Divine Messages - 238 : Words of Wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

Some words of wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

• A man lives by what he believes in, not by what he reasons or argues about.
• Though all around you the shadows may be dark, you may yet find the sun shining, if you turn within!
• You are not only a spectator – but also an actor– in the ever unfolding cosmic drama of life. Play the double role well.
• He who thinks evil, drives himself to evil. In course of time, he becomes evil.
• Prayer cleanses your thoughts, purifies your mind and elevates your consciousness.
• The worst thing that can happen to a man is that he has a hot head and a cold heart.
• Let us never forget that the secret of carefree life is:- Walk with God today and trust Him for the morrow!
• The most wasted of days is that in which we have not helped someone in need.
• Life becomes sweet in the measure in which we understand others.
• The youths of today are the torch-bearers of tomorrow
• O Lord, grant me the gift of simple faith and guileless love. Grant me a pure heart.

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Divine Messages - 237 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrongdoing, but more than ever that he is thy brother – Epictetus

·       At any time, in any form and accepted name, if one is shorn of all attachment, that one is you alone. My Lord! You are one although variously appearing - Hemachandra,Dvatrimshika 29

·       The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean - Ramana Maharshi

·       As a man passes from dream to wakefulness, so does he pass from this life to the next - Brihadaranyaka

·       What is religion? It is compassion for all things which have life - Hitopadesa

·       Be grateful for whomever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond - Jalaluddin Rumi

·       Eating good food is the best of all types of material happiness - Chanakya

·       Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time – Voltaire

·       I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which god speaks to us every hour, if only we will tune in - George W Carver

·       An ignorant man committing evil deeds does not realize the consequences. The imprudent man is consumed by his own deeds, like one burnt by fire - Dhammapada

·       God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages - Jacques Deval

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Divine Messages - 236 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind – Bible

·       Wherever there is a human (/ living) being, there is an opportunity for a kindness - Seneca

·       You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good — but your rich foods block the gods’ answer and tie Jupiter’s hands - Persius

·       With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

·       Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever - Michael W Smith

·       Happiness is a direct experience arising from your innate nature. The origin of happiness rests completely outside the perimeters of your mind - Jac O'keeffe

·       What is the use of a house if you don't have a decent planet to put it on? - Henry D Thoreau

·       Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit - E E Cummings

·       Imagine witnessing this moment with no expectations - Michael Jeffreys

·       Master your vagabond thoughts, try to raise yourself above the fluctuations of life, and you will see all your anxiety disappear concerning the place propitious for sadhana - Anandamayi Ma

·       Be the peace you wish for the world - M K Gandhi

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Divine Messages - 235 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       He who looks inwardly at the Self revels in the Self; He who revels in the Self looks inwardly at the Self - Acarangasutra 2.173

·       Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away – Anonymous

·       Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar - Bradley Millar

·       We could say that there was no creation, and that the universe has always been here. But this is even more difficult to accept than creation - Barry Parker

·       Make your mind one-pointed in meditation, and your heart will be purified - Bhagwad Gita 6.12-15

·       Ashes fly back in the face of him who throws them - Yoruba proverb

·       Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky - Rabindranath Tagore

·       Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see - Mark Twain

·       A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost - Marion C Garretty

·       It's only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can hear the whisper of truth that life reveals to us - K T Jong

·       When you travel towards your objective, be sure to pay attention to the path. The path teaches us the best way to arrive and enriches us while we are traveling along it - Paulo Coelho

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Divine Messages - 234 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       A man, who realises the potential of his mind by means of introspection and contemplation, does not lack self-confidence. He has control over his mind and he is able to realise its full potential - Sama Veda

·       The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving - Albert Einstein

·       Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety - Rene Daumal

·       Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby – Hughes

·       Spiritual teacher enjoins us to comprehend by our soul the infinite spirit which is in the depth of the moving and changing facts of the world; the urging of our artistic - Rabindranath Tagore

·       With the realisation of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world - The XIV Dalai Lama

·       You are what you believe yourself to be - Paulo Coelho

·       Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage - Lao Tzu

·       If a tree falls in the woods, and there's no one there to hear it, how will the enviornmentalists react ? - Anonymous

·       Respect for teachers cannot be ordered; it must be earned - S Radhakrishnan

·       Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature. When it blows, there is only wind; When it rains, there is only rain; When the clouds pass, the sun shines through - Lao Tzu

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Divine Messages - 233 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       Silence is the garden of meditation - Maxims of 'Ali

·       This world is your body. This world is a great school. This world is your silent teacher - Swami Sivananda

·       Luxury makes a man so soft that it is hard to please him, and easy to trouble him; so that his pleasures at last become his burden - George Mackenzie

·       The teacher should regard the pupil as his child. The pupil should regard the teacher as his parent - Vinaya Pitaka, Mahavagga 3.1

·       The best way to find your-self is to lose yourself in the service of others - M K Gandhi

·       Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth - Muhammad Ali

·       Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly - Paulo Coelho

·       Jesus spoke to them, saying "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." - John 8.12

·       Courage is grace under pressure - Ernest Hemingway

·       Those who educate children well are to be honoured more than parents, for parents only gave life, and teachers, the art of living well – Aristotle

·       Peace be to earth and to airy spaces! Peace be to heaven, peace to the waters, peace to the plants and peace to the trees! May all the gods grant me peace - Atharva Veda 19.9.14

·       It is important we cultivate love and compassion to all the sentient beings which is the way to bring peace to all - The XIV Dalai Lama

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Divine Messages - 232 : Words of Wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

Some words of wisdom by Dada J P Vaswani.

• Within each one of us is a treasure beyond description. Alas! We do nothing to discover it!
• The way to peace and joy is the way of letting go. Let go of people and things! Let God take over!
• What is man if he does not have a dream to live for? The beauty of his dream will lead him on!
• You are not only a spectator – but also an actor – in the ever unfolding cosmic drama of life. Play the double role well.
• What is the richest treasure of a human being? A peaceful, contented mind.
• Let me not judge another's deed Let me but understand his need!
• Never turn your back to your goal. Let your face be always turned towards it.
• In every situation, do the very best you can and leave the rest to God.
• Life becomes sweet in the measure in which we understand others.
• Who are the true lovers of the humanity? Those who, forgetting themselves, bring sunshine to the lives of others
• Remember, peace is your richest treasure - let nothing, let no one take it away from you.

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Divine Messages - 231 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       Life is short but there is always time for courtesy - Ralph W Emerson

·       The best way to find your-self is to lose yourself in the service of others... All other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy - M K Gandhi

·       Those who understand, see themselves in all, and all, in themselves - Bhagwad Gita

·       Let food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be food - Hippocrates

·       If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace - Thich Nhat Hanh

·       Rain down your wisdom in sacred streams to carry me like an upturned leaf through the currents of this grey day - Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim

·       Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotations - Oscar Wilde

·       Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything - Anonymous

·       I know by my own pot how others boil - French Proverb

·       As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it - Chanakya

·       Truth is in the openness in which all ideas arise, but which isn't affected by the ideas - Bentinho Massaro

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Divine Messages - 230 : Quotes from Speaking Tree

Some quotes from Speaking Tree.

·       No one has the impression that a plant is in charge of its growing; it's a movement of nature. Why would you think it's different for us? - Darryl Bailey

·       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 love that you withhold is the pain that you carry lifetime after lifetime - Alex Collier

·       Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it - Woody Allen

·       Just as the soft rains fill the streams, pour into the rivers and join together in the oceans, so may the power of every moment of your goodness flow forth to awaken and heal all beings - Anonymous

·       Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service - Henry Ford

·       There is no evil that cannot be done by the liar, who has transgressed the one law of truthfulness and who is indifferent to the world beyond - Dhammapada 176

·       The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not - Mark Twain

·       We cannot do great things on earth, only small things with great love - Mother Teresa

·       The great, unborn Self is undecaying, immortal, undying, fearless, infinite - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.25

·       If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion - The XIV Dalai Lama

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