The Painful Gains - A Perception

When at so many many times Life seemed to intensify and prolong my well perceived pains, 

writhing, weeping, wrenched in my thoughts, guts and bones,

Myself, I realised that She was just working on me, 
merely to multiply and magnify my deeply desired gains.

The Mind - Thoughts and their Absence.

"Nothing in this existence seems heavier and hopeless than the drag of our own negative thoughts and 

nothing here seems to promise more freedom and weightlessness than our own state of thoughtlessness."

Existence & Consciousness

Viewed from Eternity, existence is simultaneous
Viewed from Time, existence is successive;
The Past & the Future are in the NOW of eternity.

The Consciousness of life in eternity's At Once is infinitely fuller,
than in the finite succession of time.

                                                                               Clemens Humilis

Purity of Prayers

You can fast, you can pray the whole night through to supplement your daily prayers;
You can also perform numerous acts of charity;
But, if your heart is not purified, you will not feel God's presence within.
If you have not died before your death,
chanting in group prayers will avail you nothing.

                                                                                          Abyaat-e-Baahoo By,
                                                                                    Sultan Bahu, A 17th Century Saint.

Forgiveness & Sacrifice

"Forgiveness or sacrifice must be cultivated selflessly as an honest attitude reflecting abundance, courage, strength, honesty or security but not performed, practised or perpetuated merely as an obligatory or dishonest reaction to scarcity, cowardice, superstition, tradition or insecurity."

Patience

Patience is a man’s best friend in times of uncertainty, which really is this realm in which the universe exists. Patience very slowly, over time imparts critical self-control, which gradually transforms into inner strength; now, this dynamic strength slowly accumulating deep inside your bone cells over years, starts to painfully plough its way out from inside towards Freedom – our true state of existence, if harnessed and released appropriately. 

The Freedom to choose amongst the thoughts you think, the freedom to choose between the words you speak, the freedom to decide amidst the options of action and reaction, the freedom to achieve the results you desire.

In essence, “Control over our own-self, is freedom in this conditioned existence; 

             Unconditional surrender to uncertainty, is choosing conditions of certainty”