When things go wrong, when sadness fills your heart, when tears flow in your eyes always remember 3 things…1. I’m with you.
2. Still with you.
3. Always with you.
~Presms
This is the traditional Gujarati way of wearing a Saree that beautifully exhibit the attractive and eye catching borders, prints and motifs of Gujarati style Sarees. The popularity of Gujarati style Saree draping in not just restricted to the land of Gujarat, women from Northern India as well prefers to wear Gujarati style Saree for functions and festivities.
Cats recognize owners’ voices but seem too cool to care, according to a study. Cats have
three eyelids. Some cats have survived falls from over 32 stories (320 meters) onto concrete, due largely to their “righting reflex.” In Ancient Egypt, killing a cat, even accidentally, incurred the death penalty. Source: FactSlides
The Buddha gave a beautiful teaching on the development of lovingkindness called the Metta Sutta (also known as the Karaniya Metta Sutta). I’ve adapted the words of the sutta to formulate them as an aspiration that can be repeated in a prayer-like way.
In order that I may be skilled in discerning what is good, in order that I may understand the path to peace,
Let me be able, upright, and straightforward, of good speech, gentle, and free from pride;
Let me be contented, easily satisfied, having few duties, living simply, of controlled senses, prudent, without pride and without attachment to nation, race, or other groups.
Let me not do the slightest thing for which the wise might rebuke me. Instead let me think:
“May all beings be well and safe, may they be at ease. Continue reading
If you are scared and hurt, hold out your hand. Come together as one, you will then understand. Your battle is immense and will be lost alone. We are Living The Dream, a family, a home. ~Scottie Somers
You can lower your blood pressure just by petting your pup. Anything smelly your dog rolls in only smells gross to you—to them it’s DIVINE. Dogs don’t ONLY see in black and white — they can also see blue and yellow. Source: BuzzFeed
![Sumedha [wise man] giving away all his fortune to become an ascetic in the forest.](http://ariyamagga.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sumedha.jpg)
Sumedha [wise man] giving away all his fortune to become an ascetic in the forest.
“Oh my little anger, I know you. You are my old friend. I will take good care of you. Oh my little fear, I know you are always there. I will take good care of you.” That is the attitude of non-duality, the attitude of non-violence, because we know that mindfulness is us; love is us; but fear and anger are us, also.
Let us not fight. Let us only take care and transform. The organic gardener doesn’t have to fight the garbage placed in (or created by) the garden. She knows exactly what to do in order to handle the garbage, in order to transform it back into cucumber, into tomatoes, et cetera.
The first function of mindfulness is to recognize what is there, positive or negative. The second function of mindfulness is to embrace it and to get deeply in touch with it. If it is a positive thing like a blue sky or the beautiful face of a child, that becomes something very nourishing, very healing for us. And if it is something negative, like hatred or fear, we should be able to embrace it and bring relief to it.
The third function of mindfulness is to help us look deeply into the nature of what is there; in this case, fear or anger. The nature of something means the root of that something: how this fear has been created; how this anger has manifested. Look deeply into the nature of our fear and our anger in order to see their true nature. When we understand, when we have insight into the nature of our fear and our anger, that insight will help transform our fear, our anger into positive energies. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
If you are an organic gardener, you know that a flower is made of several elements that may be called non-flower elements: the sunshine, the cloud, the minerals and the seed. And among the non-flower elements, there is the element compost… garbage. The garden always produces garbage.
If you are an organic gardener, you know how to handle the garbage. You know the techniques of transforming the garbage back into compost and into flowers. You don’t have to throw away anything at all. So, the energy of fear, of anger should be considered to be the garbage. Let it be produced, because it can become the art of mindful living.
So, now we should learn how to handle the garbage in us, namely, craving, anger, fear and despair. We should not be afraid of the garbage in us if we know how to transform it back into joy, into peace. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
April 16, 2015
