It will never rain roses: When we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
We reap what we sow. We must be clear about our intentions, our desires and our goals. We ought to know our life goals, even our Life Purpose.
How is it possible to get what we truly want when we don’t know what we want?
How would do you come to know what you deeply desire?
Recommendation: True Purpose
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post-office. – Henry David Thoreau
The modern day equivalent to the Post Office is email, the internet and the cell phone! When we don’t have a satisfying inner life, we run towards outwardly distractions to occupy our minds. We fill our precious time with chores and activities so that we don’t have to confront the emptiness of our own lives.
What’s the inner life? It’s our thoughts and psyche. It’s our self-perception and sense of self-worth. It’s also our chance of touching base with the very reality that created all. An essence of God resides within us, ever waiting for the time when our minds can be a little still. The inner life is our relationship with this essence.
Contact is made slowly and gently. It’s the portal to a peace and contentment that cannot be found without.
Check it out.
Recommendation: Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tse
The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. – John Ruskin
What do thee work for? What are thy becoming?
The United States celebrate Labor Day on September 6th, 2009! Celebrate the hard work that you do daily, and appreciate what you’ve accomplished already!
Recommendation: Dare To Be Happy
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe said this and what he refers to is living a life of quality. A life of quality is one in which we appreciate Beauty in thought and form. It’s a life where we acknowledge and accept Truth in any form that we behold it. And it’s a life where Goodness in action and being is considered the only way to live.
Attention to Truth, Beauty & Goodness can help sculpt a life well lived, a life that’s fulfilling at the deepest level, one that is full of Love and its expression.
Recommendation: The Art of Being
The problem with winning the rat race is you’re still a rat. – Lily Tomlin
We are all like rats aren’t we? We go milling about, with our nose to the ground (and grind), just like rats, looking for that elusive thing or person that will truly satisfy our deepest desires.
We satisfy some desires, are never deeply satiated, and move on to the next thing! We repeat this process while enjoying some bliss, enduring pain and experiencing loads of worry and anxiety.
What would happen if the rats stopped, looked around, even looked above? What’s the way out? Lot’s of questions to ponder and ruminate on!
Recommendation: Awakening of Intelligence by Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is because artists do not practice, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to worship reverently the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to create a new religion. – G. K. Chesterton
For how long can you sit still and do nothing? What part of you is it that doesn’t allow that? What do you lose if you’re unable to just be?
It pays to nourish this ability. Just take it easy, relax and literally do nothing.
One way to make this a habit is to make meditation or stillness a habit. Here’s another Stillness Tip.
Meditation Tip #4:
Relax into a chair and settle in. Next focus on each major muscle group in your body, from your facial muscles, to the shoulder ones, then lower and upper back. Focus on your stomach, behind, legs and calves as well. Ensure that each muscle area is relaxed and not tense.
Next close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths. The breaths should be long drawn (through your nose), held for a few seconds and then exhaled (via pinched lips) slowly. This relaxes your body and starts to relax your mind.
Where is your attention now?
Likely it’s inside your head. Consciously bring your attention to where your heart is and stay there. Notice how you might lose track and get lost in a thought. Notice this too; then bring your attention back to the heart.
Stay here for at least 5 minutes. Repeat twice more daily, for maximum benefit.
Recommendation: AM Meditation
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
Let’s dream. Let’s dream the most outrageous dream, create and go crazy. Then, ditch all your fears and jump in…
The Universe loves adventure and creation. It will want to participate in your adventure. Often we don’t give it that chance. We don’t experience that which we are designed to experience. We become afraid. We shrivel up. The Universe loses in the bargain.
So do yourself and the whole Universe a favor. Dream, be bold, step out and create!!
Recommendation: Notes from the Universe