Whenever you are totally into something, you are ecstatic. When you are partially into something, you will remain miserable, because a part of you will be moving separately from the whole. There will be a division - A split. A tension. Anxiety.

In fact, my soul and yours are the same,
You appear in me, I in you,
We hide in each other. 

God's grace is like a candle in a dark cave. It doesn't show you everything at once, but gives enough light for the next step to be safe!!!

The most expensive liquid in the world is "TEARS"
It is made up of 1% water & 99% feelings!!!

"Let me tell you a story. It is actually an experiment that was conducted at the University of Chicago.

A young, healthy and intelligent man wakes up and gets ready to go to work. His wife looks at him and tells, 'You are looking tired, are you feeling okah?'

He feels irritated by her comment and tells her to stop imagining things and leaves to work. As he takes his car out of the garage, his neighbor is watching him and shouts out, 'Are you feeling well? You look out of sorts!'

The man is surprised this time, but tells him that he is alright and drives out. He reaches his office, and as he walks in, the receptionist looks at him with concern and says, 'Sir, you look ill! Why did you come to work?' The man replies, 'Well, I think I'm fine. Let's see...' And he goes into his office.

He starts working and a colleague enters and exclaims, 'Hey! You look awful. What's the matter? Do you have a fever or something?'

Now, this is too much for the man. He begins to feel uneasy and sick. Just then his boss calls him and he goes in. The boss takes one look at him and says, 'You look realy unwell. Are you sure you can carry on today? Why don't you go and see a doctor?'

The young man has had enough. He feels he is actually ill now, and decides to go home.

As he drives home, he feels his temperature rising. When he reaches home, his wife is surprised to see him back. She reaches out and touches his forehead and finds that he has a temperature!

He developed a high temperature!

This experiment was conducted on 11 people and all the 11 people fell sick at the end of it!

Understand, this is what happens when you are not centered in your own inner energy. You will move from a high to a low because of outer influences.

Once you have found your center, that is your being, you are able to go back to it consciously to get rejuvenated. All of your inner strengths start unfolding and you begin to develop courage, energy, stamina, confidence and leadership qualities. Your work ability takes a quantum leap. You become your own source of energy and popular as well, because you are an energizing personality!"

Darwin's Perspective - When we recognize that we are truly collections of energy and that our every interaction with another person or object is an exchange of energy, we can begin to understand the symbiotic relationship we have with one another.

All of the customs, rules and norms that our society has established are convenient methods for control but the simple truth remains that our Bodies, Spirits and Minds are rarely able to be confined into such restrictive boundaries. Thus we have frustrations, anxiety, ailments and struggles as our energetic beings attempt to exist within these confines. Every so often we break free and connect regardless of such bounds only to return on Monday morning in an attempt to conform and fit in.

But we can live happy, responsible lives within society and still be true to our energetic nature. We must first recognize that our every interaction establishes a string-like connection to that person that we will retain forever. Our connections to others will either drain us or fuel us. And so too we will either drain or energize the people we are connected to. Our symbiotic relationships with one another span the boundaries of time and space despite our logical minds telling us that we have no connection to our past actions.

From your childhood playground interactions to today's morning commute, you are connected to every person with which you've interacted. And when you maintain your center in this cosmic array of connections, energy ebbs and flows in between like waves rolling onto the beach. The key is to find your balance, your center and maintain that position within this active connection you have to everything

Warriors of light are never predictable.

They might dance down the street on their way to work, gaze into the eyes of a complete stranger and speak of love at first sight, or else defend an apparently absurd idea.

Warriors of light allow themselves days like these. They are not afraid to weep over ancient sorrows or to feel joy at new discoveries.

When they believe that the moment has arrived, they drop everything and go off on some long-dreamed-of adventure.

When they realize that they can do no more, they never blame themselves for having committed a few unexpected acts of folly. Warriors do not spend a single day trying to play the role that others have chosen for them.

They talk out loud to themselves. Someone told them that this is the best way of communicating with the angels, and so they take a chance and try to make contact.

They say things which they do not agree, they talk utter nonsense.
One day, they notice a change in their voice.
They are acting as a channel for some higher wisdom.

The warriors may look mad, but this is just a disguise.

‎"The problem with modern man is that we have forgotten the language of silence, we have forgotten the way of the heart. We have completely forgotten that there is a life which can be lived through the heart. We are too much hung up in the head, and because we are too much in the head we cannot make any sense out of love.
It becomes more and more problematic." Osho 

‎"An old Sufi tradition advises us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through four gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, "Are these words true?" If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate we ask; "Are they necessary?" At the third gate we ask; "Are they beneficial?" and at the fourth gate, we ask, "Are they kind?" If the answer to any of these is no, then what you are about to say should be left unsaid".

Comparison brings inferiority, superiority. When you don't compare, all inferiority, all superiority, disappear. Then you are, you are simply there. A small bush or a big high tree--it doesn't matter; you are yourself. You are needed. A grass leaf is needed as much as the biggest star. Without the grass leaf God will be less than he is. The sound of the cuckoo is needed as much as any Buddha; the world will be less, will be less rich if the cuckoo disappears. 

Just look around. All is needed, and everything fits together. It is an organic unity: nobody is higher and nobody is lower, nobody superior, nobody inferior. Everybody is incomparably unique.

Three things cannot be long hidden- The Sun, The Moon and The Truth

‎"You see the people-they are miserable because they have compromised on every point, and they cannot forgive themselves because they have compromised.They know that they could have dared, but they proved cowards. In their own eyes they have fallen, they have lost self-respect. 

That´s what compromise does." Osho

“My heart is afraid to suffer”

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day.

“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.”

“But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I’m thinking about her.”

“Well, that’s good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.”

“My heart is a traitor,” the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. “It doesn’t want me to go on.”

“That makes sense. Naturally it’s afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you’ve won.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?”

“Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. ”

“You mean I should listen, even if it’s treasonous?”

“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you’ll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them.

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer,” the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”

- From 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho

"In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker visits the Degobas system to be mentored by Yoda in the ways of the Force. Luke has a rough landing in a misty swamp. He meets a little gerbil-like being who talks in a very odd cadence. This odd little hamster turns out to be the famed Jedi warrior Yoda. Yoda reluctantly agrees to mentor Luke. He takes Luke through a series of exercises to teach him how to use the force.

During one exercise, Luke and Yoda are at the site of Luke's sinking starship. The ship slips beneath the surface of the swamp and disappears. Yoda tries to get Luke to raise the ship using the Force. Yoda tells Luke about the force: "Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings we are, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere. Even between the land, the ship." Yoda goes on to raise the ship.

Luke responds, "I can't believe it."

Yoda replies, "That is why you fail."

Yoda teaches Luke that the Force is the consciousness of the universe, the force that ties everyone and everything together." - Rick Richardson

Darwin's Perspective - Because we primarily experience life via the consciousness of our Mind, we tend to see everything as separate. Right now, as you look around, your Mind can identify several distinct and seemingly separate objects in your surroundings. So too, we see and feel ourselves as separate "objects" from our environment. Thus it is natural for us to separate matter into these distinct chunks and understand everything that is between these objects as space.

But we know from our schooling that between us and these objects is much more than space. The air we breath can be broken down to be identified as molecules just like the building blocks of our Body and all of these objects. Thus, in reality, there is not so much a true separateness but rather an objective point in which we classify something as being big and cohesive enough to be an object. Like parts that become an automobile, the Mind identifies and classifies objects based on the largest distinguishable chunk.

So too physicists help us understand that the energy we experience everyday as light and sound has a structure to it as well. The light that is entering your eye right now and the sound hitting your ears is traveling to you. Thus the very environment in which you take for granted and divide up into these distinct chunks (e.g. you, computer, chair, radio, sound, light) is actually comprised of very small elements.

When we live our lives and experience life via the singularity of the Mind, we see ourselves as separate and distinct objects. In this perspective, things happen to us and we try our best to survive, persevere and triumph. When things go well, we feel confidant in our abilities. But when things go poorly, we feel lost and vulnerable.

The mystical Yoda character represents the embodiment of living both a physical existence and a Spiritual existence. By understanding the relationship between the two, Yoda exemplifies how one can find harmony between the two and have one's life enriched. And while our ability to raise starships from a swamp may be lacking, the very world we live in is existing within this dynamic environment. When we bridge the gap between the physical and the Spiritual, we gain insight and wisdom for living a Spiritual existence.

That is the work we're doing here. Like Jedi students learning about life like newborns, we are re-discovering the beautiful relationship with God that has been available to us all along.

Dreams cannot be tamed. Dreamers cannot be ruled

God uses loneliness to teach us about living together.
Sometimes he uses anger so that we can understand the infinite value of peace.
At other times he uses tedium, when he wants to show us the importance of adventure and leaving things behind.
God uses silence to teach us about the responsibility of what we say.
At times he uses fatigue so that we can understand the value of waking up.
At other times he uses sickness to show us the importance of health.
God uses fire to teach us about water.
Sometimes he uses earth so that we can understand the value of air. And at times he uses death when he wants to show us the importance of life

Remember this when for some reason you feel unable to continue on your path

The Cloud and The Sand Dune

(From Paulo Coelho's "Like A Flowing River")

“As everyone knows, the life of a cloud is very busy and very short” writes Bruno Ferrero..And here’s a related story.

A young cloud was born in the midst of a great storm over the Mediterranean Sea, but he did not even have time to grow up there, for a strong wind pushed all the clouds towards Africa.

As soon as the clouds reached the continent the climate changed. A bright sun was shining in the skyand stretched out beneath them, lay the golden sands of the Sahara. Since it almost never rains in the desert, the wind continued pushing the clouds towards the forests in the south.

Meanwhile, as happens with young humans too, the young cloud decided to leave his parents and his older friends in order to discover the world.‘What are you doing’ cried the wind.‘The desert’s the same all over. Rejoin the other clouds, and we’ll go to Central Africa where there are amazing mountains and trees!’

But the young cloud, natural rebel, refused to obey, and, gradually, he dropped down until he found a gentle, generous breeze that allowed him to hover over the golden sands. After much toing and froing, he noticed that one of the dunes was smiling at him.

He saw that the dune was also young, newly formed by the wind that had just passed over. He fell in love with her golden hair right there and then. ‘Good morning’, he said. ‘what’s life like down there?’

‘I have the company of the other dunes, of the sun and the wind, and of the caravans that occasionally pass through here. Sometimes it’s really hot, but it’s still bearable. What’s life like up there?’

‘We have the sun and the wind too, but the good thing is that I can travel across the sky and see more things.’

‘For me,’ said the dune, ‘life is short. When the wind returns from the forests, I will disappear.’

‘And does that make you sad?’

‘It makes me feel that I have no purpose in life.’

‘I feel the same. As soon as another wind comes along, I’ll go south and be transformed into rain but that is my destiny.’

The dune hesitated for a moment, then said: ‘did you know that here in the desert, we call the rain paradise?’

‘I had no idea that I could ever be that important,’ said the cloud proudly. ‘I’ve heard other older dunes tell stories about the rain. They say that, after the rain, we are all covered with grass and flowers. But I’ll never experience that, because in the desert it rains so rarely.’

It was the cloud’s turn to hesitate now.Then he smiled broadly and said:’if you like, I could rain on you now. I know I’ve only just got here, but I love you, and I’d like to stay here forever.’

‘When I first saw you up in the sky, I fell in love with you too’ said the dune.‘ But if you transform your lovely white hair into rain, you will die.’‘Love never dies’, said the cloud ‘it is transformed, and, besides, I want to show you what paradise is like.’

And he began to caress the dune with little drops of rain so that they could stay together for longer, until a rainbow appeared. The following day, the little dune was covered in flowers. Other clouds that passed over, heading for Africa thought that it must be part of the forest they were looking for and scattered more rain. Twenty years later, the dune had been transformed into an oasis that refreshed travelers with the shade of its trees.

And all because, one day, a cloud fell in love, and was not afraid to give his life for that love.

You talk not to communicate, you talk just to hide – to hide the fact that you are dumb. Next time you start talking with someone, watch: why are you talking? Why are you so verbal? What is the need? Suddenly you will become aware that the fear is, if I remain quiet the other will think I am dumb. So you talk just to hide this fact – and you know there is nothing to say, yet you go on talking. - Osho

Manual for climbing mountains

A] Choose the mountain you want to climb: don’t pay attention to what other people say, such as “that one’s more beautiful” or “this one’s easier”. You’ll be spending lots of energy and enthusiasm to reach your objective, so you’re the only one responsible and you should be sure of what you’re doing.

B] Know how to get close to it: mountains are often seen from far off – beautiful, interesting, full of challenges. But what happens when we try to draw closer? Roads run all around them, flowers grow between you and your objective, what seemed so clear on the map is tough in real life. So try all the paths and all the tracks until eventually one day you’re standing in front of the top that you yearn to reach.

C] Learn from someone who has already been up there: no matter how unique you feel, there is always someone who has had the same dream before you and ended up leaving marks that can make your journey easier; places to hang the rope, trails, broken branches to make the walking easier. The climb is yours, so is the responsibility, but don’t forget that the experience of others can help a lot.

D] When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs, of course. There are almost imperceptible cracks in the mountain rock. There are stones so polished by storms that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are placing each footstep, you will notice the traps and how to get around them.

E] The landscape changes, so enjoy it: of course, you have to have an objective in mind – to reach the top. But as you are going up, more things can be seen, and it’s no bother to stop now and again and enjoy the panorama around you. At every meter conquered, you can see a little further, so use this to discover things that you still had not noticed.

F] Respect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the time that life grants you, as long as you walk without demanding what can’t be granted. If you go too fast you will grow tired and give up half way there. If you go too slow, night will fall and you will be lost. Enjoy the scenery, take delight in the cool spring water and the fruit that nature generously offers you, but keep on walking.

G] Respect your soul: don’t keep repeating “I’m going to make it”. Your soul already knows that, what it needs is to use the long journey to be able to grow, stretch along the horizon, touch the sky. An obsession does not help you at all to reach your objective, and even ends up taking the pleasure out of the climb. But pay attention: also, don’t keep saying “it’s harder than I thought”, because that will make you lose your inner strength.

H] Be prepared to climb one kilometer more: the way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far. But since you were prepared to go beyond, this is not really a problem.

I] Be happy when you reach the top: cry, clap your hands, shout to the four winds that you did it, let the wind – the wind is always blowing up there – purify your mind, refresh your tired and sweaty feet, open your eyes, clean the dust from your heart. It feels so good, what was just a dream before, a distant vision, is now part of your life, you did it!

J] Make a promise: now that you have discovered a force that you were not even aware of, tell yourself that from now on you will use this force for the rest of your days. Preferably, also promise to discover another mountain, and set off on another adventure.

L] Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it’s possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains.

Four principles of spirituality

The First Principle states:

"Whomsoever you encounter is the right one"
This means that no one comes into our life by chance. Everyone who is around us, anyone with whom we interact, represents something, whether to teach us something or to help us improve a current situation.

The Second Principle states:


"Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened"
Nothing, absolutely nothing of that which we experienced could have been any other way. Not even in the least important detail. There is no "If only I had done that differently…, then it would have been different…". No. What happened is the only thing that could have taken place and must have taken place for us to learn our lesson in order to move forward. Every single situation in life which we encounter is absolutely perfect, even when it defies our understanding and our ego.

The Third Principle states:

"Each moment in which something begins is the right moment"
Everything begins at exactly the right moment, neither earlier nor later. When we are ready for it, for that something new in our life, it is there, ready to begin.

The Fourth Principle states:

"What is over, is over"
It is that simple. When something in our life ends, it helps our evolution. That is why, enriched by the recent experience, it is better to let go and move on.

Think it is no coincidence that you're here reading this.

If these words strike a chord, it's because you meet the requirements and understand that not one single snowflake falls accidentally in the wrong place!

‎"Yes, I am the beginning of something new, but not the beginning of a new religion. I am the beginning of a new kind of religiousness which knows no adjectives, no boundaries; which knows only freedom of the spirit, silence of your being, growth of your potential; and finally the experience of godliness within yourself - not of a God outside you, but a godliness overflowing from you." Osho

the world as a mirror

The alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about Narcissus.

The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.

But this was not how Oscar Wilde, the author of the book, ended the story.

He said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.

“Why do you weep?” the goddesses asked.

“I weep for Narcissus,” the lake replied.

“Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus,” they said, “for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand.”

“But…was Narcissus beautiful?” the lake asked.

“Who better than you to know that?” the goddesses said in wonder. “After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!”

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:

“I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful.
“I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.”

“What a lovely story,” the alchemist thought.