Gita, Quotes - 2011

Why Life Is Always Perfect!

October 23, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

18.37 What seems at first a cup of sorrow is found in the end immortal wine. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 18)

life is

We’re not separate from Life. We are it. We’re generally not conscious of what goes on inside our heads and why we do what we do. Life is the gradual unfolding of our awareness of life itself. Once we realize that, our journey, our Life journey truly begins.

embrace life

The Gita constantly nudges us towards greater awareness of self and of the divine. The two aren’t separate and in fact constitute Life itself. The divine expresses itself through us to experience that which it can’t otherwise. We are a divine expression! With that thought we may embrace life and jump in!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM Life!

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

Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Why We Must Take Bold Steps!

October 20, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step – large and small – with courage and intent. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

future

What is the most amazing future we can imagine for self and the world? To what material, mental and spiritual heights can we scale? What can we dream up next? When will we start acting like the children of God that we are already?

courageous intent

We can do all that’s good for others and self through courage and intent. Courage allows us to take the first and consequent steps. We can be focused on the goal and know that God gently holds us in his palm. Intent is essential because that’s the co-creation the Universe seeks from us. God is unable to act in the realm of the human without our active participation. He provides all the building blocks and we may join the fun with just a dream in our hearts! The divine play is then in action!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM courageous and creative!

Recommendation: True Purpose by Tim Kelley

Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2011

Why Sincere Appreciation Works!

October 19, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. – Charles M Schwab

appreciate

We all have a big need to feel important. By making the other person feel important we can build amazing relationships. Dale Carnegie states that the 2nd principle in winning people over is to ‘Give honest, sincere appreciation’.

sincerely

Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If we make the soul-effort to find that which is great and noteworthy in the other individual we can honestly point that out and make the other person feel important. Only goodness can come from that!

Daily Affirmation: Today I notice others’ greatness!

Recommendation: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2011

Why Judging Doesn’t Help!

October 18, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

God himself, sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days. Why should you and I? – Dr. Johnson

relationships

I just started reading this classic by Dale Carnegie (linked below) and the first principle he shares on how to build great relationships is ‘Don’t Criticize, Condemn or Complain’! We are complex beings, a muddle of ego, emotions and opinions, we do have to tread carefully when attempting to build long term relationships! When we put someone down by telling them exactly why they’re wrong we rarely achieve the goal of nurturing great relationships. Criticism puts the recipient into a defensive mode and their hurt ego cannot easily respond back positively.

judge not

Why should we judge anyway? Putting self into that mode transports us into that negative vibration and makes life for us more like the recipient of our judgment. Have we observed how often we experience that which we noticed or ‘judged’ in another’s experience? Why is that? The more we stay in a positive vibration, the better it simply is!

Daily Affirmation: Today I judge not!

Recommendation: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Quotes - 2011

Why We Need More Feminity!

October 17, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

In a day and generation when a man was not supposed to salute even his own wife in a public place, Jesus dared to take women along as teachers of the gospel… – The Truth Book

woman

Woman is the bedrock of society. She’s the cornerstone of a family unit. Without the balancing and calming female energy in any situation the effort is likely to become too aggressive and overshoot its mandate. The feminine energy can be the calming balm that’s necessary in the world today. Whenever we need resolution to a touchy topic or an argument, let’s seek the ‘feminine’ approach!

yin & yang

Divinity expresses itself equally via the 2 material channels. The male and the female, the ‘on’ and the ‘off’, up and down, electron and proton. The world today is still male dominated when it comes to ideas and policies. When we truly need peace to prevail we’ll want the feminine energy to balance the masculine!

Daily Affirmation: Today I yield to inevitabilities.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

Gita, Quotes - 2011

What’s The Highest Knowledge?

October 16, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

18.20 When one sees Eternity in things that pass away and Infinity in finite things, then one has pure knowledge. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 18)

the spiritual

The creator put her essence and signature into her handiwork. These abundant clues clearly point to the spiritual basis for all that we see and experience. We’re living a spiritual life even when we don’t know it! So why not do so consciously and reap the benefits!?

fruits of the spiritual life

The Gita reminds us of our spiritual heritage and destiny. With the spiritual life come the fruits of Spirit:

A sweet more friendly nature
A natural smile borne of an unassailable faith in God and his goodness
A forgiving kind nature
A peace beyond mortal understanding
A love that culminates in service of others and
a joy that’s hard to fathom

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a fruit of Spirit!

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

Quotes - 2011

What It Takes To Be Real!

October 13, 2011 Manu Leave a comment

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. – Carl Buechner

from the heart

Let’s be real. When we listen, let’s really listen, when we help, let’s help with all our heart and soul, and when we say something, let’s really mean it. That’s the essential trick to making a lasting impact on any person!

eternal

When we’re being real and operate from the heart we have an eternal impact on the people and events we touch. How, you might ask? It’s my firm belief that the only things of spiritual import, events to do with people and relationships, last forever. How can we make every interaction eternal?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM real!

Recommendation: You Say More Than You Think by Janine Driver

Namaste Now!