Inside My Heart
Inside my heart there is a place
Reserved for only you.
It holds the joy you bring to me
And all the blessings, too.
I just wanted you to know
That it will always be.
A place where I will hold you near
And recall each memory.
Today I said a prayer for you
And thanked the Lord above.
For sending you to fill my heart
With so much joy and love
I hope that you will stay right here
And we never have to part.
But no matter what the future holds
You’ll still be in my heart.
Written & Submitted By:
© Karen Bunker
Music © Tom Moir
April 16, 2024 @ 1:35 am
Why is the writer saying stuff like it’s better off to be alone bagera bagera☺️
Why can’t the writer be DIRECT and say DONT TAlK TO ME AbOUT UR PROBLEMS Bagera Bagera….go back to Beas to ur own people and leave us alone cos I already have a close friend who goes a long way back with me….so get lost Anita and stay lost!
April 11, 2024 @ 2:31 pm
My cousin is in a bad way.
Her results came and she has sarcoma , a type of cancer in the lower esophagus. I sometimes feel I’m very strong but I am very weak cos it is very difficult to accept as she is so young and this happened suddenly 😔
Her mom passed away lately and it was tragic and now she is so sick. We know that the Master will be here for us regardless if we are alive or die and understand this only in theory cos all this is very difficult to accept😒
April 7, 2024 @ 2:42 am
BiG HEARTS DESERVE BiG HUGS
& I”M SENDiNG YOU ONE TODAY
WON’T YOU PASS iT ON ..
EVERYONE NEEDS A HUG✨️
March 11, 2024 @ 2:36 pm
Tomorrow is D Day….to travel to Fathers True HOME…..Sweet Dreams✨️
March 10, 2024 @ 9:59 am
I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don’t ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.
-Lauren Conrad
March 2, 2024 @ 12:49 pm
Sand and Stone Story
The moral of the story is to
“Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your blessings in stone”. This way, your hurts are blown away in the wind and the wind can never blow away your blessings.🌟
March 2, 2024 @ 11:54 am
“Her secret is simple. On her worst days, she prays. And on her best days, she prays.”
Mom is NOT happy for me to postpone my trip for October. Said what needs to be done today should be done today. And she has a very high regard for one of the ladies whom I’m to travel with…Semba. Said that we all can do sewa but very few of us understand the actual reason we are doing sewa…to become humble but most of us become proud by choosing what task to do bagera bagera😃
I agree that she deserves praise bit I try my best and cannot possible be perfect Rome was not built in a day. Mom is basically very happy for me to travel with this lady. And don’t know what’s wrong with Mom…said I must help out with this lady’s sewa when I come back on a saturday😃😃😃.Mom should have some mercy on me. I am already tired and she is thinking of next sew😂
March 2, 2024 @ 2:22 am
Think twice before opening your mouth. You don’t want to regret those words as they leave your lips.
🧡//🧡//🧡
How can U give me more insight and guidance regarding the above without hurting my feelings dear Friend 😃
February 29, 2024 @ 2:31 pm
I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
“Because someone bumped into me!!!”
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It’s easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves… “what’s in my cup?”
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let’s work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others. 🤗
February 29, 2024 @ 7:45 am
JusttoletUknowthatIamcancellingalltravelplanstomorrowasIneedtobehereformyniece.IwillfeelbadthereasIamnotgoingwithanyfamilyandratherjustchillhere.imsurethatisgoodnewsformany
February 28, 2024 @ 11:47 am
WuTHERING HEIGHTS
EMILY BRONTË
“He’s more myself than I am.
Whatever our souls are made of,
his and mine are the same.”
February 25, 2024 @ 8:20 am
Stumbled upon this which is a good reminder for us ALL!
The heart is a
The thousand-stringed instrument
That can only be tuned with
Love.” – Hafiz
February 23, 2024 @ 8:31 am
“Great troubles unfold from tiny errors.
Don’t ever let your guard down.”
RaidasMentalFitGymCoachTim
February 7, 2024 @ 6:17 am
A soul that has never tasted the sweetness Of inner silence is a restless spirit which disturbs the silence of others.
💙//💙//💙
Many thanks to the Crocodile of the River who is the author of above!
I do NOT have any hard feelings towards anyone but will keep away from all you great people.
And if you don’t want me to ever communicate with U…so be it!!!!
And I do NOT take it personally!
You always wanted to stop the Skylark from Singing Right….the good news is that I will just be in this country fo another year only and will keep my distance , I promise!
Peace be with us all!💃
February 7, 2024 @ 12:28 am
Good Morning Dr J
Hope u r well. I had a chat with my aunt and she advised me to NOT have any dealings with people at ur district as they are very malicious and always up to tricks when it comes to our family. They feel that they are all Nris and we are Street Indians😂
In dera this is the problem. The Nris and Indians have a tug of war😂😂😂
And here u guys view us as Street Illiterate Indians…remember how u said that people who watch hindi films are Illiterate…that was years ago….well, I don’t watch the entire hindi movie…I skip and watch the songs mainly so I am semi Illiterate😂
And lokash is abit changed cos she is hung up on You as her brother said that u are after his sister ….what she does NOT realise is U look quiet and conservative but like the KAANTA LAGE type of woman and she is a decent girl so u won’t be attracted to her but only have eyes for your very own Kaante Lage Woman from my area…a hot and happening divorcee who has years of experience with the Sheiks in Saudi….Lokash does NOT know U from Adam I guess hey!
Anyways, I have no hard feelings with U guys. U all can hide my dera approval form which does NOT make any difference to me. Ull can hide it safely if it makes ull happy.😂
Peace be upon All in Jesus’s name🌟
January 26, 2024 @ 6:22 am
Only those who care about You Can hear when you are
Quite.
🤎//🤎//🤎
Oops…My Apologies Sir….think I made a spelling error which was NOT intentional😊
January 25, 2024 @ 8:58 am
I’m ‘Slowly’ Learning That I Don’t Have To React To ‘Everything’ That Bothers Me!
I’m slowly learning that I don’t have to hurt those who hurt me.
I’m slowly learning that maybe the ‘ultimate’ sign of maturity is walking away instead of getting even.
I’m slowly learning that the energy it takes to react to every bad thing that happens to you drains you and stops you from seeing the other good things in life.
I’m slowly learning that I’m not going to be everyone’s cup of tea and I won’t be able to get everyone to treat me the way I want to be treated ‘and that’s okay.’
I’m slowly learning that trying so hard to ‘win’ anyone is just a ‘waste’ of time and energy and it fills you with ‘nothing’ but emptiness.
I’m slowly learning that not reacting doesn’t mean I’m okay with things, it just means I’m choosing to ‘rise’ above it!
I’m choosing to take the ‘lesson’ it has served and learn from it I’m choosing to be ‘the bigger’ person.
I’m choosing ‘Peace of Mind’🌟
Peace with All🙏
January 21, 2024 @ 4:03 am
Nice to see U now in the open with your childhood sweetheart.
Mom said that she did see U both and asked me NOT to comment as U both are single and don’t I dare mention to Peventthri as she informed me of your bond.
Going to the beachfront now. Enjoy your romantic afternoon with the love of your life👌
January 19, 2024 @ 12:13 pm
My Master, My Father’s is my Life so I will do everything to please Him
January 19, 2024 @ 12:11 pm
☕
*A beautiful poem by Lee Tzu Pheng (Singapore Cultural Medallion winner)*
Sip your Tea
Nice and Slow,
No one Ever knows
when it’s Time to Go,
There’ll be no Time
to enjoy the Glow,
So sip your Tea
Nice and Slow… 👌🏻
Life is too Short but
feels pretty Long,
There’s too Much to do , so much going Wrong,
And Most of the Time You Struggle to be Strong,
Before it’s too Late
and it’s time to Go,
Sip your Tea
Nice and Slow… 👌🏻
Some Friends stay,
others Go away,
Loved ones are Cherished, but not all will Stay ,
Kids will Grow up
and Fly away,
There’s really no Saying how Things will Go,
So sip your Tea
Nice and Slow… ☕
In the End it’s really
all about Understanding Love,
For this World
and in the Stars above,
Appreciate and Value who truly Cares,
Smile and Breathe
and let your Worries go,
So, Just Sip your Tea
Nice and Slow…. ☕
*This poem is beyond all relationships*
*But made for us all*
* *When I’m dead.*
* _*Your tears will flow*_
* _*But I won’t know*_
* _*Cry with me now instead!*_
* _*You will send flowers,..*_
* _*But I won’t see*_
* _*Send them now instead*_
* _*You’ll say words of praise,..*_
* _*But I won’t hear..*_
* _*Praise me now instead!*_
* _*You’ll forget my faults,….*_
* _*But I won’t know…..*_
* _*Forget them now, instead!*_
* _*You’ll miss me then,…*_
* _*But I won’t feel…*_
* _*Miss me now, instead*_
* _*You’ll wish…*_
* _*You could have spent more time with me,…*_
*_*Spend it now instead!*_
* _*When you hear I’m gone, you’ll find your way to my house to pay condolence but we haven’t even spoken in years….*_
* _*”Spend time with every person around you, and help them with whatever you have to make them happy!! your families, friends, acquaintance…..”*_
* _*”Make them feel Special. Because you never know when time will take them away from you forever
January 16, 2024 @ 5:48 am
Sewa starts at HOME!
The plan was to go to Beas in March for sewa purposes!
This is CANCElled!!!!
As I am involved in a very dangerous mission against very dangerous people. I am NOT so
Hurt by what the guilty did but with the betrayal of a family member( young boy) who was a good boy but fell into the wrong company. He is my mom’s brother’s grandson who DARED to MESS with someone precious to me who is like my daughter!
Does it make sense to dance around and do sewa abroad when there is so much work to be done here!!!!
I have many friends ( non RS Indian friends from India that live here and Pakistani friends) who will do the NEEDFUL!
Like I said…SEWA starts at HOME!
The S.A. sangat labeled me as a THUG and threw me out….
I AM JUST PROVING U GUYS RIGHT, My dear Mentor and GUIDE. Like I said I like to be Super Smart like U but I don’t think I can reach ur level in a million yeard😂
January 15, 2024 @ 12:45 am
I sometimes forget
that I was created for Joy.
My mind is too busy.
My Heart is too heavy
for me to remember
that I have been
called to dance
the Sacred dance of life.
I was created to smile
To Love
To be lifted up
And to lift others up.
O’ Sacred One
Untangle my feet
from all that trap
Free my soul.
That we might
Dance
and that our dancing
might be infectious
……Rumi💞
January 14, 2024 @ 10:11 am
So I committed myself to living a year as though it were my last. To practice dying. To be fully alive. To investigate the dread of, and resistance to, life and death. To complete my birth before it’s over. To investigate that part of myself that refuses to take birth fully, and hops about as though it still had one foot in the womb. To enter the healing I have seen so many times as miraculous growth during a final illness. To place both feet on the ground at last. To live with mercy and awareness in the midst of the consequences of love, or the lack thereof. To explore this ground, the ground of being, out of which this impermanent body and ever-changing mind originate. To cut through a lifetime of confusion and forgetfulness. To undertake a life review with gratitude and forgiveness. To explore that which holds to its suffering, and cultivate a heart that cannot be distracted even by death. ~Stephen Levine
January 9, 2024 @ 8:21 am
I am TRYING to be strong but I am NOW breaking down. Something terrible has happened to my younger niece and I cannot accept it!
I am TRYING my best to hand over everything to our Father…our Master but I am battling so much!
What do you suggest I do Dr J?????
This afternoon they are going to tell my Mom about it and I shudder to think how she will feel?
Is it wrong for me to feel that I should NOT be here??????
January 8, 2024 @ 7:47 pm
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.✨️
January 7, 2024 @ 4:26 am
THE 3 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE..
1. The Leaf people
2. The Branch people
3. The Root people
LEAF PEOPLE:
These are people who come into your life just for a season. You can’t depend on them because they are weak. They only come to take what they want, but if the wind comes they will leave.
You need to be careful of these people because they love you when things are okay, but when the wind comes they will leave you 🥺
BRANCH PEOPLE:
They are strong, but you need to be careful with them too. They break away when life becomes tough and they can’t handle too much weight. They may stay with you in some seasons, but they will go when it becomes harder 😢
ROOT PEOPLE: These people are very important because they don’t do things to be seen. They are supportive even if you go through a difficult time they will water you and they are not moved by your position they just love you like that …
It’s not all people you meet or are your friends, that will stay with you.
Only the root type of people will stay no matter the season 👏☺️
January 4, 2024 @ 11:33 am
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn.
Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King
January 3, 2024 @ 11:29 am
Hope u r keeping well Dr J
I am feeling ok but not really, I am housebound for a few days now. Hopefully I will be ok soon.
Take care
December 26, 2023 @ 1:46 am
Reason is Powerless in the expression of Love.
Love alone is capable of revealing the truth of Love and being a Lover.
The way of our Prophets is the way of Truth.
If you want to live,
die in Love;
die in Love if you want to remain alive..❣️🌹❣️
‘Rumi
December 24, 2023 @ 1:51 am
We are having my dad’s family over for lunch today. They are converted to Christian and really amazing people.
Enjoy Christmas Eve❤️🙏
December 20, 2023 @ 2:58 am
“Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what. The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home.And real friends never have to tell you that they’re your friends.”
December 20, 2023 @ 1:08 am
Lovely hey!
Inspiring others is not an easy task, but we all do it whether we know it or not, whether it is through a talk we have with our friends or sending them some kind of motivating and inspiring message, or it can happen with no communication at all. Our life, whether or not we see it as some grandeur experience, is giving life to others each day. Our life means something to the people closest to us. Those in our inner circles are watching us, and we have the ability to inspire them whether we realize it or not. We have absolutely no idea how and who we are inspiring, but as Maya Angelou says: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” So be aware of your power to inspire others by honoring it. By honoring it, we in fact honor those who find us motivating. Be strong and walk through life knowing that you have the capacity to shine, and the light that you carry, others can see and admire. 💕
November 28, 2023 @ 7:41 am
My darling nephew is suddenly very concerned that I might not want to come back from Beas😂
His dentist put braces for him yesterday and this has a negative effect on him as he is getting delusional and very worried that I won’t come back home. A friend of mine called this morning from Beas and chatted with me for awhile and he complained to his mom that her eyes light up when she is talking to the Indians and they will take my aunt away😂
He loves dera and India but said that he is S.A first and his roots are from India only.
He feels the only time he gets ignored by me is when I go to Beas cos I forget about everyone and that is not good at all. I hardly phone anyone when I’m in Beas cos I lose myself there.
He made me promise that I will call him when I can and never forget him. Said that he misses me already😂
November 26, 2023 @ 11:53 am
A young lady sat in a bus. At the next stop a loud and grumpy old lady came and sat by her.
She squeezed into the seat and bumped her with her numerous bags.
The person sitting on the other side of the young lady got upset, asked her why she did not speak up and say something.
The young lady responded with a smile:
“It is not necessary to be rude or argue over something so insignificant, the journey together is so short. I get off at the next stop.”
This response deserves to be written in golden letters:
“It is not necessary to argue over something so insignificant, our journey together is so short”
If each one of us realized that our time here is so short; that to darken it with quarrels, futile arguments, not forgiving others, discontentment and a fault finding attitude would be a waste of time and energy.
Did someone break your heart? Be calm, the journey is so short.
Did someone provoke or intimidate you? Be calm, forgive; the journey is so short.
Did someone betray, bully, cheat or humiliate you? Be calm, forgive; the journey is so short.
Whatever troubles anyone brings us, let us remember that our journey together is so short.
No one knows the duration of this journey. No one knows when their stop will come.
Our journey together is so short.
Let us cherish friends and family. Let us be respectful, kind and forgiving to each other. Let us be filled with gratitude and gladness.
If I have ever hurt you, I ask for your forgiveness. If you have ever hurt me, you already have my forgiveness.
After all, Our Journey Together is so Short!
Author Unknown
November 25, 2023 @ 6:46 am
I own nothing of value in the world, yet I dwell in a great kingdom.
Blessings without measure shower upon my heart.
I am only a servant, yet I am richer than all kings of earth.
My Father’s wealth is my own, for it is given me by my trust and love.
Where I feared lack in life, so was it brought forth.
Yet, as I see God in all things, so are all good things given me.
Conditioned to believe for so long, that abundance is gained by the mind, yet now I discover the greatest treasure within.
This treasure is no mere jewel, but a most sacred gift of heaven.
It is indeed the heart, where the divine dwells.
I am grateful, beyond words, and this gratitude brings forth the highest vibration…returned to me tenfold, in all aspects of my life.
This is not new information, yet deeper questions arise:
Have you truly released expectation, and embraced in complete love that which is unknown?
Are you able to say, “Thank you for that which I am about to receive”, without fear, but with a full heart?
Can you look upon all that would trouble you with peace, releasing the tight grip, recognizing the illusion of all circumstance?
For truly it is only love that goes with you beyond, and all that troubles you will fade as a dream.
But peace is to be sought here, in this physical plane, and not beyond.
You came to remember, you came to grow.
You came to love.
Therefore do not measure your worth by the world…
For the world cannot behold Heavens gift, beloved.❤️
November 24, 2023 @ 12:42 pm
Eish! While we make plans God makes His plans
TwopeoplefrommomscookingteamcannotmakeittomorrowwhichleavesMomandauntinteamsoIhavetohelpmomtomorrow.iintendedtosleeplateanfjustchilltomorrowbutGodwantsmetogetupearlyandgetmovingtomorrow😊
November 23, 2023 @ 9:42 am
Wehavegottoknowhowmanydiscussionsaboutme😭ipromisetosteerawayfrimallinvolvementwithyoursangatregardingsewa.takecare🙏
November 19, 2023 @ 6:57 pm
The Mountain Got Tired of Sitting
The sun
Won a beauty contest and became a jewel
Set upon God’s right hand.
The earth agreed to be a toe ring on the
Beloved’s foot
And has never regretted its decision.
The mountains got tired
Of sitting amongst a sleeping audience
And are now stretching their arms
Toward the Roof.
The clouds gave my soul an idea
So I pawned my gills
And rose like a winged diamond
Ever trying to be near
More love, more love
Like you.
The Mountain got tired of sitting
Amongst a snoring crowd inside of me
And rose like a rip sun
Into my eye.
My soul gave my heart a brilliant idea
So Hafiz is rising like a
Winged diamond.
November 18, 2023 @ 11:15 pm
Naomi Holdt never fails to touch at the heartstrings❤️
WORDS TO A YOUNG HEART
Life isn’t easy
The world can feel like a hard and unkind place
When you’ve been hurt:
Feel sad
Feel devastated
Feel disappointed
Cry
Weep
Have a meltdown if you need to
And then remember this:
There will always be citizens of this world, of all ages, who learn exclusion, criticism, and judgment from previous generations
Many members of the human race will continue to be thoughtless, hurtful, and even cruel
But my love,
How you are treated by others
The words that are hurled your way
The hurt that your heart absorbs
It is never, ever a reflection of who you are,
Of your immense value
Of your worth in this world…
It is a reflection of the brokenness of whence it came…
A spillage of pain from fractured souls…
We project onto those around us all we cannot process within ourselves
Don’t let the darkness of others dampen your light, my love
Don’t let it harden your heart…
Always include
Always be kind
Always be the absolutely magnificent human being you already are
There are astonishingly good hearted humans all around too…
Search for them- they are fireflies in the night
Fill your soul with their energy
Let them remind you that the glow of kindness exists everywhere
Walk softly alongside all earthly beings,
Walk confidently, knowing that gentleness is the greatest strength that can be possessed,
Walk with integrity
and always, always,
Be kinder than you think you need to be…
Shine
Shine
Shine
In shining regardless, we rise…
With all the love a human heart can give
Your Mamma♥️
(Aka: Naomi)
_________________________________
The above words are along the lines of what seems to be a weekly conversation I have with my kids lately.
Unkindness leaves carnage. It’s so unnecessary, but it’s an inescapable symptom of a desperately unhappy global population. It hurts- but it’s never personal.
A huge thank you to a super-amazing, kindest-souled human being- Pauline, the owner of The Nut Mill (THE best Mac butter I have EVER tasted by the way! 😋) for offering a soul space for a saddened heart to come and love some ponies, collect eggs and walk through cow fields. Full little girl’s heart, very grateful mamma heart. And a huge thank you to an incredible special Jem who helped mend a broken spirit with her kindness and care.🫶🏽
Kindness restores belief in others, it reignites belief in ourselves too. Xx
📸 As always, shared with permission.
November 18, 2023 @ 6:48 am
ItisboilingHothereandIamsafeinroomwithairconfullblast😃just camefromshippingandthrheatsappedusoutbutMomisdeterminedtoattendChurch.IamsocomfortableinmyspotandwanttowatchonroftheamazingChristmasmoviesonNetflixbutMomwantstoruinmyplansandinsistthatwegotoChurch😂
November 16, 2023 @ 9:42 am
I said, ‘O sweet beloved, you are the refuge of my soul.’
He said, ‘If you belong to me, don’t talk of your own soul.’
I said, ‘Why do you cut me with your sharp words?’
He said, ‘My words wouldn’t hurt you if you weren’t in love with yourself.’
💥Jalal Ul Din Rumi 💥
November 16, 2023 @ 2:47 am
Beautifully written! However we all are made differently hey Dr J!
My nephew says that he misses me so much at their house cos when they lived at our house it was not so quiet😃 Well, my nephew and I were the noisemakers and I felt it when he moved away. I like the silence as well but not all the time. Strange how U and I are poles apart but can be ‘cyber friends’ hey👍
You are this Perfect English Gentleman and I am a loud illiterate Village girl😂
At least We have one thing in common- We have the same Father💪
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
There is no friend as loyal as a book…
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them…
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud…
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…
Insight Feelings…♦️
November 15, 2023 @ 8:38 pm
Here’s a BIG HUG to start
your day& to let you know
everything is gonna be okay!
November 13, 2023 @ 3:14 am
Kudos to the writer who shared this!
*This Diwali is different.*
This Diwali is not about whether my house is sparkling clean, it is not about whether I have prepared a variety of mithais and namkeens, it is not about whether I have that perfect ethnic attire and jewelry for the occasion, it is not about a bucketful of bucks I would be spending on shopping and firecrackers, it is not about having a grand vacation at an exotic location, it is not even about whether I got a promotion or a raise…
*This Diwali is more about Survival.* It is about being grateful that we are still able to breathe and alive for this day. It is about being thankful for the love and care from our loved ones, It about being with the family under one roof and spending time together, It is about lighting a Diya for all those dear and near souls who left us, It is about extending support and spreading cheer to family and friends who have lost their people…It is about spreading happiness to those who have suffered losses in jobs and businesses…
*This Diwali is more about being hopeful, for a healthy & happy tomorrow.*
November 12, 2023 @ 4:31 am
If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.
November 11, 2023 @ 1:48 pm
Thanks to the person who shared the ff:
An Advice for all.
Cure yourself, with the light of the Sun and the rays of the Moon.
With the Sound of the river and the waterfall.
With the swaying of the Sea and the fluttering of birds.
Heal yourself, with the mint and mint leaves,
with neem and eucalyptus.
Sweeten yourself with lavender, rosemary, and chamomile.
Hug yourself with the cocoa bean and a touch of cinnamon.
Put Love in tea instead of sugar
And take it looking at the Stars
Heal yourself , with the kisses that the wind gives you and the hugs of the rain.
Get strong with bare feet on the ground and with everything that is born from it.
Get smarter every day by listening to your intuition, looking at the world with the Eye of your forehead.
Jump, Dance, Sing, so that you live happier.
Heal yourself, with beautiful Love,
and always remember..
You are the Medicine. “
November 10, 2023 @ 6:09 am
Powerful.. Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day. An hour later (without any help) he produced this..
ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKING
One thousand men are walking
Walking side by side
Singing songs from home
The spirit as their guide
They walk toward the light milord,
they walk towards the sun
they smoke and laugh and smile together
no foes to outrun.
These men live on forever
in the hearts of those they saved
a nation truly grateful
for the path of peace they paved.
They march as friends and comrades
but they do not march for war
step closer to salvation
a tranquil steady corps
the meadows lit with golden beams
a beacon for the brave
the emerald grass untrampled
a reward for what they gave.
They dream of those they left behind
and know they dream of them
forever in those poppy fields
there walks one thousand men
Joshua Dyer 2019 (aged 14)
Lest we forget
This has to be shared. An incredible poem from 14 year old Joshua Dyer
November 6, 2023 @ 1:50 am
Hey Dr J
It does not mean that we cannot be buddies if you are now committed.
Glad to know that you are keeping well and sorry I missed U on saturday.
Now that Mom is staying with my sister I just do my own thing and get lost in my own world so dont even remember which day is Church.
But the fact that you actua;;y came to our district shows that U are not totally against me hey cos U love avoiding me and I respect your decisions.
You deserve to be happy. Take care of yourself and remember that I will always care for you even you always play hide and seek. Adious
November 2, 2023 @ 6:13 am
Hey Dr J
Please don’t be upset with me asking you about the latest news.
Lokashs brother telling others that U R into Lokash. She is nice girl.
Take care
November 1, 2023 @ 5:33 am
*A beautiful poem by nobel laureate Sir Rabindra Nath Tagore.*
*When I’m dead,*
*Your tears will flow,*
*But I won’t know.*
*Cry with me now instead.*
*You will send flowers,*
*But I won’t see.*
*Send them now instead.*
*You’ll say words of praise,*
*But I won’t hear.*
*Praise me now instead.*
*You’ll forgive my faults,*
*But I won’t know*…..
*So forget them now* *instead.*
*You’ll miss me then,*
*But I won’t feel.*
*Meet me now, instead.*
*You’ll wish you could have spent more time with me*,
*Spend it now instead.*
*When you hear I’m gone, you’ll find your way to my house to pay condolence but we haven’t even spoken in years*.
*Look , listen and reply me now.*
*Spend time with every person around you, and help them with whatever you can to make them happy, your families, friends and acquaintances.*
*Make them feel Special because you never know when time will take them away from you forever.*
*Alone I can ‘Say’ but* *together we can ‘Talk’.*
*Alone I can ‘Enjoy’, but together we can ‘Celebrate.*
*Alone I can ‘Smile’, but together we can ‘Laugh’.*
*That’s the BEAUTY of Human Relations.*
*We are nothing without each other.*
*So Stay Connected* 😊
October 27, 2023 @ 11:58 am
Last Dance
””””””””””’
We left the land of our hearts –
Broken dreams
And wounded promises behind.
No more, I sing my song
No more, you whisper your words.
Is it the end of our dance
Or shall we dance once more?
A last dance
On a broken tune of our song,
A last dance
On the wounded land of our heart.
You don’t have to say a word
I can understand your silence,
Just nod your head with love,
I will take it as your last move!
– Misna Chanu
( from the poetry book “The Silent Whispers” )
October 27, 2023 @ 9:23 am
My soul is racing
ahead of me.
It says
“The body is too slow for me.
I am going!”
~Rumi~
October 27, 2023 @ 9:21 am
IT’S A KEEP GOING
kind of day….take care
October 26, 2023 @ 8:22 am
Hope u r keeping well Dr J.
I am moving slowly but getting there. Take care
October 11, 2023 @ 11:58 pm
in ecstasy
you’ll see the sufis whirl
some utter words
in languages even angels won’t understand
some quiver and weep
out of the majesty of the Most Majestic
and some swoon
like Musa on Mount Sinai
some even die
while you still see them breathing
then their elites stay
right there in silence
without a single hair of theirs moving
in total annihilation you’ll find them
for they have seen Beauty
they have seen Love
the sufis
some have seen the drink
while some are still drinking
while few are drunk
October 10, 2023 @ 3:04 am
Zidd ( Rashmi Rocket ) full song lyrics | Taapsee pannu | Nikhita gandhi | Sha lyrics
I am listening to the above video song with my favourite lady Taapsee Pannu. I loved her acting in the movie Dhobhara.
She rocks and I adore her!
October 9, 2023 @ 8:02 am
Positivity
If my mind is still enough, I can see the deeper meaning behind each situation. No matter how bad a problem may seem on the surface, if I remain positive eventually I will see how everything has worked out for the best.
October 5, 2023 @ 9:56 am
Happy Teacher’s Day
Teacher
T alented
Elegant
Awesome
Charming
H elpful
Efficient
R eceptive
October 2, 2023 @ 11:26 am
I was afraid of being rejected
Until I learned to never reject myself
I was afraid of being abandoned
Until I learned to never abandon myself
I was afraid of the opinions of others
Until I learned that they held no more weight than my own
I was afraid of painful endings
Until I realised that they were also new beginnings
I was afraid of appearing weak
Until I realised how strong I truly was
I was afraid of being seen as small and unimportant
Until I discovered my true power and potential
I was afraid of being perceived as ugly
Until I learned to fully appreciate my own beauty
I was afraid of failure
Until I learned that it was an illusion
When viewed through the eyes of love, growth and learning
I was afraid of feeling low
Until I learned that it was the birthplace of brilliance
And where my greatest transformation occurred
I was afraid of change
Until I realised it was an inevitable part of life
In a world full of things temporary and fleeting
I was afraid of being alone
Until I learned to fully embrace and appreciate my own company
I was afraid of my uniqueness
Until I learned that it was where my greatness lay
I was afraid of the darkness
Until I remembered that I was the light
And I was afraid of life
Until I remembered who I was.
Tahlia Hunter
October 2, 2023 @ 8:14 am
I can conquer the World with a Blink. I can Heal a Broken Heart with a Smile.
Beloved Rumi….♦️
Cute…Thanks for sharing
September 28, 2023 @ 12:09 pm
I was afraid of being rejected
Until I learned to never reject myself
I was afraid of being abandoned
Until I learned to never abandon myself
I was afraid of the opinions of others
Until I learned that they held no more weight than my own
I was afraid of painful endings
Until I realised that they were also new beginnings
I was afraid of appearing weak
Until I realised how strong I truly was
I was afraid of being seen as small and unimportant
Until I discovered my true power and potential
I was afraid of being perceived as ugly
Until I learned to fully appreciate my own beauty
I was afraid of failure
Until I learned that it was an illusion
When viewed through the eyes of love, growth and learning
I was afraid of feeling low
Until I learned that it was the birthplace of brilliance
And where my greatest transformation occurred
I was afraid of change
Until I realised it was an inevitable part of life
In a world full of things temporary and fleeting
I was afraid of being alone
Until I learned to fully embrace and appreciate my own company
I was afraid of my uniqueness
Until I learned that it was where my greatness lay
I was afraid of the darkness
Until I remembered that I was the light
And I was afraid of life
Until I remembered who I was.
Words by Tahlia Hunter
Thanks to the person who shared this.
September 26, 2023 @ 3:05 pm
Justcamebackfrommovies.watchedS.R.K’snewmovie’Jawaan’anditwasreallyawesomeandthestuntswereallsocool.iamsureuwontrelatecosuwantsaidthatthesemoviesareforilliterateshey.😀idonttakeitpersonallyattgisstageofmylifecoseveryonehastheirownroletoplayandmomsaidthatevenifuareashubumustbethebestshrubthatucanbe.spletsliveandletlivehey.peaceforall😇andDrJ,IshareastrongbondwithUandwillalways careforU💖
Without forgiveness there is no hope; without forgiveness there is no peace. Forgiveness is the oxygen that purifies the air of hatred; it is the antidote to the poisons of resentment; it is the way to defuse anger and heal so many maladies of the heart. -Die Pope
September 26, 2023 @ 7:57 am
AndallthankstoFatherandHisteamforappointingsuchagoodhumanbeing@ourdistrict😎
September 25, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
Our Only True Friend
Man is really always alone but he thinks, and wrongly so, that he has a host of friends, possessions and attachments. At last, a time comes when he is disillusioned, and if he happens to be a satsangi, he realizes that the only real and true friend is the Master.
If we are not attached and have no expectations or unfulfilled desires, the behaviour of other people does not affect us much. After all, it is not the things themselves, but the reaction which they produce upon us which really matters. People of the world also ultimately come to this conclusion after receiving hard knocks and crushing disappointments. But a satsangi gradually and almost imperceptibly loosens the bonds of attachment in this world by devotion to Shabd.
Please have courage and faith in the Master. Now that you have learned the hollowness of the world and its possessions and attachments, you will be able to devote all your attention assiduously to simran and listening to the Sound whenever possible. As you very well know, simran or the repetition of the five holy Names is the foundation of this spiritual practice. It is by means of worldly simran, thinking of the things of this world, that we have become denizens of this plane and strangers to our own home. Therefore, we should gradually, by means of spritual simran, draw up our consciousness to the centre above the eyes, and then the Sound will automatically take care of us. We only have to do our duty and may thoroughly rest assured that the Master will do his duty; that is, he will take us at the proper time. All that is necessary is that we turn our back to the world and face the Master. He is always there to receive and welcome us with open arms.
Maharaj Charan Singh, Light on Sant Mat
September 25, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
ThereisacrazylladyfromurdistrictPravisawhoisaverynastyladywhowentuptomybignieceonthursdayandaskedherhowdidshemanagetogetsoFATasshewassolovelyatonetimeandwhyshelookssofatnow?my niecejustfinishedherexamsonwednesdayandwassorelaxedandhappyatsewaandthiscrazytimebombpravisaspitsvenomatmuniece.😪shewascryingbitterlyathomeandtoldherdadthatsheunderstandswhatherpooraunthadtoendurewiththesenastypeopleandobviouslyhermomanddadfeltveryhurt.mymumspoketoherandmanagedtocalmherexplainingtoherthatwehavetobestrongenoughtohandlewhateverlifethrowsatuswithoutlosingourbalanceandMomjustifiedwhatPravisasaid.shesaidthatmaybesheisgoingthroughsomeseriousproblemsandhermindisnotsostablesojustblurtedoutwhatevershewantedtosayandsheisactuallyanicelady.myniecewasrefusingtogobacktosangatbuymymomconvincedhertogoandalsomentionedthatweallhavetoworkhardtogetfitandhealthyfortripindecembertoindiaandweneednottakranythingpersonally.momevenscoldedmefornotexercisingrefularlyandeatingjunk🤣
September 24, 2023 @ 11:45 am
“One of the most important
things you can do on this earth
is to let people know
they are not alone.”
-SHANNON L. ADLER
💖
September 23, 2023 @ 6:33 pm
Your heart and my
heart are very, verY
old friends
-Hafiz 🌟
September 21, 2023 @ 9:20 pm
Thanks to those who hurt me, you made me a stronger person…
Thanks to those who loved me, you made my heart bigger…
Thanks to those who cared, you made me feel important…
Thanks to those who worried, you let me know that you care…
Thanks to those who left, you showed me that not everything is forever…
Thanks to those who stayed, you showed me the meaning of true friends…
Thanks to those who entered my life, You helped me become the person I am today.
Insight Feelings……♦️
September 19, 2023 @ 10:06 am
” We are all as Flowers in God’s garden …. ❤️
God created the flowers to bring beauty to the earth and joy
… to the world.
Each flower is unique, … some are beautiful as a single bloom …but many times it is more beautiful to see them together.
That can be a lovely parallel to … how we each come together … and complement,” the strengths, weakness, gifting and needs ” of each other.
Together ” we are more powerful, more complete”, although individually we are also beautiful … in “our own way”.
Do you ever feel insignificant, like God wouldn’t pick you from His garden?
He doesn’t see one gifting or appearance …” as better than another”.
None of us is ” less important to Him”!
We are all supposed to be different. And we are pleasing to Him if we fulfill the specific call and purpose He created us to be.
We are only to be ourselves, not like someone else.
Whatever type God created you to be, … it is not just for us to keep to ourselves … but “our beauty, our aroma, our gifting are to be used for ” the benefit of those around us”!
Just as in the bouqet, “each of us is important to the whole”!
Even those who feel small or insignificant have a role to play.
Even a beautiful rose is more breathtaking when enhanced by subtle baby’s breath and a simple green fern.
The contrast of the bright and soft colors, the larger and smaller blossoms, add to the ” beautiful complete bouquet that we are … in God’s varied beautiful garden.” ❤️
September 15, 2023 @ 10:29 am
Spentalargepartofthedayindurbantoday.wenttomysistersfavouriterestuarantcalled’Omysoul’.Mealwasokbutcompanywasfab😇
NowIamsoexhaustedthatmyauntisgivingmeamassage.😄toldmomthatoldageiscatchingupwithme.momsaidtomethatsheknowsthatmyauntismassagingmeforyearsandthishasnothingtodowitholdage🤣AndthatIamluckythatmyauntlovesmesomuchandshecandieinpeaceknowingthatIaminsafehands.whyaremomssocrazy,beatsme.Ineedtosleep,heatgottometoday
September 11, 2023 @ 6:51 am
Thanks to the Author for sharing…a good Reminder hey?
O God, I’m putting my whole life in your hands now. I don’t know what’s good for me and I don’t know where life is taking me. I’m letting go, I surrender to your Wish. I trust You to take care of everything.
O God, it is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me in charge of myself even for the blink of an eye, and rectify for me all of my affairs.
Insight Feelings….??
September 10, 2023 @ 10:51 am
Sometime the strongest people
are the ones who love beyond all faults.
Cry behind closed door and
fight battles that nobody know about.
Unknown
September 10, 2023 @ 6:13 am
Missed U Dr J…although you are probably very upset with me.
Take care of yourself?
September 10, 2023 @ 2:37 am
Not Fun Time but Serious time !
Never entertain negative energy.
Some situations will test your patience and try to make you overreact, overthink, and respond to things that don’t deserve your life force.
What a lot of people understand is …. your attention is your power.
Never feed what doesn’t add value to your life.
~ Cody Bret
Yes,most people haveimagestomaintainsowillalwayssaythepoliticallycorrectwordsetcunordertibeineveryonesgoodbooksespeciallytheheadhonchesgoodbooksandpeoplestriveyoearnbrowniepointswiththeheadhonchesanndactlikesaintsinfrontofthemandwhattheydoprivatelyisanotherstorysonobrowniepointsfromFatherasHeseesandknowseverything.
HavingsaidthatMomisNOThappywithmystraightforwardnessespeciallytourdistrictpeople.shesaidwhatsdoneisdonebutDONOTREPEATthisandTRYyourverybesttodoitfirthehFATHERwhomuadoreandIagreed.iwillNOTcommentinanythinganymoreregardingurdistrict.iamavisitoraturplaceandmustknowmylumitshey.
September 9, 2023 @ 2:01 pm
AssumemakesanassofUandme?
Mycousinsdad,mumsbrotherwasconfidinginmeandpouringhisheartouttomeandiwasjustlistening.mrJ.BulthesecreyarywasgoingpastandjoinedinchattingtomyuncleandmyuncleshockedmewhenhestartedtellinghisproblemstohimforquiteawhileandiwasjustaspectatorbutsomanywerewalkingupanfdownlookingatmesuspiciouslyassumingthatIampouringmyhearttothesecretary?thereisnothingicandoaboutthisanfifpeoplewanttoassuumestuffletitbe.itisnotinorderformetoraiseissueswiththesecretary.thereareenoughpeopletohandlestuffanditseemsthateveryoneisveryhappywitheveryonesworksoimaginethehavocifiraiseanyissue?gladuguysarespunitedanndacceptingofeachotherregardlessifrulesarefollowedorotherwise.tootiredtodaysogoingtosleepnow.?
September 8, 2023 @ 1:16 am
JusttoletuknowthatIdidnotasktheindianstosendmyreplyasmomsconcernedaboutmybroinlawsimage.momsaresecondtoGodsoshouldbetakenseriouslyandsheiscorrect.
Peaceforall??
September 7, 2023 @ 10:55 am
Momsaysitsagoodideatokeepalowprofileandstayawayfromyourdistrictforthisyear.nohardfeelings.FatherwilldealwithallHischildrenaccordingly.alltgebestandtakecare
September 7, 2023 @ 12:16 am
Yes,Iguessthisyoungscatterbrainsuddenlyfeltabitfocusedat3.00am soemailedmyapprovalandwhatsappedalsoat3.00am.HethinksthatheisKabirSaabdeliveringmuskat3.00am.Hewassointixicatedbyallthislightandsoundthathebecameobliousabouteverythingandforgottosendmomsapprovalreplyaswell?
Thatshowtheworldworkshey.theywanttoprovokeuandangerUthenhaveacommitteemeetingafterwardsdiscussingthepersontheyprovoked?Toobadmyfriend,Irefusetotakeonmafiastylepeoplewhothrowtheirauthorityaroundandlookdownonothersandtryandprovokepeopletostartabigfire.Fatherwillbeveryproudofhowuguysconductyourselves.Keepitup?
September 6, 2023 @ 5:28 pm
WhywouldanyoneinurdistrictdeliberatelywithholdtheapprovalrepliesfromFathersHome?Yes,Ididrequestitlastweekandthisbusyveeyimportantyoungmansaysheistravellingsowillsendonwednesday.TodayiswednesdayandIwhatsappedremindinghimtosendaswerequirethecopyforhotelbookingandvisaandhesaidheisbusyandwillsendtonightandtheserepliesweresentawhilebackfromheadquarters.thequestioniswhyishewithholdingreplies.heissadlymistakenifheassumesthatwewillbeghimforreplies.ifheissoattachedtothereplieshecankeepitunderhismattressforsafekeeping.iwillrequestcopiesdirectlyfromheadquarters.IdontlikedoingthisbutIamforcedtohetcopyofapprovalreplyfromheadquartersbecausethisyoungmanenjoysplayinghideandseekwithrepliesandenjoyshidingitfromusIhavenotimeforgamesorarguments.iwilldotheneedfulandgetcopiessomeotherway!
September 5, 2023 @ 4:37 am
HAPPY TEACHERS’ DAY!
IF THERE WERE
NO TEACHERS,
ALL OTHER PROFESSIONS
WOULD NOT EXIST.
September 5, 2023 @ 1:56 am
??My Mom??
My Mom once told me that she walked into a room where a couple of friends were discussing her, they didn’t know she was there.
She shook her head, smiled and walked away.
My Mom also told me that she had a friend who talked bad about her, she never knew that Mom found out, Mom never mentioned it.
She smiled and walked away from this friendship.
She told me she had family who chose to shift her out of their life because she stood up for herself for a change.
And because she stopped crossing oceans for them when they would not even help her cross a bridge.
She smiled, shook her head and walked away.
So I asked her how she could just walk away from people that betrayed her while pretending to be her friends or family.
She answered that every time she came to a crossroad like that, she had to decide who will be going forward on her journey with her.
This showed her who she cannot take along with her.
So she explained to me that you should never get mad at a person who betrays you, even in the name of friendship or family.
Just Gracefully bow out and Enjoy your Journey with all the New People you’ll meet Along the Way.?
September 5, 2023 @ 12:18 am
That person to whom you can actually tell the truth when they ask, “How are you?”,
is the one you …
should hold on to
should handle with care
should treasure
And never take for granted
For they are rare and so very special Best Friend for life material!?
This could be anyone, a friend, family bagera bagera. The secret is to NOT let them know that you are aware of their bad intention for U. Actually it is none of my business what others think about me Right! Father is in charge of punishing us ALL accordingly.
As you sow…you will Reap!
Jaise karni, jaise barni!
Let everyone think that u are an ‘ Emotional Fool and gets provoked by all their games etc.
Let them discuss you and transfer their good karma ( if they have any left) to u?
Let your relative even go and have a secret meeting with one of officials to continously badmouth U…..and being well connected, U will get a REPORT of who and what they said about U?
Cmon Yaar.. .why are people engaging in futile and frivolous gossip to earn brownie points with officials. Some people want to stagnate at kindergarten level and it is their wish not to use common sense and TRY to earn brownie points with Father who is the actual doer.
None of us are perfect but we can just do our best and leave the rest to Father. He knows what’s best for us and we should happily accept HIS will. Amen!
A snake began to chase a firefly that only lived to shine. The firefly stopped and said to the snake:
“Can I ask you three questions?”
The snake said, “Yes.”
– Do I belong to your food chain ?
The snake said, “No.”
Did I do anything to you?
The snake said, “No.”
Then why you wanna devour me?
“The snake replied, “”Cause I can’t stand to see you shine.””.
Moral of the story…
Often, some people can’t stand to see you shine, and that’s why they act like snakes, silent and ready to destroy you!
The bitter truth
Author Unknown
September 4, 2023 @ 11:16 pm
Living the Inspiration of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Maalok: Ramana Maharshi has had a lasting influence on your life. For those of us who don’t know much about the Maharshi, could you please share some of the salient aspects of his life that have influenced you deeply.
David: About two or three times a year someone asks me this question, ‘Summarise Ramana Maharshi’s life and teachings in a few words for people who know little or nothing about him’. It’s always hard to know where to start with a question like this.
Let me say first that Ramana Maharshi was one of the most highly regarded and widely respected spiritual figures that twentieth-century India produced. I can’t think of any other candidate who is as persistently held out to be an example of all that is best in the Hindu spiritual tradition. Everyone reveres him as the perfect example of what a true saint and sage ought to be.
How did this come about? While he was still in his teens Sri Ramana underwent a remarkable, spontaneous experience in which his individuality died, leaving him in a state in which he found his true identity to be the Self, the immanent and transcendent substratum. It was a permanent awakening that was truly remarkable because he had not previously had any interest in spiritual matters. He left his family home a few weeks later, without telling anyone where he was going, and spent the remainder of his life at the foot of Arunachala, a holy mountain and pilgrimage centre that is about 120 miles south west of Chennai.
After a few years there – a period in which he was largely oblivious to the world and his body – he began to attract devotees because there was a spiritual radiance emanating from him that many people around him experienced as peace or happiness. This, I think, is the secret of his subsequent fame and popularity. He didn’t get a reputation for being a great sage because of what he did or said. It came about because people, who arrived at his ashram with all kinds of questions and doubts, suddenly found themselves becoming quiet, peaceful and happy in his presence. There was a continuous, benign flow of energy coming off him that somehow evaporated the mental anxieties and busy minds of the people who came to see him. He didn’t ask people to come. People just came of their own accord. A 19th century American author once wrote that if you invent a better mousetrap, even if you try to hide yourself in the woods, people will beat a path to your door. People beat a path to Sri Ramana’s door – for many years he lived in very inaccessible places – because he had something far better than an improved mousetrap to offer; he had a natural ability to induce peace in the people around him.
Let me expand on this because this is the key to understanding both his state and the effect he had on other people. When he had his final experience at the age of sixteen, his mind, his sense of being an individual person, vanished forever, leaving him in a state of unassailable peace. He realised and understood that this was not some new experience that was mediated by and through his ‘I’, his sense of being an individual person. It was, instead, his natural state, something that is there all the time, but which is only experienced when the mind and its perpetual busy-ness is absent. By abiding in this natural and effortless state of inner silence he somehow charged up the atmosphere around him with a healing, quietening energy. People who came to see him spontaneously became happy, peaceful and quiet. Why? Because Sri Ramana himself was effortlessly broadcasting his own experience of happiness, peace and quietude in such a way that those people who were around him got an inner taste, an inner flavor of this natural state that is inherent to all of us. I should say that this power was not restricted to his physical vicinity, although it did seem to be stronger there. People who merely thought about him wherever they happened to be discovered that they could experience something of this peace simply through having this mental contact with him.
So, having given that background, I can now answer the question: ‘Who was Ramana Maharshi and what were his teachings?’
Sri Ramana Maharshi was a living embodiment of peace and happiness and his ‘teachings’ were the emanations of that state which helped other people to find and experience their own inner happiness and peace.
If all this sounds a little abstract, let me tell you a story that was passed on to me by Arthur Osborne’s daughter. In the 1940s their house was a kind of dormitory for all the stray foreigners who couldn’t find anywhere else to stay near Sri Ramana’s ashram. A miserable, crabby women appeared one evening, having been sent by the ashram. They put her up, gave her breakfast and sent her off to see Sri Ramana the next morning. She came back at lunchtime looking absolutely radiant. She was glowing with happiness. The whole family was waiting to hear the story of what happened, but she never said anything about her visit to the ashram. Everyone in the house was expecting some dramatic story: ‘He looked at me and this happened,’ or ‘I asked a question and then I had this great experience’. As the lunch plates were being cleared away, her hosts could not contain their curiosity any longer.
‘What happened?’ asked one of them. ‘What did Bhagavan do to you? What did he say to you?’
The woman looked most surprised. ‘He didn’t do anything. He didn’t say anything to me. I just sat there for the whole morning and then came back for lunch.’
She had been just one new person sitting in a crowd of people, but the power coming off Sri Ramana had been enough to wash away a lifetime of depression, leaving her with a taste of what lay underneath it: her own inherent, natural happiness and peace.
Sri Ramana knew that transformations such as these were going on around him all the time, but he never accepted responsibility for them. He would never say, ‘I transformed this woman’. When he was asked about the effect he was having on people, he would sometimes say that by continuously abiding in his own natural state of peace, a sannidhi, a powerful presence, was somehow created that automatically took care of the mental problems of the people who visited him. By abiding in silence as silence, this energy field was created, a field that miraculously transformed the people around him.
Your original question was, ‘Why has Ramana Maharshi influenced me so much?’ The answer is, ‘I came into his sannidhi and through its catalytic activity I discovered my own peace, my own happiness.’
_ David Godman?
September 3, 2023 @ 11:16 am
“O musician of my soul,
play His song
play His song with every breath ” -Rumi ?
Alias John Tesh
September 1, 2023 @ 11:23 am
Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.
?//?//?
Hybo?
Someone extremely intellige3t and Humble could have written above. May this soul continue to be Blessed always.?
August 30, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
“Take care” is such a wonderful greeting.
It means: “Be careful where you go”,
“Don’t get hurt”,
“Don’t let others trample all over you”,
“Walk up straight and be proud”.
It is also a tender message that says:
“I am worried about you”.
“When you go I hope to see you soon again”,
because it doesn’t sound like a final goodbye.
It also means “You have a friend in me”,
“I always carry you in my heart, in my prayers”
Take Care……??
August 28, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
Today instead of holding Guru’s
hand,
I held my hand to the master
Because, I could accidentally leave
the Guru’s hand
But, I believe that if Guru holds the
hand, He will never leave…
August 26, 2023 @ 8:31 am
WoW…thanks for sharing ?
The Pearl
Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real Sufis just laugh.
Nothing tyrannizes their hearts.
What strikes the oyster shell doesn’t damage the pearl.
Rumi ?
August 22, 2023 @ 11:33 am
Just a wish and blessing from my
??
MAY YOU BE STRONG AND
COURAGIOUS TO …
never turn back when
disappointment raise
its head
never disappoint when
you are a trusted one
never stop trying when
you don’t succeed
never become prideful
when you achieve
never remain down when
you fall
never become bitter when
you are hated, rejected
or ignored
May your hurt be just enough
to make you gentle and soft
and grateful for the good.
May the sun
on your journey
shine bright
and your baggage always
be light
May joy knock on your door
very early every morning
and stay through
the night …
?Written by A Friend ?
August 21, 2023 @ 3:37 am
Thank you to the special people
in my life. I may not say it often,
but I love you and know that you
are there for me. BIG HUG!
August 16, 2023 @ 9:29 am
Many thanks to the Messenger who sent the below article to the Langhar group to our family. We agree with this important message about obedience that applies to everyone as per Father’s guidelines.
Just for the record, our family basically takes instructions at your Church. Mom says that the objective of Churchwork is to become humble. Well, I was not agreeing with her at one time cos I felt that we need to have ‘self respect’ and stay away from a place where we are NOT welcome. Her answer did make sense when she stated that even if people want to take ownership of all the churchwork and the building etc…that is between them and Father. It in NONE of our business how the Management views us cos the Master confirmed with us that ‘where there are people , there are politics’ and requested me to TRY and NOT react to all this and I will be fine.
Recently our family was HUMILIATED by your Church when the Master visited in March.
Everyone knows ( especially the Master can hear and see everything) what transpired and NOTHING was done about it. They were ALLOWED to abuse old people and accuse them of NOT paying for meals. All meals were given away to hotel staff that we ordered cos it was considered Haraam food.
I am just taking instructions from Mom to cooperate and be part of sewa when I’m requested to do so and do it wholeheartedly for Father even if others still are not happy with me being around as the place actually belongs to Father and we ALL are just His sewadars and He expects us to have harmony amongst us.
Never mind that ur district did SIN to our family members. This is NOT for us to query about or sort out but Father’s job to handle all these Discipliniary issues. He knows best. Maybe U guys can tolerate this disgusting behaviour towards old people but Karma dies NOT forget an address right!?
THE RULES APPLY TO ALL IN FATHERS BOOKS?
Have a Blessed afternoon and take extra care of yourself?
Thanks again for these beautiful reminder that was sent for our family?
OBEDIENCE
Taking instructions from each other
Most of us do not get an opportunity to interact directly with
the master; we get our instructions through an intermediary.
While we are willing to obey the master, sometimes we find it
difficult to take instructions from another sevadar who is in
charge. But we should appreciate the fact that most sevadars
are doing their best to carry out the will of the master
Seva means to do what we are asked to do. Not what we
want to do, not what we think should be done, just what we are
asked to do. When we come to seva, let us be willing to perform
any task. Let us offer ourselves unconditionally and let those
in charge decide how best to use our services.
Remain watchful for his command; keep in mind the
guru’s words and act accordingly. He may order you to
cut grass – for you that is the highest honour. Welcome
it wholeheartedly as sweetness itself. Test your mind in
this manner; only then is the work complete
BABA JAIMAL SINGH’74
August 15, 2023 @ 10:14 am
Fun Time ?
Forgive me
Father; for
Ihave
sinned.
Father-
I know. I read
all about it on
Facebook.?
Father sees and hears everything hey??
August 14, 2023 @ 3:48 am
Kudos to the Messenger
For these Gems
Don’t chase
anyone.
Don’t beg someone
to stay.
know your worth.
Save space for
people who
matter.
Accept what
cannot be
changed.
Leave what isn’t
for you.
* failure is part of
successo
Love yourself.?
August 14, 2023 @ 2:11 am
Hey Dr J…Hope U R keeping well.
Yes, we do have a strong divine connection with each other but it is quite obvious that you are NOT comfortable around me hey and I understand ? I won’t ask u why? Cos maybe I did something bad to U in my past life and only U remember so ur decision makes sense to U.
Well, there is no need to have rany animosity towards each other as we all are just going through karma and NOTHING is personal. And although we all are accountable for our actions, sometimes karma dictates us to behave in a certain manner and we are powerless to do otherwise.
And I went to church yesterday in ur district cos I had church duty. So don’t be worried that I will come next week …or ff week Sunday. We have a church here for me to go to.
It is NOT fair for u to be uncomfortable in your own district hey. No hard feelings dear and …Friends Forever??
August 13, 2023 @ 8:53 am
…..Life is….
….a series..
………of…..
…Moments..
…..floating…
…….away….
………like…
…..balloons
……..in the..
………wind….
~via Reginald M~
My eyes searched for Him but He chose to keep away…..??
August 10, 2023 @ 10:39 pm
Surrender to Grace
The ocean cares for each wave until it reaches the shore. You are given more help than you will ever know. -Rumi?
Beas Mera Rab Vasda
August 10, 2023 @ 5:42 pm
A love letter from a child to a parent…
Thank you for loving me
When I was most difficult to love
Thank you for showing up for me
When it was most hard to reach me
Thank you for believing in me
When I didn’t believe in myself
Thank you for supporting me
When I felt unsupported by the world
Thank you for reassuring me
When I appeared inconsolable
Thank you for your words of wisdom and advice
Even when they were tough to hear
Thank you for always wanting the best for me
Regardless of the circumstances
And thank you for always being there for me
Even when it felt like I didn’t appreciate or see
Everything you did for me.
As I have grown
I have come to appreciate the many sacrifices you made
To build a better future for me
All of the love you gave me
All of the sleepless nights
All of the mundane moments and milestones you were there to witness and experience
And everything in-between
All of the concerts, sporting events and ceremonies you attended
Beaming proudly
All of the photos you took, the memories we made and special times we shared
And all of the precious moments that you spent with me.
As I have grown
I can now better appreciate
How strong you were for me:
The tears you held back
And the smile you wore
So that I wouldn’t see how much you were secretly struggling at times behind the scenes
And now having left home
I can now appreciate
All you have truly done for me.
Thank you for doing the best you could
Thank you for continuing to be an incredible presence in my life
And above all
Thank you for always seeing the best in me
And loving me
And though I am now fully grown
I will always be your little child
And when I go on to one day have a family of my own
I hope that I can make you proud
By being half the parent
That you were to me.
Words by Tahlia Hunter
August 9, 2023 @ 12:20 am
Precious Gems by beloved Rumi to enlighten our souls and sparkle our day???
There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light.
Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins?
Don’t you know yet? It is your Light that lights the worlds.
If the Beautiful One is not inside you, then what is that Light hidden under your cloak?
Your light is more magnificent than sunrise or sunset.
Your body is woven from the Light of Heaven.
Although you appear in earthly form Your essence is pure Consciousness. You are the fearless guardian of Divine Light.
Nothing can nourish the SOUL but LIGHT.
Love is the soul’s light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being.
Your task? To work with all the passion of your being to acquire an inner light.
You have no need to travel anywhere – journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.
Every moment is made glorious by the light of love.
Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.
-Rumi ????
August 7, 2023 @ 11:15 am
No one is capable of
making you upset without
your consent, so if you
begin practicing the
intention to be authentic
and peaceful with
everyone, you connect to
peace itself
The grass withers, the
flower fades, But the
word of our God
stands forever
Isaiah 40:8
All is Well?
August 7, 2023 @ 5:04 am
If you truly
love Someone,
then the only thing
you want for them
is to be happy, even
if it’s not with you…
I feel positive energy from U and appreciate and Respect U very much. However , if U feel that it’s necessary that we don’t cross paths I understand Dr J and will NOT put U in an uncomfortable situation
Take care of yourself?
August 7, 2023 @ 2:05 am
???
*_?”I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.'”_*
??
Copied as is
August 6, 2023 @ 12:06 am
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all”
“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed”.
August 5, 2023 @ 11:49 pm
???
*_THOUGHT FOR THE DAY_*
*_SUNDAY 06 AUGUST 2023_*
*_To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of his love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.!!_*??
August 5, 2023 @ 8:32 am
Thanks to the Messenger
One day Rumi was
reading next to a large stack of books.
Shams Tabriz, passing by,
asked him,
“What are you doing?”
Rumi scoffingly replied,
“Something you cannot understand.” On hearing this, Shams threw the stack of books into a nearby pool
of water. Rumi hastily rescued the books and to his surprise they were all dry. Rumi then asked Shams,
“What is this?”
To which Shams replied,
“Mawlana,
this is what you cannot understand.
That was the time when
Mawlana Rumi became his disciple.?
August 5, 2023 @ 3:15 am
From Mr Anon…many Thanks
One Thing , Many Names
As one and the same water is called by different names in different languages, one calling it ‘water’ , another ‘vari’ , a third ‘ aqua , and a fourth ‘pani’ , so the one Sachichidananda.
Absolute Being- Intelligence —- Bliss , is invoked by some as God , by some as Allah, by some as Hari and by others as Brahmn.
—–WE must remember to PUT THE GLASS OF WATER DOWN and feel LIGHT hey?
August 3, 2023 @ 8:30 am
POWERS WORTH A PENNY
Two monks left their master and sought for the Buddhist Way. They practiced different methods in cultivation. The elder monk practiced supernatural/psychic power, while the younger monk practiced reciting Buddha’s name in cultivation.
After a few years, the two monks came back to visit their master. They met each other in the jetty, waiting for the boat to take them across the river.
Soon the boat came. Suddenly the elder monk jumped into the river. With his psychic power he drifted on the surface of water and crossed the river quickly. The younger monk took the boat and crossed the river slowly. After that, he gave the boatman a penny for the fare.
The elder monk showed his self satisfaction and said arrogantly to the younger monk, “What have you attained after you cultivated the past few years? See, I have attained the psychic power.”
The younger monk did not care what the other monk asked and replied, “Oh, it is just worth a penny!”
August 3, 2023 @ 8:24 am
” How beautiful to find a heart
that loves you, without asking
you for anything, but to be okay.”
August 3, 2023 @ 8:00 am
“Her secret is simple. On her worst days, she prays. And on her best days, she prays.”
July 30, 2023 @ 12:37 am
One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. The animal cried loudly for hours, while the farmer tried to find something to do to get him out.
Finally, the farmer decided that the donkey was old and the well was already dry and needed to be covered anyway; that it really wasn’t worth pulling the donkey out of the well..
He invited all his neighbors to come help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to throw dirt into the well.
The donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly loud. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he quieted down after a few shovelfuls of dirt.
The farmer finally looked down into the well and was amazed at what he saw… with each shovelful of dirt, the donkey was doing something incredible: It was shaking off the dirt and stepping on top of the dirt.
Very soon everyone saw surprised how the donkey reached the mouth of the well, went over the edge and trotted out…
Life is going to throw dirt at you, all kinds of dirt… the trick to getting out of the hole is to shake it off and use it to step up. Each of our problems is a step up. We can get out of the deepest holes if we don’t give up…
Use the land they throw you to get ahead!!!
Remember the 5 rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hate.
2. Free your Mind of distractions.
3. Simplify your life.
4. Give more and expect less.
5. Love more and… shake the dirt, because in this life you have to be a solution, not the problem!?
July 29, 2023 @ 10:08 pm
The God within.
“I searched for God among
the Christians and on the Cross
and therein I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples
of idolatry; no trace of Him was
there.
I entered the mountain cave
of Hira and then went as far
as Qandhar but God I found not.
With set purpose I fared to the
summit of Mount Caucasus and
found there only ‘anqa’s habitation.
Then I directed my search to the
Kaaba, the resort of old and
young; God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy, I inquired
about Him from ibn Sina but found
Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the
Prophet’s experience of a great
Divine manifestation only a “two
bow-lengths’ distance from him,”
but God was not there even in
that exalted court.
Finally, I looked into my own
heart and there I saw Him;
He was nowhere else.
I looked in temples, churches
and mosques, but found the Divine
within my heart.”
Beloved Rumi….?????
July 29, 2023 @ 12:50 pm
Whatever happens to you…
Don’t fall in despair,
Even if all the doors are closed…
A secret path will be there for you that no one knows,
You can’t see it yet…
But so many paradises are at the end of this path,
Be grateful…
It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want…
Thank before having what you want.
-Shams-i Tabrizi
July 28, 2023 @ 2:13 pm
Kindred spirits recognize each other
by sight and understand each other without words.
July 27, 2023 @ 3:49 pm
Listening to some 80’s music?
After so long listening to Madonnas song La Isla Bonita …..think I am going back in time?
July 24, 2023 @ 9:58 pm
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another
PLANT THREE ROWS OF TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another
GARDENS MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE. THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
-Author unknown?
July 24, 2023 @ 9:26 pm
Patience visited me..
And it reminded me
That good things take time to come to fruition
And grow slowly with stability
Peace visited me
And it reminded me
That I may remain calm through the storms of life
Regardless of the chaos surrounding me
Hope visited me
And it reminded me
That better times lay ahead
And it would always be there to guide and uplift me
Humility visited me
And it reminded me
That I may achieve it
Not by trying to shrink myself and make myself less
But by focusing on serving the world and uplifting those around me
Kindness visited me
And it reminded me
To be more gentle, forgiving and compassionate toward myself
And those surrounding me
Confidence visited me
And it reminded me
To not conceal or suppress my gifts and talents
In order to make others feel more comfortable
But to embrace what makes me me
Focus visited me
And it reminded me
That other people’s insecurities and judgements about me
Are not my problem
And I should redirect my attention
From others back to me
Freedom visited me
And it reminded me
That no one has control over my mindset, thoughts and wellbeing
But me
And love visited me
And it reminded me
That I need not search for it in others
As it lies within me.
– Tahlia Hunter
@everyone
July 23, 2023 @ 6:31 am
I need your help Dr J!
I know that U don’t want to have anything to do with me and it is ok but I do know that you are a fine leader who can guide and encourage a person and if you have the time and comfortable in helping me please guide my brother along.
He is NOT in a good space at all but good at disguising it.
I don’t have any idea how this can be possible and if it is at all possible but very worried about him.
If u feel that it is not in order, I will understand.
July 22, 2023 @ 12:46 pm
On the Supreme Identity
God – may He be exalted – said to me, “Do you know who you are?” I replied, “Yes. I am the non-being which is manifested by Your manifestation. I am the darkness which Your light illuminates.
Then He said to me, “Since you know this, persevere firmly (in this knowledge) and be careful not to claim that which does not belong to you: for the deposit must be returned to its owner and the loan must be paid back. The name “contingent being” has always belonged to you and will always belong to you.
He said to me again, “Do you know who you are?” I replied, “Yes, I am in reality God, (the real). But metaphorically and in relation to the Way, I am Creature. I am a contingent being with respect to my form, but I cannot be the necessary Being. It is the Divine Name which belongs to me by original right; the name of creature is only a borrowed name and a formula of differentiation. He said to me, “Veil this symbol; and let the wall fall down and bury this Treasure, in order that only he will be able to extract it who has put him a soul through severe trials and looked his death in the face.”
Then God – may He be exalted – said to me, “What are you?” I replied, “I am two things, according to two different relations. With respect to You, I am the Eternal, forever and ever. I am the necessary Being who epiphanizes himself. My necessity proceeds from the necessity of Your essence and my eternity from the eternity of Your Knowledge and Your attributes.”
“With respect to me, I am pure non-being who has never breathed the perfume of existence, the adventitious being who remains nonexistent in his adventitiousness. I only possess being so long as I am present with You and for You. Left to myself and absent from You I am one who is not, even while he is.”
Then He said to me, “And who am I?” I replied, “You are the Being, necessary through Itself, alone perfect in Its essence and Its attributes. Better yet: You transcend by the perfection of Your essence and the perfection of Your attributes. You are the Perfect in every state, the Transcendent with respect to everything which can come to the mind.”
He replied to me, “You do not know Me!”
I said to Him without fear of being disrespectful, “You are He in Whose likeness all contingent creatures are. You are the Lord and the servant, the near and the far. You are the One and the multiple, the Sublime and the lowly, the Rich and the poor, the worshiper and the Worshipped, the contemplater and the Contemplated. In You are joined the contraries and opposites. For You are the apparent and the Hidden, the voyager and the sedentary. He who sows and He who cultivates. You are He who plays, who tricks and deceives. You are the supreme Reality and I am the supreme Reality. You are the creature and I am the creature. You are neither this not that and I am neither this nor that.”
He said to me, “That is enough. You know me! Hide Me from those who know Me not. For Lordship has a secret and if it were revealed, Lordship would be annihilated. And servitude also has a secret, and if it were revealed, servitude would be annihilated. Praise Us for what We have taught you about Ourself: for you cannot know Us by any other than Us. Nothing leads to Us except Ourself!”
– Emir Abd el-Kader al-Jazairi
July 22, 2023 @ 12:04 pm
I don’t have
ego problem, I have
respect problem. When I
sense disrespect, I just
leave no matter who you are.
This is a DISTURBING MESSAGE!
If Dr J sent this message for our family then we will give him his space and TRY NOT to come to his district Church.
No hard feelings but U should NOT be uncomfortable in your own Church.
I have a sense of belonging in Beas and that’s cool with me.
You enjoy your Turf dear ??
July 22, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, yet again , come , come.
RUMI
July 22, 2023 @ 11:00 am
Thank U to the messenger for this precious gem??
Take hold of the hand of the Master, for without Him the way is full of untold dangers and difficulties. Never for a moment get separated from the Master and never place too much confidence in thy own valour or wisdom. – Rumi??
July 22, 2023 @ 9:02 am
Just checking if U were in Church today?
If U were NOT I noticed someone blasted some beautiful Gospel Songs which was Amazing Grace
But I am NOT sure if it was allowed?
And the SIC asked us to serve pickle and I asked again if it’s allowed cos I don’t want anyone to conduct a special complaint meeting for us? and he said rest assured it is now allowed so they are having pickle every week.
So if u were NOT there, now u have some feedback and U will know whats allowed and whats NOT allowed???
Enjoy ur afternoon Dr J??
July 21, 2023 @ 11:13 am
THE COCKROACH THEORY OF SELF DEVELOPMENT.
At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady.
She started screaming out of fear.
With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.
Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.
The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but …it landed on another lady in the group.
Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.
The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.
In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.
The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behaviour of the cockroach on his shirt.
When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.
Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behaviour?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?
He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.
It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.
I realized that it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it’s my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.
It’s not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.
More than the problem, it’s my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.
LESSONS-:
I understood I should not react in life.
I should always respond.
The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.
Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.
A beautiful way to understand LIFE.
The HAPPY person is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life.
He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right!
July 21, 2023 @ 6:50 am
When we put
GOD FIRST,
We will never
be last or Alone….
Yes….we come alone and will go alone but when we feel God’s presence and kinda form a relationship with Him…we NEVER feel alone or left out under any circumstance.
Friendships are all types and some are true and beyond compare…..but all this is karmic so we need NOT depend on anyone or anything for our peace of Mind.
It’s awesome if we enjoy good company of family or friends but we must always bear in mind that this world is just an illusion and should NOT be taken so seriously hey
If things are going good…enjoy
And if not….don’t worry as it won’t last forever as everything is TEMPORARY ?
July 20, 2023 @ 1:53 pm
True Mentors are
as transparent as glass.
They let The Light of
God pass through
Them. – Shams Tabrizi
You are an Awesome Mentot Dr J
..and guides people via so many disguises but a your friend can recognise and sense you hey.
Sweet Dreams
July 18, 2023 @ 1:19 pm
Let’s make peace and not war.
Let’s build and not destroy.
Let’s give and not just take.
Let’s coexist instead of judging.
Let’s love and not hate.????
If you see something good in someone,
please tell them. Be uplifting and encouraging towards others. They need to hear those words.??
It takes a second to bring someone down
and many years for them to heal from that emotional injury.??
Let’s not go through life purposely causing others harm. So many people are already hurt, they don’t need more pain.??
July 18, 2023 @ 12:20 pm
“We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.”
— Sigmund Freud
July 18, 2023 @ 9:04 am
Mom was scheduled to leave for Jhb on Thursday and before she can cancel her church duty she gets a call the other day about the menu for saturday?
She acted normal and agreed and cancelled her trip. I asked her why she did that as she already made arrangements to be with her grandson in Jhb???
And she said that she realised she is wrong in wanting to cancel when a commitment is already made. It is ok if it’s done once in awhile but we need to draw the line.
Mom says that she is also NOT setting a very good example for us? I do what I want to do in life…and my Mom is NOT responsible for my actions ?
I told her that these people stopped our Church songs because we enjoy it so I don’t like going where I am tolerated.
She said to me that nothing people do is because of us. We have a commitment to the Master and the task has to be done with focus and love. If we are going to question the management there , whatever church work we do will be in vain as the Master will say…..this task is meant to humble us….and NOT to question each other hey????
Leave the managing of place to the Captains. Mom says that it is our job to take instruction and leave happily.?
July 18, 2023 @ 12:07 am
Love Is a Stranger
Poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi
By Translated by Kabir Helminski
Jelaluddin Rumi’s poem on questing through the darkness.
Search the Darkness
Sit with your friends; don’t go back to sleep.
Don’t sink like a fish to the bottom of the sea.
Surge like an ocean,
don’t scatter yourself like a storm.
Life’s waters flow from darkness.
Search the darkness, don’t run from it.
Night travelers are full of light,
and you are, too; don’t leave this companionship.
Be a wakeful candle in a golden dish,
don’t slip in the dirt like quicksilver.
The moon appears for night travelers,
be watchful when the moon is full.?
July 17, 2023 @ 8:52 am
If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.
Shams Tabrizi ????
July 17, 2023 @ 8:48 am
Fun…fun and more fun….Masti hey?
And he just thought of this idea to get a REACTION from her……and her REACTION shocked him when she said He must have FUN ?????
She kinda knows him although he assumes that she does NOT know him from Adam ?
July 16, 2023 @ 10:33 am
I prayed for change,
so I changed my mind.
I prayed for guidance
and learned to trust myself.
I prayed for happiness
and realized I am not my ego.
I prayed for peace
and learned to accept others unconditionally.
I prayed for abundance
and realized my doubt kept it out.
I prayed for wealth
and realized it is my health.
I prayed for a miracle
and realized I am the miracle.
I prayed for a soul mate
and realized I am the One.
I prayed for love
and realized it is always knocking,
but I have to allow it .
Jewel Of Rumi (Alias ….drj)
December 30, 2022 @ 1:01 pm
Happy New Year
December 30, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
The universe has your back always
June 18, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
Pevernthri pillay said to me that u have a daughter from Krizni…..I know that it’s none of my business but if it’s not true is it right for her to make stories about u and a married woman? She should be stopped. She said when ur daughter met an accident you raced and went to kriznis rescue and lucky I never get close to u cos someone in Durban told her something about u and me that could of happened but never materialize cos u r hung up on Krizni and ur daughter. Just want u to know that I respect u so obviously look up to you and don’t think it’s right for her to say anything about u regardless if true or otherwise
June 18, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
Our friendship is sealed with the Word of God and is indestructible.
God is the author and finisher of our fate and beyond our comprehension.
August 19, 2013 @ 4:12 pm
To Debayy’
Because with out God you wouldn’t be here.
And jackie….God has answered my prayers many times over. Being a widow for 14 years God saw I need good man in my life. And he sent me the most wonderful man. We are now together in Gods sight.
May 23, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
Life would be “NOTHING” without “GOD”!! I certainly need him to guide me in my everyday life! Praise the LORD!!!!
September 2, 2011 @ 12:22 am
Our friendship is sealed with the Word of God and is indestructible.
God is the author and finisher of our fate and beyond our comprehension.
November 25, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
WTF why does everything have to do with “god”?
November 18, 2009 @ 1:53 am
this is a wonderful poem it says alot, my love for ssgt m.Wells this is what l wanted to share with you a love so beautiful and magical and true, to our lfe together here on earth and allways through out eternity, l love you so very much my heart is so fill with love for you,cant wait for you to get back home, my today yesterday and my tommorrow is to be with you and love you a part of me is with you now and everyday when you are away, love Pocahantas
November 5, 2009 @ 9:26 am
TO MY BEAUTIFUL HUBBY YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART .OUR LOVE WILL LAST FOREVER WE WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY GOD.WHEN WE BOTH NEEDED SOMEONE .LIFE IS GREAT .LOVE YOU ( LAVERNE) (KELVIN SMITH MY HUBBY)
November 4, 2009 @ 7:52 am
u are our everything we say ,we thank u God and will always be there for us .we love u .
November 4, 2009 @ 7:49 am
Sally Ann Evans you will always be part of my heart,love always and forever yours Ilove you XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
November 3, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
Thanks so much for your love and care.This is a wonderful word to keep in my heart.
August 30, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
got your card today sometimes the need to know there is someone who understands is out there and knows the pain of losing someone and I donot have to pretend
August 30, 2009 @ 2:02 pm
yes shiela…. I understand and emapthetic about ur pain…
drunken driving is the cause for vehicle homicide.. it seems like we can do anything to undo or reverse accidents … but its beyond our power to change fate…
Lost my own brother in an accident..but be watchful you dear ones..on the roads…dont want to be playing under the vehicles on fast lanes…
August 30, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
MY HEART IS AS TENDER AS YOURS. THE PAIN WON’T GO AWAY ,BUT THE LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.
SURVIORS OF MURDER AND VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
August 29, 2009 @ 1:10 am
Just the exact words that my lover can find inside my heart. . . I know it takes time to put things in the right place but your love just make me whole.
August 28, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Louisa how can i ever say thank you for being by my side through it all, you have been a source of strength to me, words cannot express my gratitude, you will forever be loved, the boys and i are bless to have you in our lives, thank you for everything.
August 28, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
to my children: you are my future and you are my pride and joy…remember me in the good times and in the bad…..we will rise together as a family to reunite again untill then you are my life and my dreams of a better tommorrow….i miss you and will see you real soon…..all my love and blessing come your way and remember you are loved by all who know you and care for you.You are not Alone anymore…
Love
(mom) Ms. Valerie
August 28, 2009 @ 6:59 am
wow! this fantabulous
August 27, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
My lovely Merle I am sending you this card because it has all words I’d like to say. You know:
But no matter what the future holds
You’ll still be in my heart.
Because I love you! Yours Tereza
August 27, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
thank you my dear for such heartfelt sentiments. You too are always in my heart and my soul.
Love, Godfrey
August 27, 2009 @ 10:57 am
This is very beautiful my friend!
August 27, 2009 @ 9:30 am
i like this card
August 27, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Yes…., you are still in my heart until now…..
June 6, 2009 @ 9:57 am
always remember you will always in my heart, no matter what happen to use . i still love you…forever,
June 6, 2009 @ 9:54 am
just always remember i always here for you no matter what happened
May 26, 2009 @ 8:30 am
Such wonderful words….May God always let you remain in my heart
May 8, 2009 @ 2:36 am
hello sweetheart,
sending u some love poem that comes into my deepest heart just for u only my love n ,,,,,,n hope u will keep it n ur heart too,,,,,,,,,,,GOD BLESS U
Is frm me eddy to u
love
Augustina
April 24, 2009 @ 10:04 am
hello sweetheart,
sending u some love poem that comes into my deepest heart just for u only my love n ,,,,,,n hope u will keep it n ur heart too,,,,,,,,,,,GOD BLESS U
love
karren
April 23, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
Chi i so love u somuch,that i cannot compare the luv
i have for u with one another u are really a friend.
you the best of all.
God bless u
I sent u this love flower to make uo ur day.
April 22, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
Thank you so much for the lovely poem on friendship. I feel the same way. I truly believe God brought us together with Dusty’s help. He was the Angel Unaware working for the Master. Thenk you D
usty, I wish I had known you but feel somehow that we have met along the way. I love your wife. Please keep tabs on her from above. Shirley
April 22, 2009 @ 10:13 am
Friendship isn’t about who you have known the longest.
…but about who came and never left your side.
That is you dear friend. I love you.
Be Blessed and be a blessing to others. May God give you great peace, joy and fill you with His Love,
Barbara