Seek God...

"If you were granted all the virtues of Adam, all the purity of Gabriel, all the gifts of Abraham, all the longings of Moses and all the love of Prophet Mohammad - still you would be far from God. For all these are no better than veils! Seek God for His sake alone, and all that you need, will come to you!"

- Bayazid

Sufi Thoughts...

1. There is One God, the Eternal, the Only Being; none exists save He...
   
   
2. There is One Master, the Guiding Spirit of all Souls, Who constantly leads His followers towards the light...
   
   
3. There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader...
   
   
4. There is One Religion, the unswerving progress in the right direction towards the ideal, which fulfills the life's purpose of every soul...
   
   
5. There is One Law, the law of reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience, together with a sense of awakened justice...
   
   
6. There is One Brotherhood, the human brotherhood which unites the children of earth indiscriminately in the Brotherhood of God...
   
   
7. There is One Moral, the love which springs forth from self-denial and blooms in deeds of beneficence...
   
   
8. There is One Object of Praise, the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipers through all aspects from the seen to the unseen...
   
   
9. There is One Truth, the true knowledge of our being, within and without, which is the essence of all wisdom...
   
   
10. There is One Path, the annihilation of the false ego in the real, which raises the mortal to immortality, in which resides all perfection...

Silence...

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

--- Mother Teresa

Sufferings...

"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves..."
---The Buddha

Like A Coin...

The same thing can be both good and bad. Whenever you speak of good, bad is also present. The world is a mixture of both. There is not good without bad. They are both sides of the same coin. Both are necessary. We have been given free will and discriminating capacity to select what is beneficial to us and to avoid what is detrimental to us. Even Cobra poison can be used as medicine.

Ego...

My younger self, ego,
Tells me that I can be happy
By being separated from the oneness-soul.
My larger self, oneness universal
Tells me that there is no such thing
As ego-separativity.
It is all oneness-song,
Oneness-perfection,
Oneness-reality.
I and my older self together shall stay,
Together shall sing,
Together shall dance.

Indispensable...

In the animal life
Competition is indispensable.
Here the struggle for existence, itself,
Is a constant battle.
In the human life
Co-operation is indispensable.
Here collective peace and security
Give birth to progress and prosperity.
In the life divine
Self-dedication is indispensable.
Here universal oneness and love-revelation
Are God-manifestation.