http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/the-power-of-our-will en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;Reshape yourself through the power of your will... Those who have conquered themselves...live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame... To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same...Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Krishna</p><p align="center">from <em>The Bhagavad Gita</em></p><p>Self-mastery.</p><p>All the great teachers discuss its importance. Buddha advised us to <em>&quot;Conquer ourselves!&quot;</em> while Rumi taught us that <em>&ldquo;The intelligent want self control; children want candy.&quot; </em>And da Vinci was clear when he said that <em>&ldquo;One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.&rdquo;</em></p><p>Here's to the power of our will to reshape our lives...</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:14 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:241:241 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/241