...I am the ritual action, I am the sacrifice, I am the ancestral oblation. I am the (medicinal) herb, I am the (sacred) hymn, I am also the melted butter. I am the fire and I am the offering.
Bhagavad Gita 9:16
Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find;
Knock and it shall be opened unto you
Matthew 7:7
To the Un-affected ear, Everything heard is Music.
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Shall tomorrow feast upon today's harvest of
yesterday's sowing?
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Pleasure starves the experiencer; Joy is food for the Gods.
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If Silence is Golden, and my pockets empty...
...Why do I open my mouth?
~
Hani'a Hummingbird Hototo
Only that one can be just who is able to put themselves in the position of others.
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If you're on a spree, go the whole hog, including postage.
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Respect every Religion
~
G. I. Gurdjieff
Love is the strong attractive power that connects all the particles of the universe; love is the binding of the book of creation, unifying the lover with the beloved. In the book of Sufism, the lover is the Sufi, while the Beloved is the Divine, Allah.
This understanding flows from the realization that the center from which the traveler begins the journey is the heart; the journey's destination is the Divine. The journey towards understanding the essence and the reality of the Divine is the pathway of the journey, a journey of the lover towards the Beloved.
Love has manifested itself in the forms of many cultures and nations throughout human civilization. Love characterizes the best of our lives together. Love saturates every cell and every moment of the lover's being.
To differing degrees, we all have experienced love in our individual lives. Love has enraptured us with is beauty, with its fragrance, with its music. The fascination of love has inspired civilizations' creation of magnificent works of art - stories, poems, songs of love - that unite the spirit of the creator to the body of the creation. We feel at peace and joyous when love succeeds, and the lover and the beloved unite; and we are saddened by the departure of love. Often, the most beautiful stories of different nations and cultures are those that glorify love.
We have seen many faces and manifestations of love, yet the essence of love has remained a mystery. The mystery of love proves its divine essence - here is something much greater than the limited power of man and woman. For the essence of love is the bond between the individual soul and God, the attraction of the spirit of the individual to the world spirit. This attraction finds its way into the heart of the spiritual traveler with great calculation and accurate computation.
Dr. Nahid Angha
"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny."
~Upanishads
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life:
“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.”It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf will win?”
You might heard the story ends like this: The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
In the Cherokee world, however, the story ends this way:
The old Cherokee simply replied, “If you feed them right, they both win.” and the story goes on:
“You see, if I only choose to feed the white wolf, the black one will be hiding around every corner waiting for me to become distracted or weak and jump to get the attention he craves. He will always be angry and always fighting the white wolf. But if I acknowledge him, he is happy and the white wolf is happy and we all win. For the black wolf has many qualities – tenacity, courage, fearlessness, strong-willed and great strategic thinking – that I have need of at times and that the white wolf lacks. But the white wolf has compassion, caring, strength and the ability to recognize what is in the best interest of all.
“You see, son, the white wolf needs the black wolf at his side. To feed only one would starve the other and they will become uncontrollable. To feed and care for both means they will serve you well and do nothing that is not a part of something greater, something good, something of life. Feed them both and there will be no more internal struggle for your attention. And when there is no battle inside, you can listen to the voices of deeper knowing that will guide you in choosing what is right in every circumstance. Peace, my son, is the Cherokee mission in life. A man or a woman who has peace inside has everything. A man or a woman who is pulled apart by the war inside him or her has nothing.
“How you choose to interact with the opposing forces within you will determine your life. Starve one or the other or guide them both.”
–Cherokee Story
Bhagavad Gita 9:16
Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find;
Knock and it shall be opened unto you
Matthew 7:7
To the Un-affected ear, Everything heard is Music.
~
Shall tomorrow feast upon today's harvest of
yesterday's sowing?
~
Pleasure starves the experiencer; Joy is food for the Gods.
~
If Silence is Golden, and my pockets empty...
...Why do I open my mouth?
~
Hani'a Hummingbird Hototo
Only that one can be just who is able to put themselves in the position of others.
~
If you're on a spree, go the whole hog, including postage.
~
Respect every Religion
~
G. I. Gurdjieff
Love is the strong attractive power that connects all the particles of the universe; love is the binding of the book of creation, unifying the lover with the beloved. In the book of Sufism, the lover is the Sufi, while the Beloved is the Divine, Allah.
This understanding flows from the realization that the center from which the traveler begins the journey is the heart; the journey's destination is the Divine. The journey towards understanding the essence and the reality of the Divine is the pathway of the journey, a journey of the lover towards the Beloved.
Love has manifested itself in the forms of many cultures and nations throughout human civilization. Love characterizes the best of our lives together. Love saturates every cell and every moment of the lover's being.
To differing degrees, we all have experienced love in our individual lives. Love has enraptured us with is beauty, with its fragrance, with its music. The fascination of love has inspired civilizations' creation of magnificent works of art - stories, poems, songs of love - that unite the spirit of the creator to the body of the creation. We feel at peace and joyous when love succeeds, and the lover and the beloved unite; and we are saddened by the departure of love. Often, the most beautiful stories of different nations and cultures are those that glorify love.
We have seen many faces and manifestations of love, yet the essence of love has remained a mystery. The mystery of love proves its divine essence - here is something much greater than the limited power of man and woman. For the essence of love is the bond between the individual soul and God, the attraction of the spirit of the individual to the world spirit. This attraction finds its way into the heart of the spiritual traveler with great calculation and accurate computation.
Dr. Nahid Angha
"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny."
~Upanishads
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life:
“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.”It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf will win?”
You might heard the story ends like this: The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
In the Cherokee world, however, the story ends this way:
The old Cherokee simply replied, “If you feed them right, they both win.” and the story goes on:
“You see, if I only choose to feed the white wolf, the black one will be hiding around every corner waiting for me to become distracted or weak and jump to get the attention he craves. He will always be angry and always fighting the white wolf. But if I acknowledge him, he is happy and the white wolf is happy and we all win. For the black wolf has many qualities – tenacity, courage, fearlessness, strong-willed and great strategic thinking – that I have need of at times and that the white wolf lacks. But the white wolf has compassion, caring, strength and the ability to recognize what is in the best interest of all.
“You see, son, the white wolf needs the black wolf at his side. To feed only one would starve the other and they will become uncontrollable. To feed and care for both means they will serve you well and do nothing that is not a part of something greater, something good, something of life. Feed them both and there will be no more internal struggle for your attention. And when there is no battle inside, you can listen to the voices of deeper knowing that will guide you in choosing what is right in every circumstance. Peace, my son, is the Cherokee mission in life. A man or a woman who has peace inside has everything. A man or a woman who is pulled apart by the war inside him or her has nothing.
“How you choose to interact with the opposing forces within you will determine your life. Starve one or the other or guide them both.”
–Cherokee Story
