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Quotes - 2011

How To Get Anything Done…

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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. – Elbert Hubbard

decide

Making decisions is tough. One big personal learning is that no decision is truly bad or wrong. Always does any decision allow us to make the best of the outcome and figure out the next best steps if only we have the right attitude. So let’s not fear making decisions, things will turn out just fine.

first step

Once the decision is made. Just jump in. Take that first step and notice that it was much easier than expected. Break down the rest of the effort into small steps and repeat. It’s not rocket science and one can’t fail!

Daily Affirmation: Today I decide and jump in!

Recommendation: Do It! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams

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Quotes - 2011

What’s The Original Sin?

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Imagine the universe beautiful and just and perfect. Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is to limit the Is. Don’t. – Richard Bach

the original sin

When we limit others and ourselves we commit the ‘original sin’. How? One example is when we think we know ‘Truth’ and that it’s our job to enlighten others with our knowledge. Sometimes we forget that the ‘Is’, God, reveals itself and expresses itself through everyone and through all that we see. This happened not just in the past (via messengers and holy texts) but also continues to happen today, now! Why? Because God is a living god and his expression through his creation is never ending…..

imagine

The antidote to the original sin is to open our minds, imagine great things and allow others to do the same. Let’s not limit others (and us) by pre-conceived notions and small thinking. Our future and the world’s salvation depends on it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I imagine big!

Recommendation: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Why We Must Let Go…

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People are so used to having their own way, they get distressed when something higher than themselves tries to have its way with them. And that, by the way, is what Truth, Reality is always trying to do, which is to dislodge you from your own life so that it can give you what it has prepared for you. – Vernon Howard

listen

Everything that happens to us is a message, the good the bad and the ugly. We ought to heed and pay attention, because when we don’t the prodding from ‘Truth’ and ‘Reality’ continues…

There’s a certain purpose afoot to all that goes on. When we pay attention and go ‘with the flow’ life becomes an adventure, more fun and certainly more meaningful.

let go

We must let go and relax. As we do that literally and figuratively, we can attune to the march of the Universe. We come closer to Nature. The Universal Life current itself starts to guide us, and as a result we’re happy campers! We can then explore what Life really has in store for us, which isn’t quite possible if we aren’t open to it.

Daily Affirmation: Today I glide with Life.

Recommendation: Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tse

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Quotes - 2011

Why Thoughts Matter

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There are no idle thoughts. – A Course In Miracles

thoughts separate

When we’re lost in our thoughts two things are going on. One is that we’re not aware of our connection to source and therefore unable to access our higher mind. The second is that we’re creating our future without being conscious of that fact.

thoughts create

By practicing stillness and by purposefully building a habit to stay in the moment we pave the way for greater creativity and clarity in life. Creativity is not just about creating art but , more importantly, it’s about making our life itself a work of art. Because ‘there are no idle thoughts’ let’s be more intentional on how we think. Let’s partner with the ‘higher mind’, while staying more in the moment, and design the life that we deserve.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a life artist!

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Gita, Quotes - 2011

Why God is God…

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7.6 All things have their life in this Life, and I am their beginning and end.

7.7 In this whole vast universe there is nothing higher than I. All the worlds have their rest in me, as many pearls upon a string.

7.8 I am the taste of living waters and the light of the sun and the moon. I am OM, the sacred word of the Vedas, sound in silence, heroism in men. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 7)

origin

We live in time and space. Time appears to move in one direction, forward and space appears to be expanding at all times. That’s highly suggestive of all things having originated at a time far distant in the past. Origins beg a cause. That ‘first cause’ can be termed God. According to The Gita, all Western Religions and many other belief systems, God is the ultimate person. He knows and he sees, just like we can. He created it, and us all, for a grand purpose…we can relate with her directly and one-on-one!

the highest

The highest ideals and the highest qualities are reflective of the creator. All creation marches towards perfection by accentuating and experiencing these ideals and qualities. That then is also a purpose of it all. God is alive and well, rejoice, fear not and ‘be exceedingly glad’.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM happy and safe because God IS!

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

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Quotes - 2011

Never Give Up!!

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Never, never, never, never ever give up! – Winston Churchill

life purpose

Our purpose is to grow and grow we can’t without change; change is scary; the way to handle change is to decide to handle all that life throws at us with the best attitude possible, because then nothing’s truly impossible and we can never really fail…………..

vacation

ON VACATION FROM WEDNESDAY MARCH 23RD TO APRIL 8TH, SEE YOU BACK ON MONDAY APRIL 11TH, TAKE CARE!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM deciding to never give up.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Gita, Quotes - 2011

When There’s Nothing Else to Know…

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7.1 Hear now, Arjuna, how thou shalt have the full vision of me, if thy heart is set on me and if, striving for Yoga, I am thy refuge supreme.

7.2 And I will speak to thee of that wisdom and vision which, when known, there is nothing else for thee to know. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 7)

for the asking

The goal of the ages is obtainable just for the asking. This book reveals that when the pupil is ready the teacher appears; when we ask we’re given. That’s especially true if we seek the ‘kingdom of God’ within because then everything else that’s spiritually necessary to achieve this ultimate goal is added onto our lives.

the greatest knowledge

The greatest knowledge is that which:

  • Allows us to live happy and fulfilling lives today
  • Helps us understand reality and our place in it
  • Clarifies for us where we’re headed

According to this ‘bible’ of the Hindus, when we seek ‘Yoga’ (union) with ultimate reality (God) then we start a chain of events that ultimately leads us to the very doorstep of All That Is.

Daily Affirmation: Today I seek God.

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

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