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17 March 2023 10:35

​​Life is a great school, and nature is the ultimate teacher, but without awareness, or free attention, we miss life’s teachings. Awareness transforms life experience into wisdom and confusion into clarity. Awareness is the beginning of all growth.
Learning is more than knowing something new; rather, it involves doing something new. The process of learning naturally involves errors. Masters make as many mistakes as anyone; but they learn from them. To correct and learn from an error, you need to become aware of it. Awareness of a problem is the beginning of the solution.

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15 March 2023 22:30

​​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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14 March 2023 23:00

​​Wisdom comes through suffering and wisdom comes through acceptance. Whatsoever the case, be at ease with it. Don’t take any notice of the society and its condemnation. Nobody has the right to judge you and nobody can pretend to be a judge. Don’t judge others, and don’t be perturbed and disturbed by others’ judgment. You are alone and you are unique. You never were before, you never will be again. You are beautiful! Accept it, and whatsoever happens, allow it to happen and pass through it. Soon, suffering will become learning; then it has become creative.

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14 March 2023 04:00

Every atom is trying to go and join itself to the next atom. Atoms after atoms combine, making huge balls, the earths, the suns, the moons, the stars, the planets. They in their turn, are trying to rush towards each other, and at last, we know that the whole universe, mental and material, will be fused into one. The process that is going on in the cosmos on a large scale, is the same as that going on in the microcosm on a smaller scale. Just as this universe has its existence in separation, in distinction, and all the while is rushing towards unity, non-separation, so in our little worlds each soul is born, as it were, cut off from the rest of the world. The more ignorant, the more unenlightened the soul, the more it thinks that it is separate from the rest of the universe. The more ignorant the person, the more he thinks, he will die or will be born, and so forth—ideas that are an expression of this separateness. But we find that, as knowledge comes, man grows, morality is evolved and the idea of non-separateness begins. Whether men understand it or not, they are impelled by that power behind to become unselfish. That is the foundation of all morality. It is the quintessence of all ethics, preached in any language, or in any religion, or by any prophet in the world.

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13 March 2023 04:15

Often, we get crushes on others not because we truly love and understand them, but to distract ourselves from our suffering. When we learn to love and understand ourselves and have true compassion for ourselves, then we can truly love and understand another person.

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12 March 2023 04:15

🌿How to test your spiritual advancement🌿

Make a list of your possessions. Everything that you call "mine", write a big list. If your list is this long, you are that far from your peace. If you have a small list you are closer to peace. If you have nothing to write you are in peace all the time, nobody on earth can steal your peace.

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11 March 2023 04:15

Q: The universe does not seem a happy place to live in. Why is there so much suffering?

M: Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering.
Pain is merely a signal that the body is in danger  and requires attention.
Similarly, suffering warns us that the  structure of memories and habits, which we call the person (vyakti), is threatened by loss or change.

Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to suffer. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.

As a sane life is free of pain, so is a saintly life free from suffering.

Q: Nobody has suffered more than saints.

M: Did they tell you, or do you say so on your own?
The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment,
harmony with things as they happen. A saint does not want  things to be different from what they are; he knows that, considering all factors, they are unavoidable. He is friendly with the inevitable and, therefore, does not suffer.
Pain he may know, but it does not shatter him. If he can, he does the needful to restore the lost balance — or he lets things take their course.

~ I AM THAT
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✅ Beyond the mind there is no suffering

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10 March 2023 11:26

Cultivate Big-Picture Thinking 

Big-picture thinking is exactly what you think it is: You understand the greater scenario while simultaneously breaking it down and gaining perspective from the individual parts. In other words, it’s seeing both the forest and the trees, and understanding that there are lessons in everything.

Big-picture thinking requires a change in both mindset and methods. To get in the right mindset, think of yourself as an eternal student who’s always learning and widen your focus to open yourself up to new areas. When it comes to methods, listen more than you talk and actively identify learning opportunities in every experience or conversation. Big-picture thinkers understand that being open to new experiences is essential. Do you prefer absolute silence during your Uber rides? Instead, try talking to your next driver. Do you turn down the opportunity to go rock climbing because you think you won’t be good at it? In that case, rock climbing is exactly what you should do on your next day off.

Humans are conditioned to become uneasy about the unknown; it’s a survival instinct to run away from feelings of discomfort. However, to succeed at your goals, you should always embrace the unknown as having potential.

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09 March 2023 04:29

Mind 
 
Our mind is like a small little child that needs love and discipline, but we never focus our attention to the mind just our body health and for mind we just feed in information from school, books, holy books, media, news, entertainment and people words but we never practice from those information we get. Everyone practice reading, writing, eating, playing, talking and sleeping.
When one by one people who started to practice the words from scripture and use it for real they third eye slowly open and realize everyone have is a slave to they own mind, knowing this knowledge many try they best to encourage us to get up but none can cause Maya comes so strong that they fall trap into the mind again by having greed of knowing so make money from sleeper (who are slave to they own mind)
If we listen to our mind all the time we repeatedly become slave to our mind, if the mind cries for anything and we do it mind will control our life's.
Make our mind into instrument, there can only be one master either You are the master of your mind or The mind is your master.
What we (Sleeper) can do is discipline the mind with honesty, love, self help, self talk and hanging out with yourself. Feed in information that will benefit us also keep on practices the new habits that we want to see changes in our mind:
Transform the mind to be
HONEST                 Instead of lying
FORGIVING            Instead of repeating the past
OPTIMISTIC           Instead of being negative
GRATEFUL              Instead of complaining
CALM                      Instead of being angry
PURITY LOVE         Instead of lust
GIVER                      Instead of greed
PEACE                     Instead of ego 
DETACH                  Instead of Attach to ppl, words, job, titles, roles, religion, thoughts, body, etc
You can train your mind with daily affirmation you can create them by yourself in what fields or habits you want to improve and saying thankyou in advance bring a big change of transformation into your life and mind.
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08 March 2023 05:11

Dr. Leaf's book alerts us to be careful about what goes into our brains and about what comes back to the surface from within, because both healthy thoughts and toxic thoughts can be built up with mental rehearsal. And both will change the actual structures inside our brains. This is the concept of neuroplasticity

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06 March 2023 17:18

ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕒 𝔻𝕒𝕙𝕒𝕟: 𝔹𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕧𝕚𝕝

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕗 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕚 - (ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟙)

Bonfire is created on the eve of Holi with an effigy on top of the pyre representing Holika. This spiritually denotes the evil or negativity present within each of us. Every household provides twigs and pieces of wood to prepare the bonfire. This means each of us should offer our unhealthy sanskars, wrong habits, resentment and hurt that we have held on to and unfulfilled desires of the past. Holika Dahan or burning of the pyre at night and people dancing around the bonfire, symbolize that we need to set all our negativities on fire. We can rejoice only after burning them into ashes so that they never come back. It also signifies setting ablaze evils of old world, to begin a new world of purity and virtues.

The simplest way to burn our negative sanskars is Meditation. Meditation is a powerful personal connection with The Supreme Power, Ocean of Purity and Love. When we remember someone, we are in connection with them, that is called Yog. When we are in powerful remembrance of The Supreme, Yog Agni (the fire of remembrance) burns all impurities. Mythologically it celebrates the destruction of the demon King Hiranyakashipu and Holika, and the protection of devotee Prahlaad. So it is a reminder of the power of faith and surrender. When we have unwavering faith, the Supreme Soul protects us from the flames of pain and suffering.

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05 March 2023 11:51

Motivate the Elephant  The mind’s emotional side — the Elephant — is extraordinarily powerful in its own way. Once you’ve directed the Rider, motivating the Elephant gets you moving down the path to change.The first step to motivating the Elephant is to find the feeling. When you fail to make changes that you really want to make, it’s not because you don’t understand their importance. For example, smokers understand that cigarettes are killing them, but often they don’t quit. What may be missing is a powerful feeling to get them going. While negative emotions — like fear, dread, and horror — can provide motivation, the authors encourage you to focus on the power of positive emotions like hope, optimism, and excitement.Once you’ve harnessed the power of the Elephant’s emotional response, the next step is to shrink the change. To do this, create a narrative that makes the emotional part of your mind feel that it’s already going down the right path. For example, focus on what you’ve already accomplished. Maybe you’ve already started taking the stairs more often, stopped drinking sugary drinks, or cut down to fewer cigarettes a day. Use the tiny changes you’ve already made to make the overall change seem smaller and within reach.

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04 March 2023 10:05

You start dying slowly - By Pablo Neruda

You start dying slowly
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.

You start dying slowly

When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.

You start dying slowly
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.

You start dying slowly
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.

You start dying slowly

If you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job, or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice…

(Pablo Neruda, Spanish poet won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971)

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03 March 2023 16:45

ℂ𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝔻𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 (ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟚)

Continuing from yesterday’s message, we have to know what we want to create in our lives that we care about. This has to be manifested very clearly in our minds. 𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆. Just like a flower, in the preparation of her beauty, chooses her colours with the greatest care. She adjusts her petals one by one. It is only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wishes to appear. And then one morning, exactly at sunrise, she suddenly shows herself. In the same manner, our inner mental preparation done with care will create beautiful outer realities for us. While it’s very important to have conviction in our values, it’s also important to be accepting others and enhancing our inner being. Else we may find ourselves alone at some point of time. Hence, honesty with humility, along with unconditional acceptance is also important.

Souls are capable of love, joy, blissfulness and compassion. All that we are seeking right now is pleasantness within and around us. If we find it in our mind, we call it peace. In relationships, it becomes love and compassion. And in energy, it becomes blissfulness. This is all that a soul is looking for. The ability of a human soul to stand on its conviction is immense. It is the World Drama’s plan to decide what’s possible and what’s impossible and God is also with us at every step. We, as souls, have to strive for our dreams. We should never use the past experience to decide on what can happen tomorrow. Meditation is all about transforming yourself from body consciousness to spiritual or soul consciousness; not in search of the divine, but a journey towards becoming an embodiment of divinity. 𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.

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03 March 2023 04:06

When you Dont give an opportunity to opportunity, How the Opportunity can Prove You.
How will you know, what is there in the treasure.

if you dont try for the treasure, you need to compromise with the opportunity which you have on hand only.

Once Give A Chance to Yourself, To Think Different
Once Give A Chance to Yourself, To Experience A Change
Once Give A Chance to Yourself, To Consider the decision of the Universe
Once Give A Chance to Yourself, to see how your prayers work
Once Give A Chance to Yourself, How life will be, if you build Faith on Miracles.

If you operae life with a fear, How Future Will be
You will end up with Wrong happening

If you Operate your life with trust in God,
You will be experiencing GLORY only.

Like It is Said
If Nothing works, Try Krishna (Bhagavan Srikrishna)
Completely Focus on different thing, may be Your Passionate Goal instead of the thing, which you are unable to take a decision. Which is not giving you hope on the decision as good or bad.

That is the time, to take a break.
If it is for you, it will come back
if it is not for you, you will get better than the best opportunities.

Everything is enegy
The energy you release to the universe will come back to you many many times.

Wish you all success for a great Decision and Great work

Hare Krishna

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16 March 2023 10:31

​​Mind Full to Mindful: Zen Wisdom From a Monk's Bowl
by Om Swami
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Many of us struggle to remain calm during the day or to fall asleep at night. Our restless, treacherous minds make us feel good one moment and terrible another. From where do negativity and anguish engulf us and how do we go about being serene and peaceful? 

Zen shows us the art of attaining that inner quietude without rituals or dogma. It is about seeing beauty, bliss and truth in our everyday lives. Driving to work or washing the dishes, every act could easily be meditation.

Based on the original Zen teachings, this beautiful book offers a life-changing perspective on life itself. Bestselling author of many transformational books, Om Swami shares with you the art of happiness with plenty of humour, stories and wisdom as he takes you on a journey from being mind full to mindful.

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15 March 2023 10:01

​​A Japanese warrior was captured by his enemies and thrown into prison. That night he was unable to sleep because he feared that the next day he would be interrogated, tortured, and executed. Then the words of his Zen master came to him,”Tomorrow is not real. It is an illusion. The only reality is now.”

Heeding these words, the wa rrior became peaceful and fell asleep.

Osho
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14 March 2023 09:30

​​When we are most unhappy, we have a starved feeling in some way. We feel that life in general and other people in particular are not giving us what we need. We try desperately to grasp the love and satisfaction that we crave from the outside. Yet we are actually choking off the supply.
The new world is based on trust of the universe within us. We recognize that the creative intelligence and energy of the universe is the fundamental source of everything. Once we connect with this and surrender to it, everything is ours.

Emptiness is filled from the inside.

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13 March 2023 15:02

Toa Te Ching - Lao Tsu

​​Good travellers leave no tracks.
Good words leave no trace.
Good counting needs no markers.

Good doors have no bolts
Yet cannot be forced.
Good knots have no rope
But cannot be untied.

In this way the Sage
Always helps people
And rejects none,
Always helps all beings,
And rejects none.
This is called practicing brightness.

Therefore the good person
Is the bad person's teacher,
And the bad person
Is the good person's resource.

Not to value the teacher,
Not to love the resource,
Causes great confusion even for the intelligent.

This is called the vital secret.

Shih wei yao miao


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12 March 2023 13:57

Karta (The Creator) and Karim (The beneficient) are the names of the same God.
Razak (The provider) and Rahim (The merciful) are also the names given to Him.
Let no man in his error wrangle over differences in names.
Worship the One God who is the Lord of all. Know that his form is one and He is the One light diffused in all.

― Guru Gobind Singh

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11 March 2023 15:51

Question: When the grace of Guru and God is there, why is the mind still not controlled?

Swami Sivananda: Only when you do Purushartha [determined effort and pursuit], the grace will come. A professor will not answer the questions for you and make you pass. The Gita says, "Uddharet Atmanatmanam". One should raise oneself. Grace only helps one to raise oneself. Everybody should work out his own salvation. What is grace then? If an aspirant gets letters from his preceptor, clearing his doubts, that is grace. If an aspirant comes here, takes Ganges bath and hears the lectures here, that is grace. Many people are thirsting, even croropathis are thirsting to come and bathe in the Ganges, but all do not get a chance. If good books are available for Svadhyaya [study], it is grace. If one enjoys good health for doing Sadhana, that is grace. If God so wishes, He can give Mukti to the whole world in an instant; but He does not do so. Grace descends only when there is Purushartha.

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10 March 2023 17:28

Engage in Focused Thinking  When was the last time you had two hours to yourself with nothing to do but mull over an idea? If your response is “never” or “not for a very long time,” then you’re like most people. Focused thinking involves putting your blinders on and blocking out all outside distractions, so you can hone your attention to your thinking process.

With focused thinking, you put one goal or task above all others. Narrowing your focus allows the idea to incubate, which is necessary for staying on target and potentially expanding your idea once the basics are in place. For example, if you hope to open your own business, an important first step would be establishing a business plan and purpose before you start looking for a storefront or hiring employees. Start by prioritizing your ideas. Think about your strengths and weaknesses, and assess your talents. Knowing these traits will help you move toward the right ideas and goals.

Once you have your ideas, block out time specifically for thinking. Also, specify exactly what you’ll do during that time. Now it’s time to engage in focused thinking. This is when the mental blinders come into play. To get in the groove, remove all distracting temptations. Leave your phone in another room and install a website blocker to avoid online rabbit holes. Put visuals in front of you, like a to-do list or the specific paperwork you need to complete.

Focusing this intensely may sound unattainable, especially since we all carry smartphones that can interfere with ideas before they have a chance to grow. Whether they’re for work or play, email, social media applications, and addictive games make it difficult to focus. But you don’t necessarily need a sensory deprivation tank or a blank room to make focused thinking happen.
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09 March 2023 13:53

There are many reasons why change can be difficult to achieve on every level.
Just like with individual change, it can be hard for everyone on a team to decide to move in the same direction, because even groups have Riders and Elephants among them.
You can inspire, educate, and cajole, but ultimately, the choice is up to each person.Remember the three keys to creating lasting change: 

1.Direct the Rider: What looks like resistance is often a lack of direction or understanding.

2.Motivate the Elephant: What looks like laziness is often exhaustion.

3.Shape the Path: What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem. 

Break down the change into small, manageable chunks and look for small signs of progress. Then cultivate an identity around the positive emotions that come from working toward your goal. Finally, look to your herd for cues and motivation to stay on your Path to lasting change.

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08 March 2023 15:50

All creatures are fundamentally one, for the whole universe is a manifestation of the One! A man who hears the word 'Himalaya' without having actually set eyes on the mighty range, will be under the impression that it is but a single mountain, whereas once face to face with the Hima­layas he will realize that they consist of hundreds upon hundreds of peaks, stretching over hundreds of miles, with milliards of trees, animals, birds, insects, with streams and waterfalls.

Similarly, the farther one advances or the deeper one penetrates on the path of sādhana, the more clearly will be perceived the One revealed in the many and the many in the One. In actual fact we are always with the One, but distracted by the many we forget Him. Step by step we learn to walk, mouthful by mouthful we satisfy our hunger; single letters are composed into words, groups of days form a month, and months added together con­stitute a year. You often say: "There is only the One-Without-A-Second." This is indeed a fact, for in this universe there is nothing except the One.

The world is made up of sense perceptions. Although each one of the five senses reveals a different facet of the imm­ensity of Creation, yet their endless move­ment originates from the One, and they again find their rest in Him. Their whole significance lies in giving expression to the One. With the one goal before you, try to focus your whole attention on one form, one perfume, one contact, or one sound, and you will eventually come to see that everything is contained in this one. Thereupon you will realize that the One appears as the many and that in very truth the many are the One; you will know that nothing whatso­ever exists outside of the One.

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07 March 2023 07:22

🌿Say to the stubborn and proud: O you of little faith! Life on Earth lasts but a moment. Before you know it, you are overcome by Death. Of this there can be no doubt. If, at the end of your life you find that there is no Afterlife and no God, then you shall have no reason for concern. For, he that no longer is, has no concerns. But if at the end of this life you find that there is an Afterlife and a God, then you shall be overcome by remorse. Thus you shall cry, Alas! would that I had not come hither unprepared. For, you will go to an unknown place unprepared, like a fool who sets off upon a long journey with no provisions and no knowledge of the land he is bound for. Therefore, beware! do not knowingly walk in the footsteps of fools. Think not that your knowledge is faultless and that there is no one above you whose knowledge is best. You have been forewarned.

​​🌿Say to the thinking man: Do you believe in Love, Beauty and Joy? Do you believe in Truth, Justice and Goodness? If so, then you believe in God. For God Is Truth, Goodness and Beauty. He Is also the Force that drives man to seek, and empowers him to appreciate and enjoy, these things. Verily, God is all that and much more beside. If all this is, then God Is, too. Open your eyes and see! Up there, the Sun, the Moon and the shining Stars forever mark the day and night, the fortnight, the month, the seasons, the year and the space of many years. From the smallest atom to the Universe itself, all is established in Perfect Harmony and Order. Say, could all this be without a Wise Creator?

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•Shiva Rahasya, Chapter 1, Verses 75-76

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06 March 2023 04:01

J Krishnamurti

Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life – perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody. That is the beauty of it. It has no technique and therefore no authority. When you learn about yourself, watch yourself, watch the way you walk, how you eat, what you say, the gossip, the hate, the jealousy – if you are aware of all that in yourself, without any choice, that is part of meditation.
So meditation can take place when you are sitting in a bus or walking in the woods full of light and shadows, or listening to the singing of birds or looking at the face of your wife or child.

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04 March 2023 14:16

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                🌷 LOVE , FEAR
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                MEANING OF LIFE 🕊

​​Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we have learned here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment—or unlearning—of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts. Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.

Meaning doesn’t lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we attach value to things that aren’t love—the money, the car, the house, the prestige—we are loving things that can’t love us back. We are searching for meaning in the meaningless. Money, of itself, means nothing. Material things, of themselves, mean nothing. It’s not that they’re bad. It’s that they’re nothing.

~ Marianne Williamson

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04 March 2023 04:38

Inner Child

Many of us have  an inner child who is  lost and  lonely and  feels  so rejected.
Perhaps the only contact  we have  had with our inner child for  a long times  is  to scold it and  criticize it.
Then we wonder  why  we are unhappy. We cannot reject a  part  of  us and  still be in  harmony within.
Part of healing is to gather all the parts of ourselves so we may be whole and  complete.
Let’s do some work to connect with these  neglected  inner parts of ourselves.

Find a Photo Find a photo of yourself as a child. If  you don’t have  one, ask your parents to send you  one. Study  this picture closely. What do you see?  It may be joy,
pain, sorrow, anger, or fear.
Do  you  love this child? Can you  relate to it? 
I took  a  small photo of my self at the age  of five  and had  it blown up to 12  by 15 so  that I  could  really see  my little boy.

1. Write  a  few words about your inner child.

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( To be coutinue )

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03 March 2023 07:31

Spiritual people talk of “non-attachment”.

But it’s brave to be attached.

It’s brave to let yourself care. Deeply.

Because you know that the one you love may die.

You know that death is infused into life, and that ultimately nothing is under our control.

You know that what you have you can lose, and our most secure plans crumble.

You know that each day may be your last.

Each day with a friend or loved one.

Each outing with your partner.

Each adventure with your child.

It may be your last.

It may all come to an end soon.

And without warning.

And you’ll be unprepared for the loss.

Still, you care.

You make plans.

You speak the word “tomorrow”.

And you dare to talk about “next year”.

You invest. You share your heart.

You listen.

You come to rely on others, and let them rely on you.

You are a person of your word.

You take the world seriously.

Yet you know it can all collapse in the blink of an eye.

Attached, yet non-attached,

you hold such paradox in your heart.

You understand the teachings of non-duality

yet you let yourself care about the world to the point of tears.

You are utterly Whole.


~ Jeff Foster

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02 March 2023 16:47

ℂ𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝔻𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 (ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟙)

Our dreams and aspirations are like little seeds, invisible to the outer world. They could be different things for different people, but you alone will have your dreams as no one else has them. The seeds sleep deep in the heart of the earth's darkness, until someone among them is picked up with the desire to awaken. Then this little seed stretches itself and begins, shyly at first, to push a charming little twig upwards towards the sun. In the same manner, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. Learning the art of creating thoughts in our minds, our inner world, very consciously is very important. Otherwise what happens in the outer world would not be anything more than purely accidental.

𝗔𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. Such a mind then organizes the whole system. Our body, mind and fundamental life energies are then all organized in one direction. This alignment has to be kept focused in one direction for some time – the direction of our dream, which we want to achieve and fulfill. Besides that, it is also important to have faith in the Supreme Soul. If we have a strong desire to achieve something, but also keep thinking about the limitations, which acts as an obstacle to the fulfillment of the desires, it creates internal conflict. A thought is a powerful vibration, and faith is a means to reduce negative thoughts. This resonance of positive thoughts is fundamental to success.

(To be continued tomorrow …)