Allowing yourself to be controlled, either by others or by your own anger, represses your original qualities of tolerance and love, and thus creates a very deep kind of sorrow in the soul. To overpower this weakness, we need to be always aware that we are not only children of GOD but also heirs to His Divine qualities.

Cheerfulness comes from a sense of well being and contentment. It is a high quality, but it does not always stay with us. Thoughts of envy, worry, anger and hatred enter the mind, and cheerfulness vanishes. To maintain a "smiling face" we need to focus our attention only on the good qualities around us. When we see bad qualities we retain the defects of others and it poisons our intellect. When we see good qualities then our thoughts will be pure, our action elevated bringing with them a sense of contentment and joy free from a poisonous atmosphere.

If there is love for God, then automatically the soul becomesco-operative with all because God is the seed. By giving water to theseed, every leaf automatically receives water and then there is noneed to water each leaf individually. To be linked in love with thespiritual Father means to have love for all.

Let the power of tolerance be your armor. Without this armor, youbecome delicate to the storm of obstacles and you lose your happinessand enthusiasm and become disheartened. This armor will be yourprotection.

Unity is harmony within and amongst people. It is built with a sharedvision for the good of all and a common goal. Unity is appreciatingthe value of each person and their unique contribution. When there iswillingness to accommodate others, unity blossoms.

Meditation assists to develop the habit of thinking positive that enhances ones clarity of thought at all times and hence the ability to make continuously, instantaneous and authentic decisions. Having good judgmental powers through clarity of thought, we become more aware of our roles and responsibilities and become more focused on our aims and objectives. This is mainly because meditation teaches one to imbibe and inculcate good values and to keep away from being influenced by undesirable company. They are able to neutralize and diffuse potentially volatile situations into laughable ones instead of getting paranoid.

It is said that the mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Atevery moment we have the opportunity to choose our company: thoughtswhich bring oxygen to the spirit or those who bring pain. If I amloyal to myself, I will continually strive to go back to my inner coreof positivity. Again and again. I will be patient and loving, andincreasingly my mind will reside in this positive inner truth. When Iam able to be loving and loyal to myself, I can then help others in this same unconditional manner.

Forget The "What" - Focus On The "How"

Do not judge another until you have walked a mile in their shoes.

"DO not cry if the SUN sets at the end of the DAY, because the TEARS will not let you ENJOY the beauty of the STARS"

As the sun is golden at the time of rising as well as setting,
the behaviour of the noblemen is the same during pleasure and disaster.

The ability to enjoy one's own company is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer. Learning to turn our thoughts away from all our responsibilities at the day's end and take our mind into a state of peace and benevolence enables us to carry greater and greater loads without feeling burdened. When our inner landscape is full of beautiful thoughts, everything we do is a pleasure. Gently, we calm down chaotic situations and offer solace to troubled minds.

The benefit attained from meditation is that you have clarity of thought and have the ability to make the right decisions at the right time in every situation. When you make the right decisions consistently, then you achieve all your spiritual goals, desires and objectives with minimum energy. This means that you experience the greatest splendor with minimum expenditure. There is very little or minimum wastage of time, efforts and resources. Clarity of thought therefore is the ability to do the right things the very first time and never have to repeat things. To repeat things is very costly in time, money, resources and loss of opportunities. When you achieve the things that are under your control with minimum energy, then you are contented and where there is contentment there is happiness.

Meditation simply means the management of your thoughts. It is to have the ability to think of what you want and when you want, without interference from other thoughts. Meditation is to develop the ability to concentrate on a particular subject without being attracted and influenced by the five senses, the five vices and the five elements. Yoga, which is associated with meditation, simply means to have union or make connection with some object, subject, person or God. However, yoga is usually associated with spirituality. Yoga is to have connection and to have dialogue or sweet conversation with the divine source of inspiration, whom many call God. Meditation, therefore is a prerequisite or condition that assists spiritual seekers to have unbroken, undisturbed and continuous access with divinity and this experience is called yoga, another form of prayer.

The generic meaning of meditation is the "healing of the mind or to take control of the mind". This is because the mind, a faculty of the soul, is very inquisitive, curious and travels with great speed. Inreality, the mind is where all the thoughts are created or generated. It is similar to an antenna where all signals are received. On theaverage while one is awake, some 25-40 thoughts per minute enter themind of which less than 10 percent are positive. The rest are idle,waste or negative.

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

"We may not be born happy, but we are born with the ability to create happiness." --Source Unknown

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. - George Santayana

A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.