29 February, 2016

Our purpose...


"You are here in order to enable the world 
to live more amply, with greater vision, 
with a fine spirit of hope of achievement. 
You are here to enrich the world and 
you impoverish yourself if you 
forget the errand." 

Woodrow Wilson


On 'being plentiful'....


"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

Lao Tzu

27 February, 2016

Einstein...


"All that is valuable in human society depends upon 
the opportunity for development accorded the individual."

Albert Einstein

26 February, 2016

Appreciation and gratitude...


"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."

Carl Jung

25 February, 2016

The great Bodhisattva Shantideva


"I alone will practice all that is wholesome. Those who are powerless and under the control of karma and delusion are unable to benefit themselves or attain their own purposes. Worldly people are completely unable to make their lives meaningful. Therefore, I shall practice what is wholesome for the benefit of all sentient beings. While others are engaged in inferior and menial tasks in which they encounter many difficulties, how can I sit here at peace and do nothing? I must and shall benefit them, but without ever succumbing to the poison of self-importance."

Santideva 
"Bodhicaryavatara"


23 February, 2016

Wisdom and idiots


When a wise individual attains an advanced degree, 
you have a true human being: wisdom coupled with knowledge.
When an idiot attains an advanced degree yoy have a qualified idiot
When a qualiffied idiot becomes an educator you have a disaster
When a  qualified idiot becomes a politician 
you have a national tragedy.

Somwang

21 February, 2016

Best expert on Law of Attraction...


"Law of Attraction says, "That which is like unto itself is drawn." Which means vibrations are always matched. So as you experience the contrast which inspires the new idea within you, this new idea —this desire — whether it is a strong one or a soft one, is summoning unto itself proportionately. And as it summons, it is always answered. It is the basis of our Universe: When it is asked, it is always given. The confusion that humans feel is that they think they are asking with their words — or even with their action — and sometimes you are. But the Universe is not responding to your words or your action. The Universe is responding to your vibrational calling."

Excerpted from: Cincinnati, OH on July 15, 2000
Esther (and Abraham and Jerry)

20 February, 2016

Aristotle...


"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
Aristotle

19 February, 2016

Relativity...



"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."

Albert Einstein

18 February, 2016

Knowing our darkenss...


"Knowing your own darkness is the best method 
for dealing with the darknesses of other people."

Carl Jung

16 February, 2016

On broken promises


Never trust anyone that cannot keep a simple promise.
Such people always end up betraying themselves and
others...

Old World saying

15 February, 2016

Who are you?


"When you know who you are; when your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will; no cold can touch your heart; no deluge can dampen your purpose. You know that you are alive."

Chief Seattle, Duwamish (1780-1866)

14 February, 2016

On relative pleasure...


“There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, 
But to be without sores is more pleasurable 
still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly 
desires, But to be without desires is more 
pleasurable still.”

Nagarjuna 
"Precious Garland"

12 February, 2016

Hard lessons...great learning!


“Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time.”

Eckhart Tolle

11 February, 2016

Quite so...


"You cannot have a happy ending to an unhappy journey."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

09 February, 2016

On trust...


"He who does not trust enough 
will not be trusted".

Lao Tzu

08 February, 2016

Black Elk



“But now that I can see it all as from a lonely hilltop, I know it was the story of a mighty vision given to a man too weak to use it; of a holy tree that should have flourished in a people’s heart with flowers and singing birds, and now is withered; and of a people’s dream that died in bloody snow.”


Black Elk speaks
The life story of a holy man of the Ogalala Sioux

02 February, 2016

Real Dharma realm...


“Men are afraid to forget their minds, fearing to fall through the Void with nothing to stay their fall. They do not know that the Void is not really void, but the realm of the real Dharma.”
Huang Po

“Zen Teaching of Huang Po”

01 February, 2016

Simple wisdom...


“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” 

Booker T. Washington