God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 – 1971)
Isaac Newton Quote – “If I have ever made any valuable discoveries…”
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent. Isaac Newton (1642 – 1726)
Gregory of Nazianzus Quote – “That man by retiring from all externals…”
That man by retiring from all externals and withdrawing into himself in the centre of his own unity becometh most like unto God. Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – 390)
Gregory of Nazianzus Quote – “The great Architect of the universe conceived…”
The great Architect of the universe conceived and produced a being endowed with both natures, the visible and the invisible. God created the human being, bringing its body forth from the pre-existing matter which he animated with his own Spirit… Thus in some way a new universe was born, small and great at one and the same time. God set […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “There is a way out…”
If men could see their true position and could understand all the horror of it, they would be unable to remain where they are even for one second. They would begin to seek a way out and they would quickly find it, because there is a way out, but men fail to see it simply because they are hypnotized. Kundalini […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “Awakening begins when a man realizes…”
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go. P. D. Ouspensky (1878 – 1947)
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “An entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known…”
I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except by an entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known or used by us. P. D. Ouspensky (1878 – 1947)
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “Man is a machine controlled by accidental shocks…”
If he carries out all these rules while he observes himself, a man will record a whole series of very important aspects of his being. To begin with, he will record with unmistakable clearness the fact that his actions, thoughts, feelings, and words are the result of external influences and that nothing comes from himself. He will understand and see […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “There is nothing new in the idea of sleep…”
There is nothing new in the idea of sleep. People have been told almost since the creation of the world that they are asleep and that they must awaken. How many times is this said in the Gospels, for instance? “Awake,” “watch,” “sleep not.” Christ’s disciples even slept when he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane for the last […]
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “It is very difficult to sacrifice one’s suffering…”
Another thing that people must sacrifice is their suffering. It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering. Man is made in such a way that he is never so much attached to anything as he is to his suffering. And it is necessary […]
