Our Quotes of the Day:
The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.
Be content not with your lot in life but with being here in the flow of life. The glories of creation are in your very cells; you are made of the same mindstuff as the angels, the stars, and god himself.
I can still recall vividly how Freud said to me, "My dear Jung, promise me never to abandon the sexual theory. That is the most essential thing of all. You see, we must make a dogma of it, an unshakable bulwark" ... In some astonishment I asked him, "A bulwark-against what?" To which he replied, "Against the black tide of mud"-and here he hesitated for a moment, then added of occultism.
Those who want to realize the greatest delight should realize themselves in others.
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .
The fact that astrology nevertheless yields valid results proves that it is not the apparent positions of the stars which work, but rather the times which are measured or determined by arbitrarily named stellar positions. Time thus proves to be a stream of energy filled with qualities and not, as our philosophy would have it, an abstract concept or precondition of knowledge.
Music is inspiration, soulful inspiration. It inspires the human in us. Music is manifestation, fruitful manifestation. It manifests the divine in us. Music is satisfaction, supreme satisfaction. It satisfies the Pilot Supreme in us.
Prayer unites the soul to God.
Claim your place in the sun and go forward into the light. The tools are there; the path is known; you simply have to turn your back on a culture that has gone sterile and dead, and get with the programme of a living world and a re-empowerment of the imagination.
For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero. When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of the Teacher is over.
The best form of service is to uplift someone's state of mind.
There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
If we practice breathing slow, long and deep, then life will be more active and peaceful. Those who breathe fast live short lives.
Although the warrior's life is dedicated to helping others, he realizes that he will never be able to completely share his experience with others...Yet he is more and more in love with the world. That combination of love affair and loneliness is what enables the warrior to constantly reach out to help others. By renouncing his private world, the warrior discovers a greater universe and a fuller and fuller broken heart. This is not something to feel bad about; it is a cause for rejoicing.
God enjoins you to treat women well, for they are your mothers, daughters, aunts.
What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.
What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.
Do not crave to know more and more, rather practice to get perfection and through the instruction of the guru, eventually, everything will become clear.
When the prayer becomes the vibration of the mind and self, then we can create a miracle.
In silence there is eloquence.