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
Persevere plod on in your sadhana.
Introspect and find out your defects. Remove them one by one by developing the opposite virtue.
Find out the correct value of life here. It is not full and perfect. There is always a sense of want.
Meditate. Meditate. Meditate.
This is the secret for attaining God realization. – Swami Sivananda
Dear ones, practice self-introspection, self-reflection and become self-aware and detached.
These qualities do not develop in a day but persistent practice of Sadhana will lead us.
Swami Sivananda said that just saying the name of the Divinity we will be granted self-realization.
Aim Hrim Klim
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. – Aristotle
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch
Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. – Heraclitus
Swami Sivananda sings this song. It is titled Song of Admonition. Please listen to it very carefully. I cannot add anything more to it as it is perfect. It is a very old recording and it remains contemporary. Continue reading
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves, we find in them. – Thomas Merton
How true, love means to let the other person be free and to love them for themselves. Do we do that? Continue reading
In Negombo, we visited the Reclining Buddha temple. I have placed some pictures. The paintings on the wall depict different aspects of his life. Buddha cutting his hair and he was being given his mendicant garments. Continue reading
The bondage in life is represented by the circle of the Yantra, the cyclical continuation of life and death. When one becomes free from the influences of the senses, then one can identify with one’s inner nature. One becomes like the tortoise, which has withdrawn itself into its shell. The sadhana of Pratyahara enables one to achieve this state. Continue reading
Dear ones, if we can absorb and be inspired by a quote, we can change ourselves. It is called Sphota which is a Sanskrit word and means to burst open and we have a flash of insight. Continue reading
Nachiketa’s story is central to the Katha Upanishad, where his steadfast determination to seek knowledge and truth lead him to learn the nature of the soul and the truth from Yama (God of Death and Justice). Nachiketa was the son of a greedy sage, who was offered to Yama by his father. Continue reading
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever you practice as austerity, O Arjuna, do it as an offering unto Me! – Bhagavad Gita, 9:27
Dear ones, the year is going to end soon. Let us pause and think of all the good things that happened in 2024. In this category, I am putting what made you laugh, sing, dance and pleased. Continue reading
Dear Ones, look at words starting with Re.
Responsibility is the word which governs one and all. Do we assume responsibility for our actions or do we blame others?
Regret means to feel sorry and to be sincere about it.
Reward means compensation, award or profit.
Recommend means to endorse or support.
Recompense means to compensate, to pay or repay and satisfy.
Repayment means to reciprocate, to give back or pay back.
Requital means to give something in return.
Reconciliation means an agreement or harmony. Continue reading
O Love, I see Thy glowing face in the gems. I behold Thy shy blush in the blossoms. I am enraptured, hearing Thee warble in the birds. And I dream in ecstasy when my heart embraces Thee in all hearts’ love, I met Thee in all things – only a little and for a while – but in Omnipresence I clasp Thee entirely and forever, and I rejoice in Thy joy evermore.
Love is a golden mansion in which the King of Eternity homes the entire family of creation. And at God’s command, love is a mystic fire that can melt the grossness of the cosmos into the invisible substance of eternal love.
Like a river, love flows continuously through humble, sincere souls; but it bypasses the rocks of egotistic, selfish, sense-bound souls, because it cannot pass through them.
Divine Romance by Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda. Continue reading
Spiritual progress is only possible with purification of one’s heart. How does one purify one’s heart? Our spirit, Atman is pure and remains pure. No evil can contaminate it. Continue reading
Seemingly unwarranted and surely undeserved,
Spite is needless animosity that makes one unnerved.
Sarcastic words with no valid reason
Said in vicious tones leave the bond undone,
Sever the friendship with the loss of harmony
Some people perfect it with skills at mockery
Spite is a venom some can mask easily.
Cynthia Buhain-Baello Continue reading