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tyu — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:39:05 +0000

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~ The Light of the Century ~

tyu — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:26:43 +0000

Mother Teresa ~ by Eva Maria Nova
Remembering the greatest of all women, the humblest of all souls, the most gracious Mother of all God’s children whose soul enlightens every human being. She is the woman with a lantern who shows the way to the humanity enlightening every human soul in saving its own dignity. Everybody who wants to write about Mother Teresa realizes the insufficiency of the word because no words can describe her any better that those she left behind.

Mother Teresa ~ The Light of the Century ~
“I am a little pencil in the hand of God who is sending Love letter to the world. I do nor pray for success, ask for faithfulness. God doesn’t require us to succeed; He only requires you to try. I have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts there can be no more hurt, only more Love. Do not think that Love, in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to Love without getting tired. God works are links that form a chain of Love. Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand. Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of Love. Let us more and more insist on raising funds of Love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God ~ the rest will be given. Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your Love everywhere you go. Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do…but how much Love we put in that action. Love begins by taking care of the closest ones~the ones at home. Spread Love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Peace begin with a smile. We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature, trees, flowers, grass~grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence….We need silence to be able to touch souls. We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

~ In Loving Memory

The supreme happiness

Joy — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:51:19 +0000

by Joy
Victor Hugo said that the supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.
The teachings of the Buddha reveal a step by step path to lasting happiness. The mind is like a cloudy sky, in real meaning clear and pure but overcast by the clouds of delusions. These delusions in our mind such as hatred, ignorance, and greed are not an intrinsic part of the mind. If we apply the appropriate methods they can be completely eliminated, and we will experience the supreme happiness of life, meaning full enlightenment. The primary meaning of this term, supreme happiness in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, and good happening.

How to make a positive difference in the World

Joy — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:50:38 +0000

The world can seem like an unfriendly, threatening place, yet we all want safety, health, and happiness for ourselves and our loved ones. How can one ordinary person — you or me — make a positive difference in this world? One way is the practice “paying it forward.” While the steps might be simple, the outcome can change the world.
Be attentive wherever you are for opportunities to help someone. Perhaps you have an elderly or disabled neighbor who is too proud to ask for help with their yard work or maybe you’re in a restaurant and see someone who looks like they could use some kind stranger to pay for their meal. You can change people’s attitudes about the world through your unobtrusive acts of kindness.
Do something nice for someone you don’t know (or don’t know very well). It should be something significant, and not for a person from whom you expect a good deed — or anything at all, for that matter — in return
Spread the word. If the person thanks you and wants to “repay” you (that is, pay it “back”), let them know that what you’d really like is for them to pay it “forward” — you’d like them to do something nice for three people they don’t know, and ask those three people to do something nice for three more people. The idea is to consciously increase the goodness of the world
Pay it forward. When you notice that somebody has done something nice for you, make a note in your mind to practice three acts of kindness towards other people.
Offered to you with joy, by Joy

How to Practice Random Acts of Kindness

Joy — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:49:51 +0000

by Joy
People with the best intentions sometimes get overwhelmed by the idea of charity. They think they need a great deal of time or money or courage to make a real difference in the world. But you don’t have to be a philanthropist to help. Anne Herbert said, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty;” by doing this, you can help every day with small but important acts of encouragement and generosity.

1. Share a smile. When meeting a new person, or even chatting with an old one, express joy. Show that you’re happy to be with them, and that they make you happy.
2. Forgive somebody. You’d be amazed at the ripple effect an ounce of forgiveness can have in your life and in the lives of others.
3. Write a letter to a stranger. It only takes a few minutes to write, but a letter can make someone else’s day, or even their week. Think of all the people who are lonely, isolated or just in need of cheering up: soldiers fighting overseas, kids in juvenile detention centers or elderly people in nursing homes. Do a simple search online and you’ll find services that will provide you with list of people who’d love to hear from you.
4. Put someone else first. If you get to the grocery store check-out line at the same time as someone else, you can decide to smile and wave them through first. Or, when you’re stuck in traffic and the last thing you want to do is let a car get in front of you, just remember that somebody else had to let you in, and repay the favor to the next person!
5. Say thank you. Think of all the people in your life whose faces and names you’ll never know but who serve and protect you day after day. Send some prepackaged treats to your local police or fire department with a card letting them know how much you appreciate their service to the community. (Since homemade desserts could be contaminated, they will probably not be eaten.)
6. Compliment someone. There’s usually an awkward silence when you’re stuck in an elevator with a stranger. Instead of staring at the floor, find something you like about the other person and compliment him/her on it. Not only will it make him/her feel good, it just might kick off a conversation with a new friend.
7. Offer helping hands. Do you ever see homeless people and feel overwhelmed by your inability to make a difference? Even if you can’t save them all, you can do a lot with one small act. Buy a pair of gloves or dig up an old blanket, and give them to someone who’s living in the cold streets or to any organization that serves the homeless.
8. Clean up. The next time you see someone littering, don’t just shake your head and look the other way. Pick up the litter and throw it away, and while you’re at it, look around the street for any other trash that needs to be removed. If you take a walk, take a plastic grocery bag so you can collect the trash that would otherwise just make you unhappy, and know that you’re doing a random act of kindness for the people who will come through after you!
9. Cheer someone up. Maybe you know someone who’s had a horrible day. Send them some flowers or give them a warm hug to make them feel better. Everyone needs just a little extra love sometimes.
10. Send a message. Write down your favorite poem on happiness or jot down some thoughts on hope, then leave it somewhere for a stranger to find

How to Forgive

Joy — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:48:58 +0000

One of the thorniest and most difficult things we humans are ever called upon to do is to respond to evil with kindness, and to forgive the unforgivable. We love to read stories about people who have responded to hatred with love, but when that very thing is demanded of us personally, our default seems to be anger, angst (dread or anguish), depression, righteousness, hatred, etc. Yet study after study shows that one of the keys to longevity and good health is to develop a habit of gratitude and let go of past hurts.

Want to live a long, happy life? Forgive the unforgivable. It really is the kindest thing you can do for yourself. Your enemy may not deserve to be forgiven for all the pain and sadness and suffering purposefully inflicted on your life, but you deserve to be free of this evil. As Ann Landers often said, “hate is like an acid. It destroys the vessel in which it is stored.”

Be Happy……

umasharma — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:47:52 +0000

Since many years, I’ve been searching an ideal field of learning for myself. Options were many and, I tried my hands in few. But, after few years, I had to abandon them.

Finally, I’ve found my field of learning. Indeed, one has to learn it , as we have completely forgotten this ancient knowledge (may be it existed before humans came on this planet). It’s very simple, though requires practice and focus.

Well, it’s happiness! Not, I want to be happy. Just, be happy!

Yes, this is my field of learning. And learning it is. To be happy is very simple.

“We want to be happy”, this statement has one basic flaw; that we are looking for happiness outside. We associate happiness with want. Want is desire for an external object. It means; we will be happy only if we achieve or buy or get something; eg; clothes, money, fame etc. It also means; if we loose the object of our happiness then happiness will also be lost.

If we remove this smokescreen of “I want to be happy” and look within. We will see that we are and have been always happy. Happiness resides within us. Every breath we inhale and exhale is pure happiness. Every rising breaths fills our body with joy. The joy of living! Our fingertip tingles with happiness and it is happiness that vibrates in our heart.

We have to realize our happiness. We can do it; just be simple. It’s our fascination for complex that creates all the unhappiness. Let me rephrase; that creates the illusion of unhappiness. Children can be great teachers. We can learn from children the art of being happy by living and enjoying simplicity of life.

Let’s look at this world with the eyes of a child. In other words; let’s look at this world with wonder. Let’s approach life as a puzzle; which unfolds itself a little everyday. Let everyday be a new discovery.
Let’s not rush in solving everything. Let’s stop and play sometime or may be catch some butterflies.

I conclude with these beautiful lines by Osho:
It is very ordinary to be extraordinary; everybody wants it.
To be ordinary and be calm and relaxed in it is Extraordinary.

Uma

Loving Kindness

jacquemo — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:17:44 +0000

How do you express loving kindness?
This question was recently asked of me while participating
in an Acro-Yoga workshop in La Jolla California, USA.
Although I may have given a heartfelt answer and perhaps some
of the listeners even felt as if i am truly a loving person, I realized
not all my thoughts and actions represent the ways of loving-kindness;
unconditional love, active interest, friendliness, compassion, good will.
Three things transpired since i was asked this question.

First, I have given much contemplation toward the concept of loving-kindness.
Secondly, I have concluded;
To live a life of loving kindness foremost requires that we take care of ourselves.
So, the question may well have been answered simply and brilliantly as,
“I express loving-kindness by caring for myself.”
Thirdly, I intend to be continually mindful of how and why i live and express loving-kindness.

Selfish? I think not.
A vessel containing only loving-kindness can express only loving-kindness.
If one allows this vessel, once created from and containing only loving-kindness,
to become polluted then what is poured from it is also polluted.

true love

tyu — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:11:11 +0000

true love is . . .
true love wants nothing
true love is unconditional
true love expects no reward
true love asks nothing in return
true love is without self-interest
this is true love . . .
there is a place in which the entire Universe dwells.
when you are in this place in you and I am in this place in me, we are One.
true love is altruistic
true love knows no fear
true love imputes no motive
true love is free from attachment
true love is compassion and mercy
true love is not bound by space and time
true love expresses itself through emotion

taking liberation

tyu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:09:15 +0000

The act of forgiveness is not about the offender.
Forgiveness is a controversial subject to some and for others there is no controversy at all, the act is as natural as breathing. For some, the thought of forgiveness or forgiving just does not settle well and is not considered to be part of everyday life for common man. For others, forgiveness, whether easy or difficult, is a necessary and achievable response to self-suffering due to detrimental acts. Some find balance in their lives from the practice of forgiveness while others find solace only in their antipathy.

Let’s take this concept of forgiveness one step further, unconditional forgiveness.

What exactly is unconditional forgiveness?
Most people understand the concept of unconditional love when it comes to their children or their faith. Consider for a moment, unconditional forgiveness. Unconditional forgiveness is simply the act of forgiveness without conditions. The most common conditions set upon the act of forgiveness are; admission of guilt, remorse, ceasing further harm, making amends, recompense, punishment, saying, “I am sorry”, and the asking of forgiveness. So, imagine forgiveness when no conditions are present. For some, unconditional forgiveness can not and should not exist. For others it is the only way forgiveness is given. Stop sometime for five minutes and contemplate the concept, or meditate on the thought of unconditional forgiveness; forgiveness without conditions.

Let’s speculate that we have the entire concept of forgiveness all wrong.
If you believe that forgiveness is about the offender, for the sake of the moment,
let’s speculate that we have the entire concept of forgiveness all wrong.
A definition of forgiveness is; the process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, and/or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution. If you believe and accept this as the complete meaning of forgiveness, then believe there is no aspect of forgiveness that releases the offender from the act.
The act of forgiveness is not about the offender. Forgiveness is about releasing the connection between one’s self, the offender, and the event. Through the act of forgiveness the harmful effects of the event-connection will no longer exist for the emotional host.

Don’t mistake forgiveness with amnesty or reconciliation.
Forgiveness is about the well-being, mental and physical health, and everlasting compassion of the person who has been hurt.

What is the process of forgiveness?
1. Understand and feel comfortable with knowing that forgiveness is not about the offender
and does not condone the hurtful act.
2. Conclude your resentment of the offender and of the act.
3. Conclude your indignation and anger toward the offender and the act.
4. Cease the desire or demand for punishment and, or restitution.
Achieving these 4 points will release a great amount of bound negative energy and you will feel lighter, more free and more compassionate.
If you are ready to go to the next level;
5. Wish the offender loving kindness.
6. Wish the offender a happy, healthy, life.
Wish these from your heart, not from your mouth. You do not need to tell
anyone, including the offender. Forgiveness is about you.