Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:49 am

What is the beacon of hope to all those who journey to the Divine ?

The Grace of the Divine, the compassionate glance from the eyes of the Divine, alone can instil into you the real meaning of the scriptures.

The Grace of the Divine is the only hope we have; that is the beacon to illumine the spiritual path.

It is the compassion of the Divine that will reward you for your spiritual struggles.

His is a strong and steady ship that can take you safely across the ocean of birth and death. Such loving Grace of the Divine can be won only by devotion and dedication.

- Chap 13: "The Avatar as a Guru”.


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:37 am

Should you worry about your wandering mind?

Let the mind run wherever it likes; just be careful not to follow it, seeking to discover where it is going!

It will then wander about for some time as the fancy takes it. Soon, getting tired and exhausted, it will come back to you!

It is like a little child that knows nothing. Since the mother is following it and calling it back, it gets courage and confidence to run forward in any direction.

But if the mother does not run behind the child and instead quietly retraces her steps, the child too, of its own accord, will run back to the mother!

Carry on with the remembrance and meditation of the Divine Name and Form you like best and in the manner you are accustomed to. In this way, you will acquire one-pointedness and realise your heart’s desire.

- Chap 8: 'Onepointedness is Essential for Meditation'


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:21 am

What are the tricks the mind can play when we undertake spiritual practices?

Do not entertain in your mind the idea of purity or impurity while undertaking a spiritual practice. There is nothing impure in the world.

When the Divine is immanent everywhere and in everything, how can anything be impure? Even if something appears to the eyes as impure, the moment it contacts the Name of the Divine, it becomes purified.

Purity and impurity are the result of the mental reactions at a particular moment. When one is giving money to someone, one talks of choosing an auspicious time.

But when one gets a chance to take money, every moment becomes auspicious!

The mind is the reason for both the attitudes. Remember that everything is pure, everything is Divine!


- Chap 8: 'Onepointedness is Essential for Meditation'.


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:37 am

The Central Cause of Conflict

Do not think by merely wishing for peace, you will have peace, when in your daily life of relationship you are aggressive, acquisitive, seeking psychological security here or in the hereafter.

You have to understand the central cause of conflict and sorrow and then dissolve it and not merely look to the outside for peace.

But you see, most of us are indolent. We are too lazy to take hold of ourselves and understand ourselves, and being lazy, which is really a form of conceit, we think others will solve this problem for us and give us peace, or that we should destroy the apparently few people that are causing wars.

When the individual is in conflict within himself he must inevitably create conflict without, and only he can bring about peace within himself and so in the world, for he is the world.

- The Book of Life


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:48 pm

Is It Possible to End Violence?

When you talk about violence, what do you mean by it?

It is really quite an interesting question, if you go into it deeply, to inquire whether a human being, living in this world, can totally cease to be violent.

Societies, religious communities, have tried not to kill animals. Some have even said, "If you don't want to kill animals, what about the vegetables?" You can carry it to such an extent that you would cease to exist.

Where do you draw the line? Is there an arbitrary line according to your ideal, to your fancy, to your norm, to your temperament, to your conditioning, and you say, "I'll go up to there but not beyond"?

Is there a difference between individual anger, with violent action on the part of the individual, and the organized hatred of a society which breeds and builds up an army to destroy another society?

Where, at what level, and what fragment of violence are you discussing, or do you want to discuss whether man can be free of total violence, not a particular fragment which he calls violence?

We know what violence is without expressing in words, in phrases, in action. As a human being in whom the animal is still very strong, in spite of centuries of so-called civilization, where shall I begin?

Shall I begin at the periphery, which is society, or at the center, which is myself? You tell me not to be violent, because it is ugly.

You explain to me all the reasons, and I see that violence is a terrible thing in human beings, outwardly and inwardly. Is it possible to end this violence?

- The Book of Life

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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:31 pm

Violence

What takes place when you give complete attention to the thing that we call violence?

Violence being not only what separates human beings, through belief, conditioning, and so on, but also what comes into being when we are seeking personal, security, or the security of individuality through a pattern of society.

Can you look at that violence with complete attention? And when you look at that violence with complete attention, what takes place?

When you give complete attention to anything, your learning of history or mathematics, looking at your wife or your husband,what takes place?

I do not know if you have gone into it -probably most of us have never given complete attention to anything, but when you do, what takes place?

Sirs, what is attention? Surely when you are giving complete attention there is care, and you cannot care if you have no affection, no love.

And when you give attention in which there is love, is there violence? You are following?

Formally I have condemned violence, I have escaped from it, I have justified it, I have said it is natural.

All these things are inattention. But when I give attention to what I have called violence and in that attention there is care, affection, love, where is there space for violence?

- The Book of Life

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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:26 am

What Is Thoroughly Understood Will Not Repeat Itself

In self-awareness there is no need for confession, for self-awareness creates the mirror in which all things are reflected without distortion.

Every thought-feeling is thrown, as it were, on the screen of awareness to be observed, studied and understood; but this flow of understanding is blocked when there is condemnation or acceptance, judgment or identification.

The more the screen is watched and understood, not as a duty or enforced practice, but because pain and sorrow have created the insatiable interest that brings its own discipline, the greater the intensity of awareness, and this in turn brings heightened understanding.

You can follow a thing if it moves slowly; a rapid machine must be made to slow down if one is to study its movements.

Similarly, thoughts-feelings can be studied and understood only if the mind is capable of proceeding slowly; but once it has awakened this capacity, it can move at a high velocity, which makes it extremely calm.

When revolving at high speed the several blades of a fan appear to be a solid sheet of metal.

Our difficulty is to make the mind revolve slowly so that each thought-feeling can be followed and understood.

What is deeply and thoroughly understood will not repeat itself.

- The Book of Life


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:42 pm

Realize You Are Violent

The animal is violent. Human beings who are the result of the animal, are also violent; it is part of their being to be violent, to be angry, to be jealous, to be envious, to seek power, position, prestige and all the rest of it, to dominate, to be aggressive.

Man is violent -this is shown by thousands of wars and he has developed an ideology which he calls non-violence. And when there is actual violence as a war between this country and the next country, everybody is involved in it. They love it.

Now, when you are actually violent and you have an ideal of nonviolence, you have a conflict. You are always trying to become nonviolent which is a part of the conflict.

You discipline yourself in order not to be violent which, again, is a conflict, friction. So when you are violent and have the ideal of non-violence, you are essentially violent.

To realize that you are violent is the first thing to do, not try to become non-violent. To see violence as it is, not try to translate it, not to discipline it, not to overcome it, not to suppress it, but to see it as though you are seeing it for the first time, that is to look at it without any thought.

I have explained already what we mean by looking at a tree with innocence which is to look at it without the image. In the same way, you have to look at violence without the image that is involved in the word itself.

To look at it without any movement of thought is to look at it as though you are looking at it for the first time, and therefore looking at it with innocence.

- The Book of Life


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:32 pm

What is the fundamental truth we should never forget?

Believe firmly that everything is rendered holy by His Name. Do not reject Him; cultivate love for the Divine. It has infinite potentiality.

An iron chain can be broken with ease, but not the chain of love that binds you to the Divine! Even the cruellest of animals is overpowered by love.

Do not mistake this temporary abode as your eternal dwelling place. Do not lose heart at evanescent troubles and short-lived tragedies.

Immerse yourselves in the effort to attain the eternal Divine. He will never give you up.

- Chap 8: "One-pointedness is Essential for Meditation".


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Re: Life 11 (Apr 11 - Jul 11)

Postby winston » Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:06 pm

What is the right attitude to look at the world as we carry on our daily lives?

If you view the world with love, it will appear as filled with love. On the other hand if you view it with hatred, everything will appear antagonistic to you.

Eyes filled with love shine with brightness and cheerfulness. On the contrary eyes filled with hatred appear bloodshot and fearful.

Your thoughts determine your actions whether good or bad. The external world will reflect your thoughts. You must consider the entire universe as a temple of the Divine.

You must regard all that is beautiful and great in Nature - the lofty mountains, the vast oceans, the stars in the sky - as proclaiming the glory and power of the Divine. The sweet fragrance of flowers or the delectable juice of fruits should also be regarded as tokens of the Divine's love and compassion.

- Divine Discourse, July 24, 1983.


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