Your Destiny Will Be Bright

There is one way to insure that your destiny will be bright.

Seek out the truth.

Seek out the truth about Life.

Seek out the truth about your Self.

Seek out the truth about the World.

Seek out the truth.

Truth is Like a Diamond

The diamond is the hardest known natural substance. It cannot be crushed.

Sand and stones can be ground to powder, but diamonds remain unscratched.

The truth about enlightenment is the same way. Many people assault the truth with false doctrines and ideas, but the simple truth always stands without contrived explanations. That is the hallmark of truth.

The Most Precious of All Human Commodities

The most precious human commodity is hope.

Hope gives us the courage to face each day, particularly if our life circumstances are not to our liking or unpleasant.

With hope and courage, comes revival of optimism. This gives us the necessary boost to put one foot in front of the other on the journey to our desired horizons.

At first, progress may seem slow, but each footstep chops away at the distance of our goals until arrival because imminent and inevitable.

The journey begins with Hope.

The Fable of the Magic Medicine

There is a fable told in India of a mysterious medical herb that was hidden in the tall grasses of the Himalaya mountains. It was a medicine that seemed to magically heal many sicknesses.

For a long time men sought for it in vain. However at long last, a wise man located it by concentrating on the sweet smell of the herb.

As long as the man lived, he collected the herb in a tub and hid it in a far-off place in the mountains where he mixed it with sweet spring water from a nearby spring.

After his death, the sweet elixir turned sour and useless.

In the same way, if you find the elixir called truth, you must take it, ingest it and make it part of your being. Otherwise it is useless to you, and you will continue to suffer the ills of disillusionment.

Milk is Always White, No Matter the Color of the Cow

Just as milk is always white no matter the color of the hide of the cow, truth and enlightenment always have the same qualities.

It brings serenity, tranquility and wisdom, once it is accepted.

Sometimes the truth is hard to accept. Once it is faced and embraced, it becomes a bastion of strength for you.

No Matter How Deep You Are Covered in Failure

No matter how deep you are covered in despair, misery, failure, poverty, anger, false religious doctrines, or any other malaise affecting the human condition, the capacity for enlightenment, peace and serenity still abides in you.

Your ability to transcend the negative parts of life is part of your intrinsic nature.

Use it. Find it. Find peace, serenity and enlightenment. It is in your mind within your grasp.

A Parable -- The Wrestler and Gem

A wrestler was accustomed to wearing a precious gem on his forehead as an ornament that was part of his wrestling costume.

One day, he was wrestling and the stone was crushed into the flesh of his forehead. He thought that he had lost the gem.

When he went to the surgeon to have the wound dressed, the surgeon found the gem embedded in his flesh, all covered up with dirt and blood. The precious gem was retrieved.

Enlightenment is like the precious gem in this parable. It can become covered up with the dirt and dust of other interests, dogmas, false beliefs and untruths. People may think that they have lost enlightenment, but the truth recovers it again.

Enlightenment is Like an Unopened Box

A woman was bequeathed a box by one of her relatives who had died.

Not knowing that the box contained money, gold and valuables, she continued to live in poverty.

Another person eventually opened the box and showed her the treasure.

This is the way that enlightenment works. Some discover it for themselves and others are shown it.

Enlightenment -- yours to discover.

Lazy People Don't Get Enlightened - The Secret to a Meaningful Life

Lazy people don't put rigor in their thought.

They will read something if it momentarily holds their attention, and it is not too long.

They will stare for hours doing nothing at a television screen.

These people are not meant for enlightenment.

Enlightenment takes a lot thought, retrospection and rigorous thinking. It takes action that is both altruistic and wisdom-building. It takes work to be enlightened.

The reward for this work is happiness, serenity and a meaningful life.

Art of Patience - Seeing Changes in Your Life

If you choose the path to enlightenment and rational thought, then you have taken the first steps to shedding false thoughts, beliefs, doctrines and world views.

You begin to cultivate habits of truthfulness, truth to oneself, and wisdom.

Then you wonder why you do not see changes in your life.

The answer is quite simple. You must cultivate the art of patience. You must cultivate the art of trust on yourself.

Just as a gardener trusts his seeds to grow in vegetables and flowers, you must trust the seeds of enlightenment to grow into serenity, peace and wisdom.

Cultivate the Art of Patience. Cultivate the Art of Trust in Yourself.