Eventually, Meditation Will Make Our Mind Calm,

In Memorizing The Prayer, It May Be Helpful To Remind Yourself That You Are Not Addressing Some Extraterrestrial Being Outside You. The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Within Us, And The Lord Is Enshrined In The Depths Of Our Own Consciousness. In This Prayer We Are Calling Deep Into Ourselves, Appealing To The Spark Of The Divine That Is Our Real Nature.

I Have Never Been Able To Understand The Compelling Phrase, 'keeping Up With The Joneses.' It Does Not Matter Very Much Whether I Keep Up With Tom Jones Or Anybody Else; What Is Important Is To Keep Up With Myself By Making My Today A Little Better Than My Yesterday.

A Calm Mind Releases The Most Precious Capacity A Human Being Can Have: The Capacity To Turn Anger Into Compassion, Fear Into Fearlessness, And Hatred Into Love.

International War Is The Sum Total Of Millions Of Individual Wars, Raging In The Minds Of The People, Between What Is Selfish And What Is Selfless. To The Extent That You And I Develop Selflessness In Our Own Hearts, To That Extent We Contribute To Peace In Our Family, Community, Country, And World.

Our Deepest Need Is For The Joy That Comes With Knowing We Are Of Genuine Use To Others.