Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. – Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Never Too Old to Set Another Goal
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C. S. Lewis (1893-1963)
The Wide World Is All about You
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. — J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
The Seed for Achievement
Integrity is the seed for achievement. It is the principle that never fails. — Earl Nightingale (1921-1989)
Time Is More Value than Money
Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. — Jim Rohn (1930-2009)
I Try to Raise My Soul
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. — Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
Teaching By Example
History is Philosophy teaching by example. — Thucydides (460-400 BC)
Love Is Anterior to Life
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath. — Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
A Good Example
A good example is far better than a good precept. — Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)
God-identified Soul vs. Body-identified Ego
In simplistic terms, the inner chambers of the palace of King Soul are in the subtle centers of superconsciousness, Christ or Krishna Consciousness (Kutastha Chaitanya, or Universal Consciousness), and Cosmic Consciousness. These centers are, respectively, in the medulla, frontal part of the brain between the eyebrows (seat of the single or spiritual eye), and at the top of the cerebrum (the throne of the soul, in the “thousand-petaled lotus”). In these states of consciousness, King Soul reigns supreme—the pure image of God in man. But when the soul descends into body consciousness, it comes under the influence of maya (cosmic delusion) and avidya (individual delusion or ignorance, which creates ego consciousness). When deluded and tempted by cosmic delusion or psychological Satan, the soul becomes the limited ego, which identifies itself with the body and the body’s relatives and possessions. The soul, as the ego, ascribes to itself all the limitations and circumscriptions of the body. Once so identified, the soul can no longer express its omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence. It imagines itself to be limited—just as a rich prince, wandering in a state of amnesia in the slums, might imagine himself to be a pauper. In this state of delusion, King Ego takes command of the bodily kingdom.
from The Bhagavad Gita by Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)
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