Everyone talks about sleep. How important it is for us and if one does not sleep well, then one will succumb to many diseases, which I am not going to name.
Let me share some quotes with you first, before I write more. Continue reading
Dear ones, when you hear the word, reprimand, do you feel small, or upset. It is a normal response. I am giving some quotes about this word and how important it is to understand what it addresses. Continue reading
What does remorse feel like? It is a feeling of sadness because one has done something wrong. It is described as self-reproach and guilt.
How often do we have a sense of remorse?
Does our conscience work for us?
Remorse has been described as being very serious and how does one address it? Continue reading
Regretting the past is like chasing after the wind. – Russian Proverb
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Oscar Wilde
Distinguishes between constructive godly sorrow and destructive worldly regret. – Corinthians 7:10
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. – Swami Sivananda
Dear ones, what can we learn from our regrets? 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
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hours of darkness, she is standing right in front of me. Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. – Paul McCartney
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.
Being indifferent is like being a stone statue.
Do we describe ourselves as being indifferent?
We have to examine the meaning of this word. It is a lack of caring or unfeeling apathy. It is a passive, lazy state. Continue reading
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
Saints live throughout their lives as if they were guests. – Lao Tzu
Saints never acknowledge this world as their own. They are never at home in it. Throughout their lives they remain an outsider, a visitor. Socrates, Buddha and Lao Tzu lived in the world like guests would stay in the house of people they did not know. This feeling of being a guest remained with them, for the feeling of the unknown never left them. – Osho
Dear ones, please read this poem aloud to yourself and your loved ones.
Breathing in, breathing out;
Breathing in, breathing out;
I am blooming as a flower;
I am fresh as the dew.
I am solid as a mountain,
I am firm as the earth; I am free.
Breathing in, breathing out;
Breathing in, breathing out;
I am water reflecting, what is real,
What is true,
And I feel there is space deep inside of me;
I am free, I am free, I am free. – Thich Nhat Hanh
I am starting with this quote from Shakespeare. It is recognized as one of Shakespeare’s most famous opening lines. It reflects the power of music to stir emotions. Continue reading
There is only the reality whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on… Time is immaterial for the Path of Knowledge. Continue reading
Lies and lies. There are so many kinds and it is again for us to judge whether we lie.
A white lie is a harmless, minor untruth told to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. These lies are usually considered innocent because their intent is not to be hurtful. Continue reading
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. – Mark Twain