(One more from my time in India with Sri M and the participants on his Walk of Hope.) No one wants violence. If there is violence somewhere, know that religion has been corrupted...
An ancient Hindu prayer begins with the words, "Lead me, O Lord, from darkness into light, from mortality to immortality." From the darkness of our ignorance, we need to awaken to the existence of the Presence of the Divine in our soul. When the conscious...
The change of character brought about by the uprush of collective forces is amazing. A gentle and reasonable being can be transformed into a maniac or a savage beast...
The highest revelation is that God is in every man. Ralph Waldo Emerson During the holidays there is a tendency for many of us to feel less than our best. People I've spoken with at the holidays ask themselves questions that have no easy answers. What's it...
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. George Washington Carver I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct...
Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in...
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You cannot really classify spiritual progress into any category and say logically that you can go from step 1 to step 2, and then to step 3. It's an abandonment of everything. So, all rules are broken down and one moves towards the goal, throwing everything to the...
Most people spend their whole lives using their strengths to cover up and hide their weaknesses. They expend tremendous energy in keeping themselves a house divided. But if you surrender to your weakness, therein lies your pathway to genius. A person who knows and utilizes...
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. Joseph...