“Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.”

~Hamilton Holt

Not just on Earth day or Thanksgiving or Christmas, but everyday. We should practice being kind and selfless everyday. Most every person operates on a level where they are independent; looking out for their own survival needs and sub-consciously creates a micro-bubble awareness for themselves, and the close knit of family/friends in their immediate circle. It takes much more effort to act and give of ones’ time, energy, belongings and intention to others for compassionate, benevolent, and simply a selfless notion of being kind and altruistic. Maybe this settle gesture makes us feel better about ourselves, helps us to connect with others on a positive vibrating level and gives us an empathetic point of view? More than those positive feelings and “pats on the back,” however, science has proven that acts of kindness and selflessness toward others and the environment around us equate to being happier, living longer, and better mental and physical overall health.

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” – Dalai Lama

“Be like water making its way through cracks.

Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it.

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Happiness is like a butterfly.

The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs,

but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.”

-Thomas Edison

Inspirational Quote of the Week

In Vedic or Transcendental Meditation, we are not willing to put pressure or effort or strain into our practice, simply because it is not possible to force the mind into silent submission. The mind cannot be silenced by attempting to silence it. Instead, if we bring Bliss to the mind, then the find will fall silent as a product of that interaction. Bliss is experienced in our least excited state.

Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness. We cannot be our most effective pretending to be that which we are not, or trying to be who we think others would want us to be. To try to do so only pulls us out of the present moment as we speculate about how we should act – what to do or say, how to think and behave – in order to please others. The result of acting unnaturally creates a palpable strain on the environment, to the detriment of everyone.

We live within society which we continually strive to improve. To that end, we always want to be inspiring and encouraging. One of the many benefits of a vedic meditation practice is to begin to spontaneously exhibit the qualities of being courteous and polite. This is how a stress free physiology performs.