é™æ€è¯ Readings For Silent Reflection
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Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:
Thought I share this. Found it in my email.
OPENING THE HEART
“Everything is made of light; everything is alive. The Great Mystery
of life has little to do with intelligence. The universe is not an
intellectual process. The intellect is helpful; but our hearts are
the wiser part of ourselves.”—Mellen-Thomas Benedict
Heart is a word that refers to many different levels of our being.
Essentially, it is the love aspect of soul, capable of making
direct, intuitive contact. Soul love is not emotional; it is highly
impersonal and intelligent, capable of grasping the essence of
someone or something without any projection on our part.Appreciation significantly turns on the heart. Appreciation is not
an emotion that arises spontaneously, but a soul quality we can
choose. The more often we choose to be appreciative, the easier this
choice becomes and the more frequently our heart opens to give and
receive love.“If you open your heart, love opens your mind.”
—Charles John QuartoNice :)
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Originally posted by Dawnfirstlight:
Nice :)
Thanks Dawnfirstlight. It was send to me and I thought I share it. -
I found this in my email along time ago, thought I share it. Thanks. A MATTER OF PRIORITIES - LETTING GO OF THE LITTLE STUFF We experience numerous disappointments each and every day. Our expectations go unmet, our plans are blocked by circumstance, our wishes go unfulfilled, and we discover that our lives are subject to a myriad of forces beyond our conscious control. In some cases, our response is powerful because we must invest ourselves and our resources to overcome genuine hardship. In others, our reactions are far more passionate than our circumstances likely warrant. The tension that permeates our bodies and minds when we are late for an event, interrupted at work, or sitting in traffic is not inappropriate, but it can interfere with our well-being in profound ways. When we stop worrying about relatively unimportant matters, we can be at peace and devote so much more of ourselves to what is truly important. The small frustrations and irritations wield such power over us because they rob us of the illusion of control. But every problem is a potential teacher—a confusing situation is an opportunity to practice mindfulness, and difficult people provide us with opportunities to display compassion. There is a natural human tendency to invest copious amounts of emotional energy in minor dilemmas and frustrations in order to avoid confronting those more complex issues that are largely outside the realm of our control. The intensity of our response provides us with a temporary sense of personal power that helps us cope with challenges that might otherwise overwhelm us. But it is only when we let the little stuff go that we discover that the big stuff is not really so devastating after all. In the stress of a singularly tense incident, differentiating between an inconsequential annoyance and a legitimate challenge can seem a monumental task. Ask yourself whether the emotions you are feeling will be as vivid in a year, a day, or even an hour. As focused as you are on this moment in time, your reward for letting go of your emotional investment may be the very happiness and harmony of being whose loss you are lamenting. Needless aggravation is seldom worth the cost it exacts. You cannot distance yourself from life's inconsistencies, irritations, and upheavals, but you can relinquish your desire for perfect order and gain peace of mind in the process. - contributed by StarsStuff
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Do not disregard small misdeeds,
Thinking they are harmless,
Because even tiny sparks of flame,
Can set fire to a mountain of hay.
Do not disregard small positive acts,
Thinking they are without benefit,
Because even tiny drops of water,
Will eventually fill a large container.
- The Buddha
(Sutra of the Wise and Foolish)
�以善�而�为，�以��而为之
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Cause and Effect
If in this life, one's hobby is netting fish and trapping birds and animals, in the next life one will be separated from one's kith and kin, from one's parents, brothers, sisters, spouse and children.
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Hi all, thought I share this. It was in my email send to me a couple of years back. When I am praising or appreciating or being grateful for the object of my attention then I am thinking in a way that connects me with Source Energy, and I feel good. When I am objecting to, or being critical of, or I am angry or irritated at the object of my attention, then I am thinking in a way that dis-connects me from Source Energy, and I feel bad. It’s just as easy to see the glass as half full rather than half empty, but which observation leaves you feeling good and at peace? Do you look for the Light, or for the Darkness? Which pattern of thinking connects you with Source Energy? Which feels better to YOU? It’s worth thinking about… ~ Misty-Eve*
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Cause and Effect
Behaving proud and arrogant in this life will result in being born lowly in next life.
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If in this life, one's hobby is netting fish and trapping birds and animals, in the next life one will be separated from one's kith and kin, from one's parents, brothers, sisters, spouse and children. -
I'd received this email in 2007, thought I share here. SELF - MEDICATION? Fear, sadness, anger, pride and impatience are potent emotional habit energies. Hoping to merely suppress them with an iron will or steely self-control is just folly. Attempting to drown them in: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, sugar and sugar substitutes is likewise ineffective in the long term. There have been many spiritual teachers who recommend the judicious application of mind-altering substances… but Buddha wasn’t one of them. After all, his 5th moral precept is to NOT indulge in recreational intoxication. Did Buddha teach that so that he could be a bothersome fellow? Nope! But decades in the royal court taught him the folly of self-medication as complete spiritual path. See this clearly; nicotine, caffeine, sugar and sugar substitutes are mind-altering intoxicants. Should you take my word for it? Oh, please don’t! Rather, experiment and find out, for yourself, first hand. Simply abstain, cold turkey, from Nicotine, Caffeine, Sugar and Sugar-substitutes for 21 consecutive days. What kind of withdrawal and detoxification symptoms could you experience during the first 72 hours? What kind of headaches, cravings, mood-swings and crankiness could you experience during the first 3 days? But, if you stuck with it, how much more lucid, calm, peaceful and clear-headed could you feel by the 21st day? Alright then, if self-control as well as suppression are inadequate and self medication is just folly, how then, could we easily and effectively Tame our fear, sadness, anger, pride and impatience? And how could we also Harness their energy to progress even further upon Buddha’s path of: love, peace, insight and happiness? Simple! The answer is to be found in Buddha's “Quick Path to Happy Peace.� You could learn it at the rate of one lesson per week, for seven weeks. Imagine how much you could be transformed by just seven lessons. - Lama Jigme http://www.LamaJigme.com
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Cause and Effect
Even a good and compassionate person may suffer from various difficulties and may live a short life; this is because the evil karmic actions of his past life have ripened first, while this life's good karmic actions have yet to ripen.
When one do good and yet receive bad results, one should quickly repent one's evil actions of one's past life. One should not start to blame on others or to criticize, saying doing good deeds will not bring good results.
Nanmo Amituofo _/|\_
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Cause and Effect
The sutra states : By donating foodstuffs one creates 5 types of blessings : Longevity, Equanimity, Noble appearance, Good health and Eloquent speech.
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