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A disciplined person who has studied and contemplated is able to practice meditation.
- Vasubandhu
- Vasubandhu
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Put yourself in the place of others. Learn this great secret. What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. - Swami Sivananda
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Recent research done by psychologists at the University of Kansas reveals that even a "forced" or "fake" smile decreases stress significantly. Those in the study were provided with a chopstick and divided into two groups. One group was instructed to hold the chopstick in their mouth at the tip of their lips, like a cigarette. This created a facial scowl. The other group was instructed to place the chopstick horizontally between the teeth creating an unknowing smile. Additionally, both groups were asked to place a hand into ice cold liquid which incites the stress response in humans. Saliva samples were taken to measure the levels of cortisol, the primary stress hormone. Those with a forced smile had significantly lower stress levels than did those whose facial feature was that of a scowl. Researchers concluded that when humans are in a stressful situation, their facial expression significantly affects stress levels they experience.
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"The one occasion on which people generally appreciate that the highest priority is goodness is a funeral. Every eulogist knows that no one wishes to hear a description of the deceased's luxurious swimming pool and tennis court, or how he kept his car so well polished that you could see your reflection in it. What matters most when we depart this world is the legacy of goodness that we leave behind. Were we loyal friends and fair employers? Did we extend ourselves when others needed help? Were we loving and kind to our spouse? Did we leave our children with a feeling of being loved and appreciated? Did we inspire them to want to do good? " - Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
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The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum.
You can decide whether you want to be an inmate
or pick up your visitor’s badge. - Deepak Chopra
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Pessimism is a temper of mind that looks too much on the dark side of things. It is the doctrine in which the whole world is bad rather than good. This is very depressing. - Swami Sivananda
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The more conscious we are of our weaknesses, the more we can limit their impact on our lives and the lives of others. - Joseph Telushkin
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Right speech means abstention (1) from telling lies, (2) from backbiting and slander and talk that may bring about hatred, enmity, disunity, and disharmony among individuals or groups of people, (3) from harsh, rude, impolite, malicious, and abusive language, and (4) from idle, useless, and foolish babble and gossip. When one abstains from these forms of wrong and harmful speech one naturally has to speak the truth, has to use words that are friendly and benevolent, pleasant and gentle, meaningful, and useful. One should not speak carelessly: speech should be at the right time and place. If one cannot say something useful, one should keep “noble silence.” - Walpola Sri Rahula
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Youth is the best time, the most fitting time in a man's life, to devote himself to spiritual aspiration and spiritual practice. - Swami Sivananda
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The next time you make a change,
take a risk, step out there, do not say
to yourself 'What if this doesn't work out!'
Avoid a plan B. Instead have this
Plan A+ in your mind and say
to yourself . . .
"Wow, what if this works out!"
- Victor M. Parachin
take a risk, step out there, do not say
to yourself 'What if this doesn't work out!'
Avoid a plan B. Instead have this
Plan A+ in your mind and say
to yourself . . .
"Wow, what if this works out!"
- Victor M. Parachin