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Words Of Wisdom {Page Two}
When you act naturally, effortlessly, it is right. If there is any doubt, do not act...wait, when there is clarity, there is no doubt. ~Shanti~
We need to have patience to face this challenging task: Meticulously to observe all aspects of our life so that we can see their nature, until the observer sees nothing when it looks out except lif as it is, in all it's wonder. ~Charlotte Joko Beck~
Mind concentrates: It acts out of the past. Meditations acts in the present, out of the present. It is a pur response to the present. It is not a reaction. It acts not out of conclusions, it acts seeing the existential. ~Osho~
We do not receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. ~Marcel Proust~
This body is not who I am. It is an exquisitely perfect dwelling for my soul. Everything about it is exactly as it should be. No other, anywhere, ever, could serve my soul as well. I am not anything you can see with your eyes or touch with your hands. Should you judge me by that criteria, you will never know me. ~Terri McPherson~
The book I would pass to my children would contain no sermons, no shoulds and oughts. Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt. ~Alan Watts~
Irrigators regulate the rivers; fletchers straighten the arrow shaft; carpenters shape the wood; the wise control themselves. ~Dhammapada~
Occult knowledge cannot be transmitted either orally or in writing. It can only be acquired by deep meditation. It is necessary to penetrate deep into oneself in order to discover it. ~Oswald Wirth~
Where there is true oneness, there is no distinction of self and other. Where there is real wisdom, there is no need to scheme and plan. ~Zhaung Zi~
It is pitiful that we are living in the tresure mountain but cannot see it. If we develop and enlightenment seeking mind, everything becomes the practice of enlightenment. ~Dogen~
Every man creates a certain psychological security, unaware of the act that his security is his prison...your prison cell becomes smaller; you start living so much protected that life itself becomes impossible. Lif is possible only in insecurity. ~Osho~
The only differance between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing. ~Fritz Perls~
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. ~The Dhammapada~
Dwelling on past mistakes is a waste of time. If the ego needs to rectify a misdeed, have it do something that creates good in the present. This will certainly spawn good will for the future and create balance in your life. ~Beth Johnson~
The judgement of other does not change who I am. Quite the opposite is true. It reveals who they are. Those who deem me unworthy at a glance and pass me by, have my blessing to keep walking, for they have a long way to go. They have not reached the point where they are able to see and appreciate me for who I am. ~Terri McPherson~
We worry because we project ourselves into the future. We worry because we do not trust. We are at ease when we live in the here and now. We are at ease when we trust. ~Tishan~
Man's life has two layers to it: One is that of the accidental. The essential is never born, never dies. The essential is eternal, timeless: The accidental is just accidental. We become too much attached to the accidental and we tend to forget the essential. ~Osho~
Sitting silently, Doing nothing, Spring comes, And the grass grows by itself. ~Unknown~
If we are all one, does not that mean that everything ouside of you is also you? ~Alana~
No change means death, for life is ever-changing. One should continue to evolve with the growing process. ~From The Heart Sutra~
Be a person who dissolves into the present...Yeh!...Do not be a slave who carries the burden of the past and anticipates the future...Yeh!...Be like a boat that flows in time and space...Yeh!... ~Chung Po~
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no nd, you don't come to an achievement. You don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river. ~J. Krishnamurti~
There's nothing to understanding people. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else. ~Issac Asimov~
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. ~S. deSaint Exupery~
Experience teaches us that love does not consist of two people looking at each other, but looking together in the same direction. ~A. deSaint Exupery~
Mistakes are a fact oflife. It is response to error that counts. ~Nikki Giovanni~
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. ~Buddah, The Dhammapada~
Watching is the key of mediation. Watch your mind. ~Osho~
Let there be space in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. ~Khalil Gibran~
When you are not trying to become anything else, when you accept yourself, then you simply relax into what you are...and grace and harmony and splendor arise...the tremendous beauty of being yourself. ~Tishan~
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~A. deSaint Exupery~
In Tibetan, the word for body is 'Lu; Which means something you leave behind;lie baggage. Each time we say 'Lu, It reminds us that we are only travellers, taking temporary refuge in this life and this body. ~Sogyal Rinpoche~
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus~
Awakening does not mean that this particular form you inhabit should or will be a saint, or a great artist, or a king of the world. It means you can know without a doubt that who you are is not limited to form. Who you are is what the world appears in, what the cosmos appears in, what space itself appears in. ~Gangagti~
One should not persue that which is not necessary in ones life. Otherwise one will have to pay a price. One who knows how to preserve happiness will not burden himself un-necessarily. ~Yan Hui~
Yes, Life is a mystery, and there is nothing to explain, because everything is just open, it is just infront of you. Encounter it! Meet it! Be courageous! ~Osho~
Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect; It just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. ~Unknown~
It is because of our attachment to things that we suffer. By letting go we find that we have not lost anything except our attachment. ~Sogyal Rinpoche~
The most important thing is not to get trapped in what I see everywhere in the west, a "Shopping Mentality" Shopping around from master to master, teaching to teaching, without any continuity or real sustained dedication to any one discipline. ~Sogyal Rinpoche~
Meditation is self-knowledge and without self-knowledge there is no meditation. Self-knowledge is to be aware or all your responses all the time. If you are interested to discover the whole process of yourself, then it is easy. ~J. Krishnamurti~
Look into yourself and follow your nature. Do not seek far away, happiness is right here. ~Hahsti~
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible. ~Cherie Carter-Scott~
Watchfullness is the path of immortality: Unwatchfullness is the path of death. Those who are watchful never die: Those who do not watch are already as dead. ~The Dhammpada~
You cannot be happy forever, otherwise happiness will lose all meaning. You cannot be in harmony forever, otherwise you will become unaware of the harmony. Harmony has to be followed by discord again and again, and happiness has to be followed by unhappiness. Accept the total, with all its agonies and all its ecstasies. Don't hanker for the impossible; don't desire that there should be only ecstasy and no agony. ~Osho~
There are no doors inside.
It is an open space, an open sky.
But to know this open sky is to realize the deathless principle of your existence. ~Zen~
If you understand, things are as they are. If you do not understand, things are as they are. ~Gensha~
There is in each of us, no matter how humble, a capacity for love. Even if our lives have not taken the course we had envisioned, even if we are less than the shape of our dreams, we are part of the human family. Somewhere, in the most inconsequential corners of our lives, is the opportunity for love.
If I am blind, I can run my hand across the back of a shell and celebrate beauty. If I have no legs, I can sit in quiet wonder before the restless murmurs of the sea. If I am wounded in spirit, I can reach out my hand to those who are hurting. If I am lonely, I can go among those who are desperate for love. There is no tragedy or injustice so great, no life so small and inconsequential, that we cannot bear witness to the light in the quiet acts and hidden moments of our days. And who can say which of these acts and moments will make a difference? The universe is a vast and magical membrane of meaning, stretching across time and space, and it is not given to us to know her secrets and her ways. Perhaps we were placed here to meet the challenge of a single moment; perhaps the touch we give will cause the touch that will change the world. ~Anonymous~
Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men.�Find and follow the good path and be ruled by compassion. For if the various ways are examined, compassion will prove the means to liberation. ~Tirukkural~
Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I'll understand. ~Chinese Proverb~
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. ~Suzuki Roshi~
It is crucial to know when it is appropriate to withdraw our attention from things that disturb our mind. However, if the only way we know how to deal with certain objects is to avoid them, there will be a severe limit as to how far our spiritual practice can take us. ~Lama Thubten
Yeshe~
Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging.
Knowing constancy is insight.
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.
Knowing constancy, the mind is open.
With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
Being openhearted, you will act royally.
Being royal, you will attain the divine.
Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away. ~Tao Teh Ching quote~
Good people come to worship me for different reasons. Some come to the spiritual life because of suffering, some in order to understand life; some come through a desire to achieve life's purpose, and some come who are men and women of wisdom. Unwavering in devotion, always united with me, the man or woman of wisdom surpasses all the others. To them I am the dearest beloved, and they are very dear to me. All those who follow the spiritual path are blessed. But the wise who are always established in union, for whom there is no higher goal than me, may be regarded as my very Self. ~Bhagavad Gita~
There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing dance of birth and death, a dance of change. ~Sogyal Rinpoche~
You possess only that which you have given; you never possess that which you have hoarded - you become a master of something which you share. Share! unconditionally - because everything is going to be taken from you anyway; death is going to take everything from you. ~Osho~
The light of Brahman flashes in lightning; The light of Brahman flashes in our eyes. It is the power of Brahman that makes The mind to think, desire, and will. Therefore Use this power to meditate on Brahman. He is the inmost Self of everyone; He alone is worthy of all our love. Meditate upon him in all. Those who Meditate upon him are dear to all. ~Kena Upanishad~
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. ~Mark Twain~
They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.�~Hindu proverb~
If you want to get rid of your enemy, the true way is to realize that your enemy is delusion. ~Kegon Sutra~
Fear comes into being when I desire to be in a particular pattern. To live without fear means to live without a particular pattern. When I demand a particular way of living that in itself is a source of fear. ~J. Krishnamurti~
That people are unknowing does not mean that they are unknowing like cows or goats. Even ignorant people look for a pathway to reality. But, searching for it, they often misunderstand what they encounter. They pursue names and categories instead of going beyond that name to that which is real. ~Digha Nikaya~
A monk can be very gentle, very peaceful, while there are no hard words to assail him. But when hard words are directed at him, it is then that he must be really gentle and peaceful. ~Majjhima Nikaya~
As the sun lights up the world, the Self dwelling in the field is the source of all light in the field. Those who, with the eye of wisdom, distinguish the field from its Knower and the way to freedom from the bondage of prakriti, attain the supreme goal. ~Bhagavad Gita~
Everywhere, truly, those of integrity stand apart. They, the good, don't chatter in hopes of favor or gains. When touched now by pleasure, now pain, the wise give no sign of high or low. ~Dhammapada~
A poor devotee points to the sky and says, "God is up there." An average devotee says, "God dwells in the heart as the Inner Master." The best devotee says, "God alone is and everything I perceive is a form of God." ~Ramakrishna~
Selfishness may be sweet only for oneself, but no harmony of the whole can come from it. ~Tenrikyo Osashizu~
Never under any circumstances say that meditation and wisdom are different; they are one unity, not two things. Meditation itself is the substance of wisdom; wisdom itself is the function of meditation. ~Hui-neng~
Ajita asked: "What is it that smothers the world and makes it so hard to see? What is it that pollutes the world and seems to threaten it?" The
Buddha answered: "It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness and greed that make it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear." ~Sutta Nipata~
I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old. ~Shakespeare~
You have always been one with the Buddha, so do not pretend you can ATTAIN to this oneness by various practices. ~Huang Po~
To find bigger oceans, you must not be afraid to lose sight of the shore. ~Unknown~
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ~Lao Tzu~
If the chimney is full of smoke, how can the light be seen? If the mind is full of dirt, how can the soul shine? ~Yogaswami~
Many people are afraid to empty their minds lest they may plunge into the Void. They do not know that their own Mind is the Void. The ignorant eschew phenomena but not thought; the wise eschew thought but not phenomena. ~Huang Po~
Love consists in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery~
To everyone of us there must come a time when the whole universe will be found to have been a dream, when we find the soul is infinitely better than the surroundings. It is only a question of time, and time is nothing in the infinite. ~Sai Baba~
A good soldier is not violent.
A good fighter is not angry.
A good winner is not vengeful
A good employer is humble.
This is known as the Virtue of not striving. This is known as ability to deal with people. This since ancient times
has been known as the ultimate unity with heaven. ~Tao Teh Ching~
I am forever pure.�What is illusion, Or the world?� What is the little soul, Or God Himself? One without two, I am always the same. I sit in my heart. ~Ashtavakra Gita~
Those who are afraid of all the sufferings in the world, and yet who are afraid of death, seek for nirvana. But they do not know that the world and death and nirvana are not to be separated from one another. They imagine that nirvana is to be found through annihilation of the senses, not knowing that the world of the senses is already a mirage or a miracle when it is no longer clutched at.
~Lankavatara Sutra~
Dreams are but thoughts until their effects be tried. ~William Shakespeare~
The spiritual path is not about gaining more knowledge or settling stronger in beliefs. These are activities of the mind, a protection of the ego. Spirituality is the expansion of Consciousness, the realization that we are Consciousness itself. Your Being is nameless, free of any kind of identity or definition. Freedom is simply the recognition of
that.�~Tyohar~
With unshakable courage Achieve enlightenment without interruption. With unselfish, helpful intentions, Work for the benefit of others without prejudice. Without absorption before and maintenance after, Uphold it all the time. With an impartial view, Know the great boundless state. With undistracted, continual meditation, Practice without interruption. With conduct that contributes to this,
Recognize the actor. With undeceiving, sacred commitments, Keep the promises to the end.
~Godrakpa~
As you go about your life, don't give 100 percent of your attention to the external world and to your mind. Keep some within. Feel the inner body even when engaged in everyday activities, especially when engaged in relationships or when you are relating with nature. Feel the stillness deep inside it. Keep the portal open. ~Eckhart Tolle~
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