Dictionaries, academics, and authors often define atheism as a denial or a rejection of the idea of God or any other deity. This definition is essentially incorrect. Atheism is a rejection of the assertion that there are gods. This being said, some well-known religions, such as Buddhism and Taoism also lack the belief in the…
On the day you see the light of your own true Self, you’ll rejoice! But if you only see forms which from the beginning were in you, and don’t die to them or know them, how can you stand the light? – From the gospel of Thomas
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity, place your soul in the brightness of His glory, place your heart in the image of the divine essence and transform yourself by contemplation utterly into the image of His divinity, that you too may feel what His friends feel as they taste the hidden sweetness that…
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting…
Without desire everything is sufficient. With seeking myriad things are impoverished. Plain vegetables can soothe hunger. A patched robe is enough to cover this bent old body. Alone I hike with a deer. Cheerfully I sing with village children. The stream under the cliff cleanses my ears. The pine on the mountain top fits my…
A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption. – Kahlil Gibran