Posted in Quotes - 2011, Stillness on Sep 19th, 2011
God changes not what is in people, until they change what is in themselves. - The Quran
open
We pray for all sorts of things and most times it’s a monologue emanating from us in the direction of divinity. God already knows what we might want or could ever need; maybe our time is better spent [...]
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. - Voltaire
so far
I’ve had the pleasure to share with you several meditation approaches on this page. In general I like to view meditation as ‘relaxed awareness’ a certain consciousness which allows us to watch [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2011, Stillness on Aug 23rd, 2011
If you are going to fall in love, try to make your relationship one that generates great spiritual creativity, one that is mutually enriching. - Daisaku Ikeda
life partner
A partner for life, means just that. We all have access to a physical and/or virtual ‘life’ partner. We’re lovingly looked after by God our parent. Love is [...]
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So meditation is a process of freeing the mind from systems, and of giving attention without either being absorbed or making an effort to concentrate. - Krishnamurti
conditioning
We are thoroughly conditioned beings. We get conditioned by our surroundings, our culture, our parents, friends and innumerable other sources. We think in certain ways and find it [...]
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. - Marcus Aurelius
tackling life
These two principles are all we need to live life fully. We ought to keep our equanimity, which becomes possible after much practice and meditation plus we [...]
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