“I wish to see God.” “You are looking at him right now,” said the Master. “Then why do I not see him?” “Why does the eye not see itself?” said the Master. Later the Master explained: “As well ask a knife to cut itself or a tooth to bite itself as ask that God reveal himself.”-Anthony…
18 Rules of Living by the Dalai Lama
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 3. Follow the three Rs: 1. Respect for self 2. Respect for others 3. Responsibility for all your actions. 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck
The Order of Love
It is without doubt hard to make our way through this world. It seems doubly hard to do it alone. We see the pain and void of loneliness as something we must set out to fill and rectify. There must be another person that understands us and how we feel. They will complete us and…
Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself
When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don’t know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be….
Two Brothers
There once were two brothers who lived in a small town. The twin brothers grew up knowing nothing else but poverty. Their father was an alcoholic and their mother a domestic worker. They grew up with very little. On their way home one day, their parents were involved in a bus accident and died instantly….
Aloneness simply means completeness
Aloneness simply means completeness. You are whole; there is no need of anybody else to complete you. So try to find out your innermost center where you are always alone, have always been alone. In life, in death– wherever you are– you will be alone. But it is so full! It is not empty; it…
When Things in Your Life Seem Too Much to Handle
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and…
Guideposts
Everyone on this journey through life takes a different road and path. Sometimes we get lost. We take wrong turns. Sometimes we get it right and enjoy the blessings life has to offer. We serve as guideposts in each others lives. None of us have all the answers but each of us have pieces to…
Decisions Along the Path
Sometimes we are faced with making decisions we don’t want to. There are even times when we make ones we don’t have to but feel are right. The hardest part is doing the right thing that seems wrong but feels right. Others may question your judgement. You may even do so for a time. What’s important…
The Awakening
A time comes in your life when you finally get…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out…ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on. Then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you…
Never have I heard anything more divine
“What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass…
Tao of the Traveller
Take an 8 minute journey right where you are. Make the time to find some peace in your day.
All That Is
I am made of energy. I will always exist. Whatever happens in this life is a vehicle to move me along, not a beginning or an end. No matter what the ego tells me. No matter what the body feels. Those are merely experiences that I need to feel to achieve what I came here…
Suffering and the End of Suffering
This is Eckhart Tolle talking about how to remove the pain and suffering from your days and your life. Find a quiet spot where you can close your eyes and just listen. Take in what he says. Don’t try hard to understand but simply hear and feel what he is saying. It will help.
Seed Thoughts
When you begin to notice your thoughts at the seed level, the next step to transforming your reality is to remind yourself: I am the cause. I can change the thought, I can stop the voice telling me that things are bad. I can decide that things are good. Listen to the voice in your…