​​This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness
comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all! . . .
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Rumi
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​​Q. What should I do if an old painful memory arises during meditation?
A. Old memories, hurts, fears, angers, resentments, etc., can arise in meditation. Simply allow them to arise without resisting, analyzing, judging, or denying them. Just watch them without getting involved. See that they do not define who you are. They are pockets of unconsciousness arising to be purified in the light of awareness and released from your system. Allow the light of being to set suffering free.

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​​A feeling is not beautiful or ugly, it is just a feeling. It is only when we approach it through our educated and social conditioning that we say this is a good feeling and that is a bad feeling, and so destroy the feeling or distort it. But the feeling that is not given a label as the good or the bad remains intense. It is this passionate intensity that is essential in the pursuit of the understanding of that which is neither the manifested beauty nor the ugly.
What we are insisting upon is the great importance of sustained feeling, that passion which is not the mere lust of the self in gratification. It is this that creates beauty, and since it is not comparable, it has no opposite.

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​​Our Human Potential: The Unassailable Path of Love, Compassion, and Meditation (Core Teachings of Dalai Lama Book 6)
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Thupten Jinpa
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When His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University, they fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice. He structured the presentation according to the teachings of the Four Noble Truths and expanded their meaning to cover most of the topics of Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama’s combination of superb intellect, power of exposition, and practical implementation are evident in these lectures. He covers a broad spectrum of topics, including the psychology of cyclic existence, consciousness and karma, techniques for meditation, altruism, valuing enemies, wisdom, and much more.

This book was previously published under the title The Dalai Lama at Harvard.

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Do you want to see the Self?



Then sit silent. Let there gush forth sincerity from the inner depth of your soul. This will give rise to sacred hours of silence within you. Then the light will dawn and you will find yourself seated in the Self.

The worldly scenes of sensual shows will surely cease to tempt, touch and taint you, if you consciously realize your birthright.

Become aware of the drama played on the stage of life. Don’t be a mere ignorant spectator of it. Know your part and consciously act it to the best of your abilities. It is then, you live your life nobly and ideally.


~ Mahavatar Babaji


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the master calls a butterfly !


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There is really no such thing
as a dead or a living body.
That which does not move we call dead,
and that which has movement we call alive.
In dreams you see any number of bodies,
living and dead,
and they have no existence when you wake up.
In the same way this whole world,
animate and inanimate,
is non-existent.
Death means the dissolution of the ego,
and birth means the rebirth of the ego.
There are births and deaths,
but they are of the ego;
not of you.
You exist whether the sense of ego is there or not.
You are its source, but not the ego-sense.
Deliverance (mukti) means finding the origin
of these births and deaths
and demolishing the ego-sense to its very roots.
That is deliverance.
It means death with full awareness.
If one dies thus,
one is born again simultaneously
and in the same place with Aham sphurana
known as ‘Aham, Aham (I, I)’.
One who is born thus, has no doubts whatsoever.

~ Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, 140
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​​Often the mind is compared to a lake. If the surface is absolutely smooth not a ripple then we can see clearly what lies beneath. Similarly when this mind becomes calm, when the wind of uncontrolled desire does not constantly create ripples over the surface of it, then the image of our true nature inot broken and we obtain a perfect reflection of what we are in reality and what our relation is with the Supreme Intelligence.
As long as the mind is agitated, so long
our vision can never be unerring. We are
constantly hoping that some one else may give us knowledge and happiness, but that is not possible. These can only come from within.

swami_vivekananda
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It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old we are, whatever we went through, it is always possible to reborn. If each day is a copy of the last one, what a pity! Every breath is a chance to reborn. But to reborn into a new life, you have to die before dying.

Shams_Tabrizi

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A Glimpse into Bhakti Yoga (path of Devotion) :

A human being is meant to realise his true identity as an eternal servant of the Lord. This begins with the fundamental understanding that we are not temporary material bodies, but in fact we are the eternal spiritual souls residing within our bodies. Misidentification with the material body leads to suffering, though our constitutional nature is eternal, full of awareness & blissful. The awakening of our original joyful consciousness, to do all actions as a service to the Lord & His devotees, the loving remembrance of the Lord before & after (even trivial) everyday actions, are some ways to express of Bhakti (devotion).


'Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, whatever austerities you perform, do that as an offering to Me'

~ Lord Krsna to Arjuna, Bhagvad Gita 9.27
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्।

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Every moment the body changes in some way. Over time, the body transitions from childhood to youth to adulthood to old age. This continuous change itself is a form of death. What we call Death is only a change of body. The soul must accept a new body depending on past karmas and subtle impressions accumulated over many lives.

The body is for the indweller (the soul), what garments are for the body. Just as we discard old garments, the soul will one day discard this body and accept a new one. In fact, Death is just the soul's transition from one body to the next. The body is merely a garment for the soul, which is deathless.

That which doesnot undergo change or 'death', alone is worth seeking.

~Bhagvad Gita 2.22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही |

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Be In The Present~ 🌼

With the mind centered on the Divine, devoting all actions to the Higher, go all out. Free yourself from the dead past & unborn future. This moment is your only chance to create, advance and achieve.🏃‍♂

मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।
(Bhagvad Gita 3.30; translation by Sw. Mitrananda)

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Content with whatever gain life presents on it's own, unaffected by the pairs of opposites (pleasure & pain, success & failure, fame & notoriety), free from envy, the wise man acts dutifully, but is not mentally bound down by his actions.

Perform your duties fearlessly, ready to meet any consequences of your actions. This is the formula for complete and enduring success.

Bhagvad Gita 4.22
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः
समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।

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Why do people do wrong, though they know they don't want to? Often we seem to be propelled by an unseen force to do things we know are wrong.

Is it someone outside that makes us do wrong?🤔 No. It is not really an external entity or circumstance which is responsible at the core.

It is our own desires within which prompt us to act in a certain way. Desires may initially take the form of a wish or liking. This happens when the senses perceive pleasurable objects in the present, the mind recollects pleasures from the past & intellect starts imagining and fantasizing about pleasures in the future. Desires gathers strength by constant thinking. If not fulfilled, it brings anger, frustration & misjudgment.

In the Gita it is advised to not act out of our likes and dislikes, which are like internal enemies. Instead we should do what our conscience & intellect think is Right 👍

इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ 
तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ ।
(Bhagvad Gita 3.34)

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Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.

People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.

He calls them atomic habits.

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​​WHAT LOVE NEEDS TO SURVIVE
The Buddha said that nothing survives without food, including love. If you don’t know how to nourish and feed your love, it will die. If we know how to feed our love every day it will stay for a long time. One way we nourish our love is by being conscious of what we consume. Many of us think of our daily nourishment only in terms of what we eat. But in fact, there are four kinds of food that we consume every day. They are: edible food (what we put in our mouths to nourish our bodies), sensory food (what we smell, hear, taste, feel, and touch), volition (the motivation and intention that fuels us), and consciousness (this includes our individual consciousness, the collective consciousness, and our environment).
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​​Fear sees limits, while love sees possibilities. Each attitude will be justified by the belief system you cherish. Change your allegiance from fear to love, and love will sustain you wherever you walk. A Course in Miracles tells us, “Love cannot be far behind a grateful heart and thankful mind …These are the true conditions for your homecoming.”

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Sometimes the master can do very trivial things, and the thing will happen. And ordinarily, even if a Shiva goes on talking about one hundred and twelve methods, nothing will happen because the preparation is not there. You can throw seeds on stones, but nothing will happen. The fault is not of the seeds. You can throw a seed out of season, but nothing will happen. The fault is not of the seed. The right season is needed, the right moment is needed, the right soil is needed. Only then will the seed become alive and transform.

Osho
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​​You are not your thoughts, you are the observer of and intelligence behind your thoughts. When you understand this, you are operating from higher consciousness.
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