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Gita, Quotes - 2011

The Infinite God Of All…

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11.13 And Arjuna saw in that radiance the whole universe in its variety…

11.38 Thou God from the beginning… Treasure supreme of this vast universe. Thou the One to be known and the Knower, the final resting place. Thou infinite Presence in whom all things are.

11.40 … God of all. All-powerful God of immeasurable might. Thou art the consummation of all: thou art all. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11)

vision

Arjuna at this point has a grand mystical vision of God and the entire universe. He experiences God in his vastness and infinity. He’s divinely awestruck and falls to his knees worshipping the God of All.

god

This chapter includes a mind-boggling description of the one God of all. The spirit inside us rejoices and can be more easily recognized when in meditation or while reading we contemplate God’s greatness and ever-presence. The world is our cocoon, we have nothing to fear, life is an adventure that never ends, and all is well!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM humbled.

Recommendation: The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro

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Quotes - 2011

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

How To Endure And Overcome!

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The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it. – Blood of the Martyr

endurance

We’re put through certain experiences to become better humans. We can live all experiences in the following ways:

  • Kicking and screaming: Which means we’ll likely have to relive the lesson being imparted until we get it!
  • Without awareness: We’ll probably learn the specific lesson but may not be very good at applying it broadly.
  • Fully Participating: This kind of participation yields the highest benefits to us, the folks we interact with and therefore the entire Universe.

We gain wisdom and endurance when we fully participate with the plans of the Intelligence that pervades all time and space…

strength

Once we understand that life is a series of lessons and that endurance is a key attribute that God desires us to have, we can ‘flow’ with life… We experience it without kicking and screaming, life is then most meaningful…We can overcome any life situation.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM like the Willow, strong!

Recommendation:  Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tse

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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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Gita, Quotes - 2011

The Beginning, End and Middle…

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10.20 I am the soul, prince victorious, which dwells in the heart of all things. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all that lives. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 10)

in the heart

It has been stated, boldly and explicitly, in most religious texts.

God resides within.

It’s the greatest truth ever that was revealed to man by God and made evident to him, in his own heart. ‘Despair not’, God says, ‘all is well, I’m in your heart, I hear you, I care for you, you’re not alone, rejoice! And remember, I reside in every other heart, so take good care of your brethren, my children.’

all that is

There is nothing but the divine. In our circumscribed internal world, our models of the world, we might dream up that which is not wholesome and make it externally real. But we’re contained in divinity, surrounded by the holy and we march to the drum of the eternal…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM.

Recommendation: The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro

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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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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How To Waste Life!

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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever . Mahatma Gandhi

worry worry worry

  • Why do we worry so much?
  • What are we truly afraid of?
  • What’s the worst that’ll happen?
  • Will what we worry about matter in 50 or 100 years?

safety

Ultimately we’re safe. We feel afraid and spend time worrying because we live the illusion that we are responsible for self. That’s simply not true. If we only rely on self we’ll never get over our fear and insecurity. We must pay allegiance to a higher order. That higher order may be God or a philosophy. The concept of God works really well for me. I like to think that a divine parent is responsible for her kids on Earth. I feel safe and worry less whenever I can remind myself of this Truth.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM safe.

Recommendation: Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda

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