Namaste Now!

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. - Edith Lovejoy Pierce

our life is up to us
Throw off the assumptions that chain your life. Be born again. Resolve to think afresh and [...]

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The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
new years have come and gone
Here comes another one.
How will it be ‘new’ for you?
build a new soul
Focus on that which truly matters. Your soul; your innermost nature.
What would [...]

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The fool wonders, the wise man asks. - Benjamin Disraeli

ask first
We often ask ourselves; what should I do next? That’s a great step forward, we must ask first. What then? Often we keep asking and nothing seems to happen? What’s going on?
then observe
Nothing seems to happen because we’re expecting a certain answer! And we only [...]

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Don’t seek reality, just put an end to opinions. - Sheng-ts’an (Zen Monk)

what do you seek?
And how do you go about it?
stop separating
Notice how you think. You often examine one object, situation or person then compare it with something else. This constant comparison is a major cause of the constant chatter in our minds.
Recognize that, [...]

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Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others. - Wilfred Peterson

with your own self first
This quote goes to the heart of truthfulness and consistency. If we watch ourselves, we’ll notice our various attitudes towards [...]

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