#falserituals #enlightenment #selfrealization #farihapervez #inner-reflection #spiritualponderings #ego #false-ego This is a soulful recital by Fariha Pervez contemplating various rituals that are followed with the quest to achieve spiritual enlightenment in various traditions and cultures. What is the true outcome of such rituals / practices?
Category: Humbling Insights
#HumanBrainStuff #reality #illusions I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed […]
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The Tragedy of War
#TragedyOfWar #WarIsFutile #PeaceNotWar #PeopleSuffer #WarIsPathetic #WarIsIncrediblyPathetic #WarIsEvil #WarIsTheLowestoftheLowest How can mankind stoop so low, over and over!. Two world wars with millions of pointless deaths and devastation plus so many destructive invasions over recent years are not enough? Overall, I don’t think it is people that create wars. Usually it is is deluded politicians and […]
#ChickenSoupForTheSoul BY JACK LEVINE A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes […]
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What is reality?
This is an interesting experiment, especially as a group exercise. Ask, “which way is the ballerina spinning, clockwise or anti-clockwise?”. You will be surprised by the split verdicts. And then the fact that you can with a bit of effort, change your perception is even more bizarre i.e. you can see her spinning in the […]
By Deepak Chopra™ MD Everyone has had the bitter experience of being betrayed, when someone we trusted violated that trust. After being betrayed, most of us want two things, usually at the same time. We want to get even with the person who hurt us or we want to rise above the situation and offer […]
Lyrics: Pilgrim, how you journeyon the road you choseto find out where the winds dieand where the stories go.All days come from one daythat must you must know,you cannot change what’s overbut only where you go. One way leads to diamonds,one way leads to gold,another leads you onlyto everything you’re told.In your heart you wonderwhich […]
By Deepak Chopra™, MD (www.deepakchopra.com) Life is nothing but a series of choices, and if you make good choices, your life will improve. That’s a brief, rational statement that everyone lives by, since the opposite—improving your life by making bad choices—isn’t much of a plan. Making good choices should bring the […]
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A Lost Friendship
“If a friend doesn’t want you in their life – then you have no place in their life. But that’s okay – because your friendship was a journey on which you both grew as people.“ It’s important to think of this former friend as a human being- constantly thinking and changing thoughts, forming their worldview […]
#IDidn’tKnowHowToTeach #TrueTeaching #TeddyStoddard #ChickenSoupForTheSoul #SoulfulTeaching This is a story I came across many years ago in a book called “Chicken Soup for the Soul”. This story really touched me so profoundly and deeply and still does………… The Teddy Stoddard Story There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. […]