You are Therefore I am: A Declaration of Dependence

Karma causes success or disappointment. Action performed without desire is dharma. Dharma is appreciation of what is. Dharma is to be at rest, at peace, contented and natural.

“The world is a mystery, knowledge is limited, life is a journey of constant discoveries. One need not fear uncertainty and unpredictability. What we know is relative and constrained by the facts available to us at any given time. When we discover new facts we need to discover ourselves in a fresh manner. This is the way to keep our knowledge renew

The Joy of Making

Water is so powerful, so overwhelming, yet the duck swims right through it, and water just rolls off its back. So we can learn from the duck how to swim in the sea of sorrow and remain joyful.”

Every year a snake leaves its old skin behind and moves swiftly away from it. In the same way, the nature of life is such that we develop a skin of attachments, expectations, ambitions, so we need to do what a snake does, keep leaving this skin behind so that our soul can touch the ground of joy, ananda. As long as we are in this body, in this worl

“Too many possessions take too much of your time,” Mother believed. “You have to clean them, look after them, use them, store them; if you are always busy with material things, when do you have time for reflection, meditation and service to the community?”

‘this is true and that is also true’.

In fact, we are more truly ourselves when we are in the mode of being rather than doing.

Dharma is to be good rather than do good.