"Is there anything more important than prayer?" asked the disciple of his master.
The master asked the disciple to go to a nearby bush and cut off a branch. The disciple obeyed. "Is the bush still alive?" asked the master. "Just as alive as before," answered the disciple.
"Now go and cut the roots," said the master."If I do that, the bush will die," said the disciple.
"Prayers are the branches of a tree, whose roots are called faith," said the master.
"There can be faith without prayer. But there can be no prayer without faith."
~ "Maktub" – Paulo Coelho
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This is a beautiful blog of a friend of mine. It is full of inspirations, wonderful thoughts and wisdom. I have not met this friend yet, but i have felt the cool breeze of her heart and soul through the pages of her blog. May you feel as well...
This is a beautiful website on meditation and also mysticism from many different sources. It containts collection of Esoteric and Kabbalistic Meditations, breathing exercise, visualization, Chakra, Kundalini Purification, Tibbetan mysticism etc. May it open up new awarenesses which were unknown upto this point of time.
Love the heart that hurts you,
O My Lord,
In response to his ‘no-religion’ statement i wrote, "Just as universities are need as an infrastructure for research and higher studies relig ion is needed for practicing God consciousness and Spirituality.
Religion is nothing but a system with a purpose. If we cancel all universities and ask scholars do study on their own do u think that would be better? I guess we need a balance between religion and no-religion. My understanding is that, it doesn't help to put blame or down play religion."
Now he answers very beautifully, "Yes My Dear, But if we come to University and only obey university instructions will we become scientist? You know universities have ranking. some of them are very low rank. Universities are only an environment to make us engineer (i.e.) not scientist. from any book they teach 2-3 chapters because they are enough for engineer. Understanding the Soul of the Science is not the aim.
Yeah maybe MIT is good. But not true about every university. What I mean?
Look, religions have ranking. Some believe that Islam is MIT. Others may believe that Christianity is MIT and etc. I am trying to say my friends not to speak so much about ranking of University and etc. and instead of wasting their time try to understand the Soul of Science, which can obtain it even in a very ordinary university. Yeah any how the student in an average university should try more than that in MIT (two similar students) but I am sure that at end both will reach the destination, because Soul of Science needs only MIND and good scholars and environments are needed only for few elementary steps. Then everything depend on students.
So today students don’t need much ‘university’ but MIND. "
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Come to know what is in front of you, 
There surely came over man a period of time when he was a thing not worth mentioning.
Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight.
Surely We have shown him the way: he may be thankful or denier.
The Quran : The Final Testament. Chapter 76. Verse 1-3.
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O You the Most Holy,
O You who is the Witness over all thing,
Remove from me all that become the veil
between You and me.
Have mercy on me O the Most Compassionate One.
Make my heart pure, and
Help me to return to my innocence.
O You the Most Sacred,
Make my heart sacred.
Make my heart as sacred as it becomes worthy of Your Throne.
O You the Most High,
Help me to strive to achieve Your Ideals.
O my Lord, You are my Ideal,
So let me seek nothing but You.
"The diversity of human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord. If you meet those of different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them and withdraw yourself into your shell of conventionality, but, rather, be glad and show them kindness. Think of them as different colored roses growing in the beautiful garden of humanity, and rejoice to be among them."
The debate about religion will perhaps never end. There will always be people who will oppose it as there will be those who will support it. The world is thus divided into two opposite camps - and perhaps there is no other issue over which opinion is so sharply divided.
Another son of Adam is in the process of coming to this earth..jpg)
Do they not see the earth, how many of every noble kind we have caused to grow in it? Surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe? (The Quran 26: 7,8)
All men are Shiva and all women are Shakthi. Shiva and Shakthi are deeply in love. There is great love and attraction between them. So, it is most natural that we as embodiments Of Shiva and Shakthi are bound to be attracted or fall in love with many people. Shiva and Shakthi find infinite ways to Make love to each other and we, as humans are one of the ways. We are just another playground for the Divine.
Marriage can be a healthy way for two people to feel one. But unfortunately, society has re-defined marriage to be a one-to-one and dependent and needful relationship between two people. We have been trained to listen rather than to live. What a pity!… True love exists without any dependencies, any expectations… just you and the Universe. Just you and the Beloved.
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you desire or craving.
Loving one another is half of wisdom.
A friend cannot be considered a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind your back and after your death.
There are many educated people who have ruined their future on account of their ignorance of faith or religion. Their knowledge did not prove of any avail to them.
Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
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Man doesn't realize how important is his own life, his self; and the study of his own life and his own self is a study of greatest importance. 
A spiritual master, Ibn al-Masak went to the caliph (the ruler king), who at the time was drinking a cup of water.
The caliph requested al-Masak to instruct him. Al-Masak said, " If you were dying of thirst and a cup of water was offered to you in exchange for your kingdom, you would gladly accept the bargain, wouldn't you?" The caliph agreed.
"Then why are you proud of a kingdom that is not worth more than a drink of water, and why aren't you grateful to the Lord for having supplied you with so much water for free?" - Al-Ghazzali
I found this beautiful story in Habibee's Blog. It sparked the thought that how strangely the worthiness of a thing changes according to situations. I just wonder at time how one thing, which we hold so dear to us, become worthless. And at those moments we realize the illusions of this world which covers us.
Love of Money, Career, Love for woman all often engross us and make us feel they are too worthy, too precious. May we see the Reality and transcend beyond the false illusion. Amen.
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Praise be to God !! Today i discovered this beautiful Sufi Spirtual Website Spiritual Health - Exploring Life's Horizons. This Spiritual Health web site critically explores an array of themes, ranging from: spiritual abuse, to: the Sufi Path (tasawwuf), mysticism, education, psychology, mind control, terrorism, ecology, Islam, the occult, political science, evolution, and much more. May be you can also get benefit from this site.http://www.spiritual-health.org/
The human body is a temple. The soul is the Deity in the temple. Both co-exist. It is extremely important for us to honor this temple. It is where God lives. How can we treat the body any less than we treat God? God communicates with our soul through the body. We are in constant union with the Cosmos through the body. Our 5 senses help us experience the union with God. We all love to visualize a beautiful God. If you are a rebel and confused about God,
Then please take my advice, and stop thinking about God.
Better start thinking about yourself, my friend.
And the same applies to me,
Cause I still don’t know much,
Do you?
I’m as confused as your are, my friend
So please excuse me for my babbling.
Without knowing ourselves,
How can we know ‘Something’
From which we all are derived?
If you are an ‘Atheist’, then
Please accept my congratulations, and
Stop arguing about God.
Perhaps for your being atheist
is the first step- In realizing the Truth.
God will never come into your proof,
No matter how hard you try,
Cause He is beyond your limited, rational proofs.
And He will always be above all those proofs.
Better start argue about
your own existence.
Be self conscious, then
the higher consciousness will follow.
By knowing our own selves,
Surely we will be able to see
the glimpse of that ever sought Light.
I wish for you my friend,
that you be among them
who have been successful in
experiencing the glimpses of that Light.
I wish you to be the Buddha,
Enlightened and Enlightening.
Whose self-consciousness merges
into Sunnyata, the Ultimate emptiness of the Cosmos.
8/14/2005 2:08 PM / Singapore / Sadiq M. Alam
Our life defines it! Yet we long for it, we think about it, we try to visualize it and we philosophize about it. We all have it in us to be one with God. We fail to notice it because we are so blinded by the matrix. We think that it is too high a goal for us and take comfort in what we are familiar with. If only we opened our eyes and see beyond… If only we open our mind and tune into the Divine energy which envelopes us wherever we are… If only we ask questions, God is waiting to give all answers we could possible handle ! 
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything;
it is open to everything.
In a beginner's mind there are many possibilities.
~ Suzuki Roshi
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I want to return to innocence.Everyday onward i want to return to my
Original innocence with which i came to this world .
Let me reach my innocence inch by inch, everyday.
Before i reach the day when i leave my body
And journey to the One and Only Pure Soul,
Let me live in my original innocence.
Let me unite with my Origin, the Supreme Soul in a state of worthyness.
Let my longing for it be blessed.
The purity which was my birth right,
Let me regain that as my life right.
Overlook the greatest fault of another, but do not partake of it yourself in the smallest degree.
:: Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Pin It Now!Perhaps the most beloved of all the sutras, the Heart Sutra plays a key role in the Buddhism of Tibet, Korea, China and Japan, where it is chanted, studied and meditated upon. Heart-sutra is quite a meaningful and important sutra. In this sultra, the relationship between 'VOID' and 'FORMS' is significantly explained... Listen to Heart Sutra in Sanskrit in real player. The chanting is very beautiful and Zen.
THE HEART SUTRA
When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
Was Coursing in the Deep Prajna Paramita.
He Perceived That All Five Skandhas Are Empty.
Thus He Overcame All Ills and Suffering.
Oh, Sariputra, Form Does not Differ From the Void,
And the Void Does Not Differ From Form.
Form is Void and Void is Form;
The Same is True For Feelings,
Perceptions, Volitions and Consciousness.
Sariputra, the Characteristics of the
Voidness of All Dharmas
Are Non-Arising, Non-Ceasing, Non-Defiled,
Non-Pure, Non-Increasing, Non-Decreasing.
Therefore, in the Void There Are No Forms,
No Feelings, Perceptions, Volitions or Consciousness.
No Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body or Mind;
No Form, Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch or Mind Object;
No Realm of the Eye,
Until We Come to No realm of Consciousness.
No ignorance and Also No Ending of Ignorance,
Until We Come to No Old Age and Death and
No Ending of Old Age and Death.
Also, There is No Truth of Suffering,
Of the Cause of Suffering,
Of the Cessation of Suffering, Nor of the Path.
There is No Wisdom, and There is No Attainment Whatsoever.
Because There is Nothing to Be Attained,
The Bodhisattva Relying On Prajna Paramita Has
No Obstruction in His Mind.
Because There is No Obstruction, He Has no Fear,
And He passes Far Beyond Confused Imagination.
And Reaches Ultimate Nirvana.
The Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future,
By Relying on Prajna Paramita
Have Attained Supreme Enlightenment.
Therefore, the Prajna Paramita is the Great Magic Spell,
The Spell of Illumination, the Supreme Spell,
Which Can Truly Protect One From All Suffering Without Fail.
Therefore He Uttered the Spell of Prajnaparmita,
Saying Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha.
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I am a very bad movie watcher (or u can say, unusual). I have a tendency NOT to watch movies which are superhit at the time of its peak. When all over the world everybody is talking about a particular movie, i somehow manage to save my interest to watch that movie at a later time. It happened to many good movies which i watched a long time after its in the top chart. 
Those who feel it uncomfortable with the title, "seeing God", can replace it in mind with "realizing God". It might be more appropriate to you. Just mind it that sometime realization is far far more powerful and vivid than all our limited eye can see or our brain can process. And that kind of realization is even more Real than seeing in conventional sense. Here I put the true story of Sri Ramakrishna and his desciple Vivekananda on the issue of seeing God. It is one of my most favorite.
More than a century ago an adolescent boy of Calcutta, Narendra Nath Dutta was obsessed with the idea of seeing God. He was firmly grounded in the works of occidental philosophers, but none could fulfil his cherished aspiration. His search took him to the ghats of Ganges where atop an anchored barge sat the leader of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore, a Guru in spiritual matters, father of the poet Tagore. But the 'Great Seer' was taken aback by Narendra's question - 'Sir, have you seen God?' - and tried to assuage him by saying that his eyes resembled that of a yogi, and that he should spiritually prosper by meditation.
Disappointed and desperate the young man one day, along with his friends, went to meet Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, a somewhat eccentric priest of the Kali temple at Dakshineswar in Calcutta. At the first opportunity Narendra put him the same famous and bold question - "Sir, have you seen God?"
But this practically illiterate priest, unlike the erudite Maharshi, replied in rural dialect without mincing words
- "Yes, I have seen God, just as I see you here, only in a more clear sense.
I have talked with him more intimately than I am talking to you.
But my child, who wants to see God !
People shed jugs of tears for money, wife and children.
But if they weep for God for only one day they would surely see Him."
Narendra intuitively knew that here was a genuine man to whom God was a living reality and not at all a philosophical concept or an intellectual pastime. As we know it was under the ecclesiastical tutelage of Sri Ramakrishna (1836-86) that Narendra Nath Dutta graduated into a full-blossomed spiritual soul, later to be known as Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902).
According to Vivekananda, "My master was not learned but learning personified." This inhibition of highest spiritual knowledge comes not from cramming spiritual texts but from attaining direct realization of Divinity through various paths prescribed by the spiritual masters of yore. The boldness of 'Sanatan Dharma' we call Hinduism is that it emphasises nothing short of direct perception of Truth as the goal of human life.
Vivekananda also speaks about his great master, "For the first time I found a man who dared to say that he saw God, that religion was a reality to be felt, to be sensed in an infinitely more intense way than we can sense the world. I began to go to that man, day after day, and I actually saw that religion could be given. One touch, one glance, can change a whole life. "
Source: Hinduism.About.com, Contributed by Soma Brahma
About Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna.
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Why do wise men of all ages from time immemorial keep saying the same idea that: You should know yourself !
Do not say, 'I follow the one true path of the Spirit,' but rather, 'I have found the Spirit walking on my path', for the Spirit walks on all paths. 
He is your field which you sow with love
and reap with thanksgiving.
And let there be no purpose in friendship
save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the dis-
closure of its own mystery is not love but
a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable
is caught.
And let your best be for your friend.
And in the sweetness of friendship let
there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart
finds its morning and is refreshed.
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
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