SACRED GENIUS OF GENEROSITY
"The Sun, each second, transforms four million tons of itself into light,
giving itself over to become energy that we, with every meal, partake of.
For four million years, humans have been feasting on the Sun's energy
stored in the form of wheat or reindeer, as each day the Sun dies as Sun
and is reborn as the vitality of Earth. Every child of ours needs to learn
the simple truth: She is the energy of the Sun. And we adults should
organize things so her face shines with the same radiant joy.

"Human generosity is possible only because at the center of the solar
system a magnificent stellar generosity pours forth free energy day and
night without stop and without complaint and without the slightest
hesitation. This is the way of the universe. This is the way of life. And this
is the way in which each of us joins this cosmological lineage when we
accept the Sun's gift of energy and transform it into creative action that
will enable the community to flourish."

—Brian Swimme, *The Hidden
Heart of the Cosmos,* video

"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be
saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense
in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by
faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;
therefore, we are saved by love."

-Reinhold Niebuhr

The heart of every man, both good and bad, is the abode of God, and care should be taken never to wound anyone by word or act.

In order to awaken love and sympathy in our hearts, sacrifices must be made. We must forget our own troubles in order to sympathize with the troubles of others. To relieve the hunger of others we must forget our own hunger. Everybody is working for selfish ends, not caring about others, and this alone has brought about the misery in the world today. When the world is evolving from imperfection towards perfection, it needs all love and sympathy. Great tenderness and watchfulness is required of each one of us. The heart of every man, both good and bad, is the abode of God, and care should be taken never to wound anybody by word or act. We are only here in this world for a short time; many have been here before, and have passed on, and it is for us to see that we leave behind an impression of good.

We cannot help believing the words of Buddha, 'The essence of all religion is harmlessness'. Harmlessness does not mean refraining from killing: one can kill many without killing. In order to kill a person one does not need to murder him; a glance, a word, a thought can kill a person, and that is worse torture than death. It is this experience that will make us say, 'My very feet, be conscientious lest you tread on the thorns lying on your path, lest they complain: You have crushed me'.

There is no end to consideration once a person begins applying this principle. If there is any religion it is in having consideration for everyone: earnestly to consider what feeling can be touched by a moment's mistake. If there is any abode of God it is in the heart of man. If the heart is touched wrongly it has an effect upon destiny, and we do not know to what extent.

Believe you are a creator

"Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is
endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and
everything your heart desires must come to you."

-- Shakti Gawain

We hold the power to create whatever we desire. Our ability to
manifest the changes we desire depends on the depth and passion of our
beliefs and on the focus of our attention.

With this understanding, we, as individuals and as society, can design
a whole new future for ourselves. Our challenge is to break free of
society's world view, to truly empower our imaginations to create
brand new realities. It brings a whole new meaning to 'vision.'

What do you passionately desire for your own life? For the planet?

"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we
create it. The non-existent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired."

-- Nikos Kazantzakis

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2012,
THE RETURN OF QUETZACOATL
by Daniel Pichbeck

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Praise cannot exist without blame; it has no existence without its opposite.

There is a pair of opposites in all things, and in each there exists the spirit of the opposite: in man the quality of woman, in woman the spirit of man, in the sun the form of the moon, in the moon the light of the sun. The closer one approaches reality, the nearer one arrives at unity.

by Hazrat Inayat Khan -

The prophet brings love, the love of God, the Father and Mother of the whole humanity, a love that is life itself. No words nor actions can express that love. The presence of the prophet, his very being, speaks of it, if only the heart had ears to listen. Verily, to the believer all is right, and to the unbeliever all is wrong.

The principal work of the prophet is to glorify the Name of God and to raise humanity from the denseness of the earth, to open the doors of the human heart to the divine beauty which is everywhere manifested and to illuminate souls which are groping in darkness for years. The prophet brings the message of the day, a reform for that particular period in which he is born. A claim of a prophet is nothing to the real prophet. The being of the prophet, the work of the prophet, and the fulfillment of his task is itself the proof of prophethood.

Man must first create peace in himself if he desires to see peace in the world; for lacking peace within, no effort of his can bring any result.

Our spirit is the real part of us. The body is but a garment. There is absolute peace in the abode from whence the spirit came, and the true happiness of the soul lies in that peace. As man would not find peace at the tailor's just because his coat came from there, so the spirit cannot get true happiness from the earth just because the body belongs to the earth. The soul experiences life through the mind and body and enjoys it, but its true happiness lies in peace.

In order to gain this peace we have to begin with ourselves. There are fights going on within us between spirit and matter. Struggles for our daily bread, and want of peace in our surroundings. We must first get this peace within ourselves before we can talk of peace in the world. Then we must be at peace with our surroundings, and never do or say anything that disturbs that peace. All thoughts, words, and actions that disturb the peace are sin, and all thoughts words, and actions that create peace are virtue.

What keeps happiness out of one's life is the closing of the doors of the heart, and when the heart is not living, then there is no happiness there. Sometimes the heart is not fully alive but only partly. At the same time it expects life from the other heart. But the real life of the heart is to live independently in its own happiness and that is gained by spiritual attainment, by digging deep into one's own heart.

The one who has found his peace within himself may be in a cave of the mountain or among the crowd, yet in every place he will experience peace. What generally happens is that in order to get peace we blame the other person who jars upon our nerves. But in reality the true peace can come only by being so firm against all influences around us that nothing can disturb us.

It is natural to experience peace, but life in the world is not natural. Animals and birds all experience peace, but not mankind, for man is the robber of his own peace. He has made his life so artificial that he can never imagine how far he is removed from what may be called a normal, natural life for him to live. It is for this reason that we need the art of discovering peace within us; we shall not experience peace by improving outside conditions. Man has always longed for peace and he has always brought about wars. At the same time every individual says he is seeking for peace. Then where does war come from? It comes because the meaning of peace has not been fully understood. Man lives in a continual turmoil, in a restless condition, and in order to seek for peace he seeks war; if this goes on we shall not have peace till every individual begins to seek peace within himself first. What is peace? Peace is the natural condition of the soul.