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Quotes - 2011

Serious?

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You will learn that you increase your burdens and decrease the likelihood of success by taking yourself too seriously. – The Truth Book

how?

How do we show up daily? Do we think we’re important? What expression do we wear on our faces? How is our walk? Do we talk as though we already know? What attitude do we exude?

childlike

“How come candles need wax?” I’m sitting right next to my son who’s doing his homework and that’s what he just asked me Smile! Kids are curious, they’re gung-ho, they’re mostly happy-go-lucky, they hardly take themselves seriously, they’re the only guide we need in life! Let’s be childlike and pursue everything with abandon!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM gung-ho!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011

Why Anxiety Doesn’t Work!

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You are born into the world, but no amount of anxiety and no manifestation of impatience will help you to grow up. You must, in all such matters, wait upon time. Time alone will ripen the green fruit upon the tree. – Jesus, Urantia Papers

it takes time & space!

Time and space … think about it … why do they exist? They exist to allow for experience and growth to occur. When we’re observant experience leads to wisdom. Wisdom leads to happiness and a better life. How to get there?

patience

Patience comes from breathing deeply and realizing that it takes time and space to accomplish all. Patience come from having faith. Hurry produces worry. Worry leads to poor mental and physical health. Which means we can’t be very clear about our soul direction, which in turn means we’ll never be fulfilled or happy! So let’s breathe deeply and take it easy. No one is irreplaceable…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a deep breather!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2011

What Is Non-Violence?

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True non-violence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness. – Mahatma Gandhi

being fearless

Fear drives a lot of our behavior. We fear loss of relationships, health or wealth and that leads to our reactions to life and to others. The flip side is love. When we experience love, fear has no place inside us. To eliminate fear, which we all want to do, 2 things, in my opinion are necessary:

  1. Faith: A faith in the goodness of the Universe, in God and in the ultimate triumph over any and all evil.
  2. Love: With that faith as our basis we can attempt to connect with that very energy that resides within us. This energy is Love itself.

flow with love

As we start connecting with that deep peace within us, love gushes up just like a spring fountain! That love then must be distributed to others through genuine service if we are to maintain it. The divine loop is complete: God <—> Self <—> Others. Then love starts to flow through us, from God to others and non-violence is the natural result. We’re fearless because nothing of consequence can hurt us. Life is wonderful!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM love personified!

Recommendation: Love: What Life Is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

How To Become Awakened!

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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulty but is to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring to them the transformative power of our heart. – Jack Kornfield

the spiritual life

How does one live a spiritual life? By invoking the ‘spirit’ of things into daily living. Everything that happens to us has a spiritual underpinning. To actively discover and to embrace that essence is to live the spiritual life.

waking up

To live such a life we must awaken to what’s happening to us. One neat way to practice this is to just become aware of our breathing, all day long. When we do that we suddenly become ‘awakened’ beings, we become witnesses to what’s going on. Try it…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM awake to all that happens to me!

Recommendation: Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There by Sylvia Boorstein

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Why It’s Important To Stay Awake!

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We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. – Henry David Thoreau

awaken to

We’re consummate sleep walkers! We walk around hypnotized, dazed into submission by the lethargy of our habits. As intelligent and creative children of the Universe it’s our prerogative to take life’s rein into our hands. We can do so by becoming awake to each moment…

infinite expectation!

Thoreau was such a poet! Imagine being awake to unknown but enthralling possibilities in our daily lives! Imagine having ‘infinite expectation’ for any moment that we dwell in! Imagine expecting that the finest moment for mankind is just around the corner! Imagine also expecting the best of any individual that we meet, and addressing only the divine within them!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM of Infinite Expectation!

Recommendation: The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

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Quotes - 2011, Stillness

Why We Must Become Master Minds!

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Clean but the mirror and the message shines forth. – A Course in Miracles (ACIM)

what mirror?

We are born a tabula rasa in my opinion. It takes time and good nutrition to grow healthy bodies; the same principle applies to our minds. Our minds do get disciplined to varying degrees because of schooling and life itself, but we must enforce greater discipline.

master minds

We may discipline our mind to become its true master. Without mastering our minds we’re often at its disposal and therefore often:

  • We’re only happy when things work the way we expect them to
  • Other people control our mental well-being
  • We allow mental addictions to form
  • We’re at the whim of life itself

Stillness, concentration, breathing, mantra chanting and mindfulness are some of the ways we can be more disciplined thinkers.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM mind controller!

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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What’s The Purpose Of Life?

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…you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. – Romans 8:9

spirit

Our minds are confined within the perimeter of our bodies, or so it seems. According to revelation there’s also the spirit dimension. Some folks have ‘seen’ that dimension while others have experienced it without seeing it. One way to experience it is to find the peace (and joy!) that resides at our very center. Once discovered this experience becomes a great source of fulfillment. Discover it via Stillness.

so?

What would this Spirit have us do? Just sit and relish it? This peace (and joy) triggers pure love in our being. It’s the kind of love that’s not selfish and doesn’t discriminate. If we allow it, we start to see others in a very forgiving light, we accept them as they are and we’re led to serve while being conduits of this very love… Turns out that this is also a ‘Life Purpose’ we all share! We may discover it via Stillness but we deepen it through selfless and love-filled service to our brethren…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a servant.

Recommendation: The Journey Home by Radhanath Swami

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