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Quotes - 2010

All In Our Mind

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All my life I’ve watched people waiting for someone else to make them happy. The way I got it figured, the only one who can make you happy is you. – Aaron Martinson

who or what next?

What will we buy next to quench our desires and to become happy? Who must be a certain way for us to be pleased? What must happen at work and in our careers for us to be satiated? What do we yearn for? What do we truly desire?

all in our mind

Heard that story about the fisherman in Mexico discovered by an American Tourist? If not here it is, pick any link. It’s funny we know this truth but we’re nevertheless compelled to keep seeking. The truth is: We have everything right now to be happy. It’s pretty much all in our mind (and hearts), how we think, what we make of who we are, what we have and what’ll satisfy us. It’s a fine balance of course, we must still strive for the better life. But when is it enough? How do we distinguish between the ever-lasting and the temporal?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM satisfied.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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Quotes - 2010

From The Force!

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A Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. – Master Yoda 

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from the force

It all proceeds from ‘The Force’. The Force is the center and origin of all creation. We come from it, as do the starry realms, our personality, insight, our attributes, you name it, it all comes from it. What does this mean to us today, now?

now what?

If we proceed from the Source itself, then we are connected to an unassailable power. A source that strengthens, guides, and lights us. There must be a plan. There must be a purpose. There must be a better way of doing just about anything. Our quest is to discover our purpose, the larger purpose, the better way of doing things, of making everything and everyone (including us) around us, better….

Daily Affirmation: Today I seek my purpose.

Recommendation: Getting in the Gap: Making Conscious Contact with God Through Meditation by Wayne W. Dyer

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Quotes - 2010

Our Precious Life

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This lifetime will never come again; it is precious and irreplaceable.  – Daisaku Ikeda

one life

This lifetime is all we have. All we have is now. How can we best live, today?

precious you

We make our life precious. It’s what we think, what we assume, what we intend, what we envision and what we do that matters. What we keep thinking and doing determines our life’s outcome. We choose our thoughts, we choose the life we live. What will we choose today?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM responsible for my own life.

Recommendation: True Purpose by Tim Kelley

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Quotes - 2010

Authoring Our Self…

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You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny.  The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. – Irene Kassorla

we’re responsible

We can’t allow fashion or popular culture to influence us unduly. We should take what works for us and reject that which we think will impress others. How can we be aware of that which we borrow for effect?

originality = destiny

How can we create our destiny without originality? I posit that it becomes easier and effortless if we’re original and truly dancing to the music inside us. The more we look to others or compare our lot with everyone around us, even Tom, Dick and Harry, the more effort is required to become ‘successful’.

Daily Affirmation: Today I author myself.

Recommendation: Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken…
by Mike Robbins

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Quotes - 2010

What is Success?

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Mercy is denied to the successful, for they are incapable of knowing the very beauty of life which is love. – J Krishnamurti

what does this mean!?

At first this quote is perplexing, it was to me, then as I reread the paragraph from Krishnamurti’s writings, reproduced further below, here’s my take…

Krishnamurti talks about the encumbrances that come from ‘success’ and its trappings. We want to be successful and that according to him ‘prevents humility’. Unless we can be free of such artificial constructs that weigh us down, our mind cannot experience life as it is. When free of such thought patterns we can experience life as it is, in the current moment. We can then also experience true love (and beauty) which is only present in the here and now. This is the essential Krishnamurti teaching as I understand it…

rest of the quote

Any achievement, whether of the individual or of the collective, becomes a means to power. Success in this world, and the power that self-control and self-denial bring, are to be avoided; for both distort understanding. It is the desire for success that prevents humility; and without humility how can there be understanding? The man of success is hardened, self-enclosed; he is burdened with his own importance, with his responsibilities, achievements and memories. There must be freedom from self-assumed responsibilities and from the burden of achievement; for that which is weighed down cannot be swift, and to understand requires a swift and pliable mind…Mercy is denied to the successful, for they are incapable of knowing the very beauty of life which is love.- Commentaries on Living Series I Chapter 33, Power

Daily Affirmation: Today I just AM and therefore successful.

Recommendation: The awakening of Intelligence by Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Quotes - 2010

The Role Models

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Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.  – Robert Fulghum

us not them

It’s true isn’t it, we’re ever complaining that others don’t listen (we have all the answers)! If they’d only listen and pay attention, their life would be so much better!!

our life

What about our life? Why are we so full of ourselves that we seldom truly notice where we need to change? Heck if we changed our perspective no one else might ever need to change again!! Children and adults are watching us, we make a profound impact on others the way we show up daily.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM the best I can be.

Recommendation: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
by Robert Fulghum

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Quotes - 2010

What Else?

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Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.  – Roger von Oech

self-hypnosis

We go about hypnotized. We’re lost in our thoughts, we even forget we breathe and seldom do we watch where are our feet tread. Consequently we cannot take full advantage of our life situation.

think differently

We must live in the moment; when we do that we can be fully awake and alive! Our power of observation becomes keener, we notice more and can make grander connections. We become more aware of people and the subtle messages they send. We can be more creative with things and relationships. Life is then truly fulfilling and adventurous!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM fully engaged.

Recommendation: A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative by Roger von Oech

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