Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
There is a sound of silence, and once it is heard then one has heard all. That is the fundamental of existence. Existence is constituted of that sound of silence. The Bible calls it the word, “logos,” and the Zen people call it “the sound of one hand clapping.” Now, there is no possibility of […]
Before any strong negative feeling like anger or jealousy catches hold of you, you become alert. An alertness on all these levels, physical level and the levels of feelings.
The expectation of helplessness may arise rarely or it may arise all the time. The more you are inclined to ruminate the more it arises. The more it arises, the more depressed you will be.
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We take it for granted that we see things as they are and rarely question that opinion. We spontaneously assign intrinsic qualities to things and people, thinking ” this is beautiful, that is ugly,” without realising that our mind super imposes these attributes upon what we perceive.
If you determine your course with force or speed, you miss the way of the law.
Psychologists call this “hedonic adaptation.” We get used to our upgrades very quickly. If you own a boat and a cool car you’ll be looking achingly at a yacht and the newer version of your already sweet ride pretty soon.
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In a slow and gradual process our mind gets infected with the virus of negative attitudes about things around us and our own personal growth. When it happens, it happens in silence because our attention is somewhere else