Kahlil Gibran said this in The Prophet: “Much of your pain in self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity.” Does this mean we are all suckers for punishment because we keep choosing pain? No. …
Rumi said, “Journey forth from your own self to God’s self – voyage without end.” When I lived in the UK, I travelled a lot. I spent ten most enjoyable days in Egypt, exploring the temples and other historical places. It was important for me to see Venice. I planned on staying outside of Venice …
As you know by now, I enjoy reading the scriptures of various religions, because I have realised that the truth is not captured in one single religion. Instead, beautiful universal truths are captured with different words in different scriptures and writings, I read in the Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 1, ch 10 text 5) about the …
Are you aware of the power of words? The Zohar (Beresheet B, section 52) describes the power of our words beautifully: “A deeply hidden secret pertains to the spiritual powers of the mouth. As letters and words arouse the very forces that they describe, the mouth animates the spiritual forces that it speaks. Positive words …
Kahlil Gibran said “…reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.” He then describes how God uses reason and passion: “Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows …
It is one thing to say “I have faith” and it is another thing to truly have an unshakable faith. I read this in The Book of Q or The Gospel of Thomas: “After Jesus said these things, he went into Capernaum. And a centurion [Roman army officer in charge of 100 soldiers], when he …