Living the effortless spiritual life…
Posted in Quotes - 2010 on Dec 1st, 2010
Don’t put on airs. Conceit and pretense don’t win people’s hearts; the facade soon crumbles. Be yourself. - Daisaku Ikeda
our airs
At some level we all exhibit who we’re not. That’s tiresome. It’s like trying to follow a lie we had uttered and having to keep up with it until it subsides! Being ourselves is natural, [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2010 on Oct 20th, 2010
Prayer is not a technique of escape from conflict but rather a stimulus to growth in the very face of conflict. - The Urantia Papers
what is prayer?
Apparently God is listening for our motivation and intent rather than the content of our prayers. For God the experience of being together via prayer is an end in [...]
Posted in Articles, Quotes - 2010 on Jun 27th, 2010
You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you. – Yogananda
exemplary living
How do you live a life that dazzles the world?
How can you best use the creativity you were born with? [...]
Posted in Articles, Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2010 on Jun 16th, 2010
When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy. - Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Writing down your soul?
What does that mean?
Janet Conner explains very eloquently in her book: ‘Writing Down your Soul’ and in this interview, that the ‘Soul’ is a name for that part of you, inside you, that’s [...]
Posted in Articles, Quotes - 2010 on Jun 6th, 2010
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. [...]
