Inspirations
Select your choicest grouses, scrutinise thoroughly, pepper with scorn, beat well and discard. Then, take a receptacle, such as a heart, brimful of gratitude. Add…
Although it may sometimes seem that consciousness and life can be “wrapped up in a nutshell”, G-d is ever presenting us new problems, new designs and new ways of looking at life. Whenever one feels smug, proud or thinks he knows himself, G-d presents another picture of life at which to look and discover Truth anew…
The beautiful poem of a 6-year-old…
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Om or Aum is a visual Sanskrit symbol, and is also a sacred sound. Ancient Indian texts, such
as Mandukya Upanishad describe the symbol Om: “This eternal word is all; what was, what is and what shall be”.
The long lower curve of the symbol is said to represent the dream state; the upper curve the waking state, and the curve coming in from the centre – deep dreamless sleep. The crescent signifies ‘maya’ or illusion and the dot above it – transcendence. When one passes through …
“Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. We are all learners, doers and teachers” Richard Bach
“Just as the beauty and sweet fragrance of the lotus flower are only revealed when it rises up from the muddy water and turns toward the sun, so our lives will only grow in beauty when we leave behind the world of maya or illusion and look toward God through meditation” Swami Vishnu Devananda
“Teachers open …
This is the story about four people named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY and NOBODY.
There was an important job to be done, and EVERYBODY was sure SOMEBODY would do it. ANYBODY said he would do it, but SOMEBODY got angry and said that, really, it was EVERYBODY’S job. EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could do it, but NOBODY realised that, because of SOMEBODY’s anger, EVERYBODY left it to SOMEBODY to do. In the end, EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY and NOBODY did what ANYBODYcould have done in the first place.
YOGA
When your body is vigorous,
Your mind clear,
Your spirit exalted,
Your blood pure,
Your nerves disciplined,
Your physique resistant to disease,
When you have made your physical frame an instrument
Worthy of the Divine Player,
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF YOGA
When your service is to your Creator
and your fellow man,
When you perform hateful tasks joyfully,
When you are humble in success,
When you are cheerful in adversity,
When you are indifferent to praise or offence,
When you bow down in gratitude for the difficulties
and obstacles you encounter,
THIS IS THE PROGRESS OF YOGA
When you are master of thought,
When you are ruler of …
