The Wings Of Fire LEARNINGS

 When you pray,” he said,

“you transcend your body and become a part of the cosmos, which
knows no division of wealth, age, caste, or creed.”

every human being is a specific element within the whole of the manifest divine Being. So, why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems? When troubles come,
try to understand the relevance of your sufferings. Adversity always presents
opportunities for introspection.”

Whenever human beings find themselves alone, as a natural reaction,
they start looking for company. Whenever they are in trouble, they look
for someone to help them. Whenever they reach an impasse, they look
to someone to show them the way out. Every recurrent anguish, longing,
and desire finds its own special helper.

One must understand the difference
between a fear-ridden vision of destiny and the vision that enables us to
seek the enemy of fulfilment within ourselves.

there exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery,
melancholy and failure, and guide one to one’s true place. And once an
individual severs his emotional and physical bondage, he is on the road
to freedom, happiness and peace of mind.

Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific
socio-economic and emotional environment, and trained in certain ways
by figures of authority

“Once you decide to change the system, such problems have to be confronted

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons
and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but
not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For
they have their own thoughts.”

Despite my homesickness, I was determined to come to terms with
the new environment because I knew my father had invested great
hopes in my success. My father visualized me as a Collector in the
making and I thought it my duty to realise my father’s dream, although I
desperately missed the familiarity, security and comforts

He used
to say that a good student could learn more from a bad teacher than a
poor student from even a skilled teacher

e. Iyadurai
Solomon used to say, “To succeed in life and achieve results, you must
understand and master three mighty forces— desire, belief, and
expectation.”

“With faith, you can change your destiny,”

I wonder why some people tend to see
science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it,
the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science
has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.

“He who knows others is learned, but the wise one is the one who
knows himself. Learning without wisdom is of no use.”

“Let God be your hope, your
stay, your guide and provide the lantern for your feet in your journey into
the future,” said the introverted genius, bidding me adieu.