Our Quotes of the Day:
One must always say every word with consideration, and should not say what one does not wish to happen. Those who do not understand the value of suggestion walk after their own fate with a whip in their hand, and those who understand its value and control their word and use it rightly, they are a bliss to themselves and a source of happiness to others.
There is nothing wrong with meditating just to meditate, in the same way that you listen to music just for the music. If you go to concerts to "get culture" or to improve your mind, you will sit there as deaf as a doorpost.
Meditate daily, regularly, and sincerely. Self-realization is in your hand.
I will never allow one of my people to escape from me.
The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.
When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.
We belong to each other
God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to bind them ever more and more.
The old father (Babaji) is Lord Krishna.
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little.
For one thing we may be grateful: this life is not eternal.
Pray May all reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of Love and vibrations of unity and harmony.
This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer is at once: scene, actor, prompter, stage manager, author, audience, and critic.
If you pray more you will pray better
One must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible, however, to train oneself without guidance from the spiritual master.
It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.
Remember that nothing that happens in the mind is 'you', and none of it is your business. You don't have to worry about the thoughts that rise up inside you. It is enough that you remember that the thoughts are not you.
Don't grieve for what doesn't come. Some things that don't happen keep disasters from happening.
Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant.
I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.
Don't live to be unhappy, live to be happy. If you live to be happy you'll find the things that make you happy. And as you do that you find that sharing with others makes you much happier than taking from them.
For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.