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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity - Voltaire

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brutal past… and a bleak future

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"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"

-- L.M. Montgomery

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PMHNS YGANANDA 

My Interrupted Flight Toward the Himalayas

“‘Even he with the worst of karma who ceaselessly meditates on Me quickly loses the effects of his past bad actions. Becoming a high-souled being, he soon attains perennial peace. Arjuna, know this for certain: the devotee who puts his trust in Me never perishes!’” Bhagavad Gita, IX, 30-31.

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SN CNMA VIKRAM VEDHA

 1. Truth about reality is knowable. 

2. The opposite of true is false.

 3. It is true that the theistic God exists. 

This is evidenced by the:

 a. Beginning of the universe (Cosmological Argument) 

b. Design of the universe (Teleological Argument/ Anthropic Principle) 

c. Design of life (Teleological Argument) 

d. Moral Law (Moral Argument) 

4. If God exists, then miracles are possible. 

5. Miracles can be used to confirm a message from God (i.e., as acts of God to confirm a word from God).

 6. The New Testament is historically reliable. This is evidenced by

: a. Early testimony

 b. Eyewitness testimony 

c. Uninvented (authentic) testimony

 d. Eyewitnesses who were not deceived 

7. The New Testament says Jesus claimed to be God. 

8. Jesus’ claim to be God was miraculously confirmed by: 

a. His fulfillment of many prophecies about himself;

 b. His sinless life and miraculous deeds;

 c. His prediction and accomplishment of his resurrection.

 9. Therefore, Jesus is God. 

10. Whatever Jesus (who is God) teaches is true. 

11. Jesus taught that the Bible is the Word of God.

 12. Therefore, it is true that the Bible is the Word of God (and anything opposed to it is false).

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What a joy it is in life when you happen to have a clean, warm kitchen.

–OLGA TOKARCZUK

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Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.” —WINSTON CHURCHILL

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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. —BLAISE PASCAL

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WHY PPL BELV /FAITH

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“Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.” —ALBERT EINSTEIN

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It’s important to understand that the universe is not expanding into empty space, but space itself is expanding—there was no space before the Big Bang. It’s also important to understand that the universe did not emerge from existing material but from nothing—there was no matter before the Big Bang. In fact, chronologically, there was no “before” the Big Bang because there are no “befores” without time, and there was no time until the Big Bang.9 Time, space, and matter came into existence at the Big Bang.

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THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (BUT FIZZLES OUT)

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“Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God.” —JAMES TOUR, NANOSCIENTIST

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“God never performed a miracle to convince an atheist, because his ordinary works provide sufficient evidence.” —ARIEL ROTH

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GIVE TIME AND CHANCE A CHANCE! “Not so fast!” say the Darwinists. “You’ve overlooked time and chance as plausible explanations for how life spontaneously generated

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“In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!” —RON CARLSON

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“Historical evidence moves us a long way towards demonstrating our belief; as a result, the faith that is necessary to fill in the remaining gap is reasonable.” —CRAIG BLOMBERG

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C. S. Lewis said it best when he wrote, “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there would be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.”5

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DOMQ MOUNI D2

 

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d Hindus as henotheists, that is, people who worship their God but do not deny the existence of other gods. Every Hindu worships some god, but it may not be the same god worshipped by every other Hindu either. As Radhakrishnan puts it: ‘God is more than the law that commands, the judge that condemns, the love that constrains, the father to whom we owe our being, or the mother with whom is bound up all that we can hope for or aspire to.’ 3 God is all that, and infinitely more

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The two great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, tell stirring stories accompanied by digressive meditations on values, morals and principles. They are polycentric and fundamental texts about such key issues in society as what constitutes ethical conduct; how a just society is made and sustained; and the duties and obligations of kings, counsellors, warriors, women and sages. They deal with great moral dilemmas and issues of right conduct, justice and fidelity, violence and redemption; they give voice to a range of actors and concerns; they provide models for social and political action; and because they are told and retold as stories, they have embedded themselves in the popular consciousness of Hindus

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Hindus trust the Vedas, but most do not see them as immune to analysis or criticism; it has been axiomatic in Hinduism that what was valuable to its forefathers might be valuable to us today, but each generation is allowed to enquire into its own spiritual patrimony. The Vedas have a sanctified place in the Hindu consciousness, but the Upanishads, the Puranas, the epics, and other works of spiritual and philosophical enquiry are also counted among our most basic scriptures. The three prasthanas or divisions of the Vedanta—the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras (555 aphoristic verses attributed to Badarayana and written down some time between 450 BCE and 200 CE, which summarise the spiritual and philosophical ideas in the Upanishads) and the Bhagavad Gita —correspond roughly, according to Hindu philosophers, with the three stages of faith, knowledge and discipline. Each has value and each can be understood and practised alone or in combination with the others.

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I'm a warrior to the core. Adversity is my middle name and there isn't a bit of it I can't over come. At least not yet. I've been fighting since day 1 and on the days where I feel like there can't be any fight left in me I keep going. Fighter. Warrior. Victor.

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AB YOGI

A blaze of illumination came over me with possession of the amulet; many dormant memories awakened. The talisman, round and anciently quaint, was covered with Sanskrit characters. I understood that it came from teachers of past lives, who were invisibly guiding my steps. A further significance there was, indeed; but one does not reveal fully the heart of an amulet.

How the talisman finally vanished amidst deeply unhappy circumstances of my life; and how its loss was a herald of my gain of a guru, cannot be told in this chapter.

But the small boy, thwarted in his attempts to reach the Himalayas, daily traveled far on the wings of his amulet.

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g. If the soul is permanent and the body is not, it makes sense that the soul sheds bodies and keeps returning to earth until it has attained moksha; from this flows the doctrine of punarjanmam (reincarnation), the idea that one will be reborn until one has attained that level of self-realisation.

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The historical evolution of Hinduism testifies to its adaptability. The Vedas gave birth to an excessively ritualistic and formalistic religion; the Upanishads then lightened the practice of Hinduism through a spiritual movement based on philosophical enquiry. When the Upanishadic religion itself became mired in disputes over dogma, Buddhism preached a message of simplicity and morality that contrasted with a Hinduism mired in ritual and abstruse disputation. And then Adi Shankara travelled the length and breadth of the country, leading a moral and religious reawakening. Shankara and Ramanuja restored Hinduism to pre-eminence and popularity as the principal religion of India. Sages like Madhvacharya, Chaitanya, Ramananda and Basava (whose followers, the Lingayats, now want to be classified as a separate religion altogether, like the Sikhs); Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas, even Guru Nanak, who founded Sikhism, but whom many Hindus, notably Swami Vivekananda himself, see as a H reformer—the names of those who rose to reform, revive and rejuvenate the beliefs of the people in this ancient land are legion. As early as the Gupta period, when Hindu religious revival first occurred in response to the rise of Buddhism, Hinduism came up with creative evidence of its adaptability through its emphasis on the doctrine of avataras. The doctrine is clearly stated in the Bhagavad Gita: ‘When religion declines and evil-doers are to be destroyed, I shall be born at different periods,’ says Krishna. Some avataras were worshipped as such even in the time of Panini, but it is with Krishna that we first have the idea of an avatara of God and not merely a deified human being, a doctrine that was handily adapted to the Buddha himself. Hinduism has never been uniform or unchanging, immovable or unalterable. It is a religion that has abjured the immutable revelation for the growth of human consciousness

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SS SAI BABA

AHAMKARAM X MAMAKARAM 

How can one earn freedom in life and be liberated? Bhagawan explains to us today, so that we may march towards freedom, living peacefully and joyfully!

When a prisoner is taken from place to place, he’s accompanied by two constables, isn’t it? When man, who is a prisoner in this jail, moves from one place to another, he too is accompanied by egoism and attachment (ahamkaram and mamakaram). When you move about without these two, you can be sure that you are free, liberated from prison. Now that I have referred to jail and jail life, let Me tell you more! You are all under sentence of imprisonment in this jail. There’s no use hoping for reward when you work in jail; you work because you are ordered to, and you must work well too. You can’t argue that rewards are not distributed justly and you are not entitled to desist from allotted tasks! If you do so, your sentence will be extended or you will be transferred to another jail. On the other hand, if you quietly accept the sentence and go about your work without clamouring or murmuring, your term is reduced, and you are sent out with a certificate that ensures a happy life, unpestered!

- Divine Discourse, Feb 20, 1964.

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Pirates have no redeeming traits. If fact, they exemplify sociopathic behaviour.

Why do we keep their culture in the forefront of our entertainment? What is it that hooks us? What it does is that it minimises the suffering of others, doing a disservice to ourselves, and our society. The fact it is presented to young children in such a light manner is insidious.

As a physician, I witnessed deep suffering every day. There is nothing light about it.

A major step in reprogramming your nervous system is being aware of how becoming desensitized affects your connection to the pain of those around you.

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PRMHNSA YGANANDA

Norman, who was inclined to be moody, once lamented to the Master, "I don't think I have very good karma, Sir." "Remember this," the Master responded immediately, and very seriously: "It takes very, very, VERY good karma even to want to know God!" How easy it is for even one desire, once fulfilled,

How easy it is for even one desire, once fulfilled, to lead to others! They come in an unending procession, and tempt man to seek his fulfillment outwardly through the senses. One may wander as long as he elects to do so. How many mistakes get committed on the way, all of which end in broken dreams! How long it takes for an individual to realize that what he was always seeking was his own Self: the God-self within!

Yet it needn't take any time at all! As he said also to the disciples, "I don't want to hear any of you moaning in despair, `When will I find God?'-as if your own answer to that question were, `Never!' You have Him already! You need only to live in that consciousness."

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As a reform movement, the Arya Samaj advocated the equality of all human beings and the empowerment of women; it opened its doors to all Hindus irrespective of caste or sect, performing simple marriages according to the prescriptions in the Brahmanas of the Yajur Veda. It also created a conversion ritual called shuddhi, complete with formal certification, for non-Hindus wishing to enter the faith, something which had never existed before and which seemed to have been inspired by Christian practices of baptism. In his The Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru describes the Arya Samaj as thus having introduced religious proselytisation to Hinduism. (Non-Hindus marrying Hindus have found that if they wish to adopt their spouse’s faith, the only way they can do so is through the Arya Samaj’s conversion route.)

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In a different speech to the same Chicago convention, Swami Vivekananda set out his philosophy in simple terms: ‘Unity in variety is the plan of nature, and the Hindu has recognised it. Every other religion lays down certain fixed dogmas and tries to compel society to adopt them. It places before society only one coat which must fit Jack and John and Henry, all alike. If it does not fit John or Henry, he must go without a coat to cover his body. The Hindus have discovered that the absolute can only be realised, or thought of, or stated through the relative, and the images, crosses, and crescents are simply so many symbols—so many pegs to hang spiritual ideas on. It is not that this help is necessary for everyone, but those that do not need it have no right to say that it is wrong. Nor is it compulsory in Hinduism.’

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SARVA DHARMA SAMBHAVA - SW VVKA

t his vision—summarised in the Sanskrit credo ‘sarva dharma sambhava’—all religions are equally worthy of respect—is, in fact, the kind of Hinduism practised by most of India’s Hindus, whose instinctive acceptance of other faiths and forms of worship has long been the distinctive hallmark of Indianness, not merely in a narrow religious sense, but in a broader cultural and spiritual sense too.

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 faith requires no reason
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Hinduism professes no false certitudes. Its capacity to express wonder at Creation and simultaneously scepticism about the omniscience of the Creator are unique to Hinduism. 

Both are captured beautifully in this verse from the 3,500-year-old Rig Veda,

 the Nasadiya Sukta or Creation Hymn: 

Then there was neither non-existence nor existence, 

Then there was neither space, nor the sky beyond. 

What covered it? Where was it? What sheltered it? Was there water, in depths unfathomed

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 Charvaka School, goes so far as to embrace atheism within the Hindu philosophical framework.

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At the same time it is remarkable how the ten avataras of Vishnu, the Dasavataras, seemingly chart the course of human evolution two millennia before Darwin, starting with Matsya (the fish), and proceeding successively through Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the boar), and Narasimha (the half manhalf lion) to more recognisable human forms, Vamana (the dwarf) and Parasurama (who wields a great axe), then perfect men who are worshipped as divine (Sri Rama and Sri Krishna), then the Buddha (an interesting inclusion, of which more later) and finally Kalki, who is yet to be born, a brilliant youth on a white steed with a devastating sword, encircled by flames, who represents the destruction of the world as we know it.

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LISTEN TO HEAL 

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LUCY - ASHTASIDDHI 

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ANCIENT HX 1.5 MYA - 1000CE 

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TIRUKKURAL- TAMIL VEDAS 

WHAT IS TAMIL VEDA?

Tamil Veda is Titukkural written by Tamil poet Tiru Valluvar. It is considered the greatest Tamil work that Tamils contributed to the world. It contains 1330 couplets on moral and ethics in Tamil. It is dated 31 BCE by Tamil enthusiasts, but linguistically it belongs to 5th century CE.

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The great drought and the great deluge, all at the same time

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Black and Asian people in England have to wait longer for a cancer diagnosis than white people, with some forced to wait an extra six weeks, according to a “disturbing” analysis of NHS waiting times.

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The Catch of the Mundane World

At a glance, the Earth world seems like a beautiful place to live in forever. The neverending entertainment, the exciting challenges it presents, the romantic aspects, the scenic views, the monetary wealth, the power to be famous or important person…there is so much to see and do and absorb.

However, behind every beauty also lies the downside. Our mundane world is never free from epidemics, terminal illnesses, natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, droughts and famines.

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What Is The Non-Mundane World of Existence?

In our non-mundane world of existence (also known as “lokuttara“, supermundane, supramundane), everything is relative and beyond the true reality of living.

Dimension is limitless.

Time is motionless.

Space is infinite.

Life itself is always peaceful, serene and vibrant in our mind, heart and body.

An inner joy is always prevailing in the nonmundane atmosphere.

No more worrisome of the mundane activities, no more restlessness of any sudden changes in worldly phenomena. A constant bliss of happiness and life is full of contentment and joyful feeling. Such is the lokuttara atmosphere of entering into the realm of immundane world of existence.

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