The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
Deepak ChopraRead
Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.
Interpretation
Inner peace can lead to greater clarity and self-reflection.
This quote emphasizes the importance of finding calm and tranquility within oneself. When our minds are chaotic or tumultuous like moving waters, we cannot see our true selves or the beauty around us. By allowing ourselves to settle into a state of calm, we become more aware of our inner being and can better appreciate the reflections of wisdom and tranquility that life offers.
In practice
During a meditation retreat, this quote can inspire participants to seek inner calm.
The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
To promote the healing response, you must get past all the grosser levels of the body - cells, tissues, organs and systems -- and arrive at a junction point between mind and matter, the point where consciousness actually starts to have an effect.
It is only because you take your mind to be yourself, and make it dwell on what you are not, that you lose your sense of well-being.
The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.
According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous.
I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside _x000D_ ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover _x000D_ that the gold we sought, we already are.
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?
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