I knew that this would be the last time you pass through this door, I’d embrace you, kiss you, and call you back for one more.. If I knew that this would be the last time I would hear your voice, I’d take hold of each word to be able to hear it over and over again.. If I knew this is the last time I see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.
............................. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
' The Connection between Souls '...
We are defined by the places we hold in the web of others’ lives.
......................... Ken Liu
' A Bad Master '...
Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master.
.................... Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
' When the storm Arrives '...
Life is a storm, my young friend.. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next.. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
............................. Alexandre Dumas
' How Poor are You ? '...
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory.. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things.. Then you will know how poor you are.
...................... Rudyard Kipling
' The Short Path '...
What is the key to the Short Path?...It is threefold.. First, stop searching for the Overself since it follows you wherever you go..
Second, believe in its Presence, with and within you..
Third, keep on trying to understand its truth until you can abandon further thoughts about it..
You cannot acquire what is already here..
So drop the ego's false idea and affirm the real one..
................. Paul Brunton
' God is Realised '...
"There are three different paths to reach the ideal, the path of 'I', the path of 'Thou', and the path of 'Thou and I'..
According to the first, all that is, has been, or ever will be, is I myself..
In other words, 'I am, I was, and I shall be, to all eternity..'
According to the second, 'Thou art, O Lord, and all is Thine..'
And according to the third, 'Thou art the Lord, and I am Thy servant or Thy son..'
In the perfection of any one of these three,
God is realised.".................
Sri Ramakrishna
_Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna_
Calcutta: Advaita Ashram, 1997, p. 31
' 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 Absurdity '...
Man frees himself from the world,
its ills,
its suffering, its chaos,
simply by seeing
the absurdity of it all.
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"A Net of Jewels"
Ramesh S. Balsekar
' Blind and Insane '...
"A totally unmystical world would be a world totally blind and insane."
......................... Aldous Huxley
' Something Divine '...
"There is something divine, mystical, magical and unexplainable in the universe that is listening and responding to each of us."
........................... Bryant McGill
' The Mystical Experience '...
"The mystic lives and looks; and speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience."
..................... Evelyn Underhill
' What is Life ? '...
Life is a challenge, meet it!.. Life is a dream, realize it!.. Life is a game, play it!.. Life is love, enjoy it!
....................... Sathya Sai Baba
' Dissolving the Ego '...
The question 'Who am I?'.. is not really meant to get an answer, the question, 'Who am I?'.. is meant to dissolve the questioner.
........................... Ramana Maharshi
' There is only 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
' Happiness is Thought '...
Most people are searching for happiness.. They're looking for it.. They're trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves.. That's a fundamental mistake.. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.
........................... Wayne Dyer
' Because '...
Because I have known despair, I value hope.. Because I have
tasted frustration, I value fulfillment.. Because I have been lonely, I value love.
......................... Leonard Nimoy
' The Benefits of Awakening '...
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
............................. Josephus Daniels
' We Become our Thoughts '...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.. The mind is everything.. What we think, we become.
........................ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' The Ailment of Poverty '...
For each of the four hundred and four bodily ailments celebrated physicians have produced infallible remedies, but the malady which brings the greatest distress to mankind - to even the wisest and cleverest of us - is the plague of poverty.
....................... Ihara Saikaku
' What do Mystics Seek ? '...
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.. Seek what they sought.
......................... Matsuo Basho
' Silence becomes Music '...
Touch your inner space, which is nothingness, as silent and empty as the sky; it is your inner sky.. Once you settle down in your inner sky, you have come home, and a great maturity arises in your actions, in your behavior.. Then whatever you do has grace in it.. Then whatever you do is a poetry in itself.. You live poetry; your walking becomes dancing, your silence becomes music.
.......................... Rajneesh
' Seeking Happiness '...
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
' Only One Being '...
The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.
........................ Swami Vivekananda
' Recognize Error '...
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error.. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
......................... Swami Vivekananda
' The Perfect Mystic '...
The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true saint" goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment.
........................ Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr
' Ecstatic Motion '...
Stop acting so small.. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
....................... Rumi
' Your Remedy '...
Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it..
Your Sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it..
You Presume you are a small entity,
But within you is enfolded the entire universe..
You are indeed the evident book,
By whose alphabet the hidden becomes the manifest..
Therefore, you have no need to look beyond yourself,
What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.
........................... Ali ibn Abi Talib
' At the End '...
“In the end, these things matter most: How well did you love?.. How fully did you live?.. How deeply did you let go?”..........Gautama the Buddha
' Gautama Awakening '...
Reaching Enlightenment..................
While he sat under the Bodhi tree, he had to overcome a demon named Mara, who attempted to “steal” Buddha’s enlightenment.. When Mara challenged him, Siddhartha touched his hand to the Earth, asking it to bear witness to his wisdom.. At that moment, Mara left his mind, and Buddha reached nirvana or the final stage of enlightenment.
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After this, Siddhartha got the answers to all the questions he had about the universe and found the ultimate way to release himself from suffering. At this moment, Siddhartha truly became Buddha or the enlightened one..................... from The Power of Positivity
' The Failure of Education '...
Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children.. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.
.................. Thomas Sowell
' 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
' Courage, Faith, and Hope '...
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going.. What you need, is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
.................... Thomas Merton
' I Really only Love '...
I really only love God as much as I love the person, I love the least.
............. Dorothy Day
' Changing the World '...
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
' Starting Over '...
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be.. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
............................. F. Scott Fitzgerald
' The Mask '...
Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off.
..................... Haruki Murakami
' A History of Spiritism in Brazil '...
n Brazil the ideas that gave rise to Spiritism date back to the early experiences with the so-called "vital fluid" (animal magnetism, mesmerism) by practitioners of homeopathy, namely the physicians Benoît Jules Mure, a native of France, and João Vicente Martins, from Portugal, who arrived in the country in 1840 and applied it to their patients...[2] Among the personalities interested in the study of the "vital fluid" were José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, the patriarch of Independence, also a cultivator of homeopathy, and Mariano José Pereira da Fonseca (Marquis of Maricá), who published a work with spiritualist teachings in 1844...[3] The oldest group of these scholars and practitioners was formed in Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of the Empire of Brazil, around the figure of the physician and historian Alexandre José de Mello Moraes, [4] and included Pedro de Araújo Lima (Marquis of Olinda), Bernardo José da Gama (Viscount of Goiana), José Cesário de Miranda Ribeiro (Viscount of Uberaba), and other prominent figures of the Second Reign. ................ from Wikipedia
' Politics and Morality '...
Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.
...................... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' Knowing Yourself '...
The first thing you have to know is yourself.. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.
................ Adam Smith
' True Peace '...
So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, and live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or government.
....................... John Stuart Mill
' The Reformation '...
From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.
........................... Martin Luther
' The Hudson Valley'...
I think this land may bee profitable to those that will adventure it.
................. Henry Hudson
' The Flat Earth Fiasco '...
The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round.. For I have seen the shadow of the Earth on the moon, and I have more faith in the shadow than in the Church.
......................... Ferdinand Magellan
' To Conquer the Ego '...
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
.............. Edmund Hillary
' The Apostle of Brazil '...
The man known as the Apostle of Brazil, Saint José de Anchieta (d. 1597), was one of the earliest missionaries to the country.. José was born in the Canary Islands of Spain, became a Jesuit priest, and first served as a teacher.. But he eventually became a great Brazilian linguist and writer.. José learned the native Tupí language, wrote a book of grammar explaining it, and became fluent enough to serve as an interpreter.. Taken hostage at one point, he used his five months in captivity to compose a lengthy poem in honor of the Blessed Mother, writing out the verses on the sand since he had no paper.. Fortunately, he had an excellent memory and wrote down all 5,800 lines of his poem when he was released.................. from the Catholic World Report
' Within Higher Consciousness '...
I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.
................. Peter Paul Rubens
' The Body of Life '...
Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.
.................... Rembrandt
' The Artist '...
A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.
..................... Eugene Delacroix
' Recognizing Truth '...
Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.
................... George Sand
' Called Love '...
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
....................... Honore de Balzac
' Take Responsibility '...
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.
.................... Leo Tolstoy
' A New Path '...
I do what I feel is right.. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.
.................... Aamir Khan
' Waking to Reality '...
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
' Knowing Truth by Intuition '...
Intuition is the innate ability in everyone to perceive truth directly - not by reason, logic, or analysis, but by a simple knowing from within. That is the very meaning of the word "intuition": to know, or understand from within - from one's own self, and from the heart of whatever one is trying to understand. Intuition is the inner ability to see behind the outer forms of things to their inner essence.
............................. Goswami Kriyananda
' Change the World '...
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world
....................... Paramahansa Yogananda
' Never my Silence '...
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
..................... Xenocrates
' Bring Joy Back '...
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
.............................. Jean Shinoda Bolen
' Your Enemy '...
Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.
.......................... Guy Finley
' Leaving the Hologram '...
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
.................. Vernon Howard
' To Infuse Truth '...
Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain.. It's something you have to find out for yourself.
........................ Noam Chomsky
' Unknown Knowledge '...
Not only is the Universe stranger than we think,, it is stranger than we can think.
..................... Werner Heisenberg
' The Only Source of Knowledge '...
Information is not knowledge.. The only source of knowledge is experience.. You need experience to gain wisdom.
.......................... Albert Einstein
' Discovering Silence '...
Learn to be silent.. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
.................... Pythagoras
' The Divine Light '...
One may conceive light to spread successively, by spherical waves.
................... Christiaan Huygens
' The Language of Math '...
The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
.................... Galileo Galilei
' Astounding '...
If we did all the things we are capable of doing,, we would literally astound ourselves.
.................... Thomas A. Edison
' What is Love ? '...
Love is the non-existence of the 'false-self' called ego... It is that Easy........... thomas
' Dissolving to Nothingness '...
With repeated meditation practice
the expanse of the visible universe
with all its qualities dissolves
to nothing, to where there is
only health and great joy.
.................. Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic
' What is Sacred '...
We use this word constantly, but, what does it mean?... Sacred is something that
is Holy.. What is Holy?.. Holy means Love.. What is Love?, Love is Non-ego..
Love in non-separation.. Love is caring about others more that you care about
your self.. What does non-ego have to do with Sacred?.. Sacred is Devine
Consciousness.. Sacred is Us.. Sacred is Reality.. Sacred is All.. There is
Nothing that is not Sacred.. The belief in the ego is preventing us from Knowing
that We are Sacred.. Become Sacred.. Become Real.. Become Your
Self......................... namaste, thomas
' Freedom from Desires '...
Freedom from all desire is eternity.. All
attachment implies fear, for all things
are transient.. And fear makes one a slave..
This freedom from attachment does not
come with practice; it is natural, when
one knows one's true being.. Love does not
cling; clinging is not love.
.................. Nisargadatta Maharaj
' The Mystical I '...
When the Spirit of the Lord is upon you, you are ordained, but you are not ordained to be set apart.. You are ordained to heal the sick, to comfort, to feed, to forgive.. That is the purpose of ordination,, not that you may be glorified but that you may be better equipped to give more abundantly, to share more freely, to understand more universally that it is not only the children of your flesh who are your children, but that all children of this world are your children, and you have an equal responsibility to share with them..
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You must be able to look out upon this world and say unto it: "The Spirit of God in me is your Father. You may look to the Father within me for substance and sustenance.. You, friend or so-called foe, may look to the Spirit of God in me, the fatherhood of God in me, for your care."
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Then you will understand this relationship that has been kept secret from the world, the invisible bond that exists among all mystics. The visible and invisible mystics of the world who have recognized I standing at the door of their consciousness, are eternally united in consciousness, sharing with one another.
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I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.
... Revelation 3:8
........... Joel S. Goldsmith, The Mystical I
' The Kingdom is Within '...
I have not come to teach you that which you know not; I have come to deepen in
you that wisdom which is yours already.................
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN
' The Divine Reality '...
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters, compared to what lives within us." ................. Henry David Thoreau
' Two Ways to be Fooled '...
There are two ways to be fooled.. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
....................... Soren Kierkegaard
' The Blood of Life '...
One cannot be strong without love.. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life.
..................... Paul Tillich
' Radical Amazement '...
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
......................... Abraham Joshua Heschel
' The Journey to Love '...
If one completes the journey to one's own heart,, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.
....................... Thomas Keating
' The Present Moment '...
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going.. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
....................... Thomas Merton
' Know Thyself '...
Intelligent people know others.. Enlightened people know themselves.
....................... Laozi
' You are my Life '...
One day you will ask me which is more important?,, My life or yours?.. I will say mine, and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
................................. Khalil Gibran
' Except Yourself '...
In oneself, lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn.. the door is there and the key is in your hand.. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
........................... Jiddu Krishnamurti
' Returning Home '...
You are a divine being.. You matter, you count.. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.
......................... Terence McKenna
' The Evolution of Humanity '...
Evolution of mankind is paralleled by the increase and expansion of consciousness.
...................... Albert Hofmann
' Information is Power '...
Information is Power.. Think For Yourself.. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved in serious financial profit from a brainwashed and enslaved population.. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges popular views of the world.
........................... Timothy Leary
' Relief from Existence '...
And so it is that we do not exist until we do;.. and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence shall take us back from existence, and that nameless spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild circus.
.......................... Malaclypse the Younger
' The False Self '...
Waking up to who you are, requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be
..................... Alan Watts
' Surrendering the Ego '...
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
....................... Joseph Campbell
' Having a Human Experience '...
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
........................ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
' Living in the Hologram '...
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
...................... Democritus
' Using Information '...
There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book,, than in being the first author of the thought.
............................. Robert Boyle
' The Understanding of Source '...
By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists. All these attributes are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that they could have originated from me alone. So, from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists.
........................ Rene Descartes
' My Soul '...
My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
.................... Jim Carrey
' Solitary Learning '...
You can get help from teachers,, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself,, sitting alone in a room.
......................... Dr. Seuss
' Your Thoughts '...
The happiness of your life,, depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
..................... Marcus Aurelius
' The Man of Action '...
The man of reflection discovers Truth; but the one who enjoys it and makes
use of its heavenly gifts is the man of action.
...................... Benito Perez Galdos
' The Egoic Desires '...
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
................... Miguel de Cervantes
' Wealth '...
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel.. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
....................... Henrik Ibsen
' Personal Divine Experience '...
Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with Him.. Theological insights are gained not only from between two covers of a book, but from two bent knees before an altar.. The Holy Hour becomes like an oxygen tank to revive the breath of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the foul and fetid atmosphere of the world..
...................Fulton J. Sheen
' Finding Peace '...
“Love is the key to ending hatred and finding peace.”................. Gautama the Buddha
' Zoroaster Teaching '...
“The greatest act of worship is to strive for truth and righteousness.”................
For Zoroaster, true devotion and worship were not merely through ritualistic practices, but through the pursuit of truth and righteousness in every aspect of life. This quote reminds us that living a life of integrity, sincerity, and moral conduct is the highest form of reverence. It calls upon us to prioritize the cultivation of virtues and the pursuit of wisdom, as these are the most valuable offerings we can make to the divine..................... from Quotesanity
' What is Love ? '...
Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
..................... Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
' The Divine Law '...
The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of the Self.. Then you will no longer have to seek God.. God himself will come to you.. This is the Divine Law.
.............................. Asaram
' Why you are Unhappy '...
The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.
........................ Jaggi Vasudev
' The Mind is a Robot '...
The mind is a mechanism.. It has no intelligence.. The mind is a bio-computer.. How can it have any intelligence?.. It has skill, but it has no intelligence; it has a functional utility, but it has no awareness.. It is a robot; it works well but don`t listen to it too much because then you will lose your inner intelligence.. Then it is as if you are asking a machine to guide you, lead you.. You are asking a machine which has nothing original in it.
......................... Rajneesh
' The Hunger for Truth '...
People often claim to hunger for truth,, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.
............................ George R. R. Martin
' Recognition of Divinity '...
Don't shine so that others can see you.. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM.
..................... C. S. Lewis
' It Is in your Hands ' ...
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
...................... J. R. R. Tolkien
' The 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 Image of Source '...
Mortals are known by their actions; this is the way it has to be.. They should show goodness, and not be deformed by their actions; this is how they are called beautiful.. Whatever they desire, they shall receive; O Nanak, they become the very image of God.
........................ Guru Angad
' Everything will Dissolve '...
Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.
...................... Franz Kafka
' False History '...
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten,, the lie became the truth.
...................... George Orwell
' The World is a Stage '...
The world is full of actors pretending to be human
................ J. D. Salinger
' Be Yourself '...
The easiest thing to be in the world is you.. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be.. Don't let them put you in that position.
........................... Leo Buscaglia
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