"In motion like water,

in stillness like a mirror.

Respond like an echo;

Become subtle as though vanishing."

~ Chung=Tzu

"Perceive freshly as you enter

the world of continual emergence.

That rock-bottomed essence of your mind,

is always there, as if waiting to be noticed."

Have you ever met a person

Who fulfilled you deep inside,

Someone whose never failed you

And stands right at your side.

Someone who gives all they have

And brings sunshine all around,

Always smiling and laughing,

Never seeming down.

Have you ever watched a sunset

Across the ocean shore,

And been filled with love and peace,

Never needing more.

Have you ever listened to the wind

Blowing restless through the night,

And heard angel's whispers helping you

To see when you've lost sight?

Have you heard a song that moves you

And sets your soul free,

And makes you forget your anger

And makes you feel happy?

Have you ever given to someone

When you didn't have it to spare,

And feel so worthy inside,

That you didn't have a care?

Heavenly creatures surround you,

So listen closely to what they say,

They'll bring you all of life's riches,

As they guide you along your way!

~~ Author Unknown~~

~Today Is Here~

Today is here, as fresh as rain,

No given reasons, hidden pain.

A new book opens, what is this fear,

Footsteps uneasy, the path unclear.

Familiar faces, they are no more,

Feelings exposed, emotions raw.

The past has gone, today is here,

Tell me reasons, my heart feels sore.

Words are cheap, our actions speak,

What we give, we shall one day reap.

Memories flooding, wrapped in love,

Fly me home, on the wings of a dove.

Please hold me tight, help me see the light,

Energies weak, no need to fight.

Sit awhile, turn the page,

Don't let this sadness, turn to rage.

Feel the moment, not the past,

Let memories linger, forever last.

This storm will pass, guide us to the sun,

With new beginnings, help us to carry on.

Tichi

Hatred ever kills, love never dies such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

There are times when you have to obey a call which is the highest of all, i.e. the voice of conscience even though such obedience may cost many a bitter tear, and even more, separation from friends, from family, from the state to which you may belong, from all that you have held as dear as life itself. For this obedience is the law of our being.

Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practises untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to the test only when one party disregards the obligation of friendship.

The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance. Co-operation which needs consideration is a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind.

It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realize that they need not fear brute force, if they would but know the soul within.

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend. There is no merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.

A treasure to be cherished,

A gift from God above;

Is the beauty of a friendship,

Touched by unconditional love.

A love that asks no questions,

Believes in all the best;

Never doubting, ever trusting,

Withstanding any test.

A love that weathers any storm,

And yet that love still stands;

Through the very darkest hour,

It still reaches out a hand.

There in that hand the sweetest gift,

That you can give a friend;

A heart that cares, a love that shares,

That will be there till the end.

A treasure to be cherished,

A gift from God above;

Is what I share with you my friend,

An unconditional love.

~ Allison Chambers Coxsey

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

By narrow domestic walls

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

~ Tagore