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Someone who seeks God through logical proof is like someone who looks for the sun with a lamp
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Better than a thousand pointless words,
is one saying to the point;
on hearing which, one finds peace.
is one saying to the point;
on hearing which, one finds peace.
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
once you start dropping thoughts... your whole life becomes a flame... that is what awareness is.
The real journey of discovery consists
not in seeking new landscapes,
but in having new eyes.
not in seeking new landscapes,
but in having new eyes.
You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it.
How a nerve comes to be sensitive to light hardly concerns us more than how life itself originated.
from: Origin of Species, 1872
from: Origin of Species, 1872
There are 10 kinds of people in this world-
Those who understand binary...
and those who don't.
Those who understand binary...
and those who don't.
He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.
we are all to some extent motivated by ego and this needs to be seen rather than judged
everything that exists around us is a product of the evolution of consciousness
a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession
All that we are, arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
With our thoughts we make the world.
The Ways of God are as many as the breaths of Human beings.
The only hoops one must jump through are their own.
When "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple.
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
There is no spoon
If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
every one of us has a responsibility to act as if all our thoughts, words, and deeds matter
Don't say, "I am nothing,"
but don't say,"I am something."
Don't say,"Nothing concerns me,"
but don't say,"Something concerns me,"
but don't say,"I am something."
Don't say,"Nothing concerns me,"
but don't say,"Something concerns me,"
When you depart the chamber of your heart, oneness can shine through the space that is devoid of your self.
all of us are non-physical angelic beings
10,000 years ago man waited for lighting to strike to create fire.
Today we sit in front of a pile of dry wood with matches in our hands, and we ask why the fire isn't lit. and we ask why? why? why?
Today we sit in front of a pile of dry wood with matches in our hands, and we ask why the fire isn't lit. and we ask why? why? why?
Every wonderful sight will vanish, every sweet word will fade,
But do not be disheartened,
The source they come from is eternal, growing,
Branching out, giving new life and new joy.
But do not be disheartened,
The source they come from is eternal, growing,
Branching out, giving new life and new joy.
Enough of these phrases,
Conceit and metaphors,
I want burning, burning, burning.
Conceit and metaphors,
I want burning, burning, burning.
To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, IS freedom, salvation, enlightenment.
The more consciousness you bring into the body, the stronger the immune system becomes. it is as if every cell awakens and rejoices. the body loves your attention.
Your peace is so vast and deep that anything that is not peace disappears into it as if it had never existed.
pg 167 The Power of Now
pg 167 The Power of Now
I have put duality away,
I have seen the two worlds are one;
One I seek, One I know,
One I see, One I call.
He is the first, He is the last,
He is the outward, he is the inward.
I have seen the two worlds are one;
One I seek, One I know,
One I see, One I call.
He is the first, He is the last,
He is the outward, he is the inward.
O LOVE, O pure deep love,
be here, be now
Be all; worlds dissolved into your
stainless endless radiance,
Frail living leaves burn with you
brighter than cold stars:
Make me your servant, your
breath, your core.
be here, be now
Be all; worlds dissolved into your
stainless endless radiance,
Frail living leaves burn with you
brighter than cold stars:
Make me your servant, your
breath, your core.
The thought of liking problems should arise as naturally as the thought of liking ice cream.
dwelling upon any description of reality is a trap
"By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote"
...
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
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"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
it is through the medium of man himself that God hears his own prayers.
religion is for those who divide the truth, which is one, in to many.
All we are is a result of what we have thought.
Be a light unto yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold to the truth within, as to the only truth.
You have to eat, sleep and shit—
That's unavoidable—anything
Beyond that is none of your business.
That's unavoidable—anything
Beyond that is none of your business.
'IT is easy to claim, ' I am God'; but it is bringing the highest ideal of God down to the lowest plane. It is as if the bubble were to say: ' I am the Sea.'
"Only when your heart is truly filled with longing for the freedom of every precious Child of God - AND NOTHING ELSE - will you be a giver. A giver of life in God. What this means is that every contact, every moment, every potential for an interaction is filled with only this passionate question: 'How can I give God to them?'"
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what they have already achieved, but at what they aspire to do.
lack is an illusion,
luck is blasphemy,
love is truth.
luck is blasphemy,
love is truth.
fearless i surrender to GodLove, trusting the truth in the deepest chamber of my heart.
The surest way to enlightenment is fasting...
...
between meals.
...
between meals.
ALL human beings are equal in the eyes of God and the separation between them is generated by the religions created by the human beings.
What we need is a term such as « religionism », as a parallel to racism, that applies to any religion that seeks to assert its own supremacy.
You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
the significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain
the man of simple manners has but few wants, and lives content with a little.
namaste
what matters is not the way things are. because things aren't. what matters is immaterial: presence and attention.
namaste
namaste
namaste
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
Aristotle
Mysticism is the tradition which experiences it.
Sri Chinmoy
Aristotle
Mysticism is the tradition which experiences it.
Sri Chinmoy
In order to reach God, a spiritual person has to be divinely practical in his day-to-day activities.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love: this is the eternal rule.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it-even if I have said it-unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
in our pursuit of love, we fly away from it
Do not cultivate Doubt,
It will drive your wisdom out.
It will drive your wisdom out.
If you touch one thing with deep awareness,
you touch everything.
you touch everything.
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
The way is in the heart.
Living in this world means choosing, and the way we choose to walk is infallibly and perfectly expressed in the walk itself.
Appear as you are,
Be as you appear.
Be as you appear.
alting er perfekt
altinger er perfektible
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everything is perfect
all things are perfectible
altinger er perfektible
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everything is perfect
all things are perfectible
Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created.
Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.
People in the West are always getting ready to live.
If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
Did you know, that if you can see a cloud, it can see you? Same for trees. And beauty.
Kind of makes you want to go out more, huh?
Kind of makes you want to go out more, huh?
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
We're all in this together - by ourselves.
If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don't seek, how
are you different from earth, wood or stone? You must seek without seeking.
are you different from earth, wood or stone? You must seek without seeking.
Only the satiated can let others have the fruits
The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.
The Light has no favorites, it will infuse and bless anyone or anything that is receptive to Its transforming, enlivening energies.
Realize that its the development of a certain attitude and strength towards life and its decisions that is more important than the decisions themselves.
The Sufi is pleased with everything that God does, so that God will be pleased with all that he does.
It's like everyone has a choice: Either be totally flipped-out, awed, overwhelmed and tickled by the day-to-day splendors of time and space as they're revealed. Or be floored by them in hindsight.
all we need do is simply to rest in the naked, pure awareness of the nature of mind, which is always present
Those who believe in God, they are on earth and God is in heaven.
Those who love God, He is before them.
Those who love God, He is before them.
You've no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the Ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So- I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.
The true mystic is not a devotee lost in ecstatic communion with the One, or a reclusive saint who avoids others. The true mystic lives alongside other people - coming and going, eating and sleeping, buying and selling, marrying and chatting - but not for a moment does he forget God.
As with bad breath, ideology is always what the other person has.
The whole point of society is to be less unforgiving than nature.
Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
Count on huge things though they may seem invisible...
I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
your unwanted experiences will cease only when you have finally relinquished your tendency to resist them
there's nothing wrong with buying into an illusion, just as long as when we become conscious of it, we retain our freedom of choice.
Love one another, but make not a bond of Love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature
Form follows function-that has been misunderstood.
Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union
Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union
We often miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
as we reconstitute our being each instant, the opportunity for change is present at all times.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
I am not the body, Nor is the body mine. I am awareness itself.
Let me know Your enormity, and my tininess
Help me see Your infinity and my finite-ness
Help me see Your infinity and my finite-ness
the making of things is not an activity to be avoided in order to attain leisure, but rather a playful and leisurely endeavor unto itself
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
God’s will and your will are the same, whether you notice it or not.
life is more than an opportunity for self-protection.
despite having ultimately no choice but to surrender, one is challenged to do so as an act of will and not as an act of defeat
greed for bliss will become the barrier.
A little foolishness and a little wisdom is good, and the right combination makes you a buddha.
we are the imagination of ourselves
Thinking realistically never got anyone anywhere; be true to your heart and aim for your dreams!
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
A human seeking love is like the ocean begging for H2O
home is here and now and love is all there is
Anybody who gives you a belief system is your enemy, because your belief system becomes the barrier for your eyes so you cannot see the truth
The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.
Free oneself from the fear of the future by fixing the future in the present.
Perceived difficulty is synonymous with insufficient effort.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Don't fight forces, use them.
To the degree that he masters his tools, [man] can invest the world with his meaning; to the degree he is mastered by his tools, the shape of the tool determines his own self-image.
Good people will do good things, and bad people will do bad things. > > > But for good people to do bad things — that takes religion.
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
Choosing naivete leads not to true happiness.
You know the world is going crazy
when the Best Rapper is a white guy,
the Best Golfer is a black guy;
the Tallest Guy in the NBA is Chinese,
the Swiss hold the America’s Cup,
France is accusing the USA of arrogance,
Germany doesn’t want to go to war,
and the two most powerful men in America are named Bush and Dick.
when the Best Rapper is a white guy,
the Best Golfer is a black guy;
the Tallest Guy in the NBA is Chinese,
the Swiss hold the America’s Cup,
France is accusing the USA of arrogance,
Germany doesn’t want to go to war,
and the two most powerful men in America are named Bush and Dick.
Many centuries before the Europeans were debating over whether the earth was flat, the Vedic rishis were figuring out exactly what effect the Earth’s wobble would have on the calculations of their ephemeris’s!
Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive anyway.
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.
If you can't find the truth where you are, where else do you think you will find it?
When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
When all the trees have been cut down,
When all the animals have been hunted,
When all the waters have been polluted,
When all the air is unsafe to breathe,
Only then will you discover you cannot eat money...
When all the animals have been hunted,
When all the waters have been polluted,
When all the air is unsafe to breathe,
Only then will you discover you cannot eat money...
Religion is like cigarettes for me. It’s your own decision, and I will not chide you for practicing. But please don’t make me inhale your secondhand smoke.
Hopefulness only makes sense when it doesn't make sense to be hopeful.
If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren't pessimistic, you don't understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren't optimistic, you haven't got a pulse.
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed. He who molds opinion is greater than he who enacts laws.
Every truth passes through three stages:
At first it is ridiculed
Then it is disputed fiercely
Finally it is accepted as the most ordinary thing on earth...
At first it is ridiculed
Then it is disputed fiercely
Finally it is accepted as the most ordinary thing on earth...
The idea of failure or more work is only the part of your dream that still believes in separation.
[The influence of Evil can be resolved by] recognizing it for what it is and counteracting it through the psychology of self-determination.
We only suffer if we believe in a thought that is in contradiction to reality
We go through life creating caricatures, all the time finding out what we aren't.
What can a mother say to her child?
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.
what has to be examined is profoundly uncomfortable.
If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege it will always be at the expense of truth and justice.
Erotic is something you watch with your wife. Pornographic is something you watch once she falls asleep.
The way you make love is the way God will be with you.
If you could get rid of yourself just once, the secret of secrets would open to you. The face of the unknown, hidden beyond the universe would appear on the mirror of your perception.
I distrust people who know so well what God wants them to do... because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
What makes a wheel a wheel is the space between the spokes.
Intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.
Faith is the interest rate on the hypocrisy account.
brush away all your religious dogmas, beliefs, concepts, images, and face life as it is and not escape through some fanciful romantic images.
What happens when all we create is locked inside that little screen
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Dear Josh,
What a plenty of qoutes for deeb thoughts - nice! :)
With joy and love, Thomas
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