Quote of the day

[Geoff-Allen]

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

~ Buddha

Here's one HUGE site -

http://viewonbuddhism.org/dharma-quotes-quotations-buddhist/anger-aversion-hatred.htm

 

[Shia Islam]

This is a line from an Arabic poem:

ألا كُلُّ شيءٍ ما خَلا اللّهُ باطِلُ, وكلُّ نعيمٍ لا مَحالة َ زائِلُ

Avery thing except Allah is void... and every blissfulness is inevitably evanescent

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

~ Henry David Thoreau

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace."

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/listen-to-your-life-see-it-for-the-fathomless/1211006.html

 

[RRex]

A quote just for Religious Forums -

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If you seek liberation, you must have more than an intellectual understanding of suffering, its causes, and the antidotes; you must practice for this understanding to mature. Just as a deer shot by a hunter retreats into solitude to heal itself, so too, you should withdraw from all superfluous activity. At the very least, occasionally withdraw into solitude in order to practice. As a result, you may realize the one taste of reality and cut through the divisions created by delusion, attachment, and hatred. Once you have gained this realization, you become as fearless and powerful as a snow lion. You have then achieved the state of confidence. At this point, your own self-interest is fulfilled as you observe all phenomena as displays of awareness. Having brought your own inner transformation to perfection with the motivation of being of benefit to others, you are now fully capable of serving others' needs. This is the path of a true Dharma practitioner."

~ Karma Chagme from "A Spacious Path to Freedom"

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The very desire to seek spiritual enlightenment is in fact nothing but the grasping tendency of the ego itself, and thus the very search for enlightenment prevents it. The 'perfect practice' is therefore not to search for enlightenment but to inquire into the motive for seeking itself. You obviously seek in order to avoid the present, and yet the present alone holds the answer: to seek forever is to miss the point forever. You always already are enlightened Spirit, and therefore to seek Spirit is simply to deny Spirit."

~ Ken Wilber

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"We are all collectively bonded to each other while on Earth, united in this one supreme purpose: to learn to love one another."

~ from "Embraced by the light" - include link! -

https://www.embracedbythelight.com/archives/quotes/archive_quotes.htm

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Learn to see God in all persons, of whatever race or creed. You will know what divine love is when you begin to see your oneness with every human being, not before."

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If you're sincerely interested in being a more loving, good-hearted person then it can be particularly helpful at the beginning to recognise that it's mainly through your practice with difficult people that you will become confident that your inner development is bearing fruit."

~ Lorne Ladner

Few more quotes in this thread -

http://www.religiousforums.com/threads/joy.184614/

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life. Nobody can even have an argument with you, no matter how hard he or she tries. You cannot have an argument with a fully conscious person."

~ Eckhart Tolle

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad."

~ Norm Papernick

 

[Geoff-Allen]

If meditation was available in capsule form, it would be the biggest selling drug of all time. It has been scientifically proven to deliver highly effective stress relief, boost our immune systems and dramatically slow the ageing process. It has also been shown to make us much happier and more effective thinkers. Given all the physical and psychological benefits, why aren't more of us doing it?"

From "Hurry Up & Meditate" by David Michie

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The Buddha's teachings on love are clear. It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

 

[RRex]

"The Buddha's teachings on love are clear. It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

On what planet 'cause it sure ain't Earth?

 

[Geoff-Allen]

On what planet 'cause it sure ain't Earth?

It's rare but not impossible.

So far, very few human have become truly enlightened - you may never meet one.

Enjoy your day!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

For anyone interested in love & enlightenment -

http://tealswan.com/articles/unconditional-love

Have a good one!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.
This is the simple, daunting truth that has been staring back at me
from the eyes of countless seekers over the years. "I really want
to get enlightened," they insist. "But are YOU ready to CHANGE
now?" I ask. "What?" is the inevitable response—surprised and
even slightly stunned. And I repeat, "Are YOU ready to CHANGE
now?" What follows is always a strange and surreal moment of
ambiguity, confusion, and backpedaling.
"But I thought you wanted to get enlightened... "

~ Andrew Cohen
Comes from this fabulous site -

http://www.livinglifefully.com/enlightenment.htm

 

[Jedster]

The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass.

Kabir (of course )

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life. Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind."

~ Anthony de Mello