Easy is the descent into the lower world. Night and day the door of glowing dis stands open. But to recall thy steps and pass out to the upper air, this is the task, this is the work. Virgil (70 – 19 B.C.E.)
Mother Meera Quote – “When you know that you are eternal…”
When you know that you are eternal you can play your true role in time. When you know you are divine you can become completely human. When you know you are one with God you are free to become absolutely yourself, individual and holy and my child. Mother Meera (1960)
Mother Meera Quote – “There is no rest in this work…”
There is no rest in this work: the highest serves most lovingly; the wisest listens best; the one who has seen gives his whole life to help others to see. This is the divine way. Mother Meera (1960)
Joseph Addison Quote – “What was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment…”
How our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment. Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719)
Muhammad Quote – “A man should be so disinterested and untrammeled…”
A man should be so poor that he is not and has not a place for God to act in. To reserve a place would be to maintain distinctions. A man should be so disinterested and untrammeled that he does not know what God is doing in him. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “Do what you should do when you should do it…”
Do what you should do when you should do it. Refuse to do what you should not do. And when it is not clear, wait until you are sure. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Mooji Quote – “If you come to a place of total helplessness…”
If you come to a place of total helplessness, total powerlessness, don’t resist. You might find something that up until then you have been missing. Mooji (1954)
James Michener Quote – “But if a man happens to find himself…”
For this is the journey that men make: to find themselves. It doesn’t matter what else they find: fame, fortune, many loves, revenge… when the tickets are collected at the end of the ride, they are tossed in the bin marked failure. But if a man happens to find himself, the extent of his courage, the limit of his dedication, […]
Aubrey Menen Quote – “God, human folly, and laughter…”
There are three things which are real. God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third. Aubrey Menen (1912 – 1989)
Anonymous Sayings – “Go within, or go without.”
Go within, or go without. Anonymous