Namaste

Namaste is an ancient Sanskrit word that means...

I honor the place in you where the entire universe dwells.

I honor the place in you which is of truth, of light, of peace, and love.

And when we communicate with that level of awareness,

WE ARE ONE!

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

'Harry,' said Basil Hallward, looking him straight in the face,'every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself. The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul.'

OSCAR WILDE

WALDEN

The Harivansa says, "An abode without birds is like a meat without seasoning." Such was not my abode, for I found myself suddenly neighbor to the birds; not by having imprisoned one, but having caged myself near them.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

People are Not Loving and Loyal All the Time

Some people act dishonestly; some lie; some are hypocritical. Part of the process of maturing into a Self-mastered adult is to notice all this without censure or retaliation. It is why we need to master how to maturely protect our boundaries we teach them how to treat us, and if that does not work we must "vote with our feet" by letting go and detaching from their toxic influence in our lives. Do you know what St Peter did the night Jesus was taken to be crucified? He denied he even knew who Jesus was, which exemplifies that people, even saints, are not loyal and loving. Our work as Self-mastered adults is to feel and release the hurt feelings created when people who we love are not loyal or loving, rather than running from it, or retaliating. In this way we can Self-actualize our divine potential for unconditional love and compassion, by turning the other cheek, knowing that what goes around comes around via the Sowing and Reaping.

Pain Is A Part of Life

If you are human you have suffered physical, psychological and emotional pain, but what some people miss is that element of "what does not kill you, makes you stronger." No pain no gain is the chant of the fitness guru. When a woman co-creates the miracle of life, we call her process "labor pains." There is a cost we all must pay on the earth plane and pain is the price we pay for mastery of any kind.
Buddha defined it in his first noble truth that "Life is suffering." In Christianity it is referred to as the crucifixion/resurrection cycle of life. It is what wise people preach, when they say that pain is not punishment, and pleasure is not reward.