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Gita, Quotes - 2011

How To Reach Eternal Certainty…

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9.30 For even if the greatest sinner worships me with all his soul … he shall soon become pure and reach everlasting peace. For this is my word of promise, that he who loves me shall not perish. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 9)

guilty?

How often do we feel guilty during the course of a day? How much guilt do we carry around from other aspects of our lives? Guilt is a fancy albatross. There’s a way to toss it aside and become free…

forgive

The attitude of forgiveness is the secret ingredient to peace and to eternal salvation. God is ever willing to forgive and she does. Why? Because she understands our nature, our plight and our circumstances better than anyone else. We are her children. When we forgive others and self we pave the way open for God’s forgiveness and love to deeply satisfy our heart. In that space we can start healing. In God’s love and in loving others therefore, is the path to peace and eternal certainty…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM certain of God’s love for me.

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

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Quotes - 2011

Be Zen Do!

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You can change a great many things. Or you can change. Same-same. – The Universe

shift

There’s a whole lot we’d like to see change. How will those very things and circumstances change if our perspective towards them changes? What’ll happen if our fundamental outlook towards life and happiness itself permanently shifts? How then will we view the world?

effecting change

It’s one thing to want to change it’s quite another to actually effect that change, especially in self! Many books and treatises have been written on this important topic, some essential learnings follow:

Our whole being must be involved if we mean to change. Mind, body and soul. I call it be~zen~do. We must actualize in mind and soul that which we want to be and only then will we ready to ‘do’ it lastingly. Applying Zen principles to the process, as in ‘Be Here Now’, makes a huge difference. ‘Be’ something first, be present, be mindful and then attempt to cement that idea in by doing it. It does take a habit about 28 days to form; so lets keep that in mind!

Daily Affirmation: Today I look at life differently.

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Believe We Can Win And We Do!

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Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. – Richard Bach

believe to win

Our expectations and our beliefs about life, in a very large way, determine how life turns out. That’s true for relationships, health as well as our financial well being. Ever notice how much easier it is for people from wealthy backgrounds to have great success in their careers or business? Whatever we believe, really believe and expect, determines our lives.

winning?

But hold on. What is winning? Unless we can define what winning means to us we’ll never be sure what it is that we’re winning!

It behooves us then to understand what we’re meant to be and to do on this planet. Not until we get a better handle on that can we be fulfilled by whatever we do win…

Daily Affirmation: Today I win at what matters.

Recommendation: True Purpose by Tim Kelley

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Quotes - 2011

Where Does Our Time Go?

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What you choose to dedicate your time to matters, not just for you but for all those who are affected by the withholding or the deliverance of your unique gifts. What are you dedicating your time to? – Debbie Ford

precious commodity

Time is the ultimate resource. We use time when we move, breathe, think and have our existence. So it makes sense that we make sense of how we spend our time. What are we spending our time on? 

purposeful

Purpose, Life Purpose even, comes from having meaning in life. If our lives are meaningful, then that means we’re using our unique gifts to achieve fulfilling objectives. And the two must be tied. We must first discover our gifts, what we bring to the world, and then figure out what to do with our gifts. The goal itself doesn’t have to be fancy from a world-viewpoint. Using loving nurture to raise a family is as noble a life purpose as discovering the next big thing in science or government. We all matter, as does our time, so let’s choose deliberately!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the author of my day.

Recommendation: Unclutter Your Life in One Week by Erin R Doland

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Quotes - 2011

How To Be An Artist…

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It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, or so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere through which we look – to affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts. – Henry David Thoreau

art

What is art? One definition is: something created that reflects Truth, Beauty and Goodness to most people who gaze upon it. But why limit the definition of art to objects? Why can’t our life itself be a work of art? Why can’t each endeavor we undertake be a piece of art?

becoming an artist

We all are or certainly can be artists. It’s the way we approach things and it’s the way we live life. If we can skillfully diffuse a rough relationship moment that then results in love and harmony then we’ve just commissioned a high work of art. This work of art will last forever. That’s because everything worthwhile in life, which has generally to do with relationships, lasts an eternity. Love never fails…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a life artist.

Recommendation: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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Gita, Quotes - 2011

For The Love Of God…

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9.29 I am the same to all beings, and my love is ever the same; but those who worship me with devotion, they are in me and I am in them. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 9)

god of all

The one God is the God of all. God’s expression is through love, he loves us equally and is no respecter of persons. In other words he doesn’t favor one over another. When we experience love, we experience the very essence of the creator and his creation.

worshipping god

What does worshipping God mean? When we spend time with God, contemplating his personality, his vastness, and his love, then that constitutes worship of God. In that state we’re closer to God and can literally experience the love that he showers upon us.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM filled with God’s love.

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

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