How must you approach the Master, a child, …God’s creation? With humility, respect, and the attitude of service. You must relinquish the thought ‘Give me! Give me what I want!’ Instead, approach with the attitude, ‘What can I give? What can I do for you?’ That is when your heart opens. ~ Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
July 10th Daily Meditation Moment
It is not the number of books you read, nor the variety of sermons you hear, nor the amount of religious conversation in which you mix, but it is the frequency and earnestness with which you meditate on these things till the truth in them becomes your own and part of your being, that ensures your growth. ~ Frederick William Robertson
July 9th Daily Meditation Moment
A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within. ~ Eudora Welty
July 8th Daily Meditation Moment
Just as we should not pursue pleasure, we should not pursue pain, either. Pleasure and pain form a single duality of experience. We must learn to remain calm in both, not clinging to either. ~ Eknath Easwaren
July 7th Daily Meditation Moment
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there—buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day. ~ Deepak Chopra