Life 36 (May 20 - Sep 20)

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Postby winston » Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:11 am

What is the change in approach that is required for a spiritual aspirant?

There is only one Masculine in creation; all the rest are Feminine.

There is no fool too; that is only a role played by that particular manifestation of the embodiment of spiritual knowledge, i.e. the Supreme Self.

Remember this and do not tarry on your journey to the Divine. You fill up the petrol tank with fuel for the journey that lies ahead, don’t you? If you were to keep the car in the garage, do you go and fill the tank everyday?

Well, your body is also fed with fuel so that it may go on a journey: the inner journey to the Divine. That journey is through good karma, pure activities offering its results to the Divine (nishkama karma).

Carefully discriminate and perform duties related to the body, with the goal that the exertion of the body must be to liberate the soul imprisoned therein!

Remember, not all raindrops that fall from the sky manage to reach the sea. Only those that flow into a flowing river attain the goal, for even though all drops come from the sea, only few yearn to return to the source!

- Divine Discourse, Sep 15, 1963.

People yearn for joy but they accept as genuine the counterfeit joy given by the senses.
The Divine is the source of the highest joy.

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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:57 am

Analyze Your Faith

Faith is vital but the way in which one arrives at one’s faith is important.

When faith arises as a result of analysis, it is much more stable because that analysis will astutely detect and be able to resolve whatever doubts one might have.

—Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, “The Path of Faith and the Path of Reasoning”
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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:39 pm

Learning to Be Happy Here and Now

The Buddha spoke of learning how to be deeply happy right here and now, no matter what circumstances we are facing.

Even the existential challenges of our own impending illness, aging, and death, can be encompassed with the wisdom to acknowledge that all things change, to accept that there is no essence underlying it all, and nevertheless to be able to meet each moment without clinging to anything in the world.

—Andrew Olendzki, “A Modest Awakening”
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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:38 am

What should we understand about the actions of the Divine?

The Divine incarnates from age to age, to protect the virtuous, punish the wicked and establish righteousness.

The Divine is said to have destroyed many wicked persons. But this is not quite correct. It is their own wickedness which destroyed these evil persons.

One's thoughts determine one’s destiny. Hence, people should cultivate good thoughts and eschew all bad feelings.

The Divine has no dislike for anyone. He envies no one. He has no ill-will towards anyone. Nor does He have favourites. The grace one gets is the result of one's own feelings.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 29, 1994.

No amount of scholarship will give you peace unless you are filled with the love of the Divine.

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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:08 pm

Divine Incarnations

It is to teach mankind the truth about Divine Love, that Love itself incarnates on earth in human form.

The scriptures declare that the Divine descends on earth to teach mankind the ways of Dharma, Justice and Truth.

Once people are filled with love, all Dharma, all justice and all truth will be installed in them.

Without love, righteousness will be a mechanical ritual. What kind of righteousness can there be without love? What sort of justice can there be?

It will be a lifeless corpse. Love is life. Without love, no man can exist for a moment. Hence, Love is the form of the Divine.

It is to preach the doctrine of love that the divine incarnations made their advent on earth.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 2, 1991.

Develop pure and sincere devotion and sanctify your lives. Without love, righteousness will be a mechanical ritual.

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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:08 pm

There is always the potential for being truly aware of what’s going on and using that to deepen our understanding.

There’s always the potential for opening our eyes and being awake.

—Pamela Gayle White, “The Pursuit of Happiness”
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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:00 pm

Many of us practice chanting the "Name of the Divine". Is that practice enough?

The wrong notion that the world is real and that you are the body has been so deeply implanted in you through birth after birth, that it can be removed only by means of a very potent drug administered continuously.

The drug, “chanting of the Divine’s name" must be swallowed and assimilated ceaselessly.

Its curative essence will travel into every limb, every sense organ, every nerve and every drop of blood.

Every atom in you will be transmuted. You must melt in the crucible and be poured into the mould and become divine.

That is the fruition of real-wisdom, real devotion! This result of chanting the Divine's name will be experienced by anyone, when chanted continuously with a pure heart and when absorbed in the mind!

The Name alone will help control all the vagaries of the senses which drag you away into vanities!

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 1967.

All are One, Be alike to everyone!

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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:02 pm

Coming to Terms with Reality

More often than we might think, there is nothing we can do beyond coming to terms with our experience, not as we want it to be but with it as it is.

—Meikyo Robert Rosenbaum, “Breathless”
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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:42 pm

What is the best use of fine arts?

I am concerned with the spiritual arts, the finest arts, rather than the fine arts.

I want spiritually elevating subjects to be depicted in dance, which is beyond the ken of people.

One must give up themes such as drunkards, evil men, power-drunk personalities and clowns, which cater to vulgar tastes.

Adjust all items of dance and dramatic representation, to the spiritual urge in humanity; foster it, fertilise it, and take people a little nearer to the Goal.

The human being is a compound of animal and angel, we can say.

The human has in it the wolf, the monkey, the bullock, the jackal, the snake, the peacock, the bear —but beneath all these, the pure spark of Divinity is there too.

It is the duty of all who cater to the senses to transform the low values that are now pervading and transmute them into higher values.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 14, 1963.

Everyone should cultivate a spirit of sacrifice, that grows with you, as you grow older.

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Re: Life 36 (May 20 - Dec 20)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:46 pm

The Power of Forgiveness

Without forgiveness, we’re forced to carry the sufferings of the past.

—Gina Sharpe, “The Power of Forgiveness”
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