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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How Do I Fix It?

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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. – John Bunyan

why?

Here’s the amazing thing … We know how to fix most situations, we know what will help and what will soothe … but we’re still not able to do it? Why? Here are some reasons:

  • Lack of correct understanding: We might be aware only of the peripheral issue not the deep seated one.
  • Lack of skill: Don’t know what skills to apply in a given situation.
  • Hypnosis: We’re hypnotized, we live our daily lives like zombies, we keep going like the Energizer Bunny!

rocket science?

It’s not rocket science and once understood effecting positive change in our lives is fairly straight-forward. Will power is not the key. Stay tuned as we explore this whole subject in the coming days.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the subject.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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How To Achieve A Scary Goal!

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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. – Seneca

journal on

  • How much of our time, our attention and thinking do we focus on difficulties?
  • How many of our difficulties are real, or just perceived?
  • What are we afraid of?
  • What’s the worst that’ll happen?

and then…

  • We must become aware of the negative programming we treat ourselves to on a daily, sometimes a constant, basis.
  • Next we ought to dare ourselves to a thrilling, almost scary, goal!
  • Then figure out by when we would love to achieve this goal.
  • And finally choose a friend or confidante who can hold you accountable to the goal!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM daring!

Recommendation: Success: Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napolean Hill

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

What Is True Success?

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Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. – Oprah Winfrey

who are we?

That is the ultimate question isn’t it?

  • Who are we?
  • Where do we come from?
  • For what purpose and to what end?

Answers to these questions are an eternal quest. We gain clues by:

  • Discovering and acknowledging our strengths and skills
  • Understanding how others view our capabilities
  • Figuring out what really interests and excites us
  • Uncovering what our ‘inner-self’ tries to communicate to us

the greater power

True success may only be experienced when our highest talents and ideals combine with the larger purposes of the Universe. True success actualizes when we know our place in the Universe, can collaborate with God and act on our highest ideals…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM an active cog in the wheel!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011

The Key To Higher Self-Esteem…

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Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself. – Nathaniel Branden

self

Our mind is made up of many psychological parts. The ego itself can be divided into some of the following, here’s basic info on them:

  • The Protector: This is the part that wants to protect us and ensure that we don’t take unnecessary risks.
  • The Critic: This part is what calls us silly or ugly. It’s what we use to criticize us and others. It’s also our motivator.
  • The Image Consultant: Wants us to behave in certain ways so that we’re acceptable to others…
  • The Skeptic: It’s the part that notices inconsistencies with our thinking and must be convinced about a certain decision, ensures that we don’t get scammed.
  • The Wounded child: This is the main-stay of our psyche, all other parts protect this one. Here’s more on it.

When our psyche is fragmented or we have trouble unifying some of these parts, all kinds of emotional trouble is let loose. We can feel disoriented, incomplete, think that we’re forgetting something, feel unreasoned fear and many similar symptoms.

accepting self

Unification of personality comes from some of the following activities:

  • Meditation and mind-fullness
  • Journaling and clear-thinking
  • Prayer and faith

Increasing self-awareness is the key. We can then know when we’re at odds with our own self. That leads to correct thinking which results in happiness!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM unified!

Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Why You’ve Been Chosen!

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To be born is to be chosen. No one is here by accident. – John O’Donohue

chosen

Sometimes we might think … ‘Hey we didn’t ask to be born, so how come we have to go through all this?’. Well that might be true but we are created beings. Think about that.

God created us.

Reflect on what we create with love and attention. Surely God did the same for each of us? If that’s case then we weren’t just created, we were chosen, we are an expression, we are a largely unexpressed desire, of All That Is! This is a mind-boggling thought.

special destiny

And because we are chosen we each have a special destiny! You know when children play, they have a fantastic time and they truly believe that what they’re doing is valuable and special. We need to remind ourselves of that same spirit. We’re living and breathing in God’s playground, learning special skills and expressing unique actions. Let’s claim our special destiny and make our time on this planet the best we can!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM chosen and thusly will I act!

Recommendation: This Time I Dance by Tama J. Kieves

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How Gratitude Leads to Happiness!

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Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody’s hand and squeeze it, while there’s time. – Dale Dauten

gratitude

Appreciating others and great situations is really all about gratitude. We notice what’s good around us and then we act on that observation. We act by saying a loving word to another or just by being thankful for what we have. Nine-tenths of happiness is gratitude.

action

How often do our good intentions just stay intentions? How often do we regret not acting on something positive? How bad would we feel if it’s too late to express our love to someone who might not be around tomorrow? So now’s the time! Let’s figure out what’s most important, in fact, who’s most important in our lives and make them feel like the special person they are! Let’s get off our ‘buts’ and just do it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM thankful for the great people who surround me!

Recommendation: Do It! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams

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Quotes - 2011

Fearless Living

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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

the unknown

The world, this life, can be a scary place. The fear is often unfounded. It’s fear of the unknown and we’re helpless because of our need for adventure and excitement. We have no choice but to carry on… else we stagnate due to procrastination. And that’s a scary place as well. Eventually we discover that most things that we feared either never came to pass or if they did happen we’re able to laugh at our anticipation and expectation of it!

ultimate safety –> fearless living

Remember the Holodeck in Star Trek? It’s a fancy and futuristic virtual world where experiences are real until we come back to present reality. What we gain from that ‘virtual reality’, like meaning and wisdom, is very real. Life is in some sense, just like that. We’re safe. We’re safe because we hail from the eternal. Our Father is the God of it all. We can live fearless lives if we just choose to. How will we choose to live today?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM safe therefore fearless!

Recommendation: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living by Guy Finley

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