June 13, 2010
Character Building
CHARACTER BUILDING
Character building is the primary function of education. This means a cultivation of moral values which will enable the individual to be fair and just and helpful in the society in which he is a member.
He must learn that his body is a temple of God and should not be abused. He must eat to live and not live to eat. He must exercise, rest, and cultivate good habits. He must be able to look and wonder at God’s creations, love what is good and beautiful, and be prepared to make the final sacrifice for Truth.
from: “Flashes of Light” by Randall Butisingh
May 8, 2010
happy mother’s day
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Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers who have played the role with love, making great sacrifices so that those who have been put in their charge can make a meaningful contribution to the fulfilment of God’s purpose on Earth.
April 1, 2010
thought for today
Enthusiasm is the way
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chirf requirements of life, when all we need to make us real happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Charles Kingsley.
Charles Kingsley was one othe most brilliant novelist of his time. He was an Anglican clergyman, teacher and writer whose novels were widely read in the Vuctorian era. His immensely popular novels were; Hypatta and Westward Ho. He was one of the first clergymen to accept wholeheartedly Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and n\Natural Selection. His long populat children’s book The Water Babies was inspired by the thoughts on evolution.and he did much to encourage the interest in nature among the working people.
March 30, 2010
a poem on Love
LOVE.
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back.
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grew slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me sweetly questioning,
If I lacked any thing.
“A Guest”, I answered, “worthy to be here”,
Love said,” You shall be he,”
“I the unkind, ungrateful? I cannot look on thee.”
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
“Who made the eyes but I?”
“T ruth Lord, but I have marred them; let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.”
“And know you not,” says Love, “who bore the blame?”
My dear, then I will serve.”
“You must sit down”, and taste my meat:”
So, I did sit and eat.
George Herbert (1593 - 1633] English priest and poet.
March 26, 2010
start the day with love
The following is a Wake Up call of the Blue Star Interfaith Organization of Trinidad headed by
Guruji Sri Vasudeva.
Start the day with Love
Fill the day with Love
Spend the day with Love
End the day with Love
And that is the way to God.
God is Love. Lord Jesus is Love personified. He exhorted us to love one another, even our enemies. Love casteth away fear which is a canker that consumes the body just as how fire consumes wood. No one fears the thing he loves. Living is loving and no one truly lives who does not truly love. There would be no conflict in the world if we could love our fellow man who is made, like ourselves, in the image of our loving Father, God. A life without Love is a life wasted.
Remember the words of St Paul in Corinthians 1:13. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels and have no love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
So there, you have it; a life without love is a life wasted. You can have all the money in the world; it cannot fill an empty soul, a soul without Love.
March 16, 2010
a thought for today
WHAT IS YOUTH?
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is a freshness of the deep springs of life.
Samuel Ullman
The Power of Attitude
Comment:
It is said that youth is the time to learn; so it becomes quite clear then that if you desire to learn in old age, you have to carry your youth with you. I recalll in Guyana where i was trying to encourage two eighteen year old girls to join the class , an illiterate old man said; “Dem gyal da tu big fuh laan”. I was amazed at his stupidity as I was continuing learning Hindi at the age of sixty five.
Randall Butisingh
March 8, 2010
all mankind is one
While mother Earth is groaning from the abuse of her children with the diminishing environment, heedless misguided men are slaughtering their brothers and being slaughtered by them, many who call themselves Christians; for what? to keep one section of humanity safe. That just cannot be! All mankind is one: Jew and Gentile, Saint and Sinner,Black and White. Humanity is indivisible; destruction to any part of that mosaic will be a calamity and all humanity will suffer.
Whwn will we learn that all men are brothers, children of that one Father God with the same spark of Divinity witinin them. Your brother is your own dear self. This behooves you to love him as yourself.. If you hurt him, you hurt your own dear self.
So, my dear brotjhrs, lay down your arms and as scripture foretoldl; beat your swords into ploughshares and your spears into pruning hooks and let there be peace, real peace, in all the land.
February 3, 2010
the true meaning of love
An Indian couplet puts it;
Love is Truth and Truth is the name of God.
Without Love in the world, life has no meaning.
Described as wider than the widest ocean and deeper than the deepest sea, Love is boundless, infinite.
Love is indivisible. One cannot love one section of humanity and hate the other; that will be like dividing the fowl, cooking half ot it and keeping the other half for laying. Love is unconditional; it embraces all, saints ans sinners alike, just as how God sends the rain to the just and the unjust alike.
Love sees only the good. To Love everything is beautiful, and as the song writer, speaking of the all embracing Love of Jesus puts it:
Were the whole realm of Nature mine,
That were an offering far too small;
Love, so amazing, so Divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
This stanza was taken from the hymn “When I survey the wondrous cross. On which the Prince of Glory died; My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride”.
Greater Love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends. Only Love can make the final sacrifice.
So beloved, let us love one another, for Love is of God, and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. 2 Peter 3 : 17.
In Love only will one find content, Joy and the Peace that passeth all understanding. A life without Love is a wasted life.
January 13, 2010
A thought from Jalalluddin Rumi
Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same.
Every wonderful sight will vanish, every sweet smell will fade; but do not be disheartened.
The source they came from is eternal, growing, branching out, giving new life and new joy.
Why do you weep? the source is within you and the whole world is springing up from it.
Comment:
Rumi is a Sufi, a mystic, one who in moments of ecstacy sees himself as “I am He”. He is a prolific writer and his poems are widely read in America. There is a beautiful collection of some of his poems translated by Deepak Chopra which will delight you if you can find it in any of the book stores.
