When you know beyond all doubting that the same life flows through all that is and you are that life, you will love all naturally and spontaneously. When you realize the depth and fullness of your love of yourself, you know that every living being...
We absolutely insist on enjoying life. from Alcoholics Anonymous, (commonly known as 'The Big Book) It is not the facts of our life that cause us to be happy or unhappy, but rather our point of view on those facts. What yesterday may have looked like economic doom, today...
If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. Meister Eckhart Over the years we have developed a New Year's Eve tradition. We invite meditators to join us for a gratitude celebration and group meditation to welcome in the new year. This year, of...
God resides in the heart of every person at every moment. He is always ready to take care of you. Develop your spiritual powers. This is true knowledge. And to apply oneself to His service is true devotion. Guru Deva, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati The spark of the divine is in each one...
The Supreme Being is the link between all beings, worlds, and galaxies – like a thread holding the beads together in a rosary. Sri M In order for me to encounter the Divine, I must be in relationship to something. Another being, another world, another galaxy. The...
Once the ananda, the divine delight in all things is attained, it sets right all the distortions, all the evil of the world. It carries man through to the goal. If by the truth and right of things we arrive at the ananda, by the ananda also we can...
(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...
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.Mahatma Gandhi We all have just come through a holiday unlike any we’ve ever had before. The world might feel different than it has in holidays from...
According to the mystical tradition, Christ is born into the world through each of us. As we open our hearts, he is born into the world. As we choose to forgive, he is born into the world. As we rise to the occasion, he is...
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...