This Week’s Quotation: The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility. ~ South African President Nelson Mandela, 1995 State of the Nation address Freedom and Responsibility In South Africa, Freedom Day is celebrated annually on April
This Week’s Quotation: Let right deeds be thy motive, not the fruit which comes from them. And live in action! Labour! Make thine acts thy piety, casting all self aside, condemning gain and merit. ― Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita The Action of Unified Prayer Early in
This Week’s Quotation: The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. ~ Dalai Lama The Grace of Caring It may seem counter-intuitive sometimes to think that caring for the needs and happiness of others might increase
This Week’s Quotation: For thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip and bounced upon her knees.” Isaiah
This Week’s Quotation: The sign of Christmas is a star,a light in the darkness.See it not outside yourself,but shining in the Heaven within,and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come. ~ A Course in Miracles Lighting up Our World This
This Week’s Quotation: He who sees all beings in his Self and his Self in all beings, he never suffers; because when he sees all creatures within his true Self, then jealousy, grief, and hatred vanish.~ Paramananda, The Upanishads
This Week’s Quotation: Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. ~ Philippians 4:8
This Week’s Quotation: A superior person takes time to discover what is right. The lesser person takes time to discover what pays better. ~ The Analects 4.16
This Week’s Quotation: Authentic gratitude is a way of life. When you wake up in the morning let your first thought be one of thanksgiving that you have another day to walk in the love of God. As you go through your day, see the
This Week’s Quotation: When feeling out of rhythm with yourself, others, or your situation, experiment with breathing in and out, feeling the sound of the word rukha, or Alaha… Neil Douglas-Klotz: Prayers of the Cosmos, p. 49 Supreme Blessedness We, the authors of
This Week’s Quotation: The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. ~Mark Twain Hearts Awakening This is a time of great change for humanity. Over the past several years we have faced
This Week’s Quotation: Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves, but for one another. ~ Henri Nouwen Community of the Heart We, the authors of this blog,