Happiness of Others

"I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

Daily Routine

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."  ~ Mike Murdock

Growth of Wisdom

“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Serene Encounter

"In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Accepting Yourself

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

On Perseverance

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance. ” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

True Success

"True success is measured by how you treat the people in your life." - Che Garmon

Time to Heal

"We must not give up. It takes so much time to heal because we are not just healing our own wounds- we are healing the world’s wounds, too. We think we are alone with our ‘stuff’, but we aren’t. With every clearing of our emotional debris, with every foray into a healthier way of being, with every excavation and release of old material, we heal the collective heart. So many of our familial and karmic ancestors had little opportunity to heal their pains. When we heal, their spirits breathe a sigh of relief. We heal them backwards, while healing ourselves forward. We heal in unison." - Jeff Brown

Human Angels

"Happiness doesn’t come from expensive things. It comes from living our own passions." - from We are Human Angels

Shedding our Past

"Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again." - Gautama Buddha

Poetry Reading

Poetry Reading by Anna Swir

 I’m curled into a ball
like a dog
that is cold....

Who will tell me
why I was born,
why this monstrosity
called life.

The telephone rings. I have to give
a poetry reading.

I enter.
A hundred people, a hundred pairs of eyes.
They look, they wait.
I know for what.

I am supposed to tell them
why they were born,
why there is
this monstrosity called life.

Believe

“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”
― Beth Hoffman

Mystic's Quote

Goodwill and good intentions even with the strong foundations of philosophy are no guarantee that the road will take you to contentment or favorable recompense.

I have learnt that whatever you do, whatever road you take - you will suffer in... some inexplicable way.

Then the devil in your head, lurking quietly and waiting for its opportunity does mostly manage to make you lose your way by rationalizing certain possibilities – and before you know it you are trapped and wishing for release which often comes only with death.

If this will lead you to awakening is a matter solely dependent on your attitude to life.
Guru says that under their protection you are safe and the correct path will open up under all circumstances. This is as true as it can be but the painfulness that one has to bear does not get diminished. - The Mystic's Quotes (@ Facebook)
 

 

 

“The revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.” ― Tara Brach

 

What We Attract

"We attract not what we want, but what we are." - Wayne Dyer

On Listening

"Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person." - Rachel Remen (from Shelby Collinge)

Ignore

"Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death." Rumi

Identifying with Soul

"If you are willing to identify with your soul, your physical world will come into a graceful alignment with your dreams." - Ships of Song (@ Twitter)

Closer to God

"To be closer to God, be closer to people" - Kahlil Gibran

God

"In the faces of men and women I see God." ~ Walt Whitman

Your Happiness

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - The Dalai Lama 

Whole Life

"Integrate your inner life with your outer life in order to achieve a whole life." - Marianne Williamson

Extreme Views

Anchored

“If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” - Henry Miller