IS REALITY REAL

Whenever your mind feels calm by doing anything then that is good Karma
Whatever makes your mind restless or makes other's mind restless, that is bad Karma
Desire is the root cause of existence. Desire itself is Karma
as desires arise, Karma happens. As long as you have the question 
Who am I, from where have i come and where do i go ? 
there is no better Karma than this in the world, hold it steadfast 
because this takes you within. 
The day this question leaves you, you will start walking on the evil path.
Spirituality is nothing but understanding of the truth
As your understanding grows, you will know that Spirituality is also called Consciousness and Knowledge
From where does knowledge come ? By rise in the level of consciousness 
The more your awareness and understanding of the world grows
you will voluntarily set aside the small things
Whenever we attain something big, we willingly keep aside the small things
There is no dividing line between spirituality and materialism 
It is just our misconception
It is possible that a worldly person is a lot more spiritual than
a spiritual person sitting on the top of a mountain
and on the other hand a person who calls himself spiritual is totally unspiritual and materialistic 
What we think and perceive is different and the reality is different
Whenever we put our attention on a particular thing
be it sound, light or anything. It begins to expand.
You are (your presence) is not the reason why I am watching you
I am watching therefore you are otherwise you are not.
You are watching therefore I am
Once you stop watching, there will be no me
When there is an observer, there is matter
When there is no observer, there are only waves. Energy which is flowing.
Observation is causing all of it to materialise and come into existence 
So, how is it that i am watching you and who is really watching ?
Are you really there ? Or are you merely my imagination ?

Everything is Possible

The Body has no existence of it's own, everything is controlled by the mind
But, since the mind isn't in our control, we don't get it.
What is the nature of mind ?
To run in 10 different directions at a time
You are trying to control the mind, which is the most powerful.
There's nothing more powerful than it in the world.
People keep talking about winning the race in work, education, job, business etc.
If a person can focus the mind at will, at one place, by some means for however long
Then what is it in the world that can not be done
The mind which was troubling you and taking you into darkness
Will take you to the light.
What is it that distinguishes all of us ?
In one word, it is 'Awareness'
Some have a slightly lower awareness, some have slightly more and some have very high level of awareness.
More the awareness, more are the possibilities in life.
Such a person will succeed not just in one activity but in any activity that he does.
He can learn anything and progress in it very quickly
A stage comes when you are in control
At will you can focus your mind on anything, at any time, for as long as you want.
whenever, wherever, however
and at any point, at will, you can shift your focus onto something else of your choice
Now. it's upto you, how long do you want to focus ? 1 minute, 1 hour or 1 day
You'll reach a level, when you'll have complete control over your body, mind and thoughts
Then you'll be able to do anything
You will be able to hold a thought, choose a thought or discard a thought
Then you'll do what is good for you as well as for others
You would not be able to do anything bad
An aware mind will not only benefit you but everyone else. The entire world.
It won't just stay with you, it will spread. Awareness spreads. Be aware. Awareness is Light
If  you want to cross all the worldly limits and go beyond
If you want to go to a place where there are no limits
where there are no limits, no boundaries, no boundations
Then there is only one way to it. That is to work at the level of the soul.
You have to go Within. There you will find the power to control your mind
And once you merge with this Awareness Then there will be no limits, no fear, no worries
There will be nothing impossible. Everything is possible

Never Give Up

We all have that aspect of being a hero, that potential inside us.
But in the face of adversity, in the face of an impossibility what we all go through
We all, you and me. We all feel lost, we feel confused, we feel scared.
We don't know how and it's at that time, that we tend to lose belief in that core strength.
We tend to forget what we have the ability to overcome.
We have the ability to rise. We have the ability to defeat defeat.

And at those times is when we all need to remind us that we are and we can be strong.
that we can overcome. that dreams as impossible as they might be can come true.
You can never find time.
For anything in your life if you are looking for time, it's never going to be found.
You have to create time. True success in your life will be when you can manage your time.
When you have the time to do everything that you want to do in your life,
That's the day that you will be successful. But the one thing, that will make you great in your life
Beyond money, beyond strength, beyond anything else is your character.
Know who you are walk your path, know your truths.
Character, that is what will make you great in whatever you do in your life.
And remember that status in the world is not defined by that work you but by how well you do it.
It doesn't matter what you do whatever you do, you do it great
and that will show your character to the people around you.
Be givers in life. Don't wait for people to show you love. Give love first.
Be contributors and whatever you want in your life will come to you automatically.
Give first.
How much more do we really need to see, to understand that life is more than what meets the eyes
Life is a gift, never to give up. Never give up
If you just hang in there, if you just consistently keep moving forward
with a positive attitude, magic happens. Miracles do happen.
Impossible is nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Make your story the greatest story ever told.
We have this one life and we can make it great no matter what.

Finding Your Meaning of Life

If you don't know why you are here
I encourage you to find out what your purpose is here
what will be different? Have you ever asked yourself that question?
And most people they go on their graves with their greatness still in them
what if you live your whole life only to discover that it was wrong?
we've all taken time just to stop and reflect
many times when we hear whats happening in the news or read the newspapers
where's all this leading to? whats going on here?
and so i think that now more than ever'we must begin
to look at what are things that we can do that would put us on some firm footing in life
that would enable us to do some things and use some powers that we have
that many of us go through life never ever discovering that we have those things going for us
and part of that i believe is knowing what it is your life work
what is it that gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose?
see if you know what your life work is
I encourage you to start working on it
if you can't do it all at one time do just a little bit of it
and if you don't know what it is that you showed up to do
if you don't know why you are here
I encourage you to find out what your purpose is here
what is the meaning of your life?
because once you find that
it puts you in your power place
85% of the American public according to recent studies are going to jobs that they hate
working on jobs that do not challenge them they get sick thinking about going
because see when you go to a job and you already know how far you can go
you can already see that proverbial glass ceiling
see when you're going some place and you already know
how much you are going to make
you already know how far you can go
you're in a dead end position. it erodes your self esteem
it lowers your sense of yourself, it creates an inner turmoil
it creates an emptiness in you
so I say that your life is worth finding
what it is that you're supposed to do
Imagine if you will being on your death bed
and standing around your bed, the ghost of the dreams
the ideas, the abilities, the talent
given to by life but you for whatever reason you never pursued those dreams
you never acted on those ideas you never used those gifts
you never used those talents and there they are staring at you as you are lying on your bed
with large angry eyes saying: we came to you!
only you could have given us life and now we must die with you forever
and the question is if you died today...
What dreams?
What talents?

What abilities?
What gifts?
What ideas?
will die with you.

The Secret of Life (Alan Watts)

And what is it all about ?
Well we say, one must live It's necessary to survive
You know , you really must go on It's your duty
We think, in other words, part of our western philosophy
that we think we have a drive to survive that we must go on living
because some big daddy said to us : you gotta go on living
and you better make it or else...
There really is no necessity to go on living
The fear of death is completely absurd
because if you're death you got nothing to worry about, so you'll be alright
So in the same way, this thing here, this plant

I'm quite sure it doesn't say to itself : You ought to go on living
You've got an instinct to survive which is something other than yourself in which you have to obey
Now you see, living, like this plant is something spontaneous
In Chinese, the word for nature is ziran
which means that which happens of itself not under any control of an outside boss
and so you stop this spontaneous flowering of nature cold if you tell it
you must do it
It's like saying to someone you must love me
Well it's ridiculous
If I were to ask my wife darling do you really love me
and she says I'm trying my best to do so, its not the answer i want
I want her to say: I can't help loving you, I love you so much I could eat you
and that's what the plant feels in growing, it doesn't feel that it must grow
its not under orders, it's not a military chain of commands
It does this spontaneously, so that when you try to command this spontaneous process
you stop it. What you are basically
deep deep down, far far in
is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself
Reality itself is gorgeous, it is the plenum, the fullness of total joy
and all those stars, if you look out in the skies, is a firework display
like you see on the 4th of july, which is a great occasion for celebration
the universe is a celebration
it is a firework show to celebrate that existence is
See this is the real secret of life
to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now
and instead of calling it work realise that this is play.

my soul is from elsewhere (RUMI)

All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
and I intend to end up there.

This drunkenness began in some other tavern.
When I get back around to that place,
I'll be completely sober. Meanwhile,
I'm like a bird from another continent, sitting in this aviary.
They day is coming when I fly off,
but who is it now in my ear who hears my voice?
Who says words with my mouth?

Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.Name of God repeated to infinity
in Kufic script,spiritual films
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
and I intend to end up there.

This drunkenness began in some other tavern.
When I get back around to that place,
I'll be completely sober. Meanwhile,
I'm like a bird from another continent, sitting in this aviary.
They day is coming when I fly off,
but who is it now in my ear who hears my voice?
Who says words with my mouth?

Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

Truth Within

There is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives
It is not a blind law for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings
there is an indefinable mysterious power that pervades everything
I feel it though i do not see it
It is this unseen power which makes itself felt and yet defies all proof
It is so unlike all that I perceive through my senses 
It transcends the senses whilst everything around me is ever changing , ever dying 
there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless 
that holds all together that creates, dissolves and recreates 
God to be God must rule the heart and transform it
he must express himself in every smallest act of his votary
this can only be done through a definite realization more real than the 5 senses can ever produce 
sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive 
however real they may appear to us
where there is realization outside the senses it is infallible 
it is proved in the transformed conduct and character of those
who have felt the real presence of god within in the experiences 
of an unbroken line of prophets and sages in all countries and climes 
to reject this evidence is to deny oneself
humble and mute acceptance of divine authority 
makes life journey easier this realization is preceded by an immovable faith
i have no argument to convince through reason faith transcends reason 
it the midst of untruth, truth persists in the midst of darkness, light persists 
hence i gather that god is life Truth, Light
he is love, he is the supreme good.