Always say I have no fear

Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work. The infinite future is before you, and you must always remember that each word, thought, and deed, lays up a store for you and that as the bad thoughts and bad works are ready to spring upon you like tigers, so also there is the inspiring hope that the good thoughts and good deeds are ready with the power of a hundred thousand angels to defend you always and for ever. Mentally repeat, " Let all beings be happy; let all beings be peaceful; let all beings be blissful. " The more you do that the better you will feel yourself. You will find at last that the easiest way to make ourselves healthy is to see that others are healthy, and the easiest way to make ourselves happy is to see that others are happy. -Swami Vivekananda.

  There was a poor man who wanted some money; and somehow he had heard that if he could get hold of a ghost, he might command him to bring money or anything else he liked; so he was very anxious to get hold of a ghost. He went about searching for a man who would give him a ghost, and at last he found a sage with great powers, and besought his help. The sage asked him what he would do with a ghost. " I want a ghost to work for me; teach me how to get hold of one, sir; I desire it very much ," replied the man. But the sage said, " Don't disturb yourself, go home. " The next day the man went again to the sage and began to weep and pray, " Give me a ghost; I must have a ghost, sir, to help me ." At last the sage was disgusted, and said, " Take this charm, repeat this magic word, and a ghost will come, and whatever you say to him he will do. But beware; they are terrible beings, and must be kept continually busy. If you fail to give him work, he will...

Rebecca Buchanan, dressed in a pink salwar, comes out to greet us along with her friend Tillodore Wilton alias Tilly. Tilly, a farmer from Glasgow, has been on the move since March to raise awareness of environmental issues. She started from the symbolic Heathrow in London, where many a journeys take off – almost daily. Only difference, however, is that, she took off on a bicycle. Pedalling till Dover and taking a ferry over the English Channel to Calais in France, Tilly has cycled through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, UAE and finally into India after 9000 kilometres of riding. “ I had to fly into India, since the monsoon had struck Dubai and no ships would have me aboard ,” says the anthropology graduate who is against flying due its environmental ill-effects. On her way, Tilly met farmers to promote organic farming and labour intensive techniques, which according to he...

This is a good story and is true, please read it all the way through until the end! (After the Story, there are some very interesting facts!): I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called, 'Smile.' The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake, Literally. Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to A RESTAURANT one crisp March morning.   It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our ...

Devotee: " By what kind of work can one realize God? " Sri Ramakrishna: " It is not that God can be realized by this work and not by that. The vision of God depends on His grace.   Still a man must work a little with longing for God in his heart. If he has longing he will receive the grace of God. " " To attain God a man must have certain favorable conditions: the company of holy men, discrimination, and the blessings of a real teacher. Perhaps his elder brother takes the responsibility for the family; perhaps his wife has spiritual qualities and is very virtuous; perhaps he is not married at all or entangled in worldly life. He succeeds when conditions like these are fulfilled." " In a certain family a man lay seriously ill. He was at the point of death.  Someone said: ' Here is a remedy: First it must rain when the star Svati is in the ascendant; then some of that rain-water must collect in a human skull; then a frog must come there ...

One day Surendra Nath Mitra heard the Master (Sri Ramakrishna) saying to a devotee, " A little manliness is necessary for everybody ".  Thereupon he thought, " But this is my disease, and Lord save me from it! ".  Sri Ramakrishna at once remarked , " I do not mean that struggle for pleasure which only debases a man and which even animals have. You must have the manliness of Arjuna to stick to an ideal up to the last breath of your life ".

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