Monthly Archives: May 2009

Quotes - 2009

A unified self leads to happiness

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.  – Mahatma Gandhi

True harmony can only come from a self that’s unified. Such a self is calm, intellectually growing, physically healthy and spiritually attuned.

Such a personality can handle disappointments more easily, can pick up and keep going towards insurmountable goals and is a pleasure to have around.

Such a person is not a saint, s/he’s a human who’s worked hard on self and has allowed the divine the pass through. Such a person has not reached a spiritual plateau, because there isn’t such a thing, but keeps growing while helping others along.

You can be such a person. Part of you already is.

Recommendation: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Quotes - 2009

Embrace fear…

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

Fear is our constant nemesis. How do we defeat it?

Do we need to defeat it though? What if we embrace each fear to try and experience the very worst that’s possible? What happens then?

When we do so in full awareness, from our center, the fear tends to melt away. We understand better whence it arose and why it has such a hold on us.

Run not away from your fears, nor bury them deep into an emotional corner, instead face each fear and let it do its worse on our own turf. It has no chance.

Recommendation: God Is Closer Than You Think

Quotes - 2009

A mind open in wonder!

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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. – Gerry Spence

And that’s what all belief does, it closes our mind to something greater and richer. Don’t get me wrong, belief is good and serves a great purpose, we just have to be prepared to adopt a higher or wider understanding of anything and everything as we grow.

An open mind filled with wonder, curious to know and learn, is just richer.

Recommendation: Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tse

Quotes - 2009

Do you have the blues?

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Nobody can teach you to sing the blues, you have to feel the blues. – Ernestine Anderson

Well hopefully you don’t because Spring has sprung in the Pacific Northwest, the air smells sweet and the sun is still gentle as the snow begins to slowly melt in the mountains.

When you feel the blues, change your body chemistry by imagining more beautiful and sunny times in your life. As you visualize such beauty, your body will produce mood enhancing chemicals which will make you feel better.

Want to feel like that at all times? Then simply observe life as it happens, don’t live in your thought labyrinth, liberate yourself by simply being. Pure awareness puts you in touch with the peace and joy that resides within you.

Simple. Like Spring.

Recommendation: In Tune With the Infinite

Quotes - 2009

Quit now!

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Quit now, you’ll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you’ll be halfway there. – David Zucker

It’s not as much what others tell us but what we tell our own selves, without even knowing it most times. We do this all day, and have probably done it all our lives.

It pays to become aware of our thought habits and replace the thoughts that don’t support our well being and the future we want to create.

Thoughts become things.

Remember that, make each thought count.

Recommendation: The Secret

Quotes - 2009

A loving thought…

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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. – George MacDonald

Everyday living slowly turns our thoughts and actions, harsh and selfish. That’s if we don’t take care of our garden within, water it, tend it and nourish it.

The way to nourish our inner life is by:

  1. Becoming aware of our thoughts as much as possible.
  2. Being aware of what we put into our minds, like the stuff we read and what we think.
  3. Allowing peace and love to sink in via meditation, prayer and Now time.
  4. And by consciously giving loving thoughts and doing acts of love/service to others.

It’s all about cultivating loving awareness. Namaste Now!

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About

Quotes - 2009

Where do we put our effort?

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In the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there’s no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. – John Kenneth Galbraith

We make our opinions a part of our very being, we identify with them, they make us. Which is why we have trouble relinquishing them. It’s hard giving up a cherished belief.

How can we best view the value of changing our beliefs, even supplanting them? How can we be more flexible in our thinking, for our own benefit?

 Affirmation: I’m open to all ideas and to a solution that benefits all. 

Recommendation: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People