The fruit of silence … (12/11/10)
“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is Love. The fruit of Love is service. The fruit of service is Peace.” ~ Mother Teresa
“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is Love. The fruit of Love is service. The fruit of service is Peace.” ~ Mother Teresa
“All of us are like eagles who have forgotten that we know how to fly … and we’re in a nest with a lot of old food, excrement and stale air. From when we were very young we’ve had this longing to see the mountains in the distance and experience the big sky and the […]
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple … Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered … Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” ~ Dr. Seuss Hint: self-sacrificial Love always stands out.
“The Divine has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours, Yours are the eyes through which the Divine compassion is to look out to the world. Yours are the feet with which It is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which It is to […]
“It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?” ~ Isaac Asmiov The only mirror in which you can […]
There was once a gentle Saint who was visiting the river Ganges to bathe. He waded out a ways and then joyfully submerged himself, feeling deep gratitude and completely at Peace. As he rose from the cool waters, he noticed a group of fa mily members on the banks nearby, shouting at each other. He […]
“Avoid confusing Beauty with beautiful. The latter is an illusion; generated by personal prejudice and residing only in the human mind, while the former is Reality itself; infusing every thing & every being from core to surface — residing in each & every moment of life that innately brims with wonderment and the warmth of […]
We have been raised & conditioned to believe a lot of lies; myths that are plundering our planet, collapsing our countries, razing our relationships and shackling our Souls. And yet Freedom from these falsehoods stands just outside their cage — and that liberation starts with us recognizing the untruths that have locked us up for […]
LOVE: the Cure for all “Deadly Sins” … Lust desires to know pleasure & comfort for oneself. LOVE only desires to bring Joy to others … As such, LOVE soothes lust. Gluttony soaks in superficial excess & ravenous consumptions. LOVE only wants to share all its excess with those in need … As such, LOVE […]
THE WAY OF LOVE Though I fear her never coming to me, and though I fear her leaving me once she arrives, I am not that fear. Though I yearn to be by his side and see desire dance in his eyes, I am not that desire. What I fear & what I desire is […]