Jan 31st, 2014

"No one is wrong.  In the eyes of love, all people are doing the best they can from their own levels of consciousness."

I've found that when you come into conflicts with people, you go through so many emotions and most of them are negative.  And as you try to work through them you realize that the only way to get out of your suffering is to forgive and forget.  To some extent you convince yourself that you have done just that until you come into a similar situation, and you realize you're far from the wise words of forgive and forget.  So to me this quote is way to gain a new perspective, so while you may come to similar conflicts, your way of looking at it changes and you move from suffering to serenity. Forgiveness will not change the past but it will enlarge your future.

Easier said than done right?  Of course it is but rewards are so WORTH it!

Jan 30th, 2014

"What you see in others exists inside of you"-

A few years ago if I came across this quote I would have probably brushed it away not seeing the wisdom in it.  But recently when I came across it I took a notice.  Something inside of me really resonated with these simple words.  My journey of self-discovery through the path of yoga has helped me remove many layers of ignorance from within (and still there's plenty there to still remove).  What i have come to realize is that there are many people from the past and the present, that I truly admire.  Some of whom are Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Swami Vivekananda, Mother Teresa....the list can go on and on but what I'm trying to say is that we admire qualities in others that already exist within us.  We all have heroes that we look up to and admire because they bring up those aspirations that we have buried deep inside of us. So that sounds all lovely and good then why is it that when I come across an intolerant friend or a controlling relative I can see all their flaws and then some.... Hmmmm could it be?  Yes those all exits in me as well.  So then what am I to do?  

I conclude with an understanding that each emotion that is stirred in me is there to teach me a lesson, so rather than get carried away by it, feel it try to understand it and move on.

Your thoughts?

Jan 28th, 2014

How can one remember this and apply it during our darkest times?

I think the first step is to cultivate the knowing(faith).  Once that becomes a predominant quality of your inner landscape , you start to see things in a new way.  After that when you come into a certain conflict (inner or outer) the right knowledge surfaces and you are able to see an open door and not brood over a closed one.  Which is what Helen Keller exemplified in a HUGE way.