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Quotes - 2012

What Life Is All About…

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Be led by joy. That’s the whole point.  – Mike Dooley

joy

We seek joy. We must be that which we seek. How can we be joy? How can we find joy in all that we do? Shouldn’t joy be our main goal?

create it

Joy comes from the meaning we give to life and its events. Why do we feel joy when we first receive the object of our desire? Why does the joy go away over time? Why does accomplishment instill joy within us? We should investigate these ideas at some length.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM joyous!

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

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Stillness

How To Be Master Of Self!

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Your awareness of yourself is greater than yourself. – Guy Finley

self

Self is where we live, amidst our thoughts about us and alongside opinions of everyone and everything! We live in a maelstrom of ideas, fears, dreams and concepts. We muddle through life never entering the eye of the self-created storm.

awareness

Just becoming aware of self and our thoughts buys us a great vantage point. Suddenly we see our whole conscious self. That seeing allows us a perspective that’s not available otherwise.

Becoming self-aware is the first step towards self-mastery…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM observing self!

Recommendation: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living by Guy Finley

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Quotes - 2013

The Easiest Way To Peace…

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It’s never about them… – Namaste Now!

them

It’s super easy to blame others and external circumstances. ‘He shouldn’t have said that.’, ‘Why did she do that?’, ‘Life isn’t fair.’, ‘Why do CEOs make so much money?’ and so on. We are masters at the blame game.

us

Life is perceived and created all within our own minds. Even if someone or something is to blame, how we think about these things and what they mean to us is what truly matters. If we can understand that it’s always about how we think about life, then we can handle anything Life throws into our laps…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM changing my own perception of the world!

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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Quotes - 2013

Why Self-Knowledge Is Key…

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Who but you knows your inner state, so who but you can change it?  – Vernon Howard

what we are

Only we can be our own masters. To be so, we must know self. Knowing self means we understand our proclivities, our insecurities and fears, our longings, our self-deception plus more! It’s a journey that must be undertaken…

awareness

Life calls us to be our own masters by throwing challenges at us. Each life situation has multiple lessons built into it. We’re on this planet to grow as children of God. Life isn’t conspiring against us; it’s providing a perfect school for our growth so that we can be masters of self!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM striving to know self!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Quotes - 2013

Why The Future Sucks!

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The present moment is a living rainbow. – Guy Finley

the future

The future sucks because it never delivers on its promises. It suckers us into believing that something most amazing will eventually happen and that it will be the thing we’ve always wanted. Inevitably we’re left wanting and desperate at the very doorsteps of this tyrant we call the future…

the present moment

Now, on the other hand, is beautiful. The most precious gifts are bestowed to us in the present moment. But we scarcely pay attention. This time that’s upon us is beautiful beyond comparison. It really is like the rainbow in all its colorful splendor rising from one end of infinity and descending into the other. Let’s pay more attention to it.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM loving Now more than the Future!

Recommendation: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living by Guy Finley

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Quotes - 2013

How To Transform Our Lives…

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Love, what is. – Namaste Now!

all good

There’s a much larger purpose that’s unfolding. It’s unfolding in our lives and all around us. If we can catch this undercurrent it’ll pull us along. We’ll be happier and more fulfilled. It knows how to take best advantage of everything that’s happening. Even our saddest and most traumatic events will become more understandable in good time. It really is all good. Let’s embrace what is. It’s the path to the future we all want…

love it

The way to peace and wisdom is to love it all. This doesn’t mean we understand everything that’s happening to us. It just means that we accept that it’s all good and for a greater purpose. We accept in faith that God has this all figured out and that we should let go. We comprehend that Love is the real currency of Life. And decide to become shining examples of this love, to self and to others.

Ref: By Love, For Love and To Love and https://namastenow.com/how-not-to-be-irritated/

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM an embodiment of living love…

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia

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Quotes - 2013

How Not To Be Irritated…

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We’re agitated when we resist what is. – Namaste Now!

agitation

When things don’t happen the way we want them to happen we become irritated. It’s the assertion of our will or ego that causes this irritation. Let’s examine when and why we get agitated. What didn’t happen or isn’t happening that’s causing us to be irritable? Dispassionate awareness of that situation will tend to calm us down…

allowing

The way to peace and wisdom is to let Life be what it is. This doesn’t mean we don’t plan or act to design our future. It just means that when we’ve done our best, we let the chips fall where they will, and be ok with that. There’s incalculable intelligence behind what’s going on, let’s not underestimate it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM consciously letting go…

Recommendation: Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There by Sylvia Boorstein

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