We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil.
Interpretation
Serenity in the face of difficulties can influence others positively.
This quote emphasizes the power of tranquility and calmness, suggesting that maintaining a serene demeanor during challenging times not only benefits oneself but also has a ripple effect, helping to soothe the anxieties of others. It highlights the importance of inner peace as a source of strength and support in the midst of turmoil.
In practice
This quote could be used in a meditation workshop to inspire participants to remain calm in tough times.
If you have done something meritorious, you experience pleasure and happiness; if wrong things, suffering. A happy or unhappy life is your own creation. Nobody else is responsible. If you remember this, you won’t find fault with anybody. You are your own best friend as well as your worst enemy. (99)
Begin with little things daily and one day you will be doing things that months back you would have thought impossible.
Anything that you throw comes back. All your actions are echoes.
. . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a pit or chopping some wood or cooking some food. If you can’t learn from your daily activities, how are you going to understand the scriptures? (233)
When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.
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I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.
Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.
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