Who Are You.....Really?

It’s really easy to put a narrow, little box around our beings, summing up everything we are into an quickly recallable identity. The mind just works that way, it can only process one thought at a time. So often the easiest way to look at ourselves is as these small, insignificant specks.

The great news is we are from from it. We are infinite beings, so large and magnificent that conscious thought wouldn’t even try to put a label on us. So next time you feel down about the narrow-minded chatter telling you how small you are on this planet, take a look at this video for a remind of just how wrong those thoughts are.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Who am I?

“Tidak ada sesuatupun yang lebih dekat kepadamu selain dirimu sendiri, jika kau tidak memahami dirimu, bagaimana kau dapat memahami orang lain?

Kau mungkin berkata, “aku memahami diriku”, tetapi kau salah!…Satu-satunya yang kau ketahui tentang dirimu hanyalah penampilan fizikalmu. Satu-satunya yang kau ketahui tentang ‘nafs’mu (jiwa) adalah ketika kau lapar kau makan, ketika kau marah kau berbuat kegemparan. Semua binatang memiliki kesamaan dengan dirimu dalam hal ini.

Kau harus mencari kebenaran di dalam dirimu… Siapa dirimu? Darimana datangnya dirimu dan kemana kau akan pergi? Apa perananmu di dunia ini? Mengapa kau diciptakan? Dimana kebahagiaan sejatimu berada?

Jika kau ingin mengetahui tentang dirimu, kau harus mengetahui bahwa kau diciptakan dari dua hal. Pertama adalah tubuhmu dan penampilan luarmu (zahir) yang dapat kau lihat dengan matamu. Bahagian lainnya adalah jiwamu. Jiwamu adalah bahagian yang tidak mungkin kau lihat tetapi boleh kau ketahui dengan pengetahuanmu yang mendalam.

Kebenaran akan kewujudanmu ada di dalam jiwamu. Hal lainnya hanyalah pengabdi bagi jiwamu.”

- From the book of Imam Al Ghazali “The Alchemy of Happiness”

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

The Golden Rule

"Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal."
~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Religious groups, as well as non-theistic ethical systems, differ greatly in their beliefs and practices. There is, however, a common thread that runs through them all. Each of these systems of belief has some example of the Ethic of Reciprocity in their teachings. The most common version of this is known as:

The Golden Rule "Do onto others as you would have them do onto you."

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

The Secret and Living Life

A gift from the Secret dedicated to someone very special. The secret to you. Today is the begining of my new life. I am starting over today. All good things are coming to me today. i am grateful to be alive. I see beauty all around me. I live with passion and purpose. I take time to laugh and play every day. I am awake, energized and alive. I focus on all the good things in my life. And give thanks for them. I am at peace and one with everything. I feel the love, the joy, the abundance. I am free to be myself. I am magnificence in human form. I am grateful to be.....Me. Today is the best day of my life.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Ghazali's Last

The above is said to be Imam Ghazali's last message to his followers just before his death.
“To completely trust in God is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.”
~ Imam al-Ghazzali