Why ask only the hardworking doer in myself When so many more interesting people Live in the many rooms of my beautiful house? Why not meet the visionary under the roof Who can show me exciting new horizons? Or make an appointment with the adventurer Who will insist that real life Starts only when I …
Stop-where are you running? Everything you seek lies inside: Soul, God, happiness, and joy. You might miss it all If you keep searching outside. (Found on the walls of a medieval monastery) Please consider that the most essential things in life are invisible. Breath, life force, love, soul, and God; all can’t be seen with …
One of the greatest discoveries I’ve made in regards to chanting the Holy Name is that you have to attain the state of absorption while you chant. Absorption is the state of the mind where one is totally involved in something, completely engrossed, fully present. I once saw in the airport a religious person involved …
“Each one of us is a product of their own desires.” What are desires, really? Well, desires are impulses that come before any action which we do. Without desires, we would not have made the step to start our spiritual life. Without desires those of you who are married would not have married. Without desires …
It grows deep withinSilently, persistentlyLike a new life in the womb. But when it surfacesYou’ll knowA ‘new me’ is being born. Never resist this new arrivalLet life flow through youUnimpeded. Even if it turns you upside downTrust that the side that is to comeIs better than the side you are used to. So, move onTrust …
Did you know that we are not self-centered bio-computers programmed for survival, but are inherently compassionate? Studies show that especially when a group of people face a common crises like earthquakes, wildfires, train accidents, etc. they turn to each other and generate an enormous strength that enables them to go through the situation and help. …