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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

How To Find Peace…

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There is a silence into which the world cannot intrude. There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost…  – A Course in Miracles – ACIM

stillness

The center is always available. It’s nestled just under the turbulent storm that our thoughts create. As we become more aware of our thoughts and learn how to dive below that surface, we can be acquainted with this soothing haven.

remember

We must remind self that this wellspring exists. Access to it becomes easier and natural when we do that. Even if it feels that way, God hasn’t left us without assistance on this confused planet of ours…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM aware of that quiet center…

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

Where Does Boredom Come From?

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Boredom is a sign that your heart is about to be exposed. – Contemplative Photography

run away

We run away from self. We want to constantly be on our smart-phones, on Facebook, email or online. What are we running away from? Boredom is our excuse to keep running away from self.

be

What would happen if we just sat and faced deeply what’s attempting to emerge from inside us? What if we allowed our self to get bored? What would result from such an experiment?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM refusing to get bored!

Recommendation: Contemplative Photography

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Where Peace Abounds…

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Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.  – Rumi (the untold story)

our mind

Where is our mind right now? Is it exhausting on the worries of daily life? Is it being scattered by the routine that runs us?

still

Beauty and love abound. It’s the very undercurrent of all that is. This magical world is cleverly hidden under the hubbub of the mind and this world. It emerges just as soon as the mind becomes more still. It’s us who fail to notice and enjoy the ever-present peace underneath it all…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still…

Recommendation:

The Essential Rumi, New Expanded EditionA Year with Rumi: Daily ReadingsKindle Paperwhite, 6

Quotes - 2013, Stillness

Why We Must Be Gentle!

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To get closer to Truth and Right, we need a beautiful and soft heart.  – Shams Tabrizi

truth

Truth must be faced. We must know who we are and what we hide. We must recognize the beauty in others and why they’re lovable. We must embrace our divine ancestry and act accordingly…

gentle

So we must be gentle. Gentle with self and with others. Acknowledge that we’re fallible and can attempt to improve. Understand deeply what motivates others and why they might lash out in fear. We must slow down and access that beautiful soft center inside us so that we can connect it to its sibling in others…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my brother’s keeper!

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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Proof That God Listens?

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I am in the heart of all.  – The Bhagavad Gita

alone and afraid

I was 20 and it was the summer of 1985. I was still fairly new to this amazing country, The United States of America, when I found myself at Basic Training for the U.S. Army at Ft. Dix in NJ. Being new and with no friends I felt very lonely and a bit afraid on my first day in the barracks. That despite being with recruits from practically every state and Puerto Rico. It would eventually turn out to be a most transformative life experience to go through hard training with a great bunch of American kids…

prayer answered

But for now I was alone. I prayed for help and asked God to comfort me. I was already a voracious reader of spiritual texts and God knew that. But I had no book with me. In the evening when I got back to my barrack right there near my bed, in a trash can (!), lay the book I’ve recommended below. I know not where it came from but surely it was meant for me. I knew then that God is real.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM comforted in God’s ever-presence!

Recommendation: Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972 edition)

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What a Still Mind Can Achieve…

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Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love, dwelling in your heart.  – The Bhagavad Gita

the center

Stillness slowly and surely deposits us at the very center of it all. At the center we experience peace, calmness, assuredness, clarity and love…

love

Love is the primary driving force behind everything in the Universe. Love is God’s only motivation. By finding his love within and then expressing it and living it we become more Godlike. That is Life’s Purpose…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM at my center…

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

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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

Why Stillness Matters…

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When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself.  – Eckhart Tolle

stillness

A calm interior. A self-assuredness. A steady faith. A clear mind. A playfulness. An optimistic perspective. A joyous knowing. These are some of the fruits of stillness.

how?

Through meditation and increasing self-awareness. Meditation reduces the internal thought-storm. Self-awareness shows us how we use our thoughts and when we don’t need them. Meditation and self-awareness go hand-in-hand. During meditation we deepen our awareness. Whenever we deepen our awareness we’re meditating.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still and aware…

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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