I am down the coast at the moment. Besides the fantastic beaches and crystal clear blue water .. last night we sat on the balcony and watched the magnificent blanket of stars above us.
In the city .. you don't really see stars like that!
We need to get outside of the chaos of the busy city lights and the glare of millions of people's lives ... to truly see the stars.
Just like meditation. We need to clear away the noise, the random thoughts, the crazy-speak we have playing on reply in our minds .. step away from that .. and you gain a clarity of mind that is breathtaking .. like the stars.
"we are the beings who came spinning out of nothing-ness, sprinkling stars like dust!" Rumi
Deepak Chopra is currently in India for the Jaipur Literature Festival. He quoted this Rumi wisdom during an address about doing less - to accomplish more. After last nights star show, his thoughts really resonated this morning.
"Do as nature does - less .. if you do nothing, you accomplish everything," he stated. "Trying hard, as Oscar Wilde said, is the last refuge of the failure."
Instead, focus on the four levels of experience - being, feeling, thinking, doing. "To experience being, let's be silent for a moment," said the guru - and a thousand people sat in a hush. "When you become aware of that silence, that's being,".
"Feeling is love, equanimity and joy. Thinking is creative action. And doing is raj-yoga, karma-yoga, gyan-yoga."
And what about daily stress?
"Stress happens when you look to others for your identity," Chopra answered. "My message is, just take it easy! Understand who the heck you are - how magnificent you are!
"When you go beyond the banality of everyday experience and see the huge, magnificent backdrop to life, you will never be stressed."
We will be watching the stars again tonight .. hopefully I can shown my daughter a shooting star!
In the city .. you don't really see stars like that!
We need to get outside of the chaos of the busy city lights and the glare of millions of people's lives ... to truly see the stars.
Just like meditation. We need to clear away the noise, the random thoughts, the crazy-speak we have playing on reply in our minds .. step away from that .. and you gain a clarity of mind that is breathtaking .. like the stars.
"we are the beings who came spinning out of nothing-ness, sprinkling stars like dust!" Rumi
Deepak Chopra is currently in India for the Jaipur Literature Festival. He quoted this Rumi wisdom during an address about doing less - to accomplish more. After last nights star show, his thoughts really resonated this morning.
"Do as nature does - less .. if you do nothing, you accomplish everything," he stated. "Trying hard, as Oscar Wilde said, is the last refuge of the failure."
Instead, focus on the four levels of experience - being, feeling, thinking, doing. "To experience being, let's be silent for a moment," said the guru - and a thousand people sat in a hush. "When you become aware of that silence, that's being,".
"Feeling is love, equanimity and joy. Thinking is creative action. And doing is raj-yoga, karma-yoga, gyan-yoga."
And what about daily stress?
"Stress happens when you look to others for your identity," Chopra answered. "My message is, just take it easy! Understand who the heck you are - how magnificent you are!
"When you go beyond the banality of everyday experience and see the huge, magnificent backdrop to life, you will never be stressed."
We will be watching the stars again tonight .. hopefully I can shown my daughter a shooting star!
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