If you keep seeking the jewel of understanding...

If you keep seeking the jewel of understanding,
then you are a mine of understanding in the making.
If you live to reach the Essence one day,
then your life itself is an expression of the Essence.
Know that in the final analysis you are that
which you search for.

Abu-Said Abil-Kheir (967-1049)

English version by Vraje Abramian

Friends

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 AM that matter."
*Marlene Deitrich

On Our Wall Now

A 'no' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

*Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

*Marilyn vos Savant

May you live every day of your life. *Jonathan Swift


There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart... Pursue those. *Michael Nolan

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. *Alexander Hamilton


Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
*RalphWaldo Emerson

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
*Babe Ruth

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
*George Eliot (George Eliot was the pen name of English novelist Mary Anne Evans, 1819-1880)

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
*Anonymous


Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
*Mark Twain

Understand-A-Chant: Om Namah Shivaya

Meaning: "I bow to Shiva."

Shiva is the supreme reality, the inner Self. It is the name given to consciousness that dwells in all. Shiva is the name of your true identity- your self.
According to Hindu mythology there are three Gods who run this creation. The Brahma - who creates the universe, the Vishnu - who preserves the Universe and the Shiva- who in the end destroys the universe. Among the three deities, Shiva, though considered as destroyer, also symbolize the the inner self, which remains intact even after everything ends.

“Namaḥ Śivaya has such power, the mere intonation of these syllables reaps its own reward…Namaḥ Śivāya quells the instinct, cuts through the steel bands and turns this intellect within and on itself, to face itself and see its ignorance. Sages declare that mantra is life, that mantra is action, that mantra is love and that the repetition of mantra, japa, bursts forth wisdom from within.”
—Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Adi Shankaracharya says that the name "Shiva" means
"the one who purifies the one that repeats His name."

The Latest From Our Walls

People often say that motivation doesn't last.

Well neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily.

-Zig Ziglar

Dance like no one is watching.

Sing like no one is listening.

Love like you've never been hurt

and live like it's heaven on Earth.

-Mark Twain

The future belongs to those who believe

in the beauty of their dreams.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage doesn't always roar.

Sometimes courage is the quiet voice

at the end of the day, saying,

"I will try again tomorrow".

-Mary Anne Radmacher

May your mind whirl joyful cartwheels of creativity.

May your heart sing sweet lullabies of timelessness.

May your essence be the nectar of the open blossom of your joy.

May your spirit soar throughout the vast cathedral of your being.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey.

We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

-Stephen Covey

Miracles are what happens when we get out of the way of ourselves.

-Brad Szollose

Today is your day to dance lightly with life.

It really is.

-Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

— Lao Tzu

Patience is the art of hoping.

-Luc de Clapier

Thought for Today

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Theresa

Understand-A-Chant: Rama Bolo

Rama Bolo, Rama Bolo, Bolo, Bolo, Ram

Rama Bolo, Rama Bolo, Bolo, Bolo, Ram

Sita Bolo, Sita Bolo, Bolo, Bolo, Ram

Sita Bolo, Sita Bolo, Bolo, Bolo, Ram

Hanuman Bolo, Hanuman Bolo, Bolo, Bolo Ram

Hanuman Bolo, Hanuman Bolo, Bolo, Bolo Ram

RAMA, SITA, and HANUMAN:

Rama, a prince, is also an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Sita is Rama's wife.

Hanuman is a monkey who serves Rama and Sita, and rescues Sita from evil.

BOLO: "Bolo" is the imperative form of the verb "to sing."

"Oh my friends, sing {to the Universe}!

When it gets too damn hard, just sing.

Have no fear, don't give up. Sing!

When it gets too good, sing.

When it falls apart, sing.

When it comes together, sing.

Cry and sing. Sing and cry.

Living sing. Dying sing.

Listening sing.

Singing sing."

-Krishna Das