The universe is a great harmony; everything fits with everything else. It is a tremendous miracle, so vast, immeasurable, infinite, yet everything fits with everything else – absolutely. Except for man. Man is the only black sheep in existence. And the reason man does not fit is that man has been given a great gift: […]
Existence cares for everybody. Without existence loving us, we cannot exist even for a single moment. It goes on pouring life into us. We are immensely esteemed by existence, although we go on taking it for granted – that’s where our stupidity lies. If we take it for granted there is no gratitude. We think […]
Worship nature. To go into a church is to go into something man-made. Go into the forest, go to the river, go to the ocean. Then you are going to something God-made, and God is closer when you are close to his creation. To worship his creation is the only way to worship him. He […]
From this moment, start looking at everything as a blessing. And when I say everything, I mean everything. Even when you sometimes feel pain it is a blessing. You may not under-stand, but it is a blessing. One day you will understand and you will see that it was a blessing, that it was needed, […]
People take life for granted, hence there is no gratitude in them. And without gratitude there is no growth, without gratitude there is no religion, without gratitude there is no prayer. Religion begins in gratitude and ends in gratitude. It is a journey from gratitude to gratitude. In the beginning it is a seed, in […]
Life is a gift. But we are so unaware of it that we never thank existence, we don’t feel any gratitude. So much is given yet we remain complaining. We go on asking for more and more. And the misery of the mind is that the more you give, the more it asks for. It […]
Praise the beauty that surrounds us all, but of which we are unaware. Praise the sunrise, the sunset, the stars, the clouds, the trees, the people, because they are all manifestations of existence. Become a song of praise. Look with the eyes of praise. Drop being critical; being critical is a sure way of missing […]
Praise is the very foundation of prayer. One who can praise has a heart ready to jump into prayer. It is difficult to praise, it is easy to condemn. It is easy to condemn because through condemnation the ego feels nourished. Through condemnation you reduce people to being lower than you; you become higher, holier, […]
My understanding is that the only way to praise God is through being blissful. It need not to be verbal – in fact, it can’t be verbal. Words are so futile so empty, words can’t contain it. One has to praise God existentially. Every fiber of your being has to pulsate with joy, every cell […]
Real praise comes out of understanding how much existence has given you. It comes out of the experience of the beauty that you are surrounded by: the stars, the sun, the moon, the flowers, the rainbows, the clouds, the people. Your very own being, this whole miracle, this whole mysterious universe, has been given to […]