Monday, March 14, 2011

Whispers from Eternity

I will conquer pride by humility, hate by love, excitement by calmeness, selfishness by generosity, evil by good, ignorance by knowledge, and restlessness by the peace of meditation on You.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

How to Change Others

The behavior of others should not be allowed to rob us of our peace of mind. It is difficult for anyone to remain mentally calm and hold his tongue when he is irritated by others, but no human being can successfully go through life telling everyone who annoys him how to behave. Unsolicited counsel creates tremendous resentment. One should not try to impose his will or ideas upon those around him unless they have asked for such guidence.
Reform yourself and you will  reform thousands. Be an example of what you want others to be. Pramahansa Yogananda

Monday, March 7, 2011

One With God, One With God's Power

In the form of the earth He has a positive and a negative side, the north and south poles. The stars are His eyes, the grass and trees are His hair, and the rivers are His bloodstream. The ocean's roar, the skylark's song. the cry of the newborn babe, and all other sounds of creation are His voice. This is the personal God. The heartthrob behind all hearts is His pulsing cosmic energy. He is walking in mankind's twenty six hundred million pairs of feet. He is working through all hands. It is the One Divine Consciousness that is manifesting through all brains. Because of God's law of attraction and repulsion, the cells of the human body are harmoniously held together in the same way that stars are kept in balance in their proper orbits. The omnipresent God is ever active, there is not a place anywhere without some form of life. With illimitable prodigality God incessantly projects protean forms, inexhaustible manifestaions of His cosmic energy.



Harmonizing Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Methods of Healing

Those who are suffering from some physical trouble feel that the pain will never end, while those who are not ailing think they are fine and never expect to be unwell. If you are in good health, be greatful.
The Human machine is most imperfect, and therefore unreliable. Yet see how it lasts for so many years. Have you seen any car run as long as the human body does? Nevertheless, this wonderul machine that God has created is anything but perfect.
We must know the characteristics of the human machine. Just as a car needs water, gas, and electricity, so does the body. Your gas and water supply come from the solids, liquids, and oxygen you take into your body. To utilize them,
the energy of life (prana) must be present. That is the electicity. Wihout this life-electricity you couldn't digest your food or assimilate oxygen. You can liken the body to an automobile battery: both require inner electicity to produce "electricity" or energy. A battery is better, because when it dies you can recharge it from an outside source. But when your physical body is dead, you cannot revitalize it.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Divine Meaning Behind Human Relationships


God gave us human raltionships in various forms for one reason. We are to learn from one an other. Everyone is in a sense our guru, our teacher. Children teach us, they discipline us, we have to learn endless patience and how to reach out ourselves, outside our own selfishness and self interest, in order to help mold thier lives correctly. Is our responsibility to guide and train them and give them the best pssible start in life. And so must we learn to behave in this world. When there is complete understanding and communication between two souls, there is real friendship and real love. When people learn to keep friendship, respect, and regard in their relationships they will never abuse each other, or hurt themselves by such abuse.