Articles, Quotes - 2010

This Is It…

January 24, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

Breathe a prayer of gratitude. And give those you love an extra measure of affection. Life is fleeting and love is precious. Cherish both. – Galen Guengerich

life is fleeting

Benjamin Zander relates a touching story in this video (must watch!). An elder sister in a train escaping Nazi Germany gets really mad at her brother when he announces that he can’t find his shoes. Unfortunately that’s the last conversation they ever have. The sister later pledges that she’ll never ever utter another sentence to anyone if she knows it can’t be the last thing she’ll ever say to that person! Imagine her anguish. Life is fleeting…

regret not later

Let’s make the most of the lovely people around us. Let’s appreciate them, love them, touch them, hug them, serve them, kiss them and let’s never say anything to them that we would regret later.

Recommendation: One Month to Live

Articles, Quotes - 2010

Truth Triumphs…

January 21, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can’t murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that … let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe … the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. – Martin Luther King Jr

don’t be violent with your own-self

Thoughts of resentment, dislike, revenge and the like, only hurt the one who manufactures them. The more you dwell on such thoughts, the more you hurt yourself.

faith in justice

Truth will triumph. Mend your mind and you mend your whole life! Be the loving and thoughtful gardener of the fertile soil that is your self. The first step is to forgive the perpetrator and then yourself. Now, know, that all will work out great eventually, keep the faith.

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About

Quotes - 2010

Learning From The Unpleasant

January 20, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. – Kahlil Gibran

our perspective

Same here, I’m too am ungrateful for these learning opportunities and great teachers who pop in appropriately into our lives! What keeps us from having the right perspective?

defending the ego

It’s because we’re always in defensive mode. We want to convince others of our wisdom and smartness. We can’t stand not being right. If someone is being unkind or intolerant, they must be wrong.

The Universe and Life are not against us. This is a grand drama with amazing purposes, quite unknown to us, that’s being played out. It doesn’t serve us to have the wrong attitude. We ought to be humble and learn from what Life arranges for us!

Recommendation: The Art of Possibility

Quotes - 2010

Secrets To Great Relationships

January 19, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

Let people live in your heart. – Toshiro Kanamori

operate from the heart

The best way to great relationships is to allow everyone to live in your heart. That’s where true understanding and love live.

the 2 secrets

The other secret to great relationships is to always address the spirit/soul inside each human. When you address the ‘highest’ in others you often get the highest back!

Whenever conferring with another, either face to face or across the miles, whether a human being, departed spirit, or sentient tree, always speak to the highest within them. – The Universe

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe

Quotes - 2010

You Never Die

January 18, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

I want to go on living even after my death,
And therefore I am grateful to God
For giving this gift…
Of expressing all that is in me. – Ann Frank

you’ll be forever

That’s Eternity’s promise to you. What do you make of it? How would life change?

the goal

A corollary to living forever is that everyone around you is also precious. Imagine living, without fear… of any kind. That’s the goal. To live fearlessly, loving others, expressing the Universe in all our ways.

Recommendation: The Diary of a Young Girl

Quotes - 2010

Reacting To Negativity

January 17, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. – Anais Nin

stuff happens

Negativity abounds, sometimes we feel that untoward incidents are becoming a norm in our lives. What’s the best way to react? How can we be in control instead of letting incidents control us?

create instead

The very act of pausing, thinking twice and then choosing a higher response is creativity in action! When you pause, pray for guidance and direction. You have the power to design your response, exercise this prerogative!

Recommendation: The Alchemist

Articles, Quotes - 2010

An Incomparable Jewel

January 14, 2010 Manu Leave a comment

When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty. – Jesus, Gospel of Thomas

you are what you know

What you know yourself to be is what you’ll believe and practice. Carefully examine and question all assumptions that you make about life and yourself. Are these assumptions serving you well?

child of God

You are a creation. A unique and incomparable jewel in the eye of the First Source and Center of All That Is. You’re indestructible, a pioneer, a traveler and a co-creator in this grand drama that unfolds around us. Claim your heritage and march forth in full confidence, the path unfolds as you walk boldly forward.

Recommendation: The Urantia Book

Namaste Now!

This Is It…

life is fleeting

regret not later

Truth Triumphs…

don’t be violent with your own-self

faith in justice

Learning From The Unpleasant

our perspective

defending the ego

Secrets To Great Relationships

operate from the heart

the 2 secrets

You Never Die

you’ll be forever

the goal

Reacting To Negativity

stuff happens

create instead

An Incomparable Jewel

you are what you know

child of God

Be, Here, Now…