Category Archives: Quotes – 2010

Quotes - 2010

John Wooden

June 15, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

Nothing will work unless you do. – John Wooden

the legend

John Wooden the legendary coach and motivator, died last week, at almost 100 years of age! Read more about him here in this letter by his friend Steve Jamison. If you’re searching for a solid role model, John could be him!

be effective

The quote doesn’t talk just about the ‘work’ that we do daily. It’s referring to you as an entity and as an end product. The ‘you’ that goes through life interacting with others and with events. So ‘you’ as a complete package must be effective in all that you do and in all that you be. Such levels of effectiveness are possible when we first become aware of our own selves, at all levels. Increasing awareness and then necessary action or adaptation are the keys!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the complete package.

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

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Your Teeth!

June 14, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

Be true to your teeth or your teeth will be false to you. – dental proverb

whatever you do

Be true to that activity and yourself. Whether you brush your teeth, smell the roses or simply breathe, pay full attention to that which is happening…

do it for real

Why pay full attention to any such activity?

To fully experience it, to be one with it. This is the path to peace.
To draw meaning and value from that interaction. That’s a prime purpose for all experiential events.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM fully alive!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Approaching Reality

June 13, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. – Abraham Lincoln

what’s real?

If you believe in God or a Universal Intelligence then you must agree that reality comes from that source. The source is reality. You must also then agree that our purpose must be to approach or to become that reality.

becoming true

To approach reality our core must be true and pure. We must not be fooling ourselves and living a lie, in any fashion. When we start to live a true life we start to approach reality. We become worthy vessels to experience the essential reality that’s already within us.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM true to self and to all others.

Recommendation: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Your Base

June 10, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. – Raymond Hull

what others think

How much do you care about what others think?
What’s important about that?
What value do you derive to self, based on what other’s think of you?
Are you about revealing others to yourself or you to yourself?

find your base

What is it that anchors you in life? Is it a cup of coffee, your morning prayers, a beautiful scene, a lovely poem or soothing music? It’s important that you recognize what works for you. Once you know what works, it behooves you to sprinkle such experiences throughout your day. Then it becomes a habit. You’ll be able to find your anchor and lower it, daily. You’ve now found your base, just strengthen it moving forward.

Daily Affirmation: Today I practice finding and nestling in my base.

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Define Yourself…

June 9, 2010 Manu 1 Comment

Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein

‘life is pointless’

When I first read this statement in the book Bringers of the Light by Neale Donald Walsch, I was taken aback. How can life be pointless? What Neale means is that it’s up to us to give life meaning, to define our role, to decide to do what we want to do and to decide to be all that we want to be! I like that!

create a vision

Create a vision for yourself. Your life and this universe is the canvas you can paint on, go ahead, go crazy, don’t hold back! Grab this eternal opportunity, all time is precious!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my author.

Recommendation: Bringers of the Light by Neale Donald Walsch

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Your Original Medicine

June 8, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

No one else has the same configuration of life experience and perspective that you hold. This is your “original medicine,” nowhere else duplicated. – Gail Larsen

your ticket

Your ticket to life’s goodness, bounty, happiness and fulfillment is your own uniqueness. Your essence, your individuality, is your ‘original medicine’ according to Gail Larsen.

original medicine

This term comes from a Native Indian tradition of North America. You need to find and claim your ‘original medicine’ if you want to enjoy life. According to the Urantia Papers there are up to 7 trillion inhabited planets in a small portion of the Universe that we inhabit. If that were true, imagine the sheer number of individuals in the Universe! Well, you are unique amongst them all!

Affirmation: Today I AM thankful for my uniqueness. I focus on what only I can offer to the world.

Recommendation: Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen

Articles, Quotes - 2010

The Double Ouch

June 7, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare

we try and be someone else

I was reading (actually listening) to Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen this morning and one of the key principles she espoused was around ‘being yourself’. She mentions this concept of the ‘double ouch’ as it relates to public speaking. It essentially means that most of us have the potential to fail twice, once as we try to be someone else and a 2nd time when we fail as our own selves!

fail as ourselves

Instead try the single ouch where you allow only your own self to fail or prosper! Give you to yourself completely, that would be a lifetime’s journey all by itself!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM me. I succeed as myself.

Recommendation: Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen

Namaste Now!

Category Archives: Quotes – 2010

John Wooden

the legend

be effective

Your Teeth!

whatever you do

do it for real

Approaching Reality

what’s real?

becoming true

Your Base

what others think

find your base

Define Yourself…

‘life is pointless’

create a vision

Your Original Medicine

your ticket

original medicine

The Double Ouch

we try and be someone else

fail as ourselves

Be, Here, Now…