Developing Spirit Greatness

It is never too soon to begin developing the spirit.


However, there are instructors who disagree with that approach. Their belief is that matters of the spirit are not teachable and that it is a waste of time to devote any part of your study to anything other than technical proficiency. In one sense, that view is correct. The development of the spirit is an ongoing, personal experience.


A teacher may lead the way by his or her example but there is very little they can do to actually "teach" spirit. But, if one day you wish to have a large, beautiful pine tree as the center-piece of your garden you do not wait until you are old to plant the seed. The seed must be planted early and the tree nurtured over the years if it is to be truly grand at the end of your life. The same can be said of the development of the spirit.


What makes healing with Reiki so special?  Nothing, really, because Reiki is only one pathway among many we travel through life. Truth, Goodness and Beauty, however, are by no means exclusive to the practice of Reiki. These qualities have been an integral part of every culture throughout history and are fundamental to the creation of our arts, philosophy, and religious activities.


So, why do most great masters impress upon their students the relationship between spiritual development and practice?  Because it is an excellent vehicle for the study of the human character and condition, and it works well in concert with all of life's other spiritual paths. Everyone that watches an accomplished practitioner is struck by the simplicity of the act of giving Reiki, and it is easy to imagine that the same thing goes through their mind as went through ours upon seeing Reiki for the first time: That there doesn't appear to be much going on.


Ah, but therein lies the beautiful paradox ...


Come join us and learn about our Healing Spirit of Aloha!  Malama pono kakou!

Meditation: The Lesson of Rainbows - Transformation

O ka 'onohi ula o ka lani ko inoa ... The rainbow of heaven is your name.


‎"The rainbow is made in the sky out of a dripping cloud" says Western scientist Francis Bacon. Clouds and rainbows are inseparable; you cannot have one without the other. Clouds refract light into rainbows which act as pathways to the heavens of elevated consciousness and enlightenment. Clouds can also act to scatter light upon shadows of ignorance and lack of understanding. It is the shadowy side of your nature that is transformed by the rainbow.


Thus is the message:


Shine light upon any parts of yourself that interfere with your ability to express unity and wholeness. By doing so, you will be able to see things more clearly. In order to move on to new realms of existence, you need to allow the shadow of your subconscious fears to fade. By shining light on every part of your psyche, you will be able to overcome any obstacle. The rainbow reminds us of the presence of light during stormy times. It promises that if you shine brightly as you undergo transformation, your pot of gold will find you.

View from The Crest of The Wave

Take a comprehensive, good look at the foundation principles upon which you have built your present belief system. Have you changed them lately? Have you looked to see if they are valid for you any longer? Your foundation principles include people, or spirits, or Ascended Masters, or even spiritual practices that you have felt connected to in a special way for a long time that may have changed and require a closer look. Are there other foundation principles that move in to take their place? They were part of your “foundation” – folks, spirits, practices you relied upon for mentoring, teaching, growing - and now you have gained your own strength. You are now your own teacher, guide, mentor. You no longer need to “look up” to someone or something other than yourself. You can now see that we are all on the same path learning, growing, changing doing what is the highest good for our own sovereign journey into this new reality we are creating. As you head toward the Cosmic Convergence this October, it behooves you to take a look this July at what The Shift of June has created for you personally. Many of us have gone through quite a few changes or events or experiences, that have far reaching impacts on how we view ourselves and the world.


ALOHA WELA KA HAO ... STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT!

Shinto Meditation: Amaterasu-Omi-kami

Let me share with you the secret of the Mirror.

Let me share what is known only to the Sun Goddess:

It is a secret so powerful,

It will free you from Darkness;

A secret so delightful,

It lets warmth dance in your heart;

A secret so illuminating

it allows you to know yourself;

A secret so simple,

All you need do is open your eyes.

The secret is

In the light of the Sun,

In the eyes of the Mirror:

You are Beauty.

Gassho!

Amaterasu-omikami

Gakko Sansho (Nihongo)

USUI’S FIVE PRINCIPLES OF REIKI

(Japanese)

KYO DAKE WA

(KYOH DAH-keh WAH)

For Today, Do not anger

SHINPAI SU NA

(shin-PYE soo NAH)

Do not worry

KANASHITE

(kah-NAHSHH-tay)

Be grateful

GYO WO HAGE ME

(GYOH whoa HA-geh MEH)

Always work hard

HITO NI SHINSETSU NI

(HEE-toh NEE shin-SET-suh NEE)

And be kind to all living things

Tools: Channel-Building & The Huna Cross Of Fire

Whether you are doing energy work for healing or any other work on

self-transformation It is possible to greatly increase the ability to work

with and carry higher vibrations of spiritual life forces by doing

various exercises and procedures to strengthen your energy body in

order to build up and expand your abliity to channel, carry and maintain a

store of the energy known as Chi, Mana ,Prana or Ki among many other

names.These words all refer to the energy of life though they may

include different aspects of the energies in their root concepts.

There are many ways to strengten your abilit to carry chi. Tai Chi, Chi

gong, Yoga, and dance are a few of the physical ones. Meditation, chanting

and toning ,The Microcosmic orbit numerous Grounding, centering and aura

filling exercises are some other ways. It is always a good idea to use

more than one technique though it is not reasonable to be doing

dozens of such things at once. A balance of physical and mental, emotional,

spiritual techniques is more likely to produce great and balanced

results than putting all our energetic eggs in one basket.When you

have built up chi you will want to be sure that you can use it in a

benificial way . Sometimes we allow our chi to leak away. Practices

like channel building can help you to maintain and increase your

ability to stay in harmony.

Channel Building

This is a Powerful exercise to help you become aware of your transpersonal

chakras and helps many to be able to use healing energies more effectively

without having pain or discomfort in your hands when doing healing energy work.

Becoming aware of your Soulstar and Earthstar also greatly facilitates

spiritual evolution and makes communication between yourself , Your higher self

and your angels and Guides easier .It also can greatly reduce any

difficulties with lower astral thought forms and entities

This Channel building process Or Triangluation can be done once or

twice a day. It will not be more effective if done more often than

that.

Do not add other Chakras to those on this list for this process. When

I was taught this technique I was given heavy duty warnings about over

using or altering it in any way. I am not into warnings myself but I

mention it here as an advisory. Most of the work I do and reccomend

has built in safety but I have been told that it is possible to overcharge

your energy field by overusing or abusing this technique I have not

expermented to determine if this is so or not.

The Actual Procedure

Start by standing or laying down, spine straight intend that the

highest energy you have access to run, as you do this process but do

not actively run it.

Recite the following Mantra to yourself as though you are the Soul.

I am the Soul, I am the Light Divine,I am Love ,I am will,I am

expanding design.

The Soul Star Chakra is about 6 inches to a foot and half above your

head your Solar angel sends most though not all energy and

information through the Soulstar to you. visualize a glowing ball of light, now

bring that ball of light down and out to brow level in through your

brow to your spine central channel and back up to it's original

location. repeat for a total of three times in a triangle shape in

each location. repeat at the throat , the heart, the Solar

plexus , sacral ,root, knees, ankles and at the Earth Star the

chakra 6 inches to a foot and a half below your feet Some People Suggest

that one only go to the solar plexus the first three days and add a new

chakra every three days and some start with the whole process right

off. It is important when you start working with the Soulstar that

you also begin to work with the Earthstar. so remember to do the entire procedure .

Other procdures which promote channel building and strengthen the

energy body and spiritual connection include the Rainbow disk

meditation, the Hatsu Rei Ho and Reiju practices of Usui Reiki practitioners.

The cross of Fire from Huna, antakarana meditations, the Microcosmic

orbit and yogic practices, drawing down the moon and similar practices, As well as a

multitude of other methods can also assist with channel building.

THE CROSS OF FIRE

The cross of fire is familiar to most of us as a common decorative

motif in Hawaiian art and craft, four crosses around a central cross.

The crosses around the outside symbolize the highest of the energies

of the four elements Earth, Water, Fire, Air, the cross in the center is

Spirit.  This fairly simple symbol contains hidden and revealed layers upon

layers of the teachings at the center of Huna . The Energies and

information symbolized by this figure represent aguide to

Understanding the Universe and humanity's part in it. The cross of Fire is 

central to the Huna philosophy of life and to the huna system of Self

empowerment and creation That it might be considered to be at the core of

Huna Teachings. I will begin the explanation at the entry levels . the

Chakra system is familiar to many Metaphysical and complementery

health practitioners. The chakra are by no means the only energy centers.

Huna is aware of many others including the AO different schools of

Kahuna teachings do give different energy centers and priorities . I will

repeat the caution I was given by my teachers that if you do the Cross 

of fire procedure you do it as given and do not experiment with the 

various energy channels unless you are clearly guided to

do so by your Aumakua your Huna Spiritual guides and /or ancestors.

The exercise is to go around the cross focusing on each Ao energy

center for about a minute each, start at the crown and to go around

in the order given but after doing the left eye to go up to the crown a

second time back to the left eye to the right eye and from there to

the heart chakra.

The energy centers of the Cross of Fire :

1. crown

2. right eye

3. right shoulder 

4. right hip 

5. perineum 

6. l left hip 

7. left shoulder

8. left eye 

9. crown 

10. left eye 

11. right eye 

12. heart

Focus on each ao in turn . Some Huna traditions may do a simple

spiral others simply focus on the crown, heart, perineum and the four

corners of shoulders and hips.  You may feel energy run as you do this 

or you may not just continue the cross of fire.  The opening of these 

energy centers can lead to profound transformation and evolution at 

all levels of your being.

Here is the traditional Huna way of working with the 

cross of fire.  First, teach a procedure and only explain it after

considerable work has been done.  Some Huna traditions do use energetic attunements

or spiritual initiations to facilitate and amplify the affects of

these and other practices. The procedure can be done without these

attunements.  Doing the cross of fire procedure regularly (once or 

twice as day is suggested) is a prerequisite for attunement to some profoundly

transforming energies and to learning several valuable huna energy

work procedures.  Doing the exercise given above will also help to open

these centers and channels.

THE A'O

While many of us are familiar with the chakra centers that run along

our central core at the spinal cord few of us are even aware of the

A'o, these energy centers are said to be among the most important of the

lost information about the energy body , these centers are said to create

and hold the chakra in existence through the tension , interaction and

harmony between the centers and to be a representation of a core or

primal aspect of ourselves and the universe.  The Yin Yang symbol used 

in the East represents in part the universe held together

by the interaction of different polarities the cross of fire

represents the grand design of the universes as an interaction of the 

nine centers or realms of being/Force, the A'o.

The A'o centers represent the following aspects of the human condition:

1. the crown: top of head -- will, divine will , our own personal

will and to the guiding force present in all matter, intention.

2. right eye: center of eye socket -- time, time in the abstract,

timing or sequence of action, timelessness, real time ,the illusion of

time.

3. right shoulder, about a quarter of an inch into the body go over

about 2 inches toward the arm from the nipple and up about 1 inch below the collar

bone -- venturing , beginning new actions, entering new realms whether

physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.

4. right hip, center of hip socket -- Action , usually denotes action

in the middle of the period or situation being considered and worked.

5 .Perineum: ( halfway between the anus and the genitals ) -- anchoring. 

This can refer to ending action but more often refers to taking steps to 

ensure that the effects of ones actions are real and lasting, the effects 

of an action of in nature becoming lasting.

6. left hip: center of hip socket -- contemplation, meditation in

general, consideration and reflection on the actions one has taken.

7. left shoulder: about a quarter of an inch into the body go over

about 2 inches toward the arm from the nipple and up about 1 inch below the collar

bone -- Appreciation , The quality of appreciation in general, especially

appreciation of the divine, as well as the appreciation of the

results of action taken.

8. left eye: center of eye socket -- Harmony/Justice Ho'oponopono

Making things right, For beginning purposes refers to divine plan and

that human justice should be a reflection of the divine plan a

profound and difficult to translate concept central to Hawaiian

Mysticism.  Can translate as family therapy; also as divine

completeness and perfection (does not refer to revenge).

9.the Heart -- Love divine Love, universal love , personal

and interpersonal love the qualities that give rise to and emerge

from love.

Poem: Me And My Shadow (Emily Dickinson)

One need not be a chamber to be haunted --

One need not be a house.

The brain has corridors -- surpassing material place.

Far safer, of a midnight meeting

external ghost,

than its interior confronting --

that cooler host.

Far safer, through an abbey gallop

the stones a'chase --

than unarmed, one's self encounter

in lonesome place.

Ourself behind ourself concealed --

should startle most.

Assassin hid in our apartment

be horror's least.

The body borrows a revolver --

he bolts the door

O'erlooking a superior spectre --

or more.

Such is the daily struggle of which we each, like Faust, strive to define ... that sense of moral responsibility, wrestled between the dualities of human nature:  spirituality and sensuality; conscience and desire; ego and shadow; the divine and the diabolical aspects of the soul.

Na 'Oli: Ka Wai A Ka Pililiko - The Water Of The Reflected Image

'O ke aka ka 'oukou, e ke akua
'O ka 'i'o ka makou.

Yours is the essence, O God,
Ours the material part.


'E hikiwawe mai i ka lohe,
e akahele ho'i i ka 'olelo.

Be quick to hear,
but slow to speak.

Ka wai a ka pililiko is a rock basin filled with water that was used as a mirror by the ancient Hawaiians.  The prefix kawai is used to describe an extremely weak distilled watery substance.  It is probable tht like founders of homeopathy, ancient Hawaiians thought that essences could be used to heal.  Perhaps all of the people and situations in our lives contain essences necessary for healing.  As we learn to reflect, rather than judge, our essence remains undisturbed by outward circumstances.

Another word for essence is reflection.  The Hawaiian word for reflection is Aka.  Aka also means "the essence of life and light."  It is an embryo at the moment of conception; it is the faint glimmer preceding the rise of the moon.  In the Hawaiian language, the word aka is frequently compounded with other words to express clarity or brightness.  The expression aka ka wale O Haleakala, which means literally, "Haleakala stands in full view," refers to anything that is obvious and clear.

There is an old Hawaiian story about an old woman who used an ancient stone mirror laying in a still pond for divination.  The old woman would tell those that sought her out to watch their thoughts "as if they are clouds passing across the sky."  She taught people not to judge their thoughts or emotions, but to just let them pass.  For, like a mirror, it is important to be able to  simply reflect the beauty that is around you.  Reflection enables you to see with true vision that "comes from the eye of the heart."  It reminds you that "we are all relatives ... One great mind dreamed us all."

Ka wai a ka pililiko is a tool you can use to see clearly into the essence of a person, problem or situation. Another Hawaiian word for mirror is niani.  Aniani ho'onui 'ike means "a mirror that enlarges vision."  Ka wai a ka pililiko may remind you that reflection can lead to enlarged vision.

A mirror reflects the images it encounters as they are; it does not attempt to judge or change them.  As you refrain from judging or attempting to change things, you may find you will have no need to speak.  The better you are able to hear, the better you are able to see.  Listen from the heart and you will be able to see clearly.  No matter how muddy a basin becomes, the water's ability to cast a reflection is unchanged.  When you experience turmoil, seek the still water of nonjudgment.  The essence of any situation can be seen clearly when you peer into the Ka Wai a Ka Pililiko pool of silent wisdom.

Catherine Kalama Becker, Ph.D.
Doya Nardin
1998

Na Mele: Resemblance -- Like no a Like (Hawaiian/English)

My homage to Lei Day ... Beltane ... May 1st.

1. 

Ua like no a like
Me ka ua kani-lehua;
Me he la e i mai ana,
Aia ilaila ke aloha.

Chorus:
Ooe no ka’u i upu ai,
Ku’u lei hiki ahiahi,
O ke kani o na manu,
I na hora o ke aumoe.

2.
Maanei mai kaua,
He welina pa’a i ka piko,
A nau no wau i imi mai.
A loaa i ke aheahe a ka makani.

Chorus.

[Translation]

Resemblance

1.

When the rain drums loud on the leaf,
It makes me think of my love:
It whispers into my ear,
Your love, your love--she is near.

Chorus:
Thou art the end of my longing,
The crown of evening's delight,
When I hear the cock blithe crowing,
In the middle watch of the night.

2.
This way is the path for thee and me,
A welcome warm at the end.
I waited long for thy coming,
And found thee in waft of the breeze.

Chorus.

Na 'Oli: E Homai

Children of Hawai'i learn this chant as early as four and five years old.  I learned it at age 5 from my Kumu Hula and also while attending Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School.  It is a mele ... a song ... a lullaby, really, to your Spirit.  This is you remembering that You Are Spirit Greatness.  E homai, 'ea, 'ea!

E Homai

Ka ike mai luna mai e

O na mea huna no’eau

O na mele e

E Homai

E Homai

E Homai

E homai ... Return me

Return me to the wisdoms of the Ages

Return me to everything I knew

Return me to what is above

Return me to what is hidden below

Return me to what seems insignificant

Return me to my joys, my songs

Return me to the turnings of time

Return me to everything that I know

Return me to my birthright

Return me

Return me to my strength

Return me

Return me

Return me

Na Mele: Hawai'i Aloha

This song has special meaning to the people of Hawai'i .... it is so significant, that no private gathering or Hawai'i State legislative or public function is concluded until all join hands and sing this song.  To revere the Land, Mother Earth, that supports the Family that supports All Life, above all things:  this is what it means when we say "Malama 'Aina."  We are nothing without that which sustains Us.  This is what it means when we say you must Malama Ka 'Aina to be in Pono and live with Aloha Spirit.  (And no, this wasn't a prompt to chat about your last trip to the Islands around the water cooler again ... Why is this view so difficult for non-Islanders to take seriously, understand and apply??)

E Hawai’i e ku’u one hanau e

O Hawai’i of the sands of my birth

Ku’u home kulaiwi nei.

My home, I am a native here.

‘Oli no au i na pono lani ou.

Rejoice indeed in our heaven of hope

E Hawai’i, aloha e!

O’ Hawai’i, our greetings of love to you!

(Chorus)

E hau’oli e na ‘opio o Hawai’i nei.

Be happy for the youth still of Hawai’ian soil.

‘Oli e!   ‘Oli e!

Rejoice!  Rejoice!

Mai na aheahe makani e pau mai nei

From the gentle winds blowing here

Mau kealoha no Hawai’i.

Always have love for Hawai’i

Mau kealoha, aloha e!

Greetings of love to our beloved Hawai’i!

Diabetes Prevention - Vitamin E and Beta-Carotene

Several studies have found that people with diabetes often have low blood levels of antioxidants, such as vitamins E and C. Conversely, some research has found that high dietary intake or supplementation of antioxidants can improve various markers of glucose control.

RESEARCH: Researchers studied 81 men and 101 women who were close relatives of people with type 2 diabetes. Although the subjects were not diabetic, they were considered at increased risk of eventually developing diabetes. Their levels of antioxidants were assessed by dietary intake and blood levels of vitamin E and carotenoids. RESULTS: In men, higher dietary intake of mixed carotenoids (alpha- and beta- carotene, and lycopene) was associated with lower fasting glucose levels. Their blood levels of beta-carotene were associated with a lower risk of insulin resistance, a prediabetic sign. In women, higher dietary vitamin E intake was associated with lower fasting blood glucose levels.

IMPLICATIONS: This study showed an association between higher intake of dietary vitamin E and carotenoids and normal glucose control in men. In women, only higher vitamin E intake was associated with normal glucose control. This study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition under the title "Dietary intakes and plasma concentrations of carotenoids and tocopherols in relation to glucose metabolism in subjects at high risk of type 2 diabetes: the Botnia dietary study." and submitted by Ylonen K, Alfthan G, Groop L, et al.

On Alchemy

Alchemy is the raising of the vibrations.  The raising of specimen is the raising of vibrations.  Since everything that grows comes from a seed, the fruit must be contained in its seed.  Herbs, animals, minerals and metals grow from seed.  This is transmutation.  If we can help nature in her ultimate goal, that of bringing her products to perfection, then we are in harmony with her laws.  Then, we can affect changes in our physical sphere of sensation through the power of our minds.  Nature accepts artificial effort, or shortcuts, to bring about perfection.  In this way, hermetic philosophy, with its practical arcanum, repeats itself over and over again in the ancient axiom:  "As above, so below; as below, so above."  (Second Principle of Correspondence, The Kybalion, by the Three Initiates.)

Na 'Oli: The Concept Of Po - "Going Beyond The Horizon"

This lesson comes from the teachings of Kumu Hula Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu, a well known and innovative Hula master whose Halau is located in Oakland, California. This lesson is taught in mo'olelo, a sacred learning circle, and is usually accompanied to the beat of traditional Pahu drums. It is a soulful experience to be in his presence ... his Mana is extraordinary!

Q: What is Po?

A: Po is described as Light or Darkness. In the early times of Hawai'i, the people measured time on a lunar cycle. The Hawaiian day actually began at Midnight. Hence, the days of the week were named Po'akahi (Monday, or first day), Po'elua (Tuesday, or second day), and so on.

Q: What does Po beyond the horizon mean?

A: Po also means obscurity, or things not understood. Mythically, it was a time of the Divide, a time of the Gods. For some, it is a sacred period for ancestral connections.

Q: Where is Po?

A: Po is beyond the horizon. It is the last step to destiny. It is a tangled web of mystery no one can escape. It is the realm of the unconscious mind. A'o means Light, and that which belongs to the living. Po and A'o are just two sides of the same coin, a coin we all carry. Neither exists without the other ... and that's a fact!

Q: What does "beyond the horizon" mean?

A: It means the limits to one's own understanding. Many people think I push the boundaries, which also defines one's horizons. What do you think? I don't think so ... but it may be that I am on the other side of another person's boundaries. I would rather not limit myself to another's beliefs and fears.

Q: Where do Hawaiian spirits live?

A: Hawaiian spirits live in those of us that are Hawaiian. It is a mindset. It is the idea of being Hawaiian and identifying with things Hawaiian. It is the Hawaiian consciousness. It does not matter where we call Home ... Hawai'i is enough when it is in the heart ... and being conscious of that keeps the spirit of Hawai'i alive.

Q: If you're not in Hawai'i, how do you malama 'aina?

A: Malama 'aina refers to the caring for the ancestral lands. It means to tend and maintain its well-being. However, our ancestral grounds does not necessarily mean the ground, or Earth we walk on. It also means your Self, what we consider the living land. You can trace your ancestry through genealogical records and now, thanks to science, you can trace your lineage through your DNA. It now seems that in your bones lies the traces of your ancestors. You, the living Earth ... it is this 'Aina that you should care for most vigilantly because ... if you malama your 'aina, your 'Aina will take care of you.

Q: As a Hawaiian, where do you go after life?

A: I go to Po. With so many cultural beliefs, the obvious is overlooked. Hope, Faith and Trust are all factors of belief and it all takes consciousness. They seem to be the ideals of comfort, thoughtful ways to accept the inevitable. You can change your religious beliefs, but you cannot change who you are ... you are the descendant of your ancestors, and the ancestor of your descendants. Hawaiian spirits go to Po. When you sleep, your unconscious mind is allowed to venture with your ancestors. It is then that you are most capable of connecting with yourself. But, even then, we sometimes become afraid of what we dream, yet we are the creators of our dreams ... so why be afraid?

These are the obscurities of Po!

Daily Reaffirmations, by Don Miguel Ruiz

Today, Lord, help me to accept myself the way I am, without judgement. Help me to accept my mind the way that it is, with all my emotions, my hopes and dreams, and my unique pesonality. Help me to accept my body the way that it is, with all it's beauty and perfection.

Today, Lord, clean my mind of emotional poison and self-judgement, so that I can live in peace and love. Let the love for myself be so strong that I never reject myself or sabotage my happiness and personal freedom. Let me love and accept myself without judgement, because when I judge myself, I find myself guilty, and then need to punish myself.

With the power of self-love, let all my relationships be based on love and respect. Help me to let go of the need to tell others how to think or how to be. Let me accept the people I love just the way they are, without judgement, because when I judge them and blame them, I find them guilty, and want to punish them. Help me Lord, to love everything you create with no conditions, because when I reject your creation, I reject you.

Today Lord, help me to start my life over with the power of self-love. Help me to explore life, to take risks, and to love myself unconditionally. Let me open my heart to the love that is my birthright so that I can share my love wherever I go.


Amen.

In Memoriam - Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is no more with us physically. He left his earthly body on April 24, 2011 at 7.40 a.m. due to cardio-respiratory failure.  We at Halau 'Aha Hui Lanakila mourn his passing, but his Baha'i teachings will live on.  Here are his most quoted spiritual maxims as an homage to his Spirit.  Aloha 'oe, Sai Baba ... aloha 'oe!

1. The greatest fear man can have is the fear of losing GOD's Love.
2. Too much food results in dullness of mind.
3. A language is as sweet as the tongues of the speakers.
4. Every experience that is drawn through any of the senses has an effect on one's health.
5. Love all beings; that is enough.
6. Discipline is the mark of intelligent living
7. When calamity approaches, discrimination departs.
8. A man's well-being depends upon his degree of contentment. 
9. God is all Names and all forms.
10. Follow the Master, face the devil, fight to the end, finish the game.
11. Real happiness lies within you.
12. All things in creation are subject to the law of change, and man, too, is subject to this law.
13. Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the mind in check.
14. The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.
15. God is not to be spoken of as coming down or going up, since HE is everywhere.
16. Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
17. What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man?  It is Love, Love for all humanity.
18. Each man carries his destiny in his own hands.
19. Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with GOD, that is the state of meditation.
20. Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.
21. Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.
22. Service springs out of LOVE and it scatters LOVE in profusion.
23. Ignorance is the most important cause of sorrow.
24. Once we surrender our mind to GOD completely, HE will take care of us in every way.
25. Have constructive thoughts, consoling words, compassionate acts.
26. Where there is FAITH, there is LOVE; Where there is LOVE; there is PEACE; Where there is PEACE; there is GOD; Where there is GOD; there is BLISS.
27. The end of knowledge is LOVE.  The end of education is character.
28. LOVE is the scarcest article today.
29. Mine, not thine; this sense of greed is the root of all evil.  This distinction is applied even to GOD! -- my GOD, not yours! Your GOD, not mine!
30. All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
31. The mind fixed in the awareness of the ONE is line a rock; unaffected by doubt, stable, secure.
32. LOVE lives by giving and forgiving.  Self lives by getting and forgetting.
33. GOD is the doer; you are but the instrument.
34. The heart of man, which is now allowed to lie fallow, has to be ploughed by spiritual exercises like repetition of GOD's name.
35. GOD is neither distant, nor distinct from you.
36. What is meant by the phrase "to know GOD"? It means "to love GOD".
37. When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.  When there is order in the nation, there will be PEACE in the world.
38. The beauty of life depends upon our good habits.
39. Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.
40. You cannot see ME, but I am the light you see by.  You cannot hear ME, but I am the sound you hear by.  You cannot know ME, but I am the truth by which you live.
41. Be ever watchful to see that you strive to take in more and more of GOD into you.
42. If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm.
43. The same current activates all.
44. GOD gave you the time, space, cause, material, idea, skill, chance and fortune.  Why should you feel as if you are the doer?
45. Make the home a seal of harmony.
46. Have no desires to place before GOD, whatever HE does with you, however HE treats you, is the gift that HE likes best to give you!
47. Unity is divinity; purity is enlightenment.
48. Always respect another's opinion and another's point of view.
49. Food should not be too salty, too hot, too bitter, too sweet, too sour.
50. Reason can prevail only when arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound.
51. Take failure and victory cooly.
52. There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or sex.
53. Your thoughts, words, and deeds will shape others and theirs will shape you.
54. GOD is ONE without a second.
55. The service of man is the only means by which you can serve GOD.
56. By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.
57. The PEACE that pervades the heart can never be shaken for any reason; only PEACE of this kind is worthy of the name.
58. As close as you are to GOD, so close is GOD to you.
59. Immortality is the fruit of sacrifice.
60. The grace of GOD is like insurance.  It will help you in your time of need without any limit.
61. When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.
62. LOVE seeks no reward; LOVE is its own reward.
63. The joy that we cause in the heart of GOD is the only worthwhile achievement.
64. Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits.  Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.
65. Truth has no fear; Untruth shivers at every shadow.
66. Be simple and sincere.
67. The mind sees separateness, LOVE sees unity.
68. God is the life-breath of every soul.
69. The only ache people have nowadays is ache in the stomach due to over eating and lack of exercise!
70. Being a good example is the best form of service.
71. Friendship is the expression of unshakable LOVE, LOVE that is noble, pure, free from desire or egoism.
72. Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.
73. GOD first; the world next; myself last.
74. Try to conduct yourself in such a way as not to injure others.
75. Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.
76. Patience is all the strength that man needs.
77. With effort and prayer destiny can be attained.  Start the effort.
78. You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.
79. What is offered to GOD is totally free from all defects and imperfections.
80. Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behavior.
81. A nation that has no bridle on its sensuality, can never thrive our survive.
82. I am you; you are ME.  You are the waves; I am the ocean.  Know this and be free, be divine.
83. Teachers must be examples of LOVE and TRUTH.
84. Each country is but a room in the mansion of GOD.
85. We should realize that man has not only a mind which conceives thoughts, but also a heart which can put them into practice.
86. LOVE must express itself as SERVICE.
87. The wise are those who know the Self.
88. Whatever the trouble, however great the sorrow, persist and win by recollecting the LORD.
89. Man will realize his mission on earth when he knows himself as divine and reveres others as divine.
90. Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days and then to be put aside.
91. When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has traveled only from himself to himself.
92. So long as you say "I am". there is bound to be fear, but once you say and feel "I am GOD", you get unconquerable strength.
93. Duty without LOVE is deplorable, duty with LOVE is desirable, LOVE without duty is divine.
94. When you kill an animal, you give him suffering, pain, harm.  GOD is in every creature, so how can you give such pain?
95. When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.
96. When the people become good, the world will become good.
97. Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt.
98. God is in you, around you, behind you, above you, beside you.
99. Of all the righteous acts, help rendered to those needing it, is the most righteous.
100. Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real sacrifice.
101. My birthday is the date when divinity blossoms in your heart.
102. God is neither distant nor distinct from you.
103. What is offered to God is totally free from all defects and imperfections.
104. The joy that we cause in the heart of God is the only worthwhile achievement.
105. The acid test by which an activity can be confirmed as holy or sacred is to examine whether it promotes attachment or avoids bondage.
106. Education should build character.
107. Its is Truth and Truth alone, that is one's real friend, relative.
108. Faith is like our life breath. It is impossible to live even for a minute in this world without faith.