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Articles, Quotes - 2010

The Only Prayer!

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You need only one prayer to cover every difficulty in life. That prayer is, ‘I pray to see more.’ – Vernon Howard

ultimately safe

Under what circumstances do we pray? And why? Depending on your religious/spiritual belief system you might agree with me that we’re eventually safe. Nothing can harm us from an eternal point of view. Given that, what should we pray for? What can we pray for?

true understanding

I pray to see more…

Wow, what beauty and simplicity! That’s all we can really ask for, true understanding about what’s going on, a larger view point which puts everything into perspective, and more patience as time and events rollout reality itself.

Daily Affirmation: Today I seek greater understanding.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Quotes - 2010, Stillness

Impatient?

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Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are. – Master Yoda

impatient, we are

Continuing the Star Wars theme! Impatient we are, just about everything in our lives. Isn’t that true? I want my iPhone, I want that toy, I want you to …, I want that …, right now!! This is a tendency we all struggle with.

time for everything, there is

There is indeed a time for everything. In fact this reminds me of another quote:

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished – Lao-Tzu

Read this one at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC if I remember correctly. The quote speaks for itself. Enjoy slowing down, breathing easy, and deep, inhale life, notice things just as they are, enjoy life.

Daily Affirmation: Today I move at nature’s pace.

Recommendation: Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-zinn

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Master Yoda, Am I?

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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. – Seneca

star wars

My son and I finished watching the 6 movies that make up the dual Star Wars trilogies this week! The son and the father now talk just like Master Yoda in the movie! The Jedi Masters in Star Wars are the self-less crusaders who uphold  the true values of a Universe, underpinned by the good side of ‘The Force’. We are all like the Jedi.

comes from inside, power does

Our power, our peace, our wisdom and our path forward all come from deep inside us. Self-mastery is the way to all this goodness. Step by step, one experience after another, we move forward. What is your next step toward Jedi-Hood?

Today’s Affirmation: Today I AM a Jedi Master!

Recommendation: Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Born Artist, You Are

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Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

born with it, you are

You are a born artist. How you might ask? In two ways I will retort.

  1. Because you are unique and your take on life has no duplication, anywhere.
  2. An artist looks at the world, sees meaning, often deep meaning and expresses that meaning in ways that are true, beautiful and good. You can do that daily in whatever you create. You can do it when you express yourself while communicating, in cooking, any writing that you do, via any self-expression for that matter. If that self-expression is pleasing to you and to others then you are an artist.

state of mind, it is

So if you’re an artist already how come you and others don’t quite know it? That’s just a state of mind. Know when you express yourself that you’re an artist. Also realize that the Universal Intelligence craves to express through you. Allow that. Live that mindset, express yourself with that same mindset and be amazed at what you create!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM an artist in the way I express myself.

Recommendation: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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Quotes - 2010

Peace & Happiness

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Happiness and peace of mind follow pure thinking and virtuous living as the shadow follows the substance of material things. – The Urantia Papers on Buddhism, (131:3.3)

what it takes

Do you buy this quote? That what we truly seek (peace and happiness) is simply the result of high living and purity of thought?

living it

Pure thinking is thinking that’s selfless, not self-focused. It’s broad thinking, it cares for the well-being of the largest group possible. It is also about self-honesty and growth via increasing self-knowledge.

While pure thinking is more about being, pure living is all about doing. Doing that, which comes from thinking of the highest kind.

Daily Affirmation: Today I pursue truth in thought and in deed.

Recommendation: The Story of My Experiments with Truth – by Gandhi

Articles, Quotes - 2010, Stillness

The Zen Mind

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In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts there are few. – Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

the beginner’s mind

Such a mind is childlike. Not childish, but one that sees things anew, doesn’t discount anything, has few regrets and worries not about the future. It lives fully in each moment.

possibilities

Unencumbered such a mind is free to be creative and truly resourceful. This mind seeks possibilities, expresses emotions, resents not and exudes joy. What kind of mind do you have? Or does your mind have you?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM here, I AM now.

Recommendation: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Shambhala Library) by Shunryu Suzuki

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

If Only …

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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. – Mercedes Lackey

your big ones

The 3 big regrets most people have (according to a study referenced in a book I was listening to this morning called ‘Flip’) are:

  1. Education: Not being able to get the experience and training you really wanted.
  2. Business opportunities: Not grabbing and implementing business ideas as they appeared.
  3. Time with family: Not loving enough and not spending time with loved ones enough.

Regret has to do with missed opportunities and action not taken. What are your big ones?

today

What are you not doing, not being, not pursuing and not living, today, that will cause you to say ‘if only’ in the future? How do you handle regrets and disappointments today? Are you happy?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM action!

Recommendation: Flip: How to Turn Everything You Know on Its head—and Succeed Beyond your Wildest Imaginings by Peter Sheahan

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