~ Lao Tzu

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Don't lick your wounds. Celebrate them.

What will you do today that will make you proud in a year?

A soft woman is simply a wolf caught in meditation.

Lack of Peace

Q: Even after having such a great attainment (prapti) why is there lack of peace within?

Swamishri: Gunatitanand Swami has answered that it is due to: 1. Worldly desires. 2. Disobedience to the moral commands (agna) and 3. Ignorance. This means 'dehbhav' - 'I'ness and 'Mine'ness. If one realizes oneself as atma then no worldly desires remain and one will be able to obey the commands.

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There is telepathy between hearts.

دل به دل راه داره

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers

Photoshop of the Day:

The Weak, The Strong and The Intelligent.

Weak people seek revenge. 

Strong people forgive. 

Intelligent people ignore.

Silence

 

“When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.”

—  Rumi

"Art has a voice - let it speak." ~Rochelle Carr

The final touches of the painting are done. Below you can take a peek on pictures taken. I have to apologize in advance for the crappy quality however it's almost night here and i couldn't wait to show you guys! :) 

~ Arnold Glasow

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability 

to recognize a problem before it becomes 

an emergency.

If you want it, you must will it and if you will it, it will happen.

If you want it, you must will it and if you will it, it will happen. ~Eric, Happy Feet Two

Dedication   Dedication   Dedication

Determination   Determination   Determination

and   and   and

Discipline   Discipline  Discipline

Brighter than a shooting star; shine no matter where you are…

Happy Friday! :)

To be truly happy in this world

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

— Tom Bodett

Ask yourself

Every night 

before you go to bed, 

you should ask
 yourself, 

"Am I better than I 
was yesterday?"

~Jackson Kiddard

I prayed for change, so I changed my mind.

I prayed for guidance and learned to trust myself.

I prayed for happiness and realized I am not my ego.

I prayed for peace and learned to accept others unconditionally.

I prayed for abundance and realized my doubt kept it out.

I prayed for wealth and realized it is my health.

I prayed for a miracle and realized I am the miracle.

I prayed for a soul mate and realized I am the One.

I prayed for love and realized it's always knocking, but I have to allow it in.

Restless mind

“I read but by my mind is restless,” revealed a student to Swamishri.
“When you read with the belief that you will not be able to do it then nothing works. Strive more and pray to stabilise your mind. If you read properly then you won’t have problems. Before reading chant ‘Swaminarayan, Swaminarayan’. Do it and your mind will not be restless. Don’t give up or get bored. You have my blessings. You’ll get confidence and strength.”
“But I cannot remember after reading,” the student added.
“First resolve in your mind that you want to study. And if you read with that attitude then you won’t have problems. But when you want to just roam around, then how can you remember!”

9 January 2005, Mumbai

Three Principles of Management

A satsangi youth from abroad showed Swamishri the plans for some mandirs. The youth and other volunteers were working extremely hard to accomplish the deadline given by Swamishri.
With reference to this the youth echoed the burden of the project, “Swami, we simply don’t get enough time to rest or sleep.”

Swamishri advised, “God is going to do everything. You just have to keep endeavouring. Remember God while working. He is the doer. Secondly, always say that it is going to be done but do not speak weakly. Thirdly, when you all get together to discuss, you must accept the result of what is decided in the meeting. Don’t criticise each other. Unity should be a priority.”

Swamishri outlined the three principles of management, namely, God as the doer and personal effort, to speak in a spiritual manner but not weakly and to work unitedly.

6 January 2005, Mumbai

~The Gayatri Mantra

Aum bhur bhuvah svah Tat savitur varenyam 

Bhargo devasya dhimahi Dhiyo yo nah pracodayat