When we feel good, we feel God. – Rev. Patrick Cameron
I was driving today when I heard the latest podcast from the Centre of Spiritual Living in Edmonton. The topic was on experiencing and feeling abundance, now! Check out their podcasts on your smart phone…
How can we be close to God? By feeling good, now. Let’s mull over that…
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM feeling good!
Recommendation: The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks
The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. – John Locke
There are indeed thoughts that just ‘drop’ into our minds. The valuable ones are of the kind that help us find direction, provide positive motivation, ask us to connect with someone, remind us of an important chore or reveal that idea we were searching for!
Where do you think these thoughts come from? I have my own theory; however the way to increase the prevalence of these thoughts, is to have a still mind through out the day. A still mind is possible when we witness all happenings and catch ourselves from being caught in the usual maelstrom that is our thoughts!
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM still so that I can receive valuable thoughts…
Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
You can choose to be a person who has resulted simply from what has happened, or from what you’ve chosen to be and do about what has happened. – Neale Donald Walsch
How we react to life events is a decision we make! Jack Canfield shares the following formula:
E + R = O
Event plus our reaction to that event results in an outcome. The event is what it is; how we choose to be (sad, happy, indifferent etc.) and to do anything (shout, smile, lash out, learn…) is a choice we make every time.
Our peace is entirely up to us because we control our reaction to all external stimuli. How do we choose to react? Rather how do we choose to be?
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM choosing the higher reaction!
Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch
Reason, wisdom, and faith are man’s highest human attainments. – The Urantia Papers, (103:9.6)
These attainments have nothing to do with career, business or fame, at least directly; instead they involve those aspects of life that we will carry with us even beyond this life!
These 3 areas cover the major aspects of life:
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM smart, wise and faithful!
Recommendation: The Urantia Papers
Consider how much more you suffer from your anger and grief than from the very things for which you are angry and grieved. – Marcus Aurelius
We worry and grieve about a lot of things, even on a daily basis. Actually we’re experts at it! Why do we suffer so much?
Our incessant thoughts and our inability to step away from their manufacturing process is the big culprit here. Let’s mull over that…
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM giving a pause to my thought creation engine!
Recommendation: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Always direct your thoughts to those truths that will give you confidence, hope, joy, love, thanksgiving, and turn away your mind from those that inspire you with fear, sadness, depression. – Bertrand Wilbertforce
You are thine own master or at least ought to be! Our whole life flows from our thoughts and what we do with those thoughts. Let’s be cognizant of our primary role in our own life.
It all starts with our thoughts. Know whence they originate; under what circumstances; what we do with them; and how they might control us. Let’s become conscious of our thoughts and enable control over how each day and the rest of your life turns out!
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a Master of my own thoughts!
Recommendation: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Be patient. Be wise in your counsel and eloquent in your lives. – The Urantia Papers
What does it mean to be patient? To me it means being patient first with self. We shouldn’t have expectations that create a life that’s too hectic, one that allows not for true rest and reflection. It also means be patient with all others; don’t want others to live at the same pace we want to live. It means being patient with all other things in life. Flow with life; don’t feel anxious when things don’t transpire just the way we expect them to. Try to see the purpose in everything.
We should be wise in our counsel to others; give advice only when asked for it; and apply our words to the person and the situation. Eloquence in our lives comes from living the life that we preach or aspire to. Let others imbibe in what we most want them to know through how we live our life. Words are not necessary.
Daily Affirmation: Today I AM living eloquently!
Recommendation: The Urantia Papers