Life 30 (Jun 18 - Oct 18)

Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:27 am

Meditation

I am going step by step into what is meditation. Please don’t wait till the end, hoping to have a complete description of how to meditate. What we are doing now is part of meditation.

Now, what one has to do is to be aware of the thinker, and not try to resolve the contradiction and bring about an integration between thought and the thinker.

The thinker is the psychological entity, who has accumulated experience as knowledge; he is the time-bound center that is the result of ever-changing environmental influence, and from this center he looks, he listens, he experiences.

As long as one does not understand the structure and the anatomy of this center, there must always be conflict, and a mind in conflict cannot possibly understand the depth and the beauty of meditation.

In meditation, there can be no thinker, which means that thought must come to an end—the thought which is urged forward by the desire to achieve a result.

Meditation has nothing to do with achieving a result. It is not a matter of breathing in a particular way, or looking at your nose, or awakening the power to perform certain tricks, or any of the rest of that immature nonsense. ...

Meditation is not something apart from life. When you are driving a car or sitting in a bus, when you are chatting aimlessly, when you are walking by yourself in a wood or watching a butterfly being carried along by the wind—to be choicelessly aware of all that is part of meditation.

The Book of Life, December 23, Harper San Francisco, 1995

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:53 am

Why is it important to perform good deeds?

Your destiny is determined by your own actions.

Through righteous actions, the mind is purified and a pure mind results in an awakening of spiritual wisdom.

When you offer worship to the Divine in the morning, you must offer your obeisance to whatever work you propose to do.

You must pray: "Let me do today only pure, purposeful and helpful actions." The circumstances of your birth are a result of past actions.

Action, Birth, Righteousnessand the secret of life are all connected with Divinity. They are like the four walls of a building.

The first wall is Karma (action). One should not act as his fancies dictate. Before doing anything, you should consider whether it is proper or improper.

Nothing should be done in haste on the impulse of the moment. Only then your actions will be pure and free from stains.

- Divine Discourse, May 3, 1987.

Habits mould character and character decides one’s destiny.

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:20 am

How to lead a noble life that is worthy of offering to the Divine?

To the extent possible, serve society. Of course, you need to take up jobs and earn your livelihood. But do not be avaricious.

Be satisfied with what you get. Everyone has to leave this world empty-handed.

Alexander conquered many kingdoms and seized a lot of wealth. When his end approached, he realised that he could not take even a single penny with him. He requested his minister to keep his two hands raised above the head during the final journey so that the people would understand that even the mighty emperor Alexander, had to leave the world taking nothing with him.

Likewise, even a millionaire has to partake of only food; he cannot eat gold. So, be satisfied with the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter.

Do your jobs properly and undertake service activities in your leisure time. The best way to love the Divine, is to love all and serve all.

- Divine Discourse, Jul 26, 1999.

To remove the evil of egoism, service is the most efficient instrument.

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:03 am

Observing thought

I must love the very thing I am studying.

If you want to understand a child, you must love and not condemn him.

You must play with him, watch his movements, his idiosyncrasies, his ways of behavior; but if you merely condemn, resist or blame him, there is no comprehension of the child.

Similarly, to understand what is, one must observe what one thinks, feels and does from moment to moment. That is the actual.

The Book of Life, August 25, Harper San Francisco, 1995

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:19 am

How should we execute our role within our family or at a community service project?

The years of life allotted to a human is very short; the world in which you live is very wide; time extends far behind and far beyond.

Whatever little you must do, do it quickly, at the place and time assigned to you. You must carry out the duties of your role in a worshipful attitude.

A garland does not arise of a single flower; many flowers of different hues and fragrances are strung around the string to achieve the common goal of decorating the Divine.

Similarly, physical strength, monetary resources and the intelligence of all, must be blended and pooled to make a project succeed.

Life has been bestowed not for just eating and digesting, roaming and reclining; but for a far greater purpose - the realisation of the Divinity in us, and in all that exist around us as well as in all things that are beyond our senses.

To waste such a life in vain pursuits, and in mere sense-pleasures is not the sign of an intelligent person.

Deserve the Grace of the Divine, by helping the weak and poor, diseased and the disabled, the distressed and downtrodden.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 28, 1975.

Never forget that service is worship, and that each act of service is a flower placed at the Divine’s Feet.

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:19 am

How should we execute our role within our family or at a community service project?

The years of life allotted to a human is very short; the world in which you live is very wide; time extends far behind and far beyond.

Whatever little you must do, do it quickly, at the place and time assigned to you. You must carry out the duties of your role in a worshipful attitude.

A garland does not arise of a single flower; many flowers of different hues and fragrances are strung around the string to achieve the common goal of decorating the Divine.

Similarly, physical strength, monetary resources and the intelligence of all, must be blended and pooled to make a project succeed.

Life has been bestowed not for just eating and digesting, roaming and reclining; but for a far greater purpose - the realisation of the Divinity in us, and in all that exist around us as well as in all things that are beyond our senses.

To waste such a life in vain pursuits, and in mere sense-pleasures is not the sign of an intelligent person.

Deserve the Grace of the Divine, by helping the weak and poor, diseased and the disabled, the distressed and downtrodden.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 28, 1975.

Never forget that service is worship, and that each act of service is a flower placed at the Divine’s Feet.

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:58 am

What is the prerequisite to experience genuine happiness in life?

Dear students, teachers and lovers of education, for the accomplishment of any aims in life you need an unflinching mind, tireless endeavour and unshakable determination.

Young boys and girls must cultivate these qualities to ensure for themselves a bright future and an honourable and worthy career.

To face different situations in life, students must learn to practice equanimity and amiability.
Equal-mindedness and a sense of oneness with all, is the mark of a true human being.

All of you have social responsibility. The world indeed is one human family and you should experience this oneness.

Sports and games enable students to develop this feeling of oneness. Sports, games and physical exercise contribute directly to physical fitness and good health.

But you are not merely the gross body alone. You have the subtle element, the mind in you. It is only when you achieve purity of mind and develop unselfishness that you can acquire peace of mind and experience genuine happiness.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 14, 1989.

To achieve anything in life, two qualities are very essential: firm faith and pure love.

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:04 am

In considering marriage

We are trying to understand the problem of marriage, in which is implied sexual relationship, love, companionship, communion.

Obviously if there is no love, marriage becomes a disgrace, does it not? Then it becomes mere gratification.

To love is one of the most difficult things, is it not? Love can come into being, can exist only when the self is absent.

Without love, relationship is a pain; however gratifying, or however superficial, it leads to boredom, to routine, to habit with all its implications. Then, sexual problems become all important.

In considering marriage, whether it is necessary or not, one must first comprehend love. Surely, love is chaste, without love you cannot be chaste; you may be a celibate, whether a man or a woman, but that is not being chaste, that is not being pure, if there is no love.

If you have an ideal of chastity, that is if you want to become chaste, there is no love in it either because it is merely the desire to become something which you think is noble, which you think will help you to find Reality; there is no love there at all.

Licentiousness is not chaste, it leads only to degradation, to misery. So does the pursuit of an ideal.

Both exclude love, both imply becoming something, indulging in something and therefore you become important and where you are important, love is not.

The Book of Life, April 15, HarperSanFrancisco, 1995

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:31 am

Any act that is done with purity in thought, word and deed is righteousness

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Re: Life 30 (Jun 18 - Nov 18)

Postby winston » Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:54 pm

Happiness that is not of the mind

We may move from one refinement to another, from one subtlety to another, from one enjoyment to another;

But at the center of it all, there is “the me”—“the me” that is enjoying, that wants more happiness, “the me” that searches, looks for, longs for happiness, “the me” that struggles, “the me” that becomes more and more refined, but never likes to come to an end.

It is only when “the me” in all subtle forms comes to an end, that there is a state of bliss which cannot be sought after, an ecstasy, a real joy without pain, without corruption...

... When the mind goes beyond the thought of “the me,” the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.

That happiness cannot be permanent, in the sense in which we use that word. But, our mind is seeking permanent happiness, something that will last, that will continue. That very desire for continuity is corruption...

... If we can understand the process of life without condemning, without saying it is right or wrong, then, I think, there comes a creative happiness which is not “yours” or “mine.” That creative happiness is like sunshine.

If you want to keep the sunshine to yourself, it is no longer the clear, warm life-giving sun. Similarly, if you want happiness because you are suffering, or because you have lost somebody, or because you have not been successful, then that is merely a reaction. But when the mind can go beyond, then there is a happiness that is not of the mind.

The Book of Life, July 6, Harper San Francisco, 1995

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