“So when you are listening to someone, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti Sometimes more is conveyed in the silence between the words than with the words themselves.…
“We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value. The rapture that is associated with being alive is what it is all about.” ~ Joseph Campbell The rapture of being alive, do you feel it? Is your Spirit celebrating your life? Do you feel alive and…
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” ~ Nelson Mandela, Long Walk…
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein Thinking logically makes sense until you realize just how much we don’t know. Just think about it, my friend, what if one of the premises that the theory was built upon is wrong? Then you’ll be going nowhere fast!…
“Thoughts are like data programmed into a computer, registered on the screen of your life. If you don’t like what you see on the screen, there’s no point in going up to the screen and trying to erase it. Thought is Cause; experience is Effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you…
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” ~ Abraham Lincoln There is a solution to every problem, my friend, even the big ones. But you can’t grasp…
“No candle can light itself. Another lighted candle must come and touch it. That’s the way Truth passes from person to person.” ~ Sri Swami Satchidananda Truth is shared in a myriad of ways — through art, music, prose, a few choice words. The ability to connect with another, to establish a spirit to spirit…
“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.” ~ Rumi Every aspect of life, whether conscious or unconscious, has its ebbs…
“A miracle is nothing more than allowing an old grievance to become a current compassion.” ~ Dr. Lee Jampolsky You know, my friend, the miracles, the blessings, they are all around us just waiting to happen — waiting for us to let them happen. And all it takes is a shift in our energy, a…
“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.” ~ Desmond Tutu Might it be your pride, my friend, that keeps you from the greatest discovery of all? Being humbled could have its blessings. I’m just sayin’…