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Why We Can Never Be Defeated…

Why doesn’t constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same principle applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them.Daisaku Ikeda

sturdiness

We all get hurt, we sometimes feel defeated. We also lose hope. But we keep going. No one I know has given up, neither have you. We all have a strong measure of hope and the ability to rebound. Where does this indomitable hope and faith come from? 

deep roots

The truth is that we do have deep roots. The roots if followed deeply enough, will lead us to our own origin. We come from the greatest of lineages, we come from the very author of all that is. We are his children. We will survive. We will flourish. Let’s not lose sight of our divine inheritance. We are princes and princesses waiting to be ‘born’ to our birth right. Let’s wake up to this eternal reality by accepting it as fact, in faith and with full expectation!

Daily Affirmation: Today I revel in my divine right as a child of God.

Recommendation: Marianne Williamson – Everyday Grace

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What It Takes To Be Great…

Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King Jr.

greatness

We’re all driven. Driven by our genes, the circumstances that define us, our aspirations and our desires. Sooner or later we learn that the only worthwhile desires are those that provide longer lasting fulfillment and happiness. They also happen to be desires that involve people other than us. Selfishness doesn’t satisfy in the long run. Of course selfishness is understandable because we feel that if we don’t take care of us, who will? Greatness comes from realizing that a greater force is in charge of everything, including us. That force when allowed will guide us into a very satisfying and fulfilling life.

via love

That greater reality, that force that beckons and guides us is approached via love. It in fact is love. When we allow such love to flourish in our heart and flow out from us in the form of kind service then we’re living our moment-by-moment purpose. Then all is well. Our soul slowly becomes ‘generated by love’ itself. The entire universe then becomes our playground and everyone around us is a brother or sister. We’ve arrived as cosmic citizens!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM powered by love.

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia

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How To Approach Self-Transformation…

The questioning of presently-held viewpoints is an absolute necessity for self-transformation. It means that you must go against your old and familiar ways of thinking. It means you must think, act, and feel the exact opposite of other people.Vernon Howard

question everything

Why do we feel the way we feel when someone does something we don’t like? Why do we react a certain way when things go our way or they don’t? What keeps us happy and engaged? What is it that worries us? These are the kinds of questions to explore deeply about self if we’re serious about self-transformation.

think for self

We don’t have to feel exactly the opposite of others all the time, but it’s a great good clue to how to think! Most folks think based on habitual thinking patterns or how society would like them to think. So thinking against the grain is not a bad idea as long we don’t make it a habit. We must think flexibly and not robotically, that’s the idea. We must not behave hypnotically which we tend to do most times!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM alive to each moment!

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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What Question Will We Ask Today?

The question! … Always live within the question! It is when you think you have all the answers that expansion ends, growth stops, and your arrogance begins. What question do you wish to humbly ask today?Neale Donald Walsch

arrogance

We live arrogantly. We think we know and have answers. In this arrogance we lose because this very attitude keeps us from learning, from looking, from observing, from listening and from growing as personalities.

ask

What would happen if we were ever curious, much like children? Think of a child who’s always asking her parent about anything and everything. That kind of child-like curiosity and humility is what guarantees our growth and therefore our happiness. It’s the same attitude that will help us uncover our Life Purpose and raison d’être!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM curious like a child!

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

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Why Fear Must be Banished!!

The key to change … is to let go of fear.Roseanne Cash

the grand scheme

Because of our animal origin (evolution) and uncertain place in the Universe we live in fear. Maybe not the ‘grand’ scheme but part of the purpose of Life and of this Universe is to give us opportunities to banish fear. Look at anything happening in our lives. We have relationship issues because of what we fear the other might do, say or think. We have fear about our jobs, our health, our well being etc. Why should we get rid of this fear? Love cannot exist where fear does. Love feels a lot better than fear Smile!God wants his children to live in peace and in love. In love we can be truly connected to each other and build wholesome relationships. That, is an end in itself; which is why fear must be erased!

love not fear

To understand why we fear, to increase our self-knowledge of why we act and think the way we do, is important. Even more important is to allow love to flourish in our beings. We must become gentle, loving and kind beings. That is the sure way to transform self and eventually the planet. Let’s pledge to love self and others whole-heartedly!

Daily Affirmation: Today I banish fear through love.

Recommendation: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living by Guy Finley

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How To Get Anything Done…

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. Elbert Hubbard

decide

Making decisions is tough. One big personal learning is that no decision is truly bad or wrong. Always does any decision allow us to make the best of the outcome and figure out the next best steps if only we have the right attitude. So let’s not fear making decisions, things will turn out just fine.

first step

Once the decision is made. Just jump in. Take that first step and notice that it was much easier than expected. Break down the rest of the effort into small steps and repeat. It’s not rocket science and one can’t fail!

Daily Affirmation: Today I decide and jump in!

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

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What’s The Original Sin?

Imagine the universe beautiful and just and perfect. Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is to limit the Is. Don’t.Richard Bach

the original sin

When we limit others and ourselves we commit the ‘original sin’. How? One example is when we think we know ‘Truth’ and that it’s our job to enlighten others with our knowledge. Sometimes we forget that the ‘Is’, God, reveals itself and expresses itself through everyone and through all that we see. This happened not just in the past (via messengers and holy texts) but also continues to happen today, now! Why? Because God is a living god and his expression through his creation is never ending…..

imagine

The antidote to the original sin is to open our minds, imagine great things and allow others to do the same. Let’s not limit others (and us) by pre-conceived notions and small thinking. Our future and the world’s salvation depends on it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I imagine big!

Recommendation: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

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