Tuesday, June 23, 2009
UNITY AND REALITY
When man awakens, he finds that he is part of the one great Reality and he realizes his union with all things. - Paramananda
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
NOW IS WHAT MATTERS!
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
REWARDS OF THE SIMPLE LIFE
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring --these are some of the rewards of the simple life. - John...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
DELIVER US FROM OUR VICES
We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.... Blaise Pascal
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Monday, June 15, 2009
BEING WITH GOD
It is not necessary for being with GOD to be always at church; We may make an oratory of our heart, wherein to retire from time to time, to converse with Him in meekness, humility, and love. Every one is capable of such familiar conversation with GOD, some more, some less: He knows what we can do. -...
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
MERCY HAS NO ENEMIES
Mercy has no enemies. In the face of compassion, all perverse and evil forces melt into nothingness. - Venerable Master Hsing Yun
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
THE BEST OF INTENTIONS
It is quite possible to perform very ordinary actions with so high an intention as to serve God therein better than in far more important things done with a less pure intention.... Jean N. Grou
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
WORRYING UNNECESSARILY
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. - Epictetus
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Monday, June 8, 2009
THOUGHTFULNESS IS THE BEGINNING
Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. "If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christ-like, for his heart was meek and he always thought of others. Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others."... Mother Teresa of Calcutta (How...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
THE MOUNTAIN WE CONQUER
It is not the mountain that we conquer but ourselves. - Sir Edmund Hillary
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