“Your blissfulness, your devotion, your ecstasy should not be contained within you like a seed. Let it open like a flower and spread its fragrance to all — not only to friends, but to strangers and enemies as well. Let your life reach out to everyone. For this is real Compassion, this is real Love: […]
It has been said that wisest teacher shows others where to look, without telling them what to see. In that vein, I offer you the following: If you are looking for lasting Peace & deep-seated Contentment in your life — if you are looking for real Happiness & true Joy — if you are looking […]
“We cannot hope to enliven the Holy Spirit within us by merely crawling up into God’s lap and falling asleep in His sweet aroma & cozy warmth, especially when so much of the world – indeed so much of our own community – lies swaddled in the cold and clammy darkness of human suffering … […]
“Having died of self-interest, we risk everything and ask for nothing. Love gladly parts with every gift that God has bestowed. Without cause God gave us Life; without cause, give it back again.” ~ Rumi Yes, we can “take care of ourselves” and thereby come to “have a good life”. Yes, we can invest in […]
Despite how he might be behaving to the contrary, he is Beautiful … Despite how she might be believing to the contrary, she is Beautiful … Despite what we are media-told to the contrary, humans are Beautiful … Despite what we have been conditioned to believe to the contrary, the Earth and all its inhabitants […]
It is important first and foremost to remember that hatred is nothing less than crystallized fear; that the hateful are simply extremely frightened beings who are lashing out blindly at their perceived enemies. Secondly, it is useful to remember that condemning or punishin gor rejecting or even criticizing such beings only serves to entrench the […]
“The past is our cradle, not our prison. There is as much glory as there is danger in its call. For the past is inspiration, not imitation … … it is to be transcended, not repeated.” ~ inspired by Israel Zangwill
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