Monthly Archives: March 2014

Quotes - 2014

What Is Goodness?

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You need a generous mind, not only a wide mind. A mind that is full of space, but also a heart that gives without thought, without a motive, and that does not seek any reward in return. It is only in such fertile ground that goodness can grow.  – Krishnamurti

goodness

Doing good for no reason at all. Creating harmony and love just for the sake of it. Allowing people to grow and prosper. Such is the soil in which goodness prospers!

goal

Are we becoming ‘gooder’ every day? Does truth matter to us? Are we appreciative of beauty wherever we spot it? If so then we’re growing a true, beautiful and good soul!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM good no matter what!

Recommendation: The Awakening of Intelligence by Krishnamurti

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How To Find Love…

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.  – Marcel Proust

around us

Let’s notice them, there’s many of them all around us. Look for that essence that defines them and interact with that alone. That’s the real beauty that surrounds us.

be grateful

Being grateful is the key to all happiness and abundance. We should be thankful for whoever and whatever we possibly can. Give the heartfelt thanks in the form of prayer and actual words. Wish others well. Give of self. Life is nothing but good then. Rejoice!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM grateful for the loving people around me!

Recommendation: Savor This Moment

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What Is Zen?

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

reality?

We seek to understand by building up thoughts and opinions about everything we see and experience. That’s our way to comprehend what’s going on. Is there another way?

direct experience = zen

What if we experienced everything without building words about it inside our heads? For example when we see a bright drop of moisture on a verdant leaf, we absorb the experience as is. We don’t start saying to ourselves words like “Oh how beautiful is that! How green and lovely. So much more nicer than the fall season.” etc.. We put an end to the never ending opinionating and achieve greater clarity of mind and therefore peace. We experience reality.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM experiencing things as they are!

Recommendation: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki

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Who Was The Peace Pilgrim?

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The body, mind and emotions are instruments which can be used by either the self-centered nature or the God-centered nature.  – The Peace Pilgrim

a role model

In my early years of enquiry into the spiritual life Mildred Lisette Norman Ryder was a major influence. She’s more popularly known as The Peace Pilgrim. Her story is an amazing one. Her life was the message, a message of finding inner peace and spreading it via contact with others. She walked, literally hiked, all over the United States for 28 years of her life, walking the talk instead of just talking about it! You may download or order a printed copy of her inspiring book here.

her message

Her central message is that we must be genuinely peaceful first and then that peace can be a beacon for others.

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. – The Peace Pilgrim

She speaks about 4 Preparations, 4 Purifications and 4 Relinquishments in order to achieve a peace beyond understanding… More here or in her book!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM peaceful by nature!

Recommendation: Peace Pilgrim by Peace Pilgrim

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How To Unfold…

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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.  – Oscar Wilde

we hide

We hide behind a façade that’s manufactured by us and over time lose sight of how we were born. We are more concerned about how we appear to others. We don’t want to be hurt and certainly we don’t want to be exposed.

our essence

We are a unique expression of Universal Intelligence. We do have many rough edges, nevertheless we must expose our nature to the outside world. We must let go and thus experience our gifts to the world and to us. A child is more herself compared to how she’ll eventually grow up to be. We must be child-like. That’s a secret to happiness.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM expressing my inner child!

Recommendation: Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken… by Mike Robbins

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Why Today?

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Today is a perfect day to start living your dreams! – – seen on the internet!

when else?

If not today, then when? Why do we continue to procrastinate? When will we stop hesitating to do and be what we really want to?

now

Better still, why not right now? What one step can we take today, right now, that’ll further the vision we have deep inside us?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM living my dreams!

Recommendation: Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken…

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How To Be All Right?

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When you are all right, everything else is all right.  – Vernon Howard

all right?

Are we all right? What’s not right about us? How can we get back on track? What’s missing?

all right

We can be all right. We just need to pause and collect ourselves. We need to slow down. We should be calmer. When the river of stillness has descended into our being, we’ll fall back on track. We’ll be all right.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM all right…

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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