“The purpose of pain is not to make you sad, remember that. This is where people always miss the point… This pain’s purpose is to make you more alert, because people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into the heart and wounds it. Otherwise, they pay no attention. When life is easy, comfortable, […]
“There is no warrior of light who has never been afraid of going into battle. There is no warrior of light who has never betrayed or lied in the past. There is no warrior of light who has never trodden a path that was not his. There is no warrior of light who has never […]
“The way of the heart is the way of courage. It is to live in insecurity, it is to live in love, and trust; it is to move in the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be. Courage is moving on dangerous paths. Life is dangerous, and only cowards can […]
“If someone does not treat you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn’t leave, you will certainly endure many years of suffering with him or her. Leaving may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you […]
“But don’t follow rules imposed from the outside. No imposed rule can ever be right, because rules are created by people who want to control you! Yes, sometimes great enlightened ones appear in the world — like Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Mohammed. They did not give rules to the world; they gave their love. But sooner […]
A story told and commented by Osho: “There were two beggars who lived outside a village. One was blind and the other had no legs. One day the forest near the village where the beggars lived caught fire. These beggars were, of course, competitors — of the same profession, begging from the same people — […]
“…your responsibility is only toward your own being. Don’t go against it, because going against it is committing suicide, is being self-destructive. And what is the gain? Even if people respect you, even if people think you are a very sober, moral, respectable man, these things are not going to nourish your being. They are […]
“What is my definition of right? That which is in harmony with existence is right, and that which is in disharmony with existence is wrong. You have to be very alert every moment because it has to be decided every moment again and again. You cannot have readymade answers about what is right and what […]
by Don Miguel Ruiz, “The Four Agreements” – The Fourth Agreement “Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less. But keep in mind that your best is never going to be the same from one moment to the next. Everything is alive and changing all the time, so your best will […]
by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements – The Third Agreement: “We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything. The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are the truth. We could swear they are real. We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking — we take it personally — […]
by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements, The Second Agreement: “Don’t take anything personally because by taking things personally you set yourself up to suffer for nothing. Humans are addicted to suffering at different levels and to different degrees, and we support each other in maintaining these addictions. Humans agree to help each other suffer. […]
“Truth is an experience, not a belief. Truth never comes by studying it; truth has to be encountered, one has to face it. One who studies love is like a person who studies the Himalayas by looking at a map. The map is not the mountain! And if you start believing in the map, you […]
