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Quotes - 2011

How To Grow Spiritually…

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Think of yourself as if you were the only un-enlightened person in the world. Everyone else is your teacher, doing what is right to help you acquire consummate peace of mind, consummate wisdom, consummate compassion. – The Buddha

life

Life’s experiences, which consists of dealing with and relating to other individuals, are the big teachers. Let’s consider everyone around us as being the perfect people for our own best development. Let us regard each person as being the ‘enlightened’ one and each encounter as holy. Then, not only do we learn what we need to learn most, we can appreciate how others add to our lives even when they’re irritating!

peace, wisdom & compassion

If we have peace of mind, we’re happy and in a great place to learn from life and others. From that comes wisdom, which allows us to make the right choices not just in action but also in thought. Add to this a compassionate outlook, where we think of serving others before serving self, and it makes for a recipe for an amazing life! This recipe guarantees happiness and wonderful relationships! Do we need anything else?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a learner!

Recommendation: Awakening: A Daily Guide to Conscious Living
by Shakti Gawain

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Quotes - 2011

What’s The Original Sin?

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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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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How To Walk The Talk …

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We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making very difficult decisions. Start removing things from your life that are not filling your cup and adding things that bring joy in to your life. – Lisa Hammond

truth

Being true to self is super tough. It’s so hard to look at self with objectivity. How can we do it when we live in ourselves? But that is what’s required if we’re going to progress in our relationship to self, to others and to the world.

reflection

With reflection comes greater self-knowledge. Journaling on deep-soul questions is an amazing way to reflect, here’s a blog I had written on it. As we reflect through journaling and meditation we grow. That in turn allows us to simplify our lives. A simple life is a joyous one.

Daily Affirmation: Today I reflect and simplify.

Recommendation: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Quotes - 2011

What To Do When Turmoil Hits?

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Give God time.  – Qur’an

increasing turmoil

Because change is ever present, apparent and real turmoil is what we confront on a daily basis. Now with revolution starting to overthrow despotic governments around the world we’ll begin to see increasing planet-wide turmoil.

one respite

A main strategy in dealing with turmoil is to look within. God is ever present and a willing partner to all aspects in our lives. Won’t he who designed and upholds the entire universe, who cares for even a sparrow and who ever seeks our attention not care enough to provide direction and solace to us? When our earthly parents can provide so much love how much more can our heavenly parents? We may not presume on another’s love but certainly we can bank on God’s. Let’s not live another moment in loneliness.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM with God.

Recommendation: In Tune with the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine

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Quotes - 2011

Listen To Be Heard

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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. – Native American Indian Proverb

listen to me

All humans have a deep desire to be heard, to be understood, to show that they matter and to prove their worth to others. Where do we want to be heard? What are we trying to prove? How are we not listening?

deep listening

Let’s listen so that there’s no chatter in our mind. Let’s not compile our response to others, while they talk :)! Can we hear the flutter in their voice, the subtle nuances, the pain or joy? Can we notice their body language, facial expressions and what might lie under their expressions? Can we sense their being, their motive, and desires? All of this lies just under the words they speak. So let’s listen deeply!

Daily Affirmation: Today I listen deeply by focusing on the other.

Recommendation: Co-Active Coaching by Laura Whitworth

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Quotes - 2011

How Have We Held Back?

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Only what you have not extended to any situation can be lacking.  – A Course In Miracles

view of life

What is our outlook in life? Do we expect things to work out? Do we expect resources to become available? Or do we expect trouble and expect things to sour, even if we do so sub-consciously? It’s what we expect and how we look at life events that determines our experience of such events. It’s how we view our own self that further colors our experiences.

look again

Whenever we find something missing in our life, a relationship or an event, we must look again. We must notice how we’ve held back in participating fully in that relationship or situation. We must notice how we show up. If we seek someone’s love, have we loved fully? Do we love ourselves? If we expect better friendships, how friendly have we been? How friendly are we to us? If we seek abundance, do all our thoughts and actions reflect abundance? Are we generous with our own selves?

Daily Affirmation: Today I give Life my all.

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Quotes - 2011

How Resentment Kills…

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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.  – Carrie Fisher

poison

All negative energies that we generate, hurt us. That includes anger, jealousy, resentment, fear, lack of esteem, dread etc. As we generate them through our thoughts and memories, these feelings vibrate a certain frequency, and it’s the same frequencies that affect our mind and body in a negative manner. Over time repeated bombardments weaken our immune system and make us susceptible to all kinds of physical and mental maladies.

elixir

Why not drink elixir instead? Drink from the fountain of love that proceeds from our very depths. Awaken this mother lode of joy by practicing unconditional loving and kindness while meditating as well as through-out the day.  Not easy but certainly a habit worth cultivating!

Daily Affirmation: Today I drink the elixir of goodness and love.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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