To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others
You say: “He lost his life” or “my life”, as if life were something that you can possess or lose. The truth is: you don’t have a life, you are life. The One Life, the one consciousness that pervades the entire universe and takes temporary form to experience itself as a stone or blade of grass, as an animal, a person, a star or a galaxy.
Be aware of the contact between your feet and the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.
There are many people who fast, whose fast is nothing but hunger and thirst. There are those whose prayer is no better than wakefulness and hardship. The eating and drinking in case of the former and sleeping in the latter’s case is a far better option.
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore, one should learn contentment.
