' Dissolved into Love '...
The Ego can only travel so far within the Hologram... It must dissolve before Awakening into Reality ... the Experiencer is Source Itself and requires no Personality but Exists as the Magnetic Force of Unity called Love................... thomas
' Education '...
One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
.................. Sir Thomas More
' Science '...
A little science estranges a man from God;
a lot of science brings him back.
...........................Francis Bacon
' The Evils of Society '...
People in their natural state are basically good.. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
........................... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' Controlling the Ego '...
Not being able to govern events,, I govern myself.
................ Michel de Montaigne
' The Count of Saint Germain '...
The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman who appeared among the royal families of Europe in the eighteenth century, known as der Wundermann.
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His varied and unique talents reportedly included chemistry, alchemy, music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources either. From historical and personal reports, he has been at various times considered a prophet, a charlatan, a healer, a spy, and a visionary.
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Myths and speculations about Saint Germain began to be widespread in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when he was often referenced in Theosophy. He is said by some to have been the founder of Freemasonry which inspired several of the American Founding Fathers. Others say he may have written most of the works of Shakespeare while simultaneously being the scientific genius known to history as Francis Bacon.
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In several New Age movements, he is identified as the Avatar of the Age of Aquarius and is considered an Ascended Master on a par with history's greatest spiritual teachers....Several contemporary groups in esoteric and New Age traditions honor Saint Germain as a Christ-like Ascended Master with paranormal powers such as the ability to teleport, levitate, walk through walls, and influence people telepathically. During his life, he reportedly removed flaws from precious stones and created an elixir that prevented aging. He was ambidextrous and could compose simultaneously a letter with one hand and poetry with the other, or two identical pieces of writing with each hand.
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The Masons and Rosicrucians credit him with inspiring the Founding Fathers to draft the United States Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, as well as providing the design of the Great Seal of the United States. [3] In New Age beliefs, Saint Germain is regarded as the "Cosmic Master of the Seventh Ray," thus governing one of the seven metaphysical principles that rule both individual souls and the unfolding of each Astrological Age. He is associated with the color violet, the jewel amethyst, and the Maltese cross. Since, according to Theosophy, the next Astrological Age—the Age of Aquarius—will be governed by the Seventh Ray (the Ray of Ceremonial Order), Saint Germain is sometimes called "The Avatar of the Age of Aquarius" whose current 2150 year cycle began in the mid-twentieth century. ............................... Anonymous
' Present Moment Awareness '...
“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
— Rumi
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Rumi’s wisdom here encourages us to practice detachment and mindfulness.. Just as trees shed their leaves to prepare for new growth,, we too must learn to let go of negative thoughts,, past regrets,, and unhelpful burdens that weigh us down.. This act of release opens up space for new experiences and opportunities,, allowing us to fully engage with the present moment....................from Reality Pathing
' Love your Enemies '...
Luke 6:35:.. "But love your enemies,, do good to them,, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.. Then your reward will be great,, and you will be children of the Most High,, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."............... Yeshua Ben Yosef
' The Voice of Higher Consciousness '...
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds,, not the deafening blasts of doom.
..................... William Dean Howells
' Darkness or Light '...
Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side;
Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever, ’twixt that darkness and that light.
...................... James Russell Lowell
' Kind Hearts '...
Kind hearts are the gardens,, Kind thoughts are the roots,, Kind words are the flowers,, Kind deeds are the fruits,, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds,, Fill it with sunshine,, Kind words, and Kind deeds.
.............................. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
' Be not Fearful '...
I am not afraid of storms,, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
..................... Louisa May Alcott
' The Goals of Life '...
Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life.. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.
..................... Jaggi Vasudev
' Fearlessness '...
Fearlessness is not the absence of fear, fearlessness is the total presence of fear with the courage to face it.
..................... Rajneesh
' Lamps unto Yourself '...
Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves.. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.
................... Gautama the Buddha
' Take Responsibility '...
Stand up, be bold, be strong..
Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders,
and know that you are the creator of your own destiny..
................... Swami Vivekananda
' Vedanta '...
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
' The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ ' by Levi....
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ is an alternate telling of the Jesus story with strong Theosophical and Spiritualist influences. .In it Jesus' encounters with the masters, seers, and wise men that he visited while traveling in Tibet, Egypt, India, Persia, and Greece, during the missing eighteen years of the Gospel, are recounted.. Here you will learn what the Gospels meant when they stated that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature.................. book found in Amazon
' 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
' The Face of God '...
When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.
...................... Walt Whitman
' Self-Realization '...
Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.
.................... Richard Wright
' Now, Now, and Now '...
Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now.. Live it, feel it, cling to it.. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.
.................. Sylvia Plath
' Reading in Higher Consciousness '...
Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek;.. I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.
...................... Smith Wigglesworth
' There is only Now '...
It's being here now that's important.. There's no past and there's no future.. Time is a very misleading thing.. All there is ever, is the now.. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.
.................... George Harrison
' Life Experiences '...
Whom shall I call on?.. Who will share with me The wretched happiness of staying alive?
.................. Sergei Yesenin
' The Wonders are Within '...
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
' Two Days in the Year '...
There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done.. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow.. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.
.................. Dalai Lama
' Watch your Thoughts '...
Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words.. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions.. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits.. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values.. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.
................... Mahatma Gandhi
' Prevent Problems '...
Intellectuals solve problems,. geniuses prevent them.
................ Albert Einstein
' Employing the Wise '...
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do;, we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.
.............................. Steve Jobs
' The Mystic Death '...
The truth of your own nature, the mystics all testify, is that you are nothing, which reveals that you are everything.. In your deepest essence, you are identical with God or ultimate reality.. Your real Life is the birthless and deathless Life of God, and the Life of God embraces the whole of creation.. But as long as your identity is centered in the limited life of the ego, you cannot live in full consciousness of this Life..... Thus,, you must die to your self-centered life in order to awaken into the Life of God.... As Rumi says, “You want Reality unmasked? Choose death! Not the death that drags you to the tomb—the death that is a transmutation, so you at last change into the Light” (Rumi, Odes)... Or, as Jesus says, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matt. 16:25-26)..... Thus, the genuine mystic lives in and as God only insofar as the life in and as the ego is dead.... It is the ego’s delusion of grandeur that imagines you can escape suffering and attain immortality, when in fact your life centered in the ego must be completely sacrificed in the mystical death.... Any teacher or teaching that is not clear about this just feeds the ego’s propensity for megalomania and self-deception.... The genuine mystical path involves the perpetual surrender and sacrifice of all self-centered egoistic activity, up to and including the complete sacrifice of ego-centered life itself.... Thus all genuine mysticism teaches the cultivation of selflessness, love, and compassion........from integralscience.org
' Transcendentalism '...
Transcendentalism is a philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the New England region of the United States. A core belief is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, and while society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent. Transcendentalists saw divine experience inherent in the everyday. They thought of physical and spiritual phenomena as part of dynamic processes rather than discrete entities.
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Transcendentalism is one of the first philosophical currents that emerged in the United States; it is therefore a key early point in the history of American philosophy. Emphasizing subjective intuition over objective empiricism, its adherents believe that individuals are capable of generating completely original insights with little attention and deference to past transcendentalists. Its rise was a protest against the general state of intellectualism and spirituality at the time. The doctrine of the Unitarian church as taught at Harvard Divinity School was closely related.
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Transcendentalism emerged from "English and German Romanticism, the Biblical criticism of Johann Gottfried Herder and Friedrich Schleiermacher, the skepticism of David Hume", and the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant and German idealism. Perry Miller and Arthur Versluis regard Emanuel Swedenborg and Jakob Böhme as pervasive influences on transcendentalism.................... Wikipedia
' Following the Heart '...
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
' True Freedom '...
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
' Poets '...
A poet is the creator of the nation around him,, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.
..................... Johann Gottfried Herder
' Attention to Observe '...
But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to their language that precision and accuracy which they have employed in their observations: In correcting their language they reason better.
.......................... Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
' Our Stories '...
Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen,, the mind of the actor,, the roles we create, ,the artistry of life itself, and the quest for peace.
....................... Maya Angelou
' 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
' Intellectual Daring '...
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities.. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.
....................... Immanuel Kant
' Source is All '...
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
' Taste the Truth '...
Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance.. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know.. When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives.. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better.. In fact, you want more!.. It's true that many people around you now may think you are weird or even a danger to society, but you don't care.. Once you've tasted the truth, you won't ever want to go back to being ignorant
......................... Socrates
' Progressing towards Freedom '...
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress,, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
.................... Tony Robbins
' To Succeed in Life '...
To have made even one person's life a little better,, that is to succeed.
.................... Henry David Thoreau
' The Greatest Wealth '...
The greatest wealth is to live content with little,, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
...................... Lucretius
' Beauty '...
Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore,, there can be no beauty without goodness.
.................... Baldassare Castiglione
' Shakespeare Says '...
Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.
.................. William Shakespeare
' Stop the Struggle '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live.. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing.. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
........................... Baruch Spinoza
' Surrender to Reality '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live.. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing.. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
........................ Baruch Spinoza
' Who wants Happiness? '...
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself,, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
................. Arthur Schopenhauer
' The Amish '...
Amish, Member of a conservative Christian group in North America known as the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church.. The Amish originated in 1693–97 as followers of the Mennonite elder Jakob Ammann (1644?–c. 1730) in Switzerland, Alsace, and Germany. He taught that lying was grounds for excommunication (which meant being shunned by all other Mennonites), that clothing should be uniform and beards untrimmed, and that the state church should be avoided.. Migration to North America and assimilation eliminated the Amish in Europe.. They settled in Pennsylvania in the 18th century. After 1850 they split into “Old Order” (traditional) and “New Order” (now the Mennonite churches). Old Order Amish now live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.. Adults are baptized and admitted to formal church membership at age 17 to 20.. Services are in Pennsylvania Dutch (a German dialect) and some English.. Though similar in theology to Mennonites, Amish wear modest, old-fashioned clothing and generally reject modern technology, including automobiles and telephones.............. from Britanica
' Truth is Heard in Silence '...
When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
................... Sri Aurobindo
' Follow your Practice '...
Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently.. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself.
........................ Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
' The Present Moment '...
All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment.
................ Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
'' The Vibrations of Creation '...
We are just entering what may be called, 'the field of vibrations', a field in which we may find more wonders than the mind can conceive of
................... Guglielmo Marconi
' Secrets of the Universe '...
If you want to find the secrets of the universe,, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.
..................... Nikola Tesla
' Led by the Holy Spirit '...
What is my task?,, First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ.. To be empty of self and be filled with Himself.. To be filled with the Holy Spirit; to be led by the Holy Spirit.
........................ Aimee Semple McPherson
' The Strength of Humility '...
Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility.. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality.. Too often we feel that humility is a sign of weakness.. This is not so.. It is the sign of strength and security.
............................ Kathryn Kuhlman
' Bankruptcy '...
The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
....................... Marcus Tullius Cicero
' There is the Task '...
Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden.
........................ Virgil
' Touching the Heart '...
Love is when you don't have to be with another person to touch their heart!
........................ Torquato Tasso
' The Father of Truth '...
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
......................... Francois Rabelais
' A Fine Voyage '...
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!
..................... Joachim du Bellay
' To Quote Others '...
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
.................... Michel de Montaigne
' Practice what you Preach '...
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
................ Marcus Aurelius
' No Discrimination of Truth '...
The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.
.................... Umberto Eco
' Evil is Weakness '...
Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.
........................ Alain Badiou
' Three Steps to Paradise '...
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
' True Intelligence '...
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
..................... John Calvin
' Agreement on Religion '...
How absurd to try to make two men think alike on matters of religion,, when I cannot make two timepieces agree.
.......................... Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
' Faith and Love '...
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love.. Faith brings the person to God,, love brings the person to people.
........................ Martin Luther
' Dissolve the Questioner '...
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
' A Quiet Ego '...
A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all,, but that these will be on the surface,, and you will feel your true being within,, separate from them,, observing but not carried away
............................ Sri Aurobindo
' True Self-Analysis '...
Millions of people never analyze themselves.. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment,, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained.. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction.. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment.. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
.............................. Paramahansa Yogananda
' Be Yourself '...
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 M
' A Prisioner of the Ego '...
To know that you are a prisoner of your mind,, is the dawn of wisdom.
.......................... Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
' You have the Key '...
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
' Learning '...
Learning is not attained by chance,, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
......................... Abigail Adams
' Meister Eckhart '...
The best-attested German work of this middle part of his life is the Book of Divine Consolation, dedicated to the Queen of Hungary. The other two treatises were The Nobleman and On Detachment.. The teachings of the mature Eckhart describe four stages of the union between the soul and God: dissimilarity, similarity, identity, breakthrough. At the outset, God is all, the creature is nothing; at the ultimate stage, “the soul is above God.”.. The driving power of this process is detachment.
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1. Dissimilarity: “All creatures are pure nothingness.. I do not say they are small or petty: they are pure nothingness.”.. Whereas God inherently possesses being, creatures do not possess being but receive it derivatively.. Outside God, there is pure nothingness.. “The being (of things) is God.” ..The “noble man” moves among things in detachment, knowing that they are nothing in themselves and yet aware that they are full of God—their being.
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2. Similarity: Man thus detached from the singular (individual things) and attached to the universal (Being) discovers himself to be an image of God.. Divine resemblance, an assimilation, then emerges: the Son, image of the Father, engenders himself within the detached soul.. As an image, “thou must be in Him and for Him, and not in thee and for thee.”..
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3. Identity: Eckhart’s numerous statements on identity between God and the soul can be easily misunderstood.. He never has substantial identity in mind, but God’s operation and man’s becoming are considered as one.. God is no longer outside man, but he is perfectly interiorized.. Hence such statements: “The being and the nature of God are mine; Jesus enters the castle of the soul; the spark in the soul is beyond time and space; the soul’s light is uncreated and cannot be created, it takes possession of God with no mediation; the core of the soul and the core of God are one.”
' Words '...
Words are the only jewels I possess..
Words are the only clothes I wear..
Words are only the food that sustain my life..
Words are the only wealth I distribute among people.
................ Tukaram
' God is Within You '...
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.
........................ Kabir
' Transmuting Pain '...
The most important lesson that man can learn from life,, is not that there is pain in this world,, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.
........................ Rabindranath Tagore
' How poor are We ? '...
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
' No More Whining '...
No whining, no complaining about anyone.. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.
................... Iyanla Vanzant
' Questions '...
Question your thoughts...
Question your stories...
Question your assumptions...
Question your opinions...
Question your conclusions...
Question them all into utter emptiness, stillness and joy...
The keys to freedom are in your hands...
Use them..
...................... Adyashanti
' Watching the Ego Mind '...
When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking,, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking... When you notice that voice,, you realize that who you are is not the voice - the thinker - but the one who is aware of it.
............................. Eckhart Tolle
' Look within the Heart '...
Find the god in your own heart and you will understand by direct intuition what all the great teachers, real mystics, true philosophers and inspired people have been trying to tell you by the tortuous method of using words.
........................ Paul Brunton
' Your True Nature '...
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit.. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
.......................... amana Maharshi
' The Same Source '...
It makes no difference whether you worship God, Jehovah, Allah, Mohammed, Buddha, Christ or Krishna ,, it is still and always one and the same God.
............................... Satyananda Saraswati
' We Are Light '...
There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief,, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.
............................ Patanjali
' The Unity of Source '...
Outside is the joy of the drop.. Inside is the joy of the ocean.
...................... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' The Vision of Creation '...
If you can't see God in All,, you can't see God at all.
.................... Harbhajan Singh Yogi
' Truth is Eternal '...
Truth exists; only lies are invented.
....................... Georges Braque
' Saint Valentine '...
A common hagiography describes Saint Valentine as a priest of Rome or as the former Bishop of Terni, an important town of Umbria, in central Italy.. While under house arrest of Judge Asterius, and discussing his faith with him, Valentinus (the Latin version of his name) was discussing the validity of Jesus.. The judge put Valentinus to the test and brought to him the judge's adopted blind daughter.. If Valentinus succeeded in restoring the girl's sight, Asterius would do whatever he asked.. Valentinus, praying to God, laid his hands on her eyes and the child's vision was restored...
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Immediately humbled, the judge asked Valentinus what he should do.. Valentinus replied that all of the idols around the judge's house should be broken, and that the judge should fast for three days and then undergo the Christian sacrament of baptism.. The judge obeyed and, as a result of his fasting and prayer, freed all the Christian inmates under his authority.. The judge, his family, and his forty-four member household of adult family members and servants were baptised.................. Wikipedia
' Experience Contemplation '...
Thinking is all that we find within the human experience..
The hologram is filled with lies, therefore, remain the Observer..
If you do not explore the Life Experience,
You remain a slave..
Experience Freedom by Contemplation...
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' Corruption '...
Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that, and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.
................................ Alexei Navalny
' Change '...
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
...................... Elon Musk
' The Truth is a Puzzle '...
The truth may be puzzling.. It may take some work to grapple with.. It may be counterintuitive.. It may contradict deeply held prejudices.. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true.. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
.................. Carl Sagan
' A True Genius '...
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
........................... Jonathan Swift
' War is Hell '...
I am tired and sick of war.. Its glory is all moonshine.. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.. War is hell.
................ General William Tecumseh Sherman
' Your Reaction '...
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
......................... Vernon Howard
' The Last Time '...
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
' Artificial Stupidity '...
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
' Governing the World '...
It is impossible to govern the world without God.. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor.
...................... President George Washington
' Snatching Gladness '...
Our planet
is poorly equipped
for delight..
One must snatch
gladness
from the days that are..
In this life
it's not difficult to die..
To make life,
is more difficult by far.
....................... Vladimir Mayakovsky
' Find what they Found '...
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.. Seek what they sought.
.................... Matsuo Basho
' Three Stages of Truth '...
All truth passes through three stages.. First, it is ridiculed.. Second, it is violently opposed.. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
.................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' Reincarnation '...
The living are just the dead on holiday
................... Maurice Maeterlinck
' The Incomprehensible Light '...
When love has carried us above all things into the Divine Dark, there we are transformed by the Eternal Word Who is the image of the Father; and as the air is penetrated by the sun, thus we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us, and penetrating us.
...................... John of Ruysbroeck
' The Fullness of Joy '...
The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything..
God is the ground, the substance,
the teaching, the teacher,
the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
................... Julian of Norwich
' Transformed into Love '...
To love is to be transformed into what we love.. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
.................... Saint John of the Cross
' A Secret Conversation '...
I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques.. My only prayer practice is attention.. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.
............................... Brother Lawrence
' Gravity '...
Gravity explains the motions of the planets,, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. ..................
' You are three Persons '...
You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are.
...................... Sathya Sai Baba
' The Future '...
Why should you trouble yourself about the future?.. You do not even properly know about the present.. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
.................Ramana Maharshi
' The Divine Principle '...
You are incarnations of God, all of you.. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle.. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand.. You must..Nobody will be left behind.
....................... Swami Vivekananda
' Don't Depend on Death '...
Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections.. You are exactly the same after death as you were before.. Nothing changes; you only give up the body.. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death, you don't become an angel merely by dying.. If such were possible, then let us all go and jump in the ocean now and become angels at once!...Whatever you have made of yourself thus far, so will you be hereafter.. And when you reincarnate, you will bring that same nature with you.. To change, you have to make the effort. This world is the place to do it.
........................ Paramahansa Yogananda
' A Celebration of Ignorance '...
The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
...................... Carl Sagan
' Self-Education '...
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
........................ Isaac Asimov
' Action has Magic '...
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it.. Action has magic, power and grace.
...................... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' Someone started Loving Me '...
When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone.. When I was sure of losing, I won.. When I needed people the most, they left me.. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on.. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.
................. William Shakespeare
' Speak from the Heart '...
People hear you on the level you speak to them from.. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
................... Marianne Williamson
' Laugh at Yourself '...
A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.
..................... Shirley MacLaine
' Be Truthful to Yourself '...
Be brave and clear.. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors.. Be true to yourself.
................Shirley Temple
' Love is Fire '...
Love is friendship that has caught fire.. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving.. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
.......................... Ann Landers
' Educate them in Love '...
Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom.
................. Rudolf Steiner
' Learning by Experience '...
Do not tell them how to do it.. Show them how to do it and do not say a word.. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move.. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.
................. Maria Montessori
' The Time of Now '...
Has it ever struck you ... that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going? It’s really all memory ... except for each passing moment.
................ Eric Kandel
' The Source of Love '...
It is a union with a Higher Good by love, that alone is endless perfection.. The only sufficient object for man must be something that adds to and perfects his nature, to which he must be united in love; somewhat higher than himself, yea, the highest of all, the Father of spirits.. That alone completes a spirit and blesses it, - to love Him, the spring of spirits.
................... Robert B. Leighton
' The First Principle '...
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
...................... Richard P. Feynman
' A Figment of Imagination '...
There is a philosophy that says that if something is unobservable -- unobservable in principle -- it is not part of science.. If there is no way to falsify or confirm a hypothesis, it belongs to the realm of metaphysical speculation, together with astrology and spiritualism.. By that standard, most of the universe has no scientific reality -- it's just a figment of our imaginations.
....................... Leonard Susskind
' My Best Teachers '...
My best teachers were not the ones who knew all the answers,, but those who were deeply excited by questions they couldn't answer.
.......................... Brian Greene
' Two Directions of Karma '...
Karma moves in two directions.. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness.. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results.
......................... Sakyong Mipham
' Controlling Karma '...
I don't know what religious people do.. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing.. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma.
......................... Marcia Wallace
' Political Ethics '...
Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles.. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.
.................. Dalai Lama
' A Good Listener '...
Be a good listener...It makes the person who's speaking to you feel loved,cared for and worthy of being heard.
................. Wayne Dyer
' My Actions '...
My actions are my only true belongings.. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
..................... Nhat Hanh
' Life as Lessons '...
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.
.................... Eckhart Tolle
' Revenge '...
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
.................. Confucius
' Love is the Balance '...
Love is the undisturbed balance that binds this universe together.
..................... Mahavatar Babaji
' Life is a Challenge '...
Life is a challenge, meet it!.. Life is a dream, realize it!.. Life is a game, play it!.. Life is love, enjoy it!
.................... Sathya Sai Baba
' Your 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
' Know Thyself '...
Intelligent people know others.. Enlightened people know themselves.
................ Laozi
' Freedom from Attachment '...
Love is the only freedom from attachment.. When you love everything,, you are attached to nothing.
...................... Mikhail Naimy
' The Real stays Real '...
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
' Feeling Defeated '...
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
................... Malcolm Forbes
' Finding Reality '...
In the First Awakening as Light, Love, and Wisdom,,, It is Returning Consciousness to the Abode of Divine Consciousness,, only Asking the Wisdom within the Light,, " Is This the Final Reality ?".... for the first time, there was no Answer from Higher Consciousnes... thus, the Search began, only to arrive in the Nothingness of Pure Awareness... having no name or identification... only, the Complete Freedom of Reality..........
' There's only Now '...
These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now.. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.
............................ Van Morrison
' Only Love '...
There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio.. What is sacred?,, Of what is the spirit made?,, What is worth living for and what is worth dying for?,, The answer to each is the same.. Only love.
...................... Lord Byron
' The Importance of Practice '...
The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.
.................... Plato
' Respect Youself '...
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself.. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
......................... Fyodor Dostoevsky
' A Friend in Disguise '...
If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends.. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.
........................... Ted Turner
' Power and Respect '...
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
.................... Bruce Lee
' The Bhagavad Gita '...
#1 “The Gita is not a book of commandments but a book of choices.”
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#2 “When your mind has overcome the confusion of duality, you will attain the state of holy indifference to things you hear and things you have heard.”
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#3 “Everything we do produces karma in the mind. In fact, it is in the mind rather than the world that karma’s seeds are planted.”
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#4 “Actions do not cling to me because I am not attached to their results. Those who understand this and practice it live in freedom.”
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#5 “When the mind constantly runs after the wandering senses, it drives away wisdom, like the wind blowing a ship off course.”
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#6 “All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts; it is made of our thoughts.”
' The Seeker '...
The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking,, yet only seekers find it.
.................. Bayazid Bastami
' The Sincere Sufi '...
The sincere Sufi feels poor when he has wealth, is humble when he has power, and is hidden when he has fame.
......................... Imam Abul Qasim
' Thirteen Enemies '...
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering.. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
....................... Al-Ghazali
' The Value of life '...
If you think killing people is a solution to a problem, I not only disagree with you but also I hate your perspective.
.................... Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
' The Passage of Time '...
One can only forget about time by making use of it.
.................. Charles Baudelaire
' Be Aware '...
Do not wait for life.. Do not long for it.. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
...................... Marcel Proust
' Being Honest '...
Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest
..................... William Faulkner
' The Media '...
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed.. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.
.................. Mark Twain
' All else is Folly '...
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved!,, That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.
.................... Leo Tolstoy
' Where is Happiness ? '...
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
...................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' I was in Darkness '...
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
' Intellectual Daring '...
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities.. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.
........................ Immanuel Kant
' The Eternal Life '...
The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.
........................ Ludwig Wittgenstein
' Be that Person '...
Never forget that you are one of a kind.. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place.. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world.. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about.. So be that one person.
............................ R. Buckminster Fuller
' My People '...
I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans.. I do not know my background, my lineage, my biological or cultural heritage.. But when I meet someone new, I treat them with respect.... For after all, they could be my people.
........................... James A. Michener
' The Way to Success '...
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone.. This is the way to success.
......................... Swami Vivekananda
' Finding Happiness '...
The process of finding happiness within one's own Self may be difficult and slow but it cannot be found anywhere else.
.......................... Swami Parthasarathy
' Live in this Moment '...
Time is just an illusion.. What you need is to live this very moment.. That is all that matters.
.................... Elif Safak
' Beyond Description '...
What comes, will go.. What is found, will be lost again.. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description.
............................Rumi
' If I Worship '...
O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.
............................... Rabia Basri
' Love is my Religion '...
I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.
......................... Ibn Arabi
' Does Truth Exist ? '...
Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth,, or he would not ask any question.
.................... Charles Sanders Peirce
' Alter your Reality '...
Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality.. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.
................... William James
' You Are Above '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live.. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing.. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
......................... Baruch Spinoza
' Science '...
Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.
.................... Johannes Kepler
' Science meets Mysticism '...
After the conversations about Indian philosophy,, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense.
............................. Werner Heisenberg
' Karma '...
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
...................... Wayne Dyer
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