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Love is the highest spiritual practice.
The boundaries between ourselves and others melt, and we experience the true “We” and true Oneness.
Love is the way the Divine manifests and flows in a tangible form from human to human.
That’s how we get to experience heaven on earth—
through loving each other.
~ Barbara De Angelis
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Love is the highest spiritual practice.
The boundaries between ourselves and others melt, and we experience the true “We” and true Oneness.
Love is the way the Divine manifests and flows in a tangible form from human to human.
That’s how we get to experience heaven on earth—
through loving each other.
~ Barbara De Angelis
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LIVE TO LEARN
There is no greater classroom than life itself.
Everyone you meet, of any age is teaching you something either about life in general or about yourself.
Every experience you have is making you stronger and wiser. Absorb your day to day experiences as lessons you need to help you reach your goals.
Frustration, fear, sadness can or will show up; acknowledge these feelings, recognize the source,
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LIVE TO LEARN
There is no greater classroom than life itself.
Everyone you meet, of any age is teaching you something either about life in general or about yourself.
Every experience you have is making you stronger and wiser. Absorb your day to day experiences as lessons you need to help you reach your goals.
Frustration, fear, sadness can or will show up; acknowledge these feelings, recognize the source,
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When you are a blessing to others,
they too can be a blessing to others...
like ripples in a pond.
~ Katie Maslin
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When you are a blessing to others,
they too can be a blessing to others...
like ripples in a pond.
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Awareness and Consciousness
In the mirror of your mind, says Maharaj, all kinds of pictures will appear,
stay for a while and disappear.
Silently watch them come and go.
Be alert, but not attracted or repelled. It is important not to be involved. This attitude of silent witnessing will have the effect, gradually, of driving away
all useless thoughts, like unwanted guests that are ignored.
By being thus within yourself, that is, in
the 'I-am-ness', by watching the flow of mind, without interfering or judging, as a dispassionate witness, the 'deep' unknown will be encouraged to come to the surface of consciousness and release its unused energies to enable you to understand the mystery of the origin of life.
~ Pointers from
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Awareness and Consciousness
In the mirror of your mind, says Maharaj, all kinds of pictures will appear,
stay for a while and disappear.
Silently watch them come and go.
Be alert, but not attracted or repelled. It is important not to be involved. This attitude of silent witnessing will have the effect, gradually, of driving away
all useless thoughts, like unwanted guests that are ignored.
By being thus within yourself, that is, in
the 'I-am-ness', by watching the flow of mind, without interfering or judging, as a dispassionate witness, the 'deep' unknown will be encouraged to come to the surface of consciousness and release its unused energies to enable you to understand the mystery of the origin of life.
~ Pointers from
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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RELAX
"Meditation Is Nothing But Coming Back Home, just to have a little rest inside. It is not the chanting of a mantra, it is not even a prayer; it is just coming back home and having a little rest.
Not going anywhere is meditation, just being where you are; there is no other "where" -- just being there where you are, just occupying only that space where you are.
Desire takes you on long journeys in time and space -- and desire never brings you to your home, it always takes you somewhere else."
~ Osho
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"Meditation Is Nothing But Coming Back Home, just to have a little rest inside. It is not the chanting of a mantra, it is not even a prayer; it is just coming back home and having a little rest.
Not going anywhere is meditation, just being where you are; there is no other "where" -- just being there where you are, just occupying only that space where you are.
Desire takes you on long journeys in time and space -- and desire never brings you to your home, it always takes you somewhere else."
~ Osho
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" Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize:
a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black curious eyes of a child, our own two eyes.
All is a miracle. "
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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" Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize:
a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black curious eyes of a child, our own two eyes.
All is a miracle. "
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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IT IS THE EGO THAT KEEPS
GOD AWAY
From childhood I noticed that people always seemed drawn to me.
In this connection I remember one great lesson that my Guru taught me.
In his ashram there was a boy named Kumar, who was very jealous of me because the others sought me out, and because Master had placed me in charge of the ashram duties.
One day Master said to me, without explanation, “You go back to the sweeping from today. I am placing Kumar in charge.”
I said, “All right, Master.” I didn’t get angry. I accepted it, for I had faith in Master’s great wisdom.
This boy then began to tyrannize over me, among other things, asking me to shine his shoes! I did so. But even though he was in charge, the other boys still kept coming to me and not to him.
One day I overheard Kumar complain to Master that I was undermining his authority because the ashram devotees still came to me and not to him.
Master replied with firmness: “That is what I wanted you to learn. He does his work without complaining and with the right attitude. Even though he was
put in the lowest position, his servicefulness and right behavior make him a natural leader; and you see, because you have not learned how to behave, you cannot lead others, even though you were placed in charge.”
Master relieved him of his position and gave it back to me.
Don’t be filled with ego. Take the back seat. That will make you magnetic. So long as the ego will be bobbing inside you, God will never be there. He stays away.
To the egotist He says, “You are but a little spark and yet you extol yourself so much. I own the whole universe, but I remain silent, in the background.”
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
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IT IS THE EGO THAT KEEPS
GOD AWAY
From childhood I noticed that people always seemed drawn to me.
In this connection I remember one great lesson that my Guru taught me.
In his ashram there was a boy named Kumar, who was very jealous of me because the others sought me out, and because Master had placed me in charge of the ashram duties.
One day Master said to me, without explanation, “You go back to the sweeping from today. I am placing Kumar in charge.”
I said, “All right, Master.” I didn’t get angry. I accepted it, for I had faith in Master’s great wisdom.
This boy then began to tyrannize over me, among other things, asking me to shine his shoes! I did so. But even though he was in charge, the other boys still kept coming to me and not to him.
One day I overheard Kumar complain to Master that I was undermining his authority because the ashram devotees still came to me and not to him.
Master replied with firmness: “That is what I wanted you to learn. He does his work without complaining and with the right attitude. Even though he was
put in the lowest position, his servicefulness and right behavior make him a natural leader; and you see, because you have not learned how to behave, you cannot lead others, even though you were placed in charge.”
Master relieved him of his position and gave it back to me.
Don’t be filled with ego. Take the back seat. That will make you magnetic. So long as the ego will be bobbing inside you, God will never be there. He stays away.
To the egotist He says, “You are but a little spark and yet you extol yourself so much. I own the whole universe, but I remain silent, in the background.”
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
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Watch the sense I Am, and don't let it get converted into anything else. Watch that sense with all your being. Feel it, it's there. Forget about any pilgrimage or any mantra or any prayers. Stay only with the feeling I Am. And don't give an image to it.
Do this for five minutes, ten minutes, as you can, and then get about and carry on with your life. And I will guarantee you, you will be a much greater human being than you have been before. You will somehow have found a peace without religion, without joining a cult, without calling yourself a member of something, or wearing white or shaving your head or anything like this.
~ Mooji
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Watch the sense I Am, and don't let it get converted into anything else. Watch that sense with all your being. Feel it, it's there. Forget about any pilgrimage or any mantra or any prayers. Stay only with the feeling I Am. And don't give an image to it.
Do this for five minutes, ten minutes, as you can, and then get about and carry on with your life. And I will guarantee you, you will be a much greater human being than you have been before. You will somehow have found a peace without religion, without joining a cult, without calling yourself a member of something, or wearing white or shaving your head or anything like this.
~ Mooji
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"Recently, one friend asked me,
"How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn't natural."
I told her she must be able to smile to her sorrow, because we are more than our sorrow.
A human being is like a television set with millions of channels. If we turn the Buddha on, we are the Buddha. If we turn sorrow on then we are sorrow. If we turn a smile on, we really are the smile. We can not let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to seize the situation in our hand, to recover our own sovereignty."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Recently, one friend asked me,
"How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn't natural."
I told her she must be able to smile to her sorrow, because we are more than our sorrow.
A human being is like a television set with millions of channels. If we turn the Buddha on, we are the Buddha. If we turn sorrow on then we are sorrow. If we turn a smile on, we really are the smile. We can not let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to seize the situation in our hand, to recover our own sovereignty."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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