Our Quotes of the Day:
Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.
Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new millennium!
It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt.
When something seems to change in the world, the rishis said, it is really you that is changing.
From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasantness for both sides. If we can realize and meditate on ultimate truth, it will cleanse our impurities of mind and thus eradicate the sense of discrimination. This will help to create true love for one another. The search for ultimate truth is, therefore, vitally important.
Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present, since it is in the present and only in the present that you live. There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly.
Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid. — Mark 6:50
Your life within God's arms, Your dance within God's arms, Is already Perfect!
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
Who am I? From where did I come? Who is my father? Who is my mother? Ask yourself these questions again and again to find the truth. You will see that this world is transitory, like a dream.
The cosmic humor is that if you desire to move mountains and you continue to purify yourself, ultimately you will arrive at the place where you are able to move mountains. But in order to arrive at this position of power you will have had to give up being he-who-wanted-to-move-mountains so that you can be he-who-put-the-mountain-there-in-the-first-place. The humor is that finally when you have the power to move the mountain, you are the person who placed it there--so there the mountain stays.
Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
You have come from God, you are a spark of His Glory; you are a wave of that Ocean of Bliss; you will get peace only when you again merge in Him.
The Rosary is my favorite prayer.
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.
The grace of God is the thing that is needful. One should pray for the grace of God.
Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the will of God.
You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win.
The one who has faith in the divine has nothing to fear.
Now I wonder what our knowledge has in common with God's knowledge according to those who treat God's knowledge... Is there anything else common to both besides the mere name? ...there is an essential distinction between His knowledge and ours, like the distinction between the substance of the heavens and that of the earth.
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
