Thursday, May 30, 2013

Leo Buscaglia

Only the weak are cruel.
Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

comforting words for hard times

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

not the other way around

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

M J Rumi

Be with those who help your being.

The Law of Reincarnation

         
As a child, if your parents asked you to clean up your room - "It's a mess!" - and you didn't, what happened? There were consequences and eventually you were forced to clean up your room. Alternatively, if your parents cleaned up your room for you, well how did that impact on your life when you were older? Did your parents clean up after you made mistake after mistake - even in your middle-age?

If you left the mess, you didn't clean it up and nor did they, nor did anyone else, how "messy" has your life been as you got older? It's your mess so you clean it up now - or later!

The Law of Reincarnation allows your Soul to return to earth, in another human body, male or female, rich or poor, well or ill, any specific skin colour, religion or intelligence level. This return to earth is to enable you, as your Soul, to resolve any unresolved or incomplete issues from your last, or other previous, lifetimes on earth. Earth is a laboratory where lessons come as experiences. Reincarnation is your Karma's way of perfecting the lessons your Soul has chosen to learn.

The desire to reincarnate is to repay past debts, to redress imbalances, to increase self-worthiness, to learn about emotional responses, physical sexuality, vulnerability, humility and many other lessons only available to be learnt on the earth plane. In addition to helping others, teaching others, serving others and to show others the way to enlightenment also motivates a Soul's choice for reincarnation.

Each lesson has as its center the ability to choose love as its solution. The free choice, or free will, in each allows thoughts, words, deeds, actions to manifest into physical reality. Karma is attached to these conscious or unconscious choices.

Reincarnation can be termed "learning to say you are sorry" and putting your words into action - lifetime after lifetime - until you prove it through your actions.

Ultimately, when you are love, become love, become Beloved and re-member and act as the part of God You Really Are, then your need to reincarnate is over and you move onto higher planes within the Universe as you go towards the Light.

The Law of Miracles

         
MIRACLE - May I Recognize A Conscious Light Evolving.

Miracles occur when consciousness enables the light to evolve. Miracles are common place in God's world of consciousness. The sunrise and sunset create miraculous artworks in the sky. However, because they are everyday occurrences they are taken for granted. Can you imagine if the sun only rose and set one day in every 50 years? How that day would be treasured and savoured as a day of a miracle.

Your life is surrounded by everyday miracles. The perfection of you and how your mind, body and spirit works is a miracle of God's creation. The conception, development and birth of a baby is a miracle.
Your growth and development is a miracle. The ecological balance within the world and the adaptation of all earth's creatures is a miracle. How people transform themselves in consciousness from "bad" to "good" is a miracle. The healing, growth and evolution of you and others as you become part of God, the Source of all Miracles, is a miracle of transformation.

By seeing and recognizing the miracles evolving around you, you start to connect to the possibility that miracles are possible and you can manifest miracles.

Start to recognize the conscious light evolving within you, and people with whom you interact. Genuinely compliment yourself and them, for having the conscious light within and watch the miracles that emerge in your relationships with yourself and with those others.

Live your life in consciousness of light evolving then - Expect a Miracle!

The Law of Karma...no debt in the Universe ever goes unpaid

         
Karmic Law is the result of choices we make, consciously or unconsciously and the cause and effect of the consequent actions that result. By unconscious choice, most times reactions, consequences result. By conscious choice, most times thought provoked responses, consequences result.

The Law of Integrity, whether obeyed or not obeyed, sets up the consequences of action both "good" and "bad" as a ripple effect which turns into a wave and ultimately a tidal wave. Obeyed laws create "positive" consequences and disobeyed laws create "negative" consequences.

Ultimately, all consequences are "positive". However, by first going the "negative" route to end up as "positive" could entail hardships, pain, healing, growth and evolvement in many lifetimes.

The Law of Karma says no debt in the Universe ever goes unpaid. Become a conscious choice-maker, seeking happiness for you and for all of mankind, generate actions that evolve your Soul through "positive" healing and growth.

Once again, it's your choice, this time your conscious choice, at all times your conscious choice.

The Law of Detachment


To be detached from the outcome of a result means that you have learnt to trust.

TRUST - To Rely Unto Spirit Totally

When you know that Spirit will give you what you need - not necessarily what you want (that's Ego's job) - then you will learn to do the work that is required to be done and move on. The results will take care of themselves. Whatever the outcome of the results that will be dealt with at the appropriate time. If you stand in the way of the energy creating the outcome, or result, through your lack of trust, insecurity and fearfulness, you put a barrier in the way of blocking the efficiency of that flow of energy. By learning to trust, you live in the wisdom of insecurity and uncertainty where there are unlimited opportunities being created in the present moment of now.

Be detached - Let go and let God - and expect a miracle!

MIRACLE - May I Recognize A Conscious Light Evolving.

CHANGE stands for

 Clearing Healing And New Gifts Emerging

bliss means

 happiness without a reason to be happy.

improve your Self Love and your Self Worthiness as you continue your journey of self discovery

Your feelings of love, trust and oneness will enlighten you.

evOLVE ...evLOVE

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

renewal

It is never too late to ask yourself, "Am I ready to change the life I am living? Am I ready to change within?" Even if a single day in your life is the same as the day before, it surely is a pity. At every moment and with each new breath, one should be renewed and renewed again. There is only one way to be born into a new life: to die before death.

time to love

God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a minute early. And for everyone without exception, the clock works accurately. For each there is a time to love and a time to die.

not what but how

Destiny doesn’t mean that your life has been predetermined. Therefore, to leave everything to fate and to not actively contribute to the music of the universe is a sign of sheer ignorance. The music of the universe is all-pervading and it is composed on forty different levels. Your destiny is the level where you will play your tune. You might not change your instrument but how well to play is entirely in your hands.

remain within the present moment

The past in an interpretation. The future is an illusion. The world does not move through time as if it were a single line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

be nice and kind

The world is like a snowy mountain that echoes your voice. Whatever you speak, good or evil, will somehow come back to you. Therefore, if there is someone who harbours ill thoughts about you, saying similarly bad things about him will only make matters worse. You will be locked in a vicious circle of malevolent energy. Instead, for forty days and nights say and think nice thing about that person. Everything will be different at the end of forty days, because you will be different inside.

Practice compassion

The universe is one being. Everything and everyone is interconnected through invisible web of stories. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all in a silent conversation. Do no harm. Practice compassion. And do not gossip behind anyone’s back – not even a seemingly innocent remark! The words that come out of our mouth do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time. One man’s pain will hurt us all. One man’s joy will make everyone happy.

balance

Life is a temporary loan, and this world is nothing but a sketchy imitation of Reality. Only children would mistake a toy for the real thing. And yet human beings either become infatuated with the toy or disrespectfully break it and throw it aside. In this life stay away from all kinds of extremities, for they will destroy balance.

judge not

When a true lover of God goes into a tavern, the tavern becomes his chamber of prayer, but when a wine bibber goes into the same chamber, it becomes his tavern. In everything we do, it is our hearts that makes the difference, not our outer appearences. Sufis do not judge other people on how they look or who they are. When a Sufi stares at someone, he keeps both eyes closed and instead opens a third eye – the eye that sees inner realm.

joy

Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.

self-love and forgiveness

Once self-love and forgiveness, once these blessings begin to grow within us, a light is shone on the illusion of separateness. We are not different nor separate from our brothers and sisters. We are not even closer to God than they are. It is the gravity of illusion that keeps our heads below the clouds. It is the way humanity thinks and is encouraged to think. All of that is changing, my beloveds, and I am here to help you with that change, so is Rumi, so are all the great and loving Masters.

It is the development of your world within a world that makes all the difference. We must create a world within where we are strong and secure and unafraid to love and be loved. Throughout human history that is the simple teaching. The world will not give you love, it will frighten, tease, confuse, seduce and enslave you. You need just look at the condition of your life. This is why I have come to teach again the sacred dance of joy and happiness. I am not going away, and I shall not be denied. They tried it then, they may try it again, but you both know what I’m like. I love you.

know yourself ...each person was meant for something astonishing

If you’re not doing what you were meant to do, you’ll never enjoy contentment.

'I am as My servant thinks I am."

Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.
If you think God as a being who constantly judges , you become a person who judges others constantly...if you think God as an infinite source of love and compassion, you become a forgiving, compassionate and affectionate human-being.

improve your concentration & strengthen focus because that's what it's all about

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

the heart knows

Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.
 

simple truth

You can't live a positive life with a negative mind.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

life lesson

Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. 

gratitude

It is not happy people who are thankful; it is thankful people who are happy.

exist in the great state of gratitude

When you exist in the great state of gratitude, you become a person who only wants to give. You become so grateful that it takes over your life, and you can't find enough opportunities in a day to give. You give joy, you give love, you give money, you give appreciation, you give compliments, and you give kindness. You give the best of yourself in your job, in your relationships, and to strangers.

You will know when you have really found true gratitude, because you will become a giver. One who is truly grateful cannot be anything else.

Dormant Forces

Dormant Forces

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

· Patanjali, Yoga Sutras (“Method of Enlightenment,” ca. Second Century B.C.)

I have selected this passage from Patanjali because I believe it expresses a universal truth across the miles and eons of time. I urge you to go through Patanjali’s words with me, step by step, and while you do, remind yourself that millions of people, to this day, study the words of this teacher from ancient times who is still considered an avatar offering us his divine wisdom. He explains that when we become truly inspired by something that we consider extraordinary, truly extraordinary things will begin to happen for us, particularly in our thought processes. Somehow, when we become intensely involved in what we truly love to do, our thoughts begin to change and lose that quality of feeling limited in any way.

From my own personal experience I know that I feel most “on purpose” in my life when I am speaking to an audience and when I am writing. I have a deep sense of being used in some way at those moments, as if it isn’t really this physical body called Wayne Dyer that is producing the talk or the book. In those moments I notice that my mind does not contemplate the concept of limitation. I know that I am not alone and that divine guidance is with me, and I speak or write effortlessly. It seems to me that the body and the mind are in a state of harmony during those moments. Some have called this state “flow,” others call it “peak experience.” Patanjali describes it as “your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world.”

As you read these words, keep in mind the timelessness of this advice. Even those living in pre-pre-premodern times knew the significance of being on purpose in life. At the moments of peak experience, these inspired moments of feeling at one with God and the entire universe, you experience life as truly wonderful. This occurs when you are involved at a level that is called inspirational. Your attention is not on what is wrong or missing, but on the balanced feeling that comes from being in spirit. You are co-creating with spirit. In other words you are having an inspirational moment.

Patanjali then speaks of what I consider the most phenomenal aspect of being in this state of inspirational grace. “Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive,” he tells us. This means that many of the things we thought were outside our power to manifest awaken within us. I have found that when I am truly inspired in some extraordinary project, I forget about fatigue, despite an absence of sleep. I find that I don’t think about being hungry, and in fact my body just seems to cease all its incessant demands and shifts into a state of moving me through my work effortlessly. Jet lag disappears when I am centered in my activity, even though I have crossed eight or nine time zones in a single day.

These faculties and talents that Patanjali describes are simply dormant if you are not taking the steps to become inspired in your life. I think the use of the term “dormant forces” is very critical here. When you are in that centered state of purpose, you activate forces in the universe that previously were out of your range. What you need will show up. The right person will be there on time. The phone call will come. The missing pieces will be brought to you. You manage the coincidences of your life, which sounds paradoxical. But when you enlist spirit by being inspired, the ancient Zen proverb applies: “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

Dr. Wayne Dyer

-Wayne Dyer, Ph.D.

take this oath for the day

 I will carry peace, love and joy with me wherever I go.

Listen to your best friend aspect’s words of love and encouragement

I love you. You are wonderful, exactly as you are right now in this moment. You are a good and wonderful person. I know your beautiful heart. It is challenging for you right now because you are coming up against a growth area for you. Just remember how beautiful you are. You will get through this. Your evolution and growth are assured. I will help you learn how to love yourself.”

What Are The Effects Of Not Loving Yourself?

 

Not knowing how to love yourself can be severely debilitating. At the very least, you’re plagued by indecision and self doubt. In more intense cases there is depression and self hatred, which cripples you in every area of your life. The self-focused negativity cuts you off from your connection to your Life Force.

Until you know how to love yourself there will be an inner war going on that divides your energy and sabotages your efforts to move toward happiness.

Besides that, if you lack your own love you attract people and circumstances that mirror your negative beliefs and feelings about yourself. By the Law of Attraction it couldn’t be any other way. We draw to us the manifestations of what we FEEL. So, in order for you to draw in loving people and circumstances, you need to know how to love yourself first.

Learn to love yourself

Knowing how to love yourself is extremely important. Self love is at the very core of wellbeing, joy, self-empowerment, and your ability to create and enjoy the kind of life you want. You cannot enjoy happiness if you are not at peace with yourself. Your relationship with yourself is the most important one you’ll ever have.

From the spiritual perspective, it is by turning your attention inward to yourSelf that you are able to experience your connection with Life, with God, with All That Is.

From the human perspective, every relationship you ever have with someone else exactly mirrors one or more aspects of the relationship you have with yourself.

Self-love is the love of oneself


In 1956 psychologist and social philosopher Erich Fromm proposed that loving oneself is different from being arrogant, conceited or egocentric. He proposed that loving oneself means caring about oneself, taking responsibility for oneself, respecting oneself, and knowing oneself (e.g. being realistic and honest about one's strengths and weaknesses). He proposed, further, that in order to be able to truly love another person, a person needs first to love oneself in this way.

true self-esteem

True self-esteem is based on direct experience of your core consciousness, your higher self, which lies beyond your ego. That sense of inner well being that comes from knowing your spiritual self, provides a real sense of esteem that has nothing to do with one’s personality or ego. Your real self doesn’t derive its sense of value from your thoughts and behavior, nor does it care what others think of you. It cannot feel embarrassed, resentful, humiliated, or proud. The esteem of the higher self is simply a recognition of pure awareness.

Ego, the enemy Of Self

Ego – the Ultimate Self-sabotager
Our ego is the part of our personality that loves manufacturing ‘less than’ experiences. Our ego feeds on fear, doubt and pain. The more we attach ourselves to our ego thoughts, the further we move away from our soul truth.

Be very clear – your ego is not the real you!
It is the polar opposite of who you really are, but it is not your True Self.
Our ‘dark side’ is ego. Our ‘light side’ is True Self. We can only manifest love, happiness and success when we are operating from our True Self. We will always manifest recurring pain from our false self.

Your Self-Management Decision
You have a choice:
You can choose to embrace the True-Self version, or you can attach yourself to the obsessive painful version that your ego tricks you into re-creating.
These are the outcomes of your decision:
  • You evolve and heal, clear the issues and start enjoying a liberated reality of this previous less-than belief system,

  • OR
  • You cement yourself further into the pain and attract more of the same pain over and over again.
So what are you going to decide?
Are you going to rise up into empowerment, or are you going to remain a victim?
Decide now, because the decision is yours and no one else’s.

the ego (false self) versus the soul (true self)

We are born into life as a pure little spirit full of life and love. As we begin to experience life we create an Ego (personality) that is part of our outer persona. It is the part of us that is programmed according to what we experience in life and stores is as a “reference point” for all future experiences that we encounter in life.

The Ego is the part of us that is conditioned by our childhood programming. It is a kaleidoscope of ever-changing energies: thought energies, emotional currents, instinctual forces, the energetic tensions in our personal history. These energies are stored in our cells, DNA, chakras, meridians and aura.

Although the Ego relates to both higher and lower emotions, it relates more to the lower emotions, which are negative such as fear, anger, jealously, hatred, resentment, betrayal, abuse, etc
 
The Ego is aware that there is a Soul, but it doesn’t know how to connect to it until it first clears the past. The Soul watches over and guides the Ego without interfering. It tries to get our attention but we forgot how to listen. The Ego filters everything through fear and the Soul filters everything through Love. These are two different energies with different frequencies.
 
The Soul relates to balance and harmony, in absence of conflict and separateness. The Soul is part of a higher consciousness, awareness and centeredness. The Soul relates to the higher emotions of unconditional love, gratitude, joy, peacefulness, and compassion. The Soul is often called the Higher Self, Essence, Oneness or Spirit.

products of the ego

anger, fear, lack, doubt, resentment, jealously, envy, worry, mistrusting, self-hatred, low self-esteem

What you focus on expands

Energy flows where attention goes.

Are you focused on what you want? Or on what you don’t want?


When we are thinking thoughts of fear, self-doubt, worry, criticism, judgment, anger, frustration, anxiety, negativity and other disempowering fight, flight or freeze thoughts, we are not focused on what we want.

When we are thinking about the money we don’t have, the job we lost, the skills we don’t have, the payments we can’t afford, and the sacrifices we have to make, we are focused on what we don’t want.

As an individual, make it a practice to think about what you want, what truly matters to you, that brings about a life well lived for you and your family.


When we know what we truly want—what is significant to the long-lasting success of our organizations, our lives, and our relationships in any given moment—remarkable things start to happen. We open the door to our highest awareness and creative ideas emerge on what to do next and how to do it, goals become clear, and we make great decisions. We calmly and purposefully move in a direction that serves our purpose. We don’t waste time, energy, or money. We focus our thoughts, actions, and reactions on what matters. We become inspired and we inspire others. We achieve significant results.

He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

Don't fall into the trap of ego

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Lao Tzu

Health is the greatest possession.
Contentment is the greatest treasure.
Confidence is the greatest friend.
Non-being is the greatest joy.

Beware of your thoughts

I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts.

do not let your mind rules you

I rule my mind, which I alone must rule. I thus set it free to do the will of God.

quote of the day

Only the self-accused condemn.

do not compare yourself with others...you are unique

The ego lives by comparisons

justice & peace

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.

self-worth, self-esteem, self-love

Your problem is you're too busy holding onto your unworthiness.

we are all connected and thus responsible for myself and for all men

Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter because we are so deeply interconnected. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being Love is the supreme creative act.
 

pay attention

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to the miracle.
 

Rumi

If you are really not aware that God is constantly hunting for you,
 then pay close attention to every breath you take. 

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Hopi elders said this

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Do not set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all of the days of your life.

Do not give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. It is a fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Do not be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Do not shut love out of your life by saying it is impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give love. The fastest way to lose love is too hold it too tightly. In addition, the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Do not dismiss your dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope. To be without hope is to be without purpose.

Do not run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you are going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

So keep this in mind always as you deal with life’s ever-changing obstacles. Practice your patience and persistence and remember what you’re made of. Like water, if you can’t go through an obstacle, flow around it.

M J Rumi

Doing as others told me, I was blind.
Coming when others called me, I was lost.
Then I left everyone, myself as well.
Then I found everyone, myself as well. 

Tips on how to discover and fulfill your dreams:



Stop being your own worst enemy. Be your own best friend.

Don't put yourself down. Pull yourself up.

Don't permit others to define who you are.You cannot be a failure without your own consent.

Respect yourself. Place a high value on yourself.

Take stock of who you are and what are you capable of. Work on weaknesses and find new strengths every day.

Replace ''I can't '' with ''I can'' and ''I will''.

Treat yourself generously, the way you want others to treat you.

Be compassionate. Love yourself and others will love you.

Remember that you are an individual expression of God. As a work of God's art, you are priceless and irreplaceable.

Visualize what you want from life , then work toward it. See it, then be it.

Allow time to be by yourself , with yourself. Take time to appreciate yourself.

Enjoy your uniqueness. Out of all the billions of people since the beginning of time, there has never been , and never will be, another you.

Realize that you are important to the entire world; what happens to the world begins with you.

Being grateful for the goodness that is already evident in your life will bring you a deeper sense of happiness. And that’s without having to go out and buy anything. It makes sense. We’re gonna have a hard time ever being happy if we aren’t thankful for what we already have.

Rumi

Live in harmony with everyone.
Be friendly with everyone.

confront yourself, your dark sides , your shadows

To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.

Gratitude

Gratitude will transform your life faster than you ever thought possible.

positive or negative , that is the question

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

miracle happens

Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as to your fears. 

John Lennon the awakened, the enlightened, the avatar...you are immortal my friend

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

Monday, May 27, 2013

peace

What I consider to be peace is a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.
 

freedom

The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.

Twin Flames

When we understand the SOUL dream, of the ONE soul of twin flames for planet earth, bringing heaven to earth,   and the vibrational balance is achieved,  Twin Flames certainly do Reunite

learn to love yourself

Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.

Hopi Prophecy...Cree indian Prophecy

When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again.
They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow.

l-shiʿ'rā ...Sirius

An ancient Hopi Indian prophecy states "When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens, the Fifth World will emerge". This will be the Day of Purification. The Hopi name for the star Sirius is Blue Star Kachina. It will come when the Saquasohuh (Blue Star) Kachina dances in the plaza and removes its mask.

let go

We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.

do not despair

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible. Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy. Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life’s blossoming.

patience

Someday, someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else.

You are what You seek

You have to grow from the inside out. No one can teach you, no one can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Thich Nhat Hanh

I vow to let go of all worries and anxiety in order to be light and free. Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It's a daily practice.
 

help others

Try not to get upset with those who are lost to their ego and are trapped by the unending thoughts running through their head. Try and help them.

Thought of the Day



Take it one step at a time. Small changes eventually add up to huge results.

Australian Aboriginal Proverb

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

connect or not connect

The universe is intentional. It is always moving in the direction of greater love, regardless whether or not we consciously align with that love.
When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law of Cause and Effect.

With each thought we think, we either align with universal love, or we disconnect ourselves from it. Whichever is our choice determines whether we then feel connected to, or disconnected, from our own true Selves.

comPASSION

We must have compassion for those who have no compassion.

Our deepest fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

neutralize : nullify

If there's someone you actively dislike, nullify the energy by praying for their happiness for thirty days.

Balance the left and right brain hemispheres with ART

" Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."
 

the meaning of life

Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear.

There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.

Let’s make things simple again


Over the course of time, we made our lives more and more difficult, and we started losing touch with who we really are and what we really need.

So let’s get back to the basics, shall we? Let’s make things simple again. It’s easy. Here are some ways to do just that:

Don’t try to read other people’s minds. Don’t make other people try to read yours. Communicate.
Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you. Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you. Your health is your life, keep up with it. Get an annual physical check-up.
Live below your means. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need. Always sleep on big purchases. Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.
Get enough sleep every night. An exhausted mind is rarely productive.
Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man. That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.
Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.
Don’t waste your time on jealously. The only person you’re competing against is yourself.
Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps. Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at.
Organize your living space and working space.
Get rid of stuff you don’t use.
Ask someone if you aren’t sure.
Spend a little time now learning a time-saving trick or shortcut that you can use over and over again in the future.
Don’t try to please everyone. Just do what you know is right. Don’t drink alcohol or consume recreational drugs when you’re mad or sad. Take a jog instead.
Be sure to pay your bills on time.
Fill up your gas tank on the way home, not in the morning when you’re in a hurry.
Use technology to automate tasks.
Handle important two-minute tasks immediately.
Relocate closer to your place of employment.
Don’t steal.
Always be honest with yourself and others.
Say “I love you” to your loved ones as often as possible.
Single-task. Do one thing at a time and give it all you got. Finish one project before you start another.
Be yourself.

The Law of Mirrors

When people insult you , don't take offense, don't take it personally,but do listen to their words.

They are telling you how they see the world, and they are telling you the exact negative qualities that they possess.

''The Law of Mirrors'' states that one can only see what's in them,regardless if it is what is actually present in reality or not.

Release the need to defend or try to explain to them that you're not being whatever nasty-insult- they've -thrown at you, but evaluate instead all of these insults, and realize that this is who they are.

Then decide if a person with those qualities is one who you'd like in your life or not. 


Surround yourself with people who reflect the person you want to be. Choose friends who you are proud to know, people you admire, who love and respect you – people who make your day a little brighter simply by being in it. Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you. When you free yourself from negative people, you free yourself to be YOU – and being YOU is the only way to truly live.
 

we dont believe...we know

Someone asked us recently, "Is there any limitation to the body's ability to heal?" And we said, "None other than the belief that you hold." And he said, "Then why aren't people growing new limbs?" And we said, "Because no one believes that they can."

A Course in Miracles

There is a place in you where there is perfect peace.
There is a place in you where nothing is impossible.
There is a place in you where the strength of God abides.

you dont get what you want, you get what you are...So, become the person you love


Here are 6 ways to become the person you love.

Stop judging, and appreciate the beauty within you. – Judging yourself is not the same as being honest with yourself. When it comes to living as a compassionate, non-judgmental human being, the only challenge greater than learning to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, is learning to walk a lifetime comfortably in your own. In every smile there is beauty. In every heart there is love. In eve
ry mind there is wisdom. In every human being there is a soul, there is life, there is worth, and there is the ability to see all these things in everyone, including one’s self.
Treat yourself the way you want others to treat you. – Accept yourself! Insecurity is what’s ugly, not you. Be you, just the way you are, in the beautiful way only you know how. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. You must love who you are or no one else will either. And when you are truly comfortable in your own skin, not everyone will like you, but you won’t care about it one bit.
Care less about who you are to others. – Don’t lose YOU in your search for acceptance by others. Be aware that you will always appear to be a little less than some people prefer you to be, but that most people are unaware that you are so much more then what they see. You are good enough just the way you are. You have nothing to prove to anyone else. Care less about who you are to others and more about who you are to yourself.
Know your worth. – We often accept the love we think we deserve. It makes no sense to be second in someone’s life, when you know you’re good enough to be first in someone else’s.
Don’t rush intimate relationships. – Love is not about sex, going on fancy dates, or showing off. It’s about being with a person who makes you happy in a way nobody else can. You don’t need a perfect one, you just need someone who you can trust – who shows you that you’re the only one. If you haven’t found true love yet, don’t settle. There is someone out there who will love you unconditionally, even if it’s not the person you were initially hoping for.
Let go of those who aren’t really there. – There are certain people who aren’t meant to fit into your life no matter how much you want them to. And the only ones truly worthy of your love are the ones who stand with you through the hard times and laugh with you after the hard times pass. Maybe a happy ending doesn’t include anyone else right now. Maybe it’s just you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is simple letting go.

Shams Tabrizi

This world is like a mountain.
Your echo depends on you.

If you scream good things, the world will give it back.
If you scream bad things, the world will give it back.

Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. Change your heart to change the world.

Walt Whitman


Nothing external to me can have any power over me.
 

Aristotle

If something's bound to happen, it will happen in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason.

ancient chinese proverb

An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

be yourself, be free

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Compassion for animals

When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation, whether animal or vegetable, nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

non-physical phenomena

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

self-worth

You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them, and fly.

Native American Legend

A boy who found an eagle’s egg put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life, the changeling eagle, thinking he was a prairie chicken, did what the prairie chickens did.

He scratched in the dirt for seeds and insects to eat. He clucked and cackled. And he flew in a brief thrashing of wings and flurry of feathers no more than a few feet off the ground. After all, that’s how prairie chickens were supposed to fly.

Years passed and the changeling eagle grew old. One day, he saw a magnificent bird soaring in the cloudless sky, high above the mountains. Hanging with graceful majesty on the powerful wind currents, it soared with scarcely a beat of its strong golden wings.
...
“Oh, I wish I could fly like that!” said the eagle to his neighbor.

“That’s the mighty eagle—the king of all birds,” the neighbor clucked back. “But don’t give it a second thought. You could never be like him.”

So the eagle never gave it another thought and it died thinking it was a prairie chicken.

what is normal ?

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

Hopi Proverb

Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you.

courage

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

wisdom

Wisdom enables you to know when it really is okay to worry. Most of the time, it is not okay to worry. Most of the time the news, the rumors, the negativity, the volatility, the insane highs and lows of human systems are but noise. Listen to too much of it and you sink into the mire of the rat race, ever running somewhere without a clear map forward. That will create intense disquiet and unease in your life. The wise person knows what to read, who to listen to and when to ignore the rumors (most of the time). The wise person looks into the future and plans for it while remaining anchored in the present but drawing on the strengths from the past. The wise person is calm because the wise person accesses knowledge and knows how to use it for betterment of life.

there is no such thing as a coincidence

There will always be a reason why you meet people. Either you need them to change your life or you're the one that will change theirs.

Let go

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.
 

Carl Yung

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
 

Monday, May 20, 2013

warm-heartedness

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

change

Nothing changes until you change and once you change, everything changes.

Kim Culbertson

People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don't think that's true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.

sell your cleverness

Those who are awake
live in a state of constant amazement .

I Love You

Many people rarely if ever hear the words, I love you. It can be scary and awkward, but the more you say it the easier it gets. Just say: I love you to your mother, father, sister, brother, friend, anyone you love. End conversations with I love you. Just see how good it feels and how well it is accepted. Witness the love being returned to you.

remove the debris

Think of a river heading home to the sea. As she voyages forward her journey is hampered if debris gets in her way and clogs her up. Anger, resentment, fear, judgment and blame are debris hampering the flow of love in your life. Self reflect, take responsibility and open your heart to love. You can find tools to release the debris by reading books, watching lectures, praying, forgiving others.

keep your heart open

At some time in our lives we will all experience pain and hardships. These experiences hurt and lead us to build walls around us to protect us from others. Yet, pain and hardship are great tools for opening the heart. You must have courage and strength and allow your hardships to open the flow of love in your life.

Love like the ocean

You have the ability to love like the seven seas reaching around the world and back. And like the ocean putting passion into each and every wave, all your love matters and makes a difference. We are all capable of grand love.

little is big

A big heart is full of endless possibilities to show love in little ways. Engage in small acts of kindness that cost little money, if any, and take little time. It is amazing how effective small acts of kindness are and how long they are remembered. Open doors, smile, call a friend that is hurting, put a card in the mail, pick up an extra coffee, make “just because” gestures part of your daily life. Don’t think it, do it! And yes, we all have more time for this than we know.

declare love

Give passion to everything in your life. Love your walks, your gardening, your age, the family you created, the weather patterns where you live. Grab onto it all as if you might lose it. See through a child’s eyes. Be thrilled and excited about life. Find miracles everywhere. Use the word love more often when describing aspects of your life.

reflect gratitude

Like any muscle, the heart get stronger with exercise. Gratitude reflection is a great exercise for opening the heart. Take two minutes each morning when you open your eyes and two minutes each night right before you close them to give thanks. Just go through the list of all the things you are grateful for—beginning with your ability to feel gratitude for the job that gets you out of bed each morning.

LOVE BEGINS WITH YOU

Your inner voice is where your story of love begins: It is hard to feel worthy of love if someone is criticizing you all the time and especially if that someone is talking in your head. Stop self-loathing; it’s a waste of time. Stop comparing yourself to others and feeling like a victim. Dare to be proud of yourself, look for your strengths, watch for the negative talk and stop it.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

illusion

This place is a dream.
Only a sleeper considers it real.

path

Its your road, and yours alone.
 Others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you.

self-acceptance & approval

If I want to be accepted as I am, then I need to be willing to accept others as they are. It is arrogant to set standards for others.
 

Saturday, May 18, 2013

omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient

The man whispered, "God, speak to me," And a meadowlark sang; but, the Man did not hear.
So the man yelled, "God, speak to me!" And, the thunder rolled across the sky, but the man did not listen.
The man looked around and said, "God let me see you," and a star shone brightly. But, the man did not notice.
And the man shouted, "God show me a miracle!" and a life was born; but, the man did not know.
So, the man cried out in despair, "Touch me God, and let me know you are here!"  Whereupon, God reached down and touched the man; but, the man brushed the butterfly away . . . and walked on. 
 
Don't miss out on a blessing because it isn't packaged the way that you expect.

balance

Everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual.
Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.

ATTITUDE


 The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window.
 "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
"Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room .... just wait."
 "That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged...it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it.  It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away ... just for this time in my life."

change your words to change the world

Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.

It's simple as that

Choice, not chance, determines destiny.‏

peace

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. 

abundance

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

Friday, May 17, 2013

purposeful life

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure what I have received.

serve others

When you are able to shift your inner awareness to how you can serve others, and when you make this the central focus of your life, you will then be in a position to know true miracles in your progress toward prosperity.

authenticity

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
 

forgive

The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.

Manuscript Found in Accra

A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.

seperation is illusion

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

intuition

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

M J Rumi

How very close
is your soul with mine.
I know for sure
everything you think
goes through my mind.

the soul knows

Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.

you aren’t confined by the boundaries others impose on you.


 Everything, good or bad, is a life lesson. – Everyone you meet, everything you encounter, etc. – they’re all part of the learning experience we call ‘life.’ Never forget to acknowledge the lesson, especially when things don’t go your way. If you don’t get a job that you wanted or a relationship doesn’t work, it only means something better is out there waiting. And the lesson you just learned is the first step towards it. Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, remember what you deserve, and keep pushing forward.

This is my life, and my dreams are worth it. – Life is a courageous journey or nothing at all. We cannot become who we want to be by continuing to do exactly what we’ve been doing. If you are passionate about something, pursue it, no matter what anyone else thinks. Tha...
t’s how dreams are achieved. Be deaf when people tell you that you can’t fulfill your dreams. The only place where your goals and dreams are impossible is inside your head. Once you’ve dreamed of it, you’re halfway there. So go ahead and follow through. Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions louder than your words. Follow your heart regardless of what others tell you to do. At the end of the day it’s you who has to live with your decisions, not them.

My actions and words directly affect the lives around me. – Lead by
example. Practice what you preach or don’t preach at all. Walk the talk! People watch what you do more than they listen to what you say. Inspire, challenge and encourage people to their best, by doing YOUR best. And when someone else is doing a great job, tell them that you’re proud of them. Encourage them. Take the time to recognize their effort. If they know you believe they can do great things, they will often go to great lengths to live up to your expectations. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know. Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive and confident, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

beware

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness and frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.
When your mind starts telling you what you have to do to make everything okay, don't buy into what it is telling you. The truth is, everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything. And that's the only time everything will be okay.