Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better or happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile; kindness in your warm greeting.
Mother Teresa
LOVE
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Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. - Anon
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. - Anon
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. - Anon[/quote]
Nice quote, thanks for posting. The things that are done in the spirit of love are unforgetable and hard to erase. They live with you for ever.
.........Anon
Nice quote, thanks for posting. The things that are done in the spirit of love are unforgetable and hard to erase. They live with you for ever.
.........Anon
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After you're gone?
After you're gone
How will I go to work?
Who will I phone
To talk through the silent evening
After you're gone?
You're part of my life,
A piece of my tapestry.
On what rock
Will my castle rest
After you're gone?
Time will turn
But without hands.
How will I eat
Without my day on your dish
After you're gone?
You're the only place
I can put myself.
No hopes or dreams
Can fill my tumbling days
After you're gone.
Nicholas Gordon
How will I go to work?
Who will I phone
To talk through the silent evening
After you're gone?
You're part of my life,
A piece of my tapestry.
On what rock
Will my castle rest
After you're gone?
Time will turn
But without hands.
How will I eat
Without my day on your dish
After you're gone?
You're the only place
I can put myself.
No hopes or dreams
Can fill my tumbling days
After you're gone.
Nicholas Gordon
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Didn't I Tell You
Didn't I Tell You
Didn't I tell you
not to go to that place?
It is me, who is your intimate friend.
In this imaginary plain of non-existence,
I am your spring of eternal life.
Even if you lose yourself in wrath
for a hundred thousand years,
at the end you will discover,
it is me, who is the culmination of your dreams.
Didn't I tell you
not to be satisfied with the veil of this world?
I am the master illusionist,
it is me, who is the welcoming banner at the gate of your contentment.
Didn't I tell you?
I am an ocean, you are a fish;
do not go to the dry land,
it is me, who is your comforting body of water.
Didn't I tell you
not to fall in this trap like a blind bird?
I am your wings, I am the strength in your wings,
I am the wind keeping you in flight.
Didn't I tell you
that they will kidnap you from the path?
They will steal your warmth,
and take your devotion away.
I am your fire, I am your heartbeat,
I am the life in your breath.
Didn't I tell you?
They will accuse you of all the wrongdoings,
they will call you ugly names,
they will make you forget
it is me, who is the source of your happiness.
Didn't I tell you?
Wonder not, how your life will turn out,
how you will ever get your world in order,
it is me, who is your omnipresent creator.
If your are a guiding torch of the heart,
know the path to that house.
If you are a person of God, know this,
It is me, who is the chief of the village of your life.
Didn't I tell you
not to go to that place?
It is me, who is your intimate friend.
In this imaginary plain of non-existence,
I am your spring of eternal life.
Even if you lose yourself in wrath
for a hundred thousand years,
at the end you will discover,
it is me, who is the culmination of your dreams.
Didn't I tell you
not to be satisfied with the veil of this world?
I am the master illusionist,
it is me, who is the welcoming banner at the gate of your contentment.
Didn't I tell you?
I am an ocean, you are a fish;
do not go to the dry land,
it is me, who is your comforting body of water.
Didn't I tell you
not to fall in this trap like a blind bird?
I am your wings, I am the strength in your wings,
I am the wind keeping you in flight.
Didn't I tell you
that they will kidnap you from the path?
They will steal your warmth,
and take your devotion away.
I am your fire, I am your heartbeat,
I am the life in your breath.
Didn't I tell you?
They will accuse you of all the wrongdoings,
they will call you ugly names,
they will make you forget
it is me, who is the source of your happiness.
Didn't I tell you?
Wonder not, how your life will turn out,
how you will ever get your world in order,
it is me, who is your omnipresent creator.
If your are a guiding torch of the heart,
know the path to that house.
If you are a person of God, know this,
It is me, who is the chief of the village of your life.
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He cares only that I'm happy,
Even were I not with him.
If some seek on the wind love's traces,
Some seek out the love within.
All my pleasures are his treasures,
Nor does he crave joy alone.
All have claim on his compassion;
No dark soul is on its own.
Giving thus, so naturally,
Each day he lights the love in me,
Like candles on a sunlit stone.
Even were I not with him.
If some seek on the wind love's traces,
Some seek out the love within.
All my pleasures are his treasures,
Nor does he crave joy alone.
All have claim on his compassion;
No dark soul is on its own.
Giving thus, so naturally,
Each day he lights the love in me,
Like candles on a sunlit stone.
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That was good Sofia,
The universe is always leading you, guiding you towards the ultimate expression of your being, the ultimate flowering of your being. If you can surrender to existence, if you can allow yourself to be overwhelmed by it, then the transformation happens so easily, without any bloodshed and without any damage. One changes so silently, so noiselessly, as if nothing has happened. On the outside everything remains the same, and on the inside nothing is the same. - Osho
The universe is always leading you, guiding you towards the ultimate expression of your being, the ultimate flowering of your being. If you can surrender to existence, if you can allow yourself to be overwhelmed by it, then the transformation happens so easily, without any bloodshed and without any damage. One changes so silently, so noiselessly, as if nothing has happened. On the outside everything remains the same, and on the inside nothing is the same. - Osho
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"Look deep into your heart. Listen to the still small voice within. And remember one thing: life is fulfilled only through longings, never through ambitions. Life becomes blissful only through the heart, never through the mind. Mind creates science, the heart creates religion. Mind can give you better technology, better gadgets. The heart gives you the real, ultimate values: love, bliss, truth, freedom, awareness, God. And a life without these values is valueless."
Lovers and Love
satgur kahere ame aavyaa ehi lokamaa
ane laavyaa mugatanu sul
te rang bhog bahu padami paameeyaa
pann thoddaa aashak mul re.......................11
The True Guide says: We have come into this world, and brought the thorns(pains) of salvation. Through devotion to worldly activities many people have achieved high status(worldly), but very few are the real original lovers.
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For there is suffering, but none who suffers;
Doing exists although there is no doer;
Extinction is but no extinguished person;
Although there is a path, there is no goer.
-Buddhaghosa; Visuddhimagga 513
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt
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Love can’t be hid by hiding.
-Indian Proverb
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Instead of allowing yourself to be unhappy, just let your love grow as God wants it to grow. Seek goodness in others. Love more persons more--love them more impersonally, more unselfishly, without thought of return. The return, never fear, will take care of itself.
-Henry Drummond
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If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.
- Boerne, "Der ewige Jude"
ane laavyaa mugatanu sul
te rang bhog bahu padami paameeyaa
pann thoddaa aashak mul re.......................11
The True Guide says: We have come into this world, and brought the thorns(pains) of salvation. Through devotion to worldly activities many people have achieved high status(worldly), but very few are the real original lovers.
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For there is suffering, but none who suffers;
Doing exists although there is no doer;
Extinction is but no extinguished person;
Although there is a path, there is no goer.
-Buddhaghosa; Visuddhimagga 513
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt
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Love can’t be hid by hiding.
-Indian Proverb
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Instead of allowing yourself to be unhappy, just let your love grow as God wants it to grow. Seek goodness in others. Love more persons more--love them more impersonally, more unselfishly, without thought of return. The return, never fear, will take care of itself.
-Henry Drummond
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If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.
- Boerne, "Der ewige Jude"
BENEVOLENCE
"Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
Love is all important and its own reward.
-Tamil Proverb
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999.
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Love is the flame which, when it blazes,
consumes everything other than the Beloved.
The lover wields the sword of Nothingness
in order to dispatch all but God:
consider what remains after Nothing.
There remains but God: all the rest is gone.
Praise to you, O mighty Love, destroyer of all other "gods."
-Mathnawi [V, 588-590]
From Jewels of Remembrance, by Rumi, selected and translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski, © 1996
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The tale of love must be heard from love itself. For like a mirror it is both mute and expressive. - Rumi
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When you are with everyone but me, you're with no one. When you are with no one but me, you're with everyone. Instead of being so bound up with everyone be everyone. When you become that many, you're nothing. Empty. - Rumi
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A shortcut into the path is to be inwardly empty and outwardly quiet, like water that is clear and still, myriad images reflecting in it, neither sinking nor floating, all things spontaneously so.
-Fu-jung
From Teachings of Zen, edited by Thomas Cleary, © 1998
-Tamil Proverb
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999.
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Love is the flame which, when it blazes,
consumes everything other than the Beloved.
The lover wields the sword of Nothingness
in order to dispatch all but God:
consider what remains after Nothing.
There remains but God: all the rest is gone.
Praise to you, O mighty Love, destroyer of all other "gods."
-Mathnawi [V, 588-590]
From Jewels of Remembrance, by Rumi, selected and translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski, © 1996
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The tale of love must be heard from love itself. For like a mirror it is both mute and expressive. - Rumi
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When you are with everyone but me, you're with no one. When you are with no one but me, you're with everyone. Instead of being so bound up with everyone be everyone. When you become that many, you're nothing. Empty. - Rumi
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A shortcut into the path is to be inwardly empty and outwardly quiet, like water that is clear and still, myriad images reflecting in it, neither sinking nor floating, all things spontaneously so.
-Fu-jung
From Teachings of Zen, edited by Thomas Cleary, © 1998
Just as we love ourselves despite the faults we know we have, so should we love our neighbors despite the faults we see in them.
- Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Fear Allah wherever you may be, and repel evil with goodness, for that will efface all its negative results.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abu Dharr
- Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Fear Allah wherever you may be, and repel evil with goodness, for that will efface all its negative results.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abu Dharr
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry to evil, it is pure human love.
- N.P. Willis
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Old friends do not abandon loving friendships,
Even when those they cherish happen to do them harm.
A strong, close friend will not listen to a friends' faults,
And on the day a friend offends, he celebrates his silence.
-Tirukkural 81:807-808
Excerpted from the Tirukkural, translated by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
- N.P. Willis
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Old friends do not abandon loving friendships,
Even when those they cherish happen to do them harm.
A strong, close friend will not listen to a friends' faults,
And on the day a friend offends, he celebrates his silence.
-Tirukkural 81:807-808
Excerpted from the Tirukkural, translated by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group
of 4 to 8-year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they
got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
See what you think:
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is
different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth
Billy - age 4
Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other
Karl - age 5
Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs
Chrissy - age 6
Love is what makes you smile when you're tired
Terri - age 4
Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a
sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK
Danny - age 7
Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop
opening presents and listen
Bobby - age 5
If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend whom you hate
Nikka - age 6
There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love.
But God makes both kinds of them
Jenny - age 4
Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears
it everyday
Noelle - age 7
Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well
Tommy - age 6
My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else
kissing me to sleep at night
Clare - Age 5
Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken
Elaine - age 5
Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says
he is handsomer than Robert Redford
Chris - age 8
Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him
alone all day
Mary Ann - age 4
I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her
old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones
Lauren - age 4
I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only
picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister
because I love her
Bethany - age 4
When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you
Karen - age 7
Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't
think it's gross
Mark - age 6
You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it.
But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget
Jessica - age 8
of 4 to 8-year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they
got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
See what you think:
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is
different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth
Billy - age 4
Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other
Karl - age 5
Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs
Chrissy - age 6
Love is what makes you smile when you're tired
Terri - age 4
Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a
sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK
Danny - age 7
Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop
opening presents and listen
Bobby - age 5
If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend whom you hate
Nikka - age 6
There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love.
But God makes both kinds of them
Jenny - age 4
Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears
it everyday
Noelle - age 7
Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well
Tommy - age 6
My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else
kissing me to sleep at night
Clare - Age 5
Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken
Elaine - age 5
Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says
he is handsomer than Robert Redford
Chris - age 8
Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him
alone all day
Mary Ann - age 4
I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her
old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones
Lauren - age 4
I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only
picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister
because I love her
Bethany - age 4
When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you
Karen - age 7
Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't
think it's gross
Mark - age 6
You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it.
But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget
Jessica - age 8
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Take a moment today and observe the face of a child. Look at the
smooth skin, the clear eyes, the sweet, trusting expression. This is
the face of the child in all of us, the vibrant promise of a full and
joyous life. This is how God sees us in our innocence and beauty,
right now. It is never too late to move into an expression of who we
really are.
--Mary Manin Morrissey
smooth skin, the clear eyes, the sweet, trusting expression. This is
the face of the child in all of us, the vibrant promise of a full and
joyous life. This is how God sees us in our innocence and beauty,
right now. It is never too late to move into an expression of who we
really are.
--Mary Manin Morrissey
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