March 12 The deeds of a person become his life, become his fate. This is the law of our life. The Persians have such a fable: After death, a soul flew into the sky and met a terrible woman, a dirty and horrible apparition, with festered sores discharging pus, who was going in the opposite… Continue reading You are the maker of your own fate
Why excess in food and marriage is harmful
March 11 Food is necessary for the life of an individual, and marriage is necessary for the life of humanity. If eating to excess is evil for an individual , then excess in marriage and sexuality creates evil both for individuals and for human society. A marriage is a special obligation necessary obligation between two… Continue reading Why excess in food and marriage is harmful
How we can stop the suffering is easy.
March 10 That which gives life is the same in all things. All living creatures fear pain and death. Try to understand yourself in every living creature: do not torture and do not kill. Stop suffering and death. All living creatures want what you want; all living creatures praise their lives. -DHAMMAPADA, a book of… Continue reading How we can stop the suffering is easy.
Oui, on peut faire cesser la guerre .
9 mars La guerre et le christianisme ne sont pas compatibles. La guerre est l’une des pires et des plus terribles choses de son monde. La guerre dans ce monde peut être arrêtée non par le pouvoir en place, mais par ceux qui souffrent de la guerre. Ils feront la chose la plus naturelle: cesser… Continue reading Oui, on peut faire cesser la guerre .
The goal of prayers
March 8 Prayer is a time to remind yourself of your attitude to limitless things, to God. Through prayer, you establish your attitude to the beginning of everything; you clarify your attitude toward people, your relationship with and your duties to them, and to the Father of all of us. – After the TALMUD It… Continue reading The goal of prayers
The importance of physical work
March 7 Physical work, physical exercise for your body is a necessary condition of life. A man can force others to do things for him, but he cannot free himself from the necessity of his own physical work. And if a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at… Continue reading The importance of physical work
Real love
March 6 Love of God is love in itself; it is love for the sake of love. This kind of love is the highest blessing. It does not allow the slightest possibility of treating even a single creature without love; if there is even one person whom you do not love, then you lose God’s… Continue reading Real love
The reward of humility
March 5 Just as it’s folly to try to lift yourself into the air, you should not praise yourself too much. When you praise yourself, you produce the opposite effect in others, and appear lower in their eyes. If you want other people to speak well of you, do not speak well of yourself –… Continue reading The reward of humility
Gluttony is a big sin
March 4 Eating to excess is a vice just as bad as many others. We often do not notice it in others, because most of us are subject to it. There are sins against others, and sins against yourself. You commit sins against others when you do not God’s spirit in them; you commit sins… Continue reading Gluttony is a big sin
Do everything for God sake
March 3 What reward should a good deed bring you? Only the joy you receive by performing it. And any other reward you receive lesens the feeling of this joy. He who does good to others makes the biggest gift to himself – LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA A saint prayed to God in the following way:… Continue reading Do everything for God sake