Thought for the Week – 9th June 2014

Spider Monkey (c), Litchfield Park, AZ

“You have to work on yourself.
No one can do the work for you, and you cannot do it for them.
As Alan Watts said,
‘Kindly let me help you or you will drown’ said the monkey,
putting the fish safely up a tree.”

How to be Perfect…

Get some sleep.

Eat an orange every morning.

Be friendly. It will help make you happy.

Hope for everything. Expect nothing.

Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room
before you save the world. Then save the world.
Be nice to people before they have a chance to behave badly. Continue reading

What’s the price?

“Is the price of living a dream much higher than the price of living without daring to dream?” asked the disciple. Continue reading

the moment one DEFINITELY commits oneself, then Providence moves too

Goethe (Stieler 1828).jpg“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Continue reading

What kind of stories are you telling yourself and telling about yourself?

Language is the paintbrush by which you paint what is real for you. People mistakenly think that they are reporting on the way things are with their language when what they are really doing is creating. Continue reading

path to transformation is specific to each person…

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother did not codify a set of techniques in their teachings. Maintaining that the path to transformation is specific to each person, they instead emphasized an ecumenical approach comprising skillful aspiration, rejection, and surrender as means to progress. Continue reading