Simply yourself

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." ~ Lao Tzu

Realize oneness

Pull into your peace

Inner peace

Accept absolute truth

You can't escape reality. Learn to accept absolute truth. ~ A.C. Bhaktivedanta

What we think we become

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Raise standard of giving

Change

Closer to death

Every breath we take, we are one breath closer to death. ~ Radhanath Swami

Act

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Live wisely

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

See the miracle

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Death - A beginning

"For a devotee death is not the end but just the beginning. Beginning of entrance into a realm of eternity." ~ Radhanath Swami

Satisfied

Sometimes river flows very strong, sometimes it flows very small, but it makes no difference to the ocean because it is satisfied in itself with its own quantity of water. Similarly, when our heart is cleansed with spirituality, we find pleasure and ecstasy with our own selves that is so sweet, so wonderful and so satisfying, that the so-called pleasures of this world no longer have any values, no appeal at all. ~ Radhanath Swami

Different roads

Prayer

"Everyone prays to You from fear of the Fire;
And if You do not put them in the Fire,
This is their reward.
Or they pray to You for the Garden,
Full of fruits and flowers.
And that is their prize.
But I do not pray to You like this,
For I am not afraid of the Fire,
And I do not ask You for the Garden.
But all I want is the Essence of Your Love,
And to return to be One with You,
And to become Your Face."~ Rabia al `Adawiyya.

Find your way home

“If light is in your Heart
You will find your way Home.”
~ Rumi

When the ego is gone

“When the ego is gone, the whole individuality arises in its crystal purity – transparent, intelligent, radiant, happy, alive – vibrating with an unknown rhythm. That unknown rhythm is God. It is a song heard in the deepest core of your being, a dance of the formless, but one can hear the footsteps.” ~ Osho

Living the truth