“…religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition to the way it should.” — Deepak Chopra

“We are travelers on a cosmic journey—stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. But the expressions of life are ephemeral, momentary, transient. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, once said,

This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.

To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance.

A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,

Rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain.

We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. If we share with caring, lightheartedness, and love, we will create abundance and joy for each other. And then this moment will have been worthwhile.”

“Look at those ocean waves. You know they’ve been doing this forever, for all of eternity. A few years from now you and I will be dead bodies, but the ocean waves will be doing the same thing they are doing now.

When you’re sad, when you cry, when you laugh, when you have sorrow in your heart, then you are living. Now we can see the difference between life and death.”

Deepak Chopra