Spirituality
You yourself are the teacher and the pupil; you are the Master; you are the guru
“You know, if we understand one question rightly, all questions are answered. But we don’t know how to ask the right question. To ask the right question demands a great deal of intelligence and sensitivity. Continue reading
Compassion
“Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Continue reading
It is impossible to laugh and think together
Laughter brings some energy from your inner source to your surface. Energy starts flowing, follows laughter like a shadow. Have you watched it? When you really laugh, for those few moments you are in a deep meditative state. Thinking stops. It is impossible to laugh and think together. They are diametrically opposite: either you can laugh or you can think. If you really laugh, thinking stops. If you are still thinking, laughter will be just so-so, it will be just so-so, lagging behind. It will be a crippled laughter. Continue reading
Prayer of Surrender
 Why get agitated? Let Me take care of all your business. I shall be the one who will think about them. I am waiting for nothing else than your surrender to Me, and then you do not have to worry any more about anything. Say farewell to all fears and discouragement. You demonstrate that you do not trust Me. On the contrary, you must rely blindly on Me.
To surrender means: To turn your thoughts away from troubles, to turn them away from difficulties you encounter and from all your problems. Leave everything into My hands saying “Lord, Thy will be done. Thou think of it.” That is to say: “Lord I thank you for you have taken everything in your hands, and you will resolve this for my highest good.” Continue reading |
Instead of possibilities, I have realities
“The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar, from which he daily tears a sheet, grows thinner with each passing day. Continue reading
There is no point saying we are not ready yet…..
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; Continue reading
Would anyone in their right mind think of fastidiously redecorating their hotel room every time they booked into one?
In Tibetan the word for body is lü (ལུས༏), which means “something you leave behind,” like baggage. Continue reading
To know who we really are
“Most of us are not raised to actively encounter our destiny. We may not know that we have one. Continue reading
Stopping the Wind
The Abenaki Indians tell a story about a curious young warrior, an ancestor from mythical times and something of a mischievous trickster, who sets out one day to stop the wind. He had been trying to paddle his canoe across the river but the wind kept blowing him back, making it impossible for him to get to the other side.
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