When Someone At Peace And Free From

There Is A Close Relationship Between A House Full Of Possessions And A Heart Full Of Desires, Between A Cluttered Closet And A Crowded Schedule, Between Having No Place To Put Possessions And Having No Priorities For Our Life. These Are Precious Clues. They Remind Us To Slow Down, To Live In The Present, To Reduce The Desires That Drain Our Vitality, To Clarify Priorities So We Can Give Our Time And Attention To What Matters Most. Tragically, In The Press Of Modern Life, We Have Managed To Get Backwards One Of Life's Most Vital Truths: People Are To Be Loved; Things Are To Be Used.

The Ancestor Of Every Destructive Action, Every Destructive Decision, Is A Negative Thought.

Beneath The Surface Level Of Conditioned Thinking In Every One Of Us There Is A Single Living Spirit. The Still Small Voice Whispering To Me In The Depths Of My Consciousness Is Saying Exactly The Same Thing As The Voice Whispering To You In Your Consciousness. 'i Want An Earth That Is Healthy, A World At Peace, And A Heart Filled With Love.' It Doesn't Matter If Your Skin Is Brown Or White Or Black, Or Whether You Speak English, Japanese, Or Malayalam - The Voice, Says The Gita, Is The Same In Every Creature, And It Comes From Your True Self.

When We Meditate Every Morning We Are Putting On Armor For The Day's Battle Against Our Own Impatience, Inadequacy, Resentment, And Hostility.

We Can All Learn To Conquer Hatred Through Love -drawing On The Power Released Through The Practice Of Meditation To Throw All Our Weight, All Our Energy, And All Our Will On The Side Of What Is Patient, Forgiving, And Selfless In Ourselves And Others.