Food For Thought

By: Pamela Leavey On: February 5, 2012 at 7:36 am

I was first introduced to the teaching of J. Krishnamurti while studying A Course In Miracles, with Tara Singh while living in Los Angeles. Since then I have found great comfort and wisdom from the teaching of J. Krishnamurti…

The center of suffering

When you see a most lovely thing, a beautiful mountain, a beautiful sunset, a ravishing smile, a ravishing face, that fact stuns you, and you are silent; hasn’t it ever happened to you? Then you hug the world in your arms. But that is something from outside which comes to your mind, but I am talking of the mind which is not stunned but which wants to look, to observe. Now, can you observe without all this upsurging of conditioning? To a person in sorrow, I explain in words; sorrow is inevitable, sorrow is the result of fulfillment. When all explanations have completely stopped, then only can you look -which means you are not looking from the center. When you look from a center, your faculties of observation are limited. If I hold to a post and want to be there, there is a strain, there is pain. When I look from the center into suffering, there is suffering. It is the incapacity to observe that creates pain. I cannot observe if I think, function, see from a center- as when I say, ‘I must have no pain, I must find out why I suffer, I must escape.’ When I observe from a center, whether the center is a conclusion, an idea, hope, despair, or anything else, that observation is very restricted, very narrow, very small, and that engenders sorrow. ~~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life

Let go of the suffering, I believe Krishnamurti is saying here. Release it. Sorrow is inevitable, we all go through it. We can’t get past it if we hold it at our center. It’s a hard lesson, but in time we must release the sorrow and suffering and move through it.

Food For Thought

By: Pamela Leavey On: January 31, 2012 at 10:37 am

Via His Holiness The Dalai Lama on Facebook…

“Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness. When one desires to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being, then generosity – in action, word, and thought – is this desire put into practice. It is important to recognize the “generosity” here refers not just to giving in a material sense, but to generosity of the heart.”

We so often equate generosity with a monetary or material worth, but in truth a single smile, a good thought towards someone, a visit, time spent with a loved one who is ailing, all of these things are generosity in action.

Daily Inspirations: Your Smile

By: Pamela Leavey On: May 18, 2011 at 10:41 am

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ~~ Thich Nhat Hanh

The Little Things

By: Pamela Leavey On: February 22, 2011 at 9:25 am

“Today, I am grateful for the little things that bless my life each day. A smile on a strangers face, the birds that sing at the break of day and the sweet serenity of stillness.” – Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Robins in Winter, c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)

Daily Affirmation: A Positive Attitude

By: Pamela Leavey On: May 18, 2009 at 12:29 pm

“Today, I seek to touch the lives of all whom I meet, friend and stranger alike, with a smile and a positive attitude. I will remember that, a smile and a positive attitude multiplies and grows where ever it goes.” – Pamela J. Leavey