Quotes - 2011

How Rich Are We?

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Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? – Global Rich List!

super rich!

  • If we make $50,000 a year we are in the top 1% richest people in the world!
  • If we make $100,000 a year we’re richer than all but 39 million folks!
  • If we make $200,000 a year we are in the top .01% richest people and richer than all but 750,000 people in the world!!

now what?

Hopefully we’re feeling a lot richer than we thought we were! We’ve definitely made it!

Did you know that…. (taken from www.globalrichlist.com)

  • $8 could buy you 15 organic apples OR 25 fruit trees for farmers in Honduras to grow and sell fruit at their local market.
  • $30 could buy you an ER DVD Boxset OR a First Aid kit for a village in Haiti.
  • $73 could buy you a new mobile phone OR a new mobile health clinic to care for AIDS orphans in Uganda.
  • $2400 could buy you a second generation High Definition TV OR schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village.

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Daily Affirmation: Today I AM wealthy!

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Quotes - 2011

How To Become More Patient…

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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1

understanding why

The universe is constantly evolving according to God’s master plan. Looks like God wants to…

    • share herself by multiplying self

    • experience life from other perspectives

    • join her offspring in satisfying and everlasting relationships

      Knowing that our life is part of an unfolding (and mostly unknown) larger purpose allows us to become more patient.

      time…

      To achieve his purposes God created Space. For anything to move inside Space requires Time. So Space and Time go hand-in-hand. God in undertaking this massive ‘experiment’ allows for as much time as is necessary to achieve his purposes. This is the reason why given our limited perspective we get frustrated and impatient. We don’t understand the overall picture. One way to become more patient is to ruminate over this idea and focus our attention on the ‘Now’ moment. Now is all that is.

      Daily Affirmation: Today I AM super patient.

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      Quotes - 2011, Stillness

      How To Gain Deeper Understanding?

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      …to understand what is, one must observe what one thinks, feels and does from moment to moment. – Krishnamurti

      understanding

      We’re like babies in the Universe. We found ourselves born on this planet, surrounded by a variety of people, thoughts, attitudes, mores and more. Essentially we have to make sense of our place in this reality. We are conditioned, biased and generally not super capable of figuring it all out. So what should we do?

      first steps

      The first and main step is that of becoming more aware. More aware of self, reactions, attitudes, tendencies, drivers, intentions and purposes. Once we understand our proclivities and actions better we’ll be on our way. The Universe rewards awareness and curiosity. We can define the questions that must be asked as we increase our awareness. The two combined, will yield most of the answers we seek!

      awareness + curiosity = understanding

      Daily Affirmation: Today I AM aware and curious.

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      Gita, Quotes - 2011

      How We Create Heaven Or Hell…

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      13.28 And when a man sees that the God in himself is the same God in all that is, he hurts not himself by hurting others: then he goes indeed to the highest Path. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 13)

      our thoughts

      We dwell in our thoughts. We dwell in our minds. And therefore we dwell in the quality of mind that we create or allow to be created in our minds. Whenever we have thoughts that aren’t wholesome and are negative we experience their vibrations. So by choosing our thoughts we choose the state of mind that we experience. All day.

      god’s fabric

      God’s fabric makes up everything. God’s presence makes residence in all hearts. God experiences himself through us. God becomes many, from one, through us. We cannot, for long, fight God in the person of the other. We cannot think ill of or harm anyone else without harming self. So whether we create internal hell through our thoughts or we harm self by attacking others, it’s a lose-lose situation. Let’s win-win instead, create love in self and provide loving service. We’re empowered to create a piece of heaven wherever we find self.

      Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a creator of heaven!

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      Quotes - 2011

      How To Live From Our Heart…

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      Where-so-ever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

      there we are

      Where ever we go, we take us along. We can’t escape us. Often it’s in recognizing that we’re trying to escape a situation or a feeling, that our biggest growth may lie. Let’s become more aware of what we avoid and try to escape, let’s become more real.

      from the heart

      We often operate only from the brain, the mind, from the region of the head. Once we notice that, we could move our attention down to our heart region and live from that orientation. Our thoughts, our actions, our attitude, our demeanor and therefore our life-results will be quite different. Let’s try that!

      Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my heart.

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      Quotes - 2011, Stillness

      How We Can Grow…

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      Religious perplexities are inevitable; there can be no growth without psychic conflict and spiritual agitation. – The Urantia Papers

      perplexities

      Life itself is perplexing. Relationships are full of conflicts. How would life be if it were perfect? Imagine Christmas or another holiday, every single day for the rest of our lives…..!!!!!!!!

      Not only would it be intolerable, it wouldn’t allow for much growth.

      growth

      Growth occurs when we face challenges, when we don’t know the step forward and when we struggle to figure life out. Growth flourishes when we’re stuck and when we plead for answers and relief, when we ask thoughtful questions and don’t excoriate self. In almost all cases, what’s occurring right now is just the perfect medicine for our growth into the perfection of eternity. Let’s not despair, it’s all working out just fine, there’s always light at the end of the tunnel!

      Daily Affirmation: Today I grow, no matter what!

      Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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      Quotes - 2011, Stillness

      If Not Now… Then When?

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      If not now… then when?

      what?

      What should we spend our time on? If we don’t answer that question actively, we’ll go the way of our bodily inclinations. We might end up eating something or watch a meaningless TV program. If we don’t illuminate Now via the torchlight of our ‘Life Purpose’ we might just squander the power of the current moment…

      just do it

      If we already know what’s important to us and we also know that we shouldn’t be resting our mind or body, then the next steps can be clear…

      Taking one step fuels the next, there’s magic in movement and in action. Interestingly, a still mind can be useful in helping us be active in other aspects of life. Life is like that. Apparently contradictory, a never-ending maze that satisfies when engaged and an endless adventure-filled odyssey…

      Daily Affirmation: Today I AM action personified! 

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      Be, Here, Now…