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Does compassion spring from observation, or thought? Is compassion an emotional feeling? I do not know how to answer this. What is compassion? Is it emotion, something romantic? Does it expend itself in some kind of social work? One has to find out what compassion is, what love is. Is love...

Freedom from conditioning is not a direct result,please understand . If I set about deliberately to free myself from my conditioning, that desire creates its own conditioning. I may destroy one form of conditioning, but I am caught in another. Whereas, if there is an understanding of desire...

Why have words become so immensely important? One suffers, goes through great agonies and someone comes along and gives explanations and in these explanations one seeks comfort. There is god, there is reincarnation, there is this, there is that, there is something else. One accepts the word, the...

Instead of asking who has realized or what God is why not give your whole attention and awareness to 'what is'? Then you will find the unknown, or rather it will come to you. If you understand what is the known, you will experience that extraordinary silence which is not induced, not enforced...

Read the question ,see the meaning behind the words. Can the crude mind become sensitive? If I say my mind is crude and I try to become sensitive, the very effort to become sensitive is crudity. See this ,don't be intrigued, watch it. Whereas, if I recognize that I am crude without wanting to...

What is the relationship between thought and consciousness? why do we seem unable to go beyond thought? What is thought and what is consciousness? Are the two different? When we say what is the relationship between thought and consciousness, it implies, does it not, that there are two...

Imagine that you're full of energy and enthusiasm,excitedand positive about the day ahead. Imagine that you're highly effective, able to achieve whatever you set out to do with confidence and ease.In your mind's eye, see yourself working with discipline and focus, quickly and easily making...

There is a assumption these days that everything is relative, a matter of personal opinion, that there is no such thing as truth or fact independent of personal perception. Just wonder ; is there such a thing as truth apart from personal belief, apart from personal opinion? Is there such a...

Thought can never penetrate very deeply into any problem of human relationship. Thought is superficial and old and is the outcome of the past. The past cannot enter into something that is totally new. It can explain the new, organize it, communicate it, but the "word" is not the new. Thought is...

The distinctions between ambition and arrogance are sometimes subtle, yet critical. From a distance, the two can appear to be the same. However, their results are worlds apart. Ambition is expecting the best of yourself. Arrogance is believing you are better than others. Ambition is the desire...

Those who are negative make a lot of noise about how bad things are. Those who are positive quietly and steadily make a lot of real improvements and contributions to life.There are always problems and there are always challenges. And there are always people willing to transform those...

Curiosity will take you to wonderful places you never would have otherwise known you could go. Curiosity is, at its heart, a love for life and everything in it.Those who are the most authentically and persistently curious are the best informed. Simple, sincere curiosity brings a richness of...

Life is a continual learning experience. Make the commitment to never stop learning, and you'll live a vibrant, fulfilling life.During our formal education we get the mistaken impression that we need someone else -- a teacher -- in order to learn.However, your best teacher is YOU. Life is always...

There is more to live than serving your EGO.Those things that seem like failures to the EGO , are pure opportunities for raising your awareness to higher more fulfilling levels.Experiences your ego would never allow will connect you to what you sincerely desire. Feelings, thoughts and actions...

Training the intellect does not result in intelligence. Rather, intelligence comes into being when one acts in perfect harmony, both intellectually and emotionally. There is a vast distinction between intellect and intelligence. Intellect is merely thought functioning independently of emotion...

White Bear First Nations mourning death of man shot by RCMP Reserve members question use of force Heather Polischuk, leaderpost.com Published: Saturday, June 14, 2008 WHITE BEAR FIRST NATION -- The White Bear First Nation is grieving the death of a young man who was shot and...

Subscribe to free Email Newsletter Home|China|BizChina|World|Opinion|Sports|Olympics|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Culture|Citylife|Photo|Forum|Weather WORLD / Top News Poll: Many in world look to US election for change (Agencies) Updated: 2008-06-13 13:44 Presumptive Democratic...

Respect the Olympic torch, Dalai Lama says Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday voiced optimism about future talks with China and called for calm and respect for the Olympic torch when it travels through Tibet next...

This is from Anthony of Egypt-..the Desert Fathers. Something to think on... One day some old men came to see Abba Anthony. In the midst of them was Abba Joseph. Wanting to test them, the old man suggested a text from the Scriptures, and, beginning with the youngest, he asked them what it...

If you expect to be told what or how without taking the time to understand why, then you can also expect to often be deceived. When you are unwilling to think for yourself, there are plenty of people eagerly waiting to take advantage of you.You have an extraordinarily powerful and capable...