Search Within
Do not look for it outside yourself.
You are the source of milk. Do not milk others!
There is a milk fountain inside you.
Do not walk around with an empty bucket.
You have a channel into the ocean, and yet you ask for
water from a little pool.
Beg for that love expansion. Meditate only on THAT. The
Quran says,
And He is with you (57:4)
There is a basket of fresh bread on your head,
and yet you go door to door asking for crusts.
– Rumi |
Those who know others are wise, those
who know themselves are enlightened.
– Lao Tsu
The events of childhood do not pass but
repeat themselves like seasons of the year.
– Eleanor Farjeon
As soon as you trust yourself, you will
know how to live.
– Goethe
Before we can make friends with anyone
else, we must first make friend with ourselves.
– Eleanor Rosevelt
It does not matter what we do until we
accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it does not matter
what we do.
– Charly Heavenrich
Religion
Religion is a well-tilled field,
Planted and watered by desire
Of one who longed for paradise,
Or one who dreaded hell and fire.
Aye,were it but for reckoning
At resurrection, they had not
Worshipped God, nor did repent,
Except to gain a better lot ---
As though religion were a phase
of commerce in their daily trade;
Should they neglect it they would lose ---
Or preserving would be paid.
– Khalil Gibran |
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This being human is a guest
house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
– Rumi
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Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connection everywhere;
Turning to face my fear,
I meet the warrior who lives within;
Opening to my loss.
I am given unimaginable gifts;
Surrounding into emptiness,
I find fullness without end;
Each condition I flee from pursues me.
Each condition I welcome transforms me
And becomes itself transformed
Into its radiant jewel-like essence.
I bow to the one who has made it so,
Who has crafted this master Game;
To play it is pure delight,
To honor it is true devotion.
– Jennifer Welwood |
I have had many troubles in my life, most
of which never happened.
– Mark Twain
Relationship is surely the mirror in which
you discover yourself.
– Krishnamurti
If
we do not know what Port we are steering for, no wind is
favorable.
– Seneca
The real measure of wealth is our worth
if we lost our money.
– Anonymous |
