This Mind Is The Doubting Mind, And In The Doubting Mind We Can Never Feel The Presence Of Peace. We Can Feel The Presence Of Peace Only In The Loving Heart.

-Sri Chinmoy

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Sri Chinmoy

This Mind Is The Doubting Mind, And In The Doubting Mind We Can Never Feel The Presence Of Peace. We Can Feel The Presence Of Peace Only In The Loving Heart.

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When We Meditate, What We Actually Do Is Enter Into A Vacant, Calm, Still, Silent Mind. We Go Deep Within And Approach Our True Existence, Which Is Our Soul. When We Live In The Soul, We Feel That We Are Actually Meditating Spontaneously. On The Surface Of The Sea Are Multitudes Of Waves, But The Sea Is Not Affected Below. In The Deepest Depths, At The Bottom Of The Sea Is All Tranquility. So When You Start Meditating, Try To Feel Your Own Inner Existence First. That Is To Say, The Bottom Of The Sea: Calm And Quiet. Feel That Your Whole Being Is Surcharged With Peace And Tranquility.

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Real Meditation We Get From Within Or From A Spiritual Master. We Can Never Get It From Books. From Books We Can Get Inspiration Or An Inner Approach To The Fulfilment Of Our Outer Life. But In Order To Have True Meditation We Have To Go Deep Within Or Follow The Guidance Of A Spiritual Master.

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It Is Not Human Nature To Enjoy What We Get With No Effort.

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The Waves Of Hatred-night Can Easily Be Dissolved In The Sea Of Oneness-love.

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Doubt Is An Old Disease. Faith Is An Old Medicine. Compassion Is An Old Doctor. Concern Is An Old Nurse.

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Just One Smile Immensely Increases The Beauty Of The Universe.

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God Has Blessed Me With The Capacity To Meditate Even While I Am Talking.

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Hope Is Not Mere Wishful Thinking. It Is The Precursor Of A New Dawn That Slowly, Steadily And Unerringly Comes To The Fore And Eventually Grows Into Reality's Existence.

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Never Worry About Things That You Are Unable To Change. Change Your Own Way Of Looking At Truth.

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Man Invents War. Man Discovers Peace. He Invents War From Without. He Discovers Peace From Within. War Man Throws. Peace Man Sows. The Smile Of War Is The Flood Of Human Blood. The Smile Of Peace Is The Love, Below, Above.

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True Success Is The Only Thing That You Cannot Have Unless And Until You Have Offered It To Others.

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I Do Not Give Up, I Never Give Up, For There Is Nothing In This Entire World That Is Irrevocably Unchangeable.

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When I Was An Animal I Evolved Through Selfishness. Now That I Am A Man My Evolution Can Be Achieved Only Through Self-sacrifice.

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Sympathy Does Not Think. It Acts. It Acts To Remove. The Ceaseless Sufferings. Of The World

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I Begin By Imagining The Impossible And End By Accomplishing The Impossible.

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Our Goal Is To Go From Bright To Brighter To Brightest, From High To Higher To Highest. And Even In The Highest, There Is No End To Our Progress, For God Himself Is Inside Each Of Us And God At Every Moment Is Transcending His Own Reality.

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Determination Can Change Your Mind. Determination Can Change Your Heart. Determination Can Change Your Life Altogether.

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The Whole World Is Looking For Miracles. Every Day It Is Dying To See Miracles. But Can There Be Any Miracle More Challenging, More Illumining And More Fulfilling Than To See And Feel The Infinite Beauty Of My Beloved Supreme Inside This Tinier Than The Tiniest Gratitude-heart Of Mine?

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Spirituality Tells The Seeker Not To Live In The Hoary Past, Not To Live In The Remote Future, But To Live In The Immediacy Of Today, In The Eternal Now.

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If We Live In Our Oneness-heart, We Will Feel The Essence Of All Religions, Which Is Love Of God. But If We Live In The Mind, We Will Only Try To Separate One Religion From Another And See How Their Ideologies Differ. It Is The Heart That Can Have A True Intuitive Understanding Of The Height And Breadth Of All Religions. It Is The Heart That Sees And Feels The Inner Harmony And Oneness Of All Religions.

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The Goal Can Disappear From The Mind's Sight But Not From The Heart's Vision.

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When We Meditate, What We Actually Do Is Enter Into The Deeper Part Of Our Being. At That Time, We Are Able To Bring To The Fore The Wealth That We Have Deep Within Us.

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We Must See That God Operates Not Only In Us But In Others As Well. God Also Operates In Our So-called Enemies. But These Are Not Our Real Enemies. Our Real Enemies Are Doubt, Fear, Anxiety And Worry. When We Do Not Cry To Perfect Others, But Only Try To Perfect Our Own Lives, Then We Will Have Joy.

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Unless And Until You Have Developed A Heart Inundated With Compassion, Do Not Sit On The Seat Of Judgement.

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I Did Not Come Into The World To Prove Anything. I Came Into The World To Love Everyone And Everything.

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Each Good Thought That You Have Encouraged And Nourished Is Your Life's True Work Of Art.

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Man Can Be Happy And Safe Only When The Heart Feels Faster Than The Mind Thinks.

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Peace Does Not Mean The Absence Of War, Peace Means The Presence Of Harmony, Love, Satisfaction And Oneness. Peace Means A Flood Of Love In The World Family.

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Smile, Smile , Smile At Your Mind As Often As Possible. Your Smiling Will Considerably Reduce Your Mind's Tearing Tension.

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Through Concentration We Become One-pointed And Through Meditation We Expand Our Consciousness Into The Vast. But In Contemplation We Grow Into The Vast Itself. We Have Seen The Truth. We Have Felt The Truth. But The Most Important Thing Is To Grow Into The Truth And Become Totally One With The Truth. If We Are Concentrating On God, We May Feel God Right In Front Of Us Or Besides Us. When We Are Meditating, We Are Bound To Feel Infinity, Eternity, Immortality Within Us. But When We Are Contemplating, We Will See That We Ourselves Are Infinity, Eternity, Immortality.

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A Sincere Seeker Knows What His Goal Is: The Highest Truth. He Will Not Delay His Journey. In Spiritual Life, We Aspire For The Highest Truth, For God, Nothing Else.

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God Is Beyond Definition. But According To One's Own Vision Or Receptivity, One Will Define God In One's Own Way. Some Will Say That God Is All Love. Others Will Say That God Is All Power. Each One Will See God According To His Own Necessity, His Own Receptivity And, Finally, According To The Way God Wants Him To See The Ultimate Truth.

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Once We Have This Inner Peace, World Peace Can Be Achieved In The Twinkling Of An Eye.

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The Stormy Life Can Be Braved Only By The Heart's Sunny Meditations.

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Music Is Inspiration, Soulful Inspiration. It Inspires The Human In Us. Music Is Manifestation, Fruitful Manifestation. It Manifests The Divine In Us. Music Is Satisfaction, Supreme Satisfaction. It Satisfies The Pilot Supreme In Us.

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In The Spiritual Life The Easiest Way To Conquer Ego Is To Offer Gratitude To God For Five Minutes Daily. If You Cannot Offer Gratitude For Five Minutes, Then Utter It For One Minute. Offer Your Gratitude To God. Then You Will Feel That Inside You A Sweet, Fragrant And Beautiful Flower Is Growing. That Is The Flower Of Humility.

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Man-made Religions Find Fault With One Another, Whereas God-made Religion Is Eternally A Oneness-song - God-manifestation Through Human Aspiration On Earth.

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Run And Become. Become And Run. Run To Succeed In The Outer World. Become To Proceed In The Inner World.

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There Is No Greater Miracle Than Our Conscious Efforts To Become Good Human Beings.

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The Joy Of A Self-giving Life Can Neither Be Measured Nor Be Expounded.

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Giving

Joy

You Must Never Forget That Greatness Does Not Guarantee Happiness But Goodness Always Does

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Doe

Guarantees

Hope Abides; Therefore I Abide. Countless Frustrations Have Not Cowed Me. I Am Still Alive, Vibrant With Life. The Black Cloud Will Disappear, The Morning Sun Will Appear Once Again In All Its Supernal Glory.

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Clouds

A Spiritual Life Means: It Is Now Or Never.

Spiritual

Mean

Carpe Diem

O My Mind,make Your Speech Egoless.then Everyonewill Appreciate, Admire And Adore You.

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Mind

Speech

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To Be True To Oneself Is The Hardest Test Of Life.

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Tests

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To Inspire Others Is To Be Immediately Rich In The Inner World.

Inspiration

Inspire

World

Miracles Do Happen In Every Human Life.

Miracle

Human Life

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True Religion Has A Universal Quality. It Does Not Find Fault With Other Religions. False Religions Will Find Fault With Other Religions; They Will Say That Theirs Is The Only Valid Religion And Their Prophet Is The Only Saviour. But A True Religion Will Feel That All The Prophets Are Saviours Of Mankind.

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Doe

The Satisfaction Of Life May Not Be Ours, But The Beauty Of Hope Is All Ours.

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Satisfaction

You Can Purify Your Existence By Feeling Deep Within Yourself A Beautiful Rose Or Lotus, Or Any Other Flower That You Like. A Flower Is All Purity. Try To Identify Yourself With The Consciousness Of The Flower Or With The Purity Of The Flower. Today It Is Imagination, But If You Continue Imagining For Five Days, Or Ten Days, Or A Month Or Two, Then You Are Bound To See And Feel The Flower Within You. First You May Feel It, Then You Are Bound To See The Existence Of The Flower, And Then Automatically The Fragrance And The Purity Of The Flower Will Enter Into You To Purify You.

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Two

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Thinking

Good Thoughts

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Doubt

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Heart

Thinking

No Price Is Too Great To Pay For Inner Peace.

Inner Peace

Pay

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Heart

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A Simple Man Will Have Only What He Needs, And He Will Know The Difference Between What He Needs And What He Wants. We Feel That Whatever We Want, We Desperately Need. But Before We Possess The World, To Our Wide Surprise We See That The World Has Already Possessed Us.

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Men

Differences

Love And Liveand Live And Loveeach Momentto The Fullest.

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Inner Peace

Slave

Meditation Stops The Sound-loving Mind.

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Meditation

Mind

I Take Exercise For Each Part Of The Body: Arms, Legs, Back And Whatever Muscles Are Required To Keep The Body Fit. I Do At Least 20 Different Exercises Daily For My Upper And Lower Body. Then I Come Here Every Morning To Do Calf Raises And Play Tennis. If There Is Time In The Afternoon, I Play Tennis Again. At Least Three Hours I Spend On Weightlifting And Bodybuilding.

Morning

Exercise

Bodybuilding

Meditation Speaks. It Speaks In Silence. It Reveals. It Reveals To The Aspirant That Matter And Spirit Are One, Quantity And Quality Are One, The Immanent And The Transcendent Are One. It Reveals That Life Can Never Be The Mere Existence Of Seventy Or Eighty Years Between Birth And Death, But Is, Rather, Eternity Itself.

Years

Silence

Meditation

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Peace

Heart

Doubt

Do Not Try To Entrap Others With Your Haughty Knowledge. To Your Wide Surprise, They Will Entrap You With Their Lengthy Ignorance.

Ignorance

Knowledge

Trying

God Does Not Care If I Am Bad Or Good- He Wants My Love, Not My Sainthood.

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Want

Doe

Truth Is In All, But Love Is All.

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Truth Is

Unless And Until We Have Peace Deep Within Us, We Can Never Hope To Have Peace In The Outer World. You And I Create The World By The Vibrations That We Offer To It. If We Can Invoke Peace And Then Offer It To Somebody Else, We Will See How Peace Expands From One To Two Persons, And Gradually To The World At Large. Peace Will Come About In The World From The Perfection Of Individuals. If You Have Peace, I Have Peace, He Has Peace, And She Has Peace, Then Automatically Universal Peace Will Dawn.

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Perfection

Dawn

Our Goal Is Self-transcendence

Self

Goal

Transcendence

Prayer And Meditation Are My Inner Secret And My Outer Secret. My Muscles Are Next To Nothing Compared To The Muscles Of The Professional Bodybuilders And Weightlifters. It Is Because Of The Strength Of My Prayer-life And Meditation-life That I Am Able To Accomplish These Feats Of Strength.

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Meditation

Secret

What Is Realisation? Realisation Is My Conscious And Constant Sailing With My Inner Pilot In His Golden Boat Towards The Uncharted Land, Where Sooner Than At Once Beauty, Divinity And Immortality Seeds Grow Into The Richest Harvest.

Land

Sailing

Golden

If You Really Want To Love Humanity, Then You Have To Love Humanity As It Is Now.

Love

Life

Humanity

The Human Mind Is Utterly Stupid When It Carries, Quite Willingly, The Heavy Burden Of Resentment.

Stupid

Mind

Resentment

If You Play Divine Music, Spiritual Music, Then You Are Bound To Give And Get Satisfaction.

Music

Spiritual

Play

Patience, Increasing Patience

Patience

To Succeed In Any Field, Our Enthusiasm-eyes Must Sparkle And Our Enthusiasm-hearts Must Dance.

Heart

Eye

Enthusiasm

Your Mind Has A Flood Of Questions. There Is But One Teacher Who Can Answer Them. Who Is That Teacher? Your Silence-loving Heart.

Teacher

Heart

Silence

Forgive, You Will Have Happiness. Forget, You Will Have Satisfacton. Forgive And Forget, You Will Have Everlasting Peace Within And Without.

Peace

Forgive And Forget

Forgiving

When We Transcend Ourselves, We Do Not Compete With Others. We Do Not Compete With The Rest Of The World, But At Every Moment We Compete With Ourselves.

World

Moments

There Comes A Time In The Seeker's Life When He Discovers That He Is At Once The Lover And The Beloved.

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Lovers

Beloved

Not One But Twenty-four Self-giving-hours Every Day I Have For My Use.

Time

Self

Giving

Every Second A Seeker Can Start Over, For His Life's Mistakes Are Initial Drafts And Not The Final Version.

Mistake

Starting Over

Finals

Each Individual Has To Know Himself. He Has To Know Himself As The Infinite, Eternal And Immortal Consciousness.

Consciousness

Infinite

Awareness

Alas, Why Does My Mind Have To Walk Through The Dust Of The Past Every Day?

Past

Dust

Mind

Character Is The Colossal Hope Of Human Improvement Within And Without.

Character

Improvement

Humans

I Have Opened Up An Account With God's Heart-bank. Therefore, I See Nowhere The Battering Waves Of Poverty-thoughts.

Heart

Poverty

Wave

When You Meditate, What You Actually Do Is To Enter Into A Calm Or Still, Silent Mind. We Have To Be Fully Aware Of The Arrival And Attack Of Thoughts. That Is To Say, We Shall Not Allow Any Thought, Divine Or Undivine, Good Or Bad, To Enter Into Our Mind. Our Mind Should Be Absolutely Silent. Then We Have To Go Deep Within; There We Have To Observe Our Real Existence.

Real

Meditation

Mind

The Difficulty Is That We Try To Perfect Others Before We Perfect Ourselves.

Perfect

Trying

Difficulty

The Moment We Use The Term 'help', A Kind Of Egocentric Idea Enters Into Us. If We Help Someone, That Means We Are In A Superior Position. When We Help, We Feel That We Are One Step Ahead Or One Step Higher Than The Ones That We Are Helping. But If We Serve Someone, Then We Offer Our Capacity With Humility, On The Strength Of Our Loving Concern And Oneness. So Let Us Use The Proper Term, 'service'.

Mean

Humility

Oneness

Keep An Open Heart To Allow The World Lovingly And Faithfully To Come In.

Heart

World

Open Heart

What Does Peace Do? Peace Blossoms. What Else? Peace Spreads. What Else? Peace Illumines. What Else? Peace Fulfils.

Peace

Doe

Spread

Each Child Born On Earth Is A Unique Promise Of God To God Himself.

Children

Unique

Promise

My Life Is Only Half Full When I Receive. My Heart Is Completely Full Only When I Give.

Heart

Giving

Half

There Comes A Time In The Seeker's Life When He Discovers That He Is At Once The Lover And The Beloved. The Aspiring Soul Which He Embodies Is The Lover In Him. And The Transcendental Self Which He Reveals From Within Is His Beloved.

Self

Soul

Lovers

Do Not Judge But Love And Be Loved, If You Want To Be Really Happy.

Life

Judging

Want

Gratitude Is Not A Mere Word; It Is Not A Mere Concept. It Is The Living Breath Of Your Real Existence On Earth.

Gratitude

Real

Earth

If You Have True Gratitude, It Will Express Itself Automatically. It Will Be Visible In Your Eyes, Around Your Being, In Your Aura. It Is Like The Fragrance Of A Flower. In Most Cases If There Is A Beautiful Flower, The Fragrance Will Be There Naturally. The Flower And Its Fragrance Cannot Be Separated.

Beautiful

Gratitude

Flower

What Gives Life Its Value If Not Its Constant Cry For Self-transcendence?

Self

Giving

Cry

Let Us Not Worry About The Future. Let Us Only Do The Right Thing Today, At This Moment, Here And Now. Let The Future Take Care Of Itself.

Worry

Care

Today

A Single Thought Has The Power Of A Bullet: Either It Can Destroy You Or It Can Help You Immensely.

Bullets

Helping

Meditation Simplifies Our Outer Life And Energizes Our Inner Life. Meditation Gives Us A Natural And Spontaneous Life, A Life That Becomes So Natural And Spontaneous That We Cannot Breathe Without Being Conscious Of Our Own Divinity.

Giving

Meditation

Divinity

God's Foremost Treasure On Earth Is My Ever-blossoming Gratitude-heart.

Gratitude

Heart

Treasure

Hatred Is A Disguised Form Of Love. You Can Only Hate Someone Whom You Really Wish To Love, Because If You Were Totally Indifferent To That Person, You Could Not Even Get Up Enough Energy To Hate Him.

Life

Hate

Love You

Lf You Ever Dare To Fight Against Hatred, Then There Is But One Weapon: Love.

Fighting

Hatred

Weapons

Impossibility Is A Dictionary Word.

Dictionary

Impossibility

Inside Each One Of Us Is A Beautiful Flower Garden. This Is The Garden Of The Soul. With Each Lesson We Learn, The Garden Grows. As We Learn Together, Our Individual Gardens Form A Tranquil Paradise.

Beautiful

Flower

Garden

My Mind's Cries Tell Me That Everything On Earth Is Tragic. My Heart's Smiles Tell Me That Everything On Earth Is Magic.

Heart

Magic

Mind

The Power That Dominates Cannot Solve World Problems. The Power That Loves Can Solve World Problems.

World

Problem

World Problems

Let Us Not Try To Understand Music With Our Mind. Let Us Not Even Try To Feel It With Our Heart. Let Us Simply And Spontaneously Allow The Music-bird To Fly In Our Heart-sky. While Flying, It Will Unconditionally Reveal To Us What It Has And What It Is. What It Has, Is Immortality's Message. What It Is, Is Eternity's Passage.

Heart

Sky

Bird

People Who Plead With You For Favours May Eventually Prove To Be Great Flatterers. Your Friends Are Only Those Who All The Time Cheerfully Support Your Heart's Aspiration-flames.

Friends

Heart

Flames

Everybody Has God Inside, But Not Everybody Is Able To See God Within. One Can See God Only When One Cries For Him. Those Who Cry For God And Pray To God Can Realise God.

God

Able

Praying

Allow Everything Else To Vanish Save And Except Your Cherished Dreams, For Your Cherished Dreams Are Treasured Sleeplessly By God Himself.

Dream

Treasured

Love Is Not A Thing To Understand. Love Is Not A Thing To Feel. Love Is Not A Thing To Give And Receive. Love Is A Thing Only To Become And Eternally Be.

Love Is

Giving

Giving And Receiving

My Heart's Gratitude Is My Life's Plenitude.

Thank You

Gratitude

Heart

Meditation Is The Eye That Sees The Truth, The Heart That Feels The Truth And The Soul That Realises The Truth.

Heart

Eye

Meditation

To Be Rich Is To Give A Smile With No Expectation Of Return.

Giving

Expectations

Return

True Gratitude Can Never Come From The Mind. It Has To Flow From The Heart To The Mind, Vital And Body Until Everything That We Have And Are Is A Sea Of Gratitude.

Gratitude

Heart

Sea

Why Do We Fail? Is It Because We Are Unlucky? Is It Because We Have Not Worked Very Hard? I S It Because We Have Not Invoked God's Compassion And Blessings? Is It Because God Has Accepted This Failure As An Experience He Wanted To Have In Our Life? Is It Because God Has Granted This Failure To Us? Is It Because God Has Willed That We Should Lose? No! Not It Is For A Different Reason That We Experience Failure. It Is For The Strengthening Of Our Consciousness That, At Times, God Grants Us Defeat.

Failure

Compassion

Blessing

We Have Two Main Instruments: The Mind And The Heart. The Mind Finds It Difficult To Be Happy, Precisely Because The Mind Consciously Enjoys The Sense Of Separativity. It Is Always Judging And Doubting The Reality In Others. This Is The Human Mind, The Ordinary Physical Mind, The Earth-bound Mind. But We Also Have The Aspiring Heart, The Loving Heart. This Loving Heart Is Free From Insecurity, For It Has Already Established Its Oneness With The Rest Of The World.

Heart

Reality

Two

If You Want To Understand Yourself, Then Do Not Examine Yourself. Just Love Yourself More Sincerely, More Soulfully And More Self-givingly.

Love Yourself

Want

Sincerely

It Is Only Through Meditation That We Can Get Lasting Peace, Divine Peace. If We Meditate Soulfully In The Morning And Receive Peace For Only One Minute, That One Minute Of Peace Will Permeate Our Whole Day. And When We Have A Meditation Of The Highest Order, Then We Really Get Abiding Peace, Light And Delight. We Need Meditation Because We Want To Grow In Light And Fulfill Ourselves In Light. If This Is Our Aspiration, If This Is Our Thirst, Then Meditation Is The Only Way.

Morning

Light

Order

A Musician's Biography Is Written Wherever He Performs; Everybody Hears What He Is Playing.

Music

Musician

Biographies

If We Can Feel That It Is Not Our Voice, Not Our Fingers, But Some Reality Deep Inside Our Heart Which Is Expressing Itself, Then We Will Know That It Is The Soul’s Music.

Heart

Reality

Voice

When You Drive, You Are Doing Several Things At Once. You Are Using Your Eyes, Ears, Hands, Your Mind. If You Have Meditated For Many Years And Have Reached A Lofty Height In Your Meditation, As I Have, You Can Meditate While Running And Cycling And Painting.

Running

Eye

Cycling

Love Is Hope. Hope Is Nectar.

Love Is

Nectar

Peace We Achieve When We Do Not Expect Anything From The World, But Only Give, Give, And Give Unconditionally What We Have And What We Are.

Peace

Giving

World

I Do Feel There Are Countless People On Earth Who Do Not Believe In The Inner Power, The Inner Life. They Feel That The Outer Strength And The Outer Life Are Everything. I Do Not Agree With Them. There Is An Inner Life; There Is Spirit, And My Ability To Lift These Heavy Weights Proves That It Can Work In Matter As Well.

Believe

People

Matter

Instead Of Creating A Reason Why You Cannot Love The World, Try To Create A Reason Why You Should And Must Love The World.

Life

Creating

Trying

No Price Is Too Great To Pay For Inner Peace. Peace Is The Harmonious Control Of Life. It Is Vibrant With Life-energy. It Is A Power That Easily Transcends All Our Worldly Knowledge. Yet It Is Not Separate From Our Earthly Existence. If We Open The Right Avenues Within, This Peace Can Be Felt Here And Now.

Inner Peace

Energy

Pay

If We Live In Our Oneness-heart, We Will Feel The Essence Of All Religions Which Is The Love Of God. Forgiveness, Compassion, Tolerance, Brotherhood And The Feeling Of Oneness Are The Signs Of A True Religion.

Heart

Compassion

Essence

Hope Is Man's Inner Effort.

Men

Hopeful

Effort

Before One Accepts Spirituality, Astrology Is Very Powerful, Like A Lion. Then When One Enters Into A Deeper Spiritual Life, Astrology Becomes A Tiny Household Cat.

Spiritual

Powerful

Cat

Gratitude Is Pure Happiness. Happiness Is Sure Perfection.

Gratitude

Perfection

Pure Happiness

Peace Is A Stranger To The Rigid Mind. Peace Is A Guest Of The Flexible Heart.

Heart

Mind

Guests

I'm Not A Weight Lifter. I'm A Seeker. Weight Lifting Is So Insignificant In My Life.

Weight Lifting

Seekers

Insignificant

Today I Must Dive Deep Within And Know What I Come To This Earth-stage For.

Destiny

Earth

Today

Be Happy! God Sees In You Another God. God Sees You As Another God. God Sees You And He As One.

The Meditation That Gives You Immediate Joy Or Continuous Joy Is The Best Meditation For You. Everyone Will Not Have The Same Meditation. Your Meditation Will Not Suit Me, My Meditation Will Not Suit You. You Like A Certain Food, I Don't Like It. You Are Right In Your Own Way I Am Right In My Own Way. But Once You Know What Your Best Meditation Is, Please Stick To It.

Suits You

Giving

Meditation

Judge Nothing, You Will Be Happy. Forgive Everything, You Will Be Happier. Love Everything, You Will Be Happiest.

Love

Happiness

Romantic

Meditation Means Conscious Self-expansion. Meditation Means One's Conscious Awareness Of The Transcendental Reality. Meditation Means The Recognition Or The Discovery Of One's Own True Self. It Is Through Meditation That We Transcend Limitation, Bondage And Imperfection.

Mean

Reality

Discovery

How Can I Have Peace? Not By Talking About Peace, But By Walking Along The Road Of Peace.

Peace

Talking

Walking

Meditation Is Silence, Energising And Fulfilling. Silent Is The Eloquent Expression Of The Inexpressible.

Expression

Silence

Meditation

A Perfect Society Is Built Upon Mutual Trust. Character Is The Source Of That Trust.

Character

Perfect

Source

What Do We Mean By The Word 'wisdom'? Usually We Mean Something Superior To Knowledge, Something Deeper. In The Spiritual World, The Word 'wisdom' Is Not Used In That Way. Here Wisdom Means Light, Illumining Light, Transforming Light. That Which Illumines Our Unlit Consciousness Is Wisdom. That Which Transforms The Finite Consciousness Into The Infinite Consciousness Is Called Wisdom.

Spiritual

Mean

Light

Not By Blaming The World, Not By Shunning The World, But Only Be Loving The World Can I Have Peace Of Mind

Mind

World

Shunning

What I Wish To Show By These Feats Of Strength Is That Prayer And Meditation Can Definitely Increase One's Outer Capacities. I Hope That By Doing This I Will Be Able To Inspire Many People To Pray And Meditate Sincerely As Part Of Their Regular Daily Routine. My Message Is That If One Needs Strength, Then Uncovering One's Inner Strength Through Prayer And Meditation Is The Fastest And Most Effective Way To Get It.

Prayer

People

Meditation

We Do Not Need Heaven-born Saints But Just Earth-born Seekers Who Believe In Peace And Want To Live In Peace.

Believe

Heaven

Saint

Is Not Falling Down. Failure Is Desiring To Live Where I Have Fallen.

Failure

Fall

Falling Down

Ignorance Is An Enemy, Even To Its Owner. Knowledge Is A Friend, Even To Its Hater. Ignorance Hates Knowledge Because It Is Too Pure. Knowledge Fears Ignorance Because It Is Too Sure.

Hate

Ignorance

Enemy

Wrong Thoughts Are Inside Us Just Because We Identify Ourselves With These Thoughts. If We Identify With Something Else, Immediately They Have To Leave Us.

Meditation

Ifs

Say I Have Set My Goal At 300 Pounds, And I Cannot Do It. The Very Fact That I Have Been Devotedly Practising And Practising Gives Me Joy, And The Tenacity Or Perseverance That I Am Showing Is Itself Progress. Anything That We Do Devotedly And Soulfully Helps Us Make Progress.

Perseverance

Giving

Goal

There Is Only One Perfect Road And That Road Is Ahead Of You, Always Ahead Of You.

Perfect

If We Feel Inwardly Strong, We Will Have No Need Or Desire To Speak Ill Of Others.

Strong

Desire

Needs

Of All The Gifts You Have Offered To God, Your Happiness-gift He Treasures Most.

Happiness

Treasure

Not To Give Up Under Any Circumstances Should Be The Motto Of Our Life: I Shall Try Again And Again, And I Am Bound To Succeed. There Will Be Obstacles, But I Have To Defy The Obstacles.

Giving Up

Trying

Succeed

Peace Is Eternal. It Is Never Too Late To Have Peace. Time Is Always Ripe For That. We Can Make Our Life Truly Fruitful If We Are Not Cut Off From Our Source, Which Is The Peace Of Eternity.

Cutting

Too Late

Eternity

When You Really Have Something To Offer To The World, Then You Can Become Truly Humble. A Tree When It Has No Fruit To Offer, Remains Erect. But When The Tree Is Laden With Fruit, It Bends Down. If You Are All Pride And Ego, Then Nobody Will Be Able To Get Anything Worthwhile From You. When You Have Genuine Humility, It Is A Sign That You Have Something To Offer To Mankind.

Humility

Humble

Pride

God's First Smile Was Born The Day Humanity Awoke To His Light.

Smile

Light

Humanity

Of All The Medicines In The Inner Life, A Smile Is By Far The Best Medecine.

Smile

Medicine

Inner Life

Hope Is Man's Preparation For The Unknown.

Men

Hopeful

Preparation

My Lord Does Not Want To Know What I Have Done For Him. He Just Wants To Know How I Am. If He Hears From Me That I Am Happy, Then He Himself Becomes Exceedingly Happy. In Umistakable Terms He Tells Me That My Happiness Is His Real And Only Satisfaction.

Happiness

Real

Doe

Consciousness Is The Inner Spark Or Inner Link In Us, The Golden Link Within Us That Connects Our Highest And Most Illumined Part With Our Lowest And Most Unillumined Part. Consciousness Is The Connecting Link Between Heaven And Earth.

Heaven

Links

Earth

If You Want To Remain Always Happy, Always Perfect And Always Fulfilled, Then Always Keep Inside Your Heart A Pocketful Of Sweet Dreams.

Dream

Sweet

Heart

If You Want To Simplify Your Life, Meditation Is The Answer. If You Want To Fulfil Your Life, Meditation Is The Answer. If You Want To Have Joy And Offer Joy To The World At Large, Then Meditation Is The Only Answer.

Meditation

Joy

Answers

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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