Monthly Archives: February 2011

Quotes - 2011

What’s Most Important To Me?

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The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.  – Morrie Schwartz

what?

What’s most important to me? If we dwell on and journal this question often we’ll be all but forced to live a fulfilling life. How can I use my time most effectively? Once we  know what’s most important to us, we can think about how to spend our time. The rest follows automatically!

this week’s quote above!

This blog is off during the week of February 28th, see you back on March 7th!

Daily Affirmation: This week I dwell on that which is most important.

Recommendation: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

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Quotes - 2011

Why Change Our Perception?

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Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it. – Thaddeus Golas

change others!

We are driven. Driven to mold others in our own image. We know all the answers, we can help others be better and we know how to help others end their suffering. Heck we even know how the world can be a better place, we just know it all Smile!!

change self

Love the quote above! If we changed the way we view self and the world, we’d be a lot happier. The way to see an object is to see it as it is, not color it with our past experiences of it. The way to see people is to see them as they truly are and to recognize the magnificence that they often hide. The way to see our selves is to see with a soft, loving and forgiving gaze, knowing that we shall triumph and that all will be well!

Daily Affirmation: Today I truly see.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Quotes - 2011

Why Goodness Wins…

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As you view the world, remember that the black patches of evil which you see, are shown against a white background of ultimate good.  – The Urantia Papers

evil

Often we focus only on negativities. The press certainly does. We too perk up when we hear bad news from around the world. Why is that? One explanation, of course, is that we feel better when we discover our own circumstances to be better than others’. Another reason is that we feel that world-wide turmoil might lead to the better tomorrow we all want.

goodness

And that’s exactly what will happen and is happening. Let’s know and expect that goodness triumphs, that God’s plan will play out, that evil can’t last and that a brotherhood of mankind is now beginning to dawn! Celebrate!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a sibling to all.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011

Why Truth Always Triumphs!

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When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always. – Mahatma Gandhi

despair

During these trying times we will all feel an occasional despair. A lot of it comes from similar energies emitted by folks around us and across the world. Let’s watch for such an influence as it tries to overcome us. Also watch for negativity that we generate which accelerates an internal spiral downwards. Putting the spotlight on such thoughts does wonders and is often the way out!

truth triumphs

The Universe straddles on an unassailable base of Truth and Light. It proceeds from the God of all creation. There can be no darkness (lack of light) that can last for too long. This light attempts to shine from inside all of us. Our belief and faith in it gives it more leeway in our lives. Let’s rejoice in Goodness and revel in the fact that Truth will always triumph! There’s always light at the end of the tunnel!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM on the side of Truth!

Recommendation: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Gandhi

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Quotes - 2011

What To Do When Turmoil Hits?

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Give God time.  – Qur’an

increasing turmoil

Because change is ever present, apparent and real turmoil is what we confront on a daily basis. Now with revolution starting to overthrow despotic governments around the world we’ll begin to see increasing planet-wide turmoil.

one respite

A main strategy in dealing with turmoil is to look within. God is ever present and a willing partner to all aspects in our lives. Won’t he who designed and upholds the entire universe, who cares for even a sparrow and who ever seeks our attention not care enough to provide direction and solace to us? When our earthly parents can provide so much love how much more can our heavenly parents? We may not presume on another’s love but certainly we can bank on God’s. Let’s not live another moment in loneliness.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM with God.

Recommendation: In Tune with the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine

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Gita, Quotes - 2011

How To Find Harmony

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6.14 With soul in peace, and all fear gone, and strong in the vow of holiness, let him rest with mind in harmony, his soul on me, his God supreme.

6.15 The Yogi who, lord of his mind, ever prays in this harmony of soul, attains the peace of Nirvana, the peace supreme that is in me.…

6.16 Yoga is a harmony. Not for him who eats too much, or for him who eats too little; not for him who sleeps too little, or for him who sleeps too much. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 6)

balance

Only through living a balanced life can we achieve a mind in harmony which in turn leads to peace. Freedom from fear and peace are prerequisites to attaining closeness to and consciousness of God.

nirvana

If God is the author of this Universe and if there’s always a better way of doing or achieving something then seeking God’s input into our life must be a prime objective of life. When we can consistently dwell on, pray or talk to, God, we build the equanimity and peace that ensues from such a relationship. That’s Nirvana in daily life.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM in balance.

Recommendation: The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro

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Quotes - 2011

What Is Reality?

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No authority is higher than reality.  – Peter Nivio Zarlenga

which reality?

We live almost 100% subjective realities. We’re circumscribed in our experiences, our origin, the culture we grow up in or live in, our ego controlled minds and our own expectations of others and events. Even experiences of ‘God’ and the ‘Universe’ emerge quite differently based on the individual. Case in point is 100s of religions that abound.

seeking reality

Does that mean there’s no reality to be sought? I don’t think so. I believe that our universal quest is to seek such reality. I also believe that ‘love’ is the way forward. Relationships are the playground through which we’ll live, learn and experience this love. Let’s seek the highest reality we can know, love….

Daily Affirmation: Today I relate to one and all in love.

Recommendation: On Life after Death by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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