Where are you hurrying to?

you will see

the same moon tonight

wherever you go!

— Izumi Shikibu ------

“A small boy looked at a star and began to weep. 

The star said, 'Boy, why are you weeping?' 

And the boy said, 'You are so far away I will never be able to touch you.' 

And the star answered, 'Boy, if I were not already in your heart, you would not be able to see me.' ” 

John Magliola

Don't speak of your suffering -- He is speaking.
Don't look for Him everywhere -- He's looking for you.
- Sanai -

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A wise man cracked a joke. All laughed like crazy. 

After a moment he cracked the same joke again and a little less people laughed this time.

He cracked the same joke again and  again. When there was no laughter in the crowd, he smiled and said,
“When you can’t laugh on the same joke again & again,
...then why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over again?”
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"This is a world of tragedy and pain.

It is also a world of joy and fulfillment....... 
God is present to us in both worlds."
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 "When you are awake the dream is gone... 

When you are Enlightened..

the 'world of illusion' is gone.."
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Life

Who are you?

A woman in a coma was dying. She suddenly had a feeling that she was taken up to heaven and stood before the Judgement Seat.
“Who are you?’ a Voice said to her.
“I’m the wife of the mayor,” she replied.
“I did not ask you whose wife you are but who you are.”
“I’ am the mother of four children.’
“I did not ask you whose mother you are, but who you are.”
“I am a schoolteacher.”
“I did not ask you what your profession is but who you are.”
And so it went. No matter what she replied, she did not seem to give a satisfactory answer to the question, “Who are you?”
“I’m a Christian.”
“I did not ask what your religion is but who you are.”
“I’m the one who went to church every day and always helped the poor and needy.”
“I did not ask you what you did but who you are.”
She evidently failed the examination  and  she was sent back to earth. 

When she recovered from her illness she determined to find out who she was.

And that made all the difference...... (Anthony Apollo)