Divine Messages - 229 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       As you are externally aware, so also you can be inwardly aware of your thoughts and feelings, of your motives and urges, of your prejudices, envies, greed and pride - J Krishnamurti

·       Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind - Henry D Thoreau

·       Life is life—whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage - Sri Aurobindo

·       As men approach Me, so I receive them. All paths, Arjuna, lead to Me - Bhagwad Gita 4.11

·       All that is on the earth will perish: But will abide forever the face of thy Lord--full of majesty, bounty, and honour - Qur'an 55.26-27

·       A deep gratitude must be shown towards the whole just for the opportunity that you are, that you can meditate, that you can be silent, that you can laugh – Osho

·       You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up - Siddhartha Gautama

·       If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men - St Francis of Assisi

·       The best things are never arrived at in haste. God is in no hurry; His plans are never rushed - Michael Phillips

·       Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living - Miriam Beard

·       All that is on the earth will perish: But will abide forever the face of thy Lord-- full of majesty, bounty, and honour - Qur'an 55.26-27

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Divine Messages - 228 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·         Letting go of fear, attachment, grief and anger is the sannyasin’s renunciation. He savours only the taste of his oneness with the ultimate reality - Nirvana Upanishad

·         What you are is that which notices what you are not - Michael Jeffreys

·         As rivers flow into the ocean but cannot make the vast ocean overflow, so flow the streams of the sense-world into the sea of peace that is the sage - Bhagwad Gita 2.70

·         Confucius said... "In the world there are many different roads but the destination is the same. There are a hundred deliberations but the result is one." - I Ching

·         People are born for different tasks, but in order to survive every one requires the same nourishment; inner peace - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

·         Life is life—whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat and man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage - Sri Aurobindo

·         Nothing should stand between yourself and God. Not spiritual masters, not even your faith - Rumi

·         When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at, change - Wayne Dyer

·         When you are at peace with yourself and you love yourself, it’s virtually impossible for you to do things to yourself that are destructive - Wayne Dyer

·         Happiness is not a future event - Joe Fortenberry

·         Always be a little kinder than necessary - James Barrie

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Divine Messages - 227 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·         An experience teaches ably the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way - Andre Gide

·         The soul which is free from the defect of karma gets to the highest point of the universe, knows all and perceives all, and obtains the transcendental bliss everlasting - Kundakunda, Pancastikaya 170

·         The Secret to Peace of mind is to not identify with anything other than your True Self - Robert Adams

·         Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyse you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are - Bernice J Reagon

·         Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it - Tori Amos

·         The person in front of you is reflection of yourself, so be kind to yourself - Infinity Comfort

·         Happy is the unity of the Sangha. Happy is the discipline of the united ones - Dhammapada 194

·         A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity – Bible

·         In primal time, in all time, was the Creator; Nothing is real but the Eternal. Nothing shall last but the Eternal - Adi Granth, Japuji

·         As men approach Me, so I receive them. All paths, Arjuna, lead to Me - Bhagwad Gita 4.11

·         A blind man who can see would sooner blind others than open his eyes - Thomas M Easley

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Divine Messages - 226 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·         The world is the river of God, flowing from Him and flowing back to Him - Shvetasvatara Upanishad

·         We need to be aware of our own selves, our body, our breath, our mind, how the mind works. Become confident of who you are - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

·         Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth – Rumi

·         One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious - Carl Jung

·         It's not about understanding, it's about a falling. A falling into the awesome mystery that is life itself. A falling into not-knowing. And in that falling, the seeker is no more - Jeff Foster

·         Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty - Socrates

·         Some call on the Lord, "Rama," some cry, "Khuda," Some bow to Him as Gosain, some as Allah; He is called the Ground of Grounds and also the Bountiful, The Compassionate One and Gracious - Adi Granth

·         Happiness can be found neither in us nor in external things, but in God and in us as united with Him - Blaise Pascal

·         It is mind that has thoughts and feelings, not I. Birth, growth, decay and death pertain to the body and not to Me - Sri Atmananda

·         Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later - Og Mandino

·         Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius - Edward O Wilson

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Divine Messages - 225 : A Possible Roadmap for Happiness

A Possible Roadmap For Happiness – Hasmukh Addhia – Appeared in Speaking Tree

Each of us wants some peace and happiness in life. Still, happiness often evades us. “Is there a simple, straightforward roadmap to get happiness and peace in life,” I asked Swami Paramarthanandji in Chennai. He replied, ‘Reducing PORT is the best way’. PORT stands for Possessions, Obligatory Duties, Relationships and Transactions. How to reduce these?

Happiness is a state of mind; it does not come from possessions alone. There are severe limitations of happiness sought in objects. First, deep effort and some pain are involved in acquiring objects. Many waste their entire life in pursuit of desirable objects. There is no guarantee that even after getting those objects or positions, you would be happy. You may feel ‘let-down’ after spending so much of effort. You may think, ‘this is not what I laboured for’.  Also, objects of desire keep changing, and so also our goal posts. The chase continues and   every new possession brings with it own burden. If someone has a house with swimming pool and ten bed rooms; imagine his plight in maintaining it. He is busy all the time cleaning, fixing, protecting. Does the house serve us, or do we serve the house? Again, objects make us dependent on them. For instance, once we are used to a particular standard of living, it is inconvenient not to have certain objects such as air conditioners in our life. Hence objects usually create bondage.

Relationships are meant to make our life happy. But do they? We have to maintain some blood relations for social cohesion, but we create other new relationships, which complicates life. Every new relationship has to be maintained. You have to remember to wish people on their birthdays and anniversaries, participate in functions like marriage and engagement, or reach out in case of sickness or loss. Also you are experience sadness or pain when the person with whom you have a relationship does not reciprocate. It is said that grief is never caused by outsiders or unknown people. It is caused by people with whom you have a relationship. Depending on your attitude, your relationships might cause you more pain than pleasure.

Every possession and every new relationship creates its own obligatory duties. You have to insure your vehicles, for example, remember to send it for regular service. Similarly we have to attend to the expectations of relationships. These add to our list of obligatory duties. We cannot avoid basic, minimum obligatory duties towards the office, business, parents, spouse or children. But our optional duties also become obligatory when you maintain too many possessions and relationships. We should also be careful in accepting new roles in life just for the sake of ego-satisfaction. If you are made President or Secretary of a Society, you may feel good, but that adds to your obligatory duties also.  Performance of each of these duties becomes a transaction. This way we try to cope with large number of transactions in our life, and get exhausted at the end of the day. Where is the time to be happy?

This is not to say that you should have no objects or relationships in your life. However, the idea is to be aware of their limitations and try to strike a balance. The mind will be peaceful only if you are able to discriminate between what is necessary and what is unnecessary in your life. Reducing Possessions, Relationships, Obligatory Duties and Transactions (PORT) is a practical way to look at life and happiness. That is the PORT of call for happiness.

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Divine Messages - 224 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree by Gautam Buddha.

·         From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?

·         You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself

·         I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done

·         Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace

·         I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment

·         The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance

·         To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others

·         The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me

·         In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves

·         There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it

·         There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills

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Divine Messages - 223 : Words of Wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani

Some words of wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

• There is nothing more valuable than longing, there is nothing higher than longing.
• Man does not live by the beats of his heart. He does not live by food and fare. He lives by the grace of God!
• Faith can give us the courage, the right attitude and the ability to face up to problems and emerge victorious.
• ith God, impossible becomes I am possible (‘I m possible’)
• Good health is the greatest of all gifts, the choicest of all blessings – for without it, we cannot enjoy any of our other blessings.
• If you would be truly happy, love one another. Meet hatred with love and forgiveness.
• Let every moment of your life rise as an offering of love to the lord!
• Keep on forgiving until it hurts! At least forgive as many times as you would wish to be forgiven by God.
• The man who is eager to reform himself has no time or inclination to criticize others.
• That man is the happiest who thinks the happiest thoughts...
• The best way to build your character is - to do your duty.

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Divine Messages - 222 : Words of Wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

Some words of wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

• It is never too late to turn back to God. What is needed is sincerity, cooperation of the mind and an intensity of faith.
• God dwells in the human heart. If you would find God, seek Him in the heart within.
• Even as the shadow follows the man, even so success follows him who has controlled his senses and his mind.
• Woman is the architect of the new generation.
• Everyone cannot be a King – or a President or a Prime Minister. But everyone can be a master – of himself. Learn self-control.
• Difficulties, disappointments melt away before a man who has a cheerful disposition.
• More precious than the wealth of this world is faith in Him, who is too loving to punish, too wise to make a mistake.
• Many People ‘React’ and then ‘Regret’. Learn therefore to ‘Reflect’ and then ‘Respond’.
• Take good care of your body for it is an instrument given to you by God. But do not be attached to your body.
• Patience makes life smooth and stress-free.
• The secret of enjoying life truly is to take serious things lightly and light things seriously.

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Divine Messages - 221 : Words of Wisdom

Some words of wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

• Gratitude is the foundation of a peaceful life, a secure and stable mind; it is also the essence of spirituality.
• Keep on thanking God all the time – this is easy while one is enjoying the ride, but should also persist when the going gets tough.
• Gratitude is the light that can illumine us inside and brighten the environment we live in.
• Let us make it a habit to praise at every step, in every round of life. We will be filled with the peace that will amaze us.
• Thank you! I regard these two words to be the two most important words in the English language....
• Arise! Awake! How long will you in slumber lie?
• Have you had a bad day? That is the time to keep the faith within and let not the negatives seep in within you.
• The man who waits for the conditions to improve may have to wait till eternity!
• Laughter heals the sick; laughter improves the mood and relieves the tension of the healthy.
• In life, keep on doing your duty without thinking of pleasing anyone. We have but to please the Lord!
• Be not afraid of life, but believe that every experience is for your good. Move on in faith. Believe and achieve!

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