Living the effortless spiritual life…
Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 20th, 2012
With great responsibility, comes great power. The more you accept of the first - for your happiness, unhappiness, and all else - the more you are given of the latter. - The Universe
responsibility
The word ‘responsibility’ pretty much defines what we’re to do! We are to respond to life’s situations knowing fully well that we author [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 11th, 2012
The ego lives by comparisons. It cannot survive without judgment. - A Course in Miracles (ACIM)
ego
It’s that part of us that makes life possible. It’s the practical aspect of self that allows us to make decisions daily. Its job is to preserve the self and it does so in a very mechanical and selfish manner. [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 10th, 2012
The religious man is he who does not belong to any religion, to any nation, to any race, who is inwardly completely alone, in a state of not-knowing, and for him the blessing of the sacred comes into being. - Krishnamurti
one definition
Krishnamurti defines the religious person here. In his view, it seems to me, a [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 8th, 2012
What do I intend to do about that? - Neale Donald Walsch
questions!
Neale calls them the 3 persistent questions and the 4 fundamental questions of life, reproduced below! We started with persistent question #1 here: What Is It That? Fundamental question #4 is presented above.
what next?
This has been a journey in self-enquiry. It’s a journey that [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2012, Stillness on Jan 5th, 2012
Only when the mind is wholly silent, completely inactive, not projecting, when it is not seeking and is utterly still - only then that which is eternal and timeless comes into being. - Krishnamurti
the thought machine
The mind wants to think, often repeatedly, about the same things. Even when we think we’ve had an original idea, [...]
