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Detached action is unselfish work

Bhagavad Gita (c. BC 400-, Sanskrit poem incorporated into the Mahabharata)

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
Meister Eckhart (1260-1326,  mystic)

“The Eye with which I see God is the same Eye with which God sees me. My eye and God’s eye is one eye, and one sight, and one knowledge, and one love.”

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A Spiritual Biography

By Leslie Wines

A reason for Rumi's broad appeal.

A Book Excerpt on Connections

"Another part of Rumi's very broad appeal may derive from his genuinely cosmopolitan character; if many types of people today feel linked to Rumi, it may be because in his lifetime he enjoyed unusually good relations with diverse groups. Born in or near Balkh in the province of Khorosan, in what is now Afghanistan — an area with Buddhist, Islamic, Christian, Zoroastrian and Jewish traditions — Rumi apparently was familiar with all those religions and often friendly with their practitioners. After the death of his first wife, an Islamic woman, Rumi chose as his second wife a woman many people believed to be of Christian origin. And this second marriage took place, somewhat remarkably, at the time of the Crusades, when large portions of the Christian and Islamic worlds were preoccupied with conquering each other. The hagiographers tell us that there was no more beautiful tribute to Rumi's universality than his funeral, a forty-day marathon of grieving attended by distraught, weeping Muslims, Christians, Jews, Greeks, Arabs and Persians."

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"At heart, giving a blessing is really quite simple. We innately know how to do it, precisely because it comes from the heart, from a sense of caring and helpfulness. Every time you create safety and reassurance where before there was fear, you are giving a blessing. Every time you perform an act of kindness, providing money where there was poverty, shelter where there was vulnerability, food where there was hunger, love where there was loneliness, comfort and encouragement where there was despair and depression, you are being a blessing. There is no special technique other than having an open, generous heart and a loving, aware mind."David Spangler

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Epictetus (50-138, Phrygian philosopher)

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Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Jim Rohn (American motivational speaker and author on business and life)

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Finding Hope in Tragedy

more from Jim Rohn on Pandemic/Hope/Human Spirit

I am struck by something that seems to be ever-present and never-ending wherever and whenever the human race is faced with tragedy. I think it can be summed up in a single, simple phrase: “Hope springs eternal.”

What do I mean? Almost immediately springing from the stories of tragedy, we begin to hear of miraculous moments of kindness, compassion, empathy and evidence of the resiliency of the human spirit. In one moment, the world unites and with one gentle, generous hand, reaches out to touch those who have been hurt by devastation.

Kindness is demonstrated by people worldwide who see catastrophe and whose hearts are touched and then act in kindness. We even see and hear of people from all over the world packing their bags and heading to the troubled spots to help. Unusual kindness and compassion springs forth from tragedy.

The strength of the human spirit is demonstrated in a profound way when viewed through tragedy. I am amazed when I hear the stories of human triumph born out of tragedy—amazing stories of the will to survive and the will to help others survive. Stories that quite literally make your eyes tear up as you watch the images of people who have faced death and not only overcome, but helped others do the same. In tragedy we see the strength of the human spirit as we face seemingly overwhelming circumstances and odds.

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resiliency 

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7 Traits of the Most Resilient People

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Resilience is the ability to return to the original form after being bent, stretched or compressed. It’s the ability to readily recover from illness, depression or adversity. How would you ever handle it if you lost everything you had today? What would your next step be? How long would you be depressed and upset and angry? What would it take for you to pull yourself up and start all over again? How resilient are you? Could you handle it? Could you learn from all of your disappointments and start all over again? What would it take?

First, it would take a lot of self-discipline. It would take a lot of positive self-talk to muster up the energy to begin again. It would take a lot of concentration to block out the noise and the clutter of all the negative voices trying to get through, as well as the negative voices of others around you. It would take a lot of discipline to balance the fear and anxiety with the knowing that, if you did it once, you can do it all over again.

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You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

David Viscott (1938-, American author, speaker, trainer)

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David Viscott was an American psychiatrist, author, businessman, and media personality. He was a graduate of Dartmouth, Tufts Medical School and taught at University Hospital in Boston. He started a private practice in psychiatry in 1968 and later moved to Los Angeles in 1979 where he was a professor of psychiatry at UCLA.

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One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873, British philosopher, economist)

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Ram Dass, also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author. His best known book, Be Here Now, has been described as "seminal," and helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga with the baby boomer generation in the West. Wikipedia

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Education: Tufts University, The Williston Northampton School, Stanford University, Wesleyan University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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