Our Deepest Need Is For The Joy

The Spiritual Life Is A Call To Action. But It Is A Call To ... Action Without Any Selfish Attachment To The Results.

We Can All Learn To Conquer Hatred Through Love -drawing On The Power Released Through The Practice Of Meditation To Throw All Our Weight, All Our Energy, And All Our Will On The Side Of What Is Patient, Forgiving, And Selfless In Ourselves And Others.

The Sufis Advise Us To Speak Only After Our Words Have Managed To Pass Through Three Gates. At The First Gate, We Ask Ourselves, 'are These Words True?' If So, We Let Them Pass On; If Not, Back They Go. At The Second Gate, We Ask, 'are The Necessary?' At The Last Gate, We Ask, 'are They Kind?'

International War Is The Sum Total Of Millions Of Individual Wars, Raging In The Minds Of The People, Between What Is Selfish And What Is Selfless. To The Extent That You And I Develop Selflessness In Our Own Hearts, To That Extent We Contribute To Peace In Our Family, Community, Country, And World.

I Like To Remind My Friends Frequently How Short Life Is. This Is The Important Message Of Death: Not A Day To Waste, Not A Day To Quarrel, Not A Day To Brood Upon Yourself. This Is Not Losing The Joy Of Life; This Is Gaining The Joy Of Life.