Krishna on Knowledge

Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification, absence of false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest, and even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me, resorting to solitary places, detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth -- all these I thus declare to be knowledge, and what is contrary to these is ignorance. The Geeta 13:8-12

On Silence

"The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak"- Baruch Spinoza

For centuries it's been said silence is golden yet we tarnish our image often by speaking too much, creating complications and hurt, when we could be happy and keep others happy by keeping quiet our need to express judgment

Happiness Tools

Happiness is the pre-requisite to a healthy, mature, loving relationship with God.

The unhappy reach to God in want, not in love and celebration, making theirs a conditional, need based supplication teetering from hope to despair, often questioning and mostly dissatisfied.

To be happy is in our own hands – to a very large extent, if not entirely, and the basic simple, steps to happiness are:

1. Physical Fitness: healthy, fit body to afford and enjoy what we want most
2. Intellectual Refinement: open, trained mind equipped to adapt to and accept reality and change.
3. Financial Independence: essential self respect and dignity tool that elevates life from survival to living it up
4. Emotional Satisfaction and Security: secure bonds of faith where love is born and nurtured and adversities handled with equanimity.

So be happy. It is in your hands. It’s in your head. It’s in your grasp. When you hit the peak of all 4 you will be real close to experiencing God.

Behind our own doors ...

“A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

We could spend our lives being centrifugal – dissipating our energies – by pushing others away or build bonds of attraction that fructify and multiply our efforts – and the start is simple: get with those who build harmony between us and ours.

Happiness

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Happiness is the pre-requisite to a healthy, mature, loving relationship with God.

The unhappy reach to God in want, not in love and celebration, making theirs a conditional, need based supplication teetering from hope to despair, often questioning and mostly dissatisfied.

To be happy is in our own hands – to a very large extent, if not entirely, and the basic simple, steps to happiness are:

1. Physical Fitness: healthy, fit body to afford and enjoy what we want most

2. Intellectual Refinement: open, trained mind equipped to adapt to and accept reality and change

3. Financial Independence: essential self respect and dignity tools that elevate life from survival to living it up

4. Emotional Satisfaction: secure bonds of faith where love is born and nurtured and adversities handled with equanimity.

So BE happy.

It is in your hands. It’s in your head. It’s in your grasp.

Work very hard at it, and when dealing with Emotional Satisfaction work gently, giving more than you expect to receive because it all comes back manifold, and if it doesn’t then it’s a wasted emotion with wrong person(s).

When you hit the peak of all 4 you will be real close to seeing God.