Daily Thoughts

Look at the Upanishads; nobody preaches anything there. They say - ‘Explore’! Sri M   The Upanishads are the distillation of the Vedas, the clearest expression of the Vedic truth that consciousness is one thing, that I am that one thing, as are you, as is everyone, always....

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi   People don't ever really change. Bruce   The other day a friend said this to me:  "People don't ever really change."   He was right, of course. We always are what we are. We have the reactions we have to...

When Jesus said '[No man comes to the Father] except through me' he was speaking of the Self, not the body, but people have misunderstood this.   On another occasion Jesus said, 'The kingdom of heaven is within you'. He did not mean that it is within...

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. Mahatma Gandhi   It is so easy to sit in judgment of the people around us, especially those we see day after day. At work,...

"What day is it?" "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh. A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh   Everything we do is new. Everything is something we've never done before. Whether we let ourselves in on it or not, we've never had this moment before. Eaten this dinner on this...

The syllable gu means shadows  The syllable ru, he who disperses them, Because of the power to disperse darkness the guru is thus named. Advayataraka Upanishad   All that a guru can tell you is: 'My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself. You are not the person you take...

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha   What am I going to share with the world today, with the people in my world?   What conditions have...