B Meditation - U R Meditation

"Understanding is the Whole Thing"..............Sirshree
Complete Meditation by Being Meditation & not by doing Meditation:

Questions On GOD

Seeker : Does God exist?

Sirshree: Some say yes. Some say no. But, both are incorrect. The reality is that “only God exists”. The real question is that do you exist. You think of yourself as something different, but is it true?

Seeker : How is God?

Sirshree: How do you think He will be: Does He have any form? Or is He formless? Or is he formless with the potential to manifest?

Seeker : I think that the second one is correct ...

Sirshree: Will a layman give more importance to ornaments or to gold?

Seeker : Of course – to ornaments.

Sirshree: Similarly, people always give more importance to form and shape. But for the goldsmith, both gold and golden ornaments are the same.

Seeker : Where is God?

Sirshree: You choose from these three answers: He is within. He exists externally. Both in and out.

Seeker : I guess the third one.

Sirshree: Exactly. For Him in and out makes no difference. The difference is only in our contrast mind[1].

Seeker : Then where to seek God?

Sirshree: You tell me. If he is both in and out, then where should you seek Him?

Seeker : Maybe “in” would be easier.

Sirshree: Precisely. Even if you seek Him outside, you will ultimately reach within. We look out into the mirror (an external source), but what it does is just to reflect us as we are. All idols and religious symbols stand for only one reason– to take us within. Then only do temples serve their purpose.

Seeker : If God is within, then who created God? How was he born?

Sirshree: Do you think God can die?

Seeker : No, absolutely not.

Sirshree: Only one who is born dies. The one who doesn’t die cannot be born either. God is beyond life and death, beyond time and space, beyond all perception and beyond every imagination.

Seeker : Then when did the world come into existence – this world that God created?

Sirshree: When the world was created?" -- this question is to do with time. But the concept of time came after the world was created. Do you understand? Are you getting it?

Seeker : Yes. Somewhat.

Sirshree: Actually what is important is – What "was" before time? Because that which was before time always existed, exists and will always exist. That’s the reason for the Final Truth Discourses.

Seeker : Then what should one do? What next? So is the first step that of getting liberated from anger and other such aversions. If so, I cannot do it. I have tried several times, but all in vain.

Sirshree: No, the first step is to know your true self. Get stabilized in your true self. First attain the bright happiness within. Once you are in that bright happiness, that ecstatic bliss- anger dissolves automatically.

Seeker : Then who am I?

Sirshree: One is that "I" what people think of me to be. One is that "I" what I think of myself to be. One that "I", which in future I want to become. In reality, you are beyond all these. Don’t try to know this in words – know by being there. Being is knowing. Not by being the body, not by being the mind.

Seeker :Will I understand these deeper truths of life? Can I fathom the depth of it?

Sirshree: Why not?

Seeker : But, how?

Sirshree: First you have to understand the mind – the mind that has shadowed the truth. This mind has many facets – all of them can be broadly classified under seven categories. These, I call the seven legs of the mind. With understanding, the seven legs will automatically break.

Seeker : How can I break these legs quickly?

Sirshree: This is the mind that is saying it. The mind in itself cannot make the mind fall.

Seeker : Then what should I do?

Sirshree: Attain understanding. Walk with me step by step. Give an hour every week for listening, for understanding. Listening to the Final Truth Discourses. Listening will bring forth understanding. Then “understanding in action” will emerge. Eventually, you will discover the pearl – the pearl that has been covered by the oyster. Pearl means truth. The mind is referred to as an oyster – which has thick layers of desires and cravings. That keeps drifting between the past and the future. But it cannot remain in the present. Understanding through listening will break the shell and the pearl will be revealed. So, are you ready for listening?

Seeker : Yes, of course.

Sirshree: Thank you for the opportunity to be of bright service to you.

Questions on Happiness

What is real happiness?

Sirshree: Real happiness is not that happiness which you get when you achieve some thing. The mind has cast a shadow over the real you. When the mind falls -- then what is behind the mind -- that manifests. And when that happens it is real happiness. Suppose you have an aim, a desire to achieve something or to own something. And when you actually achieve it -- then the mind that was thriving only on that desire --falls for some moments because the desire has been quenched. And in those few moments of no-mind, you experience emptiness. This you call as happiness or bliss. All happiness you have ever experienced is only because of the mind getting empty, because of the no-mind state, because of the lifting of the shadow of the mind. But the false notion that you get is that because the target was completed -- you got happiness. Because of what you desired - you got happiness. Because of this false notion, desire for newer and more things increase. But, anything that gives you lots of happiness today does not give you the same amount of happiness later. After some time happiness diminishes. It ends. The real thing - the one that is shadowed by the mind -- after that is experienced -- then you get "bright" happiness (Tej Anand). This "bright" happiness never diminishes.

What then is "bright" happiness ?

Sirshree: That bliss that is beyond happiness and sorrow. For which there is no opposite. To site an example, the opposite of 'success' is 'failure'. Similarly: hot - cold, up - down, love - hate etc. - all words are related. But what is beyond both opposites is "bright". What is beyond love and hate is "bright" love. What is beyond happiness and grief is bright happiness. There is no opposite to "bright" happiness. Because that is 'one'. When you come to know of that "one" then, you are liberated from dualism.

Why is man unhappy?

Because of double unhappiness.

What is double unhappiness?

You are troubled by something. The body is under pain – this is first unhappiness. But on that unhappiness the mind becomes unhappy, why does this exist? Why me? Why not others? When would this pain go away? ---- Then the unhappiness of the body increases ten times over. The body was in pain. The body was curing it too. Nature on its own was curing the pain. But the thorn of the mind made it “my pain”, “my unhappiness”.

Does this mean we should not be unhappy?

This means unhappiness over unhappiness should not be there.

What does this mean?

This means that the comparing mind (contrast mind) that raises its head and defines the state of unhappiness shouldn’t be there.


I didn’t understand ...

Understand it like this. You got angry. It does not trouble you as such. Children get angry and the very next second, they are peacefully playing. But you are thinking as to “why did I anger?” Even after the incident has occurred, what is being thought over it for hour together --- that gives you trouble. So you get angry over anger and this troubles the mind. The more your understanding increases, you are rid of this double unhappiness.

That means unhappiness alone cannot trouble us?

Absolutely correct.

How is that?

When unhappiness is not acceptable, then double unhappiness begins i.e. unhappiness over unhappiness as to why I am unhappy? But when there is acceptance of this unhappiness, then unhappiness on that unhappiness doesn’t happen. Depression on depression doesn’t occur. And then this understanding will occur that it is only “non-acceptance” that is unhappiness and only acceptance is happiness.

Question Answer Sessions with Sirshree Tejparkhi
On this page, you will find answers given out to truth seekers by Sirshree Tejparkhi. Some answers have been given to individual seekers who later wrote from their memory. Some are excerpts from his discourses where seekers asked questions and his answers thereto were documented.

Questions on Meditation

(A seeker's account of what happened to him)

This is an excerpt from an article by a disciple Tulsi Harwani where he describes how one question answer-session with Sirshree transformed his understanding.

One day I went to Sirshree and asked him some questions on meditation. I didn’t know then that the discussion would change the course of my life, my entire perception. The discussion that followed is described as follows:

Tulsi: Nowadays I am unable to practice vipassana meditation. What should I do? I am not able to concentrate and hence I feel guilty.

Sirshree: Who meditates – know that first.

Tulsi: Meditation, of course, I was the one doing it. But nowadays I have discontinued the practice.

Sirshree: First know “Who am I?”. Then you will be only in meditation. In other words, you become meditation, you become devotion.

Tulsi: I did not understand this.

Sirshree: Fine. You have to listen from the beginning. Listen by dropping all your false notions and concepts, without any comparison. Then you will come to understand that the meditation of Self (sakshi) is continuously happening. The moment the mind falls – there is meditation of Self - meditation of bright awareness – where there is awareness of consciousness and awareness of unconsciousness – both. That is bright awareness. Bright awareness is meditation. You don’t have to meditate – but just understand that “You are meditation”.

Tulsi: What! No need of meditation?

Sirshree: Not only meditation, but you will be free from all types of karma. You will get the understanding that you were the non-doer of karmas(akarta), you never did any karma right from the beginning. Then how did you become the doer of meditation?

Tulsi: So what should I do to attain this understanding?

Sirshree: Come and listen to Antim Satsang discourses. Through listening, the meditator will remain no more and what remains is only meditation. The path to end suffering, the road to happiness will emerge. You will be in the bright bliss of silence (moun).

Tulsi: I will definitely keep coming. Since then I attended the Gyan Group Retreat. I found the path to end suffering. I understood what Antim Satsang is all about. The more I listened, the more the conviction grew that everybody should come to know about Antim satsang and the final truth taught here. With this hope and conviction, I made an effort to write this small article. I believe this book will solve its purpose.

Question Answer Sessions with Sirshree Tejparkhi
On this page, you will find answers given out to truth seekers by Sirshree Tejparkhi. Some answers have been given to individual seekers who later wrote from their memory. Some are excerpts from his discourses where seekers asked questions and his answers thereto were documented.

Q : What is the most important aim of mans' spiritual search ?

A : Self Realization.

Q : But, can a householder , a man with responsibilities, ever attain self realization ?

A : Definitely. Married or not, male or female - it does not matter. One can surely attain this experience. Because this experience is already there with everyone all the time. It is inside. Here and now.

Q : However, because of all responsibilities a householder never gets time for listening, meditating, contemplating, devotion, etc

A : Yes. If actions are happening with attachment, then it increases your burdens, your obligations. Because of which you start feeling that "there is no time". But once you get the understanding - then there after man experiences solitude even while working. Then work becomes real devotion. Then being on oneself becomes real meditation.

Q : But all said and done, doesn’t man not reap the actions of his past lives?

A : Were you born now ? Are you today able to abandon all the concepts of your mind? Are you ready to raise yourself to a higher level than merely the concepts of heaven and hell? If you haven't done these now, then why do you bother about other births? Know the one who gets born. Identify the one who never is born. If you do FIRST THINGS FIRST then these entire questions would be answered. The fact is that you are ignorant about your true blissful state. In between, the clouds of "concepts" have overshadowed your true self. Unfold the knots and your true self will manifest.

Q : Is it necessary to become a monk, a recluse?

A : A householders thinks, "I am a householder." After becoming a monk - a new thought occurs to him - "I am a monk." By all this, you don't get freedom from thoughts. You don't get relieved of the mind. If you think by becoming a recluse you get relief from this mind only in the jungles - then why not at home? Instead, I ask you to become a "bright householder" . - The one who is beyond both householder and monk.

Q : Why is the mind always troubled?

A : " I do work " .This is the thought that generates all these troubles. First know how work happens. Remember who you are? Then work won't be a burden to you. Thoughts occur spontaneously and mind generates more thoughts on it. It shades these thoughts with its imagination and concepts. Due to which it somersaults in the past and the future. It goes away from the present. This is the exact trouble of the mind. The moment it knows the truth - it becomes silent. And then the bliss that is hidden behind the mind - bright happiness - it surfaces.

Q : Then how does all work happen ? What is this truth? - this true happiness?

A : Understand this with an analogy of a film screen. The movements of pictures on the screen do not effect the screen. The VIEWER always concentrates only on the pictures. Without the screen, the pictures do not exist. Yet it is the picture that gets all the attention. If the pictures are of fire- it does not burn the screen. Similarly, all the fire - the anger and the hatred inside man can not even touch that thing (true self) - It is man's duty to find out this - untouched spot and then try to get stabilized there. He will surely be successful.

Q : How to reach that spot?

A : Between you and that spot - there is this thin film of you mind. When the mind starts getting the understanding that is told in the "Final Truth" Sessions - Then that film disappears. Then, when, the mind falls, that place manifests. Where there is no happiness, no sorrow. Beyond both is "ultimate peace" - whose bright happiness man can experience and may want to share with others.

Q : But , there is also a director to the movie?

A : Movies happen on a non living screen. Hence a conscious entity is required to direct it. But the screen (spot) inside us - it is full of consciousness. There - no director is required.

Q : Then doesn't work happen according to our doings ? Does everything happening in our lives get directed from that place? So should we just wait with our hands tied?

A : The concepts of action and doership either trouble you or liberate you . The crow uses only one eye to see both sides. The elephant uses its trunk both as a hand as well as nose. Believe it or not, truth is one and the same. The door is one. To attain that place is man's final aim whether you believe it or not. The doer of action and non-action is one.

Q : What is "silence"?

A : The state beyond speech and thought is silence. Words originate from silence. And it is in this inner silence that thoughts disappear as well. In between every word, silence is available. In between every thought, silence is available. It is in the paper {background} of silence - those words are written. And attaining this silence is attaining yourself. Silence is the ultimate language.

Q : Is remaining in solitude necessary?

A : Solitude is inside a man himself. Even in a crowd while doing work, if man is able to always keep his mind at peace, then he is actually savoring {enjoying} solitude. If a recluse, staying in a jungle is trapped in a swamp of thoughts - then even in solitude he is not. Understanding takes you easily into solitude.

Q : The moment one sits to meditate, thoughts arise with great rapidity & then trouble you.

A : Yes. During meditation all kinds of thoughts arise. This is correct. The thoughts that are hidden [suppressed] in you- they have to come out one day or the other. If they don't arise - if they don't appear before the WITNESS - then how will they get eradicated? Thoughts are able to trouble you because you get attached to them. The witness who watches these thoughts are you, not the thoughts themselves. Knowing the witness who witnesses every experience in meditation - is Self Realization.

Q : How can I experience myself?

A : Experience of yourself is not a thing that is outside. That has to be again attained. It is already present. Because we think of ourselves as our body, we have forgotten our true nature.

Q : Would “knowing myself” help others?

A : Definitely ! Indeed - this is the biggest service. Seeing you, a desire would arise in the minds if others to attain this bliss due to which they too would become seekers. And finally, they would become disseminators of the Bright Understanding.

Q : How to see the omnipresent God?

A : For seeing God - it is necessary to know "What is not God" or attain the understanding level that "There is only God".

Q : How to find a Guru?

A : When a seeker’s desire to know the truth increases, when he becomes ready to listen the final truth - then the Guru automatically reaches the disciple. The Guru is the inner witnessor himself. It is through his grace that Self Realization is possible. Because you understand yourself to be the body - you make the mistake of thinking that the Guru is also another body.

Q : How to identify the Guru?

A : Is the Guru the one who can walk on water? Who can fly? Who can make things manifest out of thin air? - Not at all. Due to listening to whose words, due to whose presence you start to feel the bliss in life - that is the criterion - that is the way to identify the real Guru. The one who will make you realize yourself. The Guru will show you all the facets of your mind. The Guru will break your ego of being the doer. He would make you experience the truth of this world. Who would liberate you from all bondage. Who would liberate you from himself too.

Q: Who am I?

A: This is something that only you have to tell that who you are.

Q : I try a lot. Yet I cannot find out that "I". How is that "I"? Even after lots of effort I'm unable to find it. Nothing is clear.

A : You are trying to know it with the help of your imagination. Truth is beyond imagination. When the mind is unable to see a particular thing then it starts imagining about it. Who is that who says that the "I" cannot be seen? Instead of imagining, experience it with peace. Before grasping the "I am" feeling - "Understanding" has to be gained. Otherwise the mind will again and again raise its head and will weave a web of imagination. Reach the roots of it. Understanding that is imparted in the final truth sessions -- that can make you reach there. Due to which the mind falls or then it surrenders itself at the feet of God where everything is acceptable to it. This way, the mind will die. Surrendering yourself and understanding is one and the same. When the ego grasps the power of God - then it surrenders. By understanding, it goes into silence.

Q : How should this surrendering be?

A : Surrendering is successful only after the real meaning of surrendering is understood. This knowledge - comes only after getting Bright Truth and Bright knowledge. Surrendering is only then complete when it is doubtless. This is not something on which there could be a compromise. Whether our demands are met or not. In such a surrendering - everything is encompassed.

Q: But isn't it something to be laughed upon - that we keep finding this 'I'. "Who am I? Who am I?" - We keep thinking only of this.

A: You think of yourself as the body - that is why it seems humorous. But it is exactly the opposite. This thing is very serious. Because the moment you know yourself - all problems, all the depression, anger, worries, hatred vanishes. The fear of death and the war of life end.

Q : From time immemorial - the search for God has always been on. Has there been any final conclusion to all this?

A : Yes. God is silence manifest. It is only in silence that he can be known. Words can merely act as indicators. But when these words fall in the hands of sectarians, then they become the reason for differences. That is why people like Buddha never even mention God.

Q : What stands between me and God?

A : Your fickle mind and its wrong concepts and beliefs.

Q : I have lots of shortcomings. Will God remove them?

A: If your faith persists - all these shortcomings would be overcome.

Q: Why doesn't God Himself raise this faith in me?

A: For this you have to understand the truth or do surrendering.

Q : If I surrender myself before God - then don’t I need to do prayers?

A : Surrendering is the most supreme and powerful prayer of all.

Q : But how to keep faith on God's grace?

A : According to your mind, you do not feel God's grace. If you are not feeling His grace - it doesn't mean that God's grace is not happening. In your imagination - do not compare or judge God's grace. That you were born as a man - itself - is a big grace of God. Then in this body - if the desire for Truth arises - it is the second grace. Meeting a Guru who tells you the Truth - is the third grace. Faith arising on the Guru is the fourth instance of grace. Some of this grace has already been done. If you can't identify it - Why blame God?

Q : Please tell something in the end so that I can start contemplating.

A : In the night there is no sense of your body. When there is no body - the senses of the body don't work - due to which even this world disappears. You get up in the morning and say I slept well. In that deep sleep who was knowing who was awake? Who slept during the night? Who remained awake? Who got up in the morning? Who slept in the morning? Did it actually sleep in the morning or did the concepts of the mind cover it? How to know that 'never sleeping, ever awaking' witness? How to attain the sacred spot inside? How to attain it while in the awaking state? Then liberation from every sorrow, liberation from the aversions of the mind will happen. The mind, that was trying to understand all the things of the world - how to make it an object itself ? How should it bow down? Let the somersaults of the mind stop. Start living in the present. Be stabilized in your true self - these good wishes and blessings.

Answers to Seeker's Questions by " Sirshree "

Seeker : Does God exist?

Sirshree: Some say yes. Some say no. But, both are incorrect. The reality is that “only God exists”. The real question is that do you exist. You think of yourself as something different, but is it true?

Seeker : How is God?

Sirshree: How do you think He will be: Does He have any form? Or is He formless? Or is he formless with the potential to manifest?

Seeker : I think that the second one is correct ...

Sirshree: Will a layman give more importance to ornaments or to gold?

Seeker : Of course – to ornaments.

Sirshree: Similarly, people always give more importance to form and shape. But for the goldsmith, both gold and golden ornaments are the same.

Seeker : Where is God?

Sirshree: You choose from these three answers: He is within. He exists externally. Both in and out.

Seeker : I guess the third one.

Sirshree: Exactly. For Him in and out makes no difference. The difference is only in our contrast mind[1].

Seeker : Then where to seek God?

Sirshree: You tell me. If he is both in and out, then where should you seek Him?

Seeker : Maybe “in” would be easier.

Sirshree: Precisely. Even if you seek Him outside, you will ultimately reach within. We look out into the mirror (an external source), but what it does is just to reflect us as we are. All idols and religious symbols stand for only one reason– to take us within. Then only do temples serve their purpose.

Seeker : If God is within, then who created God? How was he born?

Sirshree: Do you think God can die?

Seeker : No, absolutely not.

Sirshree: Only one who is born dies. The one who doesn’t die cannot be born either. God is beyond life and death, beyond time and space, beyond all perception and beyond every imagination.

Seeker : Then when did the world come into existence – this world that God created?

Sirshree: When the world was created?" -- this question is to do with time. But the concept of time came after the world was created. Do you understand? Are you getting it?

Seeker : Yes. Somewhat.

Sirshree: Actually what is important is – What "was" before time? Because that which was before time always existed, exists and will always exist. That’s the reason for the Final Truth Discourses.

Seeker : Then what should one do? What next? So is the first step that of getting liberated from anger and other such aversions. If so, I cannot do it. I have tried several times, but all in vain.

Sirshree: No, the first step is to know your true self. Get stabilized in your true self. First attain the bright happiness within. Once you are in that bright happiness, that ecstatic bliss- anger dissolves automatically.

Seeker : Then who am I?

Sirshree: One is that "I" what people think of me to be. One is that "I" what I think of myself to be. One that "I", which in future I want to become. In reality, you are beyond all these. Don’t try to know this in words – know by being there. Being is knowing. Not by being the body, not by being the mind.

Seeker :Will I understand these deeper truths of life? Can I fathom the depth of it?

Sirshree: Why not?

Seeker : But, how?

Sirshree: First you have to understand the mind – the mind that has shadowed the truth. This mind has many facets – all of them can be broadly classified under seven categories. These, I call the seven legs of the mind. With understanding, the seven legs will automatically break.

Seeker : How can I break these legs quickly?

Sirshree: This is the mind that is saying it. The mind in itself cannot make the mind fall.

Seeker : Then what should I do?

Sirshree: Attain understanding. Walk with me step by step. Give an hour every week for listening, for understanding. Listening to the Final Truth Discourses. Listening will bring forth understanding. Then “understanding in action” will emerge. Eventually, you will discover the pearl – the pearl that has been covered by the oyster. Pearl means truth. The mind is referred to as an oyster – which has thick layers of desires and cravings. That keeps drifting between the past and the future. But it cannot remain in the present. Understanding through listening will break the shell and the pearl will be revealed. So, are you ready for listening?

Seeker : Yes, of course.

Sirshree: Thank you for the opportunity to be of bright service to you.

The Power of Wealth with-in You

How to Recognize and Release Your Power

There is an inherent power lying in each and every person, hidden deep within us. By finding this power and knowing how to use it we can obtain miraculous results. We have the power to create financial freedom and independence, the power to lead a healthy lifestyle, the power to live where we want and do the things we dream of doing.

There is in man a greater Self, one that transcends the current belief we have of ourselves. Our goal is to find that person and become what we are supposed to be, to do and to have. Whether that is to be a person who is seeking benefits of a healthy life, a person who pursues wealth and is looking for your financial freedom, or a person who craves living in the country and who enjoys horses and ranch life. We strive to be all that we can be.

The idea of this book is to assist men and women to bring their inward powers of mind and spirit into reality. Intuitively and in harmony with universal law; to build up character, and to find within them that wondrous Self, which is their real self, and which when realized reveals to them that they are capable of extraordinary happenings. The ability to run their business, work from home, travel the world, experience abundant health.

There is no way whereby the lessons of life can be avoided. Each life must meet it own troubles and difficulties; each soul must pass through its own waters, every heart must encounter sorrow and grief. But none should be overwhelmed in the conflicts of life, for one who has learned the great secret of his identity with the Universal life and power, dwells in an impregnable city, built upon the truth.

While this book does not offer any vain promises of an easy life, for that is not possible. As we must all pass different tests, go through trials and tribulations given to us by our choices that we make. Depending on how our mind thinks, what we value (truth, money, health), what are my goals (making money, being healthy, enjoying country lifestyle), my ambitions (training, showing horses), and my beliefs (spiritual, mental, health or wealth). However, it shows you how to become so strong that life looks almost easy by comparison (life or fate does not change or become easier, but the individual alters and becomes stronger). While it shows the reader how to avoid making their life more difficult than it need be. As Ellie Drake says “It’s Easier Done Than Said”. Most peoples lives would be less filled with trouble and suffering if they took life in the right spirit and acted in harmony with the Universal Laws. The idea here is to assist many to come into harmony and your life’s purpose, avoiding much needless suffering. This discovery which brings with it a realization of absolute security, to bring into expression and wisely use the inner spirit and metal forces and then enter a life of overcoming obstacles and finding unlimited opportunities and dreams. Of course we all know that positive thoughts/choices and actions bring about positive results or consequences and that negative will also yield only negatives.

We each possess unlimited power and potential. The power of the spirit that lies in each person provides us with this power and potential. It is not the power of an ordinary, dull and dreary life. It transcends these, because being spiritual is of a higher order than either physical or even mental thought.

When you don’t tap into the power with-in you, you feel as if you are lost. When you do tap into this source of energy, you find you are unstoppable. Things that seemed difficult before are no longer that way. You have the ability to overcome them, by either going around or through them. Try looking at your difficulties from another point of view. Take a look from another angle and you will begin to see them in a different light. Then you will be able to find your way of getting them accomplished with ease.

I recently read this story and it seems to fit here: A man who once wrote about the salvaging of old ships stated that it was not the age of the wood from the vessel alone that improved its quality. The straining and the twisting of the ship by the sea, the chemical reaction produced by the bilge water, and the differing cargoes also had an effect. Several years ago some oak boards from an eighty year old ship, and some mahogany beams also taken from a vessel of some sixty years old were exhibited. They attracted attention because of their elegant coloring and beautiful grain. The years of travel had constricted the pores of the wood and deepened it colors, so that they were as magnificent and bright as those of an ancient Chinese vase. There is also a great difference between the quality of life of people who lived listless, self-indulgent, and useless lives and the quality of those who have sailed through the rough times, carrying cargo and burdens but are guided by their spirit. In the latter group, not only has the stress and strain of life seeped into their lives but the aroma of the sweetness of their cargo has also been absorbed into the very pores of each fiber of their character. I was pondering this story, realizing that it gave me a peace of mind. It is okay where I am now in my life, yes my cargos and burdens have shaped me. It is also up to me to determine how I look at this shaping, whether I look “rotted” or “wondrous” and that I have the power to change how I am affected by the events around me. Even though these events or circumstances (choices and reactions) have shaped me to where I am today, I have the inherent power to change them in the future.

If you enter into this inner knowledge you can find yourself the possessor of infinite power and unlimited potential. You can create your own strategies for the wealth you desire, or the life you wish and dream of living. If it is to be it is up to me.

Use the Law of Attraction with Unconditional Love

The secret to life is immersing yourself in unconditional love. Use the tool called the law of attraction to attract unconditional love into your every experience. Call forth spirituality information that allows your spiritual growth to expand exponentially. Everything that exists, including you, came from the source of everything.

This source has been called many names. God, Allah, Jawah, Jehovah, Brahma, Nature and Elohim are just a few of the names or labels that we have attached to this idea or concept we have about the source of all that is. These names and labels are a way of identifying this something that is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. This omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent thing that we are labeling is the concept that rules and binds the universe and everything that exists, seen and unseen, and this thing we are talking about, that we label with the word “God,” is love. Unconditional, unbounded, all-powerful love is the force behind the source that we call God. When you come right down to the bottom line of our existence in this physical relative universe, our only reason and purpose for being is to experience love in all of its different infinite perspectives. This is the easiest thing in the world to do because everything we experience is an experience of looking at love from a unique perspective.

Everything that exists, seen and unseen, is an aspect of love. This includes the concept and emotion we call fear. Fear would not exist except for the idea that this universe of relativity was created as an ideal stage in which we could experience in the physical all that we know as concepts in the absolute. The only thing that exists in the absolute is love. The only way to experience love is to experience the opposite of love, which is fear. Your desire for clarity and understanding has led you to this truth. Now continue to remind yourself of this foundational truth by using love as the first reference source when you need to seek clarity or when you desire to answer any concerns about life situations, events, people, things (seen and unseen) and concepts you encounter as they show up in your life. By continually reminding yourself that love is all there is and love is the answer to all your concerns and desires you are continually aligning yourself with the highest vibrations of your existence.

As you continue to dwell at this higher vibrational level, you draw into your life and experience other people, places and things that exist at this vibration level. It's that “law of attraction” thing again. You bring into your life that which you put your attention on. The more you play this game consciously the more you see this law as an active function of how the universe really works. Now take this concept to its highest level and keep love in the forefront of your thoughts and see your life and the world you live in change before your very eyes.

Your life is changing in every nano-second of your existence anyway, so why not consciously change it in the direction that is most beneficial for you and therefore, for all of humanity. What you do for yourself, you do for another and what you do for another, you do for yourself. That's what love is. Love is this unending message of unity that clears the filters of your perceptions and allows the light of joy to enter and pervade your existence. This concept of unity removes the fear of life's conflicts by lighting your path so brightly that you can easily avoid any obstacles or hurdles that appear on your path. It is all part of this understanding thing that continues to open these doors to us and allows us to remove the limits of our existence that we established during the periods of our life when we let fear become our dominant paradigm.

Now you are awake and aware. You know and you have experienced the power of living consciously in love. This experience, this knowledge, of love has led you to a place where wisdom and clarity are desired, and, once desired, are now flowing to you. The only thing that can stop this flow is thoughts and beliefs that counteract your desire.

How To Enjoy A Happy Life

"Don't Worry, Be Happy," sings Bob Marley. But happiness appears to be a lost art. The stress of day to day living has made us worried and very unhappy. Our scarce resources don't seem sufficient to balance the demand.

Yet is worry itself only an illusion? A bad habit? A self-defeating way of thinking?Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful. It is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from stress. Worry, on the other hand, creates stress, which itself is linked to heart disease, cancer and stroke. How can you embrace change, stop worrying, and feel happy?

Make A Decision To Be Happy"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be," said Abraham Lincoln. To be happy is relatively easy. Just decide to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln observed that most people can choose how happy or unhappy they want to be. Wouldn't you rather be relaxed rather than tense, bright rather than gloomy?

The choice is simple: choose to be happy. Happiness, then, as Abraham Lincoln pointed out, is actually a decision. It's not based on a perfect equilibrium in all your affairs. It's based on a choice to adopt an optimistic view. If you're going to wait for everything to be perfect before you give yourself permission to be happy, you may catch a window of opportunity only once or twice in a lifetime.

Improve Your Relationships. One certain way to be happy is to make all your relationships positive ones.Social networks are essential for happiness. People are different, accept them the way they are. Avoid clashes. Shun arguments. Let go of resentments. If an argument seems inevitable, try and understand the situation from the other person's perspective before you lose your temper. Often, this expansion of perception, is enough to end disagreements and misunderstandings.Happiness is our natural birthright.

Everyone has that capacity. Increasing it can make life wonderful. You'll also feel healthy, think clearly, and do everything better. Adopt An Attitude Of GratitudeBeing grateful is a great attitude. We have much to be thankful for. Thank the sun for rising, the sky for its beauty, and the meadows and hills for bright,living colors. Thank the air and the water for sustaining your life; the food placed before you for nourishing you; the work given to your hands to do to provide all your material needs.Thank the people who think you're special.

There is no limit on things to be grateful for.Avoid MalcontentsLife is a challenge and many people develop a peculiar joy from sharing their "ain't it awful" stories with you.Somehow, after listening to them gossip or whine, you suddenly feel empty and defeated. While you may enjoy offering a friendly word of advice, prefer to spend your time associating with happier people.If you can't get enough bad news, then turn on the radio or television.

People who are miserable can sap your energy. Do you really want to spend your time with them? It's just as easy to find uplifting joyful companionship and tune into information that is informative and inspiring. Avoid Ugly EnvironmentsAvoid exposure to negative elements like loud noises, toxins and hazardous places.Tune In To The InfiniteA spiritual perspective can tune you into the big picture. All of life is evolving before your very eyes. Relish the adventure of being here, now.

Do things that remind you of your own spiritual nature. For some, it is walking out in nature, for others it is a formal practice like meditation, contemplation, orjoining a like-minded group.Manage Your Time Manage your time. Time is invaluable and too important to waste. Time management can make every part of your life work better.Time management involves scheduling, setting goals, planning, creating lists of things to do and prioritizing. With just a modicum of effort, you can develop efficient personal time management skills.

Make Time For HumorWatch funny movies, listen to and share jokes, and do things that make you feel silly and light-hearted. Life has its hilarious side as well.Share Your AffectionExpress your feelings, affections, friendship and passion to people around you. They will most likely reciprocate. Try to release pent up anger or frustration. Be slow to anger and quick to forgive. It makes life for everyone, including yourself, so much easier.Do Work You LoveWorking hard brings tremendous personal satisfaction. You feel competent when you finish your tasks. Accomplishments are necessary for all of us. They give us a sense of value.

Work on things that you feel worthy of your time. Love what you do and do what you love. It's a great way to make more money because your energy is aligned with your desires.Enjoy Learning New ThingsLearning is a joyful experience. Try and learn something new every day. Learning broadens your horizons. It also improves what you can do and be in the future. Get In Touch With Your BodyRun, jog, walk, exercise, make love. Get in touch with your body. Be present in your body. Feel alive in it.

These are just a few simple things you can do everyday to be happy. Once you think about it, you can come up with quite a few more.The best place to start right now is to remember the quote from Abraham Lincoln, "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."The pursuit of happiness may be easier than you think.

Beautify The Pathway Of Our Life

A water bearer had two large pots. Each hung on either end of the pole, which he carried across his shoulders delivering water to people’s houses every day along the same pathway. One of the pots had cracks in it while the other was perfect. As a result, the water bearer was delivering one and half pots full of water per trip. The perfect pot was proud of its accomplishment while the poor cracked pot, mindful of its imperfection, felt truly ashamed.

One day, the cracked pot addressed the water bearer thus, “I am ashamed of myself and I want to apologize to you for your not reaping the full benefit of your efforts: because of the water leaking from my cracks”. The water bearer was touched by the pots confession and responded gently, ‘Notice how there are beautiful flowers only on your side of the pathway, and not on the other side. That’s because I knew of your flaw and used it to advantage by planting flower seeds on your side of the pathway. As a result, I have been able to pick these flowers and gladden people’s hearts.” Every element in the universe has been created by nature for a specific purpose.

We are all leaking pots. Each one of us has our own unique flaws. Let us not regret or deny them but accept and convert them into pluses. Just like the water bearer, let us turn our own flaws into flowers. It is these infirmities that cause us to turn to the ALMIGHTY who shows us the way to change adversity into opportunity and beautify the pathway of our life.