So, what exactly is this ego? Ego is that state of awareness which thinks of you as separate from the other. Ego thinks in terms of guiltiness and shames and glories of the past, and it thinks in terms of fears and hopes about the future. It never thinks about what ‘is’, but always thinks [...]
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Heaven of Freedom
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not [...]
Ask yourself and keep on asking…
Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer, for one may have known something many times, acknowledged it; one may have willed something many times, [...]
Taming Hitler, Gandhigiri style
I had a strange dream this morning. I was a college student again, and was in the classroom along with other students. Now enters Hitler the lecturer. The real Hitler with the hair pulled from right to left and that funny toothbrush mustache. He announces the students, today, we’re gonna write a test. Oh my, [...]
Happy Resurrection Day!
Eckhart Tolle says in his Power of Now, “The secret of life is to ‘die before you die’ — and find that there is no death.” About 2000 years ago, Jesus did just that, literally. “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For [...]
Mansur al-Hallaj, the poetic beauty!
I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart. I asked: Who art Thou? He answered: Thou. … In my subsistence is my annihilation; In my annihilation, I remain You. … He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing. … Thy Spirit is mingled in my spirit even as wine is mingled [...]
LOVE ABSOLUTE
Breathe ‘God,’ in any tongue — it means the same; LOVE ABSOLUTE: Think, feel, absorb the thought; Shut out all else; until a subtle flame (A spark from God’s creative centre caught) Shall permeate your being, and shall glow, Increasing in its splendour, till, YOU KNOW. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October [...]
Miracle
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. — Thich Nhat Hanh (born 11 October 1926) Photo courtesy: Susana Aalto
Advice from Dogen Zenji
Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit. Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring [...]
Your primary responsibility is to take care of yourself
If you want to lead a peaceful life, here is the rule of thumb: Never care about things you can’t control, and take complete responsibility over things you can control. Things you can’t control: the past, the unseen future, and the way others behave. Things you can control: what you think, what you speak, what [...]
