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Saturday, March 28, 2020

GAYAN 163 - BOULA -122 - Life is an opportunity, and it is a great pity if

GAYAN 163 - BOULA -122 - Life is an opportunity, and it is a great pity if man realizes this when it is too late. How few in this world know what an effect it makes on one's personality, talking ill of another; what influence it has on one's soul! Man's self within is not only like a dome where... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

GAYAN 081 - BOULA -040 - The human heart is the shell in which the pearl of

GAYAN 081 - BOULA -040 - The human heart is the shell in which the pearl of sincerity is found. Does the heart reflect the mind or the mind the heart? In the first place it should be known that the mind is the surface of the heart, and the heart is the depth of the mind. Therefore mind and heart are... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 23, 2020

GAYAN 073 - BOULA -032 - The fountain stream of love rises in the love for

GAYAN 073 - BOULA -032 - The fountain stream of love rises in the love for an individual, but spreads and falls in universal love. “Q: What is the process of drowning impressions in the ocean of the consciousness of eternal now? A: The one who does not know the love of an individual does not know... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 22, 2020

GAYAN 034 - ALANKARA-17 - Time! Thou art the ocean, and every movement of l

GAYAN 034 - ALANKARA-17 - Time! Thou art the ocean, and every movement of life is thy wave. It must be understood that every wave of life which is set in motion by the principal cause, works toward a purpose. With its every motion the purpose becomes more definite, and at its every stage of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 21, 2020

GAYAN 222 - BOULA -181 – Possibility is the nature of God, and impossibilit

GAYAN 222 - BOULA -181 – Possibility is the nature of God, and impossibility is the limitation of man. There is no such thing as impossible. All is possible. Impossible is made by the limitation of our capacity of understanding. Man, blinded by the law of nature's working, by the law of consequences... Sign in to see full entry.

GAYAN 098 - BOULA -057 - Optimism is the result of love. Optimism represe

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Friday, March 20, 2020

GAYAN 136 - BOULA -095 - All situations of life are tests to bring out the

GAYAN 136 - BOULA -095 - All situations of life are tests to bring out the real and the false. Many in this world seem to be confused about false and true, but there comes a moment when one can see the difference between false and true without any difficulty, because false cannot stand longer than a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Gayan 386 - Chala 65 - A living word is life itself. Do we not see that t

Gayan 386 - Chala 65 - A living word is life itself. Do we not see that there is one person perhaps who comes to us and speaks a thousand words, and not one word strikes us; there is another person who comes to us and speaks one word, but it penetrates, it makes impression. That word is of value.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 14, 2020

GAYAN 191 - BOULA -150 – Reserve gives dignity to the personality; to be se

GAYAN 191 - BOULA -150 – Reserve gives dignity to the personality; to be serious and yet gracious is the way of the wise. The secret of all attainment is centered in reserve. Spiritual or material, when a person has told his plans to others, he has let out the energy that he should have kept as a... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 12, 2020

CS-0206 – Boula-165 - In the belief of every person there is some good for

CS-0206 – Boula-165 - In the belief of every person there is some good for him; and to break that belief is like breaking his God. Sufis are inclined to recognize four stages of belief: Iman-e Muhmil, when someone believes in a thing which others believe in, but no matter how strong his belief may... Sign in to see full entry.

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