Tag Archives: Truth

Real Wealth

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.  – Oscar Wilde

transient stuff

Stuff doesn’t last. Which means its value is worth questioning. Which also begs the question: What does last?

real value

Does our awareness, our identity, our personality, last? That’s left to what we believe, one might say. It’s my experience that with belief, faith, comes the slow realization that we’re part of something infinitely larger, a loving presence. This presence deepens with the practice of Stillness. Such an experience constitutes personal proof that we last, forever. If we last then so do others. Relationships then are of paramount and lasting value.

Daily Affirmation: Today I value people.

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Yourself Be

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.  – Judy Garland

you or them?

While there’s so much to learn from others, there’s only one way to be. Yourself.

which version?

Which version of us will we be? There’s that which we are and that which we have the potential of being. We shouldn’t settle for the version of us that needs further sculpting. We can’t use what’s 2nd rate in us, let alone what is a 2nd rate version of another. Let’s aim higher!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM who I can be.

Recommendation: The Art of Being by Erich Fromm

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Where?

…that all you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.  – Earl Nightingale

where to?

Where art thou headed?

proceed with confidence

Having faith that we’ll be provided with all that we need, including direction and resources, is key. We are like babes in the wilderness, there’s not that much we can do to protect ourselves. So what do we do? We keep trekking forward, believing that all will be well!

Daily Affirmation: Today I move forward in faith.

Recommendation: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

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The Bhagavad Gita

To be, or not to be – that is the question.Hamlet by Shakespeare

a spiritual poem, it is

‘To be or not to be’ is also the question that The Bhagavad Gita asks. This holy tome is the spiritual essence of Hinduism and is revered by countless many around the world. On the Kindle I find it easy to read a few passages daily and in so doing I’ve highlighted my favorites. I’d like to share with you, one or more each week.

and timeless

Being can be felt in the silence of the soul.Juan Mascaro

The first translation I read of the Gita was a Penguin Classic by Juan Mascaro. The translation was so simple and easy to understand, whilst still poetic and beautiful, I fell in love with it. I’ll be using the same translation for these blogs, hope you enjoy!

Daily Affirmation: Today I will reflect, I’ll be more aware of all that I experience.

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

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The Only Prayer!

You need only one prayer to cover every difficulty in life. That prayer is, ‘I pray to see more.’Vernon Howard

ultimately safe

Under what circumstances do we pray? And why? Depending on your religious/spiritual belief system you might agree with me that we’re eventually safe. Nothing can harm us from an eternal point of view. Given that, what should we pray for? What can we pray for?

true understanding

I pray to see more…

Wow, what beauty and simplicity! That’s all we can really ask for, true understanding about what’s going on, a larger view point which puts everything into perspective, and more patience as time and events rollout reality itself.

Daily Affirmation: Today I seek greater understanding.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Peace & Happiness

Happiness and peace of mind follow pure thinking and virtuous living as the shadow follows the substance of material things.The Urantia Papers on Buddhism, (131:3.3)

what it takes

Do you buy this quote? That what we truly seek (peace and happiness) is simply the result of high living and purity of thought?

living it

Pure thinking is thinking that’s selfless, not self-focused. It’s broad thinking, it cares for the well-being of the largest group possible. It is also about self-honesty and growth via increasing self-knowledge.

While pure thinking is more about being, pure living is all about doing. Doing that, which comes from thinking of the highest kind.

Daily Affirmation: Today I pursue truth in thought and in deed.

Recommendation: The Story of My Experiments with Truth – by Gandhi

Your Body

Know that your body is the temple of the living God; there you may seek communion. There you may seek counsel as to the choices to be made, the directions to be taken. Edgar Cayce

setting the stage

Step back for a moment.

See yourself, observe your body, examine your place in your family, society and on this planet. What is your ultimate purpose? If it is to discover reality, find happiness and realize whence you came, then you must set the stage first. Setting the stage means that your mind and your body must be in good shape. How do you get there? Next steps?

making contact

If reality (God) resides within us, what do we think it/he is doing there? What does this mean to us? What if anything will we do about it? Lot’s to think and journal about!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a powerhouse of health and vibrancy!

Recommendation: God Is Closer Than You Think

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