{"quotes":[{"text":"Even if things do not work out as you thought they should for you, they do - in their own way, as they were meant to.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["karma","life-and-living","life-lessons","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical","philosophical-reflection","spiritual-life","spirituality","truth-of-life","wellness-guru"],"id":28549,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"Were I but perfectly normal, I would just not be.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["funny-humor","funny","good-and-evil","humour","life-and-living","life-lessons","metaphysical-philosophy","motivational-inspirational","people-nature","philosophical-humor","philosophical-musings","psychology-spirituality","spiritual-development","wellness-evaluation-of-lifestyle"],"id":101196,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"You got to die for 'It'. Or you'll remain a religious nutcase. In other words, a dickhead, nitwit.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["enlightenment-and-attitude","enlightenment-principles","god","god-realization","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical","philosophical-musings","philosophical","philosophy","reality","self-realization","spiritual-insights","spiritual","spirituality-vs-religion","truth-inspirational"],"id":108706,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man of action pursuing practical goals of personal happiness and wealth or the philosophic man who lives in a world of theoretical and metaphysical ideas? We ascribe the value quotient to our lives by making decisions that we score as either valid or invalid based upon our personal ethics and how we think and behave.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["behavior","dream-world","happiness","invalidation","life-is-a-dream","mental-state","mental-states","metaphysical","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical-quest","metaphysical","metaphysical-truth-reality","metaphysics","metaphysics","mind-power","mind-set","mindset","mindset-mastery","mindset-matters","mindset","personal-ethics","philosopher","philosophical","philosophy","philosophy-of-life","philosophy","practical","practicality","quotient","rational","rational-thinking","rational-thought","rationality","self-assessment","self-mastery","self-mastery","self-referential","self-reflecting","self-reflection","validation","value-of-life"],"id":165884,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Simply put, That Which Is - what most of us call God - is not a physical person nor a this or that spirit etc. Is the Quintessence of All That Is.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["belief","enlightenment-principles","enlightenment","god","good-and-evil","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical-truth-reality","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality-vs-religion","truth-telling","wellness-guru"],"id":251959,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"So, am I too, like all other humans, just a rogue? Sure! Just a notch less than those rascals wearing godly robes.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["funny-and-random","funny-but-true","funny","god","good-and-evil","human-nature","humanity-and-society","humankind","humorous-philosophy","humour-life","humourous-memoir","life-and-sayings","metaphysical-philosophy","motivational-inspirational","people-nature","people","philosophical-musings","philosophy-religion","reality-of-life","religion-spirituality","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality-vs-religion","wellness-evaluation-of-lifestyle"],"id":269569,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"If you do not grasp, intellectually or spiritually, the 'One' in All, you would've lived and died as your former self - ape, et all.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["good-thoughts","inspirational","life-philosophy","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical","metaphysical-truth-reality","motivational-enlightenment","motivational","spiritual-life","spirituality","spirituality-vs-religion","wellness-evaluation-of-lifestyle","wellness-guru","wellness-lifestyle"],"id":322099,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"Religious nuts, atheists, theists, as too most scientists fail to 'get' IT - the Ultimate Reality - because they seek it through ego.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["divine-grace","god","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical","metaphysical-truth-reality","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","truth"],"id":323140,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"Just get the 'One' in All. Then live accordingly. That's all.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["enlightenment-holiness","good-thoughts","holistic-thinking","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical-truth-reality","spirituality","wellness-lifestyle"],"id":336864,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"You be good. That's your business. The rest, leave to God. That's his business.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["divine-grace","god","good-and-evil","goodness-inspirational","life-and-living","life-lessons","metaphysical-philosophy","metaphysical","motivational-inspirational","philosophy-of-life","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","wellness-evaluation-of-lifestyle","wellness-guru","wellness"],"id":380671,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}