"Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.”-Joseph Campbell
“Wisdom is not knowledge, but lies in the use we make of knowledge.”—N. Sri Ram
“A man sits as many risks as he runs.” - H.D. Thoreau
I am not going to limit my service or my message to the world based on what other people think. I am my own person, and I’m going to be myself regardless. Go out and be great - and never apologize for it."-- Brendon Burchard
“Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is.” -A.W. Tozer-
"There’s a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.” -Dick Dale-
The world has never respected the weak and poor. If spirituality has any meaning then it has to confer power to the weak to assert dignity of their soul and reject anything that makes them remain in the receiving end. It is a curse to be only a receiver and not a giver.~~Bodhi
“True is it that we have seen better days,
And have with holy bell been knoll’d to church,
And sat at good men’s feasts, and wip’d our eyes
Of drops that sacred pity hath engender’d:
And therefore sit you down in gentleness
And take upon command what help we have
That to your wanting may be minister’d.” -
And:
" “Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile,
Hath not old custom made this life more sweet
Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Here feel we but the penalty of Adam,
The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind,
Which, when it bites and blows upon my body,
Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say
'This is no flattery: these are counsellors
That feelingly persuade me what I am.’
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life exempt from public haunt
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in every thing.
I would not change it."
From ‘As You Like It’
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“One day it just clicks. You realize what’s important and what isn’t. You learn to care less about what other people think of you and more about what you think of yourself. You realize how far you’ve come and you remember when you thought things were such a mess that they’d never recover. And then you smile. You smile because you are truly proud of yourself and the person you’ve fought to become.”-- Author Unknown
Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up & Burnt out
"The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds… I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.” - Brennan Manning
“Christianity happens when men and women accept with unwavering trust that their sins have been not only forgiven, but forgotten, washed away in the blood of the Lamb. Thus, my friend archbishop Joe Reia says, "A sad Christian is a phony Christian, and a guilty Christian is no Christian at all.” - Brennan Manning-
When we trust humans most often we are cheated. It is wise to first practice trusting the Divine following the path of meditation or devotion. Or else you will put all eggs in one basket and then cry in regret.
First love the Divine, the All mighty. Feel the unconditional gifts of the universe and unique gift of body-mind-spirit. That alone can strengthen your immunity against all miseries.
Love, serve, annihilate your ego.
~~Bodhi
A Word to The 'Elect ’
You may rejoice to think yourselves secure;
You may be grateful for the gift divine -
That grace unsought, which made your black hearts pure,
And fits your earth-born souls in Heaven to shine.But, is it sweet to look around, and view
Thousands excluded from that happiness
Which they deserved, at least, as much as you, -
Their faults not greater, nor their virtues less?
The first two verses of Anne Bronte’s beautiful poem. (The entire poem can be found in the Poetry catalogue.)
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“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.”-- Dolly Parton
“The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.” -Eugene H. Peterson-
“Either you defend the status quo or invent the future.”-- Seth Godin
Wrong is its own avenger — George MacDonald, Stephen Archer and other tales
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Only one question looms all over the world, when is this virus going to leave us to our normal life? As such it is collective abnormality for decades that created collective bad will that has brought this unprecedented pandemic. Now, sooner humans all over the planet realize their duty to stand together to address the 1% filthy rich monsters who control every facet of life and give them right lessons and teach lessons to countries who only know power and control with foul play of economics, only when that is done, we will all find a habitable healthy planet and healthy humanity!
Love and gratitude!
~~Bodhi
“God’s grace always precedes his call.” -Brennan Manning-
“In philosophy, the opposite of truth is error; in Scripture, the opposite of truth is a lie.” -B. Manning-
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
“If you want to celebrate a happy occasion, do it by helping those who are in need.”-- Mohith Agadi
“I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn’t have anything to do with me.” -Michael W. Smith-
Practice of visualization is very important. See Now what you wish to see in future. Know that mind knows no limitations. It’s only limitation is “doubt”. If you can deeply believe and continually affirm a higher truth it will materialize in its own sweet time. It is almost like putting a seed in the soil, you nurture it with water but if you wish to see it’s seedling and take it out and see, then the seed can never germinate. It is doubt that spoils the sport. Practice visualization and see the magic of your own doubtless mind.
Love and trust!
~~Bodhi
“Our true nature is reflected in how we respond when someone around us succeeds. We have two choices: to laud them with praise or to load them with criticism. The focus of our heart determines our response.”-- Jeremy Gove
Legend remains victorious in spite of history- Sarah Bernhardt -
Only Love can save the world. Love that gives, expects nothing for it is self fulfilling. Everything else needs a return but love feels happy that my beloved is happy. I may suffer, I may go to million hells but my love is healthy and happy. That feeling fills up every vacuum for which all efforts are made.
Don’t talk of Covid19 talk of Love, Spread Love.
Love happens!
~~Bodhi