freedom from loneliness … (04/05/09)
“All you have to do is notice who it is that feeds the loneliness [the ego] … … The one who notices the same [the conscience] is already free.” ~ D. Singer
“All you have to do is notice who it is that feeds the loneliness [the ego] … … The one who notices the same [the conscience] is already free.” ~ D. Singer
“It was one of those perfect warm afternoons; the ocean shimmering like a promise; a slight breeze on my skin; calm silence in my Heart … And then I noticed another person nearby pointing to the ocean with an amazed smile upon his face. He had spotted a small school of dolphins very close to […]
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” ~ Louisa May Alcott
“As a bee seeks nectar from all kinds of flowers, seek your teaching everywhere. Like a deer that finds a quiet place to graze, seek seclusion to take in all that you have gathered. And then, like a Loving Madman — beyond all limits, go wherever you please, and boldly enliven the new Truth that […]
47 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, and a Great Voice for Peace was seemingly silenced — and the world rightfully mourned both his passing and the apparent fading of his Great Dream. Indeed, I myself have recently heard others publicly pronouncing that Martin Luther King Jr. fully failed in […]
“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.” ~ M. Gandhi … Our world is falling apart all around us — there is corruption in our politics & zealotry in our […]
“Distress is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.” ~ William Ralph Inge First things first, a few challenging facts: FACT: animals are sentient […]
“All a sane man can ever think about is giving Love.” ~ Hafiz
“I slept, and dreamed that life was but Joy. I woke, and saw that life was but service. I served, and discovered that service IS Joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore So … got JOY?
“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi . “The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to do good […]