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2010
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Gita: Real vs. Unreal
1.16 The unreal never is: the Real never is not. This truth indeed has been seen by those who can see the true. 1.20 He is never born, and he never dies. He is in Eternity: he is…
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The Bhagavad Gita
To be, or not to be – that is the question. – Hamlet by Shakespeare a spiritual poem, it is ‘To be or not to be’ is also the question that The Bhagavad Gita asks. This holy tome…
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What You Really Want…
What you really want is something that you can’t think about. Now think about that. – Howard Vernon our endless goals Ok the quote is confusing, and that’s on purpose. We’re often…
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No One Answer!
There’s never just one right answer And there’s never just one right question. – The Universe settled philosophy, there isn’t We’ll be lost if we ever think we know enough, about…
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This Moment
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. – Eckhart Tolle this is it Now, the present moment is all there is. This doesn’t mean that we live in the current…
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The Only Prayer!
You need only one prayer to cover every difficulty in life. That prayer is, ‘I pray to see more.’ – Vernon Howard ultimately safe Under what circumstances do we pray? And why?…
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Impatient?
Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are. – Master Yoda impatient, we are Continuing the Star Wars theme! Impatient we are, just about everything in our lives. Isn’t that true?…
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Master Yoda, Am I?
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. – Seneca star wars My son and I finished watching the 6 movies that make up the dual Star Wars trilogies this week! The son…
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Born Artist, You Are
Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson born with it, you are You are a born artist. How you might ask? In two ways I will retort. Because you are unique and your…
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Peace & Happiness
Happiness and peace of mind follow pure thinking and virtuous living as the shadow follows the substance of material things. – The Urantia Papers on Buddhism, (131:3.3) what it…
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The Zen Mind
In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts there are few. – Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki the beginner’s mind Such a mind is childlike. Not childish, but…
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If Only …
If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. – Mercedes Lackey your big ones The 3 big regrets most people have (according to a study referenced in a book I was…
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We Will Overcome
The river may be wide but it can always be crossed. – African Proverb see the far side Can you see the other side? If you can then you know that the destination isn’t very far.…
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Born To Be Alive!
He who is not busy being born, is busy dying. – John Dillon stagnation Shunted growth or stagnation is the result of our disinterested outlook to life. If we thrash about life…
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Your Body
Know that your body is the temple of the living God; there you may seek communion. There you may seek counsel as to the choices to be made, the directions to be taken. – Edgar…
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First Things First…
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year? – Horace funny creatures We are funny…
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Do You Believe?
All things are possible to him who really believes. – Jesus, The Urantia Papers, (158:5.2) the grand plan Apparently we were created out of dust to grow and progress to the…
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Begins Here
We are the ones we have been waiting for. – Hopi Prophecy we are it When Gandhi said ‘we must be the change we want to see in the world’ he was right of course. It’s either us or…
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Get High
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. – Wayne Dyer vibrations & frequencies All matter, all…
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From The Heart
The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. – Deepak Chopra opening up Opening our heart means reaching outwards. Getting out of our heads, dropping down…
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Getting Even
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. – Dick Armey getting even Do you get even? Even when we don’t do so explicitly, we often do get even, in hidden and subtle ways.…
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Go To It!
Success doesn’t come to you go to it. – Marva Collins what is it? What is success? Define it for yourself. If you wrote it down it’ll probably be a few bullet points, here’s an…
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Independence Day!
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus July 4th! July 4th is the day Americans celebrate Independence Day! Here’s to everyone’s freedom! Are you freer today…
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The Art Of Seeing
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Jonathan Swift vision What’s your vision For yourself? For your family? For your country? For the world? Covey says that…
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Enforcing Understanding
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. – Albert Einstein force is commonplace The quote seems pretty obvious, but how much do we use or try to…
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Courage First!
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful…
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What’s More Important?
Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to what they want to do. – Kathleen Winsor being Let’s…
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Extraordinary You!
You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.…
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The Quality of Love…
When we come to the last moment of this lifetime, and we look back across it, the only thing that’s going to matter is “What was the quality of our love?” – Richard Bach the being…
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Be & Do!
I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart. – Mike Fanelli the…
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Move From Within
Move from within. Don’t move the way fear wants you to move. – Rumi fear Most of our daily living is on the surface. Living at the surface means reacting to life, we worry about…
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Daily Awakening
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. – Gail Sheehy daily routine? How about an awakening a day (AWAD)? Now, that really depends on…
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Let It Be…
Let be and be still, and know that I am God. – Psalm 46:10 let be This is a famous Psalm and very often quoted. The standard translation is ‘Be still and know that I am God’. I…
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A Tidy Soul
Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. – Mark Twain what is it? A tidy soul is one that’s content, peaceful and driven towards higher goals. As the Bible…
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How to: Write Your Soul Down!
When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy. – Jalal ad-Din Rumi Writing down your soul? What does that mean? Janet Conner explains very eloquently in…
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John Wooden
Nothing will work unless you do. – John Wooden the legend John Wooden the legendary coach and motivator, died last week, at almost 100 years of age! Read more about him here in…
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Your Teeth!
Be true to your teeth or your teeth will be false to you. – dental proverb whatever you do Be true to that activity and yourself. Whether you brush your teeth, smell the roses or…
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Approaching Reality
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. – Abraham Lincoln what’s real? If you believe in God…
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Your Base
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. – Raymond Hull what others think How much do you care about what others think? What’s important about that?…
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Define Yourself…
Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein ‘life is pointless’ When I first read this statement in the book Bringers of the Light by Neale Donald…