Entries Tagged as 'great personalities'

March 29, 2008

Do forgive and be forgiven: a circle

I felt the lovely hug of a mother by reading the speech in English of H.H. Shri Nirmala Devi from last Sunday, Easter.
Few excerpts:
So to forgive is the biggest blessing human beings have. Even Christ said the same thing. “I forgive them because they don’t know what they are doing.” So if Christ had to [...]

March 14, 2008

Star of the Mother of the World

Toward that seven-starred constellation known as the Seven Sisters, the Seven Elders or the Great Bear, the consciousness of humanity has at all times been directed. The Scriptures extol this celestial sign and Buddhism’s sacred Trepitaka dedicates an imposing hymn to it. Ancient Magi and Egyptians carved it upon the stones. And the black faith [...]

March 5, 2008

I love the place where I was born

I don’t know if all the people can totally confirm it: the fact that they are one with the place where they were born. In my case there was always a special link between my island and myself. I always felt that she was like my mother, that she made me born on her land and also [...]

February 20, 2008

Adorable freedom in the words by Ron Paul

 
The Founders knew full well that the concept of liberty was fragile and could easily be undermined. They worried about the dangers that lay ahead. As we move into the new century, it is an appropriate time to rethink the principles upon which a free society rests.
Jefferson, concerned about the future, wrote: “Yes, we did [...]

February 9, 2008

If you open one door the air won’t come in

 ” Then there are two other symbols  that we see. With Her hand She gives. If you open one door the air won’t come in. You have to open the other door. She must give. So all those who have Lakshmi tattwa developed in them, they think what they have to give, but they don’t [...]

January 20, 2008

The advantages of the press (viewed by a child)

This is an essay taken from my copybook of primary school. There are cointained 9 months of topics explained a commented by my little sweet childish mind in the eighties. It’s a lovely copybook and thank you to my teacher who had such a great idea!
 TITLE: Which kind of benefits did the invention of the [...]

January 7, 2008

Tragedy of materialistic culture

Machine has won over man:
It needed a slave to take away its sweet,
To comfort its insides with pure oil,
To feed it coal and take away its excrements,
And then it started asking for itself,
The swarming bundle of muscles and of wills
Brought up in hungry discipline
And greedy rude who cheapened his spirit
For joys of mediocrity and comforts.
Machine [...]

December 19, 2007

My Xmas e-card

In this period with my colleagues at work we use to send email greetings for the season. The girls from Human Relations Department come slightly dressed up by angels and santas sharing sweets and best wishes. Its really cute, it’s a moment of relax and sweet laughing for many of us in the office.This is what I [...]

December 15, 2007

Garden

 
Do not go to the garden of flowers!
O Friend ! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.

Kabir (1440-151