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Quotes - 2010

Speak To God

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True, you do well to pray when harassed, but you should also be mindful to speak as a son to your Father even when all goes well with your soul. – Jesus, The Urantia Papers

pray often

Prayer is our constant connection to God (reality). We do best when we can at some level stay connected to that prime reality. Prayer is the means, the way and an end itself. Prayer leads to deep connection. Prayer becomes the connection.

personality, one to another

God is personality. One personality seeks another. Just like the child might seek its parent, so does the parent seek the child. One completes the other, it’s a relationship, one that is timeless and forever. Neglect not to engage in such a supreme adventure!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM God’s companion, just like he’s mine.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2010

The Role Models

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Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.  – Robert Fulghum

us not them

It’s true isn’t it, we’re ever complaining that others don’t listen (we have all the answers)! If they’d only listen and pay attention, their life would be so much better!!

our life

What about our life? Why are we so full of ourselves that we seldom truly notice where we need to change? Heck if we changed our perspective no one else might ever need to change again!! Children and adults are watching us, we make a profound impact on others the way we show up daily.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the best I can be.

Recommendation: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
by Robert Fulghum

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Quotes - 2010

In Your Hands

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Unhappiness is the realization that you don’t know how to save yourself. Happiness is the realization that you do know how to save yourself.  – Vernon Howard

loss of control

This is an amazing quote, why? Because it underscores exactly why we feel unhappy. We feel depressed when we think, at some level, often at a deep subconscious level, that things are hopeless for us. Next time you feel sad, check into yourself and try to trace your thoughts back to how it started…

up to us

Turns out that when we feel in control and know that all is well, we feel happy. Vernon was a true mystic, I’ve loved reading his books (I first read the book below about 30 years ago) and highly recommend them. Our happiness is directly linked to our ability to master our thoughts and to discern truth. We must know what needs to be fixed, that will then lead to ways to address that apparent problem.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my own master.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Quotes - 2010

An Eternal Voyage

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…death is only the beginning of an endless career of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of discovery.  – The Urantia Papers

where next?

Do you think about what’ll happen to you after your body gives up? There’s really 3 possibilities I think:

  1. Nothing happens, we just die.
  2. We live on in ‘heaven’ or ‘hell’.
  3. We’re born repeatedly on earth until we attain a certain state.

The Urantia Papers offer a variation around option #2. There’s no heaven (or hell) to be found immediately after death, life goes on, a life filled with reunions, learning, growth and increasing awareness of reality… more on this here and especially here.

what changes?

So if you were eternally ‘safe’ …

  • How would you live daily?
  • What would you do?
  • How would you be?

Daily Affirmation: Today and tomorrow I AM!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

The Urantia Book: Indexed Version with free Audio Book on DVD (Can only be played on a computer with a DVD drive.)Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2010

Towards Selflessness

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Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christlike, for His heart was meek and always thought of others. – Mother Teresa

lost in self

We’re mostly lost in our thoughts, lost in our own world and constantly worrying about us. Even when we think of another’s well being or safety it’s often in relationship with our own needs. We’re essentially selfish…

christlike

Born animal-like it’s understandable that we’re selfish. However true reality, God’s essence resides inside us, ever leading us upwards and onwards. That compelling attraction wants us to think of others first, be thoughtful, be Christlike. which where the oft used phrase WWJD comes from. What would Jesus do? What would goodness do? What would love do, in this or any situation?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM thoughtful of others.

Recommendation: Peace Pilgrim by The Peace Pilgrim

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Quotes - 2010

Being It, Living It…

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Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness. – Mother Teresa

being it

What will happen, if we decide to ‘be’ a certain way, first? In other words become kind and merciful internally, in our demeanor and exude such emotions? What will follow?

living it

We’re told not to pretend and to be real, but pretending to be kind, loving and nice can translate to reality. With enough practice of course. Give it a shot. This principle applies to anything else we really want to ‘be’, effort is still required…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM what I want to be.

Recommendation: Marianne Williamson – Everyday Grace

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Quotes - 2010

Best Of Times…

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way …

– Charles Dickens

the present

It’s in the eye of the beholder and how we’re experiencing it. It is the best of times for many of us, especially those who have loving families, want for nothing and are happy. It’s also the worst of times for many of our brethren, the countless who are poor, ill, heart-broken, in despair and without hope. It was essentially the same 200 years ago as it is today.

up to us

There’s reality and then there’s what we can do with it. Our attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, assumptions, intentions and affirmations will decide how we live today and tomorrow. What perspective will we choose?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM happy.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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