New Indians

"Indian policy has now been brought down

 upon the American people, and the American 

people are the new Indians of the 21st Century."

Russel Means

Here...

Born of bodily fluids

guaranteed of an earthly end

Promises of heaven have turned

mortal men into immortal menace.

Those who made up eternal

life will not value the bit

of life that is here and Now.

Life here distorted by promises

of hereafter. Just for you to

know, those who don’t make

it here shall not make it anywhere

It is Here and Here that

the Hereafter is hidden.

Sadhguru

Science....

"When science finally locates the center
of the universe, some people will be surprised
to learn they're not it." 

Bernard Bailey

Want & Have

"Want is a growing giant whom the coat of 

Have was never large enough to cover. . . ."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Admonition...

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

Shakespeare

Mind...

"The mind is a powerful instrument. A conscious, 

single-pointed thought will naturally manifest in 

the world."

Sadhguru

Love...

"Love is not what you do. 

Love is the way you are."

Sadhguru

I am....Who?

"Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; 

not the mind, because the brain will decay with 

the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, 

for these also will vanish with death." 

Ramana Maharshi

Cherokee wisdom...

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.
“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Please view Virtues for Life : http://www.virtuesforlife.com/two-wolves/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N67Yu7uHECk

Power

"All power structures sooner or later crumble 

under their own failings. The deeper their 

failings, the shorter their reign."

Master Wu Wei

Illusions...

"If your illusions are shattered, 

it means you are getting closer 

to reality."

Sadhguru 

The Apparition

When by thy scorn, O murd'ress, 

I am dead 

And that thou think'st thee free 

From all solicitation from me, 

Then shall my ghost come to thy bed, 

And thee, feign'd vestal, in worse 

arms shall see; 

Then thy sick taper will begin to wink, 

And he, whose thou art then, 

being tir'd before, 

Will, if thou stir, or pinch to wake him, 

think thou call'st for more, 

And in false sleep will from thee shrink; 

And then, poor aspen wretch, 

neglected thou 

Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat 

wilt lie a verier ghost than I. 

What I will say, I will not tell thee now, 

Lest that preserve thee; and since 

my love is spent, 

I'had rather thou shouldst 

painfully repent, 

Than by my threat'nings 

rest still innocent. 

JOHN DONNE

Aging....

"The great thing about getting older is 

that you don't lose all the other ages 

you've been."

Madeleine L'Engle

Cowardice

‘To know what is right and 

not do it is the worst cowardice.’ 

Confucius

Earth...

"Your body is just a scoop of earth. Carry it gracefully. 

And when it’s time to put it back, put it back gracefully."

Sadhguru

Human resources?

"Considering a human being as a resource is a crime. 

A human being is a possibility that needs nurturing 

to unfold."

Sadhguru