I Have Never Been Able To Understand

My Grandmother Lived In A Universe Filled With Life. It Was Impossible For Her To Conceive Of Any Creature - Even The Smallest Insect, Let Alone A Human Being - As Insignificant. In Every Leaf, Flower, Animal, And Star She Saw An Expression Of A Compassionate Universe, Whose Laws Were Not Competition And Survival Of The Fittest But Cooperation, Artistry And Thrift. . . .

Nothing Really Worth Having Comes Quickly And Easily. If It Did, I Doubt That We Would Ever Grow.

We Look At The World Through Our Likes And Dislikes, Hopes And Fears, Opinions And Judgments. We Want Everyone To Behave As We Think They Should; Otherwise We Get Agitated. But We Are Here To Accept The World As It Is, Even As We Work To Make It Better.

Meditation May Require A Lifetime To Master, But It Will Have Been A Lifetime Well Spent. ... If You Want To Judge Your Progress, Ask Yourself These Questions: Am I More Loving? Is My Judgment Sounder? Do I Have More Energy? Can My Mind Remain Calm Under Provocation? Am I Free From The Conditioning Of Anger, Fear, And Greed? Spiritual Awareness Reveals Itself As Eloquently In Character Development And Selfless Action As In Mystical States.

God Made The Senses Turn Outwards, Man Therefore Looks Outwards, Not Into Himself. But Occasionally A Daring Soul, Desiring Immortality, Has Looked Back And Found Himself.