While Trying To Keep Pace With The World We Forget Who Quotes

While trying to keep pace with the world
we forget who we are..

The purpose of a fishtrap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught, the trap is forgotten.
The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits. When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten.
The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to. - Chuang-Tsu

Accept your mistakes
That makes you Buddha..

na rabb arsh mu’alla utte
na rabb khaane kaabe - hu
na rabb ilm kitaabi labbha
na rabb wich mahraabe - hu
ganga teerath mool na milya
painde be-hisaabe - hu
jad da murshad milya baahu
chutte sab azaabe - hu

ਨਾ ਰੱਬ ਅਰਸ਼ ਮੁ’ਅੱਲਾ ਉੱਤੇ
ਨਾ ਰੱਬ ਖਾਨੇ ਕਾਬੇ - ਹੂ
ਨਾ ਰੱਬ ਇਲਮ ਕਿਤਾਬੀ ਲਾਬ੍ਭਾ
ਨਾ ਰੱਬ ਵਿਚ ਮਹਰਾਬੇ - ਹੂ
ਗੰਗਾ ਤੀਰਥ ਮੂਲ ਨਾ ਮਿਲਯਾ
ਪੈਂਦੇ ਬੇ -ਹਿਸਾਬੇ - ਹੂ
ਜਦ ਦਾ ਮੁਰਸ਼ਦ ਮਿਲਯਾ ਬਾਹੁ
ਛੁੱਟੇ ਸਬ ਅਜ਼ਾਬੇ - ਹੂ

ना रब्ब अर्श मुअल्ला उत्ते
ना रब्ब खाने काबे - हु
ना रब्ब इल्म किताबी लब्भा
ना रब्ब विच महराबे - हु
गंगा तीरथ मूल ना मिल्या
पैंदे बे-हिसाबे - हु
जद दा मुर्शद मिल्या बाहु
छुट्टे सब अज़ाबे - हु

Neither is God above the highest heaven
nor is God in the Ka’ba - He!
neither was God found in bookish knowledge
nor is God in the mosque’s niche - He!
(even) on pilgrimage to the Ganges,
the source was not found
(despite) going measureless distances - He!
when the Guide was found by Bahu
over were all the torments - He!

Like smoke I vanish though I burn like flame,
I flicker in the gusts of wrong and right
A shining frailty in the guise of might;
Before a nothing and behind a name.

- W. H. Mdloch

While trying to keep pace with the world
we forget who we are..

Two rules of spiritual training:
One, the teacher is always right and
Two, when you think the teacher is wrong, refer to rule one.