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Quotes - 2011

What’s Your Religion?

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God has no religion.  – Gandhi

god’s religion

What’s god’s religion? God as defined is the creator. He’s also in many ways, far beyond our comprehension. Intellectually we’re probably like amoebas to him. If God is love then as his creation he must view us with overwhelming love. If God is love then certainly that’s the universal currency. Love is the answer.

our religion

My definition of religion goes like this: It’s that which helps us approach reality. Reality about our origin, our existence and our purpose. Love makes the world go around and must be the basis for any religion, personal or institutional. If our religion isn’t growing love and forgiveness within us, we must become alert to what will.

Daily Affirmation: Today I move in love and forgiveness for all.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011

Why Our Thoughts Matter

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There are no idle thoughts.  – A Course In Miracles

thoughts are powerful

Thoughts initiate. Thoughts create. Thoughts perpetuate. We’re constantly thinking and therefore initiating, creating and perpetuating. What thoughts or thought patterns do we dwell on?

love or fear?

Each thought or thought pattern leads us either into fear or to an experience of love. The two emotions cannot coexist. ‘Today I must buy that present for my friend’ could be a thought we think. If it’s something we’re afraid we might forget to do or we’re doing it because we want our friend to like us, then essentially this thought creates fear in us. Instead if we’re imagining what the effect of that present will be on our relationship and how we might enjoy buying and presenting that gift then this thought leads to more love. No thought is idle, we choose and design at every juncture.

Daily Affirmation: Today I move towards love by becoming love.

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Quotes - 2011

What The Soul Yearns For…

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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.

With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed.

It is a yearning to take on God’s gentle yoke,

It is a yearning to give one’s self to God’s Way. – Hildegard of Bingen

opening up

As we become more still and as we enjoy the harmony that comes from such stillness we draw closer to that which is, inside us. That’s the place where our soul, our essence, comes in direct contact with God. Such harmony and stillness is not even possible unless we open up and give ourselves up to such an encounter. With our permission the path starts to become paved…

god’s way

The way of God is gentle. God is our parent and knows us more thoroughly than we can know anyone or anything. She prods us very gently towards her way, towards love, acceptance, forgiveness and gratitude. The result is beautiful. We find love, joy and poetry in the apparently commonplace prose that is life.

Daily Affirmation: Today I become God’s poetry.

Recommendation: How God Changes Your Brain by Andrew Newberg M.D

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Quotes - 2011

Permanent Teeth!

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Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed. – Heraclitus

lost teeth

Our family experiences a lot of joy daily because of all the photo memories that flash across the computer screen that sits in our kitchen. Yesterday I noticed a cute photo of our son with his front teeth intact. Last year he had landed on his face and lost several ‘milk teeth’. The photo got me thinking. I realized how once he had all his teeth intact, then a few disappeared and now he’s starting to grow his ‘permanent’ teeth in place! And such is life. Everything we see is in a state of flux, everything we see shall not last. So what does?

eternal life

Only the essence, the real, the spiritual, the soul, survives. I also believe that our individual soul survives into eternity to enjoy endless growth and adventure. If the soul survives then so do our relationships with other souls. Relationships can only be built in love, therefore love is the true currency of the Universe. The main product that this love produces, for an eternity, is our relationships…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM love.

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

A Course in Miracles: Combined VolumeKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2010

How To Gain Momentum in 2011!

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Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.  – Shakti Gawain

follow the music

The healing, inspiring and guiding music inside us is within earshot. In fact it’s closer to us than even our thoughts. Our resolve to collaborate, our decision to act on this advice and our action itself paves the way for this divine partnership. Are you up for this invigorating and eternal journey?

see you on Jan 4th, 2011!

On a reaffirming and rejuvenating break with family to prepare afresh for 2011! May you find the guidance, the inspiration, the love, the momentum and the treasure you truly seek in 2011!! Merry Christmas!!

Daily Affirmation: In 2011 I seek inner guidance!

Recommendation: Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain

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Quotes - 2010, Stillness

What’s The Greatest Wealth?

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Contentment is the greatest wealth. – The Urantia Papers

wealth

  • How do we define success for ourselves?

  • What is true wealth?

  • How much is enough?

  • What do we truly ‘need’?

  • What do we ultimately seek?

contentment

The very source of it all, the fountain of truth, the satisfaction of all our true desires, our eternal guide and our ultimate goal resides quietly within our hearts. It yearns to make contact, but often cannot because of the electro-chemical nature of our minds. It also does not because we don’t seek it. It never forces, but gently prods if we only listen. Stillness helps in making contact.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM satisfied and thankful.

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

How To Find Love

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Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek & find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. – Rumi

we seek love

In whatever we seek, we’re really seeking love. We seek assurance, safety and happiness; these are all the consequences of experiencing the love which can only come from another personality. True love and assurance proceeds from the parent personality that is God, and her love is easier to discover than we might expect…

ask, forgive and expect

Just like our spiritual heritage in general, we block our own experience of love and goodness that’s ever available to us. The steps are as follows:

  • Ask. Talk to God and ask to experience this love.
  • Forgive: Unless we forgive everyone (including ourselves) and extinguish the resentment that sears our hearts, we will not be able to uncover this divine wellspring.
  • Expect: After asking and forgiving, be like a child and expect our parent’s love to be ever present.

Daily Affirmation: Today I walk in God’s love.

Recommendation: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

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