In Yoke

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. -The Buddha When the mind is at rest, we are lifted out of time into the eternal present. The body, of course, is still subject to the passage of time. But in a sense, the flickering of the mind is our internal clock. When the mind does not flicker, what is there to measure change? It's as if time simply comes to a stop for us, as we live completely in the present moment. Past and future, after all, exist only in the mind. When the mind is at rest, there is no past or future. We cannot be resentful, we cannot be guilt-ridden, we cannot build future hopes and desires; no energy flows to past or future at all. Past and future are both contained in every present moment. Whatever we are today is the result of what we have thought, spoken, and done in all the present moments before now - just as what

I tell you one thing - if you want peace of mind, do not find  fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults.  Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own. -Sri Sarada Devi When we get even the slightest glimpse of the unity of life, we realize that in tearing others down we are tearing ourselves down too. When you sit in judgment on other people and countries and races, you're training your mind to sit in judgment on yourself. As we forgive others, we are teaching the mind to respond with forgiveness everywhere, even to the misdeeds and mistakes of our own past. ~Sri Easwaran Why is being judgmental so easy and not being judgmental so difficult for us?  Why do we persist in finding so much fault with others, but seldom "get the plank out of own eye?"  Does it make us feel more worthy or more on top of the world, if we are putting others down? Yes. Lots of people are critical...and it is easier being a