What happens when we utter words?
Love is a complex emotion. It brings up feelings which make one feel good. Saying it aloud one feels something. What is that something? A sense of passion, cherishing, attachment, tenderness and it is a warm emotion in one’s heart space. Continue reading
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. – E.M Forester, Howard’s End
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. – Robert Browning
A mother understands what a child does not say. – Jewish Proverb
Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind. – Khalil Gibran
I have taken Rainer Maria Rilke’s quote as my title. What does it bring to your mind, dear ones?
Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.
The mind is careful, suspicious, he advances little by little. He advises, “Be careful, protect yourself.” Whereas love says, “Let yourself go!”. The mind is strong, never falls, while love hurts itself, falls into ruins. But is it not in ruins that we mostly find the treasures? – Shams Tabriz
If I have harmed anyone in any way either knowingly or unknowingly through my own confusions I ask their forgiveness.
If anyone has harmed me in any way either knowingly or unknowingly through their own confusion I forgive them.
And if there is a situation, I am not yet ready to forgive, I forgive myself for that. For all the ways that I harm myself, negate doubt, belittle myself, judge or be unkind to myself through my own connections.
I forgive myself.
The only basis of true and lasting unity of all humanity is the religion of the heart. Religion of the heart is the religion of love.
Men can be united only if they are free from jealousy, hatred and petty mindedness.
Purify your heart first. Meet hatred with love, and malice with good will. – Swami Sivananda
And let us self-reflect.
Dear Ones, read these quotes and apply them to yourself.
Sometimes the smallest things
Take up the most
Room in your heart. Continue reading
Be blessed with Atmabhava. Atmabhava means feeling the pain, distress, poverty, sickness and calamities of others as your own. Live a little for others also. You have to find a place in your heart for people who are not known to you. If you do not expand atmabhava then all sadhanas are useless. – Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Where has all the love gone? Why are our hearts so full of hatred? We are burning with anger. Continue reading
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein
Be yourself; everyone else is taken. – Oscar Wilde
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw
Love the life you live. Live the life you love. – Bob Marley
The most wasted of days is one without laughter. – E. E. Cummings
It is not the lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. – Nietzsche
Tantra teaches reverence for the body, love, respect for the body, gratitude for the body. The body is marvelous; it is the greatest of mysteries.
What does it mean? It is a word to describe “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive.”
How is it possible for us to name this horrible word as the word of the year? It is the kind of word, which needs no explanation. Continue reading
How do I love thee? Sonnet 43.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height.
My soul can reach when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being an ideal grace.
A Red, Red rose. – Elizabeth Barret Browning
A story from Sikkim about two rivers. The tale goes that two rivers as lovers were created by the Goddess Ibn-moo. The names of the rivers were Rangeet and Rongnyu also known as Teesta. Continue reading