Whatever is in your heart that is not clean, not true, will ultimately begin to act like a wall, obstructing the natural flow of love. People who say that there is no love in their life, are being blocked by this wall. Actually there is love, but they just can’t accept it. Ego is the …
Month: August 2022
“If there are so many seekers, why are there so few finders?” — Eckhart Tolle “There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing …
“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.” -– Lao Tzu “The energy on the planet is shifting from competition, fear, lack, and scarcity into a collaborative and loving way of being in …
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” — Lin Yutang “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hofmann “With so many choices and decisions, so …
True happiness comes when my mind and the senses have become quiet and peaceful. In that state, there is spiritual power; we are performing actions, but free from desires and free from attachment to what we do. Such happiness finishes any sorrow that comes to us. Take time to find that quiet and peaceful place …
Here is a story about a young man who couldn’t get any response from his employer in spite of his continued best efforts to apply the principle of going the extra mile and practicing the Golden Rule. The young man wisely decided to tell his employer to get someone to take his place. But a …
“Kindness is perhaps the most essential quality of being fully human.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” — Joseph Joubert “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” — Dalai Lama “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving …
If my friends and relatives do not choose to accompany me on my spiritual path, why should I chase after them trying to get them to change? They won’t listen to me anyway, no matter what I say. A better approach is to focus on my own change process. A river doesn’t need to urge …
“Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy involved in our emotional pain. To hold it in is to freeze the pain within us. The therapeutic slogan is that grieving is the ‘healing feeling.’” — John Bradshaw “To …
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton “The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” — Thomas Merton “Civilization is not …