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Weekly Theme for Contemplation: Manasdharma

“Manasadharma is the talisman of a life of ideals
rooted in selfless service.” — Aquarian Almanac

 

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October 19, 2019 Weekly Theme for Contemplation: Manasdharma

The divine nature cannot immediately communicate with what is human, but all that intercourse and converse which is conceded by the gods to men, both whilst they sleep and when they wake, subsists through the intervention of Love.
— PLATO

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October 20, 2019 Theme for Contemplation: Manasadharma

When we love we live those values which previously were largely theoretical and so our lives become representative of our souls; then it is that we are amazed to discover the countless, invisible ties uniting ourselves with others and then we become aware of the spiritual brotherhood of man and so realize that no man lives unto himself alone. — CLAUDE HOUGHTON

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Let there be no negligence in your devotion.
— SHANKARACHARYA

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions.
— SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

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October 22, 2019 Theme for Contemplation: Manasadharma

The gracious stillness, the awareness
All-transcendent, is the state
Supreme experienced by the great.
— SHRI MURUGANAR

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October 23, 2019 Theme for Contemplation: Manasadharma
Let contentment be thine earrings,
Modesty thy begging bowl;
Smear thy body with ashes of meditation.
— GURU NANAK

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Weekly Theme for Contemplation: Manasadharma

Meditate upon altruism and compassion.
Draw in your mind, centering it in compassion.
Guide your attention with mindfulness,
Holding it within compassion.
— LOSANG KALSANG GYATSO, VII DALAI LAMA

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October 25, 2019 Weekly Theme for Contemplation: Manasadharma

Now, I behold as in a mirror, in an icon, in a
riddle, life eternal. — NICHOLAS of CUSA

You can never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars.
— THOMAS TRAHERNE