If you had only one hour to live, what would you do? Would you not arrange what is necessary outwardly, your affairs, your will, and so on? Would you not call your family and friends together and ask their forgiveness for the harm that you might have done to them, and forgive them for whatever [...]
“Walk with courage. Go forward from day to day with calm, inner faith. Eventually, you will pass beyond every shadow of bad karma, beyond all tests and difficulties, and will behold at last the dawn of divine fulfillment. In the highest of all states of consciousness will come freedom from every last, trailing vapor of [...]
“Conflict of any kind -physically, psychologically, intellectually-is a waste of energy… it is extraordinarily difficult to understand and to be free of this because most of us are brought up to struggle, to make effort. When we are at school, that is the first thing that we are taught, to make an effort. And that [...]
Ayurvedic wisdom honors Self-knowledge as the final cure for all disease. Notice this is “self” with a capital “S”, the Self that embodies not who we think we are, what we call ourselves, or we do for a living, but instead the highest aspect of our Self, our essence, our purpose for being.
Streaming from the power of gratitude is the magic of manifestation. Being truly grateful in a sincere and humble way opens the heart, dissolves fear, and naturally invites in that which we are hopeful for.
This is a very important question to go into because, as you grow older, you will find that your desires are never really fulfilled. In fulfillment there is always the shadow of frustration, and in your heart there is not a song but a cry. The desire to become -to become a great man, a great saint, a great this or that- has no end and therefore no fulfilment; its demand is ever for the “more”, and such desire always breeds agony, misery, wars. But when one is free of all desire to become, there is a state of being whose action is totally different. It is. That which is has no time. It does not think in terms of fulfilment. Its very being is its fulfilment.
A violet can never become a rose, but the violet in itself can be a perfect flower.
This quote is timely, and to remember WHY we do Yoga…. Krishnamurti incidentally studied with the same master teacher as my teacher, AG Mohan did. His wisdom below: Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body healthy, and [...]
Self-knowledge I like this quote from J. Krishnamurti as it represens a core theme of his teachings - go inside for the truth! We often spend our days looking for leaders, gurus, teachers, books…outside help and the truth is only within ourselves. That is why it is important, as I said, to understand the process, [...]
How about NO RESOLUTIONS THIS YEAR? Last year at this time, I was feeling quite pleased with myself for the neatly organized and very comprehensive list of goals I had developed for the New Year. My goals were specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. Or so I thought. A week later, my life showed me [...]
