Freeing Each Other
“Real love exists between people who are able to free each other.”
–Sri Swami Chidananda Saraswati (Indian Yogi, Jnani, Spiritual Leader, Author, and, from 1963-2008, President of the Divine Life Society, 1916-2008)
Harnessing the Power of Love
“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of Love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world, humans will discover fire.”
–Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French Jesuit Priest, Mystic, Paleontologist and Author, 1881-1955)
We Are All More Than We Realize
“We are more than what we do..much more than what we accomplish..far more than what we possess.”
–William Arthur Ward (American Writer, Pastor and Teacher, 1921-1994)
A Wonderful Blessing!
“May our lives be filled with the ongoing truth in which we are saturated with love, caring and kindness. And may we serve the world from this level of awareness.”
–Rabbi David A. Cooper (American Rabbi and Writer, 1939-)
You Are What You Think and Do
It’s not too original to say that your thoughts and actions have dramatic effects on your life, but medicine had largely forgotten about the link until the 1950s. I was looking to create a pithy sentence to summarize the interaction. But I could dono better than this one, from almost two thousand years ago.
“This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one’s actions.”
–Siddha Nagarjuna (Indian Philosopher and Founder of the Mahayana School of Buddhism, c.A.D.150-c.A.D.250)
Nature Speaks
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.”
–George Washington Carver (African American Inventor and Botanist, 1864-1943)
The Real Medicine of the Future
Those of us who have been pushing toward a more comprehensive model of health and healing have talked for years now about the importance of relationship as the key effective component of compassionate care. It’s true that many people still buy into the “Mechanic model” of health care, and are not much interested in anything except a quick fix. “Do something to me: a pill or surgery or whatever. I’m not interested in changing anything in my life, or trying to take control of my future…”
But for those of you interested in empowering yourselves, this is a simple – but beautiful – statement about one aspect of the model of Integrated Health.
“Medicine is not only a science, but also the art of letting our own individuality interact with the individuality of the patient.”
–Albert Schweitzer (Alsatian-born Theologian, Philosopher, Mission Doctor and, in 1952, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1875-1965)
The Art of Encouragement
“The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.”
–Sidney Madwed (American Speaker, Poet and Lyricist)
Inner Communion
“There is a kind of inner communion with the psychic being which takes place when one willingly gives up desire, and because of this, one feels, a much greater joy than if he had satisfied his desire. Besides most usually, almost without exception, when one satisfies a desire it always leaves a kind of bitter taste some where.”
–The Mother of Pondicherry (a.k.a. Mirra Alfassa, French-born Indian Spiritual Teacher, 1878-1973)
Stumbling Over the Truth
“People stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.”
–Sir Winston Churchill (English Statesman, British Prime Minister, 1940-1945 and 1951-1955, and, in 1953, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1874-1965)
