Love is a quality of Divinity and as such illuminates the Essence and therefore the lovability of others...
The basic things to reach enlightenment are really only half a dozen in number, aren't they? The willingness to forgive, the realization of the limitations of the intellect, devotion to divinity, the respect for the sacred, one-pointedness or fixity of mind to transcend all obstacles,...
You are the sky. Everything else - it's just the weather. Pema Chödrön Pain occurs. Pain is the body's way of communicating that something is amiss. When I step on a piece of glass, a nerve message is sent to my brain to indicate that I have...
Ishavasyam idam sarvam – that Supreme Being pervades everything here.Yat kincha jagatyam jagat – that which moves and that which does not move.Tena tyaktena bhunjitha – therefore, give up and rejoice! Sri M from Ishavasya Upanishad [W]e had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything...
It is impossible for the human mind to remain a human mind and at the same time to understand God. Only God's mind can understand God. Only when the human mind is so relieved of its humanness that it becomes God's mind, even to you,...
The paths are many, and the goal is total fullness and completeness. This is what we are all seeking though we may not be spiritually inclined. If even a few people understand this and start living this way, we can change the world. Sri M The human-ness...
So: How can you surrender the ego to god? First become acquainted with what is the ego. It's the persistence of the animal instinct, but now elaborated through mind, the intellect, and given authenticity by the mutual agreement of society. Paying attention to current events - what...
If we really understand what the universe is about, we need never fear letting go of anything. We live in an infinite universe that continually is evolving. This is all that nature knows how to do: evolve. We are nature. As individual expressions of nature, this is...
If you have weapons, take them home; if you do not have them, please do not seek to get them. We cannot solve this problem through retaliatory violence. We must meet violence with nonviolence. Remember the words of Jesus: 'He who lives by the sword...
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. William Blake, from Auguries of Innocence One day a few years back, I took a friend's headshot photo. They wanted "something outdoors,...