Re: What would your Ten Commandments be?

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by rudyan in Questions & Reflections: The Group

Ten? I have one that covers pretty well any eventuality I can think of. It comes in many versions , which may differ in nuance, but not in intent. Here are several: What you would... More »

Re: Beautiful quotes and images (8)

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Taikunping in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.  ~Confucius

Re: The End of the World - What's Next?

Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Meenakshi in The GLOBAL PEACE POD.

Inlink, you are posting on a group called Global Peace. Can you attempt to write about peace?  Could you please write with peace, to one who has shown you the utmost respect and gentleness? Even... More »

Re: The Only Way (2)

Posted on Apr 8th, 2009 by Ketutar in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

BTW, "All enlightened masters and sages have said the same thing: The ego doesn’t exist, it is an illusion." Who do you count as "enlightened masters and sages"? What did for example Confucius say about... More »

Re: Sources for Buddhism- First official Buddhist Literature

Posted on Apr 2nd, 2009 by Meenakshi in One Light Many Windows

The Sayings of the Buddha in Forty-Two Sections by Kasyapa Matanga and Gobharana This text was said to be the first official Buddhist literature which was composed for the Chinese by two early Indian missionaries,... More »

What is Beauty?

Posted on Jan 10th, 2009 by Albert in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

Club of Amsterdam, a very innovative, creative and open.minded one brought this compilation of quotes about beauty. Very interesting and true, as I find: www.clubofamsterdam.com  .Quotes about Beauty     "Beauty?... To me it is a... More »

Re: 4 Gatekeepers to Freedom- Inquiry/vichar

Posted on Jan 7th, 2009 by Meenakshi in Living Metaphysics

As the words above flow through me, the following thoughts spring up: Inquiry leads us into the realm of knowing, knowledge, intellect and intelligence.  These words suggest that we first study the teachings that are... More »

Re: Jesus musings

Posted on Dec 19th, 2008 by Marmalade in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

I follow what you mean.  Part of me is attracted to a Perennialist view that goes beyond what even you said.  In some ways, I suspect there is One ultimate truth/reality... and one of the faces... More »

Sacreligious or Spiritual Buffet?

Posted on Dec 19th, 2008 by HopeEverylastingCanada in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

Hi, This may offend some people, challenge others, but it's a sincere question. I have a complicated religious history. I am no longer religious, but I am spiritual.  I have decided to believe in every... More »

Ambassador Group Guidelines

Posted on Dec 2nd, 2008 by Jessica in Gaia Ambassadors

Hello Lovelies, Wow. What a crazy few days it's been. I just came back from a little Thanksgiving trip and see there has been a lot of activity here. In response to current discussions, I'd... More »

Who do you want to be when you grow up?

Posted on May 13th, 2009 by will

Like a child in a sand box, happy, content in being, no fears, uncertainty, doubt or need to conform to a particular sect or group. In short, a prolonged experience of self-reliance.  No shoulda's, woulda's,... More »

Inspiration/Harmony/Golden Rule

Posted on Apr 10th, 2009 by radha

The Inner Activist #7                                                April 10, 2009 Aloha, I have been thinking about “The Golden Rule”, and what human relations would be like if we choose to live by this simple Truth. "Treat others as... More »

Love's a Game You Play to Lose

Posted on Apr 1st, 2009 by Living Love Fellowship

  a talk by David Truman 5/06/2005 Spiritually, most of you have gone just about as far as you can with the amount of surrender you've had to this point. You really need to be... More »

Love's a Game You Play to Lose

Posted on Apr 1st, 2009 by David Truman

Spiritually, most of you have gone just about as far as you can with the amount of surrender you've had to this point. You really need to be less self-centered. If you try to go... More »

The First Commandment

Posted on Mar 10th, 2009 by Faith

Weblink:http://www.missiontoisrael.org/first-commandment.php Thou shalt have no other gods before me . (Exodus 20:3 1 ) Of First Importance In both ancient and contemporary history, Israel's 2 defiance of her God is ultimately traced to First Commandment... More »

Share the story of your life, using only six words.

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2009 by rugged_gurl1

It took me a while to find only six words to summarize my life.  Instead of using such words as: I, you, we, love, family, woman...Here are my meaningful six words from a quote which... More »

IMPERMANENCE: EMBRACING CHANGE

Posted on Jan 31st, 2009 by Samme

A rose is a rose is a rose. ~ Gertrude Stein Dharma Quote of the Week "There is often a big disparity between the way we perceive things and the way things really are. For... More »

What has given you the most strength?

Posted on Jan 13th, 2009 by rugged_gurl1

The motivational posters that I seen  all those years at school and at places that I worked at in the past such as the one I will post below as an example.  These posters are... More »

Meeting Your Goals

Posted on Jan 10th, 2009 by wkjoy

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. Confucius

What's your favorite inspirational quote?

Posted on Dec 25th, 2008 by Erica

"Life is too important to be taken seriously" - Oscar Wilde                               & "The greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time you fall." - Confucius

Yen Hui: What is fasting of the heart? Confucius: The goal of fasting is inner unity. This means hearing, but not with the ear; hearing, but not with the understanding; hearing with the spirit, with your whole being... The hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind. Fasting of the heart empties the faculties, frees you from limitation and from preoccupation. Fasting of the heart begets unity and freedom. Yen Hui: I see. What was standing in my way was my own self-awareness. If I can begin this fasting of the heart, self awareness will vanish.

Three Friends There were three friends Discussing life. One said: "Can we live together and know nothing of it? Work together and produce nothing? Can people fly around in space and still forget to exist World without end?" The three friends looked at each other and burst out laughing. They had no explanation. Thus they were better friends than before. Then one friend died. Confucius sent a disciple to help the other two Chant the traditional funeral ritual. His disciple found that one of them had composed a song. While the other played the lute, They sang: "Hey, Sung Hu! Where'd you go? You have gone Where you were before. And we are here-- Damn it! We are here!" Then the disciple of Confucius burst in on them and exclaimed: "May I inquire where in the funeral ritual it allows you to sing so irreverently in the presence of the departed?" The two friends looked at each other, smiled, and said: "Well trained in liturgy, but the poor fellow doesn't understand life and death!"

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

It is not failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Taoist classics

All that ever stays the same is change. And I dream, I wonder… Taoism is not a... More »