Monthly Archives: September 2012

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What’s True Ambition?

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True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. – Bill Wilson

true ambition

We all struggle with what to do in life. We want safety, assurance, fulfillment and happiness. We often end up doing that which doesn’t satisfy the soul. What is true ambition? What should we aspire to? And how?

useful and guided

Our lives will be narrow and self-centered if we only live for self. Think about it, God is the ultimate reality and if we can be divinely guided then life can be nothing but a huge success. How can we be guided by God? How can we be useful to others? With these two guiding principles life simply unfolds its treasures and lays them on our path forward…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM guided to be useful to others!

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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How To Be Original!

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It is the never-ceasing questioning of things as they are which makes us original authors. – Vernon Howard

programmed

Are we living a programmed life? Do we react the same way every time? Do we act predictably when our emotional buttons are pushed? How are we machine-like rather than human?

be original!

We can reclaim our originality by becoming more aware. We can recognize when we’re attempting to control others by throwing a tantrum; or when we’re being controlled by others who can’t handle the way we think or the way we are. By stopping and questioning what’s going on, by attempting to understand what’s ‘real’ and by being bold enough to act as necessary we’re being ‘original’. We unleash our creative self and we stop living hypnotic lives…

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Daily Affirmation: Today I AM  paying attention to what’s really going on!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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How To Banish Worry (series)

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Stress is an ignorant state.  It believes that everything is an emergency. – Natalie Goldberg

trouble

When real or perceived trouble approaches we get stressed. We often don’t know what to do about it. This week let’s focus on another principle that’ll help us tackle worry. ’Living in day-tight compartments’ was the first principle to help us disengage from worry! Thank you Dale Carnegie for sharing this wisdom with us!

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2nd Principle to Overcome Worry: Know how to face trouble a) Ask yourself, “What is the worst that can possibly happen?” b) Prepare to accept the worst. c) Try to improve on the worst.

Figuring out the worst case scenario forces us to face it. Once we face it we may find that it’s really not that bad. Next we can ‘prepare’ to deal with such an eventuality. Finally we can do what we can to improve the situation. Let’s use our thinking faculty, stop hyper-ventilating and do the best we can!

Daily Affirmation: Today I face trouble calmly!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Why We Must Create!

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We were created to create, not to react!  – Neale Donald Walsch

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We mostly react our way through life. We wait for things to happen. We bury our heads in the sand. We let things get out of hand. We don’t think that we are creators. We don’t think we’re worthy enough to be children of God!

create

But we are the offspring of the Creator, we do spring from the very bosom of the Universe and we are much more than we imagine. We must awaken to our heritage and our inheritance, we must love boldly, think like creative children and live without abandon! Let’s create beauty all around us, in our relationships and in everything that we attempt! Are we up-to the challenge?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM an active creator child!

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

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How We Can Be Happy Now…

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…that you can be happy right here, not tomorrow, not in ten minutes, but now. You can be happy right now.  – Byron Katie

now

We can choose to be happy now. It’s a choice we make, it’s the way we think and it’s the way we view our world. What will we choose right now?

happy no matter what?

How can we be happy if the world is crashing around us? How can we be happy if we’ve just lost a dear one? One way to effect that is to activate the faith we all have. We can have faith that God is in charge. We can believe that life is eternal. We can express gratitude for everything that is working in our lives.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM happy NOW!

Recommendation: Even Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

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Why We Must Be Happy NOW!

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Be happy now, and as long as you keep doing that, I will give you unlimited happiness.  – The Secret

happy

We want to be happy. Which is why we worry now so that our future can be taken care-of. According to ‘The Law of Attraction’ we have it all reversed.

now!

We must be happy now. We must be in balance today. We must expect, now, that it’ll all work out. We must be content today.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM thrilled!

Recommendation: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

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How To Be Spiritual!

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To be real is to be spiritual.  – Vernon Howard

spirituality

We aspire to be spiritual. But what does that feel like? How can spirituality be defined? Here’s a dictionary definition:

spir·i·tu·al [ spírrichoo əl ]  

  1. of soul: relating to the soul or spirit, usually in contrast to material things
  2. of religion: relating to religious or sacred things rather than worldly things
  3. temperamentally or intellectually akin: connected by an affinity of the mind, spirit, or temperament

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‘To be real is to be spiritual’! So pithy, so perfect and fit a definition of spirituality! What does being real mean though? Here’s an interpretation along a few of life’s dimensions:

  • Self: See my self as I truly am. Understand my thoughts, desires and emotions along with their origin. Know my place in the Universe. Know my relationship to divinity. Learn to be happy.
  • Family: Understand my duty to family. Understand relationships as they are. Help others be happy.
  • Society: Know my responsibility to Life. Act on making life better for everyone.
  • By being real we understand self and situations. We’re well prepared to live a happy and productive life. We are spiritual.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM real!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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