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Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2013, Stillness

The Secret To Meditation!

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The secret to meditation is to sit for 10 minutes and imagine you have all the time in the world. Do not be in a hurry! Just relax the body and the mind. – Namaste Now!

meditation

For most of us meditation seems like a huge challenge, something for which there’s no time to be found! Something that’s hard to do. Nothing could be farther from the truth!

easy does it

Find just 5 or 10 minutes daily. Read something inspirational, relax the body and then the mind. Meditation and a peaceful-joy will eventually blossom…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a lover of my enemies!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Quotes - 2013

The Ever Present Abode…

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Into His Presence would I enter now.  – A Course in Miracles – ACIM

distraught?

There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty in the air. The whole planet is in transition and the very throes of change are in evidence. This is a difficult time for many.

his presence

The pilot light of God resides within us. We have a 24×7 eternal subscription to it and are remiss to not take advantage of this supreme gift. The very thought that this is the case can help us settle down. As we quiet down we will begin to experience the peace and joy within.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still and know that God’s within!

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

What Will I See Today?

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I could see peace instead of this.  – A Course in Miracles – ACIM

what do we see?

What we see is up to us. Often we only see what we’re conditioned to see. When we invoke our divine gift of self-consciousness and self-awareness we can make wonders happen in our lives!

choose peace

If we’re at peace within then that’s what we’ll reflect and project outwardly. On what will we focus our attention today?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM choosing peace and love…

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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Gita, Quotes - 2013, Stillness

Proof That God Listens?

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I am in the heart of all.  – The Bhagavad Gita

alone and afraid

I was 20 and it was the summer of 1985. I was still fairly new to this amazing country, The United States of America, when I found myself at Basic Training for the U.S. Army at Ft. Dix in NJ. Being new and with no friends I felt very lonely and a bit afraid on my first day in the barracks. That despite being with recruits from practically every state and Puerto Rico. It would eventually turn out to be a most transformative life experience to go through hard training with a great bunch of American kids…

prayer answered

But for now I was alone. I prayed for help and asked God to comfort me. I was already a voracious reader of spiritual texts and God knew that. But I had no book with me. In the evening when I got back to my barrack right there near my bed, in a trash can (!), lay the book I’ve recommended below. I know not where it came from but surely it was meant for me. I knew then that God is real.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM comforted in God’s ever-presence!

Recommendation: Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972 edition)

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Quotes - 2013, Stillness

What a Still Mind Can Achieve…

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Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love, dwelling in your heart.  – The Bhagavad Gita

the center

Stillness slowly and surely deposits us at the very center of it all. At the center we experience peace, calmness, assuredness, clarity and love…

love

Love is the primary driving force behind everything in the Universe. Love is God’s only motivation. By finding his love within and then expressing it and living it we become more Godlike. That is Life’s Purpose…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM at my center…

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

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Why Stillness Matters…

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When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself.  – Eckhart Tolle

stillness

A calm interior. A self-assuredness. A steady faith. A clear mind. A playfulness. An optimistic perspective. A joyous knowing. These are some of the fruits of stillness.

how?

Through meditation and increasing self-awareness. Meditation reduces the internal thought-storm. Self-awareness shows us how we use our thoughts and when we don’t need them. Meditation and self-awareness go hand-in-hand. During meditation we deepen our awareness. Whenever we deepen our awareness we’re meditating.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still and aware…

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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How To Be Master Of Self!

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Your awareness of yourself is greater than yourself. – Guy Finley

self

Self is where we live, amidst our thoughts about us and alongside opinions of everyone and everything! We live in a maelstrom of ideas, fears, dreams and concepts. We muddle through life never entering the eye of the self-created storm.

awareness

Just becoming aware of self and our thoughts buys us a great vantage point. Suddenly we see our whole conscious self. That seeing allows us a perspective that’s not available otherwise.

Becoming self-aware is the first step towards self-mastery…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM observing self!

Recommendation: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living by Guy Finley

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