Dalai Lama...speaks @ Stanford on "Compassion"



A rainbow of sentiments on a cloudy day!

MySpace friend - and Buddhist (his Holiness) the Dalai Lama - speaks at one of Standford University's popular venues (Maples Pavilion).

The theme of the much-anticipated "sold-out" discussion?

"The Centrality of Compassion in Human Life & Society"

In the mixed-up, hateful world of today, the Spiritual Leader has hit on a subject that is bang-on!

Thank you for your blessings, Sir!

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*The San Francisco Library has an extensive collection of Dalai Lama's teachings



People...Inspirational prose!

People, in deed and action

However, big or small

We're only people

That's all.

Inspired by a moment

when all is said and done

In times of anger and in times of joy

Some people reaching

to attain new awareness

Others, falling short, but in all fairness

What is life for

But to live and to learn?

Through each day's passing events

We'll all have a turn

To improve ourselves

And, with enlighted eyes, hopefully see

All that there is

And all that was meant to be

And, if not, perchance

Time and its passage

may prove to some

to you and to I to each and to everyone

That we're only people

However big or small

learning to live with each other

with compassion and understanding

and with Love and forgiveness

most of all

Julian Ayrs

Inspirational Prose

(1972)


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Change is constant...quote!

The only thing constant is change

Therefore,

the wise man digests and acknowledges the past

Then, moves on confidently

with an enlightened perspective on life

Julian Ayrs

Divine Grace
Collection of Poems

www.julianayrs.com

UCLA Cafeteria...food servers need a philosophy to follow!

Yestersday morning, I spied a server on the counter at the UCLA cafeteria hastily slapping food down on the plates - in an assembly-line slapdash fashion - with little regard for the customers who deserved better.

Obviously, the young Asian student was trapped in a part-time job she hated to make ends meet, and was just biding her time 'til the end of the shift when she'd be free as a bird once again.

After I witnessed her bad attitude and further established a total lack of excellence in her approach - or any striving for it in her work - a thought crossed my mind.

If I was a server, I'd have a philosophy to follow, to ensure I never slipped up

Unlike sloppy Josephine, I'd treat each meal like it was a plate of food I was specially-preparing for myself.

With a compass like that to guide me throughout the day, just imagine the welcome culinary delights I'd turn out.

Booker T. Washington said it best:

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way

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Change...quote!

The only thing constant in life
is change

Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems

http://www.julianayrs.com

Divine Grace...quote!

Divine Grace is a manifestation of the cosmic free will in operation.

It can alter the course of events in a mysterious manner through its own unknown laws, which are superior to all natural laws, and can modify the latter by interaction.

It is the most powerful force in the Universe.
It is a visitation of a force unexpected and unpredictable.
It is a voice spoken out of cosmic silence.

It is,

Cosmic Will which can perform authentic miracles under its own laws

Paul Brunton
Philosopher & Mystic

Mediocrity...quote!

Mediocrity is the opiate of the masses...

Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems