Monday, October 1, 2007
For achieving anything in life, two things are essential: firm faith and pure love. People should not think that pleasure and pain are caused by some external forces. It is not so. They are the result of one's own thoughts. There is no meaning in blaming others. If you develop love of God, that love...
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
The world is the manifestation and expansion of the five fundamental elements. Its innate nature is duality - the entity and the result; the cause and its effect. This duality is evident in the alternating experiences of joy and grief, praise and blame, victory and defeat, profit and loss. These are...
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Friday, September 28, 2007
Ahimsa (Non-violence) does not mean, as is commonly understood, not causing harm to others. It really means that one should not cause harm to anyone in thought, word or deed. This is the most important human quality. Only when this has been developed, will one be qualified to practice and experience...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Nectar is described by the scriptures as extremely sweet. But nectar nowhere approaches the sweetness of love. As against love, nectar appears insipid. The uniqueness of such love is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Such love arises only when you churn the ocean of bliss. Hence, all our...
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Lessons in Happiness, part 5 There is bliss and happiness in realizing the unity inherent in diversity. Good and bad, happiness and sorrow, which appear to be different and opposite, are in reality two faces of the same coin. The mind is the sole cause for happiness as well as for misery, for...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Lessons in Happiness, part 4 Pain is a gap between two moments of happiness. Happiness is an interval between two moments of pain. Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love.. These are the four pillars on which the mansion of happiness, here and hereafter, is built. Happiness is Awareness.
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Lessons in Happiness, part 3 Note to readers: A few days ago, Troosha asked for quotations on happiness. I've been posting these for 3 days now. I know that this one is long. If you do not skip it entirely, you might want to skim for "happiness". I have put in italics the two paragraphs which deal...
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Lessons in Happiness, part 2 [Confidential, private note to Troosha: I really like this one - "happiness will follow you like a slave" - WOW! I hope you like it too!] Always be happy and cheerful, for, your innate nature is bliss. You need not go in search of happiness. Bliss emerges out of Atma...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Lessons in Happiness, part 1 If you want peace and if you want happiness you must live in love. Only through love will you find inner peace. Only through love will you find true happiness. Love flourishes through giving and forgiving. Develop your love. Immerse yourself in love. Love is the basis of...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Inner Foes of Man – Part Forty-one Interview with Sathya Sai Baba Q: You have given me many methods with which to work on my anger, Lord. Thank You. Sai: There are ever so many stratagems by which you anger can be quelled. To undertake all of them will be quite difficult, but it is enough to...
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