We seek to be extraordinary to experience love - another's, our own. Being extraordinary does draw momentary attention but love, not so much. Love sprouts amid the ordinary, relatable, human, flawed, imperfections. We don't love what we can't relate to - in another, in ourself. May the depth of our vulnerabilities not be lost amid the height of our attainments.

Lies exist so Truth does not paralyze us. A lie is a gift, offered to us by Truth, out of great compassion.

Life is multi-dimensional and paradoxical; changing one aspect affects all others and overcoming one limitation still leave limitless others unattended. As we perfect the notes we play, let us be mindful of the silence in between. The silence that is ever-present, requires no improvement, and is the true source of beauty in our note playing. Grow, improve, progress, desire, but hold onto the Self that is every perfect, ever present, ever beautiful in another and in oneself.

Much of the noise in this world and in our life results from talking when we should be quite and from keeping silent when we should actually speak up. Words, silence carry as much power to heal as to hurt. Know when to use which, ever mindful of their reverberations.

To lie is to move away from the truth of one's own self. A truth that seeks to hurt another is a lie. A truth that seeks to save oneself at the expense of another is a lie still. Truth is love. And like love it must nurture, it must elevate, it must set free - not just the speaker but also the listener and any who are affected by it. Today be true, be kind, be love, be fearless, be free.

"I would have done the same thing" is not the moral compass of this Universe. If we find it easy to condone the misgivings of another because they mirror us, we should then be just as critical of our shortcomings in light of a perceived goodness that we may not yet reflect. Neither forgo an opportunity to do good under the "I am no Jesus" pretext, nor abandon compassion under the garb of "I would have done the same thing".

Hubris - it catches you easy when you stand in limelight. Watch out!

In one respect technology is as human as human gets - an inordinate amount of it's life is spent in denying, avoiding, or attempting to overcome the very problems that she herself created. Technology is not a disjointed another but a mirror to our human self.

An opportunistic mindset knows no peace - no matter what is gained, one is left wondering what more could have been had or what might have gotten missed - not able to appreciate or to enjoy what has been given. Abundance grows with gratitude and falters in demand.

Just as there is a starvation from lack, there exists also a suffocation of abundance. Inability to partake in sharing with another - whether as a a receiver or as a giver - is the harbinger of great suffering.

When we can let go of the idea "I am right", the notion "the other is wrong" dissipates all by itself. All that remains then is that which is. We can always work with that which is. Our hurts result from what we wish were there and is not.

We often know how to show our love for those we care about when they are in need, are sick, are hurting, or dying. It takes a deeper love to acknowledge the meaning of another's presence in our life when everything seems to be in its right place. Don't wait for a tragedy. Take time to connect, to thank, to forgive, to praise, to momentarily surrender preoccupation with oneself and gratefully acknowledge the presence of another.

It's funny to watch people taking selfies in heart of Times Square - alone, by themselves, putting on a HUGE smile for the selfie, and then immediately going back to a sad lost look. Perhaps it is sad. What we project - our heart's desire to be seen as a happy and content person- and how we convince ourselves that our lives are otherwise and require "improvement" before we can be that projected self. Let's be happy, let's inspire happy, not just when we actually are but also in the middle of a storm, now.

No matter how smart, sophisticated, logical, or true it may sound, if the thought, the word, the deed, the argument hurts the heart of another or of oneself, it is mere mental trickery and must be surrendered right then and there. Cause no hurt. Cause no harm. Be an instrument through which another is healed. Forgive another, forgive yourself. Move forward in life - together.

Simple is not a synonym for meaningless. Whether it be simple life, simple person, simple thing, simple thought, or a simple you and I. In fact, it is because of meaning, understanding that things start to appear simple. Let not simplicity fool us away from its sublime self.

Be with a person because you want to be them, not because you cannot be without them. The latter comes from a place of lack, former from abundance. When we work from lack all we come upon is scarcity. First recognize your own fullness and abundance and then share it with another. Don't look to another to fulfill your perceived lack ❤

Almost all people at work are starting to look the same - either the shape of a telephone receiver or that of an email. Outside of work people in my life look like FB statuses and text messages. I think I look no different to them either. In the name of 'Social Network', we might just have invented the most ingenious anti-social mechanism.

What differentiates noise from music is not the sound but the listener. All noise has a rhythm and all music eventually starts to sound like noise. To be mindful is to be present to the music in every noise and to know the noise created by all music.

Time invalidates not only our good decisions but also the seemingly bad choices in its due course. Eventually, things just happen and our interpretations of them transpire, transform, and finally evaporate until the next change comes along.

Society rewards conformance, which exacts extrinsic success at the expense of inner joy. If our sense of joy has not kept pace with the extent of our 'success', we somewhere let go of who we are for what we were told we would want to be. Let's go back, rediscover our buried self, and start again. This time with all the courage and authenticity of being ourself.

The greatest gift we ever can give to ourselves and to this world is that of a peaceful mind. No one else can offer it to us. It is part effort and part Grace. Let's be mindful of how we lose it and what we exchange it for in our daily living. Let us find it, cultivate it, nurture it, and return to it again and again.

Be ever-mindful of the inner cost exacted for an outer achievement. The who we become inwardly in pursuit of what we seek to acquire outwardly is infinitely more important, if we are to come upon lasting contentment. Don't sacrifice the inner you who you cannot be without for the sake of an outer you whom you think you would rather be.

What's a blessing? It is to sit with a friend and to gaze into infinity for infinity....

Of the many things we keep telling ourselves we need to start doing, there are just as many that we don't tell ourselves and need to stop doing. What could we stop doing today that would make our life, and the life of those whom we find in our life, better, harmonious, easier, more comfortable?

The opposite is an invention of a mind seeking to escape from the reality, the fear, and the sorrow of that which is. We invent detachment so we can escape from the truth of us being attached, we define and pursue the ideal of non-violence to keep us from discovering the truth of the violence within us, and we fascinate ourselves with the imaginative advent of immortality to keep us from needing to confront the fact of our limited existence. 
The opposite does not exist except in our minds. There is only that which is and there is an end to that which is. Attachment can end, as can violence. But to pursue detachment or non-violence is but a perpetuation of that which is - we get attached to the idea of being detached; we become violent in our pursuit of non-violence.
The attempt to escape is itself the bondage. A prisoner is not one who is confined but one who wishes to escape - from a prison, from a job, from a relationship, from life itself. Be free. Be now. Be with that which is.

Today, may I find within myself the love to heal those who hurt, to forgive those who despise, to embrace those who hate. Today, may I choose love above all else. Today, may I freely give all that is needed of me. May today heal my hurts as well, may my heart find solace, my soul find love, my embrace find another. May today find me truly surrendered to thine will and not insisting that mine be done...

What would you have to say to a character in your dream who asks you, “Will I still exist at the end of the dream?” You might say,”You never existed to begin with” or you may say,”You always have been and always will be a part of me”. Such is also the relationship between what we call as God and what we know as our individual self. This world is but a dream of one conscious being, whom we call by many names. All our struggles, differences, conflicts, miseries are merely superficial, arising and dissolving within this dream state. Just as the dream is real while it lasts, so is our experience of this world. It is only upon waking that one can know the dream to be a dream; it is only upon awakening that one can know the world for the illusion that it is. Arise, awake, discover the truth of who we are...

Misery isn't always one big devastating event. Often it is the cumulative weight of a million little pending things, which we keep telling ourselves we need to do but never get around to doing.

Nature of mind is 'more'. Nature of 'more' is misery. Today I am grateful to have just enough of everything in my life. Thank you!

It's seriously funny how we often end up doing absolutely nothing just because we have just so much to do!!

Being right at the expense of truth is a lazy and easy way out of the hard work involved in making a good life. The former can help us make a living but it is the latter that truly makes us come alive.

An insight is never the logical next step of our limited and calculated reasoning. It is a leap beyond the mundane into an unseen world to which we can connect the dots only post-fact. Insight, which is the root of all knowledge, is a gift of a silent presence. To know, be silent.

The questions worth asking oneself are those that cannot really be answered - those that compel us to become cozy with their mystery and their draw, become friends as we journey from confusion to anger to skepticism to perhaps wonder and eventually to a sense of quiet bliss. Answers only create more noise.

Habituated to the mundane one often overlooks the grandeur of the sublime - the sunset becomes just another sunset, the day yet another day. May the rush of becoming not cost us the placid presence of our being.

Work: An obligation for the ignorant, an opportunity to the intelligent, and a privilege to the wise.

It is never too late to make a wrong right. It beings with the simple understanding that the other too seeks happiness same as us, just in a different way; the other too wants to do the right thing same as us, just in a different way; other too wants to feel good about oneself same as us, just in a different way. Smile, forgive, forget, make amends, hold hands, give a hug, move on - together - with everyone.