For the keynote of the law of Karma is equilibrium, and nature is always working to restore that equilibrium whenever through man's acts it is disturbed. Christmas Humphreys More Quotes by Christmas Humphreys More Quotes From Christmas Humphreys The Road has two rules only: begin and continue. Christmas Humphreys two When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the whole. Should we not also clear the mind - at least that part of it that we can reach - of the ruins of past thinking, before building our palace of dharma which will one day reach the sky. Christmas Humphreys sky past thinking Life is one, said the Buddha, and the Middle Way to the end of suffering in all its forms is that which leads to the end of the illusion of separation, which enables man to see, as a fact as clear as sunlight, that all mankind, and all other forms in manifestation, are one unit, the infinitely variable appearance of an indivisible Whole. Christmas Humphreys equality men life As we increasingly become aware of the One Life breathing in each brother form of life, we learn the meaning of compassion, which literally means to 'suffer with' ... How does [the] self cause the desire which causes suffering?...by the illusion of separateness, the unawareness of One. Christmas Humphreys learning brother life The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear remain. Christmas Humphreys illusion fear-of-death long Our lives are based on what is reasonable and common sense; Christmas Humphreys our-lives common-sense truth-is It follows that I must accept myself for what I am before I can deliberately change it. Christmas Humphreys accepting i-can The burden of Karma is heavy. All alike have heavy debts to pay. Yet none, so the Wisdom teaches, is ever faced with more than he can bear. Whether or not we can grin, we must bear it, and it is folly to attempt to run away. Christmas Humphreys debt karma running By god the Buddhist means that from which the universe was born, the unborn of the Buddhist scriptures, and by soul that factor in the thing called man which moves towards enlightenment. Why need more be said of it, at any rate those who are not content with scholarship, but strive to attain that same enlightenment? Christmas Humphreys buddhist mean moving Even as radio waves are picked up wherever a set is tuned in to their wavelength, so the thoughts which each of us think each moment of the day go forth into the world to influence for good or bad each other human mind. Christmas Humphreys radio-waves mind thinking Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it. Christmas Humphreys creation meditation use
