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Famous Quotes about life“ Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil. ” “ Keep your mind and heart free of all pollution, and peace will always be with you. ” “ Can you remember a time when you had nothing to eat, nowhere to live, no clothes to wear and no friends. You can't? Because there never was such a time. One of the deepest faiths is that you will always receive what you need. Every time you fear that will not receive what you need, or that others will acquire everything before you, and so deny you, you loose the first and most important faith. The faith that you are worthy and that all your needs will be met. The death of this faith is the birth of desire, and desire eventually becomes greed. Faith is living in the intuitive conviction that all your needs will be met at every level - spiritual, mental and physical. Paradoxically it is the power of that faith that works like a magnet and makes it happen. You won't need to fight anything. Faith attracts all that you need, but not as long as you still want! ” “ We all find occasion to reject and resist another person. We all like to put up a fight against anything we dislike on the evening news as we spectate the world. But we forget that when we decide we will resist something or somebody, either mentally or physically, we only empower the object of our resistance, either in reality or in our own minds. If you want to enjoy the ability to influence, always start with acceptance. If you want to disarm another begin with acceptance. If you want to encourage and empower another to change, start with acceptance. Dont make it conditional. Otherwise its just resistance disguised as acceptance, and you are still trying to control them. And we can all smell a controller...cant you? ” “ What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ” “ The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ” “ And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ” “ By finding at least one wonderful quality in everyone, your life will become a dance. ” “ Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. ” “ A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. ” “ Whether you believe in God or not is not important. Belief can be an obstacle to experience. The main thing is to keep an open mind, and be willing to start the conversation. The experience of so many people is that when they engage in a mental conversation, whether it's with a question or simply sharing what is in their heart, they get a reply. This is God as a personal experience, not just a voice in your head. Not your higher self. But the presence of the Source in your life. God is not a concept, or a belief. You cannot have a conversation with a concept. You cannot have a meaningful relationship with a belief. Worth a try? Dear God......" ” “ Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. ” “ Your life, not your words, is the proof of your spirituality. ” “ The religious man follows the teachings of his church, whereas the spiritual man follows the guidance of his soul. ” “ Yearn to understand first and to be understood second. ” “ Sex without love is very empty, and as empty things go, it is one of the best. ” “ All people occasionally stumble across the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue as if nothing had happened. ” “ Co-operation comes when there is both love for the task and trust in the special part each person plays. ” “ I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. ” “ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ” “ Make good thoughts the treasures of your life and you will become prosperous. ” “ Ask and it shall be given. ” “ Give me a museum, and I'll fill it. ” “ When I become excessively critical towards others, it means I am going in the wrong direction. We are usually very good at spotting mistakes, but we should develop the quality of also spotting goodness. If I can see what is good in others or in situations and go beyond the curtain of negativity, I feel good about myself. If I constantly think "he is wrong", I instead create a barrier which blocks me from reaching my own goodness. A very ancient law says: "just as I treat others, I shall be treated by others." ” “ I can only give my best to others when I am in touch with the best in myself. ” “ The future is not a gift, it is a creation. We create it as we live. ” “ Fill your mind with peace and good feelings and your mind will give that experience in return. Whatever you are experiencing in your mind now is what you put there earlier on. ” “ To tolerate someone else's mistakes is one thing. To forgive them is even greater. ” “ The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal. ” “ Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. ” “ There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, "There you are" and those who say, "Here I am" ” “ A bar of iron costs $5, made into horseshoes its worth is $12, made into needles its worth is $3500, made into balance springs for watches, its worth is $300,000. Your own value is determined also by what you are able to make of yourself. ” “ No man who know aught can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free. ” “ In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities. ” “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. ” “ The future is not a gift, it is a creation. We create it as we live. ” “ To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know? ” “ The best time to awaken both body and spirit is in the early morning. We are fresh, in solitude, and the vibrations of the world are at their calmest. It is not surprising that you will find all experienced meditators and yogis up with the dawn, inviting the sun of spirit to shine into the heart of their soul. The first half hour of conscious awareness will be the foundation of your day. Make an early start. Meditate, set the switch of your consciousness and calibrate your energy for the day. You'll be surprised the difference it makes. ” “ True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell. ” “ Never explain - your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway. ” “ The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord. ” “ Before trying to master others, be sure you are the master of yourself. ” “ The future is not a given. What's going to happen is not already known and is not predetermined. So often, we tend to hold onto metaphysical worldviews that tell us that the higher levels and stages of development are already laid out. But they're not. This is a new way of thinking: the recognition that the structures of the future are yet to be determined, yet to be created. And they don't create themselves; they are created to the degree to which human beings at the leading edge consciously engage in the evolutionary process. Only those individuals who are way ahead of their time begin to create these new structures or grooves in consciousness, and in time, when others progress through the lower stages, they're going to follow those grooves that have been laid by the evolutionary pioneers who went before them. When enough people take that path, those grooves get deeper and eventually become stages that everybody is going to develop through automatically. So the awakening human at the leading edge today bears a profound responsibility to be an evolutionary pioneer—to be the one who is literally living in that place between the present and the future. There is no one else who can do this for us. ” “ Just dont give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I dont think you can go wrong. ” “ If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men. ” “ Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. ” “ Mans mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ” “ A heavy purse makes a light heart. ” “ If the mind is light you will feel carefree, no matter how the body feels. ” “ You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life ” “ Don't be sorry, be content - it's a choice not a chore. Never identify with others' sorrow or you will go down with them. Be with them, but stay up, so you can uplift them. Help them put things in perspective. But first do that for yourself. Your feeling sorry? Why? Have you lost something? It's an illusion - you have nothing to lose. Everything that comes to you comes to pass, literally. So let all things pass and you will turn the illusion of loss into the reality of liberation...and sorrow will be a distant memory. ” “ Take everything as it comes, it is that way it is and no other way. ” “ Let me take responsibility for myself and not have expectations of others. ” “ The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ” “ If you ever find yourself defending a position, explaining why, or justifying anything, it means you have been defeated. It means you have not been able to accept the others point of view, or the fact that you may be wrong. Fear has conquered your mind and your heart. Your defences are up and you are running scared. It's not that the other person has conquered you, it's the self-created fear that is in control. Until you can accept the other (you don't have to agree) and you are not threatened by the other, your victories will be delayed. It's a funny old world when true winning is accepting not resisting, when victory is found in the wisdom to stop fighting and to begin engaging. ” “ We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. ” “ Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world. ” “ The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. ” “ Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for too much knowledge is a curse. ” “ By finding at least one wonderful quality in everyone, your life will become a dance. ” “ The happiest people don't worry too much about whether life is fair or not, they just get on with it. ” “ For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. ” “ A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion....this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.. ” “ Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing. Thoughtful, independent, be gracious in victory and defeat. Free of possessiveness, so ease of mind sweetens relationships. Like the scent of a rose the untroubled spirit imparts a lasting fragrance. ” “ Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. ” “ One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. ” “ The respect you earn is not less or more than your own self-respect. Therefore, respect yourself and God and the world will respect you. ” “ No dead principles can help, but only living consciousness. Be absolutely unprincipled and just follow life. ” “ Be sincere; be brief; be seated. ” “ You dont want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. ” “ You spend most of your life running after things, doing things. You forget that 'being' comes before 'doing'. Those who remember this secret make an effort to 'be' and discover that when they stop and observe, life helps and brings whatever is needed. Learning to 'be' is learning to be at peace. It is our most fundamental nature. ” “ The less I think about doing something and the faster I just get on with it, the fewer problems I cause myself. Good planning is always helpful, but time spent fretting and procrastinating is a major drain on my energy ” “ He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity ” “ Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. ” “ When you eat an egg do not insult the chicken. ” “ The energy of the whole has taken possession of you. You are possessed, you are no more, the whole is. This moment, as the silence penetrates in you, you can understand the significance of it, because it is the same silence that Gautam Buddha experienced. It is the same silence that Chuang Tzu or Bodhidharma or Nansen.... The taste of the silence is the same. Time changes, the world goes on changing, but the experience of silence, the joy of it, remains the same. That is the only thing you can rely upon, the only thing that never dies. It is the only thing that you can call your very being. ” “ Everyone in your life has come to teach you something. ” “ Let food be your medicine and medicine your food. Whosoever gives these things no consideration and is ignorant of them, how can he understand the diseases of man. ” “ Underneath everything, the true nature of every human being is kindness. ” “ Do not become discouraged in the face of adversity. Understand that the bigger the heart, the bigger the obstacles it is asked to accomodate. ” “ The quality of thought creates the quality of life. ” “ In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea. ” “ I believe in everything until its disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if its in your mind. Whos to say that dreams and nightmares arent as real as the here and now? ” “ Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. ” “ Let your actions be equal to your words. ” “ To me, being an intellectual doesnt mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. ” “ Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long. ” “ How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. ” “ The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness, the more my own sense of wellbeing rises. ” “ Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. ” “ Live simply so that others may simply live. Its a nice idea, but our lives are more complicated and complex than ever. What can you simplify today - your desk, perhaps your thoughts, a meeting? Simple means easy. Simple means asking, "Is this really necessary?" Simple means keeping it short but sweet. Simple means keeping the focus of your attention on what you need to do now. Todays mantra is, "lets keep it simple." ” “ If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control. ” “ I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare... ” “ Instead of being afraid of difficult situations, consider them to be your teacher and learn a lesson from them. ” “ Journey of life is exciting when you challenge your own weaknesses. Some times your enemy teaches you better than your friend. ” “ Take things slow and take the time for it. ” “ Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing. Thoughtful, independent, be gracious in victory and defeat. Free of possessiveness, so ease of mind sweetens relationships. Like the scent of a rose the untroubled spirit imparts a lasting fragrance. ” “ If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. ” “ Inherent in human nature is the quest for certainty and the sense of security that is its reward. So there is always going to be a clash between the evolving self's aspiration for certainty and the necessity to relinquish that need in order to be able to keep moving up to higher stages without ever halting one's vertical development. The authentic self is the expression of the evolutionary imperative itself, within the human heart and mind. It is a perpetual, unending, and always ecstatic impulse in consciousness that strives only to create the future. But in order for the authentic self to function uninhibitedly, the individual has to be willing to continually let go and embrace ever more of the world of form in every moment. It's only a rare individual who actually is going to have the courage, the authenticity of interest, the fearlessness, and the liberated awareness to be able and willing to continually let go in that way and at the same time have his or her own deepest sense of confidence in the nature of being and in life remain absolutely unthreatened. What I am saying is that it's possible to be deeply certain, to have the absolute conviction that is the hallmark of enlightened awareness, together with a profoundly open and vertically aspiring self-sense or evolutionary impulse. At an existential level one can be absolutely convinced and still be vertically reaching, groping, learning, inquiring, and growing eternally. ” “ Let's not take the dirt from the front face just because it's easier. ” “ Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. ” “ Be patient - the road may rise and turn but it will come to its end. ” “ A friend's eye is a good mirror ” “ We all find occasion to reject and resist another person. We all like to put up a fight against anything we dislike on the evening news as we spectate the world. But we forget that when we decide we will resist something or somebody, either mentally or physically, we only empower the object of our resistance, either in reality or in our own minds. If you want to enjoy the ability to influence, always start with acceptance. If you want to disarm another begin with acceptance. If you want to encourage and empower another to change, start with acceptance. Don't make it conditional. Otherwise it's just resistance disguised as acceptance, and you are still trying to control them. And we can all smell a controller...can't you? ” “ Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Dont resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. ” “ Rest does not come with sleeping, it comes with waking. This is both an insight and an action of enlightenment. When we are enlightened we realise that real rest is possible only when we become free of illusion and we no longer struggle against life. Illusion is the idea that people should be, and do, what we want them to. The truth is, all is as it should be, despite appearances, or our perceptions of others to the contrary. This means you can be easy on yourself, easy with others and easy with the world around you. Easiness is a virtue, an attractive one at that. It is much more influential than force. So quit forcing, end the struggling and...relax! ” “ Learn to go beyond words into silence. Sit with your innermost self and experience the nourishing, timeless beauty of peace. ” “ The wind helps those without an axe to cut wood ” “ Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. ” “ Only when you are standing on the foundation of your values are you able to maintain your truth. ” “ Sleep is the best meditation. ” “ All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. ” “ The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams. ” “ Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided. ” “ Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the real world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind ” “ Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ” “ It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but the meaning we attach to those events. ” “ Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. ” “ Be aware of your thinking and know it can manifest in the future. ” “ Life repeats itself mindlessly - unless you become mindful, it will go on repeating like a wheel. Thats why Buddhists call it the wheel of life and death, the wheel of time. It moves like a wheel: birth is followed by death, death is followed by birth; love is followed by hate, hate is followed by love; success is followed by failure, failure is followed by success. Just see! If you can watch just for a few days, you will see a pattern emerging, a wheel pattern. One day, a fine morning, you are feeling so good and so happy, and another day you are so dull, so dead that you start thinking of committing suicide. And just the other day you were so full of life, so blissful that you were feeling thankful to God, that you were in a mood of deep gratefulness, and today there is great complaint and you dont see the point why one should go on living.... And it goes on and on, but you dont see the pattern. Once you see the pattern, you can get out of it. ” “ Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens ” “ Every oak tree started out as a nut who stood it's ground. ” “ To remain constantly happy and to distribute happiness is the greatest honour. ” “ Behind all creation is silence. Silence is the essential condition, the vital ingredient for all creation and all that is created. It is a power in its own right. The artist starts with a blank canvas - silence. The composer places it between and behind the notes. The very ground of your being, out of which comes all your thoughts, is silence. The way to silence is through meditation. When you arrive in your own silence you will know true freedom and real power. Stop, take a minute, and listen to the silence within you today. Then be aware of what disturbs your inner silence. It could be negative thoughts, memories, sensations. And when you are aware, you will know what is draining your creative power, and you will know what needs to change...on the inside. ” “ If you do not sow in spring you will not reap in autumn ” “ The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements. ” “ Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. ” “ The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. ” “ To remain cheerful, congratulate the self and congratulate others on their speciality. ” “ Destiny... is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. ” “ Everything that comes to us, comes to pass or, more accurately, for us to pass on. Not just the money in our pocket, but wisdom, objects, ideas, even opportunities, all come to us, so that, at the right moment, we can pass them on. This is called flow. Being in the flow means being aware that the river of life is flowing to us at every moment. Being in the flow means accepting whatever comes and putting it to good use, before passing it on. Going with the flow means allowing whatever comes to move on freely, without holding on in any way. If we do not pass on, we are trying to block the flow, and thats when we feel pressure in our life. Pressure is always self-inflicted. Every time you feel 'under pressure' look at what you need to release and to pass on to someone else. Once you do you can ...relax...again. ” “ The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society thats making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? ” “ All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. ” “ One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed. ” “ Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them. ” “ Create your day everyday! ” “ Sleep when you feel tired and eat when you are hungry. ” “ Everyone has a song in their heart. Everyone has a reason for being here and a season for making their highest, greatest most auspicious contribution. No one knows what that is or when that is for anyone else. Only our own heart knows what and when it is for us. Your heart wants to sing. Don’t die with your music still within you. There is a reason for everything and a purpose to your life. Too many fail to listen to the song in their heart and therefore fail to find their purpose and their part. What makes your soul sing and your heart dance? Actually your heart is your soul and you are both! Ask this one question of yourself but don’t be in a hurry to answer it. Live in the question for a day, a week, a month. Let it invite your heart to speak to you. And when you are absolutely sure what your heart is saying is true then begin to invoke the changes necessary in your life so that you live in alignment with your song. Be patient with this. ” “ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ” “ The past is history, so let it go. The future is a mystery, so let it come. The present is this moment now - a gift. To be truly in the present today, it is useful to release all your fears (based on the past) and your worries (imagined futures) - this is the work of someone who truly wants to awaken, and break free from the anchors and burdens of dead yesterdays and speculative tomorrows. It begins simply - with awareness. See your fears, see your worries, look at them in the face, watch them come and go. Treat them like your children on their way out to play. Let them go. Be here now they say, easier said than done, I hear you say. But no one can stop us, except for ourselves. There is only now - even if you are in planning mode, stay in the present as you plan tomorrow, its when we drift into tomorrow with our imagination that we succumb to a lazy avoidance of this moment. ” “ Whatever you do, do it with your entire being. Put your heart and soul into it. ” “ Faith makes things possible, it does not make them easy. ” “ Whatever knowledge we have, if we are not honest, we do not realise that we must look inside ourselves to find what needs to be changed. It is honesty that focuses our attention on ourselves, instead of others. ” “ We cannot impose peace through the use of force but, by being peaceful in ourselves, we can create a peaceful atmosphere out of which peace can grow. ” “ We tend to see things not as they are, but as we are. Becoming quiet and simple inside is the first step towards seeing things truly. ” “ Take delight in small things because it is from seeds that flowers grow. ” “ There is nothing more inevitable than the greying of hair and the crinkling of skin. Resisting it is like trying to hold back the tide of the ocean. Accepting it is the way into a graceful life and the possibility of true Leisure! Our lives are mostly without leisure as we succumb to the marketing men and their determination to convince us that the tide can be beaten back, at the very least, kept at bay. As a consequence we count the greys and measure the length and depth of the wrinkles. We spend our time and attention on the surface of our forms, and create the habits of anxiety and worry as they inevitably deteriorate. But when we truly know ourselves as spirit within the form, all those subtle tensions are dissolved. We never age, never grow old, never die - only our bodies do. Knowing ourselves as we truly are is the doorway to freedom and to the graceful acceptance that we are destined to inhabit and play many roles in many bodies. Is that not both a liberating and a relaxing insight? If you play with it, explore it for truth, meditate on it, seriously give it 'house room' in your head, you may actually experience yourself as a free spirit. And when you do you will know true relaxation. ” “ I still have a lot to learn - about the business, about music, and about myself. Its exciting. ” “ You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. ” “ Let me not resist change but embrace it. It offers an easy path to internal transformation and personal empowerment. ” “ You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. ” “ Dance with you eyes closed and feel the rythm that comes threw you. ” “ Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. ” “ If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe. ” “ The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behaviour affect the rights and well being of others. ” “ No cure, no pay ” “ If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. ” “ Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. ” “ The most exciting thing is not doing it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it's much more exciting. ” “ If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ” “ Steer easily through life by keeping a light touch on the controls, and a strong sense of humour. ” “ It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one. ” “ In traditional Eastern premodern enlightenment, the ego was an obstacle because as long as one was hypnotized by its endless fears and desires, it was impossible to let go of compulsive identification with the mind and time and experience the bliss of Being. These days, the modern Western counterparts of those traditions, if they see the ego as a problem at all, do so only because it is the source of psychological pain and fear. But what I'm teaching is, dare I say it, a new kind of enlightenment in which the goal is not only an individual attainment but, more importantly, a collective emergence that has tremendous evolutionary significance for us all. And therefore, I say the ego is a problem for a much bigger reason: because the degree to which we are identified with it is the degree to which we inhibit our own potential to consciously participate in the evolutionary process. When the goal is to create a new stage of development in time and through the mind, ego is no longer just a personal psychological problem. It's the one and only obstacle to the emergence of a new and glorious future. The creation of that future is what this teaching is dedicated to. ” “ Why do we find it hard to be at peace with ourselves, each other and the world? Imagine a lake that is flat and calm and pure - it is so clear you can see the bottom. Even when the wind blows it only ruffles the surface. All is still and peaceful in its depth. Then the first polluting chemicals of the new factory and farm come rolling down the hill and into the water. Immediately it starts to cloud over and bubble a little. Chemical reactions are taking place and the purity is lost. When purity is lost peace is lost. It is the same with human consciousness. We are innately peaceful beings. Peace is our deepest inner state of being, our true nature. To be at peace is to be in our natural state, but only when our consciousness is pure and clean and true. As soon as the pollutants of any negative images are allowed in, or we allow old memories and experiences to disturb us into negative thinking, our purity and therefore our inner peace are gone. It's not the external event or person that takes our peace away - it's because we give them permission to enter and give them life in our minds. Keep your mind and heart free of all pollution, and peace will always be with you. ” “ Detachment is the releasing of all our attachments, from our false identity to our opinions, from people to possessions. Cutting the subtle threads of attachment frees the spirit from fear, and when the time comes to move on, it's like 'shooting the breeze'. Detachment is simply letting go of all you hold fast to in your mind. It doesn't actually mean losing anything, simply changing your relationship with the things in your life today. The greatest pleasure for every soul comes as a result of choosing detachment. Why? Because attachment is a form of slavery that takes place in our own minds. And the result of detachment? Real freedom. ” “ Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age. ” “ The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces. ” “ When you are content to be simply yourself and dont compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ” “ Better to kiss an ugly woman than to lick yourself ” “ We all have a relationship with everything. Obviously the relationship we have with the people and objects in our immediate vicinity is more intimate than the rest of the world. For most of us the most common relationship is possession. In our minds we think we own and possess things like cars and houses and carpets and golf clubs etc. This thinking easily spreads into jobs and tasks and positions and perhaps even other people. "I want you", and "You are mine alone", is the essence of many romantic film scripts and song lyrics. What we forget is that this relationship is wrong. It is not possible to possess anything. Care for..yes. Use...yes. But possess...no. You can't take it with you when you go, so we say! And yet it's the idea of possession which lies at the heart of all fear, war and conflict. Can you see it? Fear of loss, fear of not acquiring what we have already decided is ours in our minds. So what is a better relationship we can choose which takes all the fear away. Be a trustee. Everything comes to us in trust, for us to use and then to set it free. The consciousness of trustee sets us free of the tension of grasping and guarding. To see ourselves as trustees of everything that we receive, including our bodies, encourages our innate capacity to 'care for with dignity'. It is a much more relaxing way of relating to the things which we are privileged to receive in life. ” “ Do not bargain for fish which are still in the water. ” “ Can you remember a time when you had nothing to eat, nowhere to live, no clothes to wear and no friends. You cant? Because there never was such a time. One of the deepest faiths is that you will always receive what you need. Every time you fear that will not receive what you need, or that others will acquire everything before you, and so deny you, you loose the first and most important faith. The faith that you are worthy and that all your needs will be met. The death of this faith is the birth of desire, and desire eventually becomes greed. Faith is living in the intuitive conviction that all your needs will be met at every level - spiritual, mental and physical. Paradoxically it is the power of that faith that works like a magnet and makes it happen. You wont need to fight for anything. Faith attracts all that you need, but not as long as you still want! ” “ Live for something rather than die for nothing. ” “ And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years. ” “ To find a buddha, you have to see your nature. Whoever sees his or her nature is a buddha. If you don’t see your nature, invoking buddhas, reciting sutras, making offerings result in good karma. Reciting sutras results in good memory. Keeping precepts results in a good rebirth. And making offerings results in future blessings. But no buddha. ” “ When the feelings in the heart are true, then whatever the mind thinks will be right. ” “ For the whole of your life you will be your own closest companion. You will be the one who really understands what it is like. So, be especially kind and loving and appreciative of your own best friend – yourself. ” “ People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them. ” “ We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them. ” “ If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ” “ To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. ” “ Jump and you shall laught! ” “ Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death. ” “ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ” “ A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ” “ Life is a continuity always and always. There is no final destination it is going towards. Just the pilgrimage, just the journey in itself is life, not reaching to some point, no goal--just dancing and being in pilgrimage, moving joyously, without bothering about any destination. What will you do by getting to a destination? Nobody has asked this, because everybody is trying to have some destination in life. But the implications... If you really reach the destination of life, then what? Then you will look very embarrassed. Nowhere to go...you have reached to the final destination--and in the journey you have lost everything. You had to lose everything. So standing naked at the final destination, you will look all around like an idiot: what was the point? You were hurrying so hard, and you were worrying so hard, and this is the outcome. ” “ You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices. ” “ Without the spirit, knowledge would never flower into wisdom and incident would never flower into experience. ” “ When I inspire enthusiasm and confidence in those around me, my own self-esteem flourishes. ” “ Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best. ” “ When you refuse to set boundaries to what is achievable, you can inspire others to believe that they, too, can make things happen. ” “ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ” “ Truth will always reveal itself at the right moment and in the right place. ” “ Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them. ” “ As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. ” “ People are often unreasonable, self-centred: Forgive them anyway. If you are Honest, People may cheat you, but be Honest anyway. What you spend years to build, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. The good you do today, People will often forget tomorrow. Do Good anyway. You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God; it never was between you and them anyway. ” “ Never tell a lie, this will make your life easier ” “ You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. ” “ In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and that each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement. One could almost say that nothing is more hateful to man than to give up even a particle of his unconsciousness. Ask those who have tried to introduce a new idea! ” “ If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. ” “ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. ” “ By seeing life as a game, your lightness of spirit will make problems seem easier. ” “ When you do not upset yourself thinking about how others must change and instead you concentrate on your own change, good things start to happen. First, you will feel better about yourself. Second, you will start to have positive feelings towards others and start to understand them. Third, others start having a more positive attitude towards you. ” “ Everyone in your life has come to teach you something. ” “ When your work speaks for itself, dont interrupt. ” “ All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything just like it before, never will be again. A young man ought to get that idea about himself; he should look for the single spark of individuality that makes him different from other folks, and develop that for all he is worth. Society and schools may try to iron it out of him; their tendency is to put it all in the same mold, but I say don't let that spark be lost; it is your only real claim to importance. ” “ I am who I am. So, let me enjoy being this. ” “ Idiots and fools should use their ears more and the wise should use their mouth to talk with their heart - this will make a change for the better in the world. ” “ If you do everything with the feeling of happiness, there will be no task too difficult to perform. ” “ I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. ” “ The mind that rests only on the surface of things will be tossed about in every storm. Let me dive deep to where peace can always be found. ” “ If I allow my mind to carry burdens, I will experience heaviness and become tired easily. ” “ By seeing life as a game, your lightness of spirit will make problems seem easier. ” “ Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ” “ Lead, follow, or get out of the way. ” “ Life isn't worth living unless you're willing to take some big chances and go for broke. ” “ Meditation is a kind of medicine - its use is only for the time being. Once you have learned the quality, then you need not do any particular meditation; then the meditation has to spread all over your life. Walking is Zen, sitting is Zen. Then what will be the quality? Watchfully, alert, joyously, unmotivated, centered, loving, flowing, one walks. And the walking is sauntering. Loving, alert, watchful, one sits, unmotivated - not sitting for anything in particular, just enjoying how beautiful just sitting doing nothing is, how relaxing, how restful..... After a long walk, you sit under a tree and the breeze comes and cools you. Each moment one has to be at ease with oneself - not trying to improve, not cultivating anything, not practicing anything. Walking is Zen, sitting is Zen. Talking or silent, moving, unmoving, the essence is at ease. The essence is at ease: that is the key word. The essence is at ease: that is the key statement. Do whatsoever you are doing, but at the deepest core remain at ease, cool, calm, centered. ” “ You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology. ” “ No matter how grave a situation, never despair. ” “ We each have the three energies we need to learn to manage - spirit, mind and body. All three need a good diet - body needs pure food (vegetarian), your mind needs positive ideas and images, and the spirit that you are needs time in silence and stillness to refresh and renew. These are our resources, and each one needs topping up, otherwise we run on empty and dis - ease comes to visit. But diet is just the beginning. ” “ Flourish like a flower, but may your life be longer. ” “ There are two aspects of life worth paying attention to: our actions and the spaces between our actions. ” “ Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead-that's where your future lies. ” “ Ego is not just having a big head. Ego is present every time you feel any kind of fear, or hear yourself saying "That's mine!". The truth tells us that nothing is 'mine' or 'yours', we are all trustees, and fear is only present where there is the voice of attachment. So where there is ego, there is attachment, and where there is attachment there is fear, and where there is fear there cannot be love and where there is no love there is misery. This is why there is so much unhappiness in the world. Detach from everything, and you will banish ego, fear will be no more, only then can true love return, and our oldest friend happiness will feel it is then safe to make a reappearance in your life. ” “ Each day we all need to recharge our spiritual battery, otherwise the light of our consciousness becomes dim, thoughts become fuzzy, and decisions are impregnated with doubt. Power is available inside and outside. Inside us we have a spiritual centre, at the core of our consciousness, pure radiant spiritual light. This is what we are. However it is now blocked by our attachments, the record of all our life experiences and many learned beliefs and perceptions. Outside us we have the sun of spirit, the source, invisible to our physical eyes but only one second away when we are able to quieten and focus our mind. Meditation connects us to both sources of power - thats why meditation is the way to access the real vitamins and the minerals that spirit craves. The vitamin of pure love and the minerals of truth and wisdom. Take time to empower yourself today. Sit quietly and connect your mind to each source and allow yourself to recharge and renew. ” “ Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way. ” “ A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ” “ Shakespeare was absolutely right - all the world's a stage and you are on it! It means we all have many roles to play. That means never identify with your role, or you will get very stuck and very stressed. You are not what you do. Your job, position, vocation are just roles. Play the role, never think you are the role - this is the art of making life creative and fun. All great actors dislike being typecast and seen to be good for one particular type of character or role. There is no role you cannot play, if you really want to play it. Which is the same as saying there is nothing you cannot do, if you really want to do it, nothing you cannot be, if you really want to be it. You can even be a Queen or King. You may not have a throne or a court of advisors, but you can create and express all the qualities and behaviours of a 'royal' character - dignity, respect, humility, caring...and many more. Be a 'royal', sit on your inner throne with dignity and self respect, and you will see many other royal qualities emerge through your character. And then...you will feel royal. ” “ Two watermelons can't be held in one hand. ” “ The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. ” “ Of all the gifts of a place by the Sea, perhaps the greatest is the gift of Soul. ” “ You must be the change you want to see in the world. ” “ One may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle but he who conquers the self is the greatest conqueror. ” “ Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know. ” “ Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God-the rest will be given ” “ If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? ” “ Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy. ” “ Consider time to be a great treasure. Never waste a second. ” “ All mens souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. ” “ Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. ” “ Dont wait for a crisis to discover what is important in your life. ” “ One of the deepest habits we learn is interfering in others' lives. Even if we are not actively interfering there is a good chance its happening in our heads. Then, when people dont do what we want them to do, which is usually all the time, our ability to relax is non existent. If you want to interfere successfully in someone elses life, try this loveful approach. It begins with acceptance, continues with acknowledgement, is empowered by appreciation and ends in actualisation. Only in this way can we help others be all that they can possibly be, and what else is life for, but to help others to be all that they can be. Only by making love practical in this way, can we heal our own habits of criticism, envy and blame. Accept, acknowledge and appreciate. It doesnt mean you have to agree, comply or condone. The paradox is that we ourselves will receive the same in the process, not only from ourselves, as we become what we give, but from others along the way. Why? Its the law! ” “ Know the whole world is nothing when it is compared to knowing your own inner mystery of life. ” “ Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it. ” “ It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power. ” “ Transform regrets into realisations and therefore ensure that what could become waste is made into something worthwhile. ” < |
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