The Universe Is Smiling: "Reflection"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Take time out to relax and reflect.

 "If you use your mind to try and understand reality, you will understand neither your mind nor reality.
If you try and understand reality without using your mind, you will understand both your mind and reality."
- Bodhidharma

The Universe Is Smiling: "Contentment"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Contentment brings peace of mind.

"We tend to forget that contentment doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."

- Friedrich Koenig

"... Restlessness ... is always a sign of not finding joy in what's here. ... That's what restlessness is, going around looking for something else to do, something else to think about, somewhere else to go - anywhere but here and now. ... Contentment is the opposite of a faultfinding mind. .... Contentment looks for what is right, and it can keep you still. But restlessness will always make you a slave. ... That tyrant is the faultfinding mind. Subdue this tyrant through contentment. ..."

"Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond" by Ajahn Brahm, pp.43-45 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Flow"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawing:
Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Go with the flow!
"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate."
- Zhuangzi
"... So this is how you swim inward.
So this is how you flow outwards.
So this is how you pray."
- Mary Oliver
"The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze."
 - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Universe Is Smiling: Concentrate the Mind on the Present Moment

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Do not dwell in the past,

Do not dream of the future,

Concentrate the mind on the present moment."

- The Buddha 

The Universe Is Smiling: Love Is The Bridge

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A:   "Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge."

- Stephen Levine

The Universe Is Smiling: Broadening One's Horizon

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's healing power?

A: Seeing reality clearly and uniting one's personal will with cosmic purpose. Even though life may be hard and tedious at the moment, heart and mind are open to great possibilities. 

The Universe Is Smiling: Trust Yourself!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 

A: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson    

"Your mind is a garden,

Your thoughts are seeds,

The harvest can be either flowers or weeds."

- Author Unknown