5. Does the universe care about my well-being? by Andrea Parent

Catalina S.

2023-11-14 13:18:03 UTC

“Be a ruler of this vast earth. I will grant you all your desires.” (11)

Catalina S.

2023-11-14 13:18:26 UTC

“God’s grace is the beginning, the middle and the end. When you pray for God’s grade you are like someone standing neck-deep in water yet crying for water” (48)

Benjamin Daugherty

2023-11-14 13:20:53 UTC

“United with Brahman,

Cut free from the fruit of the act,

A man finds peace

In the work of the spirit.

Without Brahman,

Man is a prisoner,

Enslaved by action,

Dragged onward by desire.” (pg 33)

Benjamin Daugherty

2023-11-14 13:21:18 UTC

“If the mind is happy, not only the body but the whale world will be happy.” (pg 47)

Noah Charvet

1566071 — 2023-11-14 13:21:46 UTC

"In the calm of self surrender you can free yourself from the bondage of virtue and vice during this very life."

Noah Charvet

1566071 — 2023-11-14 13:22:25 UTC

"God's grace is the beginning, middle, and end. When you pray for god's grace, you are like someone standing neck deep in water and yet crying for water."

Ryan Taylor

2023-11-14 13:22:56 UTC

“He is truth and life immortal. He is the goal to be aimed at: attain that goal, o my son!” (page 15)

Edie Chaddock

2023-11-14 13:23:00 UTC

“From broken legs may Soma drops protect me, May they from every illness keep me far removed…” 4

Jason R

1592419 — 2023-11-14 13:23:15 UTC

“When that sacred Word is known, all longings are fulfilled.” (17)

Edie Chaddock

2023-11-14 13:23:28 UTC

“Protector of our body art thou, Soma, In every limb hast settled man-beholding:...” 4

Jessica Fairbanks

2023-11-14 13:23:31 UTC

“Brahman is the mark of the arrow, the aim of the soul.”

Ryan Taylor

2023-11-14 13:23:37 UTC

“The soul is born and unfolds in a body, with dreams and desires and the food of life. And then it is reborn in new bodies, in accordance with its former works” (page 19)

Jason R

1592419 — 2023-11-14 13:23:38 UTC

“Those who work selfishly for results are miserable” (31).

Jessica Fairbanks

2023-11-14 13:24:22 UTC

“From his light all these give light; and his radiance illumines all creation."

Sophie Primmer

2023-11-14 13:31:08 UTC

“Protector of our body art thou, Soma, In every limb hast settled man-beholding: If we infringe thine ordinances be gracious As our good friend, I God, for higher welfare.” 4

Sophie Primmer

2023-11-14 13:32:15 UTC

“gracious unto us for good, King Soma; we are thy devotees; of that be certain. When might and wrath display themselves, O Indu, Do not abandon us, as wished by foemen.”

Tomas H

2023-11-14 13:32:46 UTC

God’s grace is the beginning, the middle, and the end (48)

Tomas H

2023-11-14 13:33:09 UTC

He does not desire or rejoice in what is pleasant. (39)

Rebecca T

2023-11-14 13:45:59 UTC

“Joy comes from God. Who could live and who could breathe if the joy of Brahman filled not the universe? (20)”.

Rebecca T

2023-11-14 13:46:55 UTC

“A day will dawn when you will laugh at all your past efforts. That which will be on the day you will laugh is also here and now(47-48)”.

Susana R

2023-11-14 13:53:38 UTC

Utterly quiet, Made clean of passion, The mind of the yogi Knows that Brahman, His bliss is the highest. His heart is with Brahman, His eye in all things Sees only Brahman Equally present, Knows his own Atman In every creature, And all creation Within that Atman(36)

Susana R

2023-11-14 13:56:50 UTC

Everyone will attain God-consciousness and be liberated. Some receive their meal early in the morning, others at noon, still others not until evening. But none will go hungry. Without any exception, all living beings will eventually know their own true nature to be timeless awareness. (45)

Moe

2023-11-14 14:14:49 UTC

“The winds of God’s grace are always blowing; it is for us to raise our sails” (41).

Moe

2023-11-14 14:15:15 UTC

Whosoever works for me alone makes me his only goal and is devoted to me free from attachment and without hatred toward any creature—that man, O Prince, shall enter into me” (39).

Vix K

2023-11-14 14:16:55 UTC

“In the calm of self surrender you can free yourself from bondage of virtue and vice in this very life.”

Vix K

2023-11-14 14:17:19 UTC

“Water flows continually into the ocean but the ocean is never disturbed. Desire flows continually into the mind of the seer, but he is never disturbed.”

Connor S

2023-11-14 14:17:53 UTC

“Water flows continually into the ocean but the ocean is never disturbed” (30)

Connor S

2023-11-14 14:19:22 UTC

“Subtle essence is the spirit of the whole universe” (23)

Amy M

2023-11-14 14:20:37 UTC

“When you pray for God’s grace, you are like someone standing neck-deep in water and yet crying for water.” (48)

Amy M

2023-11-14 14:21:11 UTC

“Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of Brahman.” (31)

Ivan Petrovic

2023-11-14 15:38:10 UTC

“The quality of the soul determines its future body: earthly or airy, heavy or light. Its thoughts and its actions can lead it to freedom, or lead it to bondage, in life after life.” (Page 19

Ivan Petrovic

2023-11-14 15:38:31 UTC

“The first is the human soul who, resting on that tree though active, feels sad in his unwisdom. But on beholding the power and glory of the higher spirit [Atman], he becomes free from sorrow.” (Page 16)

maab

2023-11-15 15:19:21 UTC

“He that should flee beyond the heaven far away would not be free from king varuna. His spies come hither from heaven, with a thousand eyes do they watch over the earth.”

Maab

2023-11-15 15:24:39 UTC

“ place your devotion whole-heartedly at the service of the ideal most natural to your being, but know with unwavering certainty that all spiritual ideals are expressions of the supreme presence.” pg43

Meshcat

2023-11-16 13:56:57 UTC

“He that should flee beyond the heaven far away would not be free from King Varuna. His spies come hither from heaven, with a thousand eyes do they watch over earth.”

Meshcat

2023-11-16 13:57:37 UTC

“He is the never-created Creator of all: he knows all, he is pure consciousness, the creator of all time… From him comes the transmigration of life and liberation: bondage in time and freedom in eternity.”

Hanna Yohannes

1565125 — 2024-01-24 14:13:03 UTC

"Agni preserver us from distress, consume out enemies, O God eternal, with they hottest flames” pg 4

Hanna Yohannes

1565125 — 2024-01-24 14:13:27 UTC

“Protector of our body art thou, Soma… As our good friend, O god, for higher welfare… Ailments have fled away, diseases vanished, the power of darkness have become afrighted. With might hath Soma mounted up within us…” pg5