Category: Spiritual Writings

A Good Rule To Follow

“A good rule to follow in life is to be ‘other’-minded.  Here is what I mean.

No matter what you behold, try to be conscious of that ‘other,’ greater reality behind what you are beholding.

No matter with whom you are speaking, imagine that ‘other’ One, communicating with you through that person’s words and gestures.

Whatever work you are doing, feel that ‘other’ Presence nearby, watching you, guiding you, giving you strength.

When looking into people’s eyes, see God there, touching you through their consciousness.

With every event in your life, watch it as it unfolds.  Ask yourself, ‘What is God trying to teach me through this experience?’ ”

The Essence Of Self-Realization – The Wisdom Of Paramhansa Yogananda, Recorded and compiled by his disciple, Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), p. 177.

Revealed In Us Later

Did you know?
An oyster that has not been wounded in any way does not produce pearls?
A pearl is a healed wound.
Pearls are a product of pain, the result of a foreign or unwanted substance entering the oyster, such as a parasite or a grain of sand.
The inside of an oyster shell is a shiny substance called ‘nacre.’
When a grain of sand enters, the nacre
cells go to work & cover the grain of sand with layers & more layers to protect the defenseless body of the oyster.
As a result, a beautiful pearl is formed!
The more pearls, the more valuable…
God never allows pain without a purpose.

What if your greatest ministry to others comes out of your greatest hurt?
The hard things we may be going through now are really nothing in comparison to the glory that will be revealed in us later. (Romans 8:17-18)”
🤍Author Unknown

Awareness Of Your Whole-i-ness

Put downs. You know this term well. Does it apply to how you treat yourself?

There is not only a mental aspect to words that cause you to feel “less than.” There is an emotional and eventually a physical aspect as well.

And do you know there is a part of you that is beyond physical, emotional, and mental that cannot be put down? It is unaffected by put downs, for it is already whole.

Yes, you know this part when you step back from the barbs, whether they are self-inflicted or slung from hurting humans who know not what they do.

Forgive them as you forgive yourself and be resurrected in awareness of your Whole-i-ness.

You are so very loved.

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If You Trust Yourself

“If you trust yourself you trust all, because you trust life. You trust even those who will deceive you, but that is irrelevant. That is their problem; it is not your problem. Whether they deceive you or they don’t deceive you, it has nothing to do with your trust. If you say, ‘My trust exists only with a condition that nobody tries to deceive me,’ then your trust cannot exist because every possibility will create a certain hesitation in you: ‘Who knows? – the person may deceive me.’

Trust is unconditional. It simply says that, ‘I have that quality which trusts. Now, it is irrelevant what happens to my trust – whether it is respected or not, whether it is deceived or not. That is not the point at all.’

Trust has nothing to do with the object of trust; it has something to do with your inner quality: can you trust? If you can trust, of course the first trust will happen about yourself – you trust yourself. The first thing has to happen at the deepest core of your being. If you don’t trust yourself then everything is very far away. Then I am very far away from you. How can you trust me? You have not trusted even yourself who is so close. And how can you trust your trust about me if you don’t trust yourself?

If you don’t trust yourself, whatsoever you do, a deep mistrust will continue as an undercurrent. If you trust yourself, you trust the whole life – not only me, because why only me? Trust is all-inclusive. Trust means: trust in life, the whole that surrounds you, the whole out of which you have come, and the whole into which one day you will dissolve.”

Osho, Yoga: The Supreme Science, Talk #8

If You Wish To Experience Peace

“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. By giving kindness, love, and compassion to others, you have the essence of brotherhood and sisterhood. Then one will have inner peace. This compassionate feeling toward others is the basis of feeling your inner peace.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.  Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, and anger develops violence.  There needs to be the understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality. When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed.”

The Dalai Lama, the exiled religious and political leader of Tibet, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 1989 in recognition of his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. The 14th Dalai Lama was born as Tenzin Gyatso in a hamlet in northeastern Tibet in 1935.