Your task is not to seek for love

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Jalaluddin Rumi

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We recognise a soulmate by the supreme level of comfort and security we feel with that person. That doesn't mean that there aren't issues that remain to be ironed out.

Linda Brady, karmic astrologist

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When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.

Richard Gere, Hollywood actor

A soulmate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

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Soulmates can also be a parent, a sibling or friend. Even pets.

Karen M Black, author

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If you possess happiness you possess everything

If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.

Paramahansa Yogananda

That man is nearest to God who forgives, when he had in his power him who would have injured him.

Prophet Muhammad

If i have a little mind and i think of God, the God of my thinking will be a little God, though i may clothe him with grandeur, beauty, wisdom and all the rest of it.

J Krishnamurti

Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hair matted, long and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?

Kabir

God is a philosophical black hole - the point where reason breaks down.

Kedar Joshi

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Muharram The First Month of Islamic Calendar

Muharram (Arabic: المحرّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited.[1] Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar.

Muharram is so called because it is unlawful to fight during this month, the word is derived from the word haraam, meaning "forbidden". It is held to be the most sacred of all the months, excluding Ramadan. Some Muslims fast during these days. The tenth day of Muharram is called Yawmu-l 'Ashurah, which is known by Shia Muslims as 'the day of grief'.

Many Sunni Muslims fast during this day, because Musa (Moses) and his people obtained a victory over the Egyptian Pharaoh on the 10th day of Muharram [Citation needed]; according to them Islamic prophet Muhammad asked Muslims to fast on this day, and also a day extra either before or after, so that they are not similar to Jews (since, according to him, Jews used to fast for one day due to the same reason)

Fasting differs among the Muslim groupings; mainstream Shia Muslims stop eating and drinking during sunlight hours and do not eat until late afternoon. Sunni Muslims also fast during Muharram for the first ten days of Muharram, just the tenth day or on both the ninth and tenth days; the exact term depending on the individual. Shia Muslims do so to replicate the sufferings of Hussein ibn Ali on the Day of Ashura. Shia Muslims, go further in their attempts of replication, including self-flagellation (also see Matam).


Muharram and AshuraMain article: Mourning of Muharram

Shia Muslims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in a Hussainia as part of the commemoration of Muharram
Shia Muslim children in Amroha, India on camels in front of Azakhana as part of the procession commemorating events on & after Day of AshuraMuharram is a month of remembrance that is often considered synonymous with the event of Ashura. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. It is well-known because of historical significance and mourning for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad.[2]

Shias start the mourning from the 1st night of Muharram and continue for two months and eight days. However the last days are the most important since these were the days where Hussein and his family and followers (consisting of 72 people, including women, children and aged people) were killed by army of Yazid I at the Battle of Karbala on his orders, Surviving members of the family of Hussein and that of his followers were taken captive and marched to Damascus and imprisoned there.

Muharram is also observed by Dawoodi Bohras in the same way as Shias.They practice prayers on the sayings of the present dawah of Bohras, Mohammed Burhanuddin. On the tenth day of Muharrum, they pray for Hussein till the magrib namaz. When the namaz ends, Hussein is considered shahid by Yazid. It is also close to the day of resurrection because it said in a book that this world will one day come to an end on Friday 10th of Muharram.[citation needed]

With the sighting of the new moon the Islamic New Year is ushered in. The first month, Muharram is one of the four sacred months that God has mentioned in the Quran.

[edit] TimingThe Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Muharram migrates throughout the solar years. The estimated start and end dates for Muharram are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia:[3])

AH First day (CE / AD) Last day (CE / AD)
1431 18 December 2009 15 January 2010
1432 7 December 2010 4 January 2011
1433 26 November 2011 25 December 2011
1434 15 November 2012 13 December 2012
1435 4 November 2013 3 December 2013
1436 25 October 2014 22 November 2014
1437 14 October 2015 12 November 2015
Muharram dates between 2010 and 2015

[edit] Islamic events taking place during Muharram01 Muharram, the Islamic New Year is observed by Muslims.
01 Muharram, Shia Muslims begin the Commemoration of Muharram which marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala.
02 Muharram, Martyrdom of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Sunni Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
02 Muharram, Hussein ibn Ali enters Karbala and establishes camp. Yazid's forces are present.
07 Muharram, access to water was banned to Husayn ibn Ali by Yazid's orders.
10 Muharram, referred to as the Day of Ashurah was the day on which Hussein ibn Ali was martyred in the Battle of Karbala. Shia Muslims spend the day in mourning, whilst the Sunni Muslims fast on this day commemorating the rescue of the people of Israel by Musa (Moses) from Pharaoh.[4]
15 Muharram 1297 AH, birth Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi.
25 Muharram 95 AH, death of Zayn al-‘Ābidīn (or 12), fourth Shia Imamah, day of Shahid.
27 Muharram, Mesum was killed.

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The Ego all About it

•If our ego does not interfere, our heart and intellect act under divine guidance


•Egotism can ruin everything. You have to learn that egotism has no place in spiritual life, in the form of either insolence or despair.


•Try to get rid of the ego. A close watch should be kept all along the path. The ego may take the form of superiority or inferiority. Try to humiliate it and get rid of it. The ego is an impostor masquerading as ourselves. We are the Self, an entirely different thing.


•It is unfortunate not to meet with humiliation, because humiliation is the best way to get rid of this "I".


•Beware of any outgoing tendency of the mind, of so-called doing good with the egotistic sense of helping anyone. God alone helps man.


•Any idea of yourself except the true idea of Self is egotism. A man who whines is an egotist and a man who shouts is also an egotist; neither of these attitudes is acceptable to God. But there is another approach, a childlike approach; that is the kind of thing God wants.


•If we can forget our own tremendous interest in the ego, extraordinary powers of the Spirit will manifest


•Those who say "It is the will of God" just say so to stop any further thinking.


•If you want to commune with God, it is done with the enlargement and expansion of your conscious mind. This mind becomes superconscious


•Ignorance often functions by denying the thing of which we are ignorant.


•With the conscious mind alone we can reach the highest, without the use of the unconscious mind


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Love Quotes to Live By Amazing Quotes

“Love is what we are born with.
Fear is what we learn.
The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudicies and the acceptance of love back in our hearts.
Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.
Meaning dos not lie in things.
Meaning lies in us.” – Marianne Williamson

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What Is Life Quotes

Life is just one damned thing after another.
Elbert Hubbard

Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Horace

Life is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.
Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt, Book 2 of The Wheel of Time


Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
Anonymous


Life is like a bicycle you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.
Claude Pepper



Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.
Marion Howard


Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump


Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
Fulton John Sheen


Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.
Lillian Dickson


Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
Lewis Grizzard

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharlal Nehru



Life is like a piano... what you get out of it depends on how you play it.
Unknown


Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
Tom Lehrer


Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
Charles M. Schulz





Life is like a vicious circle.... only the ones on the edge know what it is to face Highs and lows Siddharth Astir


Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
Sharon Salzberg


Life is like an hour glass, every grain of sand means something.
zachary roderiques


Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.
Charles M. Schulz, as "Charlie Brown", Peanuts, cartoon strip


Life is like an onion. You peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
Unknown


Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.
John Updike


Life is like and ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
Sharon Salzberg


Life is like driving on the road.... Most of those who are right , Loose patience and change lanes(paths) and are generally the ones to reach the destination quickly. However if they are not careful they may end up in disarray.
Siddharth Astir

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
Samuel Butler


Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Samuel Butler



Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein


Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
Learned Hand


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Amazing Quotes Collection by Greg Neal

Amazing Short Quotes About Life

If you cannot change the world, you can present the world with one improved person, yourself.

There are some situations where all you can do
Is simply let go and move on,
Gather your courage and choose a direction
That carries you toward a new dawn.

People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs.
Fight for underdogs anyway!


The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds;
Think big anyway!

Success is not measured by how well you fulfill the expectations of others, but by how honestly you live up to your own expectations.

In everyone’s life there are moments of pride and accomplishment that are remembered forever.

If your dreams turn to dust vacuum.


All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.

Rise up every morning, telling yourself that "Today will be a happy day". Say "I believe I will handle any problems successfully today. In fact! I believe something good will happen to me!".

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you "If we cannot be ourselves, there is no need for a mirror."


Hope abides; therefore I abide.
Countless frustrations have not cowed me.
I am still alive, vibrant with life.
The black cloud will disappear,
The morning sun will appear once again
In all its supernal glory.

Life is like an hour glass, every grain of sand means something.

Life is not advancement. It is growth. It does not move upward, but expands outward, in all directions.


Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence

Life is tragic for those who have plenty to live on and nothing to live for

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.


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