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Quotes - 2011

Why It’s Possible…

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What I most want you to dream of, are possibilities that thrill you.

What I most want you to feel, is happy.

And what I most want you to know, is that you’re loved.

Always and forever… – The Universe

possibilities

According to some, God and the Universe are exploding the full potential and possibilities inherent in the individual nodules of creativity that are us! The realms of time and space are teaming with life, and in wonderment of all that is possible. When we dwell in a state of possibilities, we’re likely living to our full potential. And then all is well and functioning just as it should!

happiness and love

If we’re not happy, why is that? If we can’t experience love then no wonder we’re not happy. If we’re fearful of life and the future then what’s the meaning of this all? If we but realize that we are the very children of the Infinite One, then what can we even worry about? We are princes and princesses who live like paupers not realizing that our divine inheritance surrounds us. Let’s wake up to this liberating realization!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a crown prince/princess!

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

Notes from the Universe: New Perspectives from an Old FriendKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2011

Will We?

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But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? – Amelia Barr

self

If we know self, we’ll know why we do what we do…we’ll know what pesters us and why, and we’ll know where we’re headed.

stillness

The perfect way to self-knowledge is via stillness. Such a practice quietens our mind, stills the electro-chemical currents in our being, and puts  us in touch with the very essence of it all.

5 minutes once or twice a day is all that it takes! Will we?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still.

Recommendation: One Month to Live by Kerry Shook

One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets LifeKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Gita, Quotes - 2011

What Is True Wisdom?

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13.2 Know that I am the knower in all the fields of my creation; and that the wisdom which sees the field and the knower of the field is true wisdom. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 13)

wisdom?

What is wisdom?

  • Is it an ability to understand things as they are?
  • Does it help in understanding origins and destinies?
  • Does it aid in living happily?

true wisdom

According to the supreme God personality speaking via The Gita true wisdom is when we realize that God is the ‘field’, the creation and that she’s the knower of her creation as well. God is the knower and that which is knowable.

God creates us to experience totality, to experience what she is, to enjoy being limited and thus finds a way to escape her infinity…We are her children in this eternal adventure, we have nowhere to go but to her, we are safe now and forever!

Daily Affirmation: Today I see what is.

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

The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2011

Life Is For Living!

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The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. – Bob Moawad

an amazing journey

Life is what we make it, let’s decide to make it amazing for us and everyone around us!!

vacation

On vacation this week, see you Monday August 15th!

Daily Affirmation: Today Life is amazing!

Recommendation: Little Gold Book of YES! by Jeffrey Gitomer

Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude: How to Find, Build and Keep a YES! Attitude for a Lifetime of SUCCESSKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2011, Stillness

BeZenDo Revisited!

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Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. – Keri Russell

the art & science of change!

We’ve covered a lot to ideas and techniques during this whole change series! The entire list is provided below…

There is a science we must follow as well as an art that ought to be considered whenever we want to change. I’ve attempted to share just that with you. Sometimes all we need to do is just decide to change!

Are you ready to make that change!?

1. How Do I Fix It?: Started with the question on how can one change permanently?


2. Be Zen Do!: The guiding principle…


3. What Needs To Change?: What must change?


4. How To Become More Aware: Becoming more aware…


5. Making Time For The Important Stuff!: Need to make time for all this change stuff!


6. What’s Our ‘Immunity To Change’?: How we live undiscovered assumptions


7. How To Lose Weight!: Using several ‘influencers’ to change…


8. How To Cement Change…: How meditation fits in…


9. How to Affirm Our Way To Change: Why affirmations are essential!


10. How And Why Visualization Works: Why Visualization is an indispensable tool!


11. How To Program Self…: Ways to further succeed in our change efforts!


12. Three Minds And A Habit: Why we must involve our complete being when attempting to change…

 

be~zen~do revisited

This guiding principle is an easy to remember mantra and here I’ve listed the essential elements that make up Be Zen Do!


Be –> Vision|Become aware of self and goals|Awareness


Be <—> Do Preparation|Understand what needs to change and how|Transformation


Do <—> Be Creation|Evaluate what was done and its impact|Action


 

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my own master.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

Living the Science of MindKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2011, Stillness

The Three Minds And A Habit!

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God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me. – Change Quotes 

the 3 minds

There’s the rational mind, the emotional mind and in this categorization the higher or spiritual mind. Unless all 3 are involved in our change efforts, change or success will be hard to reach.

  • Rational Mind: It must make logical sense for us to pursue a change goal. It could be better health that draws us towards an exercise goal and we then see how it can benefit us in the long run.
  • Emotional Mind: We must be passionate about the change we want to see in our lives. Without such emotional involvement the goal won’t mean much, but if we have meaning attached to our purpose then very little stands between us and our goals!
  • Higher Mind: We must have a higher purpose. Without a lofty goal that takes us beyond our routine life, change will be hard. If our change goal is tied to our ‘Life Purpose’ then movement towards such a goal will be swift!

Success is guaranteed when the 3 minds work in tandem towards a goal that unifies our entire personality, our logical mind, our emotions and our highest leanings!

the personal success rhythm

As we embark on a change journey we need a rhythm, a  personal success habit. The tips given in a previous change blog, Making Time For The Important Stuff can be used to to create such a daily success rhythm. Once we have that rhythm going, success will become just another habit. It’s an established fact that any habit takes about 4 weeks to become one. Let’s attempt to do daily that for which we want to create new neuron pathways! Can we make a pledge today to establish such a rhythm?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM unified!

Recommendation: Excuses Begone!: How to Change…by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking HabitsKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How To Program Self…

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Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. – Rumi

the change journey

So far we’ve covered a lot of ground…

  1. How Do I Fix It?: Started with the question on how can one change permanently?
  2. Be Zen Do!: The guiding principle…
  3. What Needs To Change?: What must change?
  4. How To Become More Aware: Becoming more aware…
  5. Making Time For The Important Stuff!: Need to make time for all this change stuff!
  6. What’s Our ‘Immunity To Change’?: How we live undiscovered assumptions
  7. How To Lose Weight!: Using several ‘influencers’ to change…
  8. How To Cement Change…: How meditation fits in…
  9. How to Affirm Our Way To Change: Why affirmations are essential!
  10. How And Why Visualization Works: Why Visualization is an indispensable tool!

eft & pstec

Emotional baggage from our childhood and our past in general can be a major drag on our present. Many of us have suffered traumas that we haven’t fully processed yet. These can be a heavy albatross around our change efforts. Luckily, other than psycho-therapy there are some self-programming and hypnosis tools that can do wonders:

  • EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques): This is an amazing self-help tool that combines meridian tapping and affirmations to root out emotional issues that drag us down and even those that are the cause of our current day physical ailments. The tapping erases neural pathways that obstruct present day normal functioning.
  • PSTec: Another amazing tool that uses pattern interruption and self-hypnosis to remove unhealthy neural pathways. By using this technique one can remove phobias, fears, depression, compulsions, resentments and even program positive emotions instead.

These tools are highly recommended and they help us to face the issue and to neutralize root emotional causes…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a master self-technician!

Recommendation: The EFT Manual by Gary Craig

The EFT Manual (EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques)Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6