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Quotes - 2011

That Which We Must Conquer…

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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. – Sir Edmund Hillary

never the external

All that we dislike, all that irritates us, all that we desire and want has an origin in our inner life. It’s how we interpret life and circumstances that determines how we do and how we feel about self and others. So the quest for peace, for happiness, towards fulfillment and self-realization must begin and end within.

inner life

Our inner life is therefore paramount. Nothing more and nothing else. What does that mean? It’s all about…

  • How we view self and others
  • What irritates and pleases us
  • What’s important to us, our life purpose
  • How we can stay happy and selfless

How’s our inner-life?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM aware of self.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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Quotes - 2011

Why There’s Nothing to Fear…

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The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are trusting in your own strength. – A Course In Miracles

why we fear

Beyond biological fear that’s handed down generationally, there’s the everyday fear that we often live with. Where does it come from? There are many shallow and peripheral reasons why we feel fear. These can be fear of losing health, wealth, family and the like. If examined at deeper levels the reason is exactly what the amazing quote above highlights. We fear life and its circumstances because we fall for the illusion that it’s all up to us!!

freedom from fear

All we see and all we experience is within the über paradigm we may call God. We literally move and have our being in God. Nothing goes unnoticed in the universe. If we believe that we’re fully responsible for us, we’ll always be disappointed because we cannot ensure our ultimate well-being. We’re simply not capable enough. We can instead rely on God as an essential anchor through-out our day and our lives. Doing so is the pre-requisite to a happy, peaceful, fulfilling and fearless life! Try it.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM safe because God is my strength!

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Quotes - 2011

How To Fly…

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford

head winds

The world is being buffeted with hard situations. Let’s remember that there’s always light at the end of the tunnel and that there’s a silver lining to just about every situation. Let’s learn from the Japanese people on how to stay stoic and civilized even when the worst happens!

flight

All will be well. We must have faith and believe that; then continue to move in a forwardly direction. That’s the way out, that’s what’s required, let’s keep at it, because we’ll have no choice then, but to fly!

Daily Affirmation: Today I rise with the wind!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Why We Can’t Be Broken

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

broken?

After the devastating Tsunami in Nippon we’re all feeling a sense of loss, fear and uncertainty about the future. It’s so natural to feel that way. Let’s invite that feeling and not push it away. When we do that we come face to face with it and can experience it fully. Doing that is our ticket to feeling better. A primary goal of life is to banish fear and to embrace love in its stead.

prayer

The idea is to raise our own vibrations and not be affected by negative vibes from outside ourselves. A great way to raise our vibrations is to pray, to chant , to sing and to generally reach for and experience joy. As we do that, we heal and become capable of serving and healing others. Rejoice my friends because we’re all ultimately safe, believe this truth and celebrate!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM safe and joyous!

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

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What Silence Leads To…

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6.30 And when he sees me in all and he sees all in me, then I never leave him and he never leaves me.

6.31 He who in this oneness of love, loves me in whatever he sees, wherever this man may live, in truth this man lives in me. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 6)

god realization

Meditation, silence and a life of love-soaked service leads to an ever increasing realization of God. This ‘realization’ consists of seeing God in everything and everything in God according to this holy book of the Hindus.

love…

What emerges from this ‘vision’ of life is that love abounds and is the underpinning of reality itself. Love of God and by extension love for others reveals how we’re all connected at the deepest level. We are all brothers out on an eternal adventure that keeps unfolding…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM one with all, in love.

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

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How To Walk The Talk …

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We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making very difficult decisions. Start removing things from your life that are not filling your cup and adding things that bring joy in to your life. – Lisa Hammond

truth

Being true to self is super tough. It’s so hard to look at self with objectivity. How can we do it when we live in ourselves? But that is what’s required if we’re going to progress in our relationship to self, to others and to the world.

reflection

With reflection comes greater self-knowledge. Journaling on deep-soul questions is an amazing way to reflect, here’s a blog I had written on it. As we reflect through journaling and meditation we grow. That in turn allows us to simplify our lives. A simple life is a joyous one.

Daily Affirmation: Today I reflect and simplify.

Recommendation: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How Will You Know What You Want?

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Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do. – Kathleen Winsor

doing

We all are doing too much, daily. If we won’t stop and listen to our heart, to the divine calling, awaken to our real purpose in life, we will end up being resentful old people! We don’t want that do we?

eureka!

Where and when do you get your best ideas?

I get mine while in the shower, when shaving or meditating! Archimedes got his in the tub. Churchill on the pot! It’s when we’re truly ‘being’ that we receive a lot of inspiration. And that’s the key, to sprinkle ‘being’ moments through-out our day. That’s the way to stay connected to ‘source’. We will then know what to stop doing and what to do next instead of having no real clue. The following is advice I gave to a coaching client, I try and live the same advice:

Every hour, if you can, just stop for a few minutes. Sit. Breathe deeply. Know that the divine is with you, where you are, at that moment. Ask for help and get going again….

Daily Affirmation: Today I stop, breathe, connect, then go.

Recommendation: True Purpose by Tim Kelley

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