Health and Hope

Worry is a substitute for faith. Worry does for some people what faith does for others
In a Peanuts cartoon, Linus was talking to Charlie Brown and observed: "I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think only about today." Charlie Brown replied, "No, that's giving up. I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better."
What we need to is to focus our attention on the things that are really important, our families, for example. Many of us are more fortunate that we deserve with our families. We've got great kids though they may get on our nerves from time to time. Weather or not they still live at home We may not live in Beverly Hills or the Trump Tower, but our house is warm and full of God's grace. And most important, we need to focus on our relationship with ourselves, our society and the creator .
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud Proverbs 16:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength (Deut. 6:5).
For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:22b-23 Excuses for sinning entered the world when Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the snake. Since that first passing-of-the-buck, things haven’t changed all that much
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 1 Corinthians 3:18
Reaching out to needy children,Showing them our love and care,Is one way that God can use usTo bring hope in their despair. —Sper
Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them. —Mark 10:14

In Fairness

Investigate well, show favour to none, maintain impartiality, consult the law, then give judgment — that is the way of justice. Thiruvalluvar, Thirukural Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. Mohandas Gandhi We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it. Their perch and not their terror. Shakespeare, Measure for Measure 2.1.1 The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give every man his due. Justinian I, Byzantine Somebody does somethin' stupid, that's human. They don't stop when they see it's wrong, that's a fool. Elvis Presley Sadbhavana means having good feelings towards everybody. It is about the need for compassion without boundaries, without interests. Sunil Dutt I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not. Michael Pollan

Water Power

Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should have some kind of responsibility and with that, a sense of discipline. The Dalai Lama There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things. For this reason there is no substitute for it. Lao Tzu Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region. Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded forever. Herman Melville, 'Moby Dick' Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions. Since the very birth of human civilisation, people have moved to settle close to it. People move when there is too little of it, when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write, sing and dance about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it. Mikhail Gorbachev

Think About It

Thought is the most potent and creative power in the world. It initially takes shape in an individual mind. When shared with others, any benevolent thought starts growing as a vibrant process encompassing more and more people. Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. The Buddha The ancestor of every action is a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all. Abraham Lincoln The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can i find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? Chuang Tzu

Nature of Universe

Rama: When there are countless universes arising and dissolving in the infinite consciousness, why do you teach me of their nature? Sage Vasishta: In that way, you have gained the understanding that the world is a long dream. You have gained knowledge of the relationship between a world and its meaning or the object it denotes. Hence, all this discussion of the world-appearance and imaginary creation has not been in vain... When, having known all that there is to be known, you attain knowledge of the three periods of time (past, present and future), you will see all this to be true. In every atom of this existence there are countless universes — who has the power even to count them? Yoga Vasishta The cosmic energy grows in space unbounded, Many cosmic vapours impart strength to it. The friend of mankind, it lies there within. The lap of nature’s laws, Enjoying the affection of sisterly cosmic rivers. Rig Veda The spirit within nourishes, and the mind, diffused through all the members, sways the mass and mingles with the whole frame (of the universe). Virgil

Illusion Vs Reality

God made the illusion look real and the real an illusion. He concealed the sea and made the foam visible, the wind invisible, and the dust manifest. You see the dust whirling, but how can the dust rise by itself? You see the foam, but not the ocean. Invoke Him with deeds, not words, for deeds are real and will save you in the afterlife. Rumi, ‘Mathnawi’ Because its nature is not determinable, maya is said to be inexpressible. They are in its grip who think: ‘This is mine, i am the body, the world is real’. O son, no one can ascertain how this mysterious illusion came into being. As to why it arose it is because of the person’s lack of discerning inquiry. Kaivalya Navanitam Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. Sigmund Freud

The Interval

Between two thoughts there is an interval of no thought. That interval is the Self, the Atman. It is pure Awareness only. Jnana Vasishta A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately; another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment that you are freed from all thought, love or hate. Swami Sivananda The collapsing impulse, even though going to a state of no expression — nothingness, Atyanta-bhava — imparts its quality onto the gap. The gap is therefore the silent witness, which sees the previous impulse and the following impulse. It holds in silence the memory of both. The nature of the gap which holds the memory of both, the previous and the following impulses, is called Anyonyabhava. This is what maintains order in creation on the field of the unmanifest Atyanta-bhava. This is the secret of all transformations on the path of evolution. sanskrit quote of the day.com Spacetime entails a new concept of distance. Whereas distances are always positive in Eucli-dean spaces, the distance between any two events in spacetime — called an "interval" — may be real, zero, or even imaginary. Wikipedia