“In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally ‘appearances,’ the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more ‘material’ and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is.” -Annie Besant Kabir…
Month: April 2015
Understand what you pray for – and why you pray!
” “Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks Him,” he was fond of repeating. “That is the true dialogue. Man questions God and God answers. But we don’t understand His answers. We can’t understand them. Because they come from the depths of the soul, and they stay there until death. You will…
Ask yourself – are you doing good because you want praise, or because it needs to be done?
“Real kindness seeks no return – what return can the world make to rain clouds?” -Tiruvalluvar, Tamil Sage and Poet Kabir – The couplet कबीर मन फुल्या फिरे, करता हूँ मैं धम्म । कोटि क्रम सीरी ले चल्या, चेट न देखै भ्रम ॥ Transliterated: Kabir Man Phulya Phire, Karta Hoon Main Dhamm |…
Delusion causes as much real destruction as it creates false hope.
“The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.” -Voltaire Kabir – The couplet कबीर इस संसार का, झूठा माया मोह । जिहि घरी जीता बढ़ावना, तिहि घर तीता अन्दोह ॥ Transliterated: Kabir…
Do not allow delusion to warp your perception of the real world
“The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.” -Bodhidharma Kabir – The couplet कबीर माया पापिनी,फंध ले बैठी हाटी । सब जग तो फंदे पद्य, गया कबीरा काटी ॥ Transliterated: Kabir Maaya Papini, Phandh Le Baithi Haati | Sab Jag Tou…