Living Wisely Living Well | With Asha Nayaswami

Answer rudeness with courtesy. You might reply with a smile, “Life is all the richer for the many points of view it presents.”

Support the show

To become inwardly free, live to serve others rather than for personal gain. Service is magnanimity, and the prerogative of kings. But the more you work for personal gain, the more you will only beggar yourself.

Support the show

Hold kindness in your heart for everyone. Blame nobody for the mistakes he commits. Reflect: All human beings are struggling to find their own way out of the jungle of delusion.

Support the show

Listen as much to the tone of people’s voices as to their words. How they speak often expresses as much as what they say.

Support the show

Gaze into the moon, especially at the full. Feel in its rays the Divine Mother’s eternal love for you, and for all Her human children.

Support the show

Be courteous equally to friends, foes, and strangers. Courtesy will win you respect and cooperation, and courtesy to friends will preserve that slight distance between you which keeps friendship ever fresh, alive, and interesting.

Support the show

If someone tells lies about you, respond calmly, with dignity. If a comment is required of you, you might say, “My critic has missed his mark this time, but is it an issue that I’m imperfect? The perfection I seek is a blessing I wish for him also, and for everyone.”

Support the show

Gaze into the sun when it is near the horizon. (Its rays, then, will not harm your eyes.) God, through the sun, sends out rays of power, endurance, and wisdom. In India, certain yogis practice gazing into the sun, and claim they receive therefrom wise insight and inspiration.

Support the show

More important even than love, in your behavior toward others, are your respect and loyalty. In love there may be attachment or desire, but in respect and loyalty there is only self-giving.

Support the show

If you want loyalty from others, give them your loyalty first. Loyalty to friends, to ideals, to commitments is like a rudder: it holds the barque of life true to its course.

Support the show