on care for a common home

One upon a time there was a forest where the birds sang by day and the insects by night. Trees flourished, flowers bloomed and all manner of creatures roamed about in freedom.

And all who entered there were led to Solitude which is the home of God who dwells in Nature’s silence and Nature’s beauty.

But hen the Age of Unconsciousness arrived when it became possible for people to construct buildings a thousand feet high and to destroy rivers and forests and mountains in a month. So houses of worship were built from the wood of the forest trees and from the stone under the forest soil. Pinnacle, spire and minaret pointed towards the sky; the air was filled with sound of bells with prayer and chant and exhortation.

And god was suddenly without a home.

is this real Love?

Is this a real Love? 

A saleswoman sold a brightly colored pair of trousers to a lad who seemed delighted with his purchase.

The next day he was back to say he wanted to return the trousers. His reason, “My girlfriend does not like them.”

A week later he was back again, all smiles, and wanting to buy the trousers. “Has your girl changed her mind?” asked the saleswoman.

“Nope,” said the young fellow. “I've changed the girl.”

what have we to do.

Before you.....what???? Have a look down..!

Before you speak, listen

Before you pray, forgive

Before you write, think

Before you spend, earn

Before you invest, investigate

Before you criticize, wait

Before you quit, try

Before you retire, save

Before you die, give.

                        -Maxshei.

quotations

We can always make an effort to consider about it.

“Everyone believes the golden rule, give into others the advice you can’t use yourself”

Early to bed and early to rise is a sure sign that you’re fed up with surfing or Television.

For the happy heart, life is a continual feast.

-Proverbs, 15:15

A cheerful heart is a good medicine.

-Psalms, 17:22

Gospel Reflection

He that loveth not, knowth not God, for God is love.   ( 1. John)

These words sound so eternal that most of us cannot  connect them with daily life. What , we ask, do personal relationships have to do with the divine? I would reply that it is by discovering the unity between ourselves and others that we find our unity with God. We don't first get to know God and then, by some miracle of grace, come to love our fellow human beings. Loving others come first. In this sense, learning to love is practicing religion. Those who can put the welfare of others before there own small personal interest are religious , even if they would deny it.

Ekkanath Easwaran