Category Archives: Quotes – 2010

Articles, Quotes - 2010

The New Religion

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Teacher, let’s you and I make a new religion, one good enough for India and big enough for Rome … – Ganid to Jesus (The Urantia Papers)

background

According to the Urantia Papers Jesus spent many months with a couple of visitors from India during his ministry around the middle-east, much before his crucifixion. Ganid the son of an Indian trader, got quite close to Jesus. It’s an account worth reading here!

the new religion

Here’s my take on the tenets of the ‘new religion’ that’s 2000 years old. It’s still ‘new’ because no large group of people has ever practiced it in its pure form. If we did, the world would change. It’s a religion that requires no earthly authority. It’s all between you and God.

  1. God is within you: Tap into that presence via meditation and prayer. Reflect on what this truly means. The God of this whole creation, resides within and shares your life with you! You are very valuable.
  2. God is within everyone else: Treat everyone accordingly. God is the common thread between all of us. That makes us all brothers and sisters. How can this truth guide us daily?
  3. Love is the answer: Relationships are of utmost importance. Anytime you don’t know what to do, ask ‘What will love do in this situation’? Anytime you don’t know how to be, be love. Focus on the right goals in life.

Daily Affirmation: Today I move in God’s presence, I see and acknowledge God in everyone.

Recommendation: God Is Closer Than You Think by John Ortberg

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Your Future Now

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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. – Winston Churchill

your attention

According to one interpretation of quantum physics, you, just by paying attention to something or some event, affect it. Your attention and focus are very powerful tools in your arsenal. How do you use them?

right now

By paying full attention to all the life happening right now, you affect your entire future. This enables you to live a fully conscious life, not an accidental one. The current moment is most precious. How are you living it?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM creating my future. I pay attention to Now.

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Self Importance

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You can do important work if you do not become self-important; you can do several things as easily as one if you leave yourself out. – The Urantia Papers

self

When we have a balanced concept of our own selves, we can handle life and its vicissitudes just fine. We know how to be happy or at least we know what to do to be happy. If we have low self-esteem, we wallow in self-pity and we tend to lash out and blame others. We aren’t happy with who we are and that colors our world-view.

getting in our own way

There’s another way we can get in our own way. It’s when our ego gets too big, we deem ourselves so important that the self becomes the end itself. We focus on our needs constantly, we do that to the detriment of everything else important to our lives. If we leave ourselves out of any situation or undertaking, we can be far more efficient.

Daily Affirmation: Today I focus on others and the job at hand.

Recommendation: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Come To Be…

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To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is. – Peter Nivio Zarlenga

your vision

  • Do you have a vision for yourself?
  • What does it look like and feel like?
  • Are you able to describe your vision in an elevator ride to a stranger?

your purpose

Purpose and vision are intertwined. Life purpose may come first, then you can create a vision and follow it. Else maybe a dream emerges first? That can lead to your vision and your life purpose.

  • What do you truly want?
  • What in life, are you aching for?
  • What’s deep inside your heart, seeking expression?
  • How long will you ignore it?

Check out: What direction?, Emotional Freedom! & Stillness.

Daily Affirmation: Today I create my life through my vision & purpose.

Recommendation: Meditations for Manifesting by Dr. Wayne DyerMeditations for Manifesting : Morning and Evening Meditations to Literally Create Your Heart's DesireKindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)

Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2010, Stillness

FLaG It!

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The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation. – Milarepa

the steps

Meditation is that one practice that’ll help you center; help you connect; help you find your self and put you on the path to true happiness.

Here’s a quick easy to remember practice: Settle down first, become physically comfortable, but not so comfortable that falling asleep would be easy! Now take 3 deep breaths and devote the following to God, the Universe or your inner holy self:

F is for Forgiveness: Forgive all the people in your life. Especially those who are always on your mind and with who your relationship isn’t the best. Forgive all past circumstances that also occupy mindal real-estate. Even forgive God or the Universe. Do forgive your own self. Remind yourself to not be harsh and instead be gentle with self instead.

L is for Love: Now that you’ve opened spiritual and physical channels in your being through forgiveness, seek the love that’s inside your heart. Seek God’s love. Ask that your being be filled with this ever present love. Receive this love and become a channel for this love at the same time. Imagine yourself as a bucket, love flows into you from the top of your head, fills you up, quenches your thirst and then flows out of your heart into everyone around you, your loved ones, your neighbors and the whole world! Revel in this love, it’s palpable!

a is for &

G is for Gratitude: Now that you can feel this love. Be grateful for everything. Your body, mind, whole being, family, circumstances, health, job, you name it. Be thankful for it all!

ps: Thanks to my friend Mick Das for coining the acronym FLaG!

practice

5 minutes in the morning, 5 in the evening and possibly 5 during the day. That’s all it takes, make it a life habit and you’ll never look back. Don’t make it any longer initially unless you feel up to it, increase the time spent as you wish, but don’t make it a compulsion that’ll keep you from undertaking this practice.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still, I devote time to connect.

Recommendation: Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield

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Quotes - 2010

Believe But Verify

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. – Lord Buddha

trust

In the spiritual economy, faith, belief in an idea or a possible reality must come first. Faith means trusting something before you see it. Buddha cautions us to ensure that our beliefs agree with our own common sense.

then verify

Faith, trust and belief lead to the experience of that in which we believe. That’s a spiritual law. Eventually your belief or trust will materialize the object of your faith.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM trusting but real.

Recommendation: Here Be Dragons: An Introduction to Critical Thinking

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Articles, Quotes - 2010, Stillness

What is Zen?

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Zen opens a man’s eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace eternity of time and infinity of space in its every palpitation; it makes us live in the world as if walking in the garden of Eden – D. T. Suzuki

zen

Zen is.

If you spend time analyzing Zen then in Zen you’re not!

everywhere, now

Zen is in the eternal now. It’s connecting to what is, around you, inside you. The Zen mind allows you to:

  • see beauty where it’s not
  • enjoy peace amidst turmoil
  • feel wonder during a routine day
  • live a truly satisfying life

Daily Affirmation: Today, I AM, I see.

Recommendation: Arriving at Your Own Door by Jon Kabat-zinn

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