Our Quotes of the Day:
If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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.
Nature is favourable to our effort when human awareness is being established more and more in pure consciousness.
Everything is vanishing around us. The only reality is our relationship with Krishna.
Every child is born with tremendous love for himself. It is the society that destroys that love, it is the religion that destroys that love - because if a child goes on growing in loving himself, who is going to love Jesus Christ? Who is going to love the president, Ronald Reagan? Who is going to love the parents?
Whether the sadhaka wants to follow the path of jnana (knowledge), or the path of karma (action), the sadhaka must pass through the stage of action. Karma yoga is the base of all yogas. It is the first step and yoga of knowledge is the second step.
Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.
The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of habits and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh ground.
Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.
Does one require proof of one's own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
Actually, it is not necessary to renounce the objects of the world, because a human being does not actually own or possess anything. Therefore it is not necessary to renounce anything—but the sense of possessiveness should be renounced.
Too much concern about physical security and too little concern about spirituality is the hallmark of today's world.
True forgiveness and love arise naturally, effortlessly, from the silence of the heart broken all the way open.
You know my God. My God is called love
Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing to harbor anger is futile. Training the mind and overcoming your anger is much more effective than mere prayer. Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.
Because there is no ego, God can flow through you; great creativity becomes possible.
Remember, frustration is out of expectation, and ego is always expecting. The ego is a beggar.
O mind, remember thy deeds! O mind, remember, remember thy deeds! Remember!
The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.
Love all beings, do not hate anyone.
As the cause is, so the effect will be. Cause is never different from effect, the effect is but the cause reproduced in another form.
