4544 Ethel Ave. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. Mother Teresa The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life What do we mean...
Sadhana, spiritual exertion towards an intended goal. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Some teachers tell us that in order to live a 'spiritual life' we must give up the things of this world. That these things are not important. That there is only one thing worth having, only one thing worth knowing: the...
Following a road at slow speeds can create the perfect conditions for what neuroscientists refer to as spontaneous thought, when the brain’s hippocampus—the locus of spatial orientation, episodic memory, and imagination—is relatively unburdened by the task of wayfinding. The mind, unconstrained, half occupied, has the latitude to wander between...
Spiritual commitment is energized by the alignment of the spiritual will with the attributes of Divinity, which are truth, love, compassion wisdom and nonpartiality. Devotion prioritizes one's life and attracts that which is of assistance. To be a servant of God is a dedication whereby the goal takes precedence...
Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer. Joseph Campbell There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for. Sir Fred Hoyle,...
We must believe in God before we know Him. Sri Aurobindo God can never be proven. Proof is of the mind, and God must by definition be infinite. That which is infinite can never be encompassed by our limited mind. Can never be 'understood.' We must believe before we know. We must have...
When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a new idea with me: compassion. I asked my heart if it could please infuse my soul with a more generous perspective on my mind's workings. Instead...
AND EVEN THEN And if, say, one day you reach the summit of the holy mount and are there shattered utterly by light, even then, you must go on not like a saint spiraling upward, delicate feet barely tracing invisible arcs of air, but back once more at the granite foot, the rubbled start of it...
…the question is whether the Ignorance can be transcended, whether a complete essential realisation turning the consciousness from darkness to light, from an instrument of the Ignorance seeking for Knowledge into an instrument or rather a manifestation of Knowledge proceeding to greater Knowledge, Light enlarging, heightening into greater Light, is...
Know the real self, and then the truth will shine forth within your heart like sunshine. The mind will become untroubled and real happiness will flood it, for happiness and the true self are identical. You will have no more doubts once you attain this self-awareness. All quotations are from A...