Living the effortless spiritual life…
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 [...]
Posted in Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2011, Stillness on Sep 13th, 2011
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2011, Stillness on Jul 31st, 2011
12.12 For concentration is better than mere practice, and meditation is better than concentration; but higher than meditation is surrender in love of the fruit of one’s actions, for on surrender follows peace. - The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 12)
meditation
There are a myriad different techniques that fall under the umbrella of meditation, here are some that [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2011, Stillness on Jul 27th, 2011
The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation. - Milarepa
so far
So far we’ve understood how to kick-start a change effort and to figure out why change is so hard. Just like Stillness (meditation, reflection, journaling…) is useful in the ‘Be’ phase to understand what needs to change, [...]
