When I give a Relflections On Life Workshop, I design the second Slide Show for a specific group. This version is designed for Inter Faith groups but I adapt it and use slides from it as the \'framework\' for all the workshops. This version is quite \'serious.\' It includes images and quotations not just from the six major religions but also from Bah\'ai, Jain, Rastafarian and Native American sources. I would love to get some feedback and suggestions of other inspiring quotations which I could include. Many people like watching the original Reflections on Life slide show to de-stress, almost as a meditation. I like to use this version in the same way. It never ceases to inspire me and restore my focus and perspective, especially if things have been getting me down. Life is beautiful. It is mysterious. There is meaning in every incident. We are here to learn and every experience is an opportunity to learn something important and deepen our relationship not just with each other but also with the One from whom we all came and (so I believe) to Whom we will return. Do send me some feedback, to info@bluelotus.coand invite me to come and give your group or community one of my fantastic workshops.

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5. Note – a few non-English words appear on some slides. Translations can be found at www.bluelotus.co Part Two Reflections on Life Reflections on Life

7. … Aum ~ Shanti ~ Shanti ~ Shanti ~ Aum…

11. All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature Swami Vivekananda of all souls.

13. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1 verse 2

15. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1 verse 3

16. And God saw the light, And He saw that it was good: Genesis 1 verse 4

17. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. Genesis 1 verse 9 - 10

18. and God saw that it was good

21. Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours. Stretch out your arms and embrace it with love. If you ever felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God. Swami Vivekananda

29. … all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony. Sri Aurobindo

33. Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. Plutarch

36. Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. The Buddha (560-483 B.C.E.)

39. If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. Nelson Mandela

46. If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace. Thich Nhat Hanh

49. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. John Muir (1838-1914)

56. Peace Is in self-conquest. Sri Chinmoy

59. To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. To be enlightened by all things is to remove the barriers between oneself and others. Dogen Zenji

64. … . Of me, only a name is left, the rest is You my Friend, my Beloved. Abu-Said Abil-Kheir

66. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King Jr. .

75. Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendour of Beauty;…..

76. … .For Yesterday is already a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Vision; But Today well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! KALIDASA translated from the Sanskrit

85. … ..If there is to be peace between neighbours, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart . -- Lao Tzu (570-490 B.C.)

87. Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. The Buddha

90. However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? The Buddha

92. "He who offers to me with devotion only a leaf, or a flower, or a fruit, or even a little water, this I accept from that yearning soul, because with a pure heart it was offered with love." Sri Krishna (Gita 9.26)

96. "In any way that men love me in that same way they find my love: for many are the paths of men, but they all in the end come to me." Sri Krishna (Geeta)

107. If ever Mohammed (peace and blessings upon him) saw anyone harming an animal he stopped them. Once he was travelling with some friends. They were just starting to make a cooking fire when Mohammed (pbuh) asked them to light it in another place as it was too close to an ants nest. His concern and compassion were for all Allah’s creatures, even the little ants.

114. My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme! My true spirituality Is the love of Your Breath In every heart. My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme! Sri Chinmoy

117. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Jesus – from the Gospel of St. Matthew

124. "You are that which you intend to hit, injure, insult, torment, persecute, torture, enslave or kill“ Mahavira

127. Find the One everywhere and in everything and there will be an end to pain and suffering. Sri Anandaymoy Ma

131. Walk cheerfully over the earth answering that of God in all. George Fox (Founder of the Quaker branch of Christianity)

133. Yes We Can. Barak Obama

136. All works of love are works of peace. Mother Theresa

152. Do not try to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever. Sri Chinmoy

158. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle

162. … you are bound to gain mastery if you are true to faith. Qur’an - Sura 3 ;139

178. "Ye are all leaves of one tree and the fruits of one branch.“ Bahá'u'lláh

184. " Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." Mother Teresa

189. " May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life. “ U Thant

191. … And He saw that it was Good… Genesis ch 1

192. … Aum ~ Shanti ~ Shanti ~ Shanti ~ Aum…

193. Infinity is this Infinity is that. When infinity from infinity Is taken away Infinity remains… The Upanishads

197. Many of the images in Reflections on Life come from our own photographs. Others have been gathered from many sources. A full list of credits is being prepared. We hope that all whose photographs have been used will be happy and proud to be included in this free download - but should any copyright questions arise we will be happy to make any adjustments necessary. Acknowledgements

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