Relieve the suffering of Mother Earth’s children and you will find peace. - Anonymous.

 

 

Unless the mind becomes steady there cannot be Yoga. It is the wind of worldliness that always disturbs the mind, which may be likened to a candle flame. If that flame doesn't flicker at all, then one is said to have attained Yoga. - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

Begin to weave and the Divine will provide the thread. - Old Proverb.

The one you are looking for is you. - Osho.

The habit of being inwardly in the calm presence of God must be developed, so that day and night that consciousness will remain steadfast. It is worth the effort; for to live in the consciousness of God is to be done with enslavement to disease, suffering, and fear. Just be with God; that is the be-all and end-all of life. If one resolves never to go to sleep at night without meditating and feeling the Divine Presence, into one's life will come happiness beyond all expectations. Effort is necessary, but that effort will make one a king enthroned in the kingdom of peace and joy. Time spent in the pursuit of extraneous material things is a waste of man's precious opportunities to know God. I am telling you this from my heart: Blessed is he who makes up his mind never to rest until he has found God. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

 

 

Kindness is never wasted. - Anonymous.

The older you get, the more you realize that it is okay to live a life others do not understand. - Anonymous.

In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir.

Love and kindness will always be louder. - Anonymous.

No matter how educated, talented, rich, or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all. Integrity is everything. - Anonymous.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself. - Anonymous.

The hardest battle we face is with ourselves. - Anonymous.

He who works with his hands is a labourer. He who works with his hands and head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. - St. Francis of Assisi.

We ourselves feel what we are doing is a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. - Mother Theresa.

Anything that is unresolved within ourselves will keep manifesting itself in our lives until we heal it. - Anonymous.

When difficulties besiege you, know that the Divine Grace is with you. - The Mother.

Sometimes you don't realize the weight of what you have been carrying until you feel the weight of its release. - Anonymous.

The one you are looking for is you. - Osho.

Disinterest in the non-self must be very strong to do this. One's eagerness must be equal to that of a person kept underwater while trying to rise to the surface to breathe. - Ramana Maharishi.

No Siddha leaves the world without having given some truth to mankind. Every free Soul has to shed on others his light of God-realization. - Anonymous.

That sage who has solely engaged himself in drinking the nectar which is no other than the Brahman, the nectar which is the outcome of incessant mediation, that sage becomes the greatest of ascetics, Paramahansa, and a philosopher free of worldly taint, Avadhuta. By the sight of him, the whole world becomes consecrated. Even an ignorant man who is devoted to his service becomes liberated. - The Upanishads.

Happiness is the new rich. Kindness is the new cool. Health is the new wealth. Inner #peace is the new success. - Anonymous.

Gaudapada (Adi Shankara's Guru's Guru) in his treatise Agama Shastra (which is an exploratory vision of Manudkya Upanishad) gives an allegory: An empty pot has space inside it and outside it. The space inside may be an absolute state of bliss so far as the pot is concerned; however, the pot still separates the space inside it from the space outside. This pot must be shattered and broken to pieces so that the inner being melts into the oneness. When this barrier breaks, this layer of the pot (the space inside it) is no different from the space outside it - it just melts into oneness. The shell (layer of the pot) only acts as a tool that finally dissolves (breaks open) leaving the pure emptiness inside to surface and merge with the emptiness outside.

It is like a bucket of water dipped into the well. A rope is controlling the bucket through the pulley on top of the well. The bucket is full of water (Godliness) inside and is immersed in the water of the well (pure Godliness) on the outside; the bucket still "lingers" about in the water as it is tied to the rope suspended through the pulley. Even though the "water in the bucket" (the being of the one who is meditating) is the same as the "water in the well" (Godliness), the rope (ego) still dangles between the pulley and the water in the well. Meditation also takes you beyond (in Sanskrit this is called Thuriya or Shoonya) to a place where neither the meditator nor the meditation exists. It is the free flow state where the water in the bucket and the water in the well have melted into one another and there is no entity of either the rope or the bucket (or the well). Pure infiniteness, pure isness floats infinitely. - Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

Once upon a time in a faraway land, a young man went to the forest and said to his spiritual master, "I want to have unlimited wealth, and with that unlimited wealth, I want to help and heal the world. Will you please tell me the secret to creating affluence?" And the spiritual master replied, "There are 2 Godesses that reside in the heart of every human being. Everybody is deeply in love with these supreme beings. But there is a certain secret that you need to know, and I will tell you what it is. Although you love both Goddesses, you must pay more attention to on of them. She is the Goddess of Knowledge, and her name is Saraswati. Pursue her, love, her, and give her your attention. The other Goddess, whose name is Lakshmi, is the Goddess of Wealth. When you pay more attention to Sarasvati, Lakshmi will become extremely jealous and pay more attention to you. The more you seek the Goddess of Knowledge, the more the Goddess of Wealth will seek you. She will follow you wherever you go and never leave you. And the wealth you desire will be yours forever." There is power in knowledge, desire and spirit. And, this power within you is the key to creating affluence. - Anonymous.

Our only hope: to stop, to look, to understand, and to get out of the traps of memory. For memory feeds imagination and imagination generates desire and fear. - Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Only in transcendence can there be transformation. When you keep rising from where you are right now, one day, you will be profoundly transformed. - Sadhguru.

Be still and the earth will speak to you. - Navajo Proverb.

God writes spiritual mysteries on our hearts, where they wait silently for discovery. - Rumi.

Doing as others told me, I was blind. Coming when others called me, I was lost. Then I left everyone, myself as well. Then I found everyone, myself as well. - Rumi.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. - Ramana Maharishi.

Security is the most disillusioned amongst all desires. - Anonymous.

Be strong, you never know who you are inspiring. - Anonymous.

One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in a prison with the key in its hand. - Rumi.

Don't allow the world to make you bitter. Don't allow people and so-called loved ones to make you petty. Don't let your self-respect be measured in financial terms or personal gains. Don't ever judge people. Be happy. Be cool. Let the child within you and the madness always keep you young at heart. Always live life as though your Master is standing next to you, seeing you, observing you, nurturing you. - Ruzbeh Bharucha.

The only useful purpose of the present birth is to turn within and realize the Self. There is nothing else to do. - Ramana Maharishi.

Do not think your money, relationships, or family is an insurance. The only insurance you have is to know how to keep yourself well on all levels. That is Yoga. - Sadhguru.

 

No meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Thus the Zen Master warns his disciple: "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!" - Sheldon Kopp.

The present difficulty is that man thinks he is the doer. But it is a mistake. It is the higher power which does everything and man is only a tool. - Ramana Maharishi.

Look for the answer inside the question. - Rumi.

Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots. - Rumi.

If you want to awaken all of humanity then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift that you have to give is that of your own self-transformation. - Lao Tzu.

My dear child, he who chooses the Infinite has been chosen by the Infinite. Never forget this promise of Sri Aurobindo and keep courage in spite of all difficulties. You are sure to reach the goal, and the more you keep confidence, the quicker it will come. - The Mother.

Act without expectation. - Lao Tzu.

Life begins where fear ends. Fear is impotent, it has never created anything. It cannot create anything because it has no substance, but it can destroy your whole life, it can exploit all of your energies. It will not allow you to move into any deep experience of life. - Osho.

Clinging to the known you will miss life. People live but go on missing life. It needs courage. It needs the courage to move with life wherever it leads because the paths are unchartered, there exists no map. One has to go into the unknown. Life can be understood only if you are ready to go into the unknown. - Osho.

We are all joined together in interdependence. Everything in existence is interdependent. You are dependent on others, others are dependent on you. It is a brotherhood, it is relatedness. Even the smallest grass leaf is related to the greatest star. If you can understand this, a tremendous love will arise from all that exists. - Osho.

Express your uniqueness in whatever you do. There has never been a person like you before, there is nobody else like you in the whole world, and there will never be anybody like you, you are a masterpiece - unrepeatable. You are not here to copy others. You are here to add something unique. To seek and search for your uniqueness is a great thrill, a great adventure. - Osho.

Don't just grow old, grow up. Maturity has nothing to do with your life experiences. It has something to do with your inward journey., experiences of the inner, the more you go deeper into yourself, the more you grow up. Just as a tree has to send its roots deeper into the ground to grow higher. - Osho.

If

By Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

Desiderata

By Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. - Anonymous.

Don’t worry. There is nothing to be ashamed of if you have given your best to whatever you are doing, son. Only mankind is interested in results. Nature only wants to know your intentions. A dog just wags its tail happily. It is not bothered about whether its tail has wagged with finesses or whether it looks funny. It only knows how to love its master. It gives its best. It may make a mess of things regularly but then you don’t mind. Why? Because you know the dog’s heart is in the right place. It is giving its best to you. The same way Nature and God don’t judge you by your performance or your results. They just want to know whether your intentions are proper, your heart is in the right place and that you are giving your best to whatever you are doing. Every thing else is just pure statistics... it was ‘why you did-what you did’, that was more important than, ‘what came about what you did’ that really mattered to the heaven’s above. That the Angels heard the purity in the prayer rather than the prayer itself or the fancy words mouthed.. - Ruzbeh Bharucha.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. - Lao Tzu.

A good traveller has no fixed plans. - Lao Tzu.