Inspirational Thoughts

[mom]

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A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, ' Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like. '


The Lord led the holy man to two doors.


He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.
In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man ' s mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished.
They were holding spoons with very long handles, that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful.
But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.


The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.


The Lord said, ' You have seen Hell. '


They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one.
There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man ' s mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, ' I don ' t understand. '


It is simple, ' said the Lord. ' It requires but one skill.
You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves. '


When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you.

[Soul Doctor]

I wish people would just appreciate the message and the lessons given here,
instead of judging and questioning who wrote the letter.

[r3roble]

wow... this is very nice... i'm speechless and nearly cried...

[akosabni]

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool.

It's what he does know that just ain't so.

Josh Billings

[Da_Flash]

wow..very nice and inspiring stories..

[akosabni]

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

[akosabni]

To a visitor who claimed he had no need to search for Truth because he
found it in the beliefs of his religion the Master said:

"There was once a student who never became a mathematician because he
blindly believed the answers he found at the back of his math textbook
--and, ironically, the answers were correct."

Anthony de Mello, S.J.



Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other
half may reach you.

-- Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)

[akosabni]

We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give.

Churchill

[akosabni]

The Master had quoted Aristotle: "In the quest of truth, it would seem
better and indeed necessary to give up what is dearest to us." And he
substituted the word "God" for "truth."

Later a disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up
anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a
person give up?"

The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God."

The disciple went away sad, for he clung to his convictions. He feared
"ignorance" more than death.

Anthony de Mello, S.J.



Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart ...
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.

~ Carl Jung

[zney25]

nice very nice....