Our Prayers to the Lord should be filled with less demands and more thanks.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
A Dark Period of Disintegration
The modern world is wading through a dark period of disintegration. There is unrest alike in the East and in the West. The global financial turmoil has cast worries and uncertaintity to one and all.
Our scientific discoveries and technological achievements have not made us happy or contented.
Mankind has reached the Moon but we have yet to learn how to make our world, this Earth, a place where men and nations may live together in harmony and peace.
All over the civilized world, the cry goes forth from frustrated hearts :
" Is life worth living ? "
"Life is worth living ! ", the saint Sadhu Vaswani proclaims.
"All suffering and pain spring from the lower self of desires and appetites, the ego, the sense of I-ness. The ego is the cause of our suffering and sin. The cure
of this pain is to renounce the ego and be filled with the 'Word" or Name of God."
The question arises as to why is it that though we have all we need, we still are unhappy and there is no peace in our hearts ?
Sadhu Vaswani says, " You are unhappy because you wander. You wander because you are victims to desires and appetites. These will not let you rest in peace."
" Give your mind and heart to God. Let your hands be engaged in work ; but let your thoughts dwell on the Lord. For thoughts are internal forces. As you think so you make or mar yourself. "
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Our scientific discoveries and technological achievements have not made us happy or contented.
Mankind has reached the Moon but we have yet to learn how to make our world, this Earth, a place where men and nations may live together in harmony and peace.
All over the civilized world, the cry goes forth from frustrated hearts :
" Is life worth living ? "
"Life is worth living ! ", the saint Sadhu Vaswani proclaims.
"All suffering and pain spring from the lower self of desires and appetites, the ego, the sense of I-ness. The ego is the cause of our suffering and sin. The cure
of this pain is to renounce the ego and be filled with the 'Word" or Name of God."
The question arises as to why is it that though we have all we need, we still are unhappy and there is no peace in our hearts ?
Sadhu Vaswani says, " You are unhappy because you wander. You wander because you are victims to desires and appetites. These will not let you rest in peace."
" Give your mind and heart to God. Let your hands be engaged in work ; but let your thoughts dwell on the Lord. For thoughts are internal forces. As you think so you make or mar yourself. "
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
An Elaborate Illusion
It is difficult for Man to come to terms with the reality that this existence is an elaborate illusion.
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It is but a dream that will end when its time runs out, at the ring of the alarm clock.
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Therefore, to crave desires and amass things of this world is to place one's hopes on the proverbial mirage of the desert that floats - always out of reach.
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It can never give us what we really want - true happiness.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
God first.....
Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is ready to bless us in a way that only He can.
Keep the faith.
When God Answers your Prayer, He is increasing your Faith, When He delays, He is increasing your Patience, When He Don’t Give you what you ask for, then He has Something BETTER.....
Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in your goals, and stay focused on God.
Never let others discourage you concerning your past.
The past is exactly that, "the past".
Live every day one day at a time and remember that only God knows our future and that he will not put you through any more than you can bear.
Do not look to man for your blessings, but look to the doors that only He has prepared in advance for you in your favor.
Wait, be still, and patient.
God first and everything else will follow.
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Keep the faith.
When God Answers your Prayer, He is increasing your Faith, When He delays, He is increasing your Patience, When He Don’t Give you what you ask for, then He has Something BETTER.....
Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in your goals, and stay focused on God.
Never let others discourage you concerning your past.
The past is exactly that, "the past".
Live every day one day at a time and remember that only God knows our future and that he will not put you through any more than you can bear.
Do not look to man for your blessings, but look to the doors that only He has prepared in advance for you in your favor.
Wait, be still, and patient.
God first and everything else will follow.
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Quote from Wisdom of the Way
Man is born with his hands clenched ;
He dies with his hands wide open.
Entering life, he desires to grasp everything ;
Leaving the world upon death, all he possessed has slipped away.
He dies with his hands wide open.
Entering life, he desires to grasp everything ;
Leaving the world upon death, all he possessed has slipped away.
from the Jewish Talmud
The Cause
All our difficulties are like a mirror.
They reveal our true form.
We harbour all types of desires and consequently undergo many sufferings.
Therefore, give no room to any desires.
Our unlimited desires are the cause of all our difficulties.
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They reveal our true form.
We harbour all types of desires and consequently undergo many sufferings.
Therefore, give no room to any desires.
Our unlimited desires are the cause of all our difficulties.
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Why have we drifted away ?
It is said that God is closer to us than our hands are.....
He always remains close to us but it is we who have drifted away from Him due to our pursuit of worldly possessions and attachments. a
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He always remains close to us but it is we who have drifted away from Him due to our pursuit of worldly possessions and attachments. a
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