Tag Archives: peace

Quotes - 2010

Daily Adventure

Leave a comment

Adventure isn’t hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life — facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential. – John Amatt 

what do we seek?

What are we after when we seek adventure and excitement in our lives? What do we truly want?

life is adventure

Often what we seek is not outside our current situation. If we can approach daily living as an adventure we can enrich our experience, be more fulfilled and not feel as empty. We seek something else… examining that ‘feeling’ deeply will allow us to understand ourselves, that in turn leads to greater serenity…

Daily Affirmation: Today life is the adventure!

Recommendation: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The AlchemistKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Gita, Quotes - 2010

How To Find Peace

Leave a comment

4.16 What is work? … I will teach thee the truth of pure work, and this truth shall make thee free.

4.18 The man who in his work finds silence, and who sees that silence is work, this man in truth sees the Light and in all his works finds peace. – The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 4)

what is work?

This chapter continues its treatise on work, check out the book for more detail, God wants all mankind to understand ‘pure work’. Which is work that is done for the highest good, with no selfish motive and to which we are not attached regardless of the outcome.

peaceful silence

It is also work that engenders the peace ‘that passeth all understanding’. When we know we do ‘pure work’ and that the force of the Universe is behind our efforts, that we never fail, regardless of outcome, then we find a peaceful silence in the eternal now in which we conduct our work.

Daily Affirmation: Today I enjoy peaceful silence as I work…

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

The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2010

The Best Prayer

Leave a comment

I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are.  – Mexican Proverb

the best prayer?

Just today I was chatting with a friend about what a prayer ought to contain. We both agreed that we should be asking for wisdom and understanding. We also agreed that we shouldn’t be asking for help getting out of problematic situations. Who knows for what purpose we live through life’s experiences? Unless of course the situation is very tough, in which case we thought that God would know our plight even before we asked… and then we might ask for greater strength in the present moment.

the best prayer…

Love today’s quote. God already knows us and our circumstances intimately, better than we do actually Smile! So what should we ask for? Nothing more or less than for:

  • Greater wisdom
  • A long term view
  • The ability to recognize growth opportunities
  • Understanding our place and purpose in the Universe
  • Courage and strength to face life and to be selfless

Daily Affirmation: Today I pray for wisdom and understanding, so help me God!

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

Meditations from Conversations With GodGod Is Closer Than You Think: This Can Be the Greatest Moment of Your Life Because This Moment Is the Place Where You Can Meet GodKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2010

How To Be Brilliant!

Leave a comment

Don’t put on airs. Conceit and pretense don’t win people’s hearts; the facade soon crumbles. Be yourself. – Daisaku Ikeda

our airs

At some level we all exhibit who we’re not. That’s tiresome. It’s like trying to follow a lie we had uttered and having to keep up with it until it subsides! Being ourselves is natural, child-like and the only way to be. It’s the sure way to true friendship and lasting relationships.

our brilliance

When we live naturally, as ourselves, we enable our inner brilliant nature to shine through. Such a nature comes from the very center of all things, it comes from the source. This nature cannot penetrate into our waking consciousness if we live a lie, at any level. Now it doesn’t mean that a habit that’s deeply ingrained in us, is us. It could well be a learnt trait which isn’t our true nature and certainly doesn’t support our well being. In the end truth does triumph, as it will through us if only we let it.

Daily Affirmation: Today I shine as myself!

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

The Ego

Leave a comment

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away. – Chuang Tzu

we love ourselves

We love ourselves so much that we find it hard to not cling to our opinions and points-of-view! When anyone challenges such opinions, ‘we’, are challenged. ‘How dare they’ we say, ‘let me’ provide the ‘right’ answer here. We seldom truly listen, we mainly want to tell and inform.

no permanence

Like everything around us, our own opinions change, often. Isn’t that true? So why do we feel the need to correct others and why do we feel offended when challenged? It’s because we identify so closely with our thoughts, we become our thoughts, we are our thoughts, and therein lies the problem. We think up our thoughts, we design them or accept them from others, we are not the content of our thoughts. How can we step back and recognize this truth? How can we identify with the pure awareness that’s our core?

Daily Affirmation: Today I notice my ego and its ways.

Recommendation: Zen And the Art of Happiness by Chris Prentiss

Zen And the Art of HappinessKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6

Quotes - 2010, Stillness

Need To Understand

Leave a comment

You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding. – Guy Finley

using sheer will

How many times have we tried, through the force of will power, to change a habit or to effect change? How many times have such attempts worked? I will wager that the success rate is not high, witness many of our failed New Year resolutions!

understanding comes first

Understanding why we act the way we do is key. Force often doesn’t work and even when it does there’s an equal and opposite reaction that might not be palatable. We must understand why we react negatively when someone says something that’s not agreeable. What exactly is it that ticks us off? Do we fear rejection? What is it that wants us to be right, every time? Examining that, understanding it, is key. The doorway to that understanding is being present to what is.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM present to what is.

Recommendation: Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-zinn

Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in MindfulnessAn Introduction to Zen BuddhismKindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6