Our Quotes of the Day:
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.
Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.
Feeling the movement of movements is wandering to the past or future. Living in the movements of movement is being in the present.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life.
Peace comes from within; do not try to seek it without.
You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
There are no accidents.
Your world is all these elements. Of light and sound, of taste, smell, and touch, woven together in many dimensions on the fabulous loom of your brain. Your brain; the most complicated thing in the world, which you yourself grew...without even thinking about it.
Spiritual practices, undertaken at an early age, have a profound and long-lasting effect. Human beings have tremendous potential provided they are taught to train themselves on all levels—physical, mental, and spiritual. Let us teach our children how to become aware of themselves on all levels. With a calm and one-pointed mind, children can obtain a glimpse of true peace and happiness.
Oct 3, 1873 - I am the sun, the Mahadeva, the first cause.
Therefore, I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts.. if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.
Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.
Fear is about survival. When you drop under that and experience the fear without trying to change it, just letting it be, then it becomes still. When you open your heart to fear, rather than trying to fight it or deny it or even overcome it, then you find it is just energy.
The knowledgeable person lives with a question mark '?' and the man of awe and wonder lives with an exclamation mark.
You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win.
Attempting to understand consciousness with your mind, is like trying to illuminate the sun with a candle.
I cannot be subservient anywhere.
The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed?
