30 December, 2015

Native American Wisdom


When you were born, you cried
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.

White Elk

28 December, 2015

More Native American Indian pearls...


May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.

Chief Dan George

21 December, 2015

Junghian wisdom...

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Carl Jung


19 December, 2015

Lakota Instructions for Living


Friend do it this way - that is,
whatever you do in life,
do the very best you can
with both your heart and mind.

And if you do it that way,
the Power Of The Universe
will come to your assistance,
if your heart and mind are in Unity.

When one sits in the Hoop Of The People,
one must be responsible because
All of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do effects everything in the universe.

If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the Way It's Going To Be.

passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman

18 December, 2015

Earth, Teach Me

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Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

An Ute Prayer

17 December, 2015

Vibrational alignment...


"When you find vibrational alignment with You, you personally thrive. You feel good; you look good; you have stamina; you have energy; you have balance; you have clarity; you have wit; you have abundance of all things that you consider to be good. You thrive in all ways when you come into Energy Balance with You. Vibrational Relativity - that's what it's all about."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

15 December, 2015

Congratulations to School Director Manat!


As mentioned in an earlier tab, Headmaster Manat has been appointed to manage a larger school in the Tung Saliam district. He has been a wonderful, kind, compassionate and supportive figure and leader throughout our association. His school students thrived as a result of his support and that of the many sponsors who believed in the students, many of whom hit top scores. He was kind enough to present me with a beautiful Buddha Painting as his farewell gift.

I wish Headmaster Manat GREAT success and may he enjoy vast rewards and good fortune! It was wonderful to work with you and your great teachers!

Junghian wisdom...

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.


Carl Jung


14 December, 2015

Form and change...


“It is the nature of the world of form that nothing stays fixed for very long - and so it starts to fall apart again. Forms dissolve; new forms arise. Watch the clouds. They will teach you about the world of form.”

Eckhart Tolle

Junghian wisdom...



(Image credit Google Images)

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."


Carl Jung


10 December, 2015

Power of Life



You have noticed that everything an Indian does in a circle,
and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles,
and everything and everything tries to be round.
In the old days all our power came to us from the sacred hoop
of the nation and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people
flourished. The flowering tree was the living center of the hoop,
and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. 

The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west 
gave rain and the north with its cold and mighty wind gave strength 
and endurance. This knowledge came to us from the outer world 
with our religion.

Everything the power of the world does is done in a circle.
The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball
and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon
does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great
circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were.

The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is
in everything where power moves. Our teepees were round like the
nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation's hoop,
a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children.

Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 1863-1950


Over a hundred years ago Black Elk had a vision of the time when Indian people would heal from the devastating effects of European migration. In his vision the Sacred Hoop which had been broken, would be mended in seven generations.

The children born into this decade will be the seventh generation.

04 December, 2015

The truth is like a lion


"The truth is like a lion. You don't have to defend it.
Let it loose. It will defend itself."

St. Augustine 

03 December, 2015

Respect and Beauty..


Honor the sacred.
Honor the Earth, our Mother.
Honor the Elders.
Honor all with whom we 
share the Earth:-
Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, 
winged ones,
Swimmers, crawlers, 
plant and rock people.
Walk in balance and beauty.

Native American Elder

02 December, 2015

Carl Sagan

The Best Speech about Humanity

30 November, 2015

Einstein wisdom...


"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions". 

Albert Einstein,

29 November, 2015

On vibration...


"Every being is always receiving 
that which is a vibrational match 
to whatever they are offering."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

28 November, 2015

Prejudice...


“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds along rocks.”

Charlotte Bronte

19 November, 2015

Native American Prayer


Oh, Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
And whose breath gives life to all the world
hear me, I am small and weak,
I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold
the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have
made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.

Make me wise so that I may understand the things
you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have
hidden in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.

So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my Spirit may come to you without shame.

(translated by Lakota Sioux Chief Yellow Lark in 1887)

15 November, 2015

On the true enemy...

 

“If you want to get rid of your enemy,
 the true way is to realize that your enemy
is delusion.”

Kegon Sutra

11 November, 2015

The love ballad


There was a young boy who yearned to be straight
He feared for his soul and sought a muse: a mate!
She appeared one day with flowers in her hair…
And with voice sweet beckoned him to her lair

Oh foolish child, of tales of maidens had you not heard
Casting spells on legions of men… thick as a horde!

She tickled his vanity, pride, desire, need to be free
And dazzled and magnetized, blinded was he!
She brewed potions of love and lust day and night
Aided by ghouls, she reached the peak of her might.
Oh foolish child, of tales of maidens had you not heard
Casting spells on legions of men… thick as a horde

But one day, inexorably time and merit ran out
And neighbours recounted of a scream and a shout
She sang her last love song with an awful pitch
And saddened discovered that she was a witch!

The spell thus was broken and the boy awoke
A dream so real that ended on a good note!

Somwang (Book of poems)


10 November, 2015

The brilliance of Awareness...


"How boundless and free is the sky of Awareness! How bright the full moon of wisdom! Truly, is anything missing now? Nirvana is right here, before our eyes; this very place is the Lotus Land; this very body, the Buddha."

Hakuin Zenji 
Song of Zazen

08 November, 2015

South African bed time story...

05 November, 2015

Peace...stillness!


“Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is 
— no matter what form it takes — you are still, 
you are at peace.”

Eckhart Tolle

14 September, 2015

Sunyata...


“People who do not know how to practice the way therefore want to get rid of afflictions. Afflictions are originally void and null; you are trying to use the way to seek the way beyond.”

Pao-chih

12 September, 2015

With Every Breath - Anonymous


With every breath I take today,
I vow to be awake;

And every step I take,
I vow to take with a grateful heart

So I may see with eyes of love
into the hearts of all I meet,

To ease their burden when I can
And touch them with a smile of peace.


10 September, 2015

Wisdom...


“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.”

Aiden Nowlan

09 September, 2015

On clinging...


"Whoever clings to mind sees not the truth of what’s beyond the mind. Whoever strives to practice Dharma finds not the truth of Beyond-practice. One should cut cleanly through the root of mind and stare naked. One should thus break away from all distinctions and remain at ease."

Tilopa 
The Song of Mahamudra

06 September, 2015

Options?


“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” 

Lucy Larcom

05 September, 2015

Thoughts like water...


"Develop a meditation that is like water. Doing this, you will find that the thoughts and impressions that possess you will flow away. Just as people wash away their body liquids, their sweat and spittle, pus and blood, and yet the water is not troubled or disgusted: so this water meditation will bring you peace."

Majjhima Nikaya

04 September, 2015

Angels...


“We all see angels; if we never recognize them, 
it's because they come in ways we don't expect.” 

Eileen Elias Freeman,
"The Angels' Little Instruction Book"

03 September, 2015

Vibration and attraction...

 

"You live in a pulsating, vibrating Universe of advanced harmonics. Everything that exists, in your air, in your dirt, in your water, and in your bodies, is vibration in motion—and all of it is managed by the powerful Law of Attraction. There is nothing that exists outside of this vibrational nature, and as you learn to accept your vibrational nature, and begin to consciously utilize your emotional vibrational indicators, you will gain conscious control of your personal creations and of the outcomes of your life experience."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

(Please visit this brilliant author's site and genuine exponent of the Law of Attraction. These teachings contain and reflect great practical wisdom.)

http://www.abraham-hicks.com

02 September, 2015

Defining wisdom...


"A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness. Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire."

Sutta Nipata 
translated by H Saddhatissa


31 August, 2015

Intention and manifestation...


"Intention is the core of all conscious life. It is our intentions that create karma, our intentions that help others, our intentions that lead us away from the delusions of individuality toward the immutable verities of enlightened awareness. Conscious intention colors and moves everything."

Master Hsing Yun 
Describing the Indescribable


28 August, 2015

Laughter...


“Laughter is the sun that drives 
winter from the human face.”

Victor Hugo

27 August, 2015

Sincere questions....


“When someone asks you a question, answer him or her sincerely, and when you are not asked, do not force your teaching upon others.”

Jae Woong Kim 
"Polishing the Diamond"

25 August, 2015

The great Rumi...


"What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description. You are It."

Rumi

Past...present...future: NOW!


“Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”

Eckhart Tolle

23 August, 2015

Thoughts and us...

"Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness."
Paramahansa Yogananda

22 August, 2015

Kindness always...


“You cannot do a kindness too soon, 
for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

21 August, 2015

A sweet thought...


“Be an earth angel, and look for love behind the actions of everyone you meet today. Whenever you look for love, you will always find it.”

Doreen Virtue

20 August, 2015

Unruffled...


"As a single slab of rock won't budge in the wind, so the wise are not moved by praise, by blame. Like a deep lake, clear, unruffled, & calm; so the wise become clear, calm, on hearing words of the Dhamma."

Dhammapada 
translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

18 August, 2015

Addictions...



“The brief elation we experience appeasing sensual impulses is very close to what the drug addict feels when indulging his or her habit. Temporary relief is soon followed by a craving for more. And in just the same way that taking drugs in the end only causes trouble, so too does much of what we undertake to fulfill our immediate sensory desires. We must acknowledge that there can be no hope of gratifying the senses permanently. At best, the happiness we derive from eating a good meal can only last until the next time we are hungry.”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

16 August, 2015

Suffering...


“It may look as if the situation is creating the 
suffering, but ultimately this is not so 
- your resistance is.”

Eckhart Tolle

09 August, 2015

Happiness...


“Happiness is when what you think, 
what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” 

Mahatma Gandhi

07 August, 2015

Hui Neng


"Hear me, future disciples! Your time will have been badly wasted if you neglect to put this teaching into practice. What you should do is to know your own mind and realize your own Buddha nature, which neither rests nor moves, neither becomes nor ceases to be, neither comes nor goes, neither affirms nor denies, neither stays nor departs."

The Sutra of Hui Neng

04 August, 2015

Towards a new earth...


"It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold suffering, the twenty-first century should be one of peace and dialogue. As the continued advances in information technology make our world a truly global village, I believe there will come a time when war and armed conflict will be considered an outdated and obsolete method of settling differences among nations and communities."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

03 August, 2015

Opportunity for realization....


"If anyone says that a person must reap according to his deeds, if anyone thinks the law of karma is inexorable, then he is saying that there is no spiritual life or growth and nor is there any opportunity to bring confusion to an end. But if anyone says that what a person reaps is in accordance with his deeds, in that case a spiritual life can exist and there is opportunity for realization."

Anguttara Nikaya


Light...


“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

01 August, 2015

On kind words...

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“Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.”

Frederick William Faber

31 July, 2015

Great Maya Angelou...


“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer; 
it sings because it has a song.” 

Maya Angelou

30 July, 2015

More on Angels...


“Angels always listen and understand. No matter what your native tongue, your angel speaks the same language.”

Suzanne Siegel Zenkel
"Your Secret Angel"

29 July, 2015

Shakespearian Wisdom



“This above all: to thine own self be true.
And it must follow, as the night the day, 
Thou canst not then be false to any man.” 

William Shakespeare