Our Quotes of the Day:
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for war are the major enemy of the healthy development of peoples. If we take the common good of all humanity as our norm, instead of individual greed, peace would be possible.
Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.
The truly educated never graduate.
How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for me to throw flowers beneath the feet of God!... I was never so happy as when I saw my roses touch the sacred Monstrance.
Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you.
Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.
I have written and spoken my thoughts over many years. Now I'm on new ground and spirit. I want to bring these together. Things like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, conscious dying, conscious aging. Consciousness.
You are really in search of yourself, without knowing it. You are love-longing for the love-worthy, the perfect lovable. Due to ignorance you are looking for it in the world of opposites and contradictions. When you find it within, your search will be over.
Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.
Death means that a form of life dissolves or that the imminent possibility of dissolution exists, whether through our own death or through illness or old age.
Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
At times the truth shines so brilliantly that we perceive it as clear as day. Our nature and habit then draw a veil over our perception, and we return to a darkness almost as dense as before. We are like those who, though beholding frequent flashes of lightning, still find themselves in the thickest darkness of the night.
From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.
Our most valuable teachers are our enemies. While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with the challenge we need to develop tolerance, patience, and compassion—three virtues essential for building character, developing peace of mind, and bringing us true happiness.
Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
When asked how the heart could be purified, Maharajji said, Always speak the truth.
To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom is the very height of ignorance and futility.
One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
I humbly request that you practice Kriya wholeheartedly.
Paul hardly ever allows the real Jesus of Nazareth to get a word in.
If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
