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Quotes - 2012

How We Hurt Self!

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Realize that defense of your wrong position is defeat for your life. – Vernon Howard

self-defeating

Our ego gets in the way. Often! Our instinctive reaction is to defend everything about us and what we say. This is actually a self-defeating habit. I’m a prime example of this proclivity in action! You might be too.

truth

Truth serves us best! We must be transparently truthful with our own selves. Defending what is indefensible makes us weaker. We get stronger the more we master self!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM more accepting of my faults and still feel good!!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Quotes - 2014

How To Get What We Want!

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The only way to get what you really want is to know what you really want.

The only way to know what you really want is to know yourself.

The only way to know yourself is to be yourself.

And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.  – The Universe

what?

What do we want from life? What path must we follow? How can we be happy and fulfilled? How can there be more meaning in our lives?

heart

There’s a still small voice within our hearts. This voice speaks to us when we allow it space. It speaks to us when we ask questions. Its voice becomes comprehensible if we can truly listen. Therein lies the answer to the most important enigmas in life!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM listening to my heart!

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

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Quotes - 2014

How To Have An Abundant Life!

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Thank you for the wind and rain…
Thank you for the sun.
Thank you for what I have now…
And all the good things to come.
Every morning when I wake…
Before I start my day.
I think of all the good things…
That will come my way. – Chris Cade

gratitude

Constant gratitude for what’s true, beautiful and good in our lives is the surest way to happiness.

glass half full

The glass is often half full, there’s a silver lining to any cloud and things always work for the betterment of all concerned. These are truths that we ought to accept and practice. By discerning the positive and what’s working in our lives we know exactly what to be thankful for in our lives! Let’s do it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM full of gratitude for what’s great in my life!

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Quotes - 2014

What’s The Real Secret?

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Happiness is a state of being, and comes from the inside of you. By the law of attraction you must become on the inside what you want on the outside.  – Rhonda Byrne

an inside job

The thought creation must come first! The feeling that would normally accompany the manifestation of that thought must appear alongside the thought. When we do that as fellow creators with Divinity the Universe is compelled to respond…

the real secret

The real secret isn’t about manifesting what we desire into our lives; even though the Law of Attraction does deliver, it’s about experiencing happiness. So the trick is to imagine the highest, which at one level is happiness. So imagine and feel the happiness and the rest shall follow.

Better still imagine happiness for the whole world! Imagine being an instrument of God that does her will on this planet. When we desire everyone’s happiness we seek the highest for everyone collectively. That then is the highest secret. Seeking God’s will for us as we become instrumental in serving others!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM, and we are, happy!

Recommendation: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

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Quotes - 2014

How To Reach Our Destination…

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I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.  – Oscar Wilde

winds

The winds of change will always buffet us. We can fine-tune our attitude at anytime to go with the flow and arrive safely.

destination

We will always reach our destination. Except it may not be the one we expected. The winds, the Universe, have a grander design and with the right attitude it takes us where we really need to go…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM adjusting my attitude!

Recommendation: Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox

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Quotes - 2014

How To Live Completely In The Moment

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It lives completely in the present, and perceives nothing more than what is at this moment. – Alan W. Watts

consciousness!

Our ‘primary consciousness’ only knows the present. Our mind generates thoughts about everything. That generation of thoughts takes us away from the primary moment which is now.

thoughts!

Our thoughts try to continually process what has already happened or try to predict what might happen. When we drop into fully experiencing what’s going on especially with our full mind, body and soul, thoughts disappear. The essential trick to being fully present is to be able to control the generation of thoughts…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM experiencing what’s going on!

Recommendation: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts

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Quotes - 2014

Why Can’t We Be Happy Now?

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If to enjoy even an enjoyable present we must have the assurance of a happy future, we are “crying for the moon.”  – Alan W. Watts

future now

We can’t be happy now because we want our future to be happy. We dwell in that future. We lose now. We can’t truly be happy now because we’re ever anxious about our future.

no guarantees

We live in a world of constant change. Nothing about the future can be guaranteed. We’re incapable of knowing much about the future. Our only choice then, is to embrace now, be happy now, right now…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM happy, now…

Recommendation: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts

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