The basic problem of the human being is that he wants to see the whole picture, both the phenomenal picture and the non-phenomenal picture, with his limited intellect. It's like a little screw wanting to know the whole machine. Heisenberg, who originally stated the principle of...
Faith is not jumping from A to B. Faith is jumping from A. Anonymous, by way of Bird In the Vedic worldview it is suggested that 'figuring things out' is not the best way, in general, to choose our way forward. Rather we are reminded, daily, of...
It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while...
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident...
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. Jiddu Krishnamurti When we know ourselves as our thoughts alone, identified fully with the mind, we find ourselves constantly in judgment--of ourselves, of the world, of the...
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dreamthis bondage. Wake up and let it go. Swami Vivekananda Enlightenment is absolute cooperation with the inevitable. Anthony de Mello As one studies the various streams of...
ekam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti The Truth is ONE but the wise describe it in various ways Rg Veda Truth, in spiritual terms, is a very specific concept. Truth means ‘that which doesn’t change.’ This Truth that doesn’t change is the background to everything. It is the underlying...
Resist your temptation to lie By speaking of separation from God, Otherwise, We might have to medicate You. In the ocean A lot goes on beneath your eyes. Listen, They have clinics there too For the insane Who persist in saying things like: "I am independent from the Sea, God is not always around Gently Pressing against My body." Hafiz, from The Gift, translated...
Yoga, meditation, all these things--they only aim at bringing the natural situation of life to conscious awareness. Much superior to yoga is considered knowledge. To know that thing...
Sai Baba of Shirdi would say ‘Allah Malik Hai,’ or ‘Ram, Ram’ when people went to him with their problems. No one could say whether he was a Muslim, Hindu, or a Christian. His basic message was to unite, to bring people together, because Allah and...