“If there’s no joy, ease, or lightness in what you’re doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. “How” is always more important than the “what”. See if you can give more attention to the doing than the result you […]
“When a significant group of people choose freedom and love over self-hatred and destruction, it will manifest in material reality and the Earth will respond. It is sensitive to what is going on within people, and it responds to your inner movements… Your true desire was not to have power but to be truly creative. […]
“He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened. He who conquers others has physical strength. He who conquers himself is strong.” Tao-te Ching ch. 33, tr. Wing-Tsit Chan All of us fight our own battles in life. Sometimes they take a more external, extroverted form; at other times, they unfold as […]
“The greatness of a human being lies in the fact that no one can save them. They must save themselves.” This is the sixth of the “Fifty Precious Gems of Joyful Understanding” in Kriya Yoga. I value it deeply because there is a profound difference between helping and saving. In the interdependent reality in which […]
“All lessons are always inward-directed. If the lesson is self-definition, it concerns defining your own boundaries, not those of others. If your life lesson is acceptance, it does not refer to the world around you, but to accepting yourself. Likewise, if the lesson is trust, it does not mean trusting others, but trusting yourself. Each […]
“To develop the capacity to be total in responding to whatever comes, in the way it comes, is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. Doing things step by step, giving your full attention and energy to each one, can bring a wonderful new vitality and creativity into everything you do.” –Osho Note: […]
“Many people long for the freedom and expansion that prosperity promises. Others already enjoy the relative freedom that comes with prosperity and discover that even that is not enough to endow their lives with meaning. There is no substitute for finding true purpose. The true or primary purpose of your life cannot be found on […]
“The ability to live with relative realities, with questions that have no answer, with the knowledge that you know nothing and with the paradoxical unconsciousnesses of existence—this is precisely the essence of human maturity and the resulting tolerance toward others.” — Paul Watzlawick I very much like this thought by Paul Watzlawick from his book […]
“Doing things ‘wrong,’ making mistakes, is part of life and can even bring you greater growth than trying to avoid mistakes. In the ‘bad things,’ the seed of light lies dormant. Only by experiencing the bad from within can you experience the good as beautiful, true, and pure. You, the God within you, have plunged […]
“Naturally, when you decide to work on something, you will encounter much of its opposite. For example, when you want to develop patience, you get every red light, every traffic jam, and the longest queue at the supermarket.When you are learning to be more loving, you often run into people and situations that make you […]
“The warrior of light does not allow hatred into his heart. When he prepares to enter a battle, he remembers what Christ said: “Love your enemies.” And he obeys. But he knows that the act of forgiveness does not oblige him to accept everything; the warrior must not bow his head, because then he would […]
“The warrior never forgets the past.He knows about humanity’s spiritual quest, which has written some of the most beautiful pages of history. He also knows some of its darkest chapters: massacres, sacrifices, fanaticism. The spiritual quest has been used for personal purposes, and its ideals have served as a shield for terrible intentions. The warrior […]
