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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Your Original Medicine

No one else has the same configuration of life experience and perspective that you hold. This is your “original medicine,” nowhere else duplicated. – Gail Larsen

your ticket

Your ticket to life’s goodness, bounty, happiness and fulfillment is your own uniqueness. Your essence, your individuality, is your ‘original medicine’ according to Gail Larsen.

original medicine

This term comes from a Native Indian tradition of North America. You need to find and claim your ‘original medicine’ if you want to enjoy life. According to the Urantia Papers there are up to 7 trillion inhabited planets in a small portion of the Universe that we inhabit. If that were true, imagine the sheer number of individuals in the Universe! Well, you are unique amongst them all!

Affirmation: Today I AM thankful for my uniqueness. I focus on what only I can offer to the world.

Recommendation: Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

The Double Ouch

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.  – William Shakespeare

we try and be someone else

I was reading (actually listening) to Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen this morning and one of the key principles she espoused was around ‘being yourself’. She mentions this concept of the ‘double ouch’ as it relates to public speaking. It essentially means that most of us have the potential to fail twice, once as we try to be someone else and a 2nd time when we fail as our own selves!

fail as ourselves

Instead try the single ouch where you allow only your own self to fail or prosper! Give you to yourself completely, that would be a lifetime’s journey all by itself!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM me. I succeed as myself.

Recommendation: Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Life Is Beautiful!

The moment one gives a close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world unto itself. – Henry Miller

pure attention

Pure attention is what it takes to truly live in the moment. Without attention we live a hypnotized life. One in which we’re constantly lost in our thoughts. What do we miss when we live completely inside our head?

pure beauty

Life is beautiful. And yes it’s in the eye of the beholder. Actually it’s in the consciousness of the beholder. If the beholder doesn’t behold, does the beauty still exist?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM empty in mind. I enjoy the wonders around me!

Recommendation: Savor This Moment

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Your Greatest Accomplishment

The greatest accomplishment began as a decision once made. – Michael Rawls

visualize the big goal

But don’t be overwhelmed by it. Know that you’ve accomplished an assortment of goals in the past; you’ll do better this time!

decision time

So go ahead and make that decision. The one to start towards your goal, today! Notify the Universe that you intend to carry through, that you mean it, that nothing will hold you back and that you expect things to work out. The Universe listens kindly and smiles…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the decision engine! What I decide, happens!

Recommendation: Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

By Itself…

Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself. – Lao-tsu

let it be

The mind, when allowed to run amuck, can play quite a number on us. Controlling it is not super easy. Stillness helps, especially over time. During the day, even during your meditation, the technique that works best is: Just let it be. If some idea comes knocking at your order, refuse entry. If the idea forces itself in, let it do what it wants but don’t engage. Just let it be. Eventually it’ll get the message and let you be. Peace results.

affects everything else

Once you have peace and can perceive reality, everything else is positively affected. You can see things and face reality squarely. If you erred in your interaction with another person, you’ll know it. You can make better decisions, better relationships and maintain the joy which results from the peace.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM letting go. I flow with life.

Recommendation: The Secret of Letting Go by Guy Finley

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Bathe Daily!

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. – Zig Ziglar

hard work

Life is hard work. We’re essentially a tabula rasa when we’re born. Everything that we do, makes us, every habit, every project, achievement, goal etc. We literally build our inner ‘soul’ through our persistence and hard work.

daily reminders

Because nothing much is free in life. We must remind ourselves daily to:

  • Pray: Connect with our spiritual source. Motivate ourselves.
  • Thank: Be thankful for all we have and are.
  • Love: Love all, including self.
  • Set Goals: Live life on purpose.
  • Exercise: Our mind, body and soul.

Daily Affirmation: Today I sharpen my saw. I focus on what’s important.

Recommendation: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

The New Religion

Teacher, let’s you and I make a new religion, one good enough for India and big enough for Rome … – Ganid to Jesus (The Urantia Papers)

background

According to the Urantia Papers Jesus spent many months with a couple of visitors from India during his ministry around the middle-east, much before his crucifixion. Ganid the son of an Indian trader, got quite close to Jesus. It’s an account worth reading here!

the new religion

Here’s my take on the tenets of the ‘new religion’ that’s 2000 years old. It’s still ‘new’ because no large group of people has ever practiced it in its pure form. If we did, the world would change. It’s a religion that requires no earthly authority. It’s all between you and God.

  1. God is within you: Tap into that presence via meditation and prayer. Reflect on what this truly means. The God of this whole creation, resides within and shares your life with you! You are very valuable.
  2. God is within everyone else: Treat everyone accordingly. God is the common thread between all of us. That makes us all brothers and sisters. How can this truth guide us daily?
  3. Love is the answer: Relationships are of utmost importance. Anytime you don’t know what to do, ask ‘What will love do in this situation’? Anytime you don’t know how to be, be love. Focus on the right goals in life.

Daily Affirmation: Today I move in God’s presence, I see and acknowledge God in everyone.

Recommendation: God Is Closer Than You Think by John Ortberg

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