Thanks to the Daily Om.
Input from experts is valuable but our own sense of the truth is ultimately the most important.
To a certain degree, we rely on other people's accounts of reality to inform us of the nature of the universe.
Thanks to the Daily Om.
We are the only true experts on our journey to enlightenment. Filter all information through your own heart.
All the major spiritual traditions serve the purpose of offering us a roadmap to guide us on our individual journeys to enlightenment.
Words of wisdom from Daily Om.
No matter how brave, strong, or levelheaded we are, sometimes we all get scared.
Life can take us on a roller coaster ride full of highs and lows and twists and turns.
Even for those of us who enjoy unexpected thrills, it's frightening to suddenly find ourselves heading for a deep plunge.
Yet, it happens to all of us.
Susan notes: This is an anonymous story from someone’s school days. Having found myself to be in exactly the same situation many times, I have cause to reflect on the lesson often. Hopefully I will one day fully integrate it into my life and not have to reminded again and again...
When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with another girl in my class. I forgot long ago what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.
A waterbearer in India had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole, which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it. While the other pot was perfect, and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the mistress's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.