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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

False Evidence Appearing Real (F.E.A.R)

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You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. – Mary Manin Morrissey

fear

If we watch our thoughts, especially how they initiate and where they lead, we’ll become cognizant of how much fear and worry dominate our lives. Some of it arises from our animal instinctual nature and the rest is self-manufactured and habitual. It’s quite a waste and very harmful to self. What will we do about it?

faith and love

The antidote to fear is reasoned faith and love. The nagging negative voice inside us must be identified. Becoming aware of it then allows us to supplant it with the logic driven faith that a higher power is in control. A love and service driven life can reinforce the central premise that we live in an ordered and purposeful Universe. Our own life should therefore be full of meaning and purpose.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM fearless.

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia

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Quotes - 2011

Do You Play Your Music?

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Most people live and die with their music still un-played. – Mary Kay Ash

our music?

What drives us? What do we enjoy doing? What would we do if money was no object? How do we find our peace? How can we be fulfilled in mind, body and soul? What’s our music?

play it!

If we keep waiting for answers we’ll be waiting for a long time. The truth is that all life is one discovery after another. We discover our selves and others, endlessly. If we want all the answers first, it’ll be like waiting to play like a pro before we even attempt playing, it’s not going to happen!

Let’s just drop the excuses, jump in, let’s do it, let’s do something, take that first step and start the journey of a thousand steps!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM on it!

Recommendation: Unstoppable Me! by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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Gita, Quotes - 2011

How To Reach Any Goal

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9.34 Give me thy mind and give me thy heart, give me thy offerings and thy adoration; and thus with thy soul in harmony, and making me thy goal supreme, thou shalt in truth come to me. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 9)

relationships

The very basis and most goals of living are centered around relationships. A primary reason why God created everything was to share himself with his creation. He does that through his very presence within our core being. If we believe in God then the path toward him is through a relationship with him.

with our full being

The instructions given in this verse are comprehensive and allow us to reach any goal we desire. If we set our mind, whole-heartedly, on any goal and make it our prime objective then there’s every reason for us to succeed. Of course the goal of the ages and of most people is to reach God or ultimate reality. Similar to any other relationship, if we dedicate our self to God (the other person), making him the object of our desire then we must succeed!

Daily Affirmation: Today I give self to God.

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

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Quotes - 2011

Want To Stop The Suffering?

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Any person who wants to stop suffering from himself can start by saying, ‘I am responsible for my own problems and no one else.’ That is the beginning of beauty in the individual life. – Vernon Howard

suffering

Even during our darkest hour we control how much we suffer. Even the darkest hour must transform when the first rays of wisdom’s light pierce the darkness. Pain is inevitable but suffering is often optional.

becoming beautiful

Over time we understand that we were built to overcome obstacles and in the process become more than we were…

Once we’re watchful of self, our reactions, how we deal with situations and our attitude, then that very awareness blazes the path to more truth, beauty and goodness in life.

Daily Affirmation: Today I choose light.

Recommendation: Awakening of Intelligence by Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Quotes - 2011

Love To Criticize?

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If you truly desire to overcome the habit of criticizing some friend, the quickest and surest way of achieving such a change of attitude is to establish the habit of praying for that person every day of your life. – The Urantia Book

gossip

Let’s face it. It’s fun to gossip and fun to criticize others. At least some of the time! It’s also true that when we criticize we don’t feel too good about our selves. It actually saps our self-esteem and energy.

self-esteem

A low self-esteem is the root of all evil. Yes, think about that. When we feel low due to a tanking self-esteem, we’re often nasty to others, and when that’s taken to an extreme we can actually hurt others.

Prayer not only addresses this issue of self-esteem but also helps us change our attitude towards other people who we so love to criticize!

Daily Affirmation: Today I feel better because I pray for others!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Don’t Just Sit There!!

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Don’t just do something, sit there. – Bumper Sticker

do something

That we must be doing something, constantly, is firmly ingrained in our collective consciousness. And not just that, we’re to feel guilty if we don’t do what’s expected of us or what we expect of self. And because of this epidemic we suffer. Thanks to a friend who alerted me to this quote!

be~zen~do

As previously introduced be~zen~do aptly describes the antidote to this pervasive societal illness. Let’s learn to just be. Let’s inhabit the current moment firmly and completely. Let’s breathe deeply and not for a moment think what needs to be done or what we ought to be worrying about. When we do that often, peace results. Our health blossoms and we’re made ready to receive divine inspiration. So it’s certainly worth a try!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM OK with just being.

Recommendation: Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There by Sylvia Boorstein

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Quotes - 2011

What We Truly Are…

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The kind of world you experience outwardly is the same kind of world you are inwardly. – Vernon Howard

inside out

It all flows from the inside. It all emerges from the source. Our experiences and proclivities determine our inner life. And in more ways than we know our inner life determines the outer. The way we interact with others, what we expect from life and how we show up, is all largely determined by our inner mental makeup.

rejig

There are ways to transform the inside if we’re looking to affect the external. The essential idea is Stillness or Meditation. Such a practice opens us up to the deep internal (the spiritual) and the external (experiential). By stilling our incessant thoughts and reducing our worries we’re primed for inspiration from the inside and wisdom from relationship-events. We become the still center that’s peaceful and we tend to allow things to be as they are…

Daily Affirmation: Today I just AM.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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