Inspirational Words Thread

[SageTree]

Take god as you like it, I mean this in a force or energy, when I place it up here. And I added some more 'gods' because I don't like their use of male pronouns.

The world is the wheel of God, turning round And round with all living creatures upon its rim. The world is the river of God, Flowing from God and flowing back to God.

- Shvetashvatara Upanishad

[hijabihippie]

"Love says, 'I want you to be happy.' Attachment says, 'I want you to make me happy.' "
--Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

[SageTree]

^awesome

[AnimalLover420]

Here are a few of my favorites from the book of Proverbs.

"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act." 3:27

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips." 4:23-24

"A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth." 11:16
You hear that, men?

And my personal favorite:
"A happy heart makes the face cheerful." 15:13

[Mydriasis]

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.", Jiddu Krishnamurti

[SageTree]

Originally Posted by AnimalLover420

Here are a few of my favorites from the book of Proverbs.

"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act." 3:27................ ......

One of my Grama's favourites is Proverbs 3: 5-6

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

This really confounded me for a while, but the other day in the "Christianity for thought" thread I finally placed it all together from my own understanding of things, ironically enough, and this finally made sense to me.

Love live and let go basically. And I think from doing that, it is where my AHA came into place, because I swear I just typed it out and then went back to read it and was like, whoa...I said what..AH that DOES make sense to my personal spirit.

Thanks AL... I'm always listening to the kindhearted ladies..so thanks for speaking up, because you are the KIND of LADY!

[hijabihippie]

Lose your mind and come to your senses.
--source unknown

[421]

matthew 7: 3-5 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye.

[SageTree]

Originally Posted by 421

matthew 7: 3-5 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye.

I said that somewhere on here yesterday or the day before, nice to see it surface again.

It's highly valuable info.

[421]

haha great minds think alike...great quote, more people should put it to use

[Mydriasis]

"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything."

[my_scatterheart]

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."

[hijabihippie]

"A smile can be a charity".
--Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

"If you see someone in need, and do not stretch forth your hand to help him, it is if you had done murder".
--source unknown

[celestialpillow]

beauty of the flurtey flute be song sweeness fresh as babys birth of turmaline's fairieys en mama gaia

[BibleGuy]

Wow... mama Gaia is beautiful!

[SageTree]

My wife left this page marked in book of Rumi's poems

A BASKET OF FRESH BREAD
translated by Professor Coleman Barks

The Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) said,
‘There is no better companion
on this way than what you do. Your actions will be
your best friend, or if you’re cruel and selfish,
your actions will be a poisonous snake
that lives in your grave.’

But tell me,
Can you do the good work without a teacher?
Can you even know what it is without the presence
of a Master? Notice how the lowest livelihood
requires some instruction.

First comes knowledge,
Then the doing of the job, And much later,
perhaps after you’re dead, something grows
from what you’ve done.

Look for help and guidance
in whatever craft you’re learning. Look for a generous teacher, one who has absorbed the tradition he’s in.

Look for pearls in oyster shells.
Learn technical skill from a craftsman.

Whenever you meet genuine spiritual teachers,
Be gentle and polite and fair with them.
Ask them questions, and be eager
for answers. Never condescend.

If a master tanner wears an old, threadbare smock, That doesn’t diminish his mastery.

If a fine blacksmith works at the bellows
in a patched apron, it doesn’t affect how he bends the iron.

Strip away your pride, And put on humble clothes.

If you want to learn theory,
Talk with theoreticians. That way is oral.

When you learn a craft, practice it.
That learning comes through the hands.

If you want Dervishhood, spiritual poverty,
and emptiness, you must be friends with a sheikh.

Talking about it; reading books, and doing practices don’t help. Soul receives from soul that knowing.

The mystery of spiritual emptiness
may be living in a pilgrim’s heart, and yet
the knowing of it may not yet be his.

Wait for the illuminating openness,
As though your chest were filling with light,
As when God said: ‘Did We not expand you?’ … (Quran 94:1)

Don’t look for it outside yourself.
You are the source of milk. Don’t milk others!

There is a milk fountain inside you.
Don’t walk around with an empty bucket.

You have a channel into the ocean, and yet
You ask for water from a little pool.

Beg for that love expansion. Meditate only
On THAT. The Quran says:
‘And He is with you’ …. (57:4).

There is a basket of fresh bread on your head,
And yet you go door to door asking for crusts.

Knock on your inner door. No other.
Sloshing knee-deep in fresh riverwater, yet
You keep wanting a drink from other people’s waterbags.

Water is everywhere around you, but you see only barriers that keep you from water.

The horse is beneath the rider’s thighs, and still
he asks: ‘Where’s my horse?’

Right there, under you!
Yes, this is a horse, but where’s the horse?’

‘Can’t you see?’
‘Yes, I can see, but whoever saw such a horse?’

Mad with thirst, he can’t drink from the stream
running so close by his face. He’s like a pearl
on the deep bottom, wondering, inside his shell,
Where’s the ocean?

His mental questionings form the barrier. His physical eyesight bandages his knowing. Self-consciousness
plugs his ears.

Stay bewildered in God,
And only that.

Those of you who are scattered,
Simplify your worrying lives. There is ONE
Righteousness: Water the fruit trees,
and don’t water the thorns. Be generous
to what nurtures the spirit and God’s luminous
reason-light. Don’t honour what causes
dysentery and knotted-up tumors.

Don’t feed both sides of yourself equally.
The spirit and the body carry different loads
And require different attentions.

Too often we put saddlebags on Jesus and let the donkey run loose in the pasture.

Don’t make the body do what the spirit does best, and don’t put a big load on the spirit that the body could carry easily.

[my_scatterheart]

It's been long enough ... can we change this to "inspirational" instead of "inspirtational" ?

[SageTree]

Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

It's been long enough ... can we change this to "inspirational" instead of "inspirtational" ?

Didn't have my spell check plug in installed when I started this one. Good eye.

The language of connection apparently doesn't involve English grammar, in my life

Thanks teach.... that's an inspiration to learn my first language properly!

In kind
SageTree

[my_scatterheart]

omg YES! The time is now

[SageTree]

Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

omg YES! The time is now

Reminds me of a quote.....

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.


And to learn English grammar..........