Inspirational Words Thread

[SageTree]

Originally Posted by SageTree

Conquer the angry person by love.
Conquer the ill-natured human by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.

~The Dhammapada

Still one of favourites.

[Center]

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

-George Washington, letter to Benjamin Harrison, October 10, 1784

[SageTree]

"One day as I was meditating, I saw a rusty gutter, and I suddenly felt sad and sorry that it was going bad and rusty. I experienced that life was impermanent. I learned Dharma from that gutter." - Mae Chi Boonliang

"Liberation is only being rid of the idea that there is anyone who needs liberation." - Ramesh Balsekar

[hijabihippie]

There is no compulsion in religion.

-The Qu'ran

[hijabihippie]

"Wanting enlightenment is a big mistake."

Sorry, I don't remember who said this.

[subhaikav]

'Change is the only thing that has no changes'. I like this quote much.

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

“Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him.”

-Nietzsche

*Thanks*

[SageTree]

Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

[hijabihippie]

God is a verb.
-Spider Robinson

[hijabihippie]

God is Change.
-Octavia Butler

[SageTree]

Originally Posted by hijabihippie

God is a verb.
-Spider Robinson

A thing I always said, and didn't know this existed. It really caught my eye one day when I was walking through the library and saw that as a title of a book. It was about Kabala....I should read it because this is the second time it come up in my life and since I feel like I came upon that answer for myself perhaps it would be best not to pass something by twice.

thanks

[flappy]

The intellect is a lower state of awareness. (The Shariyat Ki Sugmad)

[hijabihippie]

Be the change you want to see in the world.
-Mahatma Gandhi

[flappy]

Originally Posted by Center

-George Washington, letter to Benjamin Harrison, October 10, 1784

The central bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the Principles and form of our Constitution. I am an Enemy to all banks discounting bills or notes for anything but Coin. If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the People of all their Property until their Children will wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered. (Thomas Jefferson)

[Mydriasis]

“If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It...'s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.”, Deepak Chopra

[SageTree]

I like alot of what he has to say. I think he has some smooth marketing, but what he has to say touches on many perennial truths I agree with or consider frequently.

The method I practicer with is called Rain, which isn't a Deepak idea, but seems close to what you quoted.

Recognize what is really happening
Acceptance that things happen whether we understand or not
Investigate how you feel, body mind, ect, where it comes from, hard soft ect...
Non Identification upon seeing how things pass, letting go of 'me' and 'mine', simply resting in awareness.

[Mydriasis]

Yea deepak is kind of like spirituality for dumbies, but I saw that quote and I enjoyed it.

However, I like R.A.I.N. more.

[my_scatterheart]

Though words are spoken to explain the Void,
The Void as such can never be expressed.
Though we say "the mind is a bright light,"
It is beyond all words and symbols.
Although the mind is void in essence,
All things it embraces and contains.

( The Song of Mahamudra - Tilopa )

[SageTree]

I like Tilopa's story very much and his interacting with a dhakini, or female Buddha. Not alot of our history as it is told gives credit to the female side, so I'm glad this is a story that does.

The six words of advice:

1. Don’t recall - Let go of what has passed
2. Don’t imagine - Let go of what may come
3. Don’t think -Let go of what is happening now
4. Don’t examine - Don’t try to figure anything out
5. Don’t control - Don’t try to make anything happen
6. Rest -Relax, right now, and rest

Thanks for the quote Scatter

[AnimalLover420]

My grandma gave me a little jewel of wisdom when I was visiting her last week. We were discussing gossip, and how it's really just no good to spend your breath bringing others down. She told me about a little saying regarding that topic.

She said that before you open your mouth to say anything about a person (or about anything really), you should ask yourself three questions:

Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it necessary?

Unless the answer to ALL 3 questions is yes, don't say it.