STORIES

We are not the stories we tell ourselves.  Almost all of them are wrong! 

When we sit in Silent meditation stories/thoughts about ourselves of all manner arise.  They come and  disappear like clouds in a vast sky.  In time we come to see the impermanence in them.   

Who sees that they are impermanent?

Seek that one!

Then, as Thich Nhat Hanh says:

"we don't suffer anymore."

Peace be upon you.

God's Mercy and Compassion 

Every chapter in the Quran, all one hundred and fourteen of them except one, begins with the statement that God is Entirely Merciful and God is Entirely Compassionate.  Mercy is God's essential nature and it is with Compassion that He acts it out. 

Muslims pray five times each day at specified times in the spirit of remaining mindful of God and His Mercy.

I have been doing this for quite some time. It has had a profound effect on the peace I feel in my heart. 

Peace be upon you!

THE ORIGINAL DEFINITION OF YOGA

From the Upanishads:

"He who has no ill will to any being, who is friendly and compassionate, who is free from the feeling of 'I' and 'mine,' even-minded in pain and pleasure, forbearing, ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, and possessed of firm conviction, with mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to Me."

In the 1980s and 1990s, yoga began to be marketed more as a form of exercise and physical fitness rather than a spiritual practice. 

"First something is a great idea, then it becomes a cause, then it becomes a business and finally it become a racket."

Eric Hoffer

Peace be upon you.

 

Meditation is the practice of letting go of the world.  With practice the light behind the world shines though.

Peace be upon you.

 Glory be to Allah ( the Arabic name for God), He is far above whatever they attribute to Him - indeed the Most Wise.

Peace be upon you.