Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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For Contemplation:
"The sun, the rain are for all. The air we breathe is universal; all are breating universal breath. In our hurry to give labels and put up barriers to the world, to build expectations and projections, we pass by nature's bountiful offerings. If we allow our resentments and judgments to make holes in our thinking, how can our mind retain what it receives? No matter how many times it is filled with the blessings of the universe, it still feels lack and emptiness.”
“How to fill up the holes of the mind? Paushadhatake time to retreat from the many activities which have created wounds in your psyche and heal yourself. Take a few hours, a few days, a few weeks to heal yourself with the deep all-pervading peace of meditation."
"In order to adjust to the laws of nature, all forms accept change. We can learn from the trees. The tree knows, 'If I want new leaves, I have to give up old ones.' It does not resist. It's a process, a catharsis, a fasting, a cleansing. Similarly, if you want to feel fresh and make room for the new, tet. there be a shedding, a fall, in every season of your life. Drop away old thoughts like dry leaves and open yourself to new ways of thinking and living.”
"The more thorough the mental housecleaning, the